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Police seek sexual assault suspects
Misty Volaski
editor@ojaivalleynews.com
The Ventura County
Sheriff’s Office (VCSO) is
asking the public for help
identifying two suspects
allegedly involved in a
sexual assault that took
place near the "Y" on Maricopa Highway in Ojai Oct.
10.
VCSO Detective Frances
Saleh said the information
and
suspect
sketches
weren't
released
until
Monday evening due to the
sensitivity of the ongoing
investigation.
Saleh would give no information about the exact
location or circumstances
surrounding the alleged
attack, nor would she
discuss the victim, other
than to say he/she was a
minor.
Suspect No. 1 is described
as a Hispanic male, in his
late 30s to early 40s. He was
approximately 5 feet 5
inches tall and weighed 190
to 200 pounds. His build
was described as large, his
complexion dark and he
has brown hair and a scar
that went from above the
left eye and continued onto
his right cheek. The suspect
spoke broken English with
an accent.
Suspect No. 2 is described
as a Hispanic male, in his
late 30s. He was approximately 5 feet 5 inches tall
and weighed 170 to 180
pounds. His is described as
having a medium build
See Suspects, Page A3
Suspect sketches provided by VCSO
These Ventura County Sheriff’s Office sketches show Suspect No. 1 at left and Suspect No. 2 at right.
More loud
booms wake
Ojai residents
Misty Volaski
editor@ojaivalleynews.com
Photo by Ashley Wilson
Justin Martos, senior staff engineer for Furgo Consultants,
prepares soil samples taken at the Ojai Valley Land Conser-
vancy's Ojai Meadows Preserve. OVLC representatives hope
the soil will be suitable for the creation of a bio-swale.
Big rig drills for swale soil
Visitors to the Ojai Valley Land
Conservancy’s
Ojai
Meadows
Preserve may see an unusual sight
this week. A soil drilling rig can be
seen on the back of the preserve
near the intersection of Lomita
Avenue and Besant Road, in the
field near Meiners Oaks Elementary
School. The purpose of the rig is not
to drill for oil or water. Rather, this is
a routine test of soil properties in
advance of a proposed project that
would help clean local storm water.
The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
(OVLC) has partnered with the
Ventura County Watershed Protection District (VCWPD) on a grant
proposal which would fund
construction of a new bio-swale on
a portion of the preserve. A bioswale is a shallow depression that
collects and carries storm water
drainage, then uses natural vegetation and soil properties to clean the
water. This proposed project would
intercept an existing community
storm drain and allow the water to
pass through a shallow channel on
the preserve before re-entering the
storm drain. Native vegetation
planted in the swale will help
consume pollutants such as excess
nutrients, and soil bacteria can
decompose oil products found in
percolating water. Another important project benefit will be intercepting water during the normally
dry months when most of the water
comes from urban uses, and is often
polluted. This water will be retained
and treated onsite by the swale,
before it can make it back into the
storm drain network.
This project represents a pilot
project that will demonstrate how
these swales can be managed
throughout the Ventura River
drainage to protect and enhance
water quality. Before constructing
the project, soil properties are
studied to assess the permeability
of the soil and the biological functions present in the soil. These are
important first steps in assessing
project feasibility and informing the
design process. These properties
will be assessed with the sampling.
Regular visitors to the Ojai
Meadows Preserve may know that
much of the site is already used as a
natural
floodwater
retention
See Swale, Page A3
Ojai Police are investigating the
cause of unexplained booms that
woke area residents over the
weekend. Several Ojai residents
reported hearing explosions north of
town Saturday morning around 3
a.m., and late Sunday night, around
midnight.
While the cause is unknown, said
Ojai Detective Joe Mulrooney, "Based
on the concussion of the explosion,
we believe that it is possibly some
form of explosive device that has yet
to cause damage where we can find
the source. But it is being investigated."
The weekend explosions were not
the first Ojai residents have heard;
numerous reports date back to at
least February 2010.
There is speculation in the community that the explosions have been
caused by acetylene bombs — and
police are not ruling out that possibility.
Chris Vyhnal, Ph.D., chemistry
teacher and science department chair
at The Thacher School, explained that
acetylene gas can "combine with
oxygen to make carbon dioxide and
water and release energy … (if) pure
oxygen is used, the correct mixture of
oxygen and fuel can produce loud
explosions when sparked."
Acetylene gas is commonly used in
welding torches, which can be
purchased at many home improvement and welding supply stores.
Vyhnal cautioned the reaction can be
dangerous, however. "If there are kids
out there detonating 'acetyleneoxygen bombs,' they're putting themselves in harm's way," he said. "Static
electricity, a smoldering cigarette
butt, any spark could set off the explosive mixture with potentially severe
consequences."
Those with any information about
the explosions are urged to contact
the Ojai Police at 646-1414.
Oak Grove grad makes Forbes ‘30 under 30’ list
Maria Saint
OVN correspondent
About two years ago, in a drawer at
his parents' Ojai home, Leif Dautch
found a paper he wrote while
attending Oak Grove School.
In it, he expressed wanting to
become a prosecutor. “It's a really
fascinating area of the law — you really
get to see firsthand a lot of the problems that exists out there," Dautch
said. "The goal is not just to punish
someone and put them behind bars
for awhile. There really is a goal of
rehabilitating them and hopefully
preventing these sorts of crimes from
occurring in the future."
Today, 28-year-old Dautch is a
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describes the "30 Under 30" list as “a
tally of the brightest stars in 15
different fields under the age of 30.”
“It was really exciting," Dautch said
of being picked for the piece. "I was
definitely honored, if a bit intimidated
to be on the list. There were so many
extraordinary people on there. It was
somewhat humbling to be among
them."
Dautch received an email from a
Forbes editor back in October, telling
him he had been nominated. Dautch
said there were about 200 people who
were nominated under the Law and
Policy category. What followed were a
couple rounds of interviews and questionnaires with Dautch about his
background and various influences on
his career. He also said there was a
panel of three people he met with: a
legal journalist from MSNBC, another
legal journalist from Fox News, and a
well-regarded law professor from Yale
Law. Eventually, Forbes cut the list
from 200 to about 30.
“I guess they made the final cut from
200 down to 30, and then I found out
about mid-December that I was going
to be on the list,” he said.
Dautch took on his current position
in November 2012, a week after President Barack Obama got re-elected.
Dautch had worked on the Obama
campaign.
“I (worked) for the voter protection
team,” he said. He was involved in litigation in a number of states, including
Pennsylvania, for voter identification
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laws they had passed there — which,
Dautch said, were an attempt to
restrict the voting rights of a number
of people. “We were successful at challenging a number of those laws, which
have re-enfranchised a number of
voters in those states.”
As deputy attorney general, Dautch
said he's had about 50 cases so far,
ranging from murder cases to
domestic violence to sexual assault,
child abuse, robbery and more. He's
argues about a dozen cases in the California Board of Appeal. He also does
some policy work for the attorney
general's office, which includes things
like proposing legislation to be passed
by the legislature.
“One of my current projects right
See Dautch, Page A3
A2 Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014
Obituaries
Brooks Caddell
Barton
Brooks Caddell Barton, of
Ojai, died peacefully on
December 11, 2013, one day
after his 69th birthday.
He was born in Boston,
Mass. on December 10, 1944
to Richard Barton and
Patricia Caddell McComb. He received a bachelor’s
degree from American University with an emphasis
in international relations. At 24 he was
commissioned in the U.S. Army as a military
intelligence officer. He held several command,
collection and analysis positions as well as liaison
post with the Turkish General Staff.
In 1970, he received a master’s in business
administration from USC. By age 25, he was the
managing publisher of The Hollywood Reporter,
and by age 29, vice president of Home Savings of
America. He married Francoise Park in 1974. At age
35, Brooks became first vice president of Coldwell
Banker International Real Estate.
In the 1980s Brooks radically changed his life and
left the corporate world to become a shaman and
spiritual teacher. He taught throughout the United
States and the world. He purchased Matilija Hot
Springs Park in Ojai, Calif., and converted it to a
spiritual retreat center. Over the course of his
stewardship of Matilija, he transformed this sacred
site back to its original purity. A group of Chumash
elders visited him and performed a sacred
ceremony honoring him for healing the land. He
married Alison Greene-Barton in 1996.
After 9/11, Brooks saw the need for society to
change rapidly in alignment with the Earth and her
evolution. He started a school called Art of God that
integrated his business, shamanic and spiritual
orientations. Brooks helped to influence and
change the lives of many people.
Brooks is survived by his wife, Alison GreeneBarton; his siblings, Hilary Pease, Anthony Barton
and Travis Kranz; his children, Riven Barton and
Rohan Greene-Barton; his stepdaughters, Hilary
Doubleday, Leslie Lundgren and Ashleigh
Johnston-Barton; his grandson, Druien Mattoon;
and his chocolate Lab, Coco Chanel.
A memorial and reception will be held at
Meditation Mount, 10340 Reeves Road in Ojai, at 1
p.m. on Saturday, February 1. Overflow parking and
shuttle will be available at Boccali’s restaurant, 3277
E. Ojai Ave.
Please RSVP to carrie@artofgod.org or (805) 6461864. For more information, please visit
www.artofgod.org.
At School
The following students
from the Ojai area were
recently listed on the
2013 fall semester dean’s
list at the University of
Portland:
Brittany
Holden,
freshman,
nursing;
Shravan
Rajasekaran, freshman,
m e c h a n i c a l
engineering; and Trent
Holden, senior, civil
engineering.
The University of
Portland is Oregon’s
Catholic university and
has
been
closely
affiliated for nearly a
century
with
the
congregation of Holy
Cross in Notre Dame,
Ind.
It is the only school in
Oregon to offer a college
of arts and sciences, a
graduate school, and
nationally accredited
schools of business,
education, engineering
and nursing.
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Jan. 20, Martin Luther
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Michael Edgar Darling
Michael Edgar Darling passed away in Ventura on
January 8, 2014 after a lengthy illness. His family
was at his side as they had been during the last
weeks of his life. Michael was born on December
21, 1948, in Santa Barbara and spent most of his life
in Ojai. He graduated from Nordhoff High School
in 1967 and worked for Job Corps before being
hired by Ventura Unified School District where he
worked for several years.
After his retirement he enjoyed being with his
family and later caring for his mother. He was a
great fan of television, especially detective shows
and old-time comedies. He enjoyed both country
and classical music and his daily Bible reading.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Edgar
and Pauline Darling. He is survived by brothers
Gary (Sandy) Miller of Carmichael and Jeffrey
(Vicki) Darling of Taft. He also leaves behind two
nieces, a nephew, and several cousins.
The family is grateful to friends, caregivers, and
the medical staffs at Ojai and Ventura Community
hospitals for the care, compassion, and love they
showed Michael during his long illness.
A gravesite service will be held January 17 at 11
a.m. at Santa Barbara Cemetery.
“Johnnie” John
Floyd Morgan
Johnnie Floyd Morgan, 78,
died January 3, 2014 following
complications from open
heart surgery. He was born
September 13, 1935 in a
farmhouse
in
Branch,
Arkansas. John was the first of
two children born to Ted W. and Ada Mae Morgan.
Before Johnnie was a year old the family moved to
California, settling in Santa Paula in 1936. He received
all of his schooling at Briggs Elementary School and
Santa Paula Union High School, graduating in 1953.
In January 1954, John joined the United States
Army. He attended boot camp at Fort Ord in
California and was then stationed in Okinawa, Japan
for 18 months.
When John was a sophomore in high school, he met
his wife, Connie Wahl of Fillmore, on a blind date set
up by their mutual friends. They were married in
August 1956 and made their home in Santa Paula.
Their first son, James, was born in November 1957,
followed by daughter Melinda in July 1959, son
Patrick in August 1961 and son Larry Justin in August
1965.
John worked for Safeway for eight years, becoming
a produce manager before leaving to sell real estate
for Staben Realty in Santa Paula. During this time
John was a volunteer fireman and very much enjoyed
the camaraderie of the fire department. In 1966, John
returned to the grocery business, working for Vons.
He became store manager at the Vons on Mills Road
in Ventura.
In 1973, John, Connie and their four children
decided to venture into the small business world. He
resigned from Vons, sold their
family home in Santa Paula
and they moved to Oak View.
There the family bought a
small grocery store, Ven-Oak
Market. John was always a
hard worker and a good
provider for his family. The first
year in the business he did not
have even one day off. After a
few years, John decided to add
a second location and bought The Corner Market in
Oak View. This location was well known for its
homemade beef jerky. The family spent many hours
working together running the two markets.
By 1985, John was ready to leave the grocery
business and try something new. After he sold the two
markets John decided to restore antique carriages.
There was a carriage restoration shop in Templeton
that had closed, so John called the owner to buy some
parts. When he went to pick up the parts the owner
offered to sell him everything. John purchased the
stock and tools, found a suitable location in Oak View
and opened Morgan Carriage Works in 1985. He
especially liked traveling to Ohio and Pennsylvania to
personally meet and visit with his Amish suppliers.
He enjoyed the many years he spent in the carriage
business.
John always enjoyed woodworking and leather
tooling. While he and Connie were dating in high
school he made several hand-tooled leather purses
and wallets for her. The family had riding horses for
years and John took up carriage driving. He was very
fortunate to have known and been taught driving by
Jesse Kahle of The Thacher School in Ojai.
Over the years John was involved in various
organizations. He served on the Oak View Sanitary
District Board, the Municipal Advisory Council for
the Ojai-Oak View area and was a volunteer for the
Ventura County Sheriff’s Department at the Oak View
station. He was a founding member of The Whip’r
Snapper Driving Society of Southern California and
a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in
Ojai.
John was preceded in death by his parents and his
brother, Jerry “Cutter” Morgan. He is survived by his
wife of 57 years, Connie; sons James, Patrick (JoAnn),
Larry Justin (Tess) all of Oak View; daughter, Melinda
Burkett (Bill) of La Quinta, Calif.; grandchildren,
Christopher Holladay, Michelle Taylor (Ryan), Julie
Hauenstein (John), Morgan Burkett, Kiley Morgan,
Johnathan Morgan, Darby Morgan, Jacob Morgan,
Matthew Burkett, Julie Ann Morgan, Margie France
and Justin Morgan; and great-grandson Kyle Taylor.
John was a beloved husband, dad and grandpa. He
had a kind and generous soul that touched the lives
of all who knew him.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday,
January 18, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic Church, 185 St. Thomas Drive, Ojai. A lunch
reception will follow in the church hall. In lieu of
flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a
charity of your choice.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Ted
Mayr Funeral Home, 3150 Loma Vista Road, Ventura.
Condolences may be left at TedMayrFuneralHome.com.
Navy Petty Officer 3rd
Class Zachary D. Deneen
has graduated from the
U.S. Navy’s Elnlisted
Nuclear Power School at
Naval Nuclear Power
Training Command in
Goose Creek, S.C.
Nuclear Power School
is a rigorous six-month
course that trains officer
and enlisted students in
the
science
and
e n g i n e e r i n g
fundamental to the
design, operation, and
maintenance of naval
nuclear
propulsion
plants.
Graduates
next
undergo
additional
instruction
at
a
prototype training unit
before serving as an
electronics technician,
machinist’s mate, or
electrician’s mate aboard
a
nuclear-powered
submarine or surface
warfare ship.
Deneen has served in
the military for one year.
He is the son of Paul
and Lauren Deneen of
Ojai, and a 2008 graduate
of Nordhoff High School.
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Swale:
Dautch:
Continued from Page A1
Continued from Page A1
project, and that much of the bird diversity and natural productivity on the
preserve is a result of the creation of the
wetlands. This proposed project would
add variety to the approaches used at
the preserve and will likely contribute
to the growing diversity of habitats
throughout the preserve.
The project is being proposed for
grant funding from the State Water Re-
sources Control Board, and project
construction would be managed by the
VCWPD. The OVLC will assist with revegetation of the site and supplying
plants from its on-site nursery. If successful, OVLC will be able to show another way that communities can
address storm water quality improvement, while also increasing habitats for
birds and other wildlife.
Suspects:
Continued from Page A1
with short spiked hair
and was wearing dark,
round sunglasses. He
also spoke broken English with an accent.
At this time, there are
no leads Saleh said.
Anyone with informa-
tion about the assault or
the suspects is urged to
contact Saleh via email at
frances.saleh@ventura.or
g, or by phone at 3844729.
They can also call Ventura County Crime Stop-
pers at (800) 222-8477 or
text "BUSTED" plus the
message to 274637. Tips
also can be submitted at
w w w. v e n t u r a c o u n t y
crimestoppers.com
using the key words "Ojai
Sexual Assault."
Photo by Ashley Wilson
Hazel hits 100
Ojai’s Hazel Fisher celebrated her 100th birthday with two parties in the last week.
The Los Robles Care Center resident had fun with friends and family — including
her 95-year-old sister, Juanita Wheeler — over the weekend, then celebrated again
on her actual birthday, Tuesday. Fisher has two children, five grandchildren, seven
great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Don’t throw batteries away
Household batteries are hazardous waste. Bring them to the Ojai Valley
News office, at 408-A Bryant Circle, during business hours.
now is actually the Attorney General Report on
international gangs and
their activity in California. That covers everything from Mexican drug
cartels and their various
drugs,
human
and
weapons trafficking operations in California to
Eastern European and
East Asian gangs that are
operating in different
parts of California,” he
said.
Dautch added that the
region
he
covers
stretches from the Central Coast up to the Oregon border. “It's nice to
be able to work on cases
that do touch on the
Central Coast — people
that I grew up with — to
have the opportunity to
help make those communities safe,” he said.
Before graduating from
both Yale and Harvard
Law School, Dautch attended
Oak
Grove
School, graduating in
2003.
“We were absolutely
thrilled to get the news
that he had secured the
position of deputy attorney general for the state
of California and, of
course, equally thrilled to
see he was named as one
of Forbes' 30 under 30,'”
said Meredy Benson
Rice, Oak Grove's head of
school. “Leif represents
the quintessential Oak
Grove student — he was
not only attentive to his
studies, but also deeply
sensitive to the world
around him. He graduated wanting to make a
difference and set out to
do so. What an inspiration he is to us all for that
level of hard work and
dedication.”
As it turns out, Dautch
isn't the only Oak Grove
alum to make it on a
Forbes "30 Under 30" list.
Benson Rice shared that
Matt Nava, 27, also made
it on the list under the
Games category. Nava,
who graduated from Oak
Photo submitted
Leif Dautch was named to Forbes “30 Under 30” list.
Grove in 2004, is the creative director and cofounder
of
game
development
studio
Giant Squid in Santa
Monica.
“Amazing to have two
graduates mentioned in
the same year,” Benson
Rice said.
“One of the things that
Oak Grove does really
well is that it encourages
inquisitive students who
are self-starters, and I
think that is one of the
important traits you can
have once you get out
into (the world), whether
it's college or the working
world,” Dautch said.
“Sometimes it's hard to
find the motivation
within yourself, but that's
really one of the keys to
being successful, is to
have that own initiative
for yourself, to set goals
for yourself and to work
toward those goals and
hopefully accomplish
them in the end.”
Among mentors in his
field and the teachers
Dautch has had over the
years, he also credits his
parents, Robert (“B.D.”)
and Liz, for helping him
find a path to follow. “I
think that growing up
with a dad who is an organic farmer and my
mom who is a nurse, this
idea of public service is
something they both emphasized quite a bit from
a young age. So when I
thought about what outlet I would like to have for
my legal education and
legal skills, it was kind of
a natural progression for
me to gravitate to the
public side of things,” he
said.
Dautch said his main
focus right now is doing
the best he can in his current position.
“I'd be more open to
the possibility of being
more involved in the policy side of things, if I saw
a need for it and I
thought I had something
to offer down the road,”
he said.
With his parents and
siblings still in Ojai,
Dautch said he spends a
lot of time in the area.
“Certainly in the coming
years, I can see moving
back down there. My
family is still there. When
you grow up in a place, it
will always be home,” he
said.
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A4 Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014
ASTROLOGY
RISA D’ANGELES
We must help the water spirits
Esoteric astrology as
news for the week of Jan. 16
through 22:
There’s
been
a
controversy concerning the
safety of the Fukushima
radiation pouring into the
Pacific waters, affecting the
West Coast of the United
States, the fish and the jet
stream. Radiation of any
kind, type, is unacceptable
and dangerous.
ARIES: The whole world’s
your stage. You’re the star in
a play about life’s wishes,
hopes and dreams. You are
on stage with family and
friends supporting you.
Within groups where you
feel at home (not many) you
define personal goals, search
for new identity, leadership
and friends. There’s a TV car
commercial of a young boy
being bullied. He gathers his
“team.” Gather yours.
TAURUS: You often
“electrify” listeners with
revolutionizing ideas. In fact,
the electrical universe is a
good study for you. I’ve
mentioned this before.
Understanding
these
concepts gives you a sense of
identity different than most,
the independence of an
“independent thinker.” No
old ideas obstruct your
ability to see the lighted path
ahead. All that you know
benefits humanity.
GEMINI: You seek new
and exciting knowledge to
expand your mind, which
then expands the horizons of
others. You want to explore
everything
because
knowledge is key to the past,
present and future, to the
new world we must create, a
world with the tools of
astrology, symbols and the
ageless wisdom teachings.
To teach others these
Aquarian principles you
must enter unexplored
regions first. They are
patient.
CANCER: Until people
prove they can be trusted
with your care and loyalty,
you can’t share deeply with
them. You intuitively sense if
someone is trustworthy.
Often you sense future
occurrences in symbols and
dreams, which initially seem
a mystery and later come
true. You’re a leader (cardinal
sign). Often you don’t believe
this. You share vital
information quietly with
those you love. They learn
schools they’ll attend. Some
are thinking of opening art
galleries. An expanded
originality and creativity is
occurring, setting you apart
from the group. In fact you’re
ahead of the group.
Sometimes you create
disturbances.
Children
and/or those in need are
always a concern. A hobby, a
previous untouched talent,
becomes a success. It’s
concerned with beauty.
SCORPIO: You look back.
You assess your childhood.
You’re unsettled for a while.
Then you look forward. The
future unfolds as the past
flows quietly away. You want
change in your home — a
move,
a
clearing,
a
reconstruction,
an
expansion. You sense the
need to prepare it for the
future possibly to include
many more people. You
consider community. You
have the needed resources
and organizational skills
assisting others to think in
new ways. You sow the seeds
for the coming children.
SAGITTARIUS: You’ve
become
very
communicative,
making
contacts, making yourself
from you.
LEO: All the time,
whomever you’re with,
friend, lover, family, you
want them to understand
your future needs — a large
expectation. Sometimes you
think you’re surrendered
yourself. However, this rarely
occurs with Leo. They must
be leaders, independent,
making rules, running the
show. At times you hide
creative talents behind
others. Then you burst forth
unexpectedly. You need a
good dance partner who
always lets you lead.
VIRGO: You’re usually on
time, a humanitarian and
mediator, if you set aside the
details. In the medical field
you’re more the social
worker or the holistic healer
using alternative methods of
care.
You’re
working
differently these days, more
independently changing old
rules to new rules. You seek
freedom, dislike agendas
created by others, must
decide your own timing. If
too much work you walk
away.
LIBRA: Some Librans are
considering having children
already preparing for what
heard, known, understood,
gathering people, ideas,
emotions,
intelligences.
You’ve formed an unusual
group. To some you’re a
creative force, a network of
one with brilliant writing,
ideas,
thoughts
and
interests. You actually want
to see your name in lights
everywhere. This is good.
You speak up for others.
You’re well intentioned.
CAPRICORN: You want
the best of everything. You
do your best. You’re proud of
what you do. You don’t
realize how well and how
much you actually do. You
have a deep reserve of
knowledge, sensing the
pulse of everyone important
to you. You’re careful. You
know the rules. You follow
them. Someday you will
create big rules. You need a
light-filled celestial umbrella
— the Light Drops Umbrella
with LEDs.
AQUARIUS: It’s your
birthday month. You need
Capricorn’s umbrella, too,
invented probably by an
Aquarian.
You’re
independent, non-ordinary.
You belong to the group
called humanity — your
friends, all acquaintances.
Aquarians are generous,
think into the future, are
kind and warm-hearted,
often providing strict rules of
conduct. You’re accepted by
everyone. Then you break
away. You’re a leader. Soon
you realize this.
PISCES:
There’s
something you want to do
but something greater, a
responsibility, need, tending
to others, is in the way. You
must hold your light behind
a veil. Your communications
and presence have led others
to the spotlight which you
cannot share at this time.
You’re the healer behind the
healers, teacher behind the
teachings, light behind the
students. It’s important you
remain in the shadows for
now. Another situation
needs you.
Risa D’Angeles is founder
and director of the Esoteric
and Astrological Studies and
Research
Institute,
a
contemporary
wisdom
school in the ancient
mysteries tradition. Send
email
to
risagoodwill@gmail.com, go
to nightlightnews.com or see
her Facebook pages.
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Wednesday, Jan. 15
MUSIC AT AZU —
Fern Barishman plays
piano and sings favorite
tunes Wednesdays from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Azu,
457 E. Ojai Ave. Call
640-7987.
WOMEN’S CLUB
MEETING — The Oak
View Women’s Club will
meet today at 7 p.m.
(doors open at 6:30 p.m.
for socializing) at the
Oak View Community
Center, 18 Valley Road.
Karen Eakin of the Embroiderers’ Guild of
America will talk about
the history of the guild
and the community
support they provide.
All are welcome. For
more details, call Patti
Bagley at 794-1522 or
Cathi Nye at 649-1463.
A.C.T. SEASON PREVIEW — The Ojai Art
Center Theater, 113 S.
Montgomery St., will
host its free season preview today at 7 p.m.,
featuring scenes from
its upcoming 2014
shows: “Twelfth Night,”
“Shrek, The Musical,” “I
Ought to Be in Pictures,” “Carousel,” “Of
Mice and Men” and a
holiday surprise! Season
tickets are currently on
sale. Go to www.oj
aiact.org or call 6408797.
FULL MOON COMMUNITY MEDITATION
— A community group
meditation at the full
moon of Capricorn will
be held today 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. Suggested
donation: $10. Call 6465508 or visit medita
tionmount.org for more
information.
FOURTH OF JULY
PLANNING MEETING
— The Ojai Independence Day Committee
will meet Thursday at 6
p.m. at Little House, 111
W. Santa Ana St., Ojai, to
plan for the Fourth of
July festivities. If you
want to help, just show
up or call Nancy Hill at
646-0076 for information.
Friday, Jan. 17
Thursday, Jan. 16
MUSIC AT OVA ARTS
— Celtic Nut will play at
OVA arts, 108 N. Signal
St., Friday from 6 to 8
p.m. Free admission
and light refreshments
will be served.
MUSIC AT IL GIARDINO — Smitty and
Julija perform Fridays
from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at
Il Giardino, 401 E. Ojai
Ave. No cover charge.
Call 640-7381.
“THE 11TH HOUR”
— The Ojai Retreat, 160
Besant Road, will screen
“The 11th Hour” Friday
at 7 p.m. This is a documentary delving into
the state of the global
environment including
visionary and practical
solutions for restoring
the planet’s eco-systems. Suggested donation: $5. Call 646-2536.
“CREATIVE IMAGINATION: ITS MAGIC
AND INSIGHTS” — with
Stephan A. Hoeller,
Ph.D., will be held at
Krotona School, 46 Krotona Hill, Ojai, Jan. 17
through 19. Topics covered will be the nature
and function of creative
imagination, ancient
Gnostic and Hermetic
approaches, and the relationship of the creative imagination to
seership and mystical
states. Classes: Friday,
7:30 to 9 p.m.; Saturday,
10 a.m. to noon, 2 to 4
p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to
noon. Weekend $35 or
$10/session. 646-1139,
schoolinfo@krotonain
stitute.org. (J17)
WOMEN’S BIBLE
STUDY — Precept Bible
Study on Isaiah will
meet each Thursday
from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.,
beginning Jan. 16, at
First Baptist Church of
Ojai, 930 Grand Ave. All
women are welcome.To
register call Christy at
646-3333.
PEDDLERS’ FAIR —
Ojai Peddlers’ Fair will
feature antiques, collectibles, crafts and
clothing, Saturday and
Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., at Chaparral Auditorium, 414 E. Ojai Ave.,
rain or shine. Proceeds
will benefit Mira Monte
ter
e Ve inary
Elementary School PTO.
DEVOTIONAL RETREAT — The Rev.
Karen S. Wylie will lead
a retreat on “A New Year
— A New You!” Saturday
from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. at Meditation
Mount, 10340 Reeves
Road, Ojai, open to people of all faiths. There
will be meditations,
wisdom talks, prayers,
songs and sacred
chants, plus time for
walks and sharing. Suggested donation: $10
(no one turned away).
Call (310) 968-8928.
FREE TREE PRUNING DEMO — The Arc
Enrichment Center, 210
Cañada St., Ojai, will
host the University of
California Ventura
County Master Gardeners leading a free
hands-on activity class
teaching the correct
way to prune trees Saturday from 10 a.m. to
noon. Bring your own
pruners, gloves, water
containers and sunscreen (no open-toe
shoes). Call (818)
645-8458.
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
Helen Peterson will lead
the Jan. 18 tour. Cost is
$5 or $15 per family.
Drop-ins are welcome.
For reservations, to
schedule groups or
tours during the week,
call 640-1390.
“SCULPTING WITH
CLAY” — Ojai Academy
for the Arts will host a
free Family Arts Adventure, “Sculpting with
Clay,” Saturday from 11
a.m. to noon at the
Beatrice Wood Center
for the Arts, 8560 OjaiSanta Paula Road. All
tools and materials will
be provided. Limited to
20 participants (minimum age is 7); call (866)
837-7512, Ext. 2 or
email kim@ojai
academy.org.
“ZERO WASTE APPROACH” SEMINAR —
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Laser Therapy Treatment
What is Laser Therapy?
Laser therapy is the use of specific
wavelengths of light to treat painful
and debilitating conditions.
How does it work?
Ojai Village Veterinary Hospital is
proud to offer alternative treatment to
complement our conventional care.
Laser therapy is a noninvasive, painfree, surgery-free, drug-free treatment
option available for both dogs and cats.
Light energy enters the damaged cells
and stimulates inter-cellular activity. This
reduces pain in the area and speeds
recovery of the damaged cells. Once the
cells recover, the healing process is
complete.
Laser therapy is extremely effective
and in many cases is a more effective
alternative to pharmaceuticals.
Studies have shown the ability to
promote healing as much as three
times faster then conventional
treatment procedures.
What can my pet expect
during treatment?
PICTURED:
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Retriever receives
laser therapy on a
cruciate ligament
suture area. The
laser treats pain
and swelling,
and speeds up
healing in soft tissues, muscle and skin. The procedure
takes only minutes, and can be a pivotal way to
help your pet return to normal activity rapidly.
Laser therapy is a PAINLESS treatment
that lasts an average of 3 minutes. Your
pet may experience a comfortable
sensation at the point of application.
What can my pet expect
after treatment?
Most patients see positive results in one
to three treatments. Acute conditions can
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‘12 Years a Slave’ encore
Due to a sellout crowd at last Sunday’s film, the Ojai Film Society will screen an
encore presentation of “12 Years a Slave” on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. “12 Years a
Slave,” recent winner of the Golden Globe for Best Picture-Drama, is based on
the true story of Solomon Northup, a free African-American living in New York,
who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841, and later published a memoir
about his ordeal.
Besant Road, will host
Richard Anthony, M.A.,
in a seminar on “The
Zero Waste Approach to
Managing Resources,”
Saturday from 1 to 5
p.m., in conjunction
with jai Valley Green
Coalition and Transition
to Organics. Anthony
will talk at 1 p.m., followed by a panel discussion at 2:45 p.m. on
“How to Introduce the
Zero Waste Approach in
Ventura County,” and
ending with informal
networking. Suggested
donation: $10 (free for
students with ID). Call
646-2536.
“WORLD TALES”
WITH HOBEY FORD’S
GOLDEN ROD PUPPETS — Performances
To Grow On will present
“World Tales” with
Hobey Ford’s Golden
Rod Puppets Saturday
from 4 to 5 p.m. at the
Kim Maxwell Studio,
226 W. Ojai Ave. Ford
performs in full view in
his roles as MC, storyteller, puppeteer and
animator with his lifelike puppets and artistic
scenery. Tickets: $12 for
adults, $8 for children;
available at Ojai Coffee
Roasting Co., at ptgo.org
or call 646-8907.
“12 YEARS A SLAVE”
— Due to a sell-out
crowd last Sunday, the
Ojai Film Society will
have an encore screening of “12 Years a Slave”
(USA- U.K. 2013) Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at the
Ojai Playhouse, 145 E.
Ojai Ave. General admission is $10, $7 for
seniors and students,
and free for 2014 society
subscribers. This film is
rated R.
Sunday, Jan. 19
CHAMBER MUSIC
CONCERT — The Ojai
Art Center, 113 S. Montgomery St., will host a
chamber music concert
Sunday at 2 p.m., featuring mezzo-soprano
Rebecca Comerford and
pianist Natasha
Kislenko performing “A
Tribute to Women,” a
collection of songs by
female composers, including Nadia
Boulanger, Alma
Mahler, Judith Vander
and Maria Grever. (This
is a rescheduling of the
Oct. 6 concert, which
was canceled due to illness.) Tickets sold only
at the door: $10 general
admission, $8 for Art
Center members and
students. Call 640-8327
for more information.
MUSIC AT CASA
BARRANCA — Singer
Jill Martini Soiree will
perform gypsy jazz
Sunday from 2:30 to 5
p.m. at Casa Barranca,
208 E. Ojai Ave.,
640-1255.
Monday, Jan. 20
MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. DAY — The
Ojai Valley Youth Foundation and a committee
of local high school students are hosting the
free Martin Luther King
Jr. Day celebration in
Libbey Park Monday
from 11 a.m. to the
broadcast of King’s “I
Have a Dream” speech
at 3 p.m. The theme will
be “A Bright Daybreak of
Peace and Brotherhood” and the event
will feature speeches
and performances by
area students, posters,
refreshments and more.
Tuesday, Jan. 21
FREE “EFFECTIVE
PARENT-CHILD COMMUNICATION” — The
Ojai Valley Neighborhood for Learning is
sponsoring “Effective
Parent-Child Communication,” led by Deobrah Godfrey
(appropriate for parents
of elementary school
children), Tuesday from
6 to 8 p.m. in Room 1 at
Ojai Unified School District, 414 E. Ojai Ave.
Call 640-4300, Ext. 1062.
“THE BIRTH OF THE
COSMOS” — The Theosophical Society in the
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PUBLIC NOTICES
OVN12-14-2013
Published Ojai Valley News
December 25, 2013
January 1, 8 & 15, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2013121710018755-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 12/17/2013
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS: (1st
Fictitious Business Name)
Sighthound Review
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business (P.O. Box
or PMB not acceptable):
974 El Centro St., Ojai, CA
93023
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
Bo Nils Bengtson
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
not acceptable):
974 El Centro St., Ojai, CA
93023
This Business is conducted
by: An Individual
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed above on N/A.
I declare that all information
in this statement is true and
correct.
(A registrant who declares as
true information which he or
she knows to be false is
guilty of a crime.)
I am also aware that all
information on this statement
becomes public record upon
filing pursuant to California
Public Records Acts (G.C.
6250-6277)
Bo Nils Bengtson
/s/BO NILS BENGTSON
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.
————————
OVN12-15-2013
Published Ojai Valley News
December 25, 2013
January 1, 8 & 15, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2013120310018086-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 12/03/2013
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS: (1st
Fictitious Business Name)
DS Designer Sisters
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business (P.O. Box
or PMB not acceptable):
5551 Willow View Drive,
Camarillo, CA 93012
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
State of
Incorporation/Organization:
n/a
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
Dale Anne Eucker
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
not acceptable):
5551 Willow View Drive,
Camarillo, CA 93012
Full name of 2nd
Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
Sharon Nielsen
Residence Address of 2nd
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
not acceptable):
5416 Castillo de Rosas,
Camarillo, CA 93012
This Business is conducted
by: Copartners
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed above on 11-1513.
I declare that all information
in this statement is true and
correct.
(A registrant who declares as
true information which he or
she knows to be false is
guilty of a crime.)
I am also aware that all
information on this statement
becomes public record upon
filing pursuant to California
Public Records Acts (G.C.
6250-6277)
Dale Anne Eucker
/s/DALE A. EUCKER
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.
————————
OVN01-01-2014
Published Ojai Valley News
January 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2014
SECOND JUDICIAL
DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF
BERNALILLO
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
No. SA 2013-0099
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ADOPTION PETITION
OF GEORGE BROOKS
EMENY, Jr.
NOTICE TO BIOLOGICAL
PARENT OF PETITION
FOR ADOPTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN TO Robert
Cannaday, father of Rebekah
Rose Wales, born August 18,
1985, that a Petition for
Adult Adoption herein was
filed on November 25, 2013.
If Mr. Cannaday has any
response to the Petition, he
must file a written response
within 20 days of the date of
last publication of this
Notice. Failure to respond in
a timely manner will be
treated as a default.
Response is to be filed with
the Clerk of the Court, PO
Box 488, Albuquerque, NM
87103-0488 and mail a copy
of that response to Ella Joan
Fenoglio, Counsel for
Petitioner, address below.
/s/ELLA JOAN FENOGLIO
Ella Joan Fenoglio
4427 Avenida del Sol NE
Albuquerque, NM 871106178
(505) 266-1955
————————
OVN01-03-2014
Published Ojai Valley News
January 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2013122710019143-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 12/27/2013
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS: (1st
Fictitious Business Name)
Ecobutterfly Organics
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business (P.O. Box
or PMB not acceptable):
110 Bristol Road,, Ojai, CA
93023
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
Stephanie Schiff
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
not acceptable):
110 Bristol Road, Ojai, CA
93023
This Business is conducted
by: An Individual
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed above on
December 2006.
I declare that all information
in this statement is true and
correct.
(A registrant who declares as
true information which he or
she knows to be false is
guilty of a crime.)
I am also aware that all
information on this statement
becomes public record upon
filing pursuant to California
Public Records Acts (G.C.
6250-6277)
Stephanie Schiff
/s/STEPHANIE SCHIFF
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.
————————
OVN01-04-2014
Published Ojai Valley News
January 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2014010610000195-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 01/06/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS: (1st
Fictitious Business Name)
Down To Earth Lawn And
Garden
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business (P.O. Box
or PMB not acceptable):
655 River Side Road, Oak
View, C.A 93022
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
State of Incorporation/
Organization: California
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
Sean Allen Park
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
not acceptable):
655 River Side Road, Oak
View, C.A 93022
This Business is conducted
by: An Individual
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed above on
12/10/13.
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).)
Sean Park
/s/SEAN PARK
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.
————————
OVN01-05-2014
Published Ojai Valley News
January 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2013123110019284-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 12/31/2013
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS: (1st
Fictitious Business Name)
Exotic Spice Company
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business (P.O. Box
or PMB not acceptable):
323 E. Matilija Street, #110
118, Ojai, CA 93023
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
State of Incorporation/
Organization: n/a
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
Annelie Messina
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
not acceptable):
323 E. Matilija Street, #110
118, Ojai, CA 93023
This Business is conducted
by: An Individual
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed above on
11/21/2013.
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).)
Annelie Messina
/s/ANNELIE MESSINA
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.
————————
OVN01-07-2014
Published Ojai Valley News
January 15, 22 & 29, 2014
February 5, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2014010910000362-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 01/09/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS: (1st
Fictitious Business Name)
RMC Roofing
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business (P.O. Box
or PMB not acceptable):
4475 Dupont Ct. #9, Ventura,
CA 93003
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
State of Incorporation/
Organization: CA
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
RMC Construction &
Roofing Inc.
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
not acceptable):
1225 Mariano Dr., Ojai, CA
93023
This Business is conducted
by: A Corporation
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed above on
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).)
RMC Construction &
Roofing Inc.
/s/DEBORAH K. GARCIA
Deborah K. Garcia
Corp. Secretary
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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crossword puzzle
IT’S ONLY “A” GAME By ANDREW CHAIKIN / Edited by Will Shortz
1 Last name in Scotch
6 Stream
10 Bloke
14 Like blokes
18 Napoleon, e.g., twice
19 Steakhouse order
20 Test subject
22 Grand-slam drama
that stars Bacall’s
man
24 Half an Xmas
“Halls” chant
25 1976 horror hit, with
“The”
26 Point value of an A
in Scrabble
27 Little to no
29 Heavily favored
30 All-inclusive
32 Beat poet Cassady
and others
33 Captain Hook’s
right hand
34 69-Across, e.g.
37 Scrams
38 Astral saga that has
a Darth part
42 Cutting edge
43 Gulager of TV’s
“The Virginian”
44 French Oscar
46 Bit of Google
programming
47 Staple of a waiting
room
Online subscriptions:
Today’s puzzle and more
than 4,000 past puzzles,
nytimes.com/crosswords
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3
4
5
6
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No. 0119
ACROSS
1
48 Work on the roof,
say
50 “Movin’ ___” (TV
theme song)
52 One of die Planeten
53 Kitty, e.g.
54 Count ___
55 “___ Anything”
(“Oliver!” song)
56 “The Witches”
writer
57 King Arthur of
tennis
59 Kris ___ (music
duo)
61 Like classical
poetry
63 Fab “backwardgram” à la “Sam,
aha! Bahamas!”
67 Burger topper
68 Segway inventor
Dean ___
69 Apple product
70 Bird’s gullet
71 Chip on one’s
shoulder, say
73 Kowtowers
75 Pilates targets
78 Take on
79 Poses
80 Stone figures?
81 Equal to the task
82 Objective
83 Louis Armstrong, to
friends
85 Two-time U.S. Open
champ
86 Houston’s old
___ Field
87 Black cat that
packs grass and
chants “Jah”
91 Prefix with -hedron
93 Best-selling novelist
Susan
94 Great Basin
natives
95 An op-ed has one
96 Air apparent?
97 Worships
100 “Common Sense”
pamphleteer
101 Valedictorian’s
pride, for short
102 Bygone Bombay
bigwig
106 Landmark vassal
law act
108 Warm mask/cap
amalgams
111 Burning desire
112 Puts away
113 Friends, in
Firenze
114 Big name in
faucets
115 Depict
116 Swarm
117 Where Sharp
Electronics is
based
11 Gatekeeper’s cry
12 Lawyers’ org.
13 Picasso’s designer
daughter
14 Tilex target
15 Latin 101 verb
16 Score creator
Schifrin
17 Style
21 Subject of the
documentary “An
Unreasonable
Man”
23 Spoils
24 Two-faced
28 Haphazard
31 Gift shop buy
32 Sign at an
intersection
33 Apple product,
perhaps
34 Recipe amt.
35 Skin soother
36 Gala that saw
“Black Swan,”
“Avatar” and
“Ab Fab” attract
claps
37 Bar glass that’s
half Bass, half
DOWN
dark malt
1 Chrysler Building
38 Lama’s art that
style, informally
can’t last
2 Physical, e.g.
39 “Shazam!”
3 Smart-alecky
40 Noted political
maiden name
4 “M*A*S*H” star
41
Designer
5 One in a gray suit
McCartney
6 Modernist Kafka
43 Comedian Margaret
7 A bridge might have
45 “___ hear”
one
48 Something woeful
8 “The Lord of the
49 Item of attire for
Rings” villain
54-Across
9 “Pop” goer
51
Square
meals that
10 Online gaming
are
round
guilds
23
25
26
30
35
10
27
44
45
49
58
60
65
51
79
82
72
61
90
73
91
99
52 Minneapolis suburb
54 Jackie of “Shanghai
Noon”
58 Maine senator after
Mitchell
60 Striped Girl Scout
cookie
62 Knocks
63 Zodiac symbol
64 Pier place
65 Adams and Alcott
66 Most handy
77
75
81
85
86
92
93
96
100
107
111
114
74
95
106
76
62
69
84
94
98
41
52
80
83
89
40
56
68
78
39
66
67
71
17
46
50
59
70
16
33
55
64
15
29
54
88
14
38
48
87
13
21
32
43
57
12
28
37
53
11
24
36
47
97
9
20
31
42
63
8
19
22
34
7
No. 0112
115
72 ’70s self-help course
74 Word repeated in
the “Superman”
intro
76 Alliance
77 Meaning: Fr.
81 Flashback and
halfbacks
84 Eyelashes
86 That, in Tijuana
88 Source of
excitement
101
102 103 104 105
108 109
110
112
113
116
117
89 TV/movie group
associated with
this puzzle’s
theme?
90 Agave drink
92 In the slightest
93 Apple product
95 The Adversary
96 Jerk
97 Day-and-night, in
a way
98 Belafonte hit
99 Dungeons &
Dragons figure
100 Strait-laced
101 Elation
103 Reebok
alternative
104 Hike, with “up”
105 The East
107 It goes before E
except after C
109 Whiz
110 Vientiane native
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Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 A7
PUBLIC NOTICES
OVN12-14-2013
Published Ojai Valley News
December 25, 2013
January 1, 8 & 15, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2013121710018755-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 12/17/2013
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS: (1st
Fictitious Business Name)
Sighthound Review
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business (P.O. Box
or PMB not acceptable):
974 El Centro St., Ojai, CA
93023
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
Bo Nils Bengtson
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
not acceptable):
974 El Centro St., Ojai, CA
93023
This Business is conducted
by: An Individual
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed above on N/A.
I declare that all information
in this statement is true and
correct.
(A registrant who declares as
true information which he or
she knows to be false is
guilty of a crime.)
I am also aware that all
information on this statement
becomes public record upon
filing pursuant to California
Public Records Acts (G.C.
6250-6277)
Bo Nils Bengtson
/s/BO NILS BENGTSON
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.
————————
OVN12-15-2013
Published Ojai Valley News
December 25, 2013
January 1, 8 & 15, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2013120310018086-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 12/03/2013
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS: (1st
Fictitious Business Name)
DS Designer Sisters
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business (P.O. Box
or PMB not acceptable):
5551 Willow View Drive,
Camarillo, CA 93012
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
State of
Incorporation/Organization:
n/a
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
Dale Anne Eucker
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
not acceptable):
5551 Willow View Drive,
Camarillo, CA 93012
Full name of 2nd
Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
Sharon Nielsen
Residence Address of 2nd
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
not acceptable):
5416 Castillo de Rosas,
Camarillo, CA 93012
This Business is conducted
by: Copartners
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed above on 11-1513.
I declare that all information
in this statement is true and
correct.
(A registrant who declares as
true information which he or
she knows to be false is
guilty of a crime.)
I am also aware that all
information on this statement
becomes public record upon
filing pursuant to California
Public Records Acts (G.C.
6250-6277)
Dale Anne Eucker
/s/DALE A. EUCKER
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.
————————
OVN01-01-2014
Published Ojai Valley News
January 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2014
SECOND JUDICIAL
DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF
BERNALILLO
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
No. SA 2013-0099
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ADOPTION PETITION
OF GEORGE BROOKS
EMENY, Jr.
NOTICE TO BIOLOGICAL
PARENT OF PETITION
FOR ADOPTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN TO Robert
Cannaday, father of Rebekah
Rose Wales, born August 18,
1985, that a Petition for
Adult Adoption herein was
filed on November 25, 2013.
If Mr. Cannaday has any
response to the Petition, he
must file a written response
within 20 days of the date of
last publication of this
Notice. Failure to respond in
a timely manner will be
treated as a default.
Response is to be filed with
the Clerk of the Court, PO
Box 488, Albuquerque, NM
87103-0488 and mail a copy
of that response to Ella Joan
Fenoglio, Counsel for
Petitioner, address below.
/s/ELLA JOAN FENOGLIO
Ella Joan Fenoglio
4427 Avenida del Sol NE
Albuquerque, NM 871106178
(505) 266-1955
————————
OVN01-03-2014
Published Ojai Valley News
January 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2013122710019143-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 12/27/2013
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS: (1st
Fictitious Business Name)
Ecobutterfly Organics
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business (P.O. Box
or PMB not acceptable):
110 Bristol Road,, Ojai, CA
93023
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
Stephanie Schiff
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
not acceptable):
110 Bristol Road, Ojai, CA
93023
This Business is conducted
by: An Individual
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed above on
December 2006.
I declare that all information
in this statement is true and
correct.
(A registrant who declares as
true information which he or
she knows to be false is
guilty of a crime.)
I am also aware that all
information on this statement
becomes public record upon
filing pursuant to California
Public Records Acts (G.C.
6250-6277)
Stephanie Schiff
/s/STEPHANIE SCHIFF
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.
————————
OVN01-04-2014
Published Ojai Valley News
January 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2014010610000195-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 01/06/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS: (1st
Fictitious Business Name)
Down To Earth Lawn And
Garden
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business (P.O. Box
or PMB not acceptable):
655 River Side Road, Oak
View, C.A 93022
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
State of Incorporation/
Organization: California
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
Sean Allen Park
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
not acceptable):
655 River Side Road, Oak
View, C.A 93022
This Business is conducted
by: An Individual
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed above on
12/10/13.
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).)
Sean Park
/s/SEAN PARK
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.
————————
OVN01-05-2014
Published Ojai Valley News
January 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2013123110019284-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 12/31/2013
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS: (1st
Fictitious Business Name)
Exotic Spice Company
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business (P.O. Box
or PMB not acceptable):
323 E. Matilija Street, #110
118, Ojai, CA 93023
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
State of Incorporation/
Organization: n/a
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
Annelie Messina
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
not acceptable):
323 E. Matilija Street, #110
118, Ojai, CA 93023
This Business is conducted
by: An Individual
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed above on
11/21/2013.
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).)
Annelie Messina
/s/ANNELIE MESSINA
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.
————————
OVN01-07-2014
Published Ojai Valley News
January 15, 22 & 29, 2014
February 5, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2014010910000362-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 01/09/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS: (1st
Fictitious Business Name)
RMC Roofing
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business (P.O. Box
or PMB not acceptable):
4475 Dupont Ct. #9, Ventura,
CA 93003
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
State of Incorporation/
Organization: CA
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
RMC Construction &
Roofing Inc.
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
not acceptable):
1225 Mariano Dr., Ojai, CA
93023
This Business is conducted
by: A Corporation
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed above on
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).)
RMC Construction &
Roofing Inc.
/s/DEBORAH K. GARCIA
Deborah K. Garcia
Corp. Secretary
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.
To place a
public notice
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EMAIL:
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new york times
crossword puzzle
IT’S ONLY “A” GAME By ANDREW CHAIKIN / Edited by Will Shortz
1 Last name in Scotch
6 Stream
10 Bloke
14 Like blokes
18 Napoleon, e.g., twice
19 Steakhouse order
20 Test subject
22 Grand-slam drama
that stars Bacall’s
man
24 Half an Xmas
“Halls” chant
25 1976 horror hit, with
“The”
26 Point value of an A
in Scrabble
27 Little to no
29 Heavily favored
30 All-inclusive
32 Beat poet Cassady
and others
33 Captain Hook’s
right hand
34 69-Across, e.g.
37 Scrams
38 Astral saga that has
a Darth part
42 Cutting edge
43 Gulager of TV’s
“The Virginian”
44 French Oscar
46 Bit of Google
programming
47 Staple of a waiting
room
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Today’s puzzle and more
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3
4
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No. 0119
ACROSS
1
48 Work on the roof,
say
50 “Movin’ ___” (TV
theme song)
52 One of die Planeten
53 Kitty, e.g.
54 Count ___
55 “___ Anything”
(“Oliver!” song)
56 “The Witches”
writer
57 King Arthur of
tennis
59 Kris ___ (music
duo)
61 Like classical
poetry
63 Fab “backwardgram” à la “Sam,
aha! Bahamas!”
67 Burger topper
68 Segway inventor
Dean ___
69 Apple product
70 Bird’s gullet
71 Chip on one’s
shoulder, say
73 Kowtowers
75 Pilates targets
78 Take on
79 Poses
80 Stone figures?
81 Equal to the task
82 Objective
83 Louis Armstrong, to
friends
85 Two-time U.S. Open
champ
86 Houston’s old
___ Field
87 Black cat that
packs grass and
chants “Jah”
91 Prefix with -hedron
93 Best-selling novelist
Susan
94 Great Basin
natives
95 An op-ed has one
96 Air apparent?
97 Worships
100 “Common Sense”
pamphleteer
101 Valedictorian’s
pride, for short
102 Bygone Bombay
bigwig
106 Landmark vassal
law act
108 Warm mask/cap
amalgams
111 Burning desire
112 Puts away
113 Friends, in
Firenze
114 Big name in
faucets
115 Depict
116 Swarm
117 Where Sharp
Electronics is
based
11 Gatekeeper’s cry
12 Lawyers’ org.
13 Picasso’s designer
daughter
14 Tilex target
15 Latin 101 verb
16 Score creator
Schifrin
17 Style
21 Subject of the
documentary “An
Unreasonable
Man”
23 Spoils
24 Two-faced
28 Haphazard
31 Gift shop buy
32 Sign at an
intersection
33 Apple product,
perhaps
34 Recipe amt.
35 Skin soother
36 Gala that saw
“Black Swan,”
“Avatar” and
“Ab Fab” attract
claps
37 Bar glass that’s
half Bass, half
DOWN
dark malt
1 Chrysler Building
38 Lama’s art that
style, informally
can’t last
2 Physical, e.g.
39 “Shazam!”
3 Smart-alecky
40 Noted political
maiden name
4 “M*A*S*H” star
41
Designer
5 One in a gray suit
McCartney
6 Modernist Kafka
43 Comedian Margaret
7 A bridge might have
45 “___ hear”
one
48 Something woeful
8 “The Lord of the
49 Item of attire for
Rings” villain
54-Across
9 “Pop” goer
51
Square
meals that
10 Online gaming
are
round
guilds
23
25
26
30
35
10
27
44
45
49
58
60
65
51
79
82
72
61
90
73
91
99
52 Minneapolis suburb
54 Jackie of “Shanghai
Noon”
58 Maine senator after
Mitchell
60 Striped Girl Scout
cookie
62 Knocks
63 Zodiac symbol
64 Pier place
65 Adams and Alcott
66 Most handy
77
75
81
85
86
92
93
96
100
107
111
114
74
95
106
76
62
69
84
94
98
41
52
80
83
89
40
56
68
78
39
66
67
71
17
46
50
59
70
16
33
55
64
15
29
54
88
14
38
48
87
13
21
32
43
57
12
28
37
53
11
24
36
47
97
9
20
31
42
63
8
19
22
34
7
No. 0112
115
72 ’70s self-help course
74 Word repeated in
the “Superman”
intro
76 Alliance
77 Meaning: Fr.
81 Flashback and
halfbacks
84 Eyelashes
86 That, in Tijuana
88 Source of
excitement
101
102 103 104 105
108 109
110
112
113
116
117
89 TV/movie group
associated with
this puzzle’s
theme?
90 Agave drink
92 In the slightest
93 Apple product
95 The Adversary
96 Jerk
97 Day-and-night, in
a way
98 Belafonte hit
99 Dungeons &
Dragons figure
100 Strait-laced
101 Elation
103 Reebok
alternative
104 Hike, with “up”
105 The East
107 It goes before E
except after C
109 Whiz
110 Vientiane native
A8 Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014
arou valley
nd
YOUR COMPLETE
Ojai Valley will meet
Tuesday at 7 p.m. at
Krotona School. Carol
Nicholson will dicuss
“The Birth of the Cosmos.” Call 646-2653 for
more details.
“DIVINE INTERVENTION” — The American
Vedic Association Bhagavad-Gita As It Is Fellowship will meet
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at
687 Villanova Road to
discuss “Divine Intervention.” Always free.
Call 640-0405.
Down the Road
FREE DIABETES
LECTURE — The Livingston Memorial VNA’s
office, 202-A Cañada St.,
Ojai, will host a free lecture on “How to Manage
Your Diabetes” Jan. 23
at 2 p.m. Learn about
the different types of diabetes, understand the
symptoms and prevention of low and high
blood sugar, and know
the factors that impact
your overall health. Call
642-0239 for further information.
FREE “CPR FOR
CHILDREN” — The Ojai
Valley Neighborhood
for Learning is sponsoring class on “CPR for
Children,” led by American Heart Association
family and friends (appropriate for parents of
any age child), Jan. 23
from 6 to 8 p.m. in
Room 1 at Ojai Unified
School District, 414 E.
Ojai Ave. To obtain a
certification card, you
will need to pay $10.
Call 640-4300, Ext. 1062.
“TWELFTH NIGHT”
— one of Shakespeare’s
most-performed and
best-loved comedies, is
running at the Ojai Art
Center Theater, 113 S.
Montgomery St., from
Jan. 24 to Feb. 16, directed by famedShakespearean expert
Michael Addison, and
co-sponsored by Ojai
Performing Arts Theater. This version features professional and
semi-professional actors and is set in the
Roaring ‘20s. Show
times are Fridays and
Saturdays at 8 p.m. and
Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets: $18 general, $15
seniors, students and
Art Center members;
available at 640-8797
orwww.OjaiACT.org.
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
COLLECTION EVENT
— The County of Ventura Pollution Prevention Center will host a
household hazardous
materials collection
event Jan. 25 for residents of the unincorporated communities of
Ventura County. Call
658-4323 for an appointment or more in-
formation. Small businesses should call (800)
714-1195.
FREE BARIATRIC
SURGERY SEMINAR —
Community Memorial
Health System will host
a free seminar on
“Bariatric Surgery,” led
by Dr. Helmuth Billy,
Jan. 25 from 9 to 10:30
a.m. at the Soule Park
Golf Course Banquet
Room, 1033 E. Ojai Ave.
He will discuss a variety
of weight-loss procedures and the advantages of losing weight,
including relief from
type 2 diabetes, weightrelated high blood pressure, high cholesterol,
sleep apnea and arthritis. Reservations are required as space is
limited; visit
www.cmhshealth.org or
call (800) 906-6093.
OJAI HISTORICAL
WALKING TOURS —
Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.,
Ojai Historical Walking
Tours depart from the
Ojai Valley Museum, 130
W. Ojai Ave. (approximately one-hour tours
of downtown historical
and cultural attractions). Docent Rose
Boggs will lead the Jan.
25 tour. Cost is $5 or $15
per family. Drop-ins are
welcome. For reservations, to schedule
groups or tours during
the week, call 640-1390.
“SHREK, THE MUSICAL” AUDITIONS — Director Gai Jones will
hold auditions for
“Shrek, The Musical” at
the Ojai Art Center, 113
S. Montgomery St., Jan.
25 from 5 to 6 p.m. for
youth and 6 to 7 p.m. for
adults, and Jan. 26. from
noon to 1 p.m. for
youths and 1 to 2 p.m.
for adults. Contact
Jones by Jan. 23 at
gai.jones@sbcglobal.net
to reserve an audition
time. For a list of characters and more details,
go to www.ojaiact.org.
MUSIC AT CASA
BARRANCA — Singer
Kristin Lee will perform
jazz Jan. 26 from 2:30 to
5 p.m. at Casa Barranca,
208 E. Ojai Ave.,
640-1255.
“BROADWAY THRU
THE DECADES” — The
Nordhoff High School
music department will
present its annual program of Broadway show
tunes on Jan. 26 at 3
p.m. in the gymnasium,
1401 Maricopa Highway. All music groups
will be performing.
Tickets: $10 at the door
or nhsmusic.com. This
fundraising event will
also feature a silent auction with the theme,
“Made in Ojai.” Community donations are
welcome. Proceeds
from this night will be
used to ensure that all
NHS music students are
able to attend the
spring tour in Hawaii.
Call 640-4343, Ext. 1861,
for information.
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MEETING — The Ojai
City Council will meet
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Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. at City
Hall, 401 S. Ventura St.
“URBAN SPIRITUALITY” — The Theosophical Society in the Ojai
Valley will meet Jan. 28
at 7 p.m. at Krotona
School. Tim Boyd will
dicuss “Urban Spirituality.” Call 646-2653 for
more details.
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
Feb. 1 tour. Cost is $5 or
$15 per family. Drop-ins
are welcome. For reservations, to schedule
groups or tours during
the week, call 640-1390.
Ongoing Events
ROTARY ECO CLUB
— The Rotary Eco Club
meets the second and
fourth Thursdays of
each month from 10 to
11 a.m. at Help of Ojai’s
West Campus, 370 W.
Baldwin Road, in Room
A-3. All are invited to attend. For more information contact Jane
McClenahan at
janedg0708@rotarysuc
cess.com or Lisa Malone at 646-3483.
AGAPE RECOVERY
GROUP — Ojai Valley
Baptist Church, 11642
N. Ventura Ave., Ojai,
hosts the weekly Agape
Recovery Group Mondays from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Agape is for those in
need of a support group
with the honesty and
willingness to help
themselves, and with
open minds for using
tools given them for the
change in their life
needed to be free from
the bondage of addictions and other afflictions.
DIVORCE CARE
WORKSHOP — Mondays from 7:30 to 9 p.m.,
a Divorce Care Workshop is held at Ojai Valley Community Church,
907 El Centro St. Call
646-4324 or 640-8689.
MOBILE MEDICAL
CLINIC — Health care
for the uninsured and
homeless is offered by
the Mobile Medical
Clinic that visits the
Community Assistance
Program office, 108 Fox
St., Ojai, every Tuesday
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. No
appointment is necessary, walk-ins only.
Services are offered by
Las Islas Family Medical
Group from Oxnard.
Call C.A.P. at 640-3320
for more information.
ZUMBA — Zumba
workouts are held at the
Ojai Art Center,113 S.
Montgomery St., Tuesdays from 6 to 7 p.m.
and Thursdays from
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Call
646-0117.
LOW VISION SUPPORT GROUP — Is your
low vision causing
problems in your daily
living? The Low Vision
Support Group of the
Braille Institute meets
the first Tuesday of each
month from 1 to 2 p.m.
at Help of Ojai’s West
Campus, 370 Baldwin
Road, Ojai. Learn skills
for independent living,
and about the many
free services of the
Braille Institute, plus
special assistance for
those with macular degeneration. It’s all free.
MEINERS OAKS
KNITTING CLUB —
meets at Meiners Oaks
Library, 114 N. Padre
Juan Ave., the second
and fourth Tuesdays of
the month from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Knitters of all
ages and skill levels are
welcome. Members knit
squares which are assembled into afghans
and scarves for Ojai Valley Family Shelter sites.
Call 646-4804 for more
information.
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As the Lead Agency overseeing this project’s environmental review, the City of Ojai has initiated the preparation of an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) to determine
the nature and extent of the project’s potential impact on the environment. Pursuant to Title 14
of the California Code of Regulations, this Notice is given to advise interested parties that the
City has completed a Draft IS/MND for the proposed project described below and that the Draft
IS/MND is available for public review.
Project Title:
1290 Grand Avenue Wireless Communication Facility/ Design
Review Permit (DRP 13-10) and Conditional Use Permit (CUP 13-03)
Project Location:
The proposed project is located at 1290 Grand Avenue
Project Applicant:
Jerry Ambrose, Eukon Group
3905 State Street, #7-188
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Project Description: The proposed project (the “project”) would include construction of a
wireless telecommunications facility designed as a 65 ft. mono-eucalyptus tree and ancillary
equipment within the rear yard portions of a property currently developed with The Lutheran
Church of Our Redeemer located at 1290 Grand Avenue. The area proposed for wireless communication facility development would be approximately 350 square feet in size and would be
leased from the landowner by AT&T.
Potential Environmental Effects: Potentially significant environmental impacts have been
identified in the following issue areas: Biological Resources and Noise. The Draft IS/MND also
analyzes aesthetics, agriculture and forestry resources, air quality, cultural resources, geology,
greenhouse gas emissions, hydrology/water quality, land use, mineral resources, population and
housing, public services, recreation, and utilities and determined that impacts would be less
than significant with respect to these issue areas.
Public Comment Period: The public comment period for the Draft IS/MND will begin on
January 8, 2014 and end on January 27, 2014. Comments must be received by the City no later
than 5:00 p.m. on January 27, 2014. Please send your comments to Shari Herbruck, Planning and
Building Technician, at the following address:
City of Ojai
401 South Ventura Street
P.O. Box 1570
Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 A9
Opinion
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Featured letter by Kim L. Prillhart, Ventura County Planning Director
Letter writer failed to mention a couple of important points about county staff
In response to Mr. Shapiro’s letter of
Dec. 13, 2013, published in the Ojai
Valley News:
The Ventura County Planning Division’s primary responsibility is the
implementation and enforcement of
the land use policies and regulations
adopted by the county of Ventura,
and to do so in a fact-based and objective manner.
Mr. Shapiro’s article in your publication makes it sound as if the Planning
Division staff has intentionally failed
to properly enforce county ordinances and land use regulations.
Nothing could be further from the
truth.
Here are a few facts that Mr. Shapiro
neglected to include:
1. All counties in California surveyed in 2011 charge an appeal fee. In
Ventura County the deposit is $2,000
(which has not increased in over 10
years), partially covers the county’s
costs to conduct the appeal hearing.
The County Board of Supervisors has
waived its full cost-recovery policy
with respect to appeal fees in an effort to ensure that filing an appeal is
not cost-prohibitive for concerned
neighbors and other interested parties. It is also important to note that if
an appeal is filed and successful, the
entire $2,000 is returned to the appellant and there is no cost for the hearing.
2. As to the issue of the Ojai Quarry,
the mine operator’s excavation outside of the permit boundary and
other violations of the Surface Mining
and Reclamation Act were diligently
addressed by the County Planning Division.
Beginning with the Dec. 15, 2011
hearing before the Ventura County
Planning Commission, Mr. Mosler,
the mine operator, sought to bring
the Ojai Quarry into compliance with
all regulatory requirements. The Planning Commission granted time for
Mr. Mosler to achieve compliance. He
was required to abate all violations,
prepare an amended Reclamation
Plan, pay well over $100,000 in fines
and accrued county staff costs and
increase the financial assurance that
is posted with the county (a security
to finance the ultimate reclamation of
the mine) from $22,000 to $244,000.
During the period of time when the
violations were being abated and the
Reclamation Plan was being prepared, the Ojai Quarry was prohibited
by the state from selling material to
state and local government agencies,
resulting in a significant financial
hardship for the operation. Mr.
Shapiro’s assertion in his letter that
staff was “looking the other way” is
simply not true.
Ultimately, Mr. Mosler was able to
bring the Ojai Quarry into compliance with all state and local regulations.
3. With regard to the Mirada Petroleum matter, as the Planning Division
has previously acknowledged, an
error was made by staff in 1992 during the preparation of the permit documentation for the Seneca Resources
operation in the Ojai Oil Field. In particular, staff unintentionally omitted
specific locations for the approved
new wells on the final site plan. Mirada Petroleum acquired this operation from Seneca Resources more
than a decade later and was not involved in the 1992 permitting matter.
Planning staff diligently researched
this issue several weeks ago and
transparently acknowledged the mistake which allowed an exploratory
well to be drilled in a location within
the permit limits but approximately
1,600 feet away from where it was intended to be drilled.
The well, which was never put into
production, is now plugged and suspended with full abandonment to be
completed by Mirada Petroleum in
2014. Mirada is also required to prepare and implement a Restoration
Plan that includes the recontouring
and revegetation of the 1-acre drilling
pad.
As planning director, I take seriously
violations of county land use ordinances and permits. That being said,
my initial response in addressing violations is not to seek to shut down operations that do not pose a public
health or safety risk, but to instead
work with them to rectify the violations. For the vast majority of cases,
this has been a successful course of
action.
Planning staff has, however, recommended the revocation of land use
permits in the past where it can be
seen that the permittee is either unwilling or unable to comply. These are
always difficult decisions and must
be based on the facts at hand, an objective, empirical analysis and the
law.
The Planning Division is a fully
transparent and accountable division
under the Resource Management
Agency (RMA). We welcome the opportunity to meet with all members
of the public to both explain our
land-use decisions and to listen to
what our community has to say on
these issues.
RMA staff from all of our divisions,
including Planning, are available to
speak to community groups, trade organizations, business and advocacy
groups, schools or special districts,
and any other interested parties. If
you are a member of an organization
that is interested in hearing about
any of the programs or projects carried out by RMA, log onto the link
provided below and schedule a presentation.
http://www.ventura.org/rma/rma/s
chedule-presentation.html
LETTERS TO THE E DITOR
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Tower radiation is
not user-friendly
SHOLOM JOSHUA, OJAI
The last thing we need
in Ojai is another cellphone tower, let alone
one on the grounds of a
church with a nursery
school. We already have
an array of towers in the
valley and its environs.
The proposed Grand
Avenue tower is not just
a cellphone microwave
transmitter and dirty
electricity generator. It
is also a mirror reflecting how our society has
become drunk on wireless technology. Instead
of being used when
need be, cellphones are
now used casually for all
sorts of unimportant
reasons. All that use
comes at a high price.
The radiation from cellphones and towers is
not user-friendly. The
radiation goes right
through us, carrying all
kinds of symbols in
words and images that
are foreign to our DNA.
These microwaves and
the content they carry
are not compatible with
nature.
Ojai’s residents have a
chance to say no to the
tower, today, 6 p.m., at
the Planning Commis-
sion meeting at City
Hall.
Thanks to all you
holiday donors
TERRI WOLFE, OJAI
We start the New Year
with many things for
which to be thankful.
The Help of Ojai holiday
season programs were a
tremendous success
and brightened the lives
of hundreds of your
friends and neighbors
because of the dedication of this entire community. You “adopted”
over 200 families for
Christmas this year, as
well as providing
Thanksgiving turkeys
and food boxes to more
than 250 families. It’s always risky to attempt to
thank all those involved
in our holiday programs. It seems inevitable that one may
be missed, and we apologize in advance if we
leave you out of this
amazing list of supporters.
Thanksgiving would
not have been what is
was for so many without the Ojai Presbyterian Church and Len
Block, Ojai Rotary clubs,
Golden State Water,
Troop Realty, Friend’s
Ranch, the Golden Family and Nordhoff High
School. They all either
donated food and
turkeys, delivered food
and turkeys or made
their facilities available
for our use.
Christmas wouldn’t
have been as bright
without the Ojai Presbyterian Church which
adopted all of the
homeless residents and
many families in the
valley, and St. Thomas
Aquinas and St. Andrew’s churches, who
both adopted loads of
families.
The individual
adopters are too numerous to name — you
know who you are, and
you made many children’s Christmas much
brighter for your generosity. The Ojai Valley
Lions Club supported
us through its annual
Christmas tree sales and
by offering trees to less
fortunate families just
days before Christmas.
Finally, the Five Ton
Challenge Food Drive
led by Ojai Community
Bank partnering with
Bank of America, Pacific
Western, Rabobank,
and Wells Fargo was a
great success and
helped to stock the
shelves for the next few
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small truck as an illegal sign announcing that they are open. The
truck is taking up a much-needed parking space and is ugly.
• A reader sends a thumbs-down to the Ojai bike shop with the
trash monolith out front. You may be promoting an anti-litter
agenda, but do you need to have an eyesore mound of trash out
front to do it?
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Study is another
waste of money
LARRY YUVA, OJAI
It amazes me that the
management at Casitas
Municipal Water District is spending time
and ratepayer money to
finance yet another
study on the feasibility
of allowing body contact with our drinking
water. Every time I have
ever questioned the fiscal propriety of giving
the management and
staff yet another raise,
benefit, and/or perk,
my representative on
the board, both present
and past, has told me
how extremely hardworking these people
are. And yet, the management and staff always seems to have
extra time to spend on
activities not directly related to their primary
purpose — delivering
safe, reliable water to
the ratepayers. They
have time to sue the
federal government for
alleged “takings,” time
to orchestrate an elaborate and lengthy
takeover of Golden State
Water, time to attend
countless seminars and
conferences and “continuing education
classes.” And now, at the
request of one, newly
arrived person, the staff
is going to undertake a
study. This comes at a
time when our reservoir
is looking downright
scary. Recently the
media has announced
that this is the driest
year in California’s
recorded history.
Once again, something seems to be hidden from the public
here. How can one person cause such a response so quickly? This
is an agency that prefers
to confer in dark basements away from pesky
public interference. Is
there something else in
this agenda? Do we
need to follow some
money trail here?
Sure, it would be nice
to take a dip in the
reservoir. Especially if
you didn’t have to wade
through a mud flat to
get to the water. It
would also be nice if the
ratepayers had a discount rate for the privilege of entering the
recreation area. But at
the end of the day, Casitas is not a lake. It is a
reservoir. We in the Ojai
Valley do not have a
backup plan. Besides
the aquifer, we have no
other sources. Our
reservoir is not a playground. It should not be
treated as such.
The news this week is
that Piru reservoir has
been infested with
quagga mussels. How
long before Casitas becomes infested?
Will allowing body
contact make our water
supply safer? Doesn’t
our board of directors
have a record of diverting its attention from its
primary purpose? Why
spend money studying
things that make our
sole water source less
safe at time when there
is less water and more
customers than the last
drought period?
The ratepayers really
ought to pay attention
to CMWD. Left to their
own devices, without a
public watchdog, they
do stray off their primary mission.
Be careful what
you wish for
SHERRY SMITH, OJAI
The recent discussions
on whether to open
Lake Casitas to body
contact have neglected
to address the myriad
problems associated
with opening the lake to
water skiing and swimming.
The most pressing
concern at this point in
time would probably be
the quagga mussel. The
threat that the mussel
poses cannot be overstated and the lake
management has taken
it seriously. Under current policy every vessel,
including kayaks, must
be inspected and quarantined for 28 days before any contact is
made with the lake. Following the quarantine
the vessels are fitted
with a tamper-proof tag
that must be checked
each time entry to the
lake is made.
If you have ever been
in line to enter the lake
on a weekday when one
or two fishing boats are
being inspected or
locked you know the
time involved. Now
imagine a busy summer
weekend with 100 boats
lined up all the way
down Santa Ana or
Highway 150 awaiting
entrance to the lake.
Be careful what you
wish for.
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were also great supporters of the food drive this
year. Our sincerest gratitude to the local Vons
of Ojai for its food drive
efforts. Thanks to the
generosity of the customers and employees,
Vons was able to donate
nearly 900 “Help Us End
Hunger” bags, which is
almost 6,750 pounds of
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food insecurities in
Ojai. We applaud these
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Sports
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Wednesday
Jan. 15, 2014
Mike Miller, editor
mike@ojaivalleynews.com
Highlighting prep, rec and area sports
Ojai families compete in tennis event
Holly Roberts
OVN contributor
The third annual Ojai
Holiday
Tennis
Challenge
(HTC),
sponsored by the Ojai
Valley Tennis Club
(OVTC) and organized
by Craig Fugle and Rick
Thompson, recently
raised approximately
$450 for youth tennis
scholarships. Thirty-two
doubles teams and 64
players participated in
the event.
Every team played two
eight-game pro-set
matches on day one,
with winners advancing
to the championship
draws and others
competing in the back
draw. Semifinals and
finals played out the
next day.
“Excellent play and
great sportsmanship
was displayed by all,
which made this ‘event’
Photo by Ken Brown a great success,” said
Jakob Vos, OVTC youth
Nordhoff’s Allen McComas (left) and Jake Boyd (right) trap Villanova’s Jacob tennis chair.
Greenspan at midcourt in Friday night’s rivalry game. The Rangers jumped all over
Toppers Pizza Place
VPS and scored their first league win of the season.
donated pizza and salad
and Friend’s Ranch
provided tangerines for
all participating players
on Saturday. Prizes
included T-shirts, tennis
gear, trophies and more,
on the defensive end of played much basketball, donated by the Southern
Mike Miller
mike@ojaivalleynews.com the floor was good most b u t h e c o n t i n u e s t o
of the game.”
improve his shooting
The Rangers were so and post moves. Coach
On Friday night, the
Nordhoff Rangers and dominant on both sides ( D a n ) P l a c i a l w o r k s
Villanova Wildcats both of the floor early in the with him off to the side
opened Frontier League game; they took a 23-5 e v e r y d a y o n h i s p o s t
play on the hardwood at l e a d i n t o t h e s e c o n d moves and it continues
Nordhoff High School, quarter. Villanova Prep to show in his level of
and the Rangers rolled started to show signs of play,” said Murphy.
The Rangers and
to a 72-34 victory. After l i f e i n t h e s e c o n d
V P S s c o r e d t h e f i r s t quarter behind the play Wildcats both gave their
p o i n t s o f t h e g a m e , of senior guard Richard r e s e r v e s p l e n t y o f
Nordhoff went on a 17- Lee, who scored a team- playing time down the
0 run and never had to high seven points for stretch before the final
l o o k b a c k a s t h e y the Wildcats. Despite score settled at 72-34.
improved to 7-8 overall their best efforts to cut S e n i o r R y a n A b a y a n
into Nordhoff’s lead, enjoyed one of his best
and 1-0 in league play.
Nordhoff senior Jake the Wildcats trailed 40- games of the season for
the Rangers, scoring
Boyd got off to a sizzling 17 at halftime.
In the second half, the n i n e
points
and
start by scoring the
seven
R a n g e r s ’ f i r s t e i g h t NHS lead continued to g r a b b i n g
points of the game and grow as they forced the rebounds. Point guard
he had 10 points in the W i l d c a t s i n t o m o r e Zach Hardman added
first quarter to help turnovers. Nordhoff nine points and five
NHS build their first- recorded 15 steals in the assists while Luke Boyd
quarter lead. Many of game, many resulting in and Wesley Clevel both
scored seven points.
B o y d ’ s e a r l y s c o r i n g easy transition baskets.
In addition to Jake
Both Ojai Valley
opportunities were
created by Nordhoff’s Boyd’s early scoring, teams return to action
t e a m d e f e n s e . H e a d the Rangers also got a tonight: Nordhoff will
c o a c h M a t t M u r p h y s t r o n g p e r f o r m a n c e host Grace Brethren (5said, “Defensively we f r o m c e n t e r A u s t i n 8) and Villanova Prep
are playing better than W o l c o t t . T h e s e n i o r will be on the road to
we have been all year. finished with 12 points f a c e t h e C a r p i n t e r i a
Tonight we were able to (five of six shooting) W a r r i o r s ( 9 - 6 ) . B o t h
create some turnovers a n d s i x r e b o u n d s . games will tip off at 7
and I thought our effort “ A u s t i n r e a l l y h a s n ’ t p.m.
Defense propels Nordhoff
past Villanova, 72-34
California
Tennis
Association and the
OVTC.
Various combinations
of adult-youth players
filled the draws. With
five family members
playing, the Adelmans
were the largest family
group to participate.
The Burke family
offered two parent-child
teams. Mike Burke and
son Sean made it to the
championship final of
the “In to Win” Draw,
and Carolyn Burke and
son Cole competed in
the semifinal match of
the “In for Fun” Draw.
“Playing in the HTC
was an exciting and
rewarding experience
for me and my family.
The tennis was great,
and it was fun to spend
holiday time with
friends who are part of
the
Ojai
tennis
community. I really
appreciate the effort and
planning of the Ojai
(Valley) Tennis Club in
making this event
happen,” said Mike
Burke.
Two local tennis
professionals
also
played with their
children: Rick and Jules
Thompson, and Ryan
and Campbell Gaston.
New to tennis, but not
to competition, local
track and field Olympic
medalist Danny Everett
and son, Cole, age 8,
teamed up, while his
daughter, Karys, age 10,
played with Leslie Gache
in the “In for Fun”
Draw.
“I had such a
wonderful time being
part of the Tennis
Challenge over the
holidays,” said Danny
Everett. “We think it is a
great time for all families
that love doing things
together no matter what
skill level of tennis you
have. We will love to be
part of this event next
year.”
One of the youngest,
though highly ranked,
junior players to
participate this year was
9-year-old
Vasyl
Yazadzhiev, who is
ranked in the top 10 in
both singles and doubles
in California. Yazadzhiev
is son of Dimitar
Yazadzhiev, tennis
professional at Dimitar
Tennis Academy and
Santa Barbara School of
Tennis.
The OVTC has several
tennis events planned
for 2014. See future
editions of the Ojai
Valley News for more
details.
Photo by Holly Roberts
Local youth tennis player Cole Everett (above) teamed up with his father, former
track and field Olympic gold medalist Danny Everett, in the Ojai Holiday Tennis
Challenge. The event raised scholarship funds for local youth tennis programs.
Long tops Soule senior golfers
The Soule Park Senior
Men’s
Golf
Club
recently
held
an
individual low net event
that allowed players to
subtract their two worst
holes of the round
before their final scores
were tabulated.
In flight one, Barry
Long took the top spot
with a net score of 50.
Second place went to
Don Gluyas, with 57. In
third was Ted Hume
Photo by Holly Roberts
Toads hop over Nordhoff’s Lady Rangers
Thacher’s Toads hosted Nordhoff in a nonleague girls’ basketball contest on
Friday, and the Lady Toads improved to 4-1 on the season with a 35-30 victory
over the Lady Rangers. Nordhoff dropped to 2-10 on the season.
with a final score of 59.
Flight two was won by
Gary Markley, who
carded a 52. There was a
three-way second-place
tie
between
Pete
Shedlosky,
Ray
Throckmorton and
Dario Benedetti, who
each came in with a 54.
The third flight was
led by Tom Sheehan,
with 53. Al Gross was
second with a final score
of 55, and Ed Gibson
was third with 56.
Flight four was
headed
by
Pete
Conforti's 53. Norm
Smith was second, one
shot behind with a 54,
and Tom Gibson was
third, with a 56.
Andrew Nielson led
flight five with 50. Jim
Gilden was second, with
54. There was thirdplace tie between
Layton Griffith and Jeff
Skoff, each with 55.
Send your sports photos, scores and story ideas
to sports editor Mike Miller:
mike@ojaivalleynews.com
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A ‘Twelfth Night’ of rollicking good fun
Richard Camp
OVN correspondent
It is a truth universally
acknowledged that if
William Shakespeare
names a character “Sir
Toby Belch,” you can
bet your bottom ducat
that at some point in
the play Toby will belch.
And belch he does in
this rollicking, rocking
production of “Twelfth
Night,” premiering at
the Ojai Art Center
Theater Jan. 24.
This is a story not so
much of star-crossed
lovers but of signalcrossed lovers, since
every major character is
in love with someone he
or she shouldn’t be. In a
nutshell: Duke Orsino is
in love with the
Countess Olivia and
sends a messenger
named Caesario to woo
her. But Caesario is
really a woman named
Viola in disguise. Olivia
falls hard for Caesario,
clueless that he is a she.
Then, Caesario falls in
love with Orsino. Plus,
Viola’s twin brother
shows up to fall in love
with … well, you get the
picture. Before it’s over
there are more suitors
for Olivia’s hand,
including her
manservant, the prissy,
pedantic, pompous
Malvolio, who is tricked
by Olivia’s maid, Maria,
into believing that
Olivia is in love with
him.
Toss this all together
and add a red-ukulelestrumming clown and
you have a merry-goround of hilarity that
rocks the stage with
belly laughs, mistaken
identities, bawdy puns,
pickled herrings, drawn
swords, liquor flasks
and a two-character,
four-left-footed
attempt to dance the
Charleston, tango and
foxtrot, because the
director has updated
the play to the
roaring ’20s.
That director is
Michael Addison, who
has more Shakespeare
credits on his resume
than the NSA has phone
numbers. He oversees
all this madness and
makes sure the
audience clearly
understands the play’s
maze of twists and
turns.
Working with him,
the very group of actors
bring the script to life in
so many ways. For
instance, in an
“exorcism” scene, Toby,
Maria and pal Fabiana
(the three stooges?)
cautiously approach the
ego-puffed, delusional
Malvolio as if he were
possessed by the devil.
The rehearsal process
transcends the dialogue
and cleverly turns this
into a slapstick set piece
that is the essence of
physical comedy.
Photo by Cindy Pitou Burton
Viola/Caesario (played by Jessica May Stevenson), (left), is disguised as a young man and has no idea that Olivia
(Sasha Ilford) is falling in love with her in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.”
For those younger
viewers who may
think that
Shakespeare’s
language is a barrier to
enjoying the play, hold
your peace. Even if a
line reeks of
Elizabethan obscurity
the actors’ body
language, inflections
and deliveries make
the lines come alive.
For instance, if
someone shouts at
you in the school hall,
“about it,” you’d
probably say “huh??”
But as you watch Sir
Toby bellow this to his
milksop of a drinking
buddy, Andrew, you’ll
know quite well that
“about it” means, “get
the lead out, dude, go!”
Bottom line, to fully
enjoy this production,
just look at the play’s
subtitle “What You
Will.” This is really
Shakespeare’s way of
saying “whatever.”
And he’s thrown in a
treasure trove of
“whatevers.”
“Twelfth Night” is a
production of the Ojai
ACT, co-sponsored by
the Ojai Performing
Arts Theater and
opens at the Ojai Art
Center Theater Jan. 24
and runs for four
weekends through
Feb. 16. Evening
performances are at 8
p.m. and Sunday
matinees are
at 2 p.m. Tickets are
available at
www.ojaiact.org
or 640-8797.
Acclaimed puppeteer to perform in Ojai
Photo submitted
Hobey Ford performances feature his handmade
“foamies” puppets.
Performances To Grow
On will present Hobey
Ford in “World Tales”
Saturday at 4 p.m. at the
Kim Maxwell Studio, 226
W. Ojai Ave. Using his
own voice to create
characters and sound
effects, tell stories and
make his puppets sing,
Hobey’s performances
feature his handmade
“foamies,” animated,
carved-foam rod
puppets.
He performs
unmasked, in full view in
his roles as MC, engaged
storyteller, puppeteer
and animator, creating a
seamless, hypnotic dance
between the audience,
the puppeteer, the lifelike puppets and the
artistic scenery.
Occasionally the puppets
will move right out into
the audience as part of
the performance.
Ford has never had
another career. Now
internationally renowned
in the puppetry field, an
award-winning
performer and Kennedy
Center Partner in
Education teaching artist,
he knew early on what he
wanted to do after seeing
a puppet show while still
a youngster. While
studying at an arts
college, he eventually
found “one of my
cornerstones — that I
would approach
puppetry as storytelling
with puppets.”
Ford designs and
constructs all of his
Golden Rod Puppets as
well as the sets that
surround them. Now a
resident of Asheville,
N.C., he also draws on his
early experiences
growing up in coastal
Connecticut or living in a
Nevada Native American
community in writing
scripts for some of his
performances, such as
“Whale Walker” and
“Turtle Island Tales.”
Tickets are $8 for
children and $12 for
adults and are available
at Ojai Coffee Roasting,
online at www.ptgo.org or
by phone at 646-8907.
Ojai ACT to preview 75th season
Curtain up, light the
lights, Wednesday is
going to be quite the
night at Ojai ACT for a
free preview of its 2014
season, kicking off the
75th anniversary of the
Ojai Art Center.
For years, the popular
preview has always filled
the Ojai Art Center
Theater’s seats and no
wonder, it features short
scenes from each of the
season’s plays, free food
and drink and the
opportunity to meet and
greet actors or anyone
connected with the local
theater scene.
Starting at 7 p.m., this
year’s event will have a
short slide show of last
year’s successful season
complete with
entertaining captions,
then transition into the
scenes of five shows,
which include:
• Two comedies,
Shakespeare’s “Twelfth
Night” set in the Roaring
20s, and Neil Simon’s “I
Ought to be in Pictures.”
• Two musicals,
Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s
“Carousel” and the
modern musical fable
“Shrek, The Musical.”
• One classic drama,
“Of Mice and Men,”
based on John
Steinbeck’s best-selling
novel.
There will also be a
holiday show during the
season, but it can’t be
announced until the
rights are obtained.
Season tickets will be
on sale before and after
the show. For all six of
the main-stage shows,
the price for students,
seniors and Art Center
members is $75. Price is
$90 for the public, still a
bargain at only $15 per
show. If you can’t make
a show, the ticket is
transferable, but make
sure you get it back.
For more details or to
purchase season
tickets, visit
www.OjaiACT.org or
call 640-8797.
Ojai Playhouse
Showtimes:
Mon. – Sun. 7 p.m.
Wed. 2:30
Sat. & Sun. 1:30 p.m.
805-646-1011
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‘Green’ art fuses creativity, everyday objects
Sculptor Molly
Smith is a “green”
artist. All her
sculptures incorporate
recycled objects from
her daily life and
travels. Her work, with
paintings by Masha
Keating, will be on
view at galerie102’s
new exhibit, “Nature
vs. Nurture,” opening
Saturday and running
through Feb. 23. The
opening reception
with the artists is
Saturday from 4 to 6
p.m.
“While treasuring
and admiring everyday
things, I am trying to
avoid the preciousness
and separation of art
from daily life,” Smith
said.
“I work, using free,
found, repurposed
materials and in verylow-impact processes.
I believe in sculpture
having a life of its own
and in these objects
continuing, in some
sense, to behave as
they would in the
greater world, altering
and sometimes
degrading.”
Smith, who holds an
MFA from Columbia
University and a BFA
from the Rhode Island
School of Design,
taught middle school
art for seven years
while making her own
art in New York City.
Her work “Seize,”
which resembles a
long blue horse rope,
is actually made of
paper towels found in
her classroom and on
which her students
wiped their hands for a
month before she
created the piece
from them.
“‘Handle’ is made
from the handle of a
basket I found on the
walk to my studio in
Brooklyn combined
with an old paint rag,”
Smith said. “And
‘Try’ is made from two
pieces of rope, both
found on the beach in
the Rockaways,
Brooklyn; I found one
piece first then the
other piece yards away
and thought they
should be reunited.”
Many of the pieces
in the “Nature vs.
Nurture” exhibit were
created from found
and repurposed
objects Smith and her
partner, Josh Clark,
happened upon while
spending the better
part of last year
traveling through the
western U.S.
“ ‘Brush’ is made
with a piece of
sagebrush and an old
t-shirt of mine
collected in the west
last year,” Smith said.
“And ‘Burst’ is made
from a sheet collected
while traveling and
dyed with the coloring
that comes out of
boiling down natural
matter to make paper something I did
consistently while
traveling. It is
combined with a small
metal funnel found in
the desert.”
Smith is also fond of
making her own paper
out of found materials.
“ ‘Ebb’ combines a
piece of handmade
cornhusk paper with a
piece of wood that
Josh split; a skill he
learned and practiced
with Jim Croft, an
incredible
homesteading
papermaker we stayed
with in Idaho,” she
said. “And ‘Coast’ is
made from crushed
metal collected while
traveling combined
with repurposed paper
made from weekly
flyers delivered to the
Coast Time residency
home on the Oregon
coast where we stayed
for six weeks last
winter. I also had the
chance to visit the
University of Oregon
and work in their
papermaking facility.”
Today, Smith lives
and works in a timber
frame house that she
and Clark built in
Worthington, Mass.
In December they
welcomed their first
child, Vera, into the
world.
Smith and Keating
will be interviewed at
galerie102’s next
Conversation Series
“Coast,” by Molly Smith, crushed metal and repurposed
paper.
Feb. 2 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Refreshments will be
served and seating is
limited.
galerie102 is at 102
W. Matilija St. Hours
are Thursdays through
Sundays, 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. and by
appointment.
For more information,
visit www.galerie
102.com or call
640-0151.
NHS returns to Broadway for benefit concert
Photo by Tom Hall
Members of the Nordhoff High School Music
Department perform in last year’s annual Broadway
concert.
Nordhoff High
School Music
Department, both
vocal and instrumental
groups, will perform
its fourth annual
Broadway concert and
benefit Jan. 26 at 3
p.m. in the school
gymnasium.
Five Nordhoff
ensembles, including
Wind Ensemble, String
Orchestra, Concert
Band, Gold ‘n Blue
Singers and the
Chamber Choir will
perform. They will be
performing Broadway
songs from the past
100 years musical
theater classics,
including music from
“Phantom of the
Opera,” “The Music
Man,” “Rent,”
“Chicago,” “Les
Misérables” and more.
This event is a major
fundraiser for the
department’s annual
spring tour. This year,
all the ensembles will
be traveling April 10
to14 to compete at the
Heritage festival and
clinics in Hawaii. The
students and parent
chaperones will also
visit Pearl Harbor and
the USS Arizona, learn
about Pacific Island
heritage at the
Polynesian Cultural
Center, drive the Circle
Island Tour and cap off
the week at a
traditional luau.
The event will also
kick-off this year’s
musical production,
“West Side Story,”
which runs March 6 to
9 and 13 to 16.
In addition to the
concert, there will be a
silent auction with the
World's Greatest Outdoor
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, Jan. 15
• Ojai ACT season
preview, 7 p.m.,
Ojai Art Center,
113 Montgomery St.,
www.OjaiACT.org or
640-8797.
• “Time in Motion”
by Santa Barbara
Dance Theater, 8 p.m.,
UCSB Hatlen Theater,
www.theater
dance.ucsb.edu.
Thursday, Jan. 16
• David Crosby, 8
p.m., Lobero Theatre,
33 E. Canon Perdido
St., www.lobero.com or
963-0761.
• “Jesus Hopped the
A Train,” 8 p.m., Flying
H Group Theatre
Company, 6368 Bristol
Road, Ventura,
www.flyinghgroup.com
or 901-0005.
• “Time in Motion”
by Santa Barbara
Dance Theater, 8 p.m.,
UCSB Hatlen Theater,
www.theaterdance.
ucsb.edu.
Friday, Jan. 17
• Shawn Colvin, 8
p.m., Lobero Theatre,
33 E. Canon Perdido
St., www.lobero.com or
963-0761.
• “Jesus Hopped the
A Train,” 8 p.m., Flying
H Group Theatre
Company, 6368 Bristol
Road, Ventura,
www.flyinghgroup.com
or 901-0005.
• “Time in Motion”
by Santa Barbara
Dance Theater, 8 p.m.,
UCSB Hatlen Theater,
www.theaterdance.
ucsb.edu.
• One-Act Festival, 8
p.m., The Elite Theatre
Company, 2731 S.
Victoria Ave., Oxnard,
www.elitetheatre.org or
483-5118.
963-0761.
• “Jesus Hopped the
A Train,” 8 p.m., Flying
H Group Theatre
Company, 6368 Bristol
Road, Ventura,
www.flyinghgroup.com
or 901-0005.
• “Celebrating Our
Youth” by Channel
Islands Chamber
Orchestra, 3 p.m.,
Camarillo United
Methodist Church,
291 Anacapa Dr.,
www.chicovc.org.
• One-Act Festival, 8
p.m., The Elite Theatre
Company, 2731 S.
Victoria Ave., Oxnard,
www.elitetheatre.org or
483-5118.
Sunday, Jan. 19
• “Jesus Hopped the
A Train,” 2 p.m., Flying
H Group Theatre
Company, 6368 Bristol
Road, Ventura,
www.flyinghgroup.com
or 901-0005.
• “Time in Motion”
by Santa Barbara
Dance Theater, 2 p.m.,
UCSB Hatlen Theater,
www.theater
dance.ucsb.edu.
• “Celebrating Our
Youth” by Channel
Islands Chamber
Orchestra, 3 p.m.,
Ventura 1st United
Methodist Church,
1338 E. Santa Clara St.,
www.chicovc.org.
• One-Act Festival, 2
p.m., The Elite Theatre
Company, 2731 S.
Victoria Ave., Oxnard,
www.elitetheatre.org or
483-5118.
Wednesday, Jan. 22
• “The World
According to Dave
Barry,” 8 p.m., Granada
Theatre, 1214 State St.,
www.ArtsAndLectures.
UCSB.edu or 893-3535.
Saturday, Jan. 18
Thursday, Jan. 23
• “Whales Tales”
with puppeteer Hobey
Ford, 4 p.m., Kim
Maxwell Studio, 226 W.
Ojai Ave.,
www.ptgo.org or
646-8907.
• Colin Quinn,
“Unconstitutional,” 8
p.m., Lobero Theatre,
33 E. Canon Perdido
St., www.lobero.com or
• “Jesus Hopped the
A Train,” 8 p.m., Flying
H Group Theatre
Company, 6368 Bristol
Road, Ventura,
www.flyinghgroup.com
or 901-0005.
• POPUP festival,
noon to midnight,
Arlington Theatre, 1317
State St., Santa
Barbara, 963-4408.
theme “Made in Ojai.”
Tickets for the concert
are $10 and are
available from the
Nordhoff High School
Music Department,
students, at
www.nhsmusic.com or
at the door.
A variety of
MAESTRO Patron
sponsorship packages
are available. For
more information,
visit www.nhs
music.com or call
the Nordhoff Music
Department at
640-4343, ext. 1861.
Bookstore
Friday, Jan. 24
• David Lindley, 7
p.m., Matilija
Auditorium, 703 El
Paseo Road,
www.ptgo.org or
646-8907.
• “Twelfth Night,” 8
p.m., Ojai Art Center
Theater, 113 S.
Montgomery St.,
www.ojaiact.org or
640-8797.
• Charles Law, 7:30
p.m., Museum of
Ventura County’s
Agricultural Museum,
926 Railroad Ave.,
Santa Paula,
www.venturamuseum.
org or 525-3100.
• “Jesus Hopped the
A Train,” 8 p.m., Flying
H Group Theatre
Company, 6368 Bristol
Road, Ventura,
www.flyinghgroup.co
m or 901-0005.
• One-Act Festival, 8
p.m., The Elite Theatre
Company, 2731 S.
Victoria Ave., Oxnard,
www.elitetheatre.org
or 483-5118.
• Eric Kinsley piano
recital, 7:30 p.m.,
Samuel Chapel,
California Lutheran
University,
www.callutheran.edu
or 493-3306.
• New West
Symphony, 8 p.m.,
Oxnard Performing
Arts Center, 800
Hobson Way,
www.newwest
symphony.org or
1-866-776-8400.
Saturday, Jan. 25
• “Twelfth Night,”
8 p.m., Ojai Art Center
Theater, 113 S.
Montgomery St.,
www.ojaiact.org or
640-8797.
• “Jesus Hopped the
A Train,” 8 p.m., Flying
H Group Theatre
Company, 6368 Bristol
Road, Ventura,
www.flyinghgroup.co
m or 901-0005.
• One-Act Festival,
8 p.m., The Elite
Theatre Company,
2731 S. Victoria Ave.,
Oxnard,
www.elitetheatre.org
or 483-5118.
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Artists to hold panel discussion
Artists Jeff Sanders
and John Nava will share
the spotlight in an
evening of conversation
about the works and
perspectives Thursday at
7 p.m. at the Museum of
Ventura County.
Sanders’ vision of
everyday America, “Tina’s
Toys and Other Things,”
is a provocative exhibit
running at the museum
through Feb. 2. From
small to monumental,
his sculptures are
executed with sensitivity,
precision, and frequent
expressions of tongue-incheek humor. Not unlike
Warhol, his muse is the
everyday objects and
images we often take for
granted in American
culture or freely associate
with comfort, politics
and entertainment.
Nava studied art at UC
Santa Barbara under
Howard Warshaw and
did his graduate work in
Italy. His work is found in
numerous private,
corporate and public
collections throughout
the United States, Europe
and Japan, including the
National Museum of
American Art, the
Museum of
Contemporary Art of
Hawaii and the Triton
Museum in San Jose.
Sanders and Nava’s
discussion is free for
members and $5 for the
general public. Seating is
limited; RSVP to 6530323, ext. 7
New Stuart project
launching
The George Stuart
Historical Figure
Collection will kick off a
new initiative in 2014,
called the “George Stuart
Audio Project.” Its goal is
to assemble a
comprehensive archive
of George Stuart
recordings of each figure
in the museum’s
collection. This ongoing
project will cover almost
400 Historical Figures
that Stuart has created
during his lifetime.
The museum is
inviting the public to be a
part of the process. In
the Smith Gallery, where
the figures are displayed,
curator Ariane Karakalos
will host 60-minute
George Stuart
presentations during
which the artist will
elaborate on roughly
eight to 10 figures from
the display while being
recorded. As always,
attendees have the
opportunity to ask
questions and contribute
comments at the end of
the presentation.
The first recording will
be Tuesday at 2 p.m.
during the run of winter
exhibition “The Famous
& Infamous.” The
second recording will
follow on Feb. 4.
Seating will be limited
to 30 attendees. Secure a
seat by calling 653-0323,
ext. 7. Admission is $5
for museum members
and $10 for the public
per presentation.
“Hippocrapsy,” by Jeff Sanders, 2011-12
The Museum of
Ventura County is at 100
E. Main St. in Ventura.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. Tuesdays through
Sundays. Admission to
the exhibitions is $4 for
adults, $3 for seniors, $1
for children 6 to 17, and
members and children
under 6 are admitted
free. Paid events include
free admission to the
galleries, and the first
Sunday of every month
are free admission for the
public. For more
museum information
visit www.ventura
museum.org or
call 653-0323.
City Gallery showing works by Gino Hollander
The Ojai Arts
Commission is
exhibiting works by
Gino Hollander through
March 14 at City Gallery,
401 S. Ventura St.
Hollander avoids
labels. He prefers not to
title his work or to
pigeonhole his style.
When he must, the titles
are simple – “Face of a
Woman,” “Toro” or
“Pueblo.” He says that
the creation of a
painting is a
collaboration between
the artist and the viewer.
“I don’t want to put
anything into the
viewer’s mind. What he
sees, is what it is. He
designs his own reality,”
he said.
Hollander came late
to painting. At the time
he decided to “become a
painter” he left a
successful career as a
director and
documentary filmmaker
in New York City. He
was 37 years old with
four children and
another on the way. His
wife, Barbara, also a
flourishing filmmaker
and writer, questioned
his sanity. Not one to
shy away from
adventure, she
concurred and off they
went. The uprooted
family set sail with oneway tickets to Spain and
$600 among them.
Hollander knew he had
to remove himself from
the New York fray and
focus on teaching
himself to paint.
If a label were to
describe his work,
“abstract expressionism”
would be the closest.
His paintings are about
feelings, sensations,
freedom and
spontaneity. His subject
matter is anything that
evokes emotions –
voluptuous women,
prancing horses, ancient
Spanish pueblos
manifesting his 28 years
in Spain, brooding
portraits, seascapes,
nature and the Universe.
The work is complex,
employing
combinations of fine
line work, lusty gobs of
color, delicate layering
and vigorous brush
strokes. He mixes oil
medium with waterbased acrylic that
sometimes results in
blended color and form,
or more often, in areas
that reflect the repellent
nature of oil and water.
His paintings have
been shown in galleries
throughout Europe and
the United States. His
work is held in
numerous private,
estate, corporate and
museum collections,
including those of
Jacqueline Kennedy,
Arthur Rubenstein,
James Mitchener, Ralph
Lauren, Luciano
Pavarotti, Cornell
University, Aspen Art
Museum and Sloane
Kettering Hospital, to
name a few. The 90year-old artist continues
to paint every day and
donates canvases to
various charities for
fundraisers. Visit
www.ginohollander.org
for more information on
Hollander.
Gallery hours are
Mondays through
Fridays. 8 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. Artists interested in
showing at the
invitational City Gallery
may send their name,
contact information,
short resume and jpg
samples of their work to
Christine Golden
christinegolden@sbcglo
bal.net or Mimi Moore
mooremimi2@gmail.com
for consideration.
New ‘Songwriting for Civilians’ set
OVA arts will kick off the New Year with its Third Friday series from 6 to 8 p.m.
Artist-jeweler and metalsmith Sharon Campbell will be featured. Campbell draws
inspiration for her earth-based jewelry from her love of animals and the natural
world. She is also working with OVA to start a scholarship program for young
artists in high school. Friday’s reception will include live Celtic music, sips and
nibbles. OVA arts is at 108 N. Signal St.
by spending my entire
youth immersing
myself in the songs I
loved,” she said. “I
absorbed the structure
and technique of
songwriting by
osmosis. I’ve tried to
distill that experience
into six class sessions
that will help the
student write what he
or she wants to write,
using tools that will
make their work
clearer and stronger.”
Email Perry at
rain@rainperry.com
for more information
on the class.
Perry is a grand
prize winner of both
the John Lennon
Songwriting Contest
and the ROCKRGRL
Discoveries
Competition, as well
as a Telluride
Troubadour finalist.
She has released
three albums on her
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OVA art to hold Third Friday reception
Ojai songwriter
Rain Perry, whose
“Beautiful Tree” was
the theme for the CW
Network’s “Life
Unexpected,” will
teach her popular
class “Songwriting for
Civilians” as a twoweek crash course at
Kim Maxwell Studio,
226 W. Ojai Ave., Suite
102. The cost is $100
and the class will be
Wednesday and Jan.
22 from 7 to 10 p.m.
“There are lots of
songwriting
workshops available
out there,” Perry said,
“but they’re designed
for people who
already think of
themselves as
songwriters. I aim to
teach the rest of the
folks. Everybody loves
music, but not
everybody has a way
into it.
“I learned to write
own Precipitous
Records, as well as
writing and touring a
solo play about her
unusual childhood
called “Cinderblock
Bookshelves: A Guide
For Children of FameObsessed Bohemian
Nomads.”
Rain Perry
B4 Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014
Gallery to feature three student winners
Buenaventura Art
Association will
showcase works by the
top three winners of last
year’s Collegiate
Student Art
Competition in a group
exhibition Jan. 22
though Feb. 17 at
Harbor Village Gallery
in Ventura.
Danny Lawlor of
Oxnard College, Linda
Kennon of Ventura
College and Rylann
Smith of CSU Channel
Islands took first
through third places,
respectively, in the
March 13 to April 15,
student show juried by
longtime local artist
and instructor Bob
Privitt of Thousand
Oaks. It was the seventh
annual scholarship
competition sponsored
by the artists’
cooperative, which is
celebrating its 60th
anniversary this year.
Lawlor won $800 and
his name inscribed on
the BAA Emerging Artist
Cup for “Gold Coast
Transit,” an oil pastel;
“Gold Coast Transit,” by Danny Lawlor, oil pastel
Kennon earned $600 for
“Bad Little Robot,” a
graphite image on
burned paper; and
Smith got $350 for
“Eyeris,” a graphite
drawing on paper.
The three young
artists will attend a
reception in their honor
Jan 25. from 5 to 7 p.m.
in the gallery at Ventura
Harbor. Each plans to
have about 10 recent
works on display. All of
them say they’re
pursuing a
longstanding passion
and aptitude for art.
Five years after
earning a bachelor’s
degree in history at
UCLA and after “a series
of random jobs” around
the country, Lawlor,
who had shown
drawing talent as a
child, said he began to
see art as what made his
life enjoyable and
meaningful, so he
enrolled at Oxnard. He
said he is “still exploring
every 2D style and
medium” and will show
pen-and-ink drawings
and paintings.
“I love looking at
things,” he said. “I love
shadows and colors,
distance and shapes,
faces and patterns. The
people and places
around me inspire me
to draw and share that
love.”
Kennon is studying
digital design, drawing
and 3D design and
creates works in
photography, graphite,
pastels, ceramics and
mixed media.
“Just about everyone
and everything
influence me,” Kennon
said. “I love dreaming
up (often literally) ideas
and then realizing them
in a visual way.”
Smith, another
graphic design and
digital media student,
said she currently uses
photography more than
any other medium. She
likes finding “small
objects outdoors, such
as snails, ‘playing with
them’ and then
photographing them”
and said sharing details
of nature with others is
her favorite part of
creating her art.
She said, “I enjoy
taking macro photos
and drawing macro
subjects in order to
inspire the viewers to
look more closely at
things that they
encounter in their daily
activities that would
otherwise go unnoticed.”
Harbor Village
Gallery, at 1591
Spinnaker Drive, is
open noon to 6 p.m.
daily except Tuesdays.
Visit www.buena
venturagallery.org or
call 648-1235 for more
information about this
exhibit or the nonprofit
Buenaventura Art
Association and its
programs and
opportunities.
Ag museum pairs exhibit with symposium
The economics of
growing Ventura
County’s top crop and
the role of the Ventura
County Agricultural
Commissioner are topics
of the second Strawberry
Symposium to be held at
the Museum of Ventura
County’s Agriculture
Museum in Santa Paula
Jan. 25, at 3 p.m. The
presentation, held to
increase public
agricultural awareness in
conjunction with the
museum’s current
exhibition, “Strawberry
Fields Forever?” follows a
November symposium
focused on local water
issues, challenges and
solutions. The Strawberry
Symposia and the
strawberry exhibition are
made possible in part by
a grant from the Thelma
Hansen Trust and a
sponsorship from the
California Strawberry
Commission.
At 3 p.m., Edgar Terry,
a fourth-generation
Ventura County farmer
and senior lecturer in the
MBA program at
California Lutheran
University, explains how
local and global
economics affect the
crops grown in Ventura
County fields. Terry
serves as president of
Terry Farms Inc., a
family-run company that
grows strawberries,
celery and bell peppers
on more than 1,400
county acres.
At 3:45 p.m., Henry S.
Gonzales, Ventura
County’s agricultural
commissioner, explains
how his organization
protects crops, the public
and the environment.
The son of migrant farm
workers, Gonzales
worked for 24 years for
the Monterey County
Agricultural
Commissioner’s Office, as
an inspector/biologist
and a deputy agricultural
commissioner. As
Ventura County’s
agricultural
commissioner, he
oversees programs
including: pesticide use
enforcement; pest
detection; pest exclusion;
pest eradication; nursery
and seed inspection; and
crop statistics. Recently,
he initiated training of
Mixteco farm workers
about pesticide safety.
Time for questions and
answers will follow the
presentations.
Admission to the
Strawberry Symposium is
included with admission
to the Agriculture
Museum. All Museum
galleries will be open and
visitors can see the
newest temporary
exhibitions at the
Museum, including
“Strawberry Fields
Forever?” and sixth
annual “Art About
Agriculture” exhibit.
The Museum of
Ventura County’s
Agriculture Museum is at
926 Railroad Ave., Santa
Paula, near the Depot
and next to the railroad
tracks. Hours are 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Wednesdays
through Sundays.
Admission is $4 for
adults, $3 for seniors, $1
for children 6-17 and free
for Museum of Ventura
County members and for
children ages 5 and
younger. Paid events
include free admission to
the galleries, and the first
Sundays of every month
are free general
admission for the public.
For more information,
go to www.ventura
museum.org or
call 525-3100.
Photo by Cheryl Giacopuzzi
Workers sort strawberries to be frozen at a processing
facility in Oxnard.