Golden State Water files with Supreme Court

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Golden State
Water files with
Supreme Court
Tim Dewar
publisher@ojaivalleynews.com
Friday’s deadline for Golden State
Water Company (GSWC) to file a petition for review with the state Supreme
Court has come and gone. They didn’t
let the deadline pass without taking
advantage of the opportunity.
“Golden State Water believes the
precedent-setting issues raised in its
appeal should be considered by California’s highest court,” said George
Soneff, an attorney with Manatt,
Phelps & Phillips who is representing
GSWC in the case. “We continue to
believe that the use of Mello-Roos
financing to pay for an eminent
domain takeover is inconsistent with
both the letter and spirit of the law.”
A three-judge panel ruled May 13
against GSWC’s request to have its
appeal reheard. The California
Supreme Court was the privately
owned water company’s last resort in
its effort to stop the Casitas Municipal
Water District’s (CMWD) effort to use
Mello-Roos funding and eminent
domain to oust GSWC as a water
provider in the Ojai Valley.
CMWD General Manager Steve
Wickstrum said Jeff Oderman, the
attorney representing his agency in the
Ojai Valley News photo by Ashley Wilson
Graduation season has sprung
Jack Evans makes a triumphant leap off the podium after receiving his diploma from Villanova Preparatory School
Saturday. For more photos and a list of graduates from the Wildcats’ class of 2015, see Page A10.
See Lawsuit, Page A3
Ojai Living Treasures 2015: Chris Drucker
Maria Saint
Ojai Valley News correspondent
Keywords: Living Treasures, Rotary, Drucker
It may be surprising to find out that
Chris Drucker of Ojai hadn't been
recognized as a Living Treasure by the
Rotary clubs in Ojai until this year.
Ojai resident Debra Louise had offered
this reasoning when she nominated
Drucker: “Perhaps she has been
viewed as a Living Treasure by so
many because she lives the life of a
Living Treasure.”
A Living Treasure is a person who is
a role model and mentor in the Ojai
area. The Living Treasures program is
run by the Rotary Club of Ojai and the
Rotary Club of Ojai West. Before these
clubs ran the program, it was created
by Drucker's late husband, Sanford.
“I've been involved in a way with
Living Treasures since even years
before he even founded it — although
I was never officially associated with
it. I would be like a hidden treasure
behind the scenes cheering him on,”
Drucker said.
She added that the Living Treasures
program is very much as it was when it
was launched, but said it is also
simpler now.
“When it was launched, the Living
Treasures were very much encouraged
to undertake a very active program
during their year. Over time it became
obvious that they were already so
busy, so to ask them to do anything
more was not really appropriate, so
now the Living Treasures continue to
do what they've been doing,” she
revealed.
The Living Treasures are also available to mentor anybody, especially
young people. “That was one of the
founding ideas of Living Treasures —
this inter-generational and person-toperson mentoring,” she said,
explaining that as an example a doctor
who was named a Living Treasure
could be available to meet with a
young person to mentor about the
medical field. “That still holds true.”
As for people thinking she was
already named a Living Treasure,
Drucker had a possible reason.
“We were both named as Co-Citizens of the Year 2000, so I think maybe
that's why people thought I was a
Living Treasure because he had
founded it and because we were CoCitizens of the Year. I was never a
Living Treasure until now,” she said.
“It's really delightful to be named on
my own in a sense that it wasn't
because he was my husband.”
Drucker said it was an honor to be
named a Living Treasure. “Our
community is filled with Living Treasures everywhere we look,” she said.
A retiree with a doctorate in mythological studies, Drucker said she was
an executive director of an international foundation known as the
Philemon Foundation, which would
translate and edit the unpublished
works of psychiatrist Carl Jung. She
also said that over the years she has
been involved with community activities in Ojai. Through these activities,
Drucker has had the opportunity to
Golden State to
talk restrictions
Bill Warner
bwarner@ojaivalleynews.com
Keywords: GSWC, drought, conservation
If your water is provided by the
Golden State Water Company
(GSWC), you might consider
showing up at the American
Legion Hall in Ojai today at 6
p.m. GSWC will host a public
meeting at that time to explain
its plan for conserving water in
the months ahead.
According to a letter mailed
out late last week to consumers
in the Ojai system, the public
meeting will address GSWC's
five-stage approach for mandatory water use reduction as stipulated by executive order B-2915, signed April 1 by Gov. Jerry
See Meeting, Page A3
See Drucker, Page A3
Ojai Valley News photos by Ashley Wilson
Ojai, Oak View honor veterans
Events throughout the Ojai Valley honored veterans Monday. Above left, Les
Allen, a Navy veteran, discusses his experience and offers advice to the crowd
during the Memorial Day service in Libbey Park. Above right, Dan Hope passes
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Income inequality topic of next Chautauqua
Noted experts from
across the political and
economic spectrum will
appear together at “The
Panel on Income Inequality,” the fifth in a
series of provocative
discussions presented
by the Ojai Chautauqua,
on June 7 at 4:30 p.m. at
the Ojai Valley Community Church, 907 El Centro St. The moderated
talk will be followed by a
wine and cheese reception with the panelists.
Tickets are $20 pre-sale,
$25 at the door, and can
be
purchased
at
www.ojaichautuaqua.or
g. Due to generous donations, scholarships
are available for high
school and college students, and for those
who work in nonprofit
organizations.
Populist presidential
candidates
in
the
United State have been
saying that "the rich are
getting richer and the
poor are getting poorer"
for nearly 200 years, but
this year that aphorism
has taken on a new
meaning. The candidates this year, both Democrats
and
Republicans, are talking
about a new twist: the
observation that middle-class incomes are
not keeping pace with
top earners.
Is it true that variation
in income levels is increasing? Is upward mobility also decreasing?
Would cutting taxes, or
financing higher educa-
tion for all, or raising
the minimum wage
help? Alternatively, has
government intervention already weakened
the free market and
made the situation
worse? What kind of
public policy change
would create more and
better opportunity for
upward mobility?
Presenting their views
and research on the
timely issue of income
inequality will be Dan
Schnur, director of the
Jesse M. Unruh Institute
of Politics at the University of Southern California, as moderator.
The panelists will be:
Matthew Fienup, economist,
California
Lutheran
University;
William Voegeli, author,
editor of The Claremont
Review of Books; Sarah
Bohn, economist and
analyst for the Public
Policy Institute of California; Edward Kleinbarg, former lead staffer
on a congressional tax
committee, former law
partner, and taxation expert; and Nelson Lichtenstein,
MacArthur
Foundation chair in history at the University of
California at Santa Barbara.
The purpose of the
Ojai Chautauqua is to
engage Ventura County
in civil discourse about
controversial subjects.
For more information,
call 231-5974 or e-mail
info@ojaichautau
qua.org.
Obituaries
Robert James
Nelson
Richard
Doerner
Richard Doerner was born
October 6, 1931 to Leo
Joseph and Ruth Valentine
Doerner
in
Oxnard,
California. He was 5 years
old when he lost his mother
and 26 when his dad died.
Richard was always a caregiver; when he was a
child, every stray animal found its way to the
Doerner home. Later, in so many different ways,
he became a caregiver to the people he loved.
From the time he picked up his first book, he
always had half dozen in progress; hence, his
extensive learning despite the early end to his
formal education. Class valedictorian at Santa
Clara High School, Doerner progressed to the
University of Notre Dame but left to care for his
father who was dying of cancer. He learned the
accounting trade from his father and inherited his
dad’s business when his father died in August of
1957.
His formal career began at the American Crystal
Sugar Factory where he worked for four years. He
left to go to work for Richfield Oil Corporation
from 1953 to 1966. The conversion of Richfield Oil
Corporation to Atlantic Richfield prompted him
to answer an ad for an agricultural accountant
position at the Bob Jones Ranch on Vineyard
Avenue in Oxnard. It turned out to be a perfect
match. The first thing Bob told Richard was that
he knew Richard’s dad well; he also mentioned
that Richard knew Bob’s wife Lupe — because of
her flower shop which the bachelor used often.
The Bob Jones Ranch and the Jones family
became Richard’s home away from home until his
retirement 30 years later. He continued providing
accounting services for his smaller accounts, Sal’s
Mexican Inn (over 57 years), Pablo’s Produce,
Luna Transport, and Luna Fertilizer throughout
his employment with Jones and after retirement.
One of Richard’s great passions was classical
music — opera, in particular. He travelled
throughout the world to hear great opera, visiting
Budapest, Vienna, London, Venice, Milan, Rome,
Paris, Hong Kong, Copenhagen, Munich, Salzberg,
Bilbao and Madrid. As one dear friend stated, “He
is now attending the best opera ever.” He served
on the board of the Ventura County Symphony
which evolved to the New West Symphony,
helping to bring great musical works and
conductor Boris Brott to Ventura County. He also
served as treasurer of the Ojai Valley Museum for
14 years.
To the surprise of his many friends, the lifelong
bachelor married Patricia Clark in 1995. He
became a much-loved stepfather to her four
children, John Williams, Jr.; Linda Williams
Maertz; Laurie Williams Shelton (Ted); and
Debora Williams Cresto (Michael); grandfather to
Richard Maertz, Jr. (Meghan), Brian Maertz (Jett),
Katherine Cresto, Michael Joseph Cresto, Sarah
Elizabeth Cresto; and great-grandfather to Corbin
Maertz. He is survived by the above as well as his
beloved sister, Sister Veronica Doerner, Carmelite,
of Eugene, Oregon.
Relatives and friends are invited to a Most Holy
Rosary to be recited at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 27,
2015 in the Joseph P. Reardon Funeral Home &
Cremation Service, 757 E. Main Street, Ventura. A
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated
Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 10 a.m. in Santa Clara
Roman Catholic Church, 323 South E Street,
Oxnard. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that
contributions in Richard’s honor be made to
support the sisters at: Carmel of Eugene Oregon,
87609 Green Hill Road, Eugene, OR 97402.
Robert James Nelson, 85, of
Ojai, passed away early
Wednesday morning, May
20, 2015. Bob was born July
14,
1929
in
Soledad,
California, and was a
Ventura County resident for
the past 46 years.
Bob served in the U.S. Air Force during the
Korean War. He worked for 30 years for the U.S.
Forest Service being stationed in King City, Santa
Maria, Santa Barbara, and Ojai.
He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed
hiking, bike riding, barbecues, photography,
spending time with his family and entertaining.
Bob is survived by his beloved wife of 58 years,
Eleanor Nelson; sons Rev. Fr. William Nelson of
Japan, and Thomas Allen Nelson and his wife Kate
of San Juan Capistrano; daughters Catherine Ann
McKinnis and her husband Mark of Arkansas, and
Theresa Marie Nelson of Santa Paula; sister Eva
Gillis and her husband Leonard of King City;
grandchildren Joshua, Rachel, Kelcie, Sarah and
Dylan; and great-grandchildren Skyllar, Alexis and
Jayln.
He was preceded in death by his father and
mother, Solmon and Mae Nelson, brothers
Gordon and Charles Nelson, and son-in-law Joe
Meyer.
Family and friends are invited to a Mass of
Christian Burial to be celebrated Friday, May 29,
2015 at 11 a.m. in St. Thomas Aquinas Roman
Catholic Church Ojai. Interment will be at Olive
Hill Cemetery, Geyserville, California.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St.
Thomas Aquinas Church, 185 St. Thomas Drive,
Ojai, CA 93023 or a charity of your choice.
Photo by Roger Conrad
Enter raffle for one-of-a-kind quilt
The Ojai Valley Museum is now displaying the latest quilt created by the Ojai Charity
Quilters. Through July 5, the quilt is being raffled
as a fundraising project for the museum. Tickets
may be purchased online at www.ojaivalleymuseum.org, by phone at 640-1390, Ext. 203, or in
person at the museum at 130 W. Ojai Ave. Tickets
are $20 each or three for $50. The Ojai Quilters
are Susan Leech, Glenda King, Judy Hooper, Heidi
DiCapua, Ann Scanlin, Jane Weirick and Sheryl
McArthur.
At School
Madeleine Orr Maloon, daughter of Steve
and Mindy Maloon of
Ojai, graduated with
cum laude distinction
on May 9, 2015 from
Loyola
Marymount
University’s School of
Communication and
Fine Arts with a bachelor’s degree in theater
arts.
Prior to graduating in
2011 from Villanova
Preparatory School, she
attended Ojai Valley
School, and Monica
Ros School.
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Adelman wins $1,000 award in Optimist speech contest
Matilija Junior High School student Claudia Adelman competed against seasoned
high school debate team students in a speech competition organized by the Pacific Southwest District of Optimist International, held May 17 in San Pedro. Adelman was successful in winning two previous local and regional competitions
before qualifying to compete in the District Contest. With strong support from
Ojai Optimist Club members, Adelman represented Ojai with poise and placed
third in the competition, winning a $1,000 scholarship. The Pacific Southwest
District of Optimist International is one of three Southern California based administrative units of Optimist International, and encompasses several counties
in Central and Southern California.
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Meeting:
Free social media talk set for Thursday
Continued from Page A1
Brown. That order calls statewide for a
25 percent reduction in water use based
on the level of consumption in 2013.
The mandatory percentages of reduction vary among local providers and
systems, however, according to previous levels and circumstances of demand.
The mandatory reduction specified
for GSWC's system in Ojai is 36 percent.
The stages of the GSWC plan are designed to be implemented as the factors of consumption and shortage
might demand. Stage 1 consists primarily of restricting outdoor irrigation to
two days per week and to the hours between 7 p.m. and 8 a.m.
Stages 2 to 4 are concerned mainly
with a succession of drought emergency surcharges to which customers
would be subject if they happen to exceed their allocated limits for water
consumption per month.
Stage 5 contains the measures to be
implemented if severe water shortages
should pertain.
Consequences for customer noncompliance include the surcharges, as
mentioned, the installation of flow restrictors at the customer's expense and
even termination of water service for
the more stubborn of abusers.
The meeting will also address exemptions and the appeals process as well as
special conditions. GSWC representatives will take questions from the public.
The American Legion Hall is at 843 E.
Ojai Ave., Ojai, and the public is encouraged to attend.
Lawsuit:
lawsuit, confirmed the filing Tuesday.
“Now we have to wait and see how
they (the California Supreme Court)
view it,” Wickstrum explained. “That’s
all we can do right now.”
The judges from Division Six of the
Second Appellate District Court of Appeals, in an April 14 decision, upheld
Superior Court Judge Kent Kellegrew’s
March 13, 2014 decision against
GSWC.
GSWC appealed Kellegrew’s decision and then sought a rehearing after
the appeals court upheld his ruling.
A review by the California Supreme
Court is not automatic. The Court
must decide within the next 90 days
whether it will hear the case.
Parents of teens and tweens around
town may not know that there are some
new social media accounts circulating
that could be potentially harmful to
local youths.
One, on Instagram, is called "Hot or
not," where the owner of the account
posts a picture of a girl and everyone
decides if she's hot or not.
Another one is on the site ask.fm, and
very often the question will be asked,
"Who would you f***, marry, kill?" Then,
others have the chance to respond with
the answer with the names of girls they
go to school with.
"And you cannot tell a girl not to
worry about this, it harms them
deeply," said Tobi Jo Greene, founder of
the Girls Empowerment Workshops in
Ojai. "There have been girls in my workshops who have been told to kill themselves through social media messages.
There are girls all over our community
who feel they do not measure up, have
worth, because they are not hot
enough, sexy enough."
Though social media bullying is often
discussed at the junior high and high
school level, she said, "the ages of kids
affected are just getting younger and
younger." As such, Topa Topa Elementary School sixth-graders are undergo-
ing a social media workshop, and
Greene hopes to expand this to all the
sixth-graders in the valley soon.
But, Greene added, parents must also
be proactive. She suggests parents start
with a Google search for "popular apps
for teens."
"There are many positive apps and
ways to use social media to empower
others. The answer is not just to take it
away," Greene went on. "We have to educate, the kids must be taught the impact they have, positive or negative.
Teach your kids to 'unfollow' these accounts, do not respond to their posts,
gather several people to report the account. Very often when an account is
reported it's ignored; do not let them ignore you, be loud and have many backing you."
A free educational event, "Social
Media and Internet Awareness and
Safety," is set for Thursday from 6 to 8
p.m. at Matilija Junior High School Auditorium. The event will include discussions with Dr. Tracy Bennett, a clinical
psychologist and a mother of three. In
response to her own children and to
growing Internet safety issues, she created www.GetKidsInternetSafe.com.
Matilija Auditorium is at 703 El Paseo
Road.
Drucker:
work with a lot of great people, she said.
One is the Ojai Music Festival, for which
she's been involved with since about
1992; she acted as president of the
Women’s Committee from 2007 to
2009.
“Of course the music is always very
interesting. For me, the real draw was
that so many wonderful people were
involved with the Music Festival in Ojai
and I became involved through the Ojai
Festival Women's Committee,” she
said. “It was a dual thing — the music
was great and it was a great way to get
to know people in the community.”
Drucker is currently the vice president of the board of the Museum of
Ventura County. She's been involved
with the museum since about 1995.
“It's just really a great community
asset,” Drucker said.
The American Red Cross is also on
her list of community activities. She
was involved with the organization for
14 years — from the mid-1990s to about
2006.
“I was very involved when we would
have big disasters, you know, earthquakes, floods, fires — running the
evacuation center primarily at Nordhoff,” she said. “I also went out on single family fire calls and that sort of
thing, and preparedness. I was on the
board of the Ventura County Red Cross
for a number of years as well as the Ojai
Valley chapter when we had a chapter.”
Drucker's mother had been involved
with the Red Cross in World War II. “I
was always hearing stories about her
involvement and it seemed like a good
thing to do. Again, the people are incredible that one gets to hang out with,”
she said.
Drucker said the opportunity for her
to be involved with the Red Cross came
when a neighbor said they were looking
for more volunteers. “I said, 'Well,
count me in!' Before I knew it, she was
knocking on my door saying, 'We got a
major flood under way. If you were serious come with me now.' I put on my
boots and off we went,” she laughed.
One event that has stayed with
Drucker as a Red Cross volunteer involved her last major evacuation center
for the fires in the summer in 2006.
“The fires were pretty much coming
down through Matilija — they were
heading to Matilija through the backcountry. I remembered standing there
looking up at the smoke and talking
with the guys with the Sheriff's Department and the firemen, and we're all
standing there going, 'Boy if this wind
doesn't shift, the whole town may have
to be evacuated,'” she recalled.
Drucker said that within an hour, the
wind did shift and the fire started blowing back the other direction.
“Being involved with professionals
like the firemen, the sheriffs, the forest
service folks is really a pleasure to be
able to help and to be involved in that
level,” she added.
As far as encouraging others to get involved in the community, Drucker advised to find something that is close to
one's heart. “Whether it's in the arts or,
in my case, I really feel strongly about
disaster relief,” Drucker said. “Find the
people who are doing what you really
have a desire to do or a passion about
and just show up. Show up and volunteer!”
Photo submitted
Chris Drucker
Ojai Valley News photo by Bill Warner
Art crowds the park
The annual Art in the Park event brought hundreds of art enthusiasts from all
walks of life to Libbey Park over the weekend. The even features a wide variety
of artwork from regional artists each year, with proceeds going to the Ojai Art
Center.
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This Week
Wednesday, May 27
NHS BENEFIT FOR
GRAD NIGHT — Nordhoff
High School, 1401 Maricopa Highway, will host a
showcase, dinner, dessert
and silent auction today
from 5 to 8 p.m. to raise
funds for the 2015 Safe
and Sober Grad Night.
More than 80 items will be
included in the silent auction and you can purchase
a taco dinner and root
beer floats. Contact
mk3mom@gmail.com for
more information.
Thursday, May 28
SID COHN AT GABLES
— The Gables of Ojai, 701
N. Montgomery St., will
host local singing favorite,
Sid Cohn, Thursday at 1:30
p.m., performing songs
from the “great American
song book.” There is no
charge and all are welcome.
DOES AGING CONCERN
YOU? — Healing in America, 107 W. Aliso St., Ojai,
will host a presentation on
a product to reverse the effects of aging, Thursday at
7 p.m., developed by Dr.
Bill Andrews, who led the
team that won the Nobel
Prize in 1999 for discovering this enzyme. Call 8569101 for more
information. (M27)
Friday, May 29
NHS FREE CONCERT AT
BOWL — The music department at Nordhoff High
School will present their
free spring concert, “Friday Night in the Park,” Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Libbey
Bowl. All the groups in the
department will perform,
under the direction of Bill
Wagner. They have won
many awards and superior
ratings for outstanding
performance. There is no
reserved seating for this
concert. Call 640-4343, Ext.
1861, for more information.
“DANCING AT LUGHNASA” — The Ojai Art
Center Theater, 113 S.
Montgomery St., will host
performances of the
award-winning play,
“Dancing at Lughnasa,”
through June 7, with
shows Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays
at 2 p.m. This play takes
you on a journey back in
time and across the sea for
a two-day visit with the
Mundy sisters of Ireland,
where dancing at the harvest festival enlightens
their hardscrabble existence. Tickets: $18 general,
$15 for seniors, students
and Art Center members;
for reservations, www.ojai
act.org or 640-8797.
Saturday, May 30
BIRD WALK — The Ventura Audubon Society will
host a bird walk with Allen
Bertke (640-9037) Saturday
at 8:30 a.m. at Cañada
Larga Road. Meet near the
beginning of the road.
Bring insect repellent,
water, hat, sunscreen and
a field guide. Target
species include: warbling
vireo, black-headed grosbeak, barn owl, Bullock’s
and hooded orioles, lark
sparrows, roadrunners,
various swallows, raptors
and flycatchers.
RELAY FOR LIFE —
Relay for Life of Ojai will
hold a fundraising event
Saturday from 10 a.m. to
10 p.m. at Nordhoff High
School, 1401 Maricopa
Highway, featuring live
music, dancing, food,
games and activities, with
a western theme of “Giving Cancer the Boot.” Registration begins at 9 a.m.
Opening ceremonies and
the survivor lap begin at 10
a.m., followed by a survivor-caregiver luncheon
at 11:30 a.m. The luminaria ceremony begins at
sunset.
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 Barbara
Washburn will lead the
May 30 tour. Cost is $7 or
$15 per family. Drop-ins
are welcome. For reservations or tours during the
week, call 640-1390.
“SONGS TO MY SOUL, A
MUSICAL MEMOIR” —
Ojai Youth Entertainers
Studio, 316 E. Matilija St.,
will host Cyntha Waring,
Saturday at 7:30 p.m. presenting “Songs to My Soul,
A Musical Memoir.” This
chronicles her musical
childhood with her famous cousin, Fred Waring,
of Fred Waring and the
Pennsylvanians. Tickets:
$20; call 626-0005 or email tickets@songs
tomysoul.com.
Monday, June 1
“THE SURPRISING
STORY OF THE THREE
LITTLE PIGS” — Local
youth ages 6 to 18 can sign
up by June 1 for this summer acting workshop that
concludes with two public
performances, July 18 and
20, at Ojai Art Center Theater, 113 S. Montgomery
St., led by Gai Jones, beginning June 29. Scholarships
are available
(gai.jones@sbcglobal.net).
FULL MOON COMMUNITY MEDITATION — A
community group meditation at the full moon of
Gemini will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Meditation Mount, 10340 Reeves
Road in Ojai, as an act of
celebration and service to
invoke, anchor and distribute blessings to the
world. Contemplative
music begins at 7 p.m.
Suggested donation: $10.
Call 646-5508 or visit meditationmount.org for more
information.
Tuesday, June 2
“GOD’S INFERIOR/SUPERIOR ENERGY” — The
American Vedic Association Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
Fellowship will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at 687 Villanova Road to discuss
“God’s Inferior/Superior
Energy.” The splendor of
nature that we can see is
God’s inferior energy.
Come learn about the extraordinary qualities of
God’s superior energy. Always free. Call 640-0405.
Down the Road
NHS AWARDS NIGHT —
Nordhoff High School will
recognize its outstanding
students at the annual
Awards Night ceremony
June 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the
school gymnasium, 1401
Maricopa Highway. The
public is invited to celebrate NHS students’
achievements.
OJAI LIBRARY BOOK
DISCUSSION GROUP —
The Ojai Library’s Book
Discussion Group will
meet June 3 at 7:30 p.m. to
discuss “Tarantulas, Fudge
and Altered Reality: A Collection of Raw, Funny and
Loving Reflections on Life”
by Karen Banfield. The library is at 111 E. Ojai Ave.
Everyone is invited to join
the group. The only requirement for participating in the discussion is to
have read the book and
come willing to share your
opinion and listen to others. There will not be a
meeting in July. Call 6461639.
“SOLARIZE” WORKSHOP — The Ojai Valley
Green Coalition, in collaboration with Santa Bar-
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offering a solar group-purchasing program designed
to make it easier and more
affordable for Ojai Valley
homeowners to add solar
electricity to their homes.
To learn more about “Solarize Ojai Valley” available
through July 18, come to
an introductory workshop,
June 4 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
at the Chaparral Auditorium, 414 E. Ojai Ave. Can’t
make the workshop? Visit
SolarizeOjai.org for next
workshop date and details.
GREEN COALITION’S
“SALON SERIES” — The
Ojai Valley Green Coalition’s next “Salon Series”
will be held June 5 from 7
to 9 p.m. at its Resource
Center, 206-S N. Signal St.,
with the theme “Trees.” Is
there a tree, grove or forest
special to you? A cultural
tradition involving trees
that moves you? Come
share your tree wisdom in
whatever medium you
wish — or just come to listen. A donation and beverage to share are
appreciated, though not
required. Seating is limited, please arrive early.
More details are available
at ojaivalleygreencoali
tion.org.
VOLUNTEER TRAIL
DAY — The Ojai Ranger
District is hosting a volunteer project June 6 on the
Gene Marshall-Piedra
Blanca Trail to celebrate
National Trails Day. The
project will be primarily
brushing and total hiking
distance is 5.5 miles. Meet
at the Ojai Ranger Station,
1190 E. Ojai Ave., at 8 a.m.
to carpool and return by 4
p.m. Bring lunch, water,
sunscreen, gloves, eye protection, hat, camera and
wear sturdy shoes. It’s a
fun way to meet other outdoor enthusiasts or accrue
community service hours.
Tools, instruction and
drinks will be provided.
Rain will cancel the event.
For more information, call
Heidi Anderson at 6464348, Ext. 309.
FREE OVLC NATURE
HIKES — In celebration of
National Trails Day, the
Ojai Valley Land Conservancy staff and docents
will lead free guided nature hikes and walks on
five of its nature preserves,
all beginning at 8:30 a.m.
and varying in length and
difficulty. The areas are:
Ojai Meadows Preserve,
Steelhead Preserve, Ilvento
Preserve, Ventura River
Preserve and Valley View
Preserve. Call 649-6852,
Ext. 2, for more details or
reservations.
HUMANE SOCIETY
OPEN HOUSE — The Humane Society of Ventura
County, 402 Bryant St.,
Ojai, will celebrate its 83rd
birthday with an open
house, June 6 from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. The event will
feature door prizes
throughout the day, free
identification tags for dogs
and cats and much more.
Call 646-6505 for more details.
BLOOD DRIVE —
United Blood Services will
hold a blood drive June 6
from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30
p.m. at Westridge Midtown
Market, 131 W. Ojai Ave.
For any questions, call
UBS at 654-1600.
OJAI HISTORICAL
tours of downtown historical and cultural attractions). Docent Holly
Mitchem will lead the June
6 tour. Cost is $7 or $15 per
family. Drop-ins are welcome. For reservations or
tours during the week, call
640-1390.
“TREES ARE TREMENDOUS” — The Wheeler
Gorge Visitor Center,
17017 Maricopa Highway,
will host Lloyd Simpson,
LPNF botanist, presenting
a program on “Trees Are
Tremendous,” June 6 at
10:30 a.m., while leading a
short educational walk.
Donations: $3 for adults,
$2 for ages 5 through 18;
under 5 admitted free. Call
382-9759.
CO-PARENTING WORKSHOP — The Nan Tolbert
Nurturing Center, 555 Mahoney Ave., Room 2, Oak
View, will host “Creating a
Winning Team,” a co-parenting workshop, June 6
from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Scholarships are available. Call
646-7559 or go to
www.birthresource.org.
“VOICES OF SUMMER”
CONCERT — Ojai Youth
Entertainers Studio, 316 E.
Matilija St., will hold its
summer kickoff concert,
June 6 at 7 p.m., hosted by
Smitty West and Julija
Zonic, and featuring OYES
Youth Chorus, Rockin’ It
Old School Seniors Chorus
and live band, The Fifth
Dementia. Tickets: $10.
Call 646-4300.
OJAI CHAUTAUQUA —
The next Ojai Chautauqua
will be“The Panel on Income Inequality” and will
be held June 7 from 4:30 to
6:30 p.m. at Ojai Valley
Community Church, 907
El Centro St. The moderated talk will be followed
by a wine and cheese reception with the panelists.
Tickets: $20 in advance,
$25 atthe door. Scholarships available for high
school and college students and those who work
in nonprofit organizations.
For more information:
231-5974, www
.ojaichautauqua.org or
info@ojaicahau
tauqua.org.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING — The Ojai City
Council will meet June 9 at
7 p.m. at City Hall, 401 S.
Ventura St., Ojai.
MINDFULNESS — “A
Morning of Mindfulness”
will be held June 13 from 9
to 11:30 a.m. at Being
Peace Zendo, a homebased center practicing in
the tradition of Thich Nhat
Hanh. Enjoy walking and
sitting meditation, chanting and a dharma teaching
from Kenley Neufeld. No
experience is necessary.
Call or text 252-2448 for
more information.
OJAI HISTORICAL
tours of downtown historical and cultural attractions). Docent Helen
Peterson will lead the June
13 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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Ojai Music Festival to heat up with I.C.E. performances
The International Contemporary Ensemble (I.C.E.) will be a major player in the 69th Ojai Music Festival. The group, which boasts 33 members, has performed all
over the world, and will be playing throughout the festival, which runs June 10 to 14. Want to win tickets to see I.C.E. Saturday, June 13? The first person to e-mail
the correct answer to the following question will win two lawn tickets to the Saturday morning concert:
• Who is acting as this year’s Ojai Music Festival music director?
Wheeler Gorge Visitor
Center, 17017 Maricopa
Highway, will host Richard
Wade, scientist, artist and
educator, presenting a
program on “Volcanoes in
Story and Science,” June
13 at 11 a.m. Get a free
piece of lava and make a
model volcano erupt. Donations: $3 for adults, $2
for ages 5 through 18;
under 5 admitted free. Call
382-9759.
“DISAPPEARANCE OF
BHAKTIVENODE
THAKORA” — The American Vedic Association Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
Fellowship will meet June
16 at 7:30 p.m. at 687 Villanova Road to discuss
“Disappearance of Bhaktivenode Thakora.” Very
few know who this man is
and how he has changed
the course of history that
had not occurred yet. Always free. Call 640-0405.
Ongoing Events
“EXPLORING WATERCOLORS” — Patty Van
Dyke will teach an art
class, “Exploring Watercolors,” on the second and
fourth Friday of each
month at 10 a.m. in the
clubhouse at The Gables of
Ojai, 701 N. Montgomery
St. Donations suggested.
Call David at 646-1446,
Ext. 118, with any questions.
LOW-COST SHOT CLINICS — The Humane Society Shelter and Adoption
Center, 402 Bryant St.,
Ojai, holds low-cost shot
clinics on the first and
third Saturdays of each
month from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. For more information, call Dr. Lewis at 6462442.
FIBROMYALGIACHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME SUPPORT
GROUP — Bella Donna, a
holistic health care practitioner, will hold free informative gatherings for
those who suffer from fibromyalgia-chronic fatigue syndrome the first
Thursday of each month
from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Healing in America, 107 W.
Aliso St. E-mail BellaIn
Ojai@gmail.com with
questions.
READING TUTORS
NEEDED — Training for
volunteers to tutor for the
Adult Literacy Program is
offered by the Library
Services Agency. Call 6414484.
OJAI JOYFUL SINGERS
— meets Fridays at 10 a.m.
at Ojai Presbyterian
Church, 304 Foothill Road,
Ojai, singing oldies but
goodies as well as new and
popular songs. For more
information, call Shirley at
646-8025.
FREE RECORDING
STUDIO WORKSHOPS —
Singers and songwriters
are welcome to free
recording studio workshops held on select Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon
at Tim Frantz’s Mountain
Dog Musicworks. To sign
up for the next workshop:
tim@mountaindogmusic.c
om or 649-8500.
OJAI SONGWRITERS —
A free weekly meeting of
open-minded creative
musicians and lyricists,
who recognize the value of
the collaborative sharing
of ideas and music. Contact Scott: hscott
smith@sbcglobal.net or
640-1004 .
FREE MAMMOGRAMS
— The Ojai Valley Community Health Center,
offers a Breast Cancer
Early Detection Program
which includes free breast
exams for women 40 years
old or older and free
mammograms for women
50 and older who do not
have any medical coverage
and cannot afford these
services. Call 640-8293 to
see if you qualify.
OJAI CARS AND COFFEE — Car enthusiasts of
all kinds meet the second
Sunday of each month
from 8 to 10 a.m. for an
auto show, now in the
parking lot at Westridge
Midtown Market, 131 W.
Ojai Ave. All makes and
models are welcome or
just come to look and discuss auto trends and other
motoring subjects with
like-minded folks.
CAREGIVERS HAVEN —
a support group for caregivers, meets the first
Wednesday of the month
from 10:30 a.m. to noon at
Help of Ojai’s West Campus on Baldwin Road. Call
218-9798 or 646-5122 for
directions or questions.
JANE CUSUMANO
FOUNDATION — The Jane
Cusumano Foundation, a
nonprofit organization
created to enhance cancer
awareness and wellness,
meets the first Tuesday of
each month at 7 p.m. at
Coldwell Banker’s office.
Anyone interested in
learning more about the
organization or in speaking or volunteering is welcome. Call Nora Davis at
646-3128 or 207-6177. Donations are welcome and
an be mailed to The Jane
Cusumano Foundation,
PMB 126, Ojai, CA 93023.
GUIDED IMAGERY —
OjaiCARES, 960 E. Ojai
Ave., Suite 105, offers free,
drop-in guided imagery
sessions each month, the
third Monday from 11
a.m. to noon Caregivers
also welcome. Call 6466433.
ROCKIN’ ROOTS SOCIETY — meets the first
Wednesday of each month
at an East End location.
Got roots? Accomplished
singers, fiddlers, pickers
and other “high lonesome”
sound-makers welcome.
Limit six per session. Call
Chris at 646-8040.
AMERICAN LEGION
DINNERS — The public is
welcome to dinners sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary and Sons of
Call for a FREE consultation
with a qualified therapist.
646-9724
Offices located in the Seville Bldg., 530 W. Ojai Ave., Suite 209
MAKE
AN
IMPRESSION
10:30 a.m. to noon. Call
Help of Ojai, 646-5122.
FREE DAY AT NURSERY
SCHOOL — Ojai Valley
Community Nursery
School, 1290 Grand Ave.,
invites preschoolers ages 2
to 6 to a free session every
Friday from 9 a.m. to
noon; tag-along siblings
are welcome. Call 6463801 for details.
MEDITATION AND
HEALING WORKSHOPS
— Weekly meditation and
healing workshops are run
by two well-known British
healers, now living in Ojai.
For details call Roger or
Kim at 640-0211.
HOME SECURITY PATROL — The Ojai Valley
Security Patrol provides
home security for when
you are on vacation. Call
the Ojai Police at 646-1414
for information. Neighborhood Watch programs are
also available.
NOAH COMMUNITY
SING — A community
sing, open to individuals
and families, is held the
third Sunday of each
month from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
at Living Aikido Dojo, Oak
View Park and Resource
Center, 555 Mahoney Ave.,
Oak View. Donations accepted. For more information, call Craig at 637-4829.
City of Ojai
LIBBEY PARK PLAYGROUND COMMUNITY DESIGN - BUILD
Gladstone Counseling Center
FREE Depression Screening
the Ojai American Legion
Post 482, 843 E. Ojai Ave.,
held the first and third Fridays of each month. All
proceeds benefit veterans,
student scholarships and
packages for troops overseas.
FREE YOUTH ULTIMATE FRISBEE — Ojai
Recreation Department,
510 Park Road, offers free
Youth Ultimate Frisbee for
boys and girls in fifth to
eighth grades Fridays from
4:30 to 6 p.m. Call 6465581, Ext. 303, for more details.
FREE BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING — Free
blood pressure screening
is offered the first Thursday of each month from
10:30 a.m. to noon at The
Medicine Shoppe, 960 E.
Ojai Ave. Call 646-0106.
OPEN DIALOGUES —
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., a
discussion group is held at
308 W. Aliso St. for those
on a serious spiritual path
to non-dualism who
haven’t forgotten levity. No
charge. Call 640-0755 for
information.
WORLD OF ONE — a
support group for widows
and widowers, meets at
Little House, 111 W. Santa
Ana St., the third Wednesday of the month from
Public Design Input/Workshop
The City of Ojai invites you and your children to join our
consultant in a design workshop to create a new Libbey Park
Playground. A designer from Play by Design, a company that
helps communities build their own playground, will be here
to hear playground ideas from the community. Come and
bring the kids!
When: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 from 4 pm to 7 pm
The next day we will unveil the new Libbey Park Playground
concept, incorporating ideas from the community.
When: Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Where:
Nice large office
and warehouse suites
nancy sandstrom
computer graphics
805•816•2281
nsand@hotmail.com
FOR LEASE
Located in the
Ojai Valley News Building
805-563-9400
Ojai Valley Woman’s Club,
441 E. Ojai Avenue
(just east of Montgomery St., between Jersey Mike’s and Bliss Yogurt)
Come Join the Fun!!
Go to the City of Ojai website to submit your own design!
www.ci.ojai.ca.us
Questions: Call City Public Works at 646-5581 x209
Seniors
Changing laws means
it’s time to look at
your estate plan
Carolyn Vondriska
OVN contributor
Photos by Tom Moore
Local seniors perform one-act plays to raise awareness about elder abuse
What do a local playwright and local law enforcement have in common? Both are passionate about raising
awareness of elder abuse. Christine Rosensteel's once-act plays, "Cherry Pie" and "Faith, Hope & Trickery,"
were performed by local actors at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in a free event May 17. Above, Carol Garramone (left) and Antonio Royuelo get expressive in the play "Cherry Pie." Below, Ron Segal (left) and
Adele Perrault perform "Faith, Hope & Trickery" (not pictured is actor Clayton McLannock). Following the
plays, Senior Deputy Andrea Reagan of Ojai Police Department and Robert Navarro, supervisor from Ventura
County Adult Protective Services, answered questions from the audience.
Livingston offers free support groups, diabetes classes
Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurses
Association (LMVNA),
the county’s only
non-for-profit home
health and hospice
provider, hosts several
monthly education
classes, bereavement
groups and other
events throughout the
county. All are free.
Ojai events include:
• Caregiver Support
Group: June 1 and
June 15 from 10 to
11:30 a.m. in the fireside room at Continuing Care Center, 1306
Maricopa Highway
(behind Ojai Valley
Community Hospi-
tal). Find encouragement and hope during your time as a
caregiver. Share, listen
and explore thoughts
and feelings about the
struggles, losses and
successes of caring for
your loved one. For
more information call
(805) 633-9056.
• Adult Bereavement Support Group:
June 9 and June 23 (always the second and
fourth Tuesdays of the
month), from 10:30
a.m. to noon at Help
of Ojai's West Campus, 370 Baldwin Rd.
These groups are
open to individuals
who have experienced loss. Call 6420239
for
more
information or e-mail
griefinfo@livingston
vna.org.
• Peace Beyond
Losses: June 17 from 1
to 2:30 p.m. at Ojai’s
LMVNA office at 202A Cañada St. Brock
Travis, Ph.D., teaches
guidance and support
through life changes.
Solutions to problems
and answers to questions for finding
serenity and fulfillment once again foll o w i n g
bereavement.
For
more
information,
call 642-0239.
• Diabetes Class:
June 22 from 2 to 3
p.m. at Livingston’s
Ojai Office, 202-A
Canada St. General information is provided
about Type 2 Diabetes
with emphasis on the
development of an individualized plan of
care that includes
diet, medication, exercise and blood sugar
monitoring. Call 2728593 for details.
Visit www.lmvna.org
for more information
on these Ojai events
as well as other events
held throughout the
county.
One of the most
common — and avoidable things — that estate planning attorneys
see is a failure to review
and update estate
planning. Estate planning is a snapshot in
time. It reflects our personal situations at the
time it is created, governed by the tax and
other laws then in
place. Personal situations and laws change
with regularity, and estate planning documents need to be
modified to keep
abreast
of
those
changes. Failure to update can mean that at
your incapacity or
death your plan does
not reflect your current
wishes, and it may be
much more expensive,
stressful, and timeconsuming to administer than it needs to
be.
How should you
avoid this pitfall? Partner with an estate
planning
attorney
whom you like and
trust, and communicate with that planner
as life unfolds. It is not
enough to create an estate plan, file it away,
and forget about it. It is
much less expensive
for you, and much less
stressful for your loved
ones, if you are attentive to your estate plan
for the duration of your
life. As a parent, a clear
and streamlined plan
for your care during
your lifetime, coupled
with an effective, current plan for the orderly administration of
your estate at your
death, is one of the
most important things
you can do for your
children.
A common example
of this pitfall arises out
of the ever-evolving tax
laws. Consider a married couple who had
their estate planning
done in 2000. At that
time, the federal estate
tax exemption level
was $675,000, meaning
that there could be a
significant tax consequence for an estate
valued in excess of that
amount. As a result, at
that time many estate
plans provided for creation of an irrevocable
tax shelter trust at the
first death — an effective tax-planning tool,
but a cumbersome, expensive, and stressful
process for the surviving spouse, involving
significant and ongoing work.
Fast forward to 2015.
The federal estate tax
exemption level has increased to $5,430,000
for an individual, and
to $10,860,000 for a
married couple. If our
married couple has an
estate that is worth less
than this significantly
higher
exemption
level, they may no
longer need or want
the complex tax planning contained in their
2000 estate plan. Yet if
they fail to review and
update their estate
plan, and one of them
dies, it is too late to fix.
The opportunity to
save significant expense and stress on the
surviving spouse is lost
by mere virtue of a failure to update the estate
plan. The financial cost
of updating the plan is
minimal compared to
the cost of administering an unneeded taxplanning trust at your
death.
What should you do?
Pull out and dust off
that old estate plan,
and have an estate
planning professional
take a look at it for you.
You may not need to
do anything, but if you
do, you will be glad that
you did. So will your
loved ones.
Carolyn Vondriska is
an estate planning attorney with Waite, Jacobs and Atkinson in
Ojai.
Useful phone numbers
• Help of Ojai :
646-5122
• Ojai Valley Community Hospital:
646-1401
• Information about the Ojai Trolley:
646-5581, Ext. 207
Seniors
SENIOR MOMENTS
LARRY HARTMANN
Avoid the pitfalls and retire the right way
Talking to a senior
retiree, I expressed
envy at the long vacation he’d just taken.
His reply: “I enjoy vacationing, but I still
have to come home.
Then what?” While
shopping at a local
store recently, the
clerk confided, “My
dad just retired. He
doesn’t know what to
do with himself. He
just walks around in
the house. He says
he’s going crazy.”
Retirement is an important time of one’s
life. So important that
Alex Comfort, who
wrote “The Joy of Retirement,” stated that
you should start planning for retirement at
the age of 20. He also
stated that the average
length of retirement
should be two weeks.
Retirement can be
great. Or, it can be, as
one author wrote, a
step into hell.
Following are some
typical retirement pitfalls to avoid:
• Misjudging how
long you will live.
People are living
longer than ever. A
senior once said that if
he could have made a
contract to live to age
70 and no longer, he
would have been
happy to sign it. this
bargain sounded good
when he was 20, but
he lived to be 90. He
felt blessed with the
extra years. Be sure to
consider that you
might live longer than
expected. A retiree
should budget his/her
retirement finances
accordingly.
• Retiring just to escape a job you don’t
like.
Sometimes people
are so eager to retire
that they mark off
days and even minutes until they can retire. Their mind-set is
“I can’t wait to get out
of here!” Some workers who are unhappy
with their occupations
will do anything to escape their jobs.
Instead, consider
changing jobs or modifying your current
schedule.
A local
shopkeeper
was
burned out from
working in her store
seven days a week.
She sold the business.
She was surprised to
see that the new
owner turned a profit
without ever setting
foot on the premises.
The stressed seller
soon realized she
could have shortened
her work schedule,
hired some help and
still maintained ownership. Instead she became a bored and
regretful retiree.
• Failure to recognize the importance
of feeling useful or
needed.
One of the most important human needs
is to be appreciated
while helping others.
Sometimes it is intimidating to leave home,
go to an agency and
ask if they need help.
A friend of mine has
always been interested in cars. He became AARP senior
driving instructor and,
as he stated, he now
feels he is “giving
back” to the community.” As has been
said, giving is twice
blessed, once for the
giver and once for the
receiver. Keep occupied, make friends.
and help others. Sitting isolated at home
is bad for the mind
and the spirit. A relative of mine proudly
stated that when he
retired he would just
prop up his feet and
watch TV all day. He
did that and within a
few years had a nervous breakdown.
• Neglecting your
physical and mental
activity.
The term “use it or
lose it” has important
meaning for retirees.
Lack of exercise can
lead to weight gain,
circulation problems,
and lack of mobility.
Recent medical research has shown
physical activity and
exercise can be a
modern-day cure-all.
Exercising the brain
by reading, socializing, language study, or
game playing can help
improve brain func-
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Be sure to schedule plenty of physical — and mental — activity in your retirement
years. Doing so can stave off dementia and improve your quality of life.
tion and even stave off
some forms of dementia. My mother-in-law
attributed her long life
to bridge playing,
garage sales, and her
Christian faith.
I hope the foregoing
gives some food for
thought for those considering retirement. It
is a large part of our
lives and should be
given serious plan-
ning to keep us vital
and help our lives be
good to the last drop.
Larry Hartmann is a
senator in the California Senior Legislature.
When mom needs help: how to identify the signs and start the conversation
Misty Volaski
editor@ojaivalleynews.com
It’s not easy to
admit when you’re
getting older and start
to need help.
How can adult children know when their
parents need help —
whether that help
come in the form of a
housecleaning service, a driver, or a dementia facility? And
how can they safely
and lovingly bring up
this difficult topic with
their loved ones?
“Remember, you’re
the expert, you know
your loved one better
than I do,” said Christine Fenn, of The
Gables. “You know
best what their tipping points are, those
red points, that if you
bring them up, mom
or Dad will shut down,
maybe
not
even
speak.”
First, approach the
situation with love
and positivity, experts
recommend, and start
paying close attention
to the details.
“If you haven’t seen
mom in a while and
she’s coming out for
Christmas, you might
be surprised at the
change that’s happened since summer,”
said Betsy Smith, of
The Gables. But if you
see her more often,
the changes might not
be so obvious.
Still, little things can
tell you a lot, Smith
pointed out.
Warning signs can
include:
• Changes in physical appearance. What
do mom’s clothes look
like these days? Are
there stains? Are they
wrinkled, or threadbare? This might
mean mom is getting
tremors in her hands,
or that arthritis is
making laundry more
difficult, or that her
eyesight isn’t as good
as it used to be. There
could also be a cognitive issue — perhaps
mom is having trouble
remembering how to
use her washing machine.
• Weight loss. If her
clothes are hanging
off her frame, or her
face
looks
more
drawn, “It could tell
you a story about how
she’s managing with
acquiring food, meal
planning, meal prep,”
Smith said, adding
that it’s often difficult
for one person —
even
a
relatively
healthy person — to
have a well-rounded
diet with only one
person in the household.
Once you notice
these things, there’s
several avenues to go
down.
But even before
that, it’s important to
involve your parent in
their future plans by
beginning a conversation that doesn’t feel
confrontational.
If
possible, enlist the
help of other family
members and friends,
and make a game
plan so everyone’s on
the same page.
Then, “Start planting seeds,” said Fenn,
of The Gables. “You
might say, ‘Oh, I noticed your neighbor
Mrs. Johnson has
started to slow down.
What do you think her
plans are?’ Then get
their reaction and
take it from there.”
When ready to take
the next step and
apply it to your own
loved one, “A good
question to ask is,
‘How would you know
if you needed help?’ If
mom says, ‘Well,
when I can’t drive
anymore,’ or ‘When I
can’t go up the stairs’
— usually they’ll pick
something physical,
not cognitive — then
you have those markers,” suggested Smith.
Then, Smith added,
keep your eyes open
for those markers, so
when they hit, “You
can say, ‘Remember
when you said if you
started to forget to pay
your bills, you’d have
to get help with your
finances?’”
All too often, people
wait until it’s too late,
and have to make a
“decision by crisis.”
“That’s actually the
norm,” Smith said.
“Many people are in
denial, as if they’ll just
lie down, fall asleep,
and not wake up.”
Typically, that “decision by crisis” comes
when dad breaks a
bone, or gets in an accident, or has a stroke.
Then, the reality of the
situation forces loved
ones into that difficult
conversation. In that
case, follow the advice
of your parent’s doctor, and you can “let
the doctor be the bad
guy, as opposed to
you,” suggested Fenn.
For more tips, see
www.AARP.com.
Ojai hospital
Ojai women return to Ventura College, earn scholarships
garners award for
emergency care
Ojai Valley Community Hospital has
been named a recipient of the 2015
Women’s Choice Award® as one of
America’s Best Hospitals for Emergency
Care, providing exceptional patient care
and treatment.
Each year there are more than 125
million emergency room visits in the
U.S., with about a fifth of them being
children under the age of 15. Emergency departments continue to be an
essential part of the healthcare system
as they provide fast life-or-limb-saving
care to millions each year.
By carrying the Women’s Choice
Award seal, OVCH has joined an elite
network of hospitals committed to a
global mission to empower women,
serving as an example to all hospitals
while setting new standards of healthcare excellence for women, their families, and their communities.
“This award is an evidence-based
designation reflecting exceptional clinical performance and women’s preferences. It recognizes that women highly
recommend Ojai Valley Community
Hospital as one of the best hospitals for
emergency care,” said chief administrative officer Haady Lashkari. “Ojai Hospital is proud to receive an award
selected by women, signifying our entire hospital values their experience as
a critical component and also for the
care of their loved ones.”
For more information on the
Women’s Choice Award received by
Ojai Valley Community Hospital, visit
www.cmhshealth.org/newsbites.
The Ventura College
Foundation
has
awarded a total of
$28,000
Phoenix
Scholarships to 28 reentry students this
spring, helping them
get one step closer to
achieving their career
goals by returning to
Ventura College to
study. Re-entry students are defined as
people who return to
school to learn new
skills in order to be
competitive in the
marketplace or who
are returning to school
after an extended
break.
Two of these scholarship recipients are
from the Ojai Valley —
Victoria Massey and
Amanda
Ardissoni.
Each student received
a
scholarship
of
$1,000, awarded at the
16th annual scholarship ceremony, which
was hosted by the
foundation’s staff and
board of directors.
Stan Weisel, a Ventura
resident and founder
of the Stan Weisel Endowed Scholarships,
sponsored the event
this year and has
pledged to do so for
the rest of his life.
The Ventura College
Foundation board of
directors started the
program in November
1999 after learning
about the special
needs of Ventura College re-entry students.
“Each year, I am inspired by the scholarship
recipients’
tenacity and their unwavering determination. These students
are driven to overcome financial and
personal challenges to
be in school so they
can upgrade their
skills and make a better life for themselves
and their families,”
said Richard Taylor,
Ventura College Foundation board member
and one of the
Phoenix Scholarship
program
founders.
“Finding the money
and the time to pay for
and attend college
when you’re already
working a job and/or
caring for a family requires commitment
and sacrifice. I am so
glad to see the efforts
of these students acknowledged with a
Phoenix Scholarship.”
For more information, contact Norbert
Tan at (805) 289-6160
or ntan@vcccd.edu, or
visit www.venturacollege.edu/foundation.
Photo by Dina Pielaet/451media
Victoria Massey (center) celebrates her scholarship with Jordan and
Sandra Laby, scholarship donors.
Photo by Dina Pielaet/451media
Amanda Ardissoni (center) is pictured with George and Eleanor
Tillquist, board members and scholarship donors.
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ASTROLOGY
RISA D’ANGELES
Prepare for Gemini full moon and festival
Esoteric astrology as
news for the week of
May 27 through June 3:
This entire week is a
preparation by the New
Group of World Servers
(NGWS) for the June full
moon (Tuesday) and to
welcome the Forces of
Reconstruction, great
outer planetary forces
streaming into the Earth
at the Gemini Solar Festival.
The Gemini Festival at
the June full moon is
called the Festival of
Good Will and World Invocation Day (recitation
of the Great Invocation
hourly around the world
— the Great Invocation
is the mantra of direction for humanity). During the (12 degrees)
Gemini festival, the
Wesak blessing of the
will-to-good is released
and radiated (Gemini
distributes) to humanity.
When the will-to-good is
received humanity then
is able to radiate good
will to each other and to
the kingdoms.
The Gemini Festival is
the third of the three
spring festivals (triangle
of force) setting the spiritual template and resources for Earth for the
rest of the year (‘til next
spring). This festival recognizes the true spirit of
humanity — aspiring towards and seeking the
will of God, dedicated to
right human relation. At
the full moon the divine
nature of humanity is
recognized.
Christ
stands with humanity,
leader of his people, “the
eldest in a great family of
brothers” (Romans VIII,
29.) Each year at the
Gemini Festival Christ
preaches the last sermon
of Buddha, his brother
— a sermon calling forth
human and spiritual
unity, represented by an
outflow of love (work of
the Christ) and wisdom
(work of the Buddha).
The Forces of Reconstruction stream in during the festival, ushering
in an era of pronounced
creative activity, rebuilding the tangible world on
new creative lines. This
necessitates the total destruction of the old
forms no longer useful
for the new world era.
The Forces of Reconstruction’s task is to precipitate and bring into
manifestation into the
world that which the
Forces of Restoration
(Aries, new seed) and of
Enlightenment (Taurus,
anchoring the seed)
have made possible.
ARIES: Your daily life
and agendas shift. For
many months what has
been internal — daily
work, service, and health
— emerges into the light
of day. New tasks and
tools become available,
new disciplines, structures, order and organization are revealed. You
step out of a previous
way of being into a new
set of parameters that
you initiate. Community
calls you.
TAURUS: Expressing
yourself becomes most
important. You’ve had
months to develop
ideas, visions, plans and
the architecture of the
new world. The foundation has been formed in
the etheric (template for
form and matter). Gemini and Pisces live in this
template. Join them. In
the next year opportunities to create the next
cycle of life, the “Art of
Living,” appear. Help is
forthcoming.
ple and the external
world. Now you’ll turn
inward and that which
was gathered (experiences and events) will
be used to restructure
who you will be in the
future. Themes for the
next few years will be
creativity, contemplation, introspection and
beauty.
GEMINI: This Gemini
Festival creates new
foundations, creativity, a
shift of dimensions, and
a moving forward in
your
personal
life.
Everything that hasn’t
been resolved you now
have the capabilities to
face squarely, resolve
and complete. Everything, including daily
contacts is reorganizing.
Many years’ experiences
culminating. A blank
canvas appears. You
begin to draw.
VIRGO: You consider
what is truly important.
You begin to live with
more love and a new
state of values. But first
you must know what
your values are. Not
simply things in form
but also your spiritual,
psychological and moral
value system. Whatever
obstructs discovery of
your values is removed
from your life. This is an
important phase. You’ll
work hard to keep things
simple. Be economical
too.
CANCER:
There’s
been much inward
preparation the past
nine years. Soon begins
several years of outward
movement in a daily
level. Change begins in
your thoughts, habits.
How you listen and hear
others is also being restructured. Both expansion and contraction
will be experience, affected by what you
think. Greater life and all
its beauty are revealed.
LEO: For the last 14
years you’ve focused
outwardly, developing
interactions with others
— a vital developmental
stage. You’ve gathered
information about peo-
LIBRA: If aspects of
your life, including your
professional life, have
shifted it’s because new
action, events, people,
work and realities are
about to appear. You are
experiencing a time of
things dissolving, of
cleansing, clearing and
completing. When parts
of our lives are no longer
useful for our growth
and evolution, they dissolve away. There’s a
separation that needs
dissolving, too. Be of
kindness and courage.
SCORPIO: Integration
is occurring — of selfexpression with the expressions of others.
CHEF RANDY
You’re not an individual
star shining bright and
alone. This leads to
loneliness. You must
begin to shine as part of
a group. You’ll be required to see yourself as
a cooperator, equal coworker, assuming new
responsibilities, challenged, with demands
on your time. The reality
is this is what you’ve secretly hoped for. We succeed in the new world
with a group. This is the
secret of Masonry.
SAGITTARIUS: Fourteen years ago you
began a process of
growth, the outcome
being harvested now.
Those
years
were
preparatory to this time.
The experiences have
prepared well. You’ll
soon assume new and
different responsibilities
responding to your ambition and a call for
leadership.
Perhaps
you’re only half aware of
this. Perhaps you don’t
care for leadership.
Leadership leads to
great(er) achievement.
Lead with will and with
love.
CAPRICORN: Your efforts are bearing fruit, a
level of your life balancing, creativity and ambitions are stabilizing as
you work and play with
the rules of the game.
However, you’ll always
be unusual, very unique,
a bit of a revolutionary.
Spirituality and religion
will become more anchored along with new
philosophical ideas. You
balance well your pri-
vate and public lives.
More tests appear. You
will pass them. Plant
lemon verbena.
AQUARIUS: Notice
that possessions, resources, values, the
ways you have been
doing things — some of
these are slowly disappearing. You’re learning
about what others value.
You integrate into your
life new constructive
non-conflictual
changes. You want to be
in a position of not relying on others. You reflect
upon your resources
and vulnerabilities — a
practical step into your
future.
PISCES: You’re realizing what you can and
cannot do. You do your
very best at every task,
with every encounter,
and in all relationships.
This creates balance and
poise when imbalance
seems to dominate. In
relationships, do not expect from others more
than they can give.
You’re redefining yourself after years of struggle and preparation.
Show gratitude to those
who love you. Pay attention to your health. No
sugars.
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 night
lightnews..org/ or see her
Facebook pages.
Randy Graham
Farm-fresh strawberries make this shortcake decadent
This is a decadent,
wickedly good and totally
fresh dessert. It features a
buttery shortcake, fresh
cream, fresh strawberries
and a secret “soak” borrowed from a recipe I
found online. I also borrow the pairing of sweettart grenadine syrup with
the field-to-table fresh
strawberries from a
recipe given to me many
moons ago.
This is one of the tastiest strawberry shortcakes
you’ll ever experience.
For my Ojai Valley friends:
think traditional strawberry
shortcake
on
steroids.
Strawberry Shortcake
Shortcake Ingredients:
3 cups cake flour
1 tsp. baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 cup butter, room
temperature
2 cups coconut sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
5 medium eggs
3/4 cup milk
Soak Ingredients:
1 cup whole milk
1/2 cup sweetened
condensed milk
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Filling and Frosting
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups seedless
strawberry jam, divided
2-1/2 cups heavy
cream
1/4 cup sugar
1 quart fresh sliced
strawberries
Pomegranate Reduction
Ingredients:
8 ounces grenadine
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9-by-9by-2-inch baking or
casserole dish with cooking spray. It’s important
that it be 2” to 2-1/2”
high.
In a large bowl, combine the butter and sugar
and whisk until creamy
and thoroughly mixed.
Add the eggs, milk and
vanilla. Stir to combine.
Set aside.
In a separate bowl
combine the flour, baking
powder, and salt. Stir to
combine. Set aside.
Add the flour mixture to
the butter-sugar mixture.
Stir until the flour is completely
incorporated.
Pour into the prepared
pan and place in the
oven. Bake for 45 to 50
minutes or until a knife
inserted in the center of
the cake comes out clean.
Remove from the oven
and allow to cool about
20 minutes in the pan.
Carefully remove from
the pan and allow to cool
completely on a baking
rack.
While the shortcake is
baking, stir together the
“soak” ingredients (milk
through vanilla extract) in
a large bowl. Set aside.
Once the cake has
cooled, use a large knife
to slice the cake in half
horizontally. Place the top
layer of cake on a rimmed
baking sheet, cut-side up.
Slowly pour half the
“soak” over the top of the
bottom layer allowing it
to soak into the cake.
After the liquid has
soaked in, spread half the
jam over the top of the
layer. Place the other
layer, bottom-side up, on
top of the first layer and
slowly pour the remaining soaking liquid over
the top. After the liquid
has soaked in, spread the
remaining jam over the
top layer.
Whip the cream to soft
peaks, add the sugar, and
then whip to stiff peaks.
Frost the cake all over
with the whipped cream.
Decorate the top with the
strawberries. Carefully
cover and keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
To make the reduction,
pour the grenadine into a
small pot. Bring to a boil
over high heat. Keep boiling (watch it carefully)
until the juice is reduced
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by about half. Remove the
pomegranate reduction
from heat, pour into a
cup and set aside to cool
until ready to use.
To serve, drizzle the reduction onto a chilled
dessert plate. Cut a 3-by3-inch square of cake and
carefully place it in the
middle of the plate. Try
not to drool as you serve
each piece. There will be
plenty enough left for the
cook!
See Chef Randy's website at www.valley-vege
tarian.com for more
recipes.
Photo by Randy Graham
What’s better than strawberry shortcake?
Graduations
Eastin Bartholio takes a selfie with his peers in the
background after receiving his high school diploma.
Villanova faculty members congratulate the Class of 2015 with hugs and smiles.
Villanova graduates 61 Wildcats
Villanova Preparatory
School graduated 61 students Saturday in the Ojai
Valley's first graduation
ceremony of 2015.
The Wildcat Class of
2015 is: Kaitlyn Louise
Bailey, Eastin Dean
Bartholio, McKenna Margaret Billy, Mackenzie
DeAnne Boyd, Madeline
Frances Brock, Sean Ryan
Burke,
Joseph
Troy
Campbell,
Xingchen
"Kathy" Chen, Zeyu
"Dennis" Chen, Noah
Austin Cohan, Kathleen
Jane Cotti, Zhuowen
"Iris" Deng, Stephanie
Diaz Contreras, Derek
Edward Ducharme, Amy
Elizabeth
Duncan,
Emma-Rose
DuBois
Ebers, Leslie Esparza,
John Westhues Evans,
Jacob Alan Greenspan,
Xinyao "Niki" Guan,
Zhengchen "Emily" Hu,
Andrew Anthony Italo,
Teodor Juve Jaich, Madelyn Claire Kelley, Jack
Cameron La Plante, Kai Yi
"Lilly" Lai, Jacob Robert
Hao Ran "Henry" Zhang performs the song, "Firework" by Katy Perry, at the 2015
Villanova graduation.
Launius, Seoyeon "Jasmine" Lee, Ka Ki "Kelly"
Li, Callie Blake Little,
Tianlang "Clive" Liu,
Garett Sacco Lockwood,
Valeria Marie Lopez,
Chandler Shea Mang,
Jack Matthew McAtee,
Samuel Stix McColgan,
George Cyrus Millar,
Camille Carlye Morgan,
Sabrina Marie Nuño,
Claire Alexis Petrovich,
Jena Lauren Plasmyer,
Matchima
Prasansin,
Carolyn Marie Richards,
Alejandro Daniel Rios,
Dominique Hope Risse,
Mark Alexander Roberts,
Elissa Mae Root, Erica
Theresa Shuere, Samantha Brandon Smith, Hon
Ming Sze, Ye "Tom" Tang,
Yuanhong "Eric" Tian,
Christian
Vunabandi,
Yen-Kai "Kyle" Wang,
Bodong "Peter" Wang,
Hailey Cain West, Courtney Luk-Tung Wu, Junjie
"Joe" Xiao, Hsin-Heng
"Henry" Ying, Hao Ran
"Henry" Zhang, Evgeniia
Zykova.
Crowned with flowers, Villanova seniors soak up the moment.
Sports
B1
Wednesday
May 27, 2015
Mike Miller, editor
mike@ojaivalleynews.com
Highlighting prep, rec and area sports
Untimely errors end Villanova
Wildcats’ baseball season
Tim Tuttle
OVN correspondent
Villanova’s
Garrett
Lockwood pitched superbly against Sage Hill
in the opening round of
the CIF Division 6 playoffs Friday, allowing one
earned run in a complete game-six inning
effort in a 6-2 loss on the
Lightning’s Hague Field.
The Wildcats’ strongarmed senior limited
Sage Hill, the division’s
No. 1 seed, to four hits.
He struck out six,
walked two and hit a
batter.
Lockwood
was
matched against Sage
Hill’s Brett Super, who
pitched a pair of no-hitters en route to an 8-0
regular season. The
Wildcats (11-9) had six
hits and four walks
against Super in six-plus
innings before he was
relieved by Kellen Ochi
in the seventh.
“Garrett absolutely
outpitched Super,” Villanova coach Carson
Brown said. “Garrett
pitched great, he did
everything we asked
him to do. He knew they
were the No. 1 seed and
we were the No. 32 seed
and he pitched great. I
don’t think I could have
asked for a better game
from him.”
Lockwood, who is
headed for NCAA Division II Eastern New
Mexico University next
fall to play baseball on
an academic scholarship, used a fastball,
hard curve and slow
curve to keep the Lightning (19-6) off balance.
“It was a good combination of throwing it
hard early and mixing it
with off speed late,”
Brown said.
Lockwood (4-3), who
finished the season with
a 1.92 earned run average and also led the
team with 51 innings
pitched, also kept his
composure in difficult
situations. Sage Hill
capitalized on two errors in the first inning to
score two unearned
runs and Lockwood
struck out Super to end
the inning. The Lightning scored two more
unearned runs in the
second and Lockwood
struck out Parker Reposa for the third out.
“I like to keep my
composure when I’m up
on the mound and make
sure I’m pitching my
game,” Lockwood said.
“If we make the plays,
that’s a 1-0 ball game
and we’re cutting it
down to the wire. Sometimes it doesn’t go all
the way like you plan.
They’re (Sage Hill) a
good team. They put the
ball in play, hit hard
ground balls and popups hard to read with
the clouds. It wasn’t a
good defensive game,
but we battled against
their pitcher and I just
kept throwing.
“My stuff was good. I
was hitting my stuff. I
left a couple of pitches
up, but other than that,
it was pretty good.”
Down 4-0, the Wildcats scored two runs in
the third. Freshman Will
McColgan led off with a
walk, Sammy McColgan
followed with a bunt single and Eastin Bartholio
singled to center to load
the bases with no outs.
Super, who struck out
11, retired Ryan Pierson
swinging and George
Millar on a short fly to
centerfield. Lockwood
drove in Will McColgan
with a hard-hit ground
ball to the right of the
mound that Super was
able to knock down.
Super’s hurried throw
was off target to first
baseman Michael Helton and Sammy McColgan scored. Dillon Riggs’
walk loaded the bases,
but Super got out of the
jam by striking out
freshman Raegan Mang.
Villanova left fielder
Millar made a backhanded, running catch
with runners on second
and third to save two
runs and end the fourth
inning.
“It was a fantastic
catch,” Brown said.
“That was the best catch
he’s made all year.”
The Wildcats loaded
the bases with no outs
on a walk, an error and a
bad-hop single in the
sixth, but Super struck
out the next two hitters
and retired the dangerous Bartholio on a
ground out to first baseman Pierson.
Lead-off
batter
Bartholio, a senior, had
three singles and a
stolen base. He ended
the season hitting .400
on 26 hits in 65 at-bats.
Sage Hill added its
only earned run in the
fifth for a 5-2 lead and
another run in the sixth.
It was the final game
at Villanova for seniors
Lockwood, Bartholio,
Sammy McColgan, Millar, Chandler Mang
(who was absent because of another school
function) and Noah
Cohan.
“It’s always sad to be
leaving the guys,” Lockwood said. “We’ve got a
lot of young kids and we
did the best we could
with the seniors we
had.”
Get on the links to help Ranger golf
The Nordhoff High
School golf program
will be hosting the
26th annual George
Mataisz Memorial Golf
Tournament and Social May 30 at the
Soule
Park
Golf
Course.
The entry fee is $80
and includes a cart.
Awards are given for
best foursome, low
gross, low net, skins,
closest to the pin,
longest drive and
fewest putts.
All proceeds from
the annual event will
go to help support
Ranger golf. For more
information, call NHS
head coach Dick Sebek
at 646-7503.
Photo by Dougal Brownley
Nordhoff’s Landis Meyer, shown here running in the 4-by-400-meter relay, helped
the Rangers to a CIF-Southern Section Division 4 title last weekend. Meyer and teammate Cameron Kunde will compete in the master’s meet Friday.
NHS track wins firstever sectional title
Mike Miller
The Nordhoff boys’
track and field team
made history last weekend when they won their
first-ever CIF Southern
Section title by edging
Serra High School, 53-47.
Nordhoff assistant track
and field coach Ed Italo
said, “You don’t need a
lot of guys to win this
meet, you just need the
right guys.”
The Rangers entered
the meet with just six
athletes, but that did not
prevent them from taking down Division 4
powers like Oaks Christian, Serra, and St.
Bonaventure.
“Going
into the meet, people
were picking Oaks Christian to beat us. I normally
don’t use that kind of
stuff to motivate these
guys, but this time I’d
had it. I used some of the
stuff that was printed on
the web to show our guys
that people were picking
against us. It worked; we
had a good day and won
the meet. Everyone did
what they needed to do,”
said Italo.
Of
Nordhoff’s
53
points, 45 came from the
running events which
were all scored by the
foursome that completed at the Penn Relays
earlier this spring. Varian
Wilson had a huge day,
winning the 400-meter
event in 49.45 and then
he took third in the 200meter dash with a time of
21.97. Wilson also served
as a member of the winning
4-by-400-meter
relay team.
In the 800-meter run,
the Rangers were well
represented and they
came away with 19
points in that event
alone. Cameron Kunde
won with a time of
1:54.26, Landis Meyer
was close behind in second with a time of
1:54.69,
and
Elijah
Balderas was eighth in
1:59.53. Kunde, Meyer,
and Balderas were also
on the winning relay
team along with Wilson.
In the field, NHS benefitted from huge performances from Jevon
Morrison who placed
fourth in the pole vault
(14 feet even) and
Homero Espana who was
sixth in the discuss with a
toss of 136 feet, 11
inches.
“It was a fight to the
end, but these kids really
did a great job. We
needed every one of
them to step up and they
did,” added Italo.
Kunde and Meyer will
both advance to Friday’s
CIF-SS master’s meet in
Cerritos with the hope of
moving on to the state
meet. Italo said, “They
are going into the master’s meet as the seventh
and eighth seeds out of
12, so they are right in
there. They were at a disadvantage in the finals
because in the Division 4
race, they pretty much
had to time trial against
each other to run fast
enough to advance. This
weekend will be different
and they can just go out
and face for a spot at
state.”
The Nordhoff track
and field team has enjoyed one of their best
seasons in recent memory with their trip to the
Penn Relays and now
their first-ever sectional
title. See next week’s Ojai
Valley News for an update on Kunde and
Meyer as they look to advance to the state finals.
Front Nine golfers
have four-way tie
in last tourney
Greg Edge
OVN contributor
The final mini-tournament of the spring session for the Soule Park
Ladies
Front
Nine
League was a rousing
success last Thursday afternoon. Thirty members and their guests
participated in a twoball
scramble.
A
spaghetti feast was held
afterwards in the Soule
Park Golf Course Banquet Room.
This week was drier
than the past two weeks,
but still cool and cloudy
for much of the event.
The tournament winners were determined
using the Callaway scoring system that yielded a
four-way tie for first
place with a score of 32.
Winners were: Kim Exon
and Claudia Wunderlich;
Linda
Conrad
and
Meredy Benson Rice;
Laura Denne and Linda
Bell; Peggy Brown and
Debbie Switzer.
The honor for fewest
puts with only 12 went to
Kat Gunn and Dawn
Emery. Longest drive of
200 yards was by the
team of Mitnee Duque
and Candy Randopoulos.
The Front Nine’s summer session begins June
25 and includes eight
mini-tournaments,
a
free golf clinic, and an
awards dinner. The fee is
$40 for the session.
contact Mitnee Duque at
272-8782.
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OVN05-01-2015
Published Ojai Valley News
May 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2015
SUPERIOR COURT OF
CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF Ventura
800 Victoria Avenue
SAME
Ventura, CA 93009
Ventura Courthouse
PETITION OF
Kelly M. Wiggins & Jeffrey
Allan Hilmer
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
56-2015-00466730-CU-PTVTA
TO ALL INTERESTED
PERSONS: Petitioner Kelly
M. Wiggins & Jeffrey Allan
Hilmer filed a petition with
this court for a decree
changing names as follows:
a) Timothy Allan Hilmer to
Timothy Allan HilmerWiggins, b) Tyler Dawson
Hilmer to Tyler Dawson
Hilmer-Wiggins
THE COURT ORDERS
that all persons interested in
this matter shall appear
before this court at the
hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the
petition for change of name
should not be granted. Any
person objecting to the name
changes described above
must file a written objection
that includes the reasons for
the objection at least two
court days before the matter
is scheduled to be heard and
must appear at the hearing to
show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no
written objection is timely
filed, the court may grant the
petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: 6/17/15
Time: 8:30 am
Dept.: 40
The address of the court is
same as noted above.
A copy of this Order to
Show Cause shall be
published at least once each
week for four successive
weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in
the following newspaper of
general circulation printed in
this county: Ojai Valley
News.
Date: APR 24, 2015
BY ORDER OF THE
COURT
MICHAEL D. PLANET
Ventura Superior Court
Executive Officer and Clerk
By: /s/LYDIA GONZALEZ
Deputy Clerk
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OVN05-02-2015
May 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2015040710006574-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 04/07/2015
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
1st Fictitious Business
Name: Kali Institute for
Massage & Somatic
Therapies
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business (P.O. Box
or PMB are not acceptable):
746 E. Main St., Ventura,
CA 93001
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
State of Incorporation/
Organization: CA
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
VC Bodyworks, Inc.
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
are not acceptable):
746 E. Main St., Ventura,
CA 93001
This Business is conducted
by: A Corporation
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).)
VC Bodyworks, Inc.
/s/ABBY NIELSEN
Abby Nielsen
President
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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OVN05-03-2015
May 13, 20 & 27, 2015
June 3, 2015
20150420-10007583-0 1/1
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 04/20/2015
STATEMENT OF
WITHDRAWAL FROM
THE PARTNERSHIP
OPERATING UNDER A
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) HAS/HAVE
WITHDRAWN AS A
GENERAL PARTNER
FROM THE PARTNERSHIP
OPERATING UNDER THE
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME
Fictitious Business Name
(s) (Business name being
withdrawn)
1) Sugar Pearl Bakery, 2)
Hot Shots Photography
Place of Business
1006 Ney Court, Simi
Valley, CA 93065
The date on which the
being withdrawn was filed:
9/23/2014
The file number to the
being withdrawn: 2014092310017178-0 1/1
The county where the
fictitious business name was
filed: Ventura
Full name of Withdrawing
Partner
Sean Mitchell Ford
Residence Address (P.O.
Box or PMB are not
acceptable)
1006 Ney Court, Simi
Valley, CA 93065
correct.
(A registrant who declares as
true information which he or
she knows to be false is
guilty of a crime.)
/s/SEAN FORD
Sean Ford
This statement was filed with
the County Clerk of Ventura
County on the date indicated
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OVN05-04-2015
May 13, 20 & 27, 2015
June 3, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2015050710008887-0 1/1
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 05/07/2015
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
Name: CMS Construction
1073 Tioco rd, Ojai, CA
93023
Cody Michael Stevens
1073 Tico rd, Ojai, CA
93023
by: An Individual
names listed above on 1-115.
correct.
Cody Michael Stevens
/s/CODY MICHAEL
STEVENS
SEQ., Business and
Professions Code).
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OVN05-09-2015
May 20 & 27, 2015
June 3 & 10, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2015050610008728-0 1/1
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 05/06/2015
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
Name: Enhanced
439 W. El Roblar Dr., Ojai,
CA 93023
Summer McComas
83 Chaparral rd., Oak View,
CA 93022
by: An Individual
correct.
Summer McComas
/s/SUMMER McCOMAS
SEQ., Business and
Professions Code).
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OVN05-10-2015
May 20 & 27, 2015
June 3 & 10, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2015050810008918-0 1/1
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 05/08/2015
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
Name: Morris Excavating
2nd Fictitious Business
Name: Morris Construction
202 Shady Lane, Ojai, CA
93023
State of Incorporation/
Organization: CA
Justin Morris
202 Shady Lane, Ojai, CA
93023
by: An Individual
names listed above on (1)
NA, (2) 2011.
correct.
Justin Morris
/s/JUSTIN MORRIS
SEQ., Business and
Professions Code).
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OVN05-17-2015
May 27 2015
VENTURA COUNTY
OFFICE OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL BUSINESS AND
ADVISORY SERVICES
5189 Verdugo Way
Camarillo CA 93023
Notice of Public Hearing for
the 2015-2016 School
District Budget
PROPOSED BUDGET OF
Valley Oak Charter
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF
VENTURA COUNTY FOR
THE YEAR ENDING JUNE
30, 2016.
The public hearing on the
proposed budget for Valley
Oak Charter School District
will be held at 907 El Centro
Street, Ojai on June 11 at
1:30 o’clock p.m.
The public is cordially
invited to attend this
meeting.
The proposed budget will
be on file for public
inspection from June 8th to
June 10th, 2015 at 907 El
Centro Street, Ojai during
the normal workday.
STANLEY C. MANTOOTH
County Superintendent of
Schools
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OVN05-18-2015
May 27, 2015
June 3, 10 & 17, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2015052010009768-0 1/1
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 05/20/2015
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
Name: Om Organic Skin
Care
135 Felix Dr., Ojai, CA
93023
Kalia Woglom
321 Descanso Ave., Ojai, CA
93023
by: An Individual
correct.
Kalia Woglom
/s/KALIA WOGLOM
SEQ., Business and
Professions Code).
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OVN05-19-2015
May 27, 2015
PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the City of Ojai
Community Development
Director will hold a public
hearing on the following
items on Monday, June 8,
2015 at 9:00 a.m. in the
Conference Room of Ojai
City Hall, 401 S. Ventura St.,
Ojai, California. Any
interested persons may
appear before the Director
and present their views.
Director’s Exemption from
Design Review (DE 15-07)
for a new 18 x 50 square
foot rectangle swimming
pool and spa located at 608
Country Club Drive,
Assessor’s Parcel Number:
023-0-040-060. The General
Plan designation of the site is
The General Plan Land Use
Designation of the property
is Low Density Residential
(LR). The Zoning
Classification of the property
is Single-Family Residential,
Low Density (R-O-1). A
Categorical Exemption has
been prepared pursuant to
the California Environmental
Quality Act. Property
Owner: Dan and Ann Lukas.
Applicant / Representative:
Chester Jagiello.
Director’s Exemption from
Design Review (DE 15-09)
for a new swimming pool,
spa and barbeque pavilion
located at 123 Fairview
Road, Assessor’s Parcel
Number: 020-0-010-450. The
General Plan designation of
the site is The General Plan
Land Use Designation of the
property is Very Low
Density Residential (VLR).
The Zoning Classification of
the property is Single-Family
Residential, Low Density (RO-4). A Categorical
Exemption has been
prepared pursuant to the
California Environmental
Quality Act. Property
Owner: Gidi and Noga
Cohen. Applicant /
Representative: Alex Ugrik.
Further information about
these matters are available
from the Community
Development Department at
401 South Ventura Street,
Mondays through Fridays
from 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or
by calling (805) 646-5581
x112. Any aspect of this
approval may be appealed to
the City of Ojai Planning
Commission within fifteen
days, subject to filing the
required forms and fees with
the City Clerk.
May 21, 2015
/s/KATHLEEN WOLD
Kathleen Wold, Community
Development Director
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Is that Gen. MacArthur driving down Old Ventura Avenue? Nope — it’s Rob Gordon (left) and Chuck Testa.
Veterans in the crowd at Libbey Bowl rise to be honored
for the sacrifice they gave.
Alice Delp, a veteran of the U.S. Army who suffers from post-traumatic stress
disorder, shares her experiences with the crowd on Memorial Day in Libbey Park.
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Artist, expert team up on drought
As part of the highly
acclaimed Water Works
II exhibition presented
by the Porch Gallery
Ojai and the Venice
Institute of Contemporary Art, local photographer Terri Laine and
Casitas Conservation
Specialist Cinnamon
McIntosh will copresent an overview of
Ventura County’s
current water conditions and how they are
impacting Lake Casitas.
The event will take
place Sunday at 4 p.m.
at the Ojai Art Center in
Ojai.
Laine will address her
extensive documentation of the drought’s
effects at Lake Casitas,
and McIntosh will
discuss the history of
Lake Casitas and what
the current situation is.
This will be followed by
a question-and-answer
period.
According to Lisa
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Gallery Ojai “This is a
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• Waterworks II,
special presentation
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• 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai
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present her work. Her
series of photographs
tell an important and
evocative story about
the current state of our
environment. The
opportunity to hear
about her experience
with the rapidly
changing lake is going
to be very informative.
Add the bonus of
Cinnamon’s expertise,
and this will be a must
see event.”
Water Works II is
spread between the
exhibition space at
Porch Gallery Ojai and
A series of images by local photographer Terri Laine depicts the gradual lowering of the water level in Lake Casitas.
The Ojai Art Center. The
exhibition features 70
pieces by 54 artists. In
addition to the gallery
venues, three commis-
sioned sculptures are
installed in and around
Ojai by artists KuBo
(Besant Hill School),
Sonja Schenk (The
Farmer and the Cook)
and Alberto Bevacqua
(Porch Gallery Ojai).
The Ojai Art Center is
at 113 S. Montgomery
St. in Ojai.
visit www.porchgalleryojai.com or call 6207589.
Wine festival
will benefit
local projects
Photo by Kerri Sengstaken
The Gold ‘n Blue Chorale perform at the Southern California Vocal Association Festival at Thacher School on
April 28.
Chorale to play Libbey Bowl
Friday, the Nordhoff High
School Music Department will
present its spring concert,
Friday Night in the Park, at 6:30
p.m. at Libbey Bowl.
The all-department concert
will feature the award-winning
Symphonic Band, String
Orchestra, Chamber Choir,
Gold ‘n Blue Chorale and Jazz
Band, under the direction of Bill
Wagner.
All the groups performed
April 24 at the Heritage Festival
in San Diego and received
unanimous superior ratings and
gold awards, the highest awards
given. Additionally, Sarathi
Farkas and Ashley Sengstaken
received soloist awards.
The concert is free. For additional information, visit
www.nhsmusic.com or call 6404343, ext. 1861.
The 29th annual Ojai
Wine Festival is just
around the corner —
both time wise and
geographically. Attendees can treat themselves to a VIP experience June 14 from noon
to 4 p.m. when the
event returns to the
shores of the Lake
Casitas Recreation Area.
The VIP Lounge offers
select spirits, wine and
beer and food, inside a
canopy tent, with an
open view of the lake.
VIP’s are greeted with
a glass of Barefoot
Bubbly and can choose
from a selection of hors
d’oeuvres served by
Sakura Ojai Japanese,
La Piu Bella Tavola
Italian Catering and
Whole Foods Market
Oxnard. The hors
d’oeuvres pair with a
selection of wine by
Ascension Cellars,
Gainey Vineyard, Zaca
Mesa Winery and
Falcone Family Winery.
Belgian-style draft
Stella Artois, Leffe or
Hoegaarden beer will
also be served in
souvenir glasses. Nonalcoholic Sparkling ICE
waters, Hubert’s
Organic Lemonade and
Jarritos sodas will also
be avialable. A selection
of tequilas from Tequila
Los Tres Toños and
Tequila El TrueQue will
top off the VIP experience.
Tickets are limited in
this area of the festival
and cost $120 presale
and $150 event day. VIP
non-drinking tickets,
which provide everything but alcohol, are
$50 presale and $75
event day.
Participants must be
See Wine, Page C2
Actor, humorist
Garofalo set for
Sunday show
Comedian Janeane
Garofalo will perform at
the Scherr Forum
Theatre, Sunday at 7
p.m.
Garofalo has had
many memorable and
critically acclaimed
movie roles including
“The Truth About Cats
and Dogs,” “Wet Hot
American Summer,”
“Ratatouille,” “Steal
This Movie,” “Reality
Bites,” “Romy and
Michelle’s High School
Reunion,” “Mystery
Men,” “The Ten” and
“The Cable Guy”. Garofalo also co-authored
the best seller “Feel This
Book,” with Ben Stiller.
Garofalo was a cast
member of the Emmy
Award-winning “Ben
Stiller Show” and played
the role of Paula, the
acerbic talent booker,
on “The Larry Sanders
Show,” for which she
received an Emmy
nomination. During the
fall of 1994, she joined
the cast of “Saturday
Night Live.”
Some of Garofalo’s
other television work
includes two specials
for HBO, FOX’s “24,”
“Mad About You,” and
the final season of
NBC’s “The West Wing,”
where she played
Democratic campaign
strategist Louise
Thornton.
In addition to acting
in film and television,
Garofalo is an
outspoken activist,
spoken word performer
and stand-up comedy
entertainer. She was
instrumental in the
successful launching of
the first liberal radio
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Comedian Janeane Garofalo will appear Sunday at the Scherr Forum Theatre in Thousand Oaks.
network, Air America
Radio, where she hosted
her own talk show, “The
Majority Report.”
Single tickets are
priced from $34 to $39
with group discounts
available. Tickets are
available from Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000,
online at www.ticketmaster.com or through
the Thousand Oaks
Civic Arts Plaza Box
Office, at 2100 Thou-
sand Oaks Blvd.
visit www.civicartsplaza.com or call 4492787.
Free Family Day coming to SP Museum
The Santa Paula Art
Museum will host its Free
Family Day June 6 from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Artists of all
ages are invited for a free
hands-on, art-making workshop to coincide with the
Melody Hall Music Festival
at the nearby California Oil
Museum. Participants will
learn how to create their
own instruments out of
everyday materials in this
interactive workshop. The
workshop is free.
The Santa Paula Art
Museum’s Free Family Day
is held in conjunction with
the Music Festival. Held
next to the California Oil
Museum at 1001 E. Main St.,
the free event will showcase
seven bands that will range
from rock ‘n’ roll to big
band, jazz and swing.
Named for one of Santa
Paula’s earliest nightclubs,
the event will include a
dance floor, food trucks and
entertainment starting at 10
a.m. and lasting until 7:30
p.m. Attendees are encouraged to provide their own
seating. Umbrellas and
shade pop-ups will be
allowed in designated areas.
For information about the
Melody Hall Music Festival,
call the California Oil
Museum at 933-0076.
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.
For more information, call
the Museum at 525-5554.
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Ojai artist included in Camarillo show
Ojai artist Andrea
Haffner’s work will be
included in the
upcoming Studio
Channel Islands Art
Center Blackboard
Gallery show entitled
Kinetic Lines. The show
opens June 4 and runs
until June 26.
Also included in the
show will be works Julia
Pinkham and BiJian
Fan.
An artist reception
will be held June 6 from
4 to 6 p.m., and an
artists’ talk will take
place from 3 to 4 p.m.
The Blackboard
Gallery at Studio
Channel Islands Art
Center is at 2222
Ventura Blvd. in Old
Town Camarillo.
Gallery hours are
Tuesdays from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m., Wednesdays
through Fridays from
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3
p.m.
For information, visit
www.studiochannelislands.org or call 3881368.
Andrea Haffner’s art explores themes dealing with relationships, solitude, experience and complex human
emotions.
Julia Pinkham’s work is strongly influenced by the natural world and organic forms.
Auditions
• Actors are welcome to
audition for parts in any
of the four one-acts that
will be presented on the
Fifth Monday event in
June
The “We Write One
Acts” festival, at Ojai ACT,
is a one-night only
performance to showcase
local talent. Auditions will
be held June 2 at 7 p.m. at
the Ojai Art Center’s
Raymund Room, 113 S.
Montgomery St.
A second audition will
be held June 4 at 7 p.m.
The Fifth Monday
production is an active
reading, so it’s not
required that performers
memorize the script.
There will often be props
and costumes however.
There are parts for
adults of all ages, and
most of the plays feature
couples.
The authors are Richard
Camp, Wendell Jones,
Christine Rosensteel and
Lisa Snider.
E-mail ojaignusman
@gmail.com or call 4522885 for additional information.
Woolson to demonstrate art techniques
Ojai artist Holly Woolson will demonstrate mixed media/printing techniques at
the Westlake Village Art Guild’s dinner meeting Tuesday at Los Robles Greens
Golf Course in Thousand Oaks. For more information, visit www.wvartguild.org.
Wine:
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21 or older to enter the
VIP Lounge, no children
are allowed.
General admission
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BookEnds Bookstore
and other curiosities
Housed in an
enchanting old church
in Meiners Oaks
tickets are $50 until
June 12 or $60 event day
and include unlimited
tasting of beer and wine
in the Main Tasting
Area.
There will also be
food and craft vendors,
music by Sgt. Pepper or
Captain Cardiac and the
Coronaries, bid a silent
wine auction and free
boat rides on the Rotary
Floating Classroom.
Tickets are available
at www.OjaiWineFestival.com and at The
Attitude Adjustment
Shoppe located at the
“Y” intersection in Ojai
and Reid’s Appliances
in Ventura and Santa
Barbara.
Free Ojai Wine
Festival shuttles, sponsored by Roadrunner
Shuttle and Limousine
Service, will run every
30 minutes and stop at
four locations along the
Ojai Trolley Route, or
call 389-8196, Ext. 1 to
purchase a discounted
private pick-up.
The Ojai Wine Festival
is a fundraising event of
the Rotary Club of Ojai
West Foundation Inc.,
which has raised more
than $1,000,000 to help
fund local projects.
This year, the Rotary
Club of Ojai West Foundation is trying to raise
money to furnish a
shade sail for the Libbey
Park children’s play
area.
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West Coast art set to come alive
Studio Channel
Islands Art Center will
hold its annual Arts
Alive – West Coast Art
Experience at 2222
Ventura Blvd. in Old
Town Camarillo. The
free event will take place
Saturday from noon to 7
p.m. and Sunday from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission is free.
Arts Alive 2015 will
feature more than 100
artists, entertainers and
art organizations from
Ventura County showcasing their talents and
programs.
The Blackboard
Gallery will feature
photography exhibits by
Donna Granata and Rob
Shanahan, bands will
perform and The Art
Education Center will
exhibit student and
teacher works from
Adolfo Camarillo and
Rio Mesa High Schools.
Around campus,
theatrical groups will
provide unique entertainment throughout
each day.
Food trucks and a
beer-and-wine garden
will provide refreshments.
Children will be
invited to enter a chalk
painting contest, have
their faces painted and
work off energy in a
jolly jumper.
Visit www.studio
channelislands.org for
more information.
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tainers and organizations from Ventura County.
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Upcoming Events
Saturday, June 6
• Author and literary
scout Zhena Muzyka
will host a two-day
author’s academy in
Ojai. Call 633-0924.
Sunday, June 7
• The 1892 Dudley
Historic House
Museum will be open
for docent-led tours
from 1 to 4 p.m. accompanied by period music
in the parlor and
upstairs library landing.
Admission is free. The
museum is at the
corner of Loma Vista
and Ashwood streets in
Ventura. Visit
www.dudleyhouse.org
or call 642-3345.
Saturday, July 18
• A reception to
welcome The Artists
Guild of Fillmore to the
Ojai Arts Center will be
held from 1 to 3 p.m.
The Guild’s artists will
host an exhibition of
their work there from
July 11 through Aug. 5.
The Ojai Art center is at
112 S. Montgomery St.
in Ojai.
• ArtWalk Ventura, a
free, two-day celebration of Ventura’s arts
community, returns for
its 22nd year. This
signature event will
take to the streets of
Ventura’s historic
Downtown and West-
side cultural district as
patrons enjoy a free,
self-guided (and shuttled) tour of more than
40 professional
exhibits, pop-up
studios, live performances and PODS
Containers transformed
into mini art galleries.
This year features
“Havana to Ventura,” a
series of events and
exhibits, including a
public mural, as
ArtWalk welcomes
renown sculptor Pedro
Pulido and Cuban
historian Victor Pina.
Visit www.artwalkventura.org/ for information.
photography by
Sabine Pearlman and
mixed media by
Ellwood T. Risk,
through June 6. Call
640-0151.
• Through June 6: OVA
Arts, 108-B N. Signal
St., will display
“Making Something
from Nothing,” an
exhibit of works by
impoverished women
from Tanzania and
Uganda, through June
6. A wide variety of
items will be on
display and for sale.
Call 646-5682.
• June 6: galerie 102,
102 W. Matilija St.,
Ojai, will display
photography by Aaron
Farley, June 6 through
July 5. Call 640-0151.
• June 6: Ojai Art
Center, 113 S. Montgomery St., will
display the Photography Branch’s annual
themed-juried exhibit,
“What Does Peace
Look Like?” from June
6 through July 8. A
reception will be held
June 6 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Call 646-0117
• Through June 8:
“Water Works II,” an
exhibition of works
related to water from
as far away as China,
will be on display
through June 8 at both
Porch Gallery Ojai, 310
E. Matilja St., and Ojai
Art Center, 113 S.
Montgomery St. Call
620-7589.
• Through June 13:
Gallery 525 at 525 W.
El Roblar Drive, will
display “Recent
Discoveries of
Renowned Scientist
Merrie Weather Font,”
a solo exhibition by
artist Michael
McCarthy, through
June 13. Call 798-0407.
• Through June 14:
The Santa Paula Art
Museum, 117 N. 10th
St., Santa Paula, will
display works by Ojai
artists Carlos Grasso
and Sylvia Raz through
June 14 in an exhibit
titled “Dos Del Sur.”
Call 525-5554.
• June 17: OVA Gallery,
108 N. Signal St., will
display artwork
submitted for the
juried competition of
the Ojai Valley
Lavender Festival,
June 17 through 26,
with a receptionJune
19 from 6 to 8 p.m.
• Through July 5: The
Ojai Valley Museum,
130 W. Ojai Ave., will
display artwork by the
Ojai Studio Artists,
through July 5, in the
group’s 13th annual
show, “Condition
Report: 2015.” Call
640-1390.
• Through July 5: The
Santa Paula Art
Museum, 117 N. 10th
St., Santa Paula, will
display “Next Generation Revisited,” an
exhibit of works by
area college students,
through July 5. Call
525-5554.
• July 11: The Ojai Art
Center, 113 S. Montgomery St., will
display work by the
Artists Guild of Fillmore, July 11 through
Aug. 5. A reception will
be held July 18 from 1
to 3 p.m. Call 6460117.
• July 17: The Museum
of Ventura County, 100
E. Main St., Ventura,
will display “Face to
Face,” an exhibit of
contemporary portraiture by Ventura
County artists ages 18
to 35, July 17 through
Sept. 13. Call 6530323, Ext. 301.
• Through Oct. 11:
The Museum of
Ventura County, 100 E.
Main St., Ventura, will
display “A Worse Place
than Hell: The
Changing Face of
Abraham Lincoln,” a
new exhibit of George
Stuart Historical
Figures, through Oct.
11. Call 653-0323, Ext.
303.
Exhibits
• May 29: The Oaks at
Ojai, 122 E. Ojai Ave.,
will host a reception
for artist Tiger Huang,
Friday from 5 to 6 p.m.
RSVP to
judy@oaksspa.com to
attend. His watercolor
paintigs will be on
display at The Oaks
through June 15. Call
646-5573.
• May 30: Ojai City
Hall, 401 S. Ventura St.,
will display works by
the art students
winning scholarships
in the annual Ojai
Studio Artists contest,
Saturday through June
30. Call 646-5581.
• Through May 30:
The Ojai City Hall
Gallery, 401 S. Ventura
St., will display work
from its permanent
collection by Phil
Harvey, Blakely
Photography Studio,
Maggie Garrett, Fred
Rothenberg, Audrey
Sanders and Linda
Taylor through
Saturday. Call 6465581, Ext. 101.
• Through May 31:
Coffee Connection,
311 E. El Roblar Drive,
Meiners Oaks, will
display “Badger Pix,”
an exhibit of prints of
Peter Bellwood’s original collage art,
through Sunday. Call
646-7821.
• Through May 31:
Nutmeg’s Ojai House,
“Japan II,” by Jane Hollick
SlingShot group to show
An opening reception for the Vita Art
Center-hosted group
show, featuring SlingShot artists, will be
held June 5 from 6 to 9
p.m.
SlingShot Art Forum
is a Santa Barbara art
studio and gallery for
artists with intellectual
disabilities who want
to create and sell art.
Each artist is encouraged to explore their
creative vision and
their work is valued as
important contributions to the contemporary art world.
The open studio
environment and
onsite gallery offer an
exhibition space that
304 N. Montgomery
St., will display
artwork by Ojai’s
William Prosser throgh
Sunday. Call 640-1656.
• Through May 31:
Vita Art Center at Bell
Arts Factory, 432 N.
Ventura St., Ventura,
will display paintings
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through Sunday.
• Through May 31:
Artamo Gallery, 11 W.
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expressionistic paintings by Ojai artist Clay
White through Sunday.
Call 568-1400.
• Through May 31:
Harbor Village Gallery,
1591 Spinnaker Drive,
Ventura, will display
“Welcome to My
World,” a photo
exhibit by KimberlyAnn Talbert, through
Sunday. Call 644-2750.
• Through June 6:
galerie 102, 102 W.
Matilija St., Ojai, will
display “No Risk, No
Reward,” an exhibit of
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Potters’ guild bringing spring sale to Ojai
The Ventura County
Potters’ Guild (VCPG),
one of three pottery
guilds in California, is a
collective of professional and recreational
potters and ceramists,
instructors from local
high schools and
colleges and people
with a passion for
ceramics.
This year, the group
will hold its spring sale
June 13 and June 14 in
Libbey Park in Ojai
during the Ojai’s Music
Festival. Hours will be
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
June 13 and 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.
The show will include
a juried “salt & pepper”
competition with
People’s Choice Award
voting available.
In July 2010 the VCPG
opened its first fulltime gallery at the
Ventura Harbor. The
gallery is staffed by 24
juried VCPG members
who take turns working
shifts and selling their
wares.
Proceeds from
pottery sold at guild
events make possible
demonstrations, workshops, a lending library
of books and videos
and scholarships to
local ceramic students.
Monthly meetings are
generally held the 4th
Monday evening of
each month from
September to May and
feature guest speakers
who present information or demonstrations
in his or her field of
expertise.
Anyone interested in
pottery is welcome to
attend. Demonstrations
are planned.
The VCPG began with
10 Ventura area potters
who came together in
1957 to form a potters’
guild.
They chose Ventura
College ceramics
instructor, William
Winterbourne, to lead
the group as “master
potter” and pledged
themselves to maintain
high professional standards and to provide to
the public examples of
contemporary pottery
through exhibits and
local sales and
mentoring.
The VCPG has
become a non-profit
organization,
promoting interest in
pottery making and
appreciation of the
ceramic arts.
The Guild has grown
to more than 135
members and has
expanded beyond
Ventura to represent
much of Southern and
Central California.
Bank to host
“Painting
Potpourri”
The Ojai Community
Bank will feature
“Painting Potpourri”,
an exhibit by local
artist, Karen Wu from
June 13 through July
24. A reception will be
held June 25 from 5:30
to 7 p.m. A 15 percent
contribution from sales
will be given to HELP of
Ojai.”
Lavender Fest seeks
art for juried show
Artists working in
two dimensions are
invited to submit their
work for a juried
competition in
conjunction with the
Ojai Valley Lavender
Festival, scheduled for
June 27 from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. in Libbey Park.
Selected artists will
have their work
displayed and available for sale in the Art
Pavilion at the Festival.
In addition, partici-
pating artworks will be
on view at OVA Gallery
in Ojai from June 17 to
June 26, with an
artists’ reception June
19 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Artists must submit
their work in person
June 14 or June 15
from 4 to 6 p.m. at
OVA Gallery, 108 N.
Signal St. in Ojai.
Artists will be notified
of their acceptance or
non-acceptance June
16, and work not
accepted must be
picked up June 17 at
OVA Gallery.
Competition awards
for 1st, 2nd and 3rd
place will be given,
along with three
honorable mention
awards.
E-mail pattyvandyke11@gmail.com
, or nhorwick
@sbcglobal.net for
more information
about this juried
competition.
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Music
Saturday, May 30
• The Giant Panda Dub
Squad will perform at
Discovery Ventura at 8
p.m. Open to all ages,
the event will include
guest bands The
Simpkin Project and
Dub Architect.
Discovery Ventura is at
1888 E. Thompson
Blvd. in Ventura. Visit
www.discoveryventura.com for information.
• Chromeo & The Glitch
Mob will bring their
funk grooves and heavy
electronic beats to
the Santa Barbara Bowl
at 6:30 p.m. Joining
them will be Com
Truise. Tickets are
available at Ticketmaster outlets. Order
online at www.ticketmaster.com or by
phone at 800-745-3000.
Sunday, May 31
• Robert Plant and the
Sensational Space
Shifters, with guest JD
McPherson, will
perform at the Santa
Barbara Bowl at 7 p.m.
Tickets are available at
Ticketmaster outlets.
Order online at
www.ticketmaster.com
or by phone at 800-7453000.
Sunday, June 7
• Tedeschi Trucks
Band’s “Wheels of Soul”
Tour brings the
Grammy-winning, 11piece, blues-rock band
together with Sharon
Jones and the DapKings and guitarist
Doyle Bramhall II, at
at 5:30 p.m. Order
tickets online at
Friday, June 12
• Grammy-award
winning singer and
song stylist Al Jarreau
will perform
at the Lobero Theatre
in Santa Barbara at 8
p.m. Visit http://aljarreau.com for tickets
and information.
• The Ventura Jazz
Orchestra and Ventura
Poinsettia Dance Club
will host a summer
swing and big band
dance from 8 to 10:30
p.m. at 3451 Foothill
Road in Ventura. For
information, call 6481143.
Tuesday, June 23
• Country group, Little
Big Town will perform
at the Vina Robles
Amphitheatre at 7 p.m.
They will be joined by
David Nail and Ashley
Monroe. Tickets are
tickets online at
Saturday, June 27
• The 7th annual Roadshow Revival music
festival will feature
popular outlaw
country, rockabilly,
bluegrass and Johnny
Cash tribute bands,
plus a pin-up girl
pageant, hot rods,
custom cars and motorcycles, food and drink,
a kids corral and more.
The event will run from
11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday and 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. Sunday at
Mission Park, 185 E.
Santa Clara Street in
Ventura. Visit
www.roadshowrevival.c
om for more information.
Friday, July 17
• Two of alternative
rock’s defining
artists, Third Eye
Blind and Dashboard
Confessional, are
coming to the Vina
Robles Amphitheatre at
7 p.m. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster
outlets.
Wednesday, July 22
• Music legends and
Grammy Award
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Blues in store for Santa Barbara
The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “Wheels of Soul” Tour brings the Grammy-winning
11-piece blues-rock band together with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and
guitarist Doyle Bramhall II at the Santa Barbara Bowl June 7.
winning artists Willie
Nelson & Family and
Alison Krauss & Union
Station will perform
at the Santa Barbara
Bowl at 7 p.m. Tickets
are available at Ticketmaster outlets.
Order online at
Thursday, Aug. 6
• The Queen of
Soul, Aretha
Franklin, will perform
at the Santa Barbara
Bowl at 7 p.m. Order
tickets online at
or at 800-745-3000.
• Electronic violinist
Lindsey Stirling, will
bring her North American 2015 Summer Tour
to the Vina Robles
Amphitheatre at 7 p.m.
Robert DeLong will
open the show. Tickets
are available at all Ticketmaster outlets
including Boo Boo
Records and the Vina
Robles Amphitheatre
box office. Order online
at www.ticketmaster
.com or call 800-7453000.
Friday, Aug. 7
• Following his historic
Spanish-Language
performance on The
Grammy Awards, and
topping iTunes Latin
sales recently with his
hit single “Juntos
(Together),” Juanes, will
bring his “Loco De
Amor Tour” to the
Santa Barbara Bowl at 7
p.m. The Santa Barbara
Bowl is at 1122 N.
Milpas St. in Santa
Barbara. Tickets are
available at www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets
including the Arlington
Theatre, the Santa
Barbara Bowl box office
and Walmart. To charge
by phone, call 800-7453000.
Saturday, Aug. 8
• Jackson Browne will
perform at the Vina
7:30 p.m. as part of the
first leg of his 2015 U.S.
Summer Tour to
support his new album,
“Standing In The
Breach.” Tickets are
phone at 800-745-3000.
Saturday, Aug. 15
• Electronic violinist
Lindsey Stirling, will
bring her North American 2015 Summer Tour
to the Santa Barbara
Bowl at 7 p.m. Lights
will open the show.
all Ticketmaster outlets
including Boo Boo
Records and the Santa
Barbara Bowl box
office. Order online at
or call 800-745-3000.
Sunday, Aug. 16
• Slightly Stoopid, along
with Dirty Heads and
Stick Figure, will bring
their “Everything Is
Awesome” tour to the
Santa Barbara Bowl at
5:30 p.m. Tickets are
available at all Ticketmaster outlets
including the Arlington
Theatre, Santa Barbara
Bowl box office,
Walmart at www.ticket-
master.com or by
calling 800-745-3000.
Friday, Sept. 11
• Social Distortion will
make a stop at the Vina
7:30 p.m. Joining them
will be Nikki Lane and
Drag The River. The
Vina Robles Amphitheatre is at 3800 Mill Road
in Paso Robles. Tickets
are available at all Ticketmaster outlets
including Boo Boo
Records and the Vina
Robles Amphitheatre
box office. Order online
at www.ticketmaster
.com or by phone at
800-745-3000.
Sunday, Sept. 20
• George Thorogood &
The Destroyers and
Buddy Guy announce a
special co-headlining
performance at Vina
6:30 p.m. Tickets are
phone at 800-745-3000.
Sunday, Oct. 11
• My Morning Jacket
will perform at
at 6:30 p.m. They will
be joined by special
guest Fruit Bats.
Ticketmaster outlets.
Order online at
Sunday, Oct. 18
• Hozier will perform at
Oct. 18. Hozier’s seminal
single “Take Me To
Church” has going
quadruple platinum. The
Santa Bowl is lat 1122 N.
Milpas St. in Santa
Barbara. Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster
outlets including the
ArlingtonTheatre the
Santa Barbara Bowl,
Walmart, online at

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