Nordhoff likes Lance a lot

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Nordhoff likes
Lance a lot
Wiggins to be new coach
Mike Miller
[email protected]
Keywords: Nordhoff, head coach,
varsity football
The Nordhoff Rangers
got their guy. Nordhoff High
School (NHS) principal Greg
Bayless announced Friday
that the school has hired
1988 alumnus Lance Wiggins
to lead the NHS football program.
Wiggins, who was the junior varsity head coach at
Westlake High School last
season, was the top candidate in what turned out to
be a solid pool of candidates.
“We interviewed some great
candidates, but it was clear
Lance was our guy. I think he
can come in and reconnect
the program with the community right away and that
is something we really need,”
said Bayless.
After years of having
NHS alumni coaching the
team, that support started
to fade under former head
coach Erik Monson. Bayless added, “Lance will bring
those coaches and the support back to our program. He
is just a good guy who has a
passion for Nordhoff. If I had
kids that played football, I
would want them to play for
Lance and I think that is the
ultimate compliment. Lance
is the right guy for the job and
I am excited for the program
and for Lance.”
Wiggins started his high
school coaching career at
Nordhoff in 2005 and when
former NHS head coach Tony
Henney took over the program, he promoted Wiggins
to head coach of the junior
varsity team.
Becoming the head varsity coach at Nordhoff has been
a longtime dream for Wiggins
and he has hit the ground
running.
“I’m
already
making
phone calls to get the 2016
schedule filled. I have a lot
of work to do, but I am up for
the challenge,” said Wiggins.
Wiggins plans to meet
with his new team Wednesday and he can’t wait to get
started. He said, “It’s exciting.
There is a lot of energy and
I’m definitely feeling the support.”
In addition to putting a
good product on the field on
Friday night, Wiggins is also
very serious about his players
being good in the community. He said, “It is important
that we remember football is
just a game. Our philosophy
begins with citizenship and
academics first, then we’ll focus on football. You’ll see our
See Wiggins, Page A3
Andra Belknap
[email protected]
Keywords: Camp Ramah,
immigrant housing
Ojai Valley News photo by Perry Van Houten
Sun showers create light show Friday
Friday afternoon’s light showers caused a rainbow over this Gridley Road meadow. According
to the Ventura County Watershed Protection District, Nordhoff Peak received .16 inches of rain
throughout the weekend, the most of any of the district’s reporting stations.
Golden State removal not on tap
Bill Warner
[email protected]
Keywords: Groundwater, basin,
boundaries, map
The matter of Golden State Water Company’s
(GSWC) presence on the Ojai
Basin Groundwater Management Agency (OBGMA) Board
of Directors received a brief
mention during the OBGMA’s
regular meeting Thursday.
But if the Casitas Municipal Water District’s proposed
acquisition of GSWC’s Ojai
service area proves successful, Ojai resident Bob Daddi
said removing the GSWC will
likely be difficult and timeconsuming and deserves the
board’s attention now. During
the public comment portion
of the meeting, Daddi said
because the OBGMA was created by an act of the California legislature, legislative action would likely be required
to changes its composition.
In response to Daddi’s
comment, OBGMA President
Jerry Conrow said it will probably be necessary to find out
which state representative
should be contacted. Board
member Russ Baggerly suggested legal consultation
might be in order.
Any further elucidation
of the problem was quickly
curtailed by Ojai City Councilwoman Betsy Clapp, who
twice objected to discussion
of a subject that was not on
See OBGMA, Page A3
Water board looks to expand
Bill Warner
[email protected]
Keywords: Groundwater, basin,
boundaries, map
Ojai Valley News photo by Ken Brown
Nordhoff High School officials have confirmed that Lance Wiggins
will be the varsity football team’s head coach next year.
The Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency
(OBGMA) boundary map
should soon have a slightly
different look if all goes according to plan. Hoping to
bring the agency’s geography
more closely in line with the
basin’s geology, the OBGMA’s
board has petitioned 17 area
water providers and municipalities for resolutions of support for a new set of boundaries.
“This action is to petition
with the state Department of
Water Resources (DWR) to
make the boundaries geologically correct,” OBGMA Board
Member Russ Baggerly said
during the group’s monthly
meeting Thursday.
The Ojai City Council endorsed the proposal Dec. 8 he
said, and the Ventura River
Water District has likewise
given its OK.
When all the letters of
support have been collected, Baggerly said, the Board
would place an item on the
agenda to send a packet to the
DWR requesting the change.
In 2014, the OBGMA was
designated by the state of Cal-
ifornia as the official sustainable groundwater agency for
the Ojai basin. In the course
of working out the attendant
sustainability plan, Baggerly
said, it became evident there
were still areas of water-bearing strata to be reflected in
the definitive map, including
a small area on the western
edge of the present boundary
and some of the ridge tops to
the north. He said there have
been five different maps in
use since 1993, none of which
appear to be the same or particularly accurate.
The change would bring
the basin’s overall area to
about 8.72 square miles.
Ojai’s Camp Ramah, a
Jewish summer camp on Fairview Road, is a potential shelter site for unaccompanied
children who have entered
the United States across the
southwest border, according
to Rabbi Joe Menashe, executive director of Camp Ramah.
Though the camp is
deemed a potential shelter
site, it has not received a request to provide services, Menashe explained.
The U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services’
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is expanding its
temporary housing for unaccompanied children apprehended by the U.S. Customs
and Border Patrol (CBP).
ORR officials would not
confirm Camp Ramah was
evaluated as a potential shelter site, but did confirm there
is a site matching Camp Ramah’s description with 400
available beds in Ventura
County. “We have not brought
them (the beds) online yet,”
said Andrea Helling, an HHS
spokesperson.
When an unaccompanied
child turns him or herself in
to authorities, or is apprehended, it is “HHS’s responsibility to care for the child
while they are in U.S,” said
Helling. Once they turn 18,
“they have aged out of our
care,” she added.
The influx of unaccompanied children comes from
El Salvador, Guatemala and
Honduras, according to HHS.
“The kids at the temporary facilities are 12 to 17,”
said Helling, “the average
time that a kid is in our care
overall is 30 days.”
Once a child is in HHS’s
custody, he or she is placed in
a temporary shelter and HHS
goes through the process of
finding a sponsor, usually a
parent or family member, in
the United States, according
to Helling.
While housed in a temporary camp, children are given
access to “educational events
See Ramah, Page A3
2004 housing measure leaves 50 affordable units unbuilt
Kimberly Rivers
Ojai Valley News correspondent
Keywords: Measure G, senior,
low-cost housing
In 2004, 64.7 percent of
voters in Ojai passed Measure
G saying they wanted to allow up to 50 affordable rental
housing units to be built for
low-income seniors within
the city limits. Since then,
however, none have been
built.
The California Constitution (Article 34) requires
voter approval of low-rent
housing projects. By approving Measure G, Ojai voters
opened the door for a developer to propose a project
meeting the requirements
laid out in that measure. The
city’s development process
would still need to take place,
but the costly voter approval
requirement has been met.
“Measure G would permit the city of Ojai to allow
construction of up to 50 low
to moderate income senior
citizen rental units,” stated
the city’s 2004 analysis of
Measure G. That document
went on to state, “The voters of Ojai in 1978, approved
the construction of one hundred senior citizens affordable rental units. This project
known as ‘Whispering Oaks,’
is owned and administered
by the Ventura Area Housing
Authority. If the Measure were
to be passed by a majority of
the Ojai voters, a similar, but
smaller project could be constructed by the Authority to
serve the needs of Ojai’s low-
income seniors.”
The measure only authorizes the construction of up
to 50 affordable senior citizen
rental units, it does not mandate the units be constructed.
The Ojai City Council
would maintain full discretion to approve or disapprove
any affordable senior citizen
project proposed.
“We have very little institutional knowledge,” said
Kathleen Wold, Ojai Community Development director.
She said there is currently no
one at the city offices who remember this Measure. Wold
learned that since the passage of Measure G, one project was proposed, but was
rejected by the city.
Wold said the community
would still get to weigh in on
any such project proposed.
“Does the community want
the housing all in one place,
or dispersed? Do they want it
to have an on-site manager
or not,” said Wold describing
some of the options the community could comment on,
should a project ever be submitted.
In 2004, the Los Angeles
Times reported a 2-acre Bryant Street location was being
slated for additional senior
housing, but it never materialized.
The argument in favor of
the measure, printed on the
ballot stated, “The City of
Ojai is unique in many ways,
including having the highest senior population in the
See Measure G, Page A3
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Obituaries
Tony Perry
Photo submitted
Rapp submits technique for patent
Teresa Rapp, daughter of Bert and Renee Rapp of Oak View, has
been notified that her research into a technique used in the introduction of genomes, a short strand of genes, for genetic therapy
has been submitted for patent.
Tony Perry (Alton Bennett Perry), aka
“Uncle Tony,” age 78, a resident of Ojai,
passed away December 14, 2015 after
a lengthy illness. Born June 29, 1937 in
Williamstown, Mass., Tony called Ojai his
home for the last 25 years with a brief time
spent abroad in Ireland and Portugal.
Friends in Ojai knew Tony best as part
of the Perry Brothers Band. Growing up
singing with his brother, John, and mother and father was one
of Tony’s fondest memories.
Tony enjoyed his poetry class at Little House and performing
at Bohemia open mic nights, and singing jazz on Sunday
mornings at The Vine. But his love was singing with his younger
brother, John, and he found a new joy harmonizing with his
niece Maria and her husband David Bowick. Tony’s love for
music carried him into his career. He appeared on “The Tonight
Show,” “The Ed Sullivan Show, and “The Today Show” along
with John as a member of the Serendipity Singers. The Rubicon
Theatre was important in Tony’s life as well, casting him in “The
Rainmaker.”
He grew to love the outdoors when he took on helping at
the ranch feeding the horses, the birds and the deer from his
cottage in Upper Ojai.
Tony is survived by his brother John and John’s wife Debbie,
niece Maria and her husband David, and nephew Matthew. A
memorial will be held at the Perrys, 12050 Sulphur Mountain
Road, Saturday, Dec. 19, from 2 to 5 p.m.
Correction
Friday’s Page 1 story “City decides old rules are fine for
short-term rentals” contained an error. The city is not currently allowing applicants to apply for a conditional use permit for short-term, vacation rentals.
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Shirley Ruth Coons
Shirley Ruth Coons, 84, passed away
peacefully at her home in Ventura in the
wee hours of Thanksgiving morning,
November 26, 2015. She had been lovingly
cared for by her family. Shirley was born in
Schenectady, New York, on July 10, 1931 to
Alfred and Martha Korb.
Shirley grew up in Burbank, Calif., and
married Don Ray Coons at the age of 18.
The couple moved to the Ojai Valley in 1953 where they raised
their four children: Tina (Culver), Carolee (Tibbitts), Cindy
(Garber) and John Coons. Shirley was busy caring for her family,
cooking exotic dishes and folk dancing with Don.
When her children were in their teenage years, Shirley
enrolled in the nursing program at Ventura College and became
a registered nurse. She traveled to Saint Thomas Island on a
nursing program and worked there for a year or so. She worked
at Community Memorial Hospital until she retired to take care
of Don, during his struggles with Alzheimer’s disease.
Shirley moved to Ventura about 20 years ago and described
where she lived as the “hub of the universe.” She had many
interests and enjoyed painting (member of the Ventura
County Pastel Painters), playing the flute, writing poetry,
gourd decorating, playing cards with friends and family (with
an occasional glass of wine or beer), swimming, gardening,
shopping at thrift stores and the 99 cent store, cooking, gift
giving, traveling and creating adventures for her grown children.
In her later years, she could often be seen zipping around on
her sparkly red mobility scooter.
Shirley is greatly missed by her friends and family. She
touched many lives with her cheerful, thoughtful, giving, “cando” outlook on life. She leaves behind her four children, six
grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. A big thank-you to
her grandson, Jason Tibbitts, for many nights of loving care of
her in the last weeks of her life.
A celebration of Shirley’s life will take place on January 16 at
1:00 p.m. at the Rancho Ventura Clubhouse.
Wayne D. Parish
Wayne D. Parish, 68, former Ojai, Calif.
and Joseph, Ore. resident, passed away on
November 14, 2015, of a stroke.
Wayne was an artist, arborist and
generous man. He was born in Flushing,
New York to Mickey and Raymond
Parish. He moved to California after being
discharged from the Navy. He had a tree
care business in Ojai for many years. He
moved to Oregon in the early ‘90s and lived there in several
places until he passed. He brought joy to many people and he
will be greatly missed.
He is survived by his daughter Crystal, her children Gabrielle
and Aidan, his son Scott Michael, his ex-wife Barbara, his
niece Darcy, nephew Raymond, sister-in-law Marian, and his
longtime friend Nancy and her daughters Andrea and Whitney.
Services will be held in New York at a date to be announced. If
you would like to attend, please contact Crystal Parish at 2674
East Main Street, Suite E-734, Ventura, CA 93003. If you would
like to do something in his honor please have a tree planted
through the Arbor Day Foundation, arborday.org/giveatree.
Julia Ramos
Julia Ramos, 79, of Ojai, passed away
Thursday night, December 10, 2015.
Julia was born November 21, 1936
in Tijuana, Mexico, and was a Ventura
County resident for the past 47 years.
She worked as a nurse’s aide for many
years at The Grey Gables in Ojai. Julia had
an independent spirit and was very social.
She enjoyed talking to her neighbors and friends, as well as
walking around Ojai and going to the farmer’s market.
Julia is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Juan and
Beatrice Ramos of Ojai; son Edgar Ramos of Ojai; daughters
and sons-in-law Martha and Francisco Calderon of Ojai, Hilda
and Roger Bojorquez of West Covina; brother Jose Galvez of
Massachusetts; sisters Maria Esther Galvez of Guatemala, Hilda
Etelvina Velasquez of Ojai, Guillermina Natareno of Rhode
Island, Rosa Elvira Marro of Massachusetts; grandchildren
Verdnica Cervantez, Shirley Felix, Edgar Ramos, Jose Ramos,
Elvira Ramos, Vanessa Donahue, Francisco Calderon Jr., Laura
Quinonez; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December
18, 2015 at the Joseph P. Reardon Funeral Home, 757 East Main
Street, Ventura, CA. Burial will follow at Ivy Lawn Memorial
Park, Ventura.
Julia was entrusted to the care of the Joseph P. Reardon
Funeral Home & Cremation Service, where friends are invited
to visit on Thursday, December 17, 2015, from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Mary Louise Bishop
Nov. 30, 1923-Dec. 1, 2015
Mary was born to Bernice and Irene
Dunning in the Springfield, Missouri area.
She was the youngest of four children.
Her sister Barbara and brother Francis
passed away early in their lives, but she
and her brother Charles remained very
close until his passing in 2013. As a child,
Mary moved first to Oregon and then to
California with her family. In Oregon, Mary worked on a farm
picking gherkins. Later in life, Mary spent 20 years working as
a teller at Bank of America. No matter the work she was doing,
she was always happy to work hard and always grateful for the
ability to take care of her family.
Mary met her husband, Bertrand Bishop, while she was
working the box office at Edward’s Cinema. Their son, Tom, is
the person she loved most in her life.
Mary’s next greatest loves were her three grandchildren. When
she became a grandmother, her life revolved around them. Her
grocery list mostly consisted of everyone else’s favorite items,
along with treats for her pets. She adored animals of all types,
especially cats, dogs, and horses.
Mary’s greatest gift was love. She loved her family above all else.
There are no words to describe her complete love and devotion
to them. The kindness of her soul was daily demonstrated to
her close loved ones and was obvious to anyone else who spoke
with her.
Mary was in ill health for the last few months of her life.
Although small, she was very strong and she lived to see her
92nd birthday. The next day, once she heard the news that
her first great-grandchild was making her way safely into this
world, Mary passed away. She is survived by her son Tom and
daughter-in-law Rachel, with whom she had a very special
connection, her grandchildren Corin, Jenelle (Bakari) and
Joseph (Patricia), and her great-granddaughter Jovie.
A memorial service and celebration of life will be held Dec. 19
at 2 p.m. at 1100 Spring St., Oak View.
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Ramah:
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and recreational opportunities,” said Helling.
BCFS Health and Human
Services, a Texas emergency management nonprofit
and HHS grantee, identified
Camp Ramah as a potential
shelter site under HHS’s direction. “We did a nationwide
search for camps,” said Krista
Piferrer, a BCFS spokesperson, “it is ORR’s decision as to
what camps are activated and
called upon.”
HHS and BCFS were unable to provide details of the
cost of a temporary shelter
site.
“The grant with BCFS is a
cost-reimbursement model,
meaning that the federal government will pay for the work
done to shelter the unaccompanied children. The total
amount will depend on the
number of children served,”
said Helling.
While it remains to be
seen if Camp Ramah will
temporarily house migrant
children, Ojai Mayor Paul
Blatz doesn’t see the possibility as problematic, “as long
as there’s security there, for
the children and for us, then
I don’t see any problem with
it,” said Blatz. “And I can’t see
Ojai having any problem with
it. I can’t even imagine a child
traveling from Guatemala or
Honduras, can you imagine
how frightened they must
be?” said Blatz.
Helling said on-site security at temporary shelter facilities are typically off-duty
police and/or private security
personnel.
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kids out in the community
and when there is an event
that needs volunteers, we’ll
be there.”
Coaching with Henney
over the years has formed
Wiggins’ approach to coaching and he’ll bring a lot of
Henney’s methods back to
Nordhoff. “We won’t deviate from what we were doing with Tony at Westlake.
The program has definitely
evolved since he went to
Trabuco Hills and now Westlake,” added Wiggins.
One change Wiggins will
make is how practices are
organized. “We’ll have the junior varsity and varsity on the
same field at the same time.
They won’t practice against
each other, but we will be doing the same activities at the
same time. We’ll run practice
like a football clinic where
our coaches and players are
all learning together and we’ll
be upbeat and practices will
be fun fast-paced and we’ll
play music at times. When
kids see our practices, I want
them to want to be a part of
the program because we are
having fun and working hard
at the same time.”
Wiggins:
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the agenda.
Clapp is the city of Ojai’s
OBGMA liaison.
“I’ve tried several times to
get the Board to address this
problem,” Conrow said Tuesday, “but no one wants to talk
about it.”
Baggerly, though, said
the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)
might preclude the need
for legislative action. Under
those rules, he said, the OBGMA might have authority to
change board members on its
own.
Ojai Valley News photo by Ashley Wilson
Wreaths across America
Saturday, at Nordhoff Cemetery Beverlee Park-Sherbo (right)
and Wren Zimmerlan place a wreath on a veteran’s grave as
part of the Wreaths across America event.
Henney was supportive of
Wiggins taking the head job
at NHS. Henney said, “He is
just a do-it-right kind of guy.
He’ll do right by the kids, by
the school, and by the program. I’m excited to see him
build the next phase of Ranger football.”
According to Wiggins,
he has already received calls
from 13 former coaches that
are willing to be part of the
program moving forward. “It
did not take long for them
to call once word started to
spread that I got the job. It
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the alumni care about Ranger
football,” he said.
Wiggins will have a lot to
do when it comes to rebuilding the program, which went
2-8 last year. He concluded
by saying, “I just want to let
the community know that I
am honored to be the head
coach of the Nordhoff Rangers. I promise I will work hard
to and I won’t let the community down. We’ll get back
to having Nordhoff football
games be the place to be on
Friday nights and we’ll be
good people in the process.”
Ideally, he said, the seat
would be filled by a representative elected by a group of
pumpers from the Ojai basin.
“The SGMA rules might
affect what the Board can
or cannot do,” Conrow said,
“but so far the Board has not
wanted to talk about it.” In
any event, he said, it would
likely be a while before the issue appears on an agenda.
In this, Baggerly agreed.
“Nothing’s set yet,” he said. “A
lot of things still have to happen before any changeover
takes place.”
Measure G:
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County, almost 19 percent
versus 10 percent countywide and it is expected that
this segment of the population will continue to grow in
the foreseeable future. Ojai’s
seniors represent an important part of the community
and add to the quality of life
in our town.”
Locals who added their
name to the ballot in support
of the measure were Marlene
Spencer, then executive director of Help of Ojai, Kathleen T.
Richards, Ojai Housing commissioner, Kale Starbird, Ojai
Housing commissioner, and
City Council Members Carol
B. Smith and David Bury.
The voters approved the
measure and now, 11 years
later, the opportunity remains.
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This Week
Friday, Dec. 18
EXTENDED SHOPPING HOURS
DOWNTOWN — In conjunction
with OVA Arts 3rd Friday “open
late” music event, participating
merchants such as Human Arts and
Treasures of Ojai will offer extended
shopping hours the Friday before
Christmas. Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.
at OVA Arts, 108 N. Signal St., local
singer-songwriter Cindy Kalmenson
will perform.
YOUNG PARENT MEET-UP
AND DINNER — The Nan Tolbert
Nurturing Center, 555 Mahoney
Ave., Room 2, Oak View, will have
a free Young Parent Meet-Up and
Dinner, Friday from 4:30 to 5:30
p.m. for families with children ages
0 through 5. Meet other parents and
build community over dinner. Child
care and dinner provided. RSVP to
[email protected].
“JACOB MARLEY’S CHRISTMAS
CAROL” — is a delightful twist
on the infamous tale of the terrible
Scrooge, told from Marley’s point
of view. Chock full of wit and
emotion, this story plays at the
Ojai Art Center Theater, 113 S.
Montgomery St., through Dec.
20, with performances Friday and
Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2
p.m. This show is not recommended
for children 10 and younger. Tickets:
$18 general, $15 for seniors, students
and Art Center members; available
at www.OjaiACT.org or 640-8797.
Saturday, Dec. 19
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 Cricket
Twichell will lead the Dec. 19 tour.
Cost is $7 or $15 per family.
Drop-ins are welcome. For
reservations or tours during the
week, call 640-1390.
ROAD SCHOLAR TALK AT
LIBRARY — The Ojai Library, 111
E. Ojai Ave., will host Jill Swaim,
Saturday from 1 to 2 p.m., to give
a free talk titled “Road Scholar:
Adventures in Lifelong Learning.”
Everyone is welcome. If you love
to travel, this talk is for you. Road
Scholar is the world’s largest, and
America’s first, educational travel
organization for adults. It offers
nearly 8,000 affordable programs
each year in about 90 countries
worldwide. Call 218-9146 for
more information.
LITURGICAL DANCE AT
GABLES — Spirit Loving
Dance will present a free halfhour liturgical dance program
Saturday at 5 p.m. at The Gables,
701 N. Montgomery St. For more
information, call 646-1740.
SOLSTICE CEREMONY —
Since ancient times the Sabbat
Yule has been a powerful time
of transformation. Celebrate the
birth of Lucina, the sun goddess,
Saturday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in
Ojai. Utilize ceremony, meditation,
chanting and dancing for release
and empowerment in an intimate
supportive group of like-minded
people. By donation. RSVP: Amira
Susan Webster, Ph.D., Ojai,
701-1327.
Tuesday, Dec. 22
CITY COUNCIL MEETING —
nd
our
The Ojai City Council will meet
Tuesday at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 401 S.
Ventura St., Ojai.
Down The Road
ALL FAITHS HOLIDAY CANDLE
LIGHTING — The Center for
Spiritual Living-Ojai, will sponsor
its seventh annual All Faiths
Holiday Candle Lighting Ceremony,
Dec. 23 from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at
Meditation Mount, 10340 Reeves
Road. The event will feature sacred
music, liturgical dance, prayers for
peace from many faith traditions,
refreshments and socializing. Love
offering suggested. Call 640-0498 for
more information.
CALVARY CHAPEL CHRISTMAS
EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY
— Calvary Chapel of the Ojai
Valley will have a Christmas Eve
candlelight service, Thursday, Dec.
24, at 7 p.m. at the chapel, 195
Mahoney Ave., Oak View. Calvary
Chapel will have a service and free
turkey dinner with all the fixings at
Libbey Park, Christmas Day, Dec.
25, starting at 1 p.m. Everyone is
welcome to either or both events.
Call 649-1515 for more information.
FULL MOON COMMUNITY
MEDITATION — A community
group meditation at the full moon
of Capricorn will be held Dec. 24
at 7:30 p.m. at Meditation Mount,
10340 Reeves Road in Ojai, as an act
of celebration and service to invoke,
anchor and distribute blessings
to the world. Contemplative
valley
music begins at 7 p.m. Suggested
donation: $10. Call 646-5508 or
visit meditationmount.org for more
information.
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 Elise DePuydt
will lead the Dec. 26 tour. Cost is
$7 or $15 per family. Drop-ins are
welcome. For reservations or tours
during the week, call 640-1390.
SID COHN SINGS — The Gables
at Ojai, 701 N. Montgomery St., will
host Sid Cohn, Dec. 31 at 11:30 a.m.,
performing songs from “The Great
American Songbook.” Everyone is
welcome to this free event.
NEW YEAR’S EVE MEDITATION
— Tara Blascoe will lead the
traditional New Year’s Eve
meditation, Dec. 31 at 11:30 p.m. at
Meditation Mount, 10340 Reeves
Road. Call 646-5508 for more
details.
Ongoing Events
FREE PREGNANCY TESTS AND
ULTRASOUND — are offered
at Life Choices Pregnancy Clinic,
1320-C Maricopa Highway, Ojai.
Office hours are Mondays and
Fridays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m.
Additional days and times available
by appointment. Appointments
Your complete listings of Ojai Valley events
are necessary for ultrasound. Free
referrals and resource material on
pregnancy, STDs and more are
available during office hours. Email
[email protected] or call the
24-hour hotline at 646-6830.
ALIGN YOUR BODY FOR
WELLNESS — A free exercise
class called Align Your Body for
Wellness is held every Wednesday
from 1 to 2 p.m. (with brief breaks
between sessions) at Little House,
111 W. Santa Ana St., Ojai. Call
646-5122 for more details.
STORY TIME AT OAK VIEW
LIBRARY — The Oak View
Library, 555 Mahoney Ave., hosts
story time for youngsters every
Tuesday from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Call
649-1523 for details.
PARENTCARE PROGRAM —
Every family deserves the support
of its community when a new
baby is born. The Nan Tolbert
Nurturing Center seeks families
to serve in their ParentCare Home
Visit Program. ParentCare serves
families who have newborns with
extra support at home with tasks
such as preparing a snack, going
for a walk with mom and baby,
or playing with an older sibling.
To apply for this donation-based
program, call Renee Mandala at
667-2115.
[email protected]
PAUSE4KIDS MEETINGS
— Pause4kids, a parents’ group
committed to helping children with
special needs, meets twice each
month: every third Tuesday at 9
a.m. and every fourth Tuesday at 7
p.m. Visit www.pauseconejo.org or
call Kim at 646-6606.
MATILIJA FLY FISHERS —
meets the first Wednesday of
each month at 7 p.m. at Little
House, 111 W. Santa Ana St.,
Ojai. The meetings consist of
informal fly-fishing discussions,
notice of upcoming events of
interest and fly-tying instruction
and demonstrations. Visitors are
welcome. Call 646-3469.
OJAI VALLEY BEE CLUB
MEETING — The Ojai Valley Bee
Club meets every second Thursday
of each month at 6 p.m. in the
annex at The Farmer and The Cook,
339 W. El Roblar Drive in Meiners
Oaks. This beekeeping and bee
appreciation club for enthusiasts
in the Ojai Valley and surrounding
area meets to share information and
resources with experts and guest
speakers.
INTUITIVE TAROT READINGS
— are offered at Nutmeg’s Ojai
House, 304 N. Montgomery St.,
Tuesday through Sunday, or by
appointment; call 640-1656.
OJAI VALLEY GUN CLUB — The
Ojai Valley Gun Club offers a public
shoot day at 9 a.m. the fourth
Saturday of each month at the Rose
Valley Range. Visit www.ovgc.net or
call 984-9472.
MEDITATION MOUNT — Group
meditations are held Wednesday
through Sunday from 8:30 to 9
a.m. at Meditation Mount, 10340
Reeves Road. The grounds are open
Wednesday through Sunday from
10 a.m. to sunset. Office business
hours are Wednesday through
Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit www.
meditationmount.org or call 6465508, Ext. 103.
CANCER AS A TURNING POINT
— OjaiCARES, 960 E. Ojai Ave.,
Suite 105, hosts a free, drop-in
cancer support group each month,
the third Tuesday from 6 to 7:15
p.m. Look deeply into living more
authentically and purposefully,
regrdless of your prognosis.
Caregivers also welcome. Call
646-6433.
FREE PHYSICALS AND
IMMUNIZATIONS FOR KIDS—
The Ojai Valley Community
Health Center, 1200 Maricopa
Highw ay, offers free physicals and
immunizations for children ages
0 to 18. Call 640-8293 to see if
you qualify.
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Villanova Prep teams kick off their seasons
Villanova has opened the
girls’ basketball season with
six straight losses, but firstyear coach Daniel Rios believes better days are ahead
as the young team with three
freshman starters gains experience.
“We’ve set ourselves up
for the rest of the season,”
Rios said. “We know where
we’re at and where we want
to go.”
The Wildcats lost to San
Marcos, Santa Clara, Hueneme and Vasquez in the Fillmore Tournament last week.
“We improved with each
game,” Rios said. “I’m happy with how we worked and
how we dealt with it. Those
were larger schools and our
players better understood
their responsibilities. That’s
pretty huge for me. It was a
very positive tournament for
us.”
Freshman Jessica Donahue, a 5-foot-7 guard, scored
18 points in each of the final
two games and was named to
the all-tournament team.
“Jessica was our best
player throughout the tournament,” Rios said.
Maddison Fabbian, a
5-foot-6 guard, and Sunny
Zhou, a 5-foot-5 guard, are
the other freshmen in the
starting lineup.
“Maddison is our primary
ball handler at point guard,”
Rios said. “They’re all good
ball handlers, but we’re very
young. We run a three-guard
set on offense. Jessica is kind
of a combo guard and small
forward. Our biggest issue
is to get them conditioned
and strong enough to impose their skills on the other
team. They jumped over the
junior varsity level to varsity and they need to get used
to the game speed and get
better. I’m really excited for
our younger players. They’ve
played together growing up
in Ojai. They’re a great core of
players.”
Samantha Dela Cruz, a
5-foot-8 junior, is in her second season on varsity and
starts at power forward.
“She’s kind of our enforcer and team leader,” Rios
said. “She’s one of our team
captains.”
Athena Giron, a 5-foot
senior, is a returning varsity player. “She’s our best ball
handler and our floor general
and she’ll split time at point
guard,” Rios said.
Villanova’s top reserves
include senior guard Jannelle
Romualdez, also a returning
varsity player, 5-foot-7 senior
Mckenzie Reed and 5-foot-7
junior forward Eva Ji.
“Mckenzie is a natural
athlete, but this is her first
year playing basketball,”
Rios said. “She’s been a softball player and decided to try
basketball,” Rios said. “We do
have some girls who can provide us with good minutes off
the bench.”
Villanova lost starting
center Faith Cottam, a 5-foot11 sophomore, for most of the
season with a shoulder injury
in its opening game against
Santa Paula. She’s projected to return somewhere between mid-January and late
January.
“We’re guard heavy and
on offense, we’ll load up on
guards with three or four on
the floor,” Rios said. “I try
to stress decision-making. I
like them to run our offense
and take their shots where
they find them, finding spots
where the zone (defense) is
soft and to use screens off
the ball. We’re a spacing- and
passing-oriented team.”
Ojai Valley News photo by Ken Brown
Last week the Villanova Prep boys’ basketball team hosted the Providence Patriots in a non-league contest. Despite the best efforts of
senior guard Kolby Ramirez (with ball), the Wildcats lost the game, 63-45, to run their record to 2-3 on the season. VPS will return to
the court Jan. 6 when they play host to league foe Foothill Tech at 7 p.m.
The Wildcats primarily
use a 3-2 matchup zone defensively, but can also play
man-to-man. Rios has started the season with a limited
man press and eventually will
install a zone press.
Villanova closed out its
non-conference schedule on
Monday (Dec. 7) and travels to Malibu on Jan. 5 for its
Freeway League opener.
From mock court to basketball court
Villanova’s new coach looking to build
Angeles in the mid-1990s
and played in the intramural
league at Loyola Marymount
University in Westchester
in his first year out of high
school.
The financial realities of
paying for a college education forced Rios to leave LMU
after one year and find a job.
He found one with the Federal Aviation Administration
and, following 9/11, it was
Cypress Park and Recreation
Center in Los Angeles.
“It was one of the things
that inspired me to want to
work with young people,”
Rios said. “My experience at
the FAA and Homeland Security, where I managed and
coached about 200 persons,
also played a role. I knew I
wanted to do more than I
was doing and went back to
Loyola Marymount.”
anything, it’s his philosophy
that attracts me. If you pracDaniel Rios is the English
tice harder than anybody, it
department chair at Villanowill show in your play and it’s
va Preparatory School and
that kind of work ethic and
for the past three years, he
drive I want to bring to Villawas the coach of the school’s
nova.”
mock trial team. Two years
Auriemma is the John
ago, Rios also was an assisWooden of women’s college
tant coach for the Wildcats’
basketball. Like the former
softball team.
UCLA men’s coach, he’s won
When the girls’ basketball
10 NCAA championships inhead coach job opened up for
cluding the last three.
this season, Rios
“More than anyjumped at the opthing, I want to build
portunity to apply “If you practice harder than anybody, it will show in something that’s an enand was hired.
vironment where the
“I’ve always
girls want to be a part of
your
play
and
it’s
that
kind
of
work
ethic
and
drive
I
loved basketball,”
it,” Rios said. “It’s more
Rios explained.
about not what we’ll do
“It’s been a pas- want to bring to Villanova.”
this year, but what the
sion of mine. I
— Daniel Rios, Villanova Preparatory School’s girls’ basketball coach program can do down
knew I wanted to
the line. I’m part of the
get back involved
school culture. Every kid
in basketball. It’s difficult to folded into Homeland SecuRios graduated with a in our school plays some kind
manage your time, but I felt rity.
bachelor’s degree in English of sports and it’s an avenue to
I could give the time to the
“I went to a job fair and in 2012 and with a master’s in solidify our Augustinian core
team that was necessary and passed a test and was hired,” education in 2014. This is his values of truth, unity and
threw my hat in the ring.”
Rios said. “I was a federal se- fourth year at Villanova.
love.
Rios traded his job with curity manager for 10 years
“I’ve been heavily influ“I’m glad to have this
the mock trial team to be- at LAX (Los Angeles Inter- enced by my high school opportunity and I hope to
come a varsity head coach in national Airport) and some coaches and on a profession- be asked back and continue
high school for the first time. smaller airports.”
al level, I admire University what I’ve started. I ultimately
“I went from one type of
During his 10 years work- of Connecticut (women’s) want our program to be the
competition to another,” Rios ing, Rios coached basketball coach Geno Auriemma,” Rios best we can be. We’re a small
said.
for various teams including said. “I have his team training school and I want players
Rios played basketball as boys, girls and co-ed, ages videos and watch his games who I can maximize their tala shooting guard on the var- 12 to 17 for six years at the on the Internet. More than ent.”
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Audiences are enjoying
Christmas tale with a twist
Photo by Holly Roberts
Veteran actors Joe Spano (left) and Peter Van Norden play the leads in the Rubicon Theatre’s
production of “A Christmas Carol.”
Three young
Ojai actors
have roles
in Ventura
production
by Sami Zahringer
Three bright young
stars from Ojai are currently treading the boards
at the Rubicon in the venerable Ventura theater’s
rousing holiday show, “A
Christmas Carol.” Now in
its 17th season, the Rubicon has a strong history
of community and youth
outreach, and has served
some 42,000 students
over its lifetime, including
many fledgling Ojai actors.
Our three talented
youngsters, Sophie Massey
(12), Maya Zohra Mouderres (9), and Mason Rothermel (7) do a first-rate
job representing Ojai and
holding their own amongst
an accomplished adult
cast. What’s more, they are
having terrific fun doing it.
In an inspired piece of
casting, Massey plays the
Ghost of Christmas Past.
Through her crisp, polished performance, the
innocence of childhood is
married with the apprehension of an unearthly
realm, and the effect is
that of an ancient head
on young shoulders, lending poignancy to Scrooge’s
visitation of his own youth.
A year in London with
her family where she performed on stage regularly — most notably at the
Shaftesbury Theater in the
West End — saw Massey
perfect a cut-glass, flawless
English accent that situates us firmly in Dickens’
London.
This is her third time
appearing at the Rubicon,
but she has been performing on the Ojai stage since
she was 7, and was most
lately seen as Polynesia in
the Ojai Art Center Theater’s (A.C.T.) production
of “Dr. Doolittle.” A member of Ojai Youth Opera
Company, opera singing
is Massey’s first love and
Ojai audiences are responding well to “Jacob
Marley’s Christmas Carol,”
although they are not exactly
sure exactly what to expect
from the title spawned from
its obvious parent, Charles
Dickens’ classic “A Christmas
Carol.”
This weekend will be the
last chance to see the play,
which has been playing at
the Ojai Art Center Theater
(A.C.T.).
“I am pretty sure that I
have never before seen what
I saw tonight: a standing
ovation that would not stop
until the cast came out for an
encore bow,” explained the
show’s producer, Len Klaif.
“Not only did everyone in
the audience participate in
the standing O, but nobody
left until the cast came back
out.”
An outpouring of comments by e-mail and Face-
book include Chelsea Vivien
remarking that it was “truly
thrilling! My heart leapt out
of my chest when I realized
what was happening!”
Patron Christina Colombo admitted she “was not too
excited by the title,” but was
surprised by “a truly marvelous production: unconventional format, superb acting,
staged wonderfully, thrilling effects … definitely not
cutesy Christmassy but in a
class by itself.”
“Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” was directed by
John Medeiros, an awardwinning actor and improvisational teacher guiding
such local theater veterans
as Cecil Sutton (Marley),
Buddy Wilds (Scrooge), Anna
Kotula (as Marley’s own
hell-sprite with humor) and
Jill Dolan (the netherworld’s
bookkeeper). The cast also
plays multiple roles of other
characters.
“Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” won an After
Dark award for playwright
Tom Mula and thumbs-up
from three local newspaper
critics. It was created from
Mula’s novel in 1995, and has
been called a backstage version of “A Christmas Carol,”
honed into a play that’s been
featured as a reading numerous times on NPR and on
stage nationwide.
Ojai A.C.T. is at 113 S.
Montgomery St. in Ojai.
Performances are Friday and
Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $18 or $15
for seniors, students and Art
Center members.
The show is not recommended for children 10 and
younger.
Tickets are available online at www.ojaiact.org or by
calling 640-8797.
Family fun
Kid Flix returning to UCSB
Photo by Holly Roberts
Ojai actress Maya Mouderres (left) performs in a scene with Eli
Graham from Santa Paula.
ambition, and in 2013 she
performed as a shepherd
boy in Santa Barbara Opera
Company’s “Tosca.” Her gifts
and versatility add new layers to the role of the Ghost of
Christmas Past.
Another daughter of
Ojai, Maya Zohra Mouderres
brings her own brand of lively, infectious fizz to Scrooge’s
classic story. Trilling and bubbling across the stage, she is
Victorian merriness personified in multiple roles, including Fan and Nellie. Also a
member of Ojai Youth Opera
Company, Mouderres is well
cast in this production, which
is rich with seasonal carols and roof-raising singing.
She has performed regularly
in Ojai community theater,
most recently as Gub-Gub
in “Dr. Doolittle,” and hilariously as Turtle in Ojai Youth
Entertainers Studio’s (OYES)
“Frog and Toad.” Mouderres
declares she is having the
time of her life at the Rubicon
and looks forward to more
roles that stretch her burgeoning talent.
At just 7 years old, Mason Rothermel as Tiny Tim
carries the responsibility of
uttering arguably “A Christmas Carol’s” most iconic line:
“Gawd bless us everyone!” He
discharges this responsibility
with glee and great charm,
hitting the joyful pitch the audience is looking for in a holiday classic, while dodging any
of the saccharine that historically has plagued some
Tiny Tims. Rothermel loves
to act, and productions at
both Ojai A.C.T. and OYES
have allowed him to grow
in the theater, while Ojai
Youth Opera has fostered
his appetite for singing.
The strong tradition
and gentle instruction of
Ojai’s youth theater companies, Ojai Youth Opera,
and OYES youth choir,
have nurtured immense
talent in our town’s young
people, many of whom
continue their childhood
passions into adulthood,
sometimes professionally,
sometimes as a cherished
hobby. So many have had
their lives enriched by
Ojai’s strong performing
arts programs and these
three young performers,
in carrying their gifts into
the wider community, are
excellent ambassadors for
our small town’s commitment to the arts.
Catch them if you can
in the Rubicon’s immensely spirited — four spirits, to
be exact — production of
Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” which plays
through Sunday, Dec. 20
at the Rubicon Theatre
Company, 1006 E. Main St.,
Ventura. Plan your visit at
www.rubicontheatre.org or
call the box office at 6672900.
UCSB Arts & Lectures
will present New York International Children’s Film
Festival, Kid Flix Mix, Jan. 10,
at 11 a.m. at the University
of California-Santa Barbara’s
Campbell Hall.
The film festival, that
Time Out New York says is
“redefining what kids’ entertainment can be,” returns
with a lineup of kid-friendly,
parent-approved, jury-selected films.
This 60-minute mix of
musical and narrative shorts
offers a showcase of short
films and animation from
around the world.
In the mix this year, a
group of musically inclined
ants face off against a lumberjack threatening to take
down their tree in “Pik Pik
Pik.”
Being different isn’t so
bad in “Bunny New Girl” and
“Zebra.” Sometimes, even
family members can feel like
strangers in “My Big Brother,
Eyes” and Oscar-nominated
“Me and My Moulton.”
Fantasies create new
worlds and endless possibilities in “5.80 Meters,” “Larisa
Can Fly” and “Submarine
Sandwich.”
One special object can
inspire anyone, big or small,
in “The Elephant and the
Bicycle” and “Cookie-Tin
Banjo”; and a fly and a spider go to war in a common
bathroom in “Minuscule:
The Private Life of Insects —
Brushing.”
Tickets are $10 for the
public and $5 for those 12
and younger. Admission is
free for Family Fun series
subscribers.
Purchase tickets online at
www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.
edu or call 893-3535 for more
information.
Trio takes ‘39 Steps’ in the right direction
There is a show business
adage that says, “Dying is
easy, comedy is hard.” Three
Ojai actors have heard that
phrase but apparently ignored it when they decided
to take on the formidable
duties of directing, acting
and marketing their own
farce, Patrick Barlow’s “The
39 Steps.”
Brittany Danyel one of
The Three Masketeers, as
they call themselves, said
despite the fact that all three
have appeared in hundreds
of plays and musicals, “this
time we wanted complete
artistic control of the show.”
Taking control means doing all those things actors
seldom care about. She said
they were in her hot tub one
night and realized that the
three of them have pretty
impressive skills above and
beyond their acting ones.
“Ezra is great at graphic
design and marketing;
Hanna has directed musicals
in her own summer stock
company and teaches it at
Biola University; and I am
the business brains in the
group.”
So, they agreed, let’s put
on a show!
Mitchell had seen a
production of “39 Steps” and
realized it could find an audience in Ojai where budgets
are typically low. Friends at
her alma mater, Stephens
College, told her a produc-
tion there was a smash. So
the three made a profitsharing deal with OYES, but
gulped when they heard how
much the publisher’s royalties would be. They schemed
about how they could put a
respectable show together on
limited funds and still make
a buck. They succeeded in
part by bringing family into
their company (Mitchell’s
dad helped with the sets and
her mother made costumes).
Their pal, Aaron Gardner, donated his services as leading
man, Richard Hannay, and
the work began.
“The 39 Steps” closes
Dec. 20 at OYES.
Visit http://39steps.bpt.
me. for tickets.
Photo by P. Kirby Russell
The Three Masketeers
include (from left)
Ezra Eells, Brittany
Danyel and Hanna
Mitchell.
Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015 B3
Music
Events
Saturday, Dec. 19
• Jill Swaim will give a talk
at the Ojai Library entitled,
“Road Scholar: adventures
in Lifelong Learning.” Road
Scholar offers almost 8,000
affordable programs each
year in about 90 countries
worldwide. These programs
offer a chance to expand
your mind while being in the
company of other people
who believe that learning is
one of the best parts of life.
This event, from 1 to 2 p.m.,
is free and open to the public.
For additional information,
contact Ron Solórzano, City
Librarian, at 218-9146. The
Ojai Library is at 111 E. Ojai
Ave. in Ojai. Hours of service
are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday
through Thursday and noon to
5 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
Friday, Dec. 25
• The Main Street Christmas
Show presents Live on
Main, featuring host singer/
songwriter Saint Pierre, who
will present new holiday
music arrangements, as
well as special guests The
Sortommes and Antonio. The
Garrett Hull Christmas Trio
and percussionist Gabriel
Angel will also be performing.
The celebration also includes
a holiday art exhibit, “Name
That Tune” game and door
prizes. Proceeds benefit
scholarships for student
artists. This event is at Amigos
Café y Cantina, 546 E. Main
St. in downtown Ventura.
Show times are 4 p.m., 6 p.m.
and 8 p.m. Price is $14.95 or
$20 at the door, and includes
gourmet soup bar, tortilla
salsa bar, one drink, and the
show. Family gift certificates
are available. For online
reservations, visit www.
concertartshows.org for call
479-4000.
Sunday, Dec. 27
• Acclaimed late-night
television host and stand-up
comedian Jay Leno comes to
Fred Kavli Theatre at 7 pm.
Tickets are available from
Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000,
online at www.ticketmaster.
com, or through the Thousand
Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Box
Office, located at 2100
Thousand Oaks Boulevard.
Call 449-ARTS (2787) or visit
www.civicartsplaza.com for
more information.
Wednesday, Dec. 30
• The 22nd Anniversary
Celebration of The Ojai
Retreat, 6 to 9 p.m., will
include an Indian dinner, a
retrospective and a concert by
the Household Gods. Seating
is limited to 100 people;
reservations recommended.
Contact [email protected]
or 640-1142. Tickets are $15 if
reserved before Dec. 27 and
$25 at the door.
Saturday, Jan. 9 and Feb. 6
• Laubach Literacy of
Ventura County is offering free
workshops to help volunteers
learn to become English as
Second Language (ESL) tutors
of adults. The workshop
will be held over two
Saturdays, Jan. 9 (from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m.) and Feb. 6
(from 9 a.m. to noon). The
workshop will be held at
Barrister Executive Suites,
1500 Palma Drive in Ventura.
Directions will be given upon
registration. Laubach Literacy
of Ventura County, Inc. is
an all-volunteer, nonprofit
organization that provides
free tutoring in English as
a second language to adult
learners who seek to improve
speaking, comprehension,
reading, and writing skills.
Call 385-9584, email info@
laubachventura.org or visit
www.laubachventura.org1209 events.doc for registration,
more information and
directions.
Exhibits
• Dec. 18: Original works
created by the late renowned
artist Texana will be on
display in a pop-up art salon
at 818 El Camino Road, in
the Arbolada, Friday through
Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
daily. Call 646-1040 or
750-6669.
• Dec. 19: galerie 102 at 102
W. Matilija St., Ojai, will host
a group show titled “Art Take
Out,” Saturday through Jan.
10. Call 640-0151.
• Through Dec. 30: Gallery
525 at 525 W. El Roblar Drive
in Meiners Oaks will display
its fourth annual holiday
show with the theme “Santa’s
Got a Brand-new Bag,”
featuring works by 25 artists,
through Dec. 30. Call
798-0407.
• Through Jan. 3: The Beatrice
Wood Center for the Arts,
8585 Ojai-Santa Paula Road
in Upper Ojai, will display
“Primary Transitions,” an
exhibit by Chloe Rahimzadeh,
through Jan. 3. Call 646-3381.
• Through Jan. 3: The Ojai
Valley Museum, 130 W. Ojai
Ave., will display “Sergio’s
Cartoon Collection” and
“Birds of the Ojai Valley,”
through Jan. 3, 2016. Call
640-1390.
• Through Jan. 3: Porch
Gallery, 310 E. Matilija St.,
Ojai, will display “Generation
Art 2015,” the second annual
group exhibit featuring
works by local student artists,
through Jan. 3. The artwork
will be available for purchase.
• Through Jan. 6: The Ojai Art
Center, 113 S. Montgomery
St., will display its annual
juried gallery show, through
Jan. 6, with the theme this
year being “Heart of the
Season.” Irene Estrin will
display in the front showcase.
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at 7 p.m. Batalla will sing in
both English and Spanish,
covering songs from her
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Monday, Dec. 28
• Lobero Live presents rock
bands Cracker and Camper
Van Beethoven at 8 p.m. Get
a double dose of pop punk
guitarist David Lowery as both
his influential bands take the
stage. Camper Van Beethoven
is known for combining an
iconoclastic, irony-laced lyrical
stance with a free-spirited
eclecticism that encompasses
an array of influences from
punk to folk and all manner
of world music. Cracker has
been weaving a subtle yet
undeniable country twang
since the group’s1992 selftitled debut. But with their
new double album, “Berkeley
to Bakersfield”— the altrock radio band known for
such hits as “Low” and “Get
Off This” — dives headfirst
into the California country
sound. Tickets for Camper Van
Beethoven and Cracker are on
sale now at lobero.com, or by
calling the Lobero Box Office
at 963-0761. Tickets are $29,
with no VIP tickets available
for this performance. All prices
include facility fee. Complete
calendar listings can be found
at Lobero.com.
B4 Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015
New Ojai Mayor Paul Blatz gives his views on the year ahead
Andra Belknap
[email protected]
Paul Blatz was elected
mayor by his colleagues on
the Ojai City Council Dec.
8, making him the last Ojai
mayor to be chosen that way.
Beginning in November, candidates will have to run for
that position specifically and
will be elected by Ojai citizens.
The Ojai Valley News sat
down with Blatz Friday to
hear his views on a number
of issues and his plans for his
tenure as mayor.
Note: this has been edited
for clarity and brevity.
OVN: You’ve mentioned
balancing Ojai’s small-town
character while recognizing
that we have a tourist economy — how do we preserve that
balance?
Blatz: In regard to the
economy, and the small town
character, the biggest issue
we have in front of us is the
short-term rentals. That really is the biggest balancing
act we have right now, but
then we also have the Libbey
Bowl … So those two issues
primarily are where we really
have to really be careful.
Now, with the shortterm vacation rentals, I happen to think, that the way
it should be done is that we
should obviously allow them
in a commercial zone, where
we have hotels already. We
should allow them in the village mixed-use zones, where
currently they’re allowed with
the conditional use permit,
but just have them licensed,
you don’t need a conditional
use permit. And then I think
they should be allowed in residental zones very limitedly.
OVN: Do you have a comment on the short-term vacation rentals issue from the affordable housing angle?
Blatz: I really believe
that we need more affordable
housing… I see it as two separate issues altogether.
From my experience,
from talking to people and
actually going out and looking at the units, the ones that
I’ve seen at least, would not
be low-income. I think that
the opportunity for low-income housing is better met
if we did a low-income project. We’ve got some property
available to do that on, we’ve
just have to pick which one’s
the best.
OVN: Is that a priority?
Blatz: It is a priority for
me. I think we’re sorely deficient on affordable, because
trust me, you don’t have lowincome, you have more-affordable-type housing.
OVN: You mentioned Libbey Bowl.
Blatz: The small-town
quality of life can be affected
even by Libbey Bowl. Where
it would affect us most is with
traffic. So we have to be careful with that. But by the same
token, the Libbey Bowl would
be great for bringing in tourists and would be good for
our businesses and for our
restaurants and all that kind
of thing.
And we’re going to have a
public workshop, and we’re
going to find out exactly
what it is that the community wants out of the Bowl and
what problems we foresee.
OVN: You’ve mentioned
that you cannot do your job
without residents’ input, can
you comment on limiting
speakers’ time at the Dec. 11
City Council meeting?
Blatz: Well, the only time
I did that, and I did that the
other night, was because we
had so many speakers’ cards.
And it had also been the third
time that it (short-term vacation rentals) had come before
us. As a general rule, it’s always going to be three minutes.
The only part that’s gotten frustrating for me is that
we take so much public comment, and so much dealing
with the public comment,
with is non-agendized, that
we can’t get to the business at
hand for the night, and that’s
why I’m going to limit it (public comment) to the first 30
minutes of every meeting.
OVN: Have you sensed
any shift in tone during the
public comments at council
meetings? People being a little
more, maybe, distrustful of the
council as issues of the Brown
Act have been brought up?
Blatz: Well, let me put it
this way, when I first ran for
City Council there was a feeling in the community that
the council was not listening
to them and I had that same
feeling. And when I ran, I really felt as though the city
manager was running the city
and not the council.
I think that we have gotten
to the point where we are far
more transparent. Far more
responsive to the input from
the public, and I believe that
the public believes that we’re
more responsive to them.
You’re always going to
have specific issues where the
public is going to think that
the Council is not reacting in
a way in which they should
be reacting. Or, they’re always
going to say that they think
something is going on behind
closed doors just because the
nature of the country is such,
the only place you can really
go and look at an elected official and have an impact on
that elected official is at the
city level. Nowhere else can
you do it. You can’t do it at
the state level, certainly can’t
do it at the federal level. So
people have this distrust over
our federal elected officials,
they have a distrust over the
state elected officials, so they
immediately think that they
can’t have this … they have
to have this same mistrust of
their city officials.
Now, the Brown Act violation that recently happened,
which they said happened,
which I still don’t think is a
Brown Act violation, had to
do, when I made the motion,
to call the hedges an emergency.
And then the district attorney got involved, somebody reported the action of
the council to the district attorney and the district attorney said it was a Brown Act
violation. I knew when I did
that, that the remedy, if anyone said it was a Brown Act
violation was just to correct it
at the next meeting, which we
did, but I still don’t believe it
was a Brown Act violation.
The Brown Act also says
you can’t act on anything
that’s not an agenda item unless it’s an emergency. Well,
as far as I was concerned, if
the city continued to enforce
and go after these hedges,
because once you’ve cut a
hedge down, you can’t put
it back … I thought that we
needed to put a stop to it and
I wanted to do it in a way that
people knew that it was really important to me that we
did. So, I said, as I said to the
city attorney, I said, “We can
consider an emergency whatever we want, if we say it’s an
emergency, until somebody
says it’s not an emergency,
and chastizes us for it, it’s an
emergency.”
So we called it an emergency, my other colleagues
voted along the lines of it being an emergency, and then
we let the dust settle where it
was; somebody reported us,
saying it was a violation of
the Brown Act. Well, OK, fine,
I don’t think it was, but even if
it was we corrected it.
OVN: Do you plan to run
for mayor in 2016?
Blatz: I don’t have any
plans right now, but we have
a year. I’ve enjoyed being
mayor before and I’m looking forward to this year. And
I may run for mayor, but I
haven’t really decided if I’m
going to do that or not.
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Published Ojai Valley News
November 25, 2015
December 2, 9 & 16, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 20151030-100211360 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 10/30/2015
THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS
(ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:
1st Fictitious Business Name: D
and S Sales
Street Address of Principal Place of
Business (P.O. Box or PMB are not
acceptable):
25 Burnham Rd. #35, Oak View, CA
93022
County of Principal Place of
Business: Ventura
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limited
Liability Company:
Deborah Matson
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB are not
acceptable):
25 Burnham Rd. #35, Oak View, CA
93022
This Business is conducted by: An
Individual
The registrant commenced to
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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
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matter pursuant to Section 17913 of
Business and Professions Code that
the registrant knows to be false is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
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Published Ojai Valley News
December 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2015
STATEMENT OF
ABANDONMENT OF USE OF
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
20151112-10021828-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 11/12/2015
THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS
(ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:
1st Fictitious Business Name
Q Nail Spa
Street Address of Principal Place of
Business (P.O. Box or PMB are not
acceptable)
2349 Micheal Drive, Newbury Park,
CA 91306
The date on which the Fictitious
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Full name of 1st Registrant
(Individual)/ Corporation/Limited
Liability Company
Kenny Dang
Residence Address of 1st Registrant
(P.O. Box or PMB are not acceptable)
20621 Cantlay Street, Winnetka, CA
91306
This Business is conducted by: An
Individual
I declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct.
(A registrant who declares
information as true 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
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Published Ojai Valley News
December 16, 23 & 30, 2015
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 20151207-100231680 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 12/07/2015
THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS
(ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:
1st Fictitious Business Name:
Decluttering Parent
Street Address of Principal Place of
Business (P.O. Box or PMB are not
acceptable):
44 Crocker Ave., Ventura, CA 93004
County of Principal Place of
Business: Ventura
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limited
Liability Company:
Rebecca Cristina Noren
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB are not
acceptable):
44 Crocker Ave., Ventura, CA 93004
This Business is conducted by: An
Individual
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on N/A.
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matter pursuant to Section 17913 of
Business and Professions Code that
the registrant knows to be false is
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Published Ojai Valley News
December 16, 23 & 30, 2015
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 20151204-100231050 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 12/04/2015
THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS
(ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:
1st Fictitious Business Name: Soul
Body
2nd Fictitious Business Name: Heal
Center
Street Address of Principal Place of
Business (P.O. Box or PMB are not
acceptable):
206 N Signal St, Suite M, Ojai, CA
93023
County of Principal Place of
Business: Ventura
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limited
Liability Company:
Soul House Enterprises, LLC
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB are not
acceptable):
206 N Signal St, Suite M, Ojai, CA
93023
This Business is conducted by: A
Limited Liability Company
The registrant commenced to
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business name or names listed above
on 11/01/2015.
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
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dollars ($1,000).)
Soul House Enterprises, LLC
/s/ANDREA BARDELMEIER
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Member/Manager
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Published Ojai Valley News
December 16, 23 & 30, 2015
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 20151117-100221320 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 11/17/2015
THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS
(ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:
1st Fictitious Business Name:
Resto-Medic
Street Address of Principal Place of
Business (P.O. Box or PMB are not
acceptable):
5923 Chestnut Place, Camarillo, CA
93012
County of Principal Place of
Business: Ventura
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limited
Liability Company:
Denise Diane Templin
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB are not
acceptable):
5923 Chestnut Place, Camarillo, CA
93012
Full name of 2nd Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limited
Liability Company:
Paul Kenneth Herron
Residence Address of 2nd
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB are not
acceptable):
5861 La Cumbre Road, Somis, CA
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General Partnership
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on N/A.
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Published Ojai Valley News
December 16, 23 & 30, 2015
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 20151116-100220260 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 11/16/2015
THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS
(ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:
1st Fictitious Business Name:
Soccer House
Street Address of Principal Place of
Business (P.O. Box or PMB are not
acceptable):
406 South A St., Oxnard, CA 93030
County of Principal Place of
Business: Ventura
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limited
Liability Company:
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2799 E. Ventura Bl. #25, Oxnard,
CA 93030
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Individual/Corporation/Limited
Liability Company:
Martha E. Arroyo
Residence Address of 2nd
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB are not
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2799 E. Ventura Bl. #25, Oxnard,
CA 93030
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RISA D’ANGELES
What gifts for each sign shall we bring?
Esoteric astrology as news for
the week of Dec. 16 through 23:
Monday, the 21st, at 8:48 p.m.
(West Coast time) the sun enters
Capricorn. The days before
solstice (and Christmas) are days
of quiet expectancy. The four
candles of the advent wreath
have been lit. There’s a deepening
within nature, a hushed reserve,
a gathering of strength for what’s
to come. Earth’s kingdoms —
mineral, plant, animal, human
— feel hope and anticipation
together — a spark of flame at
each center. At solstice, that
flame burns brighter. Darkness
gives way to the light. We hold
out our hands to each other in
gladness. The new light of winter
solstice uplifts the Earth to the
kingdoms of beauty.
At winter solstice the sun rests
at the Tropic of Capricorn for
three days before its rays, with
the promise of summer, move
northward once again. There is
expectancy in the temple and
in the stable. The Hierarchy and
New Group of World Servers
begin preparations for Wesak.
The Archangel Gabriel assumes
his post of protection over Earth
and her kingdoms. The angelic
cherubim from the constellation
Cancer, guardians of mothers,
babies, children, fathers and
all families begin surrounding
the Earth. A new light, a star is
faintly seen in the sky. All of life is
hushed in expectation. Looking
up we “set our eyes toward
Bethlehem.”
On our journey toward the
light, and like the three magi
astrologer kings, what gifts for
each sign shall we bring?
ARIES: Things hot and red that
go pop! A bike that goes zoom,
fiery things — firecrackers,
candles, incense, what flickers
in the dark. Crayolas and crayon
paintbrushes that glow in
the dark, Silly Putty, anything
sparkling with glitter. Hats and
helmets, protecting their fire.
Bike lights or miner’s light for
the Ajna Center (third eye),
illuminating their way. Things
white, red, rouge, ruby and, for
some secret reason, deep violet.
A watch with diamonds.
TAURUS: A gardener to plant
all their vegetable starts, seed
sprouter, yogurt machine, gelato
maker. Greenhouse, actually
several (two, three, four). They
know food in the near future will
be the important commodity.
Gardening tools and wild desert
white sage (plant). A nature walk
identifying wild mushrooms.
Tools, barometer and weather
thermometer. How-to books.
A cow (Irish Dexter) or goat for
milk. Land in Hawaii (Maui).
GEMINI: Things to read and
write with, ancient (Basho’s
poetry,
calligraphy
brush)
and new (a Mac, iPhone, iPad,
Kindle, Fire, etc.). Playing cards,
a set of jacks, marbles. Things
that whirl about, glitter in the
sun, resembling butterflies, like
their mind, unable to endure one
moment of stillness. Gadgets,
fascinating at first, useless later.
Games, pick-up sticks, a clutch
of bare-root roses: heirlooms,
climbers, with fragrance and
scent.
CANCER: Cancers are water
babies, no matter how old
they are. Decorative boxes of
tissues for each room in their
house. Cancers cry a lot. They’re
sensitive. Things from the ocean
like pearl puddles (jewelry),
hand, body and face creams
and soaps made from Dead Sea
minerals. Containers, baskets,
vessels, copper pots and pans,
secret boxes, music boxes. A
rainmaking showerhead for the
experience of a rain forest. All
treasures from the sea found in
Santa Cruz. A dish of fresh crab
cakes.
LEO: Leos want to be the one
and only treasure of the zodiac!
Leos, sensitive too, are fiery (like
Aries) but a different kind of fire.
They seem to be from the sun.
Without the sun Leos are SAAD
(the lights they need). Make sure
they have adequate light (shining
upon them). No gloomy shades,
curtains or dark colors for them!
Give them things that shine like
the sun. A locket of gold, silver
and platinum. Rose gold (yellow
gold and copper) reflects Leo’s
heart.
VIRGO: Virgo knows how to
clean, clear, order and organize in
great detail. Virgo organizes, shelf
by shelf, what Gemini discovers.
Virgo is my Chiron so what do
I know of Virgo needs? Mrs.
Meyer’s cleaning products are a
good start. The Zum products,
too. Virgo, always gestating a
new state of consciousness,
hides from everyone except for
a few. They need more and more
bookshelves, notebooks, reading
lights, a silver pencil, the Roomba
vacuum cleaner, a book called
“Just Listen” by Mark Goulston.
And something precious.
LIBRA: Art, art and more art.
But the kind that immediately
is identified as beautiful,
balanced
and
harmonious.
Flower seeds, bulbs, fruit trees
(apricot, lemon, Fuji), kitchen
herb garden, scented candles,
mirrors (to see they are the
fairest, most handsome of all),
magazine scripts (monthly gift),
box of chocolates with fleur de
sel, a month of home-delivered
veggie tonics, more glass baubles
for
their
already-overladen
Christmas tree. A party.
SCORPIO: Things subtly red,
violet, black, aglitter with exotic
scents (sandalwood, patchouli,
bergamot, myrrh, frankincense
and clove). Incense in these
scents and oils also. From Young
Living Oils, a blended oil called
Thieves, which cleanses and
heals and comes in soap and
spray (excellent for traveling),
throat lozenges, toothpaste,
etc. Leather gloves, books
on generals, revolutions and
warriors. Anything serpentine
(from Egypt) or eagle-like. A
scarab ring.
SAGITTARIUS: A home town,
a place called home, walking
shoes, a staff (several), laughter
(ho ho ho, St. Nick is a Sag), bow
and arrows aimed at the sun,
an archery set with targets and
bundles of straw, a new vehicle
that runs fast on little gas,
another journey somewhere,
a (new) camera, photographs
from famous photographers, a
mountaintop, a plain, a white
horse, foods from different
cultures, mineral waters, a
cashmere beret. A train whistle
or harmonica.
CAPRICORN: New shoes,
hiking (mountaineering) boots,
mountain climbing equipment,
clocks, timepieces, watches
(old), surfboard, desk, gardening
tools (the best), goat cheese,
science sets (for adults and
children), magazines (a monthly
gift; Architectural Digest, Vogue,
New Yorker, Kosmos and The
Week). A week or more of rest.
Going nowhere, especially not
down. A beginning silverware set
(knife, fork, spoon added to each
year). Silver purifies our foods
and palates. A true compliment.
AQUARIUS:
For
some
Aquarians, a home of their own.
For little ones, microscope and
telescope, for the little and big
pictures. An asteroid named
after them, a heavenly star map
covering one entire wall in their
home, anything with lights, light
beams, luminosity and radiance.
A Vespa, Prius or electric bike.
A warehouse, Coyote Trickster
feather, a kachina, pieces of
sky that fell to Earth. Some
Aquarians need a new home and
some need to travel. A donation
toward either. Offer them DJ and
Farmer’s Market work.
PISCES: Cashmere socks,
bedroom
slippers,
shawls,
sweaters,
hats,
scarves.
Fountains, bells, water-purifying
showerhead (water drops like
rain),
goldfish,
diamonds,
expresso machine. A room
of their own. A home of their
own in a citrus orchard. Being
called to the mountain to serve.
Statues of the sleeping Buddha,
of Mary, Christ, St. Francis of
Assisi. A cross of gold to wear. A
chandelier.
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 [email protected], go
to nightlightnews..org/ or see her
Facebook pages.
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