Ojai Valley News December 2, 2009

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The Art of Deter
Ojai Valley Defense Fund well on its way
to raising $1 million for legal challenges
Linda Harmon
[email protected]
According
to
John
Broesamle, the Ojai Valley
Defense Fund has raised
over a quarter of a million
dollars in funds and
pledges from donors, hoping they’ll never have to
use it.
“The Ojai Valley is pretty
well guaranteed to face
major threats in the coming years,” said Broesamle
during a recent conversation. “Anyone living in or
near the Ojai Valley knows
that
residents
have
repeatedly faced such
threats to their quality of
life in the past, including
the proposed Weldon
Canyon dump, the averted state plan to cut the
valley in half with a freeway, a proposal to build
10,000
single-family
homes in the Lake Casitas
watershed, and even proposed open-pit uranium
and phosphate mining
operations. All of these
situations would have
fundamentally harmed
our environment and the
well-being of our citizens.”
After moving to Ojai in
1990, Broesamle grew
increasingly aware of these
past threats to the valley,
an area he had grown to
love and treasure. It was
this awareness, as well as
growing concerns over
several new issues that
caused him to found the
Defense Fund in early
spring of this year.
“I gathered a group of
concerned citizens to create the Ojai Valley Defense
Fund,” said Broesamle, of
the nonprofit corporation.
“The idea is to build a
‘chest’ to help support various legal actions by other
citizen action groups. We
are not a political group.
The Defense Fund’s purpose is to sit out there and
hopefully discourage some
of these big, outside players from even coming to
the valley.”
Broesamle wants to get
the word out that the
Photo by Linda Harmon
OVDF is a very conservative, long-term organiza- The current board of the newly formed Dave Neville, left, Secretary Kathy
tion. Its funds will be Ojai Valley Defense Fund is framed by the Boesamle, Vice President Peter Cantle,
invested and will be con- Topa Topa bluffs: (front row) Therese Treasurer Wanda Martin and President
servatively
managed.
Please see Defense, Page A-3
Hartmann, left, Gayle Bertsch, Ellen John Broesamle. Board member Cindy
Johnson and Sheri Ann Cate; (back row) Jones is not pictured.
Tale of va-voom and bust Jail talk ends
furlough for
Journalist brings book to
Ojai for Thursday signing
screenwriter
Nancy Gross
[email protected]
Bob Brill has just released the coffee-table book,
“Fan Letters to a Stripper: A Patti Waggin Tale” about
1940s and ‘50s burlesque queen, Patti Waggin. On
Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m. Bart’s Books will host a
book signing by the longtime print and broadcast
journalist who has acquired the rights to Waggin’s
estate.
Along with ample, quality photographs of Waggin,
and direct copies of the fan letters she saved, the
book reveals that Waggin was an athlete and a
detail-oriented businesswoman who made the
most of her natural endowments; she was a personality ahead of her time.
Brill says he is often asked, “Why would a journalist of almost 40 years do his first book about a stripper?” Brill’s career has included anchoring for KNX
1070 News Radio and serving as national correspondent and Los Angeles bureau chief for the
United Press International Radio Network where he
covered everything from national political conventions, to the Reagan White House to Academy
Awards shows. He also became the watchdog for the
sports collectibles industry when he wrote a column for UPI, sometimes under the alias of “Mr.
Hobby.”
Actually, sports memorabilia was a door through
which Brill encountered the Patti Waggin story
more than once, as Waggin was the wife of 1950s
and ‘60s major league baseball player, Don
Please see Signing, Page A-3
Twitter-related breach of security
earns Avary return to custody
He is likely to stay in jail,
Daryl Kelley
not work furlough, until
[email protected] he finishes his sentence in
Photo by Nancy Gross
Noted journalist Bob Brill will be in Ojai on Thursday to
sign copies of his book, “Fan Letters to a Stripper.”
Earl Bates
[email protected]
Clara Hembree’s poetry
sometimes comes to her in
special moments during the
quiet of meditation. While
hiking or bicycling her
favorite Ojai trails she is on
the lookout for lyrics manifesting from her adventures of
the inner world.
“Learning things I didn’t
know,” she said, “going inside
and revealing the truth that’s
in us all,” has been an important part of her life in Ojai.
After graduating from Ojai’s
Oak Meadow School in 1991
Hembree traveled around the
Southwest and at one time
thought of exploring farther
east. “I was in Texas at a
Rainbow gathering and this
old-school kind of hippie guy
said, ‘Stay on this side of the
Mississippi,’ and so we never
went over there.”
She might have over-corrected her course of travel,
and landed in Hawaii. She
had an awful experience there
and saw herself at a critical
crossroad in her life. She
reflected on the value of the
nourishing years she had
July, officials said.
“They felt he had compromised security,” said
Sheriff’s
Capt.
Ross
Bonfiglio of probation officials. “I know it’s security
related. It’s more than
using Twitter.”
A Twitter site that was
apparently Avary’s carried
a commentary on his life
while incarcerated from
shortly after Oct. 26, when
Avary began serving his
time in the work-furlough
program, which allowed
him to leave custody during the day but return at
night and on weekends.
“By drawing attention to
his situation (through
Twitter), that coupled with
the security issues, led him
Please see Avary, Page A-3
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neighbors
lived in the Ojai Valley. In 1998
she came back to Ojai,
“Because it’s a good place to
heal, I’ve had good experiences in Ojai.”
Hembree, also known as
Clarabell, then started going
to open microphone evenings
at Local Hero, a popular Ojai
bookstore and café at that
time. She sang poetry and
played guitar. One evening
she was performing a song, a
satire about what had happened to her in Hawaii. The
audience took it straight serious, except for Ojai residents
Casey Camp and Randall
Marsh. They were amused.
“You guys got it, thank you so
much,” she told them. “After I
met Casey at open mike we
collaborated musically.”
On a trip into Ojai’s backcountry Hembree and Camp
discovered an old Cadillac
stuck out in the middle of the
Cuyama River mud. “Like it
was going back to the earth,”
she said. Inspired, they
named their first music
album “God Has a Cadillac
too.”
Hembree and Camp’s little
group, The Maheekats, is currently working on a new
The
work-furlough
assignment of Oscar-winning screenwriter Roger
Avary was suspended late
Thanksgiving Day for
alleged breaches in inmate
security, and the Ojai Valley
resident was returned to
Ventura County Jail to
serve a one-year sentence
for
felony
vehicular
manslaughter.
Avary, 44, who won an
Academy Award for cowriting “Pulp Fiction” in
1994, was placed in segregated housing at the main
jail
in Ventura
last
Thursday evening after the
county
Probation
Department
concluded
that he had violated security at the work-furlough
nightly
lock-up
in
Camarillo.
CALENDAR EVENT TOMORROW: The
“Men of Ojai”Calendar Project has organized
an event Dec. 3, 6 to 9 p.m. at Casa Barranca
Winery Tasting Room, in the Arcade at 208 E.
Ojai Ave. The event will feature food from
Azu, Feast Bistro and Osteria Monte Grappa,
with music performed by April Hendrix and
Demitri Corbin. Presale tickets, available online at ojaicalendarproject.com, are $30, and
$35 the day of the event. “Fallen Angels,” by
photographer Bobbi Bennett, and in the permanent collection of the Santa Barbara
Museum of Art, will be on display at the
event, with two original c-prints and digital
prints available for purchase. Call 603-0079
for more information.
Clara Hembree
album she described as “ethereal-rock
groove-based
music,” visit them at
maheekatmusic.com.
In addition to being a
visionary singer-songwriter,
Hembree works several parttime jobs. At The Ojai Retreat,
“I help guests have a lovely
relaxing getaway weekend, no
one knows how much work it
takes to insure tranquility,”
she said.
Also, Hembree makes and
sells Dream Cream Soap. “I
use a little more oil than other
soaps, organic coconut oil,
olive oil, palm oil. You can get
the soap at The Ojai Retreat,”
she said.
HUMANE SOCIETY HOSTING “SANTA
PAWS:” The Humane Society of Ventura
County, 402 Bryant St., Ojai, will hold its
annual photos with Santa for you and your
pets, “Santa Paws 2009,” on Saturday and
Dec. 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring dogs on
leash and cats in a carrier. Cost is $20 for one
photo with Santa or make an extra donation
for a CD with all the photos. All proceeds will
benefit the Humane Society. Call 646-6505 or
656-5031 for more information.
OAK VIEW TO LIGHT TREE: The
Oak
View Civic Council will present the ninth
annual Christmas tree lighting event on
Friday beginning at 6 p.m. in the parking lot
at Dahl’s Market, 445 Ventura Ave., Oak View.
LEARN LIGHT FROM WRONG AT PHOTO
CLUB: The Ojai Photography Club will pres-
Sports
Thacher boys,
Rangers
Hasbrouck finish
strong at CIF
championships.
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Arts
Legendary folk
troubadour
makes concert
stop in Ojai.
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ent a discussion on photographic lighting for
beginning to intermediate photographers on
Saturday at 9 a.m. at Help of Ojai’s Kent Hall,
111 W. Santa Ana St., Ojai. Led by Dean
Zatkowsky, club president, the event is titled
“Learning Light from Wrong.” Suggested
donation: $5.
VPS SHOPPING NIGHT RETURNS:
Villanova Preparatory School will hold its
annual “St. Nicholas Shopping Night” fundraising event in the VPS gym on Thursday
from 6 to 9 p.m. Over a dozen vendors will be
in attendance including Punky’s Provence,
We Olive, Pampered Chef, Silpada, Cookie
Lee and Kara Vita, just to name a few. Enjoy
an evening of shopping, door prizes, food
and friends. Admission is free.
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Ojai Trees offers ‘perfect gift’
Group planting
saplings and
boxed trees
Visions of America
Sohm exhibit to
benefit museum
Don’t miss the Ojai
Museum’s benefit event
on Saturday featuring
Ojai resident, Joseph
Sohm at the Ojai Theatre
and the Ojai Center for
the Arts. Sohm’s photomusic videos will be projected on screen in Blue
Ray HD. Sohm will speak
about his life as a photographer and the 30 years he
has spent photographing
“We the People,” as he
says, for “you the audience.” Bret Bradigan, editor-publisher of the Ojai
Valley News, will do the
introduction.
The Ojai event will begin
at 4:30 p.m. at the Ojai
Theatre, 145 E. Ojai Ave. A
celebration party and
book signing will follow at
6 p.m. at the nearby Ojai
Center for the Arts, 113 S.
Montgomery St. The after
party features American
fare catered by The Event
Caddy and musical entertainment by Los Angeles
musician Maurice Weiss
on the Steinway. An array
of door prizes will spice
up the evening.
Ojai sponsors of the
event are Olga Jones, CFP,
Ameriprise Financial Services; Tom and Cathryn
Krause, Behavioral Science Technologies; Maren
Long; Ojai Community
Bank; The Village Florist;
Dick and Jane Weirick;
Dietrich and Valerie
Schmidt; Alan and Jan
Rains;
and
Carolyn
Huntsinger.
All tickets are $55. Prepaid reservations are
required. Seating is limited. Call the museum at
640-1390 for full information and reservations.
Looking for a great gift
that keeps on giving for the
holidays? Want to shop
local? Ojai Trees has one for
you. The nonprofit group
has just begun offering a
tree dedication program.
“It’s the perfect ‘green’ gift
for the holidays,” said
founder Tom Bostrom. “It’s
all local and will help the
environment right here,
right now in Ojai.”
The organization is offering to plant a tree on your
behalf and not just during
the holidays. According to
Bostrom, tree dedications
can be made for any occasion including weddings,
anniversaries, the arrival of
a new baby, birthdays,
graduations, retirements or
remembering a loved one.
“The dedication program
plants quality trees,” said
Bostrom. “On your behalf,
Ojai Trees will plant the
best species in the best
available
location
to
enhance the Ojai Valley
environment and your
dedication includes a dedication card or certificate.”
The cost of trees planted
“It’s all local
and will help
the environment right
here, right
now.”
— Tom Bostrom
will vary with size $25 for a
small sapling, $100 for a
large sapling, and $400 for a
boxed specimen tree.
“Your dedication tree will
be planted in the Ojai Valley and we make certain it
is watered and cared for, It
will ensure the survival of a
Photo submitted
healthy Ojai tree canopy for
years to come, and the fall Tom Bostrom, left, president of Ojai Trees, stands with
season offers the perfect three board members Neva Williams, Garrett Clifford,
time to plant and take and Linda Harmon at their 2009 Ojai Day booth.
advantage of winter rains
to come,” said Bostrom.
“And if you need to fly for
business or to see family
during the holidays,” added
Caryn Bosson, local activist
and Ojai Trees treasurer,
“it’s also the perfect way to
offset your carbon footprint locally.”
For further information
Betty K. Chesnut, 99, of
go to ojaitrees.com or eOjai,
died
Wednesday,
mail ojaitrees@sbcglobal
.net.
November 25, 2009, just
short of her 100th birthday,
at the Manor of Ojai following brief illness. Mrs. Chesnut was born December 31,
1909 in Missouri City, Missouri and was a resident
of hours speaking in the
of Ventura County for over 35 years. Mrs. Chesnut
Council Chambers on behalf
was employed as the Hosiery Manager at J.C. Penof the citizens of Ojai and is
ney’s in Ventura, retiring in 1978. She was an avid
familiar with all of the issues
baseball and L.A. Dodgers fan.
we are facing. He and his
She is survived by her daughter, Wanda Walker
wife have owned a business
Baugh; granddaughter and her husband, Lisa and
in Ojai and Len has worked
David VanEpp; and great granddaughter, Megan
tirelessly for almost 20 years
VanEpp, all of Ojai. She was married for 60 years to
on numerous causes to preOrval Chesnut who preceded her in death.
serve Ojai’s unique smallGraveside services will take place Wednesday,
town character. As an attorDecember 2, 2009, 10:00 A.M. at Ivy Lawn Memorney, he is uniquely qualified
ial Park, Ventura with The Reverend Dan Hull offito understand the legal
choices that influence the
ciating.
future of Ojai.”
Memorial contributions may be made to the
The Ojai Valley Democratic
Meals on Wheels Program through Help of Ojai,
Club is an active group in
111 West Santa Ana Street, Ojai, CA 93023.
Ojai that accepts members
Arrangements are under the direction of the Ted
from all political affiliations
Mayr Funeral Home, 3150 Loma Vista Road,
that share their beliefs and
Ventura.
goals. To learn more, visit
OjaiDemocrats.org.
Demos want special council election
Club members vote to appoint Klaif to council as alternative choice
The Ojai Valley Democratic
Club unanimously passed a
resolution at its Nov. 23 general meeting asking the Ojai
City Council to fill Joe DeVito’s seat with an election.
DeVito resigned before his
term was up next November
and will leave office at the
end of December 2009.
Should the council not have
an election, the club asked
the council to appoint
Leonard Klaif who lost by
only 70 votes when DeVito’s
seat was last up for election.
The resolution presented
by Democratic Club Vice
President Pat McPherson
reads as follows:
“The Ojai Valley Democratic Club requests the Ojai City
Council to call for an election in conjunction with the
June 2010 primary to fill the
open Ojai City Council position when council member
Joe DeVito leaves at the end
of December 2009.
“Should an election not
occur, the Ojai Democratic
Club hereby requests the
Ojai City Council to appoint
Leonard Klaif as Joe DeVito’s
replacement to the council.”
According to Sean Keenan,
president of the club, “Our
club always supports the
democratic principal of one
person, one vote. The difference in time between an
election and an appointment to fill the position is
only four months and our
club believes its best to let
the citizens decide. It’s
important to understand too
that whichever option is
chosen, the new City Council
member will have to run for
office next November, and it
is more reasonable if that
person was elected in the
first place rather than be
appointed by the council
and become anointed as the
Tolbert Center site of
Saturday trade-up event
Monica Marshall
OVN contributor
Bring your gently used
cloth diapers, covers, slings,
carriers and other useful
baby items to trade with
other families Friday at 2:30
p.m. at the Nan Tolbert Nurturing Center, 555 Mahoney
Ave., Oak View to upgrade,
size-up or try something
new for free. You can also
purchase new products and
5 percent of cloth diapers,
Moby Wrap and Ergo Baby
Carrier sales will be donated
to the Nan Tolbert Nurturing Center. Baby Belle Bottoms will be there to answer
your cloth diapering questions, and Mothers Guild is
offering free breast pump
pressure testing and support with your pumping
questions. Call 646-1263.
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incumbent.”
Keenan goes on to say,
“Should the City Council
choose to go the appointment route, the Ojai Valley
Democrats and many other
Ojai residents believe that
Len Klaif is the best choice.
Recently, the signatures of
over 200 Ojai city residents
were collected on a petition
in just 72 hours asking the
Ojai City Council to appoint
Len Klaif to the vacant council seat. No one else has even
shown an interest. In 2006,
the last time this council seat
was up for election, Len Klaif
ran against the 20-plus-year
incumbent, Joe DeVito. Mr.
DeVito won by only 70 votes.
Len Klaif has spent hundreds
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Obituary
Betty K.
Chesnut
and found that Waggin had
lived in the same San
Fernando Valley house until
her death in 1992.
It was too late for Brill to
meet Waggin, but he wrote
the column, interviewing,
among
others,
the
“Godfather of Baseball
Cards,” Sy Berger. “He knew
Don. He wrote many of the
cards and approved the artwork, and when I asked him
‘How did this get through?’
as the cartoon was unusual
for Topps, and if you think
about it, a guy waits all his
life to get a baseball card,
and the back of the card is
about his wife!”
Berger told Brill that
Rudolph was “kind of an
innocuous guy,” that there
wasn’t much else to portray
on the card, but that
Rudolph didn’t get a lot of
teasing about his wife’s
work, and there wasn’t a lot
of jealousy from other players and their wives. Brill
relates, “He was a professional. She was a professional. Also, it was a different
time. We chose the cover
photo for the book because
it shows a combination of
innocence and vixen. It is
kind of endearing.”
Brill got into dealing in
memorabilia
somewhat
accidentally and fortuitously. He found he could sell his
old sports cards and collectibles in the 1980s, when
his salary was cut, his rent
was raised and he needed a
car. He then became a dealer of memorabilia in the
early 1990s.
He tried it out, made a few
sales and “I was hooked.”
His opened his Ventura
shop,
KC
Kings,
in
September 1996, and ran it
until this past July. He relates
stories about doing $1,000
an hour through the register
during some special events
that were part of the
Pokemon fever of the late
1990s.
Several years ago, Brill let
Waggin’s daughter know
that, as a dealer, he’d be
happy to purchase items
from the Rudolph and
Waggin estate. Eventually
the opportunity arose for
him to acquire the entire
holdings. This led to the
publication of this book,
which he hopes will be one
in a series of three.
Brill explains that he chose
to start with reprinting the
letters to Waggin because,
“She was such a pack rat.
She kept every letter, and all
her newspaper clippings,
and not just one, but multiple copies.
“Patti was all about her
fans. She always answered
the letters. She sent a photo.
She had publicity stills of
about 20 different poses and
she would keep track of
what she had sent someone,
and she would send them a
different pose each time.”
“Patti really knew how to
market herself within the
limited means she had to do
it with,” Brills said.
“Patti was never the victim.
She was kind of in control of
her life. At that time, she was
a woman ahead of her time.
She made more than Don
did in the ‘50s.” Brill has both
Waggin’s and Rudolph’s contracts from 1959, among others, and hers shows a weekly
wage of $475, while his
weekly paycheck was $250,
and he was considered a
good negotiator.
Waggin was also quite an
athlete; involved with baseball and basketball teams at
Chico State, as well as bowling and being in the college’s
variety shows. As one chapter in “Fan Letters” shows,
“Patti was heavy into motorcycles, and she tried to promote go-cart racing.” Brill
missed out on getting
Waggin’s 1947 Harley, which
may have been sold out of
storage without the family’s
permission.
Waggin’s routines were
very athletic also, and not
just vamp. She wrote her
dance steps herself. Her
daughter told Brill, “The day
she died, she could still
touch her toes.”
Brill has created a web site
to complement the launch
of the books. He chose to do
a signing at Bart’s because
“Dave (Ray) was my customer at KC Kings. We wanted to do something in Ojai
and everyone knows Bart’s,
and Bart’s is really cool, iconic.” Visit pattiwaggin.com.
member of the Ojai Valley
Land Conservancy, where
he was president from 1998
to 2000. He was an Ojai
Citizen of the Year in 1999,
named Ojai Living Treasure
in 2001, and given the
Environmental
Defense
Center
Lifetime
Achievement Award in
2003. Besides founding and
heading the OVDF he currently volunteers for the
Ojai
Valley
Land
Conservancy, Ojai Trees,
and Topa Topa Elementary
School, which his grand-
children attend.
“The founding members
of the OVDF have raised a
good financial foundation,”
said Broesamle. “We’ve
done that and we will open
it up to donations of any
amount in a future fundraising campaign this
spring. We hope to protect
the future of this wonderful
valley community and in
the process maybe serve as
a model for other concerned communities.”
To find out more go to
ovdf.org.
Signing:
(Continued from Page A-1)
Rudolph.
“On June 26, 1959, my 6th
birthday, my sisters and my
mom decided to throw me a
surprise party. We lived in
Pittsburgh,” said Brill. He was
taken to Woolworth’s to get
him out of the house while
everything was being set up.
Told he could choose something, he looked all around,
checked out the toy trucks
and army men, but decided
to buy a three-pack of baseball cards that cost 15 cents.
The Topps card for Don
Rudolph was among them.
The cards had little cartoons on the backs, and the
back of Rudolph’s card had a
cartoon with a woman in a
dress, kicking up her leg,
and a man, ostensibly
Rudolph, kind of looking up
her dress. The caption read,
“Don’s wife is a professional
dancer.”
“It was kind of risque, and
there is also this half-drawn
suggestion of a nude
woman in the background.
Even pre-raging hormones, I
knew there was something
to this,” Brill said.
Brill’s family moved to
Chatsworth Drive in the San
Fernando Valley in 1963.
Coincidentally, this was
“about a mile away from
where Don and Patty were
living. We banked at the
same Security Pacific bank
that was right across the
street from my house. Don
also coached in a youth
league that I almost played
in.”
Rudolph retired from
baseball after the 1964 season, and in 1968 he was
killed in a pickup truck accident while driving to work at
a utility company. Waggin
became a widow and raised
their daughter, Artanya
Julena, who was about 7 at
the time of the accident, by
herself. Waggin, who began
dancing and stripping while
at Chico State in the late
1940s, did her last professional dance in 1961. Her
daughter was born in 1962.
When Brill was writing his
UPI sports collectibles column he decided he wanted
to write a column on
Rudolph and Waggin. “I
always wanted to know
whatever happened to her.”
He found their daughter
through an Internet search,
Defense:
Broesamle stressed that it is
not an action organization
and they will not support
divisive issues.
“Any organization can
apply for funds for legal
assistance,” said Broesamle,
“but to be successful they
will have to have an issue
that affects a majority of the
valley’s citizens and their
quality of life. It would have
to be something that would
discourage people from living here or cause them to
leave.”
Broesamle and his wife,
Kathy, have their entire
family here, children and
grandchildren.
“We intend to die here,”
said Broesamle, who first
intends to help circle the
wagons to protect it.
Broesamle first came to
the Ojai Valley with his
grandparents who would
picnic in the hills or along
the creeks.
“We bought a house here
while I was still teaching at
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Ojai Unified I commuted
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After both retired, the two
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Avary:
to be transferred back to full
custody,” Bonfiglio said. “It’s
because of his behavior,
absolutely. … His actions
caused him to be transferred
to 24-hour lockup. He had a
lot more freedom.”
Avary is still being held
separate from the general
jail population “because of
his
celebrity
status,”
Bonfiglio said. The location
of Avary’s housing could
change over the months to
the Todd Road Jail, he said,
but Avary will remain in segregated housing.
Karen Staples, director of
the Probation Department,
said she could not speak
about Avary’s situation
specifically. But she said that
once inmates violate the
rules of work furlough, they
almost never are allowed to
return.
“I can think of one or two”
during her many years in the
department, she said. “(But
usually) that’s it.”
Inmates who violate rules
also sometimes lose the
“good time” they have
accrued before they are
“rolled up” and returned to
the County Jail, she said.
“Work furlough is a privilege,” she said. “It is a lowsecurity custody setting.
There is a small library and a
TV room. People are not
allowed to have cell phones
or laptops. They are given a
set of rules and regulations
… and they talk about safety
and security issues.”
Bonfiglio said he didn’t
think Avary would be reconsidered for work furlough.
“I’m not of the opinion
that he will be going back to
work furlough,” he said.
Avary is scheduled to be
released in early July, “…
unless he screws up again
and work time is taken
away,” Bonfiglio said.
Mark Werksman, who represented Avary in the
manslaughter case, said he
could not comment on the
decision to transfer Avary
back to the County Jail
except to say that he was
booked in on Thanksgiving
night.
The work-furlough program
allows
low-risk
inmates to go to their jobs
and return to custody in a
barracks-like situation in
Camarillo after their work-
Roger Avary
days. Inmates in the program pay the county a fee
for their custody.
At sentencing in late
September, Avary, and his
wife, Gretchen, asked that
the
producer-directorscreenwriter be placed in
the program so he could
continue to provide for his
family while in custody. The
jobs of hundreds of people
working on two Avary-produced movies were also at
stake, Werksman said.
Over the objection of prosecutors, Judge Edward Brodie
directed that the work-furlough screening be completed to see if Avary qualified.
Avary was sentenced to
one year in jail and five
years’ probation for gross
vehicular
manslaughter
while intoxicated, resulting
from a late-night car crash
in which Italian newlywed
Andrea Zini was killed and
Avary’s wife was injured.
Deputy District Attorney
Michael Lief asked for a
prison sentence for Avary.
“It had always been our
position that Mr. Avary
deserved to go to prison,”
Lief said Tuesday. “And
while 365 days in County
Jail isn’t six years and eight
months in prison, it’s a
good start. It’s good to see
him behind bars.”
Lief said that he was surprised that Avary apparently
was not a model inmate in
the work-furlough situation.
“I would have thought that
he would have been smart
enough to realize he had
received a significant break
from the judge, and would
do everything he could to
stay out of trouble and out of
jail,” Lief said.
Zini,
a
34-year-old
mechanical engineer, was
killed when an impaired
Avary lost control of his
speeding Mercedes sedan
on a curve and smashed
into a telephone pole on
Highway 150 near Ojai
Lumber.
Avary had just met Zini
and his new wife that
evening in January 2008,
and he invited them to his
home after sharing dinner
and drinks with common
friends. Zini’s wife was not in
the car.
Avary admitted guilt to five
felonies in August, and faced
a maximum of 12 years and
eight months in prison, or a
minimum sentence of six
years and eight months, if
Brodie decided to send him
to state prison.
During sentencing, attorneys announced that Avary
had settled for $4.1 million a
civil lawsuit filed by the Zini
family, after hiring his own
independent lawyer to press
his auto insurance company
for a swift settlement.
That factor, along with
Avary’s clean criminal and
driving record before the
crash, were key considerations in his sentence, Judge
Brodie said. Avary’s stellar
life story, obvious remorse
and the need for him to support his wife and two children, were also factors in his
decision, the judge said.
Avary apologized for his
admitted crime, and he and
his wife tearfully requested
forgiveness from the Zini
family, who traveled from
Italy to appear at the sentencing hearing to request a
stiff sentence.
Avary pleaded guilty to
felony charges of gross
vehicular
manslaughter
while intoxicated and causing injury while driving
under the influence of alcohol. He also admitted to
three felony violations of the
state vehicle code.
Prosecutors said Avary
had a blood-alcohol level of
.11, while a level of .08 or
greater constitutes drunken
driving
in
California.
Prosecutors also maintained
that skid marks showed
Avary was driving at 100
mph and that his sedan
crashed into the pole at a
speed of 25 to 35 mph.
Defense lawyers acknowledge that Avary was driving
faster than the 45 mph
speed limit, but far slower
than 100 mph. They also
said that a blown tire caused
the accident, and a dangerous road contributed to it.
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year. But let’s make it clear that it is a mindful boosterism, for there are many compelling arguments —
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every day of the year.
Not everything on my Christmas list could be found
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Ojai. Sales tax revenues have only just now shown a
slight rebound after months of decline, business
license fees went up dramatically, worker’s comp
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There are plenty of other reasons to shop locally. It’s
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fight through crowds or get stuck on the 101, you can
support your community’s tax base, and you can get
great values.
But the most compelling reason may be that every
time those local cash registers ring, an angel gets its
wings. Those angels, in this case, are not necessarily
Clarence, but those angels of service, of mercy and
sympathy, who comes to our rescue every time we
need them.
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Bowing Out
Peter Strauss
Guest editorial
Congress is not healthy for children and
other living things — or compassionate
candidates.
Unbeknownst to most people I recently
made a decision not to run for Congress
representing our 24th District. I was
approached in June and met in
Washington with Democratic Party officials and White House political directors.
Apparently they saw me as a worthy candidate who might have unseated the 22year incumbent who is our congressman.
The decision not to run, reached after
days, weeks, and months of deliberation,
has left me ill at ease. The problems ahead
— health care reform, war, environment,
immigration, the deficit and jobs, among
many others — did not deter me. We are,
after all, a country of problem solvers. Nor
was I dissuaded by the angry voices of
extremists.
I felt secure that I have political skills
and the passion to devote myself to an
idealistic and rational, compassionate
philosophy. I was eager to hear and represent the voices of our district. I was ready
to make a commitment that would have
asked profound sacrifice on the part of
my wife and family and to have terminated my career as an actor.
So why did I choose not to run?
Upon closer examination the landscape
that lay before me was dour indeed. In
fact, it appeared completely compromised. What first sobered me was the
amount of money I would have to raise to
run a congressional campaign for District
24. Early estimates were $2.6 to $3 million! And therein was a dilemma: how
does one accumulate that much money
and not owe someone — somewhere —
something? Isn’t that the fundamental
conflict of democratic principles?
But it was the perception of powerlessness that really alarmed me, as if
Congress is oblivious, blind. I don’t only
mean to the poor or those trapped in misfortune.
I mean all of us!
The greatest crises confronting this
country — as insidious an enemy as terrorism, but from within — are the growing power exerted by major corporations
to affect any and all governmental decision making and the devaluation of public education.
Congress has become an entrepreneurial venture.
There cannot be genuine health care
reform when almost every politician who
casts votes has accepted massive
amounts of money from the very industry
they are being asked to reform; there cannot be crucial Wall Street reform when
congressional members have accepted
millions, yes millions of dollars, from the
very industry they are being asked to
reform. There cannot be any real reform
when all members of Congress stand to
enrich themselves and not the people
they are pledged to serve; the system that
funnels money into their “re-election
campaigns” is vote buying. Period.
Are we to let Citi, Bear Stearns, Chrysler,
and Blue Cross become the decisive factor in our children’s future??
But we, the people, would seem powerless to change that. Because there is an
inherent problem when we turn to government to solve problems when they are
responsible for the problems. It’s their
game; the anemic compromises they
unctuously announce are really “smoke
and mirrors.” Fat on bailouts and bonus-
es corporations become even more
brazen as they attempt to sway voters
with massive capital investment in campaigns themselves. We are marketed,
manipulated, and misinformed — but
not fooled. We know this is not the
essence of good government we ever subscribed to. Yet our representatives will
point to their flag lapel buttons and
assure us they are the true patriots — the
defenders of capitalism. But when capitalism overrules the people America is not
democratic.
Visit the web site www.opensecrets.org
and there revealed is Congress — in all its
ugliness and corruption. Herein lies the
real “stimulus” that motivates all representatives and senators to make choices
regardless of the voices of the voters.
And what of education — that made
America great? The dumbing down of
America, the tone of coarseness that
envelops us from media to sports to government coupled with reduced education
funding would suggest a horror film plot
of a growing menace. And yet, why do we
allow government to feed itself while
starving education? In our district students applied to CSU campuses in record
numbers this year. Applications are up by
53 percent over last year, but the system is
raising fees by 32 percent while cutting
enrollment and classes. State funding is
down by $7 billion!
This is as obscene as Wall Street bailouts
and bonuses.
Under-funding education is shooting
ourselves in the foot. It is education that
enables us to compete globally. From it
emanates the innovation that leads to
technologies that foster industries like
green and biotech technologies that produce — yup, jobs! That is the road to economic recovery!
Those denied education — especially
those from minorities or poverty who
need education as stepping stones — are
particularly vulnerable and dependent on
government protection. Left in limbo
they are abandoned, as if unseen, on a
precarious landscape that accentuates
disparity. And it becomes dangerous.
Look at the current divisive and angry
tone.
If it is hunger, lack of opportunity, and
the absence of education that produces
growth in crime — then it facilitates the
extremist’s sly demand for tough “law and
order.” Unemployment of significant
numbers and duration provides fertile
ground for those fanning and focusing
the fires of hatred — their sights set on
immigrants, the poor, and social justice
advocates. Add to that none-too-subtle
racism and we are divided and conflicted
as to the true identity of our American
character, especially when we vilify those
struggling to transition into their
American dream.
The extremists do not reflect the
America I love. America is not a “them” vs.
“us.” It is a “we.” And it is education that
has always served to equalize us.
We, the people, must regain control of
our government and take it away from
corporate interference; we need to
reclaim the fundamental principles of
good governance. When we promote
well-being for all, inclusion rather than
exclusion, when we end inequities that
cause suffering — that is the real
American character.
So, problem solvers, how do we do that?
Ojai resident Peter Strauss is an actor
and citrus grower. He was recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the
Ojai City Council.
thumbs
up, down
• A reader sends a big thumbs-up to Wayne Bruce and the
Ojai Valley Tennis Club. “In advance of pouring concrete for
the new courts at lower Libbey Park, they were so kind and
sent out very nice letters alerting all the neighbors to
expect noise very early Wednesday morning, and he not
only included his home phone number, but included a bag
of earplugs, as well. What a fantastic example of courtesy,
kindness and being a great neighbor. Thank you so much!”
• A reader sends a very big thumbs-up to the Ojai Valley
Green Coalition for their incredible work in clearing out the
barranca around Libbey Park and replanting native
species. “The neighborhood greatly appreciates all you are
doing!”
• A reader sends a thumbs-down. “Why should dog owners have to pick up after their animals when they ‘do their
duty’ but horse owners do not? Which would you rather
have to walk or ride your bike around?”
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ON ONE HAND ...
On One Hand is an occasional feature
in the Ojai Valley News in which staff
writers or guest writers take one side or
another of a current issue and make
their best case. This week we deal with
the vacant seat on the Ojai City Council.
Staff writer Sondra Murphy will make
the case for an appointment, while
columnist Kelly Feser Eells will make the
case for a special election.
Too short a term
Let the people
for special election make the decision
The resignation of Ojai Mayor Joe
While I don’t mean to eulogize, Mayor
DeVito as of Dec. 31, a year shy of his
Joe DeVito brought “gravitas” and even
council term’s natural expiration, is gethandedness — a bit of the Scalia, a dash
ting the attention of the city and counof Thomas, if you will — to City Council,
cil members lately. There have been a
so unless he is to be replaced by somenumber of people calling for a special
one of my choosing (Mike-not-so-subelection to be lumped onto the June
liminal-plug-Lenehan, anyone?), a speballot so that citizens may participate
cial election is how it’ll have to be.
in the selection.
Because even though giving the seat to
Yet this position expires at the end of
Ojai’s Election 2008’s runner-up makes
2010 and so a special election would be
more sense, both in a fiscal and “will of
for a meager six-month seat. At an estithe people” sort of way, this is California,
mated, although comparatively inexmy friends, where (a) the will of the peopensive, $6,000 for the opening to be
ple is routinely ignored and/or subvertadded to the primary election ballot, it
ed; and, (b) we’ve got oodles of “stimuwould seem that this amount could be
lus” money to blow.
put to better use. Community access
(See: The recent resurfacing of my
television is just one thing that comes
street. Which, as the lead engineer — not
to mind when pondering better ways to
a county employee, by the by, but a subdirect those dollars.
contractor getting paid to do what at
The democratic process might
least four salaried civil servants are
include special elections, but, in the
semi-qualified and handsomely commeantime, what happens to the demopensated to do — told me “in conficratic process within the City Council?
dence” wasn’t the result of 25 years’
Is it really in the best interest of the city
worth of property tax dollars finally at
to have a four-person council until
work but the result of, quote, Obama
June?
money, unquote.)
Most people polled say yes, let the
Another reason a special election is
people have their say.
needed is because “appointments”
But we have results of the most recent
smack of the Massachusetts-ian
council election in 2008. Appointment
shenanigans performed in the wake (no
of the next in line would be honoring
pun intended) of Ted Kennedy’s passing.
the people’s will from among qualified
And I say “shenanigans” because, well:
candidates. In 2008, Suza Francina got
Remember how it wasn’t OK for then21.22 percent of the votes, behind Betsy
Gov. Mitt Romney to appoint someone
Clapp’s 27.16 percent and Sue Horgan’s
to fill John Kerry’s Senate seat so the lat22.69 percent.
ter could run for president but it is OK
Francina has since voiced support for
for now-Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint
Len Klaif, who ran back in 2006 and was
Kennedy’s replacement?
neck and neck with DeVito until the last
To put it in words Ojai City Council
absentee ballot was counted and
habitues and other of Shangri-La’s status
DeVito prevailed by 76 votes.
quo might dig: Would you want Scalia,
The council members will be considThomas, Roberts, Alito, and “Wild Card”
ering election vs. appointment next
Kennedy appointing Ginsburg’s replacehaving us perform it again For even more informa- week, perhaps referencing time lines,
ment? (I know I would, but that’s just
go
to application procedures, etc. While
at Nordhoff, too, so that tion,
me.)
more teens will see it. Hope www.ojaicreche.com.
$6,000 is not a lot of money, is does
Good golly, Miss Molly, like the current
you can come.
seem frivolous if the person elected has
Supreme Court lineup, the current City
SUSAN WEBB, OJAI
to run again in November. It makes
Council lineup’s got balance.
I just read Mr. Strauss’s
more sense to appoint someone in
We need a special election to keep it
statement on the OVN web
January who can be temporary now,
that way.
site.
then run in November if he or she likes
JANINE SULLIVAN, OJAI
Wow. No Bush or Obama
the gig.
bashing and no offensive ELISA OLIVER, OJAI
personal attacks? It makes
This past holiday I was
— Sondra Murphy
— Kelly Feser Eells
me so sad that someone
This weekend will be a visiting my family in Ojai
with his intelligence and wonderful event called the and my husband and I had
passion and decency does- Ojai Community Creche, a a transportation problem.
n’t want to be in politics.
display of nativities collect- He is disabled and cannot
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150 on Saturday, Dec. 5, at Road) this weekend and
93024. Fax to 646-4281.
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This Week
Wednesday, Dec. 2
OAK VIEW CIVIC COUNCIL MEETING — The Oak
View Civic Council will meet
today at 6 p.m. at the Oak
View Community Center, 18
Valley Road. For more information, call Elizabeth
Tousignant at 901-2614.
“CO-PARENTING WITH
ALL SIGNIFICANT ADULTS”
— an interactive workshop
for parents and care givers
of children with chronic
health issues and special
needs, will be held today
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the
Nan Tolbert Nurturing
Center, 555 Mahoney Ave.,
Oak View. Call 640-7559 for
more information.
“BLIND SIDE” — starring
Sandra Bullock and rated
PG-13, is screening at the
Ojai Theatre, 145 E. Ojai
Ave., through Friday.
Showtimes: 7 p.m. daily,
Saturday and Sunday at 1:30
p.m. and Wednesday at 2:30
p.m. Call 646-1011.
OJAI LIBRARY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP — The
Ojai Library’s Book
Discussion Group will meet
today at 7:30 p.m. to discuss
“Ask the Dust” by John
Fante. The library is located
at 111 E. Ojai Ave. Everyone
is invited to join the group.
The only requirement for
participating in the discussion is to have read the book
and come willing to share
your opinion and listen to
others. Call 646-1639.
Thursday, Dec. 3
V.P.S. HOLIDAY SHOPPING NIGHT — Villanova
Preparatory School will hold
its annual St. Nicholas
Shopping Night fundraiser
in the VPS gym on Thursday
from 6 to 9 p.m. Over a
dozen vendors will be in
attendance including
Punky’s Provence, We Olive,
Pampered Chef, Silpada,
Cookie Lee and Kara Vita
just to name a few. Enjoy an
evening of shopping, door
prizes, food and friends.
Free admission. (D2)
LLUVIA SPA PARTY — will
be held at The Angelic
Touch day spa, 211 N. Signal
St. on Thursdayat 6 p.m.
Come to this free event and
learn about the Lluvia™
line of facial products from
Amazon Herb Company.
This entire line is created
from rain forest plants and
botanicals, is organic and is
sustainably farmed in the
Amazon. Call 640-6536 for
more information.
“I CHING: ENCOUNTERING CHANGE” — an interactive talk with new Ojai
resident Stephen Karcher,
Ph.D., will be held Thursday
from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Ojai
Valley Woman’s Club, 441 E.
Ojai Ave. Admission is $8 at
the door. Karcher is one of
today’s most creative and
controversial writers and
practitioners in the field of I
Ching studies, divination
and myth.
Friday, Dec. 4
OJAI VALLEY TOASTMASTERS — the nonprofit best
known for public speaking
that has helped people
through improved communication and leadership
skills bolstering personal
and professional growth,
welcomes all guests to an
open house Friday at 6:30
a.m. at The Gables of Ojai,
701 N. Montgomery St.,
Ojai. For more information,
visit toastmasters.org/ or
call-646-1542.
CLOTH DIAPER AND
BABY CARRIER EXCHANGE
— will be hosted by the Nan
Tolbert Nurturing Center,
555 Mahoney Ave., Oak
View, Friday at 2:30 p.m.
Bring gently used diapers,
covers, carriers and other
useful baby items to
upgrade, size-up or try
something new for trade.
New diapering products,
Moby Wraps and Ergo carriers will also be for sale, with
5 percent of sales being
donated to NTNC. Also, free
breast pump pressure testing and support with your
pumping questions. Call
646-1263.
PEACE VIGIL — Bring
signs and flags and join the
peace vigil held every Friday
at 5 p.m. at Libbey Park
along Ojai Avenue by the
fountain.
CHRISTMAS CRECHE
NATIVITY DISPLAY — The
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, 411 San
Antonio Drive, off Bristol
Road, will host a free community Christmas Creche
Nativity Display open Friday
from 5 to 9 p.m., Saturday
from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and
Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7
p.m. It features nativity
scenes from around the
world, live music performances nightly at 7 p.m., and
a live nativity display outside. All are welcome. For
more information, go to
ojaicreche.com.
OAK VIEW CHRISTMAS
TREE LIGHTING — The Oak
View Civic Council will present the ninth annual
Christmas tree lighting
event on Friday beginning
at 6 p.m. in the parking lot
at Dahl’s Market, 445
Ventura Ave., Oak View.
“FIRST FRIDAY”
ACOUSTIC CAFE — with
open mike will be held
Friday at 7 p.m. at 52 Weeks
of Peace, 408-G Bryant
Circle. Call 646-7000.
“NIKI VS. THE PIANO” —
Music 150 will present “Niki
vs. The Piano” on Friday at 8
p.m. at Theater 150, 316 E.
Matilija St., Ojai. Niki
Blumberg will present a
concert smackdown of original music, covers and songs
from her upcoming production of “Love’s Labour’s
Lost.” For information or
tickets: 640-4333 or theater150.org.
“I REMEMBER MAMA” —
Senga Classic Stage
Company will present John
Van Druten’s “I Remember
Mama” at the Ojai Valley
Grange, 381 Cruzero St.,
Ojai, through Dec. 20, with
performances on Fridays
and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and
Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
Directed by Francisca
Beach, Sigrid Bressler and
Hanna Aist will star in this
heartwarming study of
American family life.
Tickets: $15, $12 for seniors
and students. Group rates
available. Call 646-4885.
Saturday, Dec. 5
VOLUNTEER TRAIL DAY
— The Ojai Ranger District
is organizing a project on
Saturday on the Horn
Canyon Trail. The project
will focus on widening the
tread and brushing the trail
below the Pines Camp.
Bring a lunch, water, sunscreen, gloves, eye protection, hat, and wear sturdy
shoes. It’s a fun way to meet
other hikers or accrue hours
for community service.
Forest Service will provide
tools, instruction and
drinks. Meet at the Ojai
Ranger Station, 1190 E. Ojai
Ave., at 8:30 a.m. to car pool
to the trailhead; the project
will end by 3 p.m. For more
information, call Heidi
Anderson at 646-4348, Ext.
309.
“LEARNING LIGHT FROM
WRONG” — The Ojai
Photography Club will present a discussion on photographic lighting for beginners to intermediate photographers on Saturday at 9
a.m. at Help of Ojai’s Kent
Hall, 111 W. Santa Ana St.,
Ojai, led by Dean Zatkowsky,
club president. Suggested
donation: $5.
“COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION” WORKSHOP
— will be held Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 308
W. Aliso St., Ojai, led by Rick
Goodfriend, founder of
World Empathy Day. Free
will donations accepted.
Call 898-9336.
“SANTA PAWS 2009” —
The Humane Society of
Ventura County, 402 Bryant
OF
O JAI VALLEY E VENTS
St., Ojai, will hold its annual
photos with Santa for you
and your pets on Saturday
and Dec. 12 from 11 a.m. to
3 p.m. Bring dogs on leash
and cats in a carrier. Cost is
$20 for one photo with
Santa or make an extra
donation for a CD with all
the photos. All proceeds will
benefit the Humane Society.
Call 646-6505 or 656-5031
for more information.
“WE NEED A LITTLE
CHRISTMAS” — is the
theme for the Ojai
Community Chorus’ winter
concert, led by director
Connie Woodson, to be held
Saturday at 3 p.m. and
Sunday at 7 p.m. at Ojai
Presbyterian Church, 304
Foothill Road. The Youth
Ensemble, led by Candace
Delbo, will also perform.
Refreshments will follow the
performances. Suggested
donation: $15 general
admission, $10 for seniors
and students, $5 for children 6 to 11. Tickets are
available at Angela’s
Flowers, The Village Florist
and from chorus members.
Call 640-0468 for more
information.
JOE SOHM CELEBRATION — The Ojai Valley
Museum will host a celebration of Ojai’s worldrenowned photographer,
Joseph Sohm, beginning
with a screening of
“Photographing Democracy
in America” Saturday at 4:30
p.m. at the Ojai Theatre, 145
E. Ojai Ave., followed at 6
p.m. by a celebration party
at the Ojai Art Center, 113 S.
Montgomery St., where
Sohn will be signing copies
of his book, “Visions of
America.” There will be
musical entertainment,
American fare by The Event
Caddy and door prizes. For
reservations by Dec. 1, call
640-1390.
“THE MILT GABLER
STORY” — On Saturday at
7:30 p.m., the ewish
Community of the Oaks, 530
W. El Roblar Drive, will
screen “The Milt Gabler
Story.” Produced by Billy
Crystal, this is a memorial to
his uncle, Milton Gabler
(May 20, 1911-July 20, 2001),
an American record producer, responsible for many
innovations in the recording
industry of the 20th century.
From the ‘30s to the ‘60s he
recorded the stars, including
Billy Holiday, Louis
Armstrong, and Sammy
Davis Jr. For more information call 646-1721.
“BANG BANG YOU’RE
DEAD” — Nordhoff High
School drama students,
directed by John Slade, will
perform William
Mastrosimone’s play, “Bang
Bang You’re Dead” on
Saturday at 8 p.m. at
Theater 150, 316 E. Matilija
St. The play is about violence in American high
schools. Tickets are $5 at the
door. For more information,
call 640-4300 or go to theater150.org.
Sunday, Dec. 6
“DECK THE HALL WITH
LOTS O’ BRASS” — a concert to benefit the Nordhoff
High School music department, will be held Sunday at
5 p.m. at St. Thomas
Aquinas Church, 185 St.
Thomas Drive, Ojai, featuring holiday favorites and
special arrangements for
brass choir. Musicians
include NHS alumni
Michael Deutsch, David
Hickok, Chris Proudman
and Kelly Weaver, plus Bill
Wagner, NHS music director. Tickets: $20 premium
seating, $15 adults, $10 students and seniors; available
at the door or
nhsmusic.com.
TOM RUSSELL CONCERT
— Ojai Concert Series will
host the legendary
American singer-songwriter
on Sunday at 7 p.m. at the
Woman’s Club, 441 E. Ojai
Ave. Tickets: $25 advance,
$28 at the door, half-price
for kids under 15 at the
door. Buy tickets at Ojai
Creates, Serendipity Toys,
Made in Ojai, or Cardinali
Brothers Music. For information go to www.ojaiconcertseries.com or call 6658852. (D4)
Monday, Dec. 7
MUSEUM DOCENTS TO
MEET — The Ojai Valley
Museum docents will meet
on Monday at 10 a.m. in the
museum library, 130 W. Ojai
Aven. Elise DePuydt will give
a personal presentation and
book signing of her book,
“Fountains and Sculptures
of Ojai.” If you are interested
in becoming a docent or in
attending the meeting, call
640-1390.
Risa
D’Angeles
ASTROLOGY
Sag focus
brings
expanded
awareness
Risa’s complete astrological
forecast may be read at
ojaivalleynews.com. Click on
“Risa” to the left of the online
poll.
Esoteric astrology as news
for the week of Dec. 3
through 9:
There are many events this
week following last week’s
Full Moon Festival of SagGemini (goals brought forth
Tuesday, Dec. 8
HANDBELL CONCERT — for humanity and Earth’s
The Theosophical Society in well-being): The Parliament
of World Religions & Women
the Ojai Valley will meet
the
Parliament
in
Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Krotona at
School, 46 Krotona Hill. The Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 3
Hallelujah Handbell Chorus through 9; Copenhagen
from Ojai United Methodist Climate Change Conference
Dec. 7 through 18. Sunday is
Church, led by Elaine
also the second Sunday of
Nelson, will perform. Call
Advent (“something’s com646-2653 for information.
ing”) and feast day of St.
Down the Road
FREE “SEX ADDICTIONS”
EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS— will begin Dec. 9 at
7 p.m. at 52 Weeks of Peace,
408-G Bryant Circle. Call
646-7000.
LEARN CO-COUNSELING
“BASICS” — Free for anyone
who wants to enhance their
personal and social skills
and become more effective
in their work, family and
community. Co-counseling
is a simple direct method for
accessing our deepest feelings and finding answers
within ourselves which will
help us lead more productive
lives. At 7 p.m. on Dec. 10
and 14. Call Kay at 640-7650.
“WHAT;S YOUR DOSHA,
BABY?”— a free party, will
be held Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
at 52 Weeks of Peace, 408-G
Bryant Circle. Call 646-7000.
“SPIRIT OF THE SEASON”
— Nordhoff High School fall
dance concerts will be held
Dec. 11 and 12 at 7 p.m. at
Matilija Auditorium, 703 El
Paseo Road. Dances presented will seek to answer the
question, “What is the spirit
of the season?” Tickets: $8
adults, $7 NPA with ID, $5
students K-12; available now
at www.nhsdance.com or
call 640-4343, Ext. 1861, to
purchase on campus.
FREE CHRISTMAS CONCERT — The Christian
Science Church, at the corner of Oak and Blanche
streets, will present its annual free concert on Dec. 11 at
7 p.m. Begin this holiday
season on the right note by
singing favorite carols, hearing the Christmas story and
enjoying holiday music presented by some of Ojai’s talented musicians, including
vocalists Katherine Pilcher,
Kathy Thomas, and Meredith
White, organist Raelynn
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Praetorius, and pianist
Stephanie Pollock. Following
the concert, the evening will
continue with refreshments
and socializing at a nearby
home.
PEDDLERS’ FAIR — Ojai
Peddlers’ Fair will feature
antiques, collectibles, crafts
and clothing on Dec. 12 and
13, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at
Chaparral Auditorium, 414 E.
Ojai Ave. Proceeds will benefit Mira Monte Elementary
School PTO.
“COMPOSTING WITH JESSICA CRAVEN” — The Ojai
Community Demonstration
Garden, 401 S. Ventura St.,
behind City Hall, will host a
free workshop on composting on Dec. 12 from 10 to
11:30 a.m., rain or shine.
Learn how to make compost
like a pro and turn your
kitchen and yard waste into
a valuable soil amendment
that your plants will love, at
this free, hands-on workshop
with Jessica Craven, master
gardener. You’ll save water by
adding moisture-retaining
compost to your soil, too. If
you would like to help us
make compost, bring along a
bag of fruit and vegetable
peelings.
FREE CULTURAL EVENT
— A traditional ceremony
with Danza Azteca of Ojai
will be held in honor of Our
Lady of Guadalupe on Dec.
12, beginning at 4 p.m. with
a procession through downtown Meiners Oaks to St.
Thomas Aquinas Church,
185 St. Thomas Drive, where
an Azteca dance will begin at
5 p.m. All are invited to participate. Call Marisol
Nicholas (the real Santa
Claus).
We’re in Sag now, sign of
food, music, the photographer, adventurer, professor
and philosopher. In the
Bhagavad-Gita
Krishna
(divine driver of warrior
Arjuna’s chariot) says, “I am
the month of Sagittarius.”
Artemis and/or Diana are the
female Sagittarian deities.
Sag’s center of attention,
when not seeking the arrows
of intuition scattered everywhere, is always upon the
Capricorn
mountaintop.
Sagittarius nobly holds high
aspirations (aspiration of the
soul) to return to the father,
humanity’s origins (we are
starlight). Sag is energetically
a “beam of focused light.” No
wonder Sag is the photographer. Sag’s focus brings forth
expanded awareness and
consciousness
through
Jupiter, planet of great generosity and love (Ray 2) leading to wisdom. The Tibetan
says, “Jupiter brings together
and binds in friendliness.”
Thus, in the season of giving
(through Jan. 6, Feast of the
Three Kings), let us be generous with our light, our
money, our gifts, our love, our
goodness and our wisdom.
Risa D’Angeles is founder
and director of the Esoteric and
Astrological Studies and
Research Institute, a contemporary wisdom school, in
Santa Cruz, Calif. Risa can be
reached at risagoodwill@
gmail.com. Web site where further esoteric information is
posted is nightlightnews.com.
Ramirez at 646-3370 or Elena
Rios at 646-2026.
”COMFORT AND JOY” — is
the title of a holiday concert
with Grammy Award winners
Eric Tingstad and Nancy
Rumbel, to be held Dec. 12
at 7:30 p.m. at Meditation
Mount, 10340 Reeves Road,
Ojai. Tickets: $20 in advance,
$25 at the door. Seating is
limited and please car pool.
Pre-register online by Dec.
11 at meditation.com or call
646-5508. You may also bring
donations for the mount’s
holiday food drive.
TOYS FOR TOTS — To put
a smile on the face of an
underprivileged child, drop
off toys for the Toys for Tots
program at Coldwell Banker
Property Shoppe, 727 W. Ojai
Ave., until Dec. 14. Call 6467288.
WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION — The
Theosophical Society in the
Ojai Valley will meet Dec. 15
at 7 p.m. at Krotona School,
46 Krotona Hill. Bim Burckes
will be the host of a Winter
Solstice Celebration. Call
646-2653 for information.
“GO AND SIN NO MORE”
— will be the topic at the
next American Vedic
Association Bhagavad-Gita
As It Is Fellowship on Dec. 15
at 7:30 p.m. at 687 Villanova
Road. After Jesus healed the
faithful cripple at the
Methesda pool, he instructed: “Sin no more lest you
become worse off!” (John
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FIT FOR LIFE
Benefit by
losing a
few pounds
Let’s say, just for conversation, you have a few extra
inches on the middle or
around your hips and
backside. Let’s say, friend
to friend, you want to
believe
aging
makes
weight stick like glue. Do
you buy into the idea that
it’s impossible to lose a few
pounds when life’s a circus
and you’re a tight-rope
walker?
OK, these are pretty convincing thoughts. Now,
check the other side of the
“argument.” Let’s see what
just a loss of a do-able
amount of unwanted body
fat can do to keep you
healthier, happier and
more youthful looking —
and did I mention that you
could beat some genetic
risks and diseases?
• Weight loss may
improve survival in those
who have an obesity-related disease, especially diabetes.
• A modest weight loss of
4.4 pounds to 9.7 pounds
resulted in a significant
lowering of blood pressure.
• People with asthma
who lost a few pounds
reported being able to
breathe better. Those who
lost an average of 31.3
pounds over one year
showed improved lung
function and overall
health, and with weight
loss, the number of severe
asthma episodes (exacerbations) and oral corticosteroid
courses
were
reduced.
• People with type 2 diabetes who lost weight had
lower blood sugar levels
and were able to use less
medicine to lower their
blood
sugar
levels.
Sustained weight loss prevented new cases of type 2
diabetes in people who
were obese.
• People with obstructive
sleep apnea who lost as little as 10 percent of their
body weight improved
their sleep patterns and
had less daytime sleepiness. Even those who lost
just 3 or 4 pounds felt better.
Now that you’ve heard
the good news, it’s time to
get serious, especially if
you have health-related
conditions now or are
genetically disposed to
them.
What is the best way to
lose weight and keep it off?
There’s no one-size-fits-all
answer. Basically, the first
step is honesty. You can be
honest with your mirror, of
course, but you might want
to enlist a listening friend
or even speak with a counselor who specializes in
weight issues.
It’s been found that those
who have more than 20
pounds to lose do best, for
the most part, by being a
part of a program. Sticking
with a plan, however, only
works if you’re ready.
So here’s how to get ready
to lose weight.
Read: Check out the
“cost” of carrying too
much body fat. Sign up,
online or with magazines,
for health news. Learn
about your genetic risks
and/or the disease you’re
coping with so that you
can fight them and win.
You might want to check
out the studies below, too.
• Overweight by
age 21 linked to more risks
of localized, low-grade
prostate cancer; 2) overweight in older adulthood
linked to increased risk of
prostate cancer; 3) risk varied across ethnic groups
(American Association for
Cancer Research, 8/28/09).
•
Obesity
costs
Americans about $147 billion annually. This study
finds annual medical
expenditures attributable
to obesity have doubled in
less than a decade, and
may be as higher, according to a new study by
researchers
at
RTI
International, the Agency
for Healthcare Research
and Quality, and the U.S.
Centers
for
Disease
Control and Prevention
(RTI
International,
7/27/09).
• Being overweight,
obese during early adult-
hood associated with
greater risk of pancreatic
cancer. Young adults who
are overweight or obese
have an increased risk of
pancreatic cancer, and
being obese at an older age
is associated with a lower
overall survival rate for
patients with pancreatic
cancer, according to a
study in the June 24, 2009
issue of JAMA (American
Medical
Association,
6/23/09).
Activate. Step out of your
comfort zone, or the zone
that put on the extra body
weight. Begin to exercise
every day, even if it’s simply a short walk during
lunch hour or around a few
blocks near your home
after work. You’ll need a
pair of comfortable walking shoes and socks that
wick away moisture are
worth the extra dollars.
Make it a goal to eventually
exercise for an hour each
day, but start with small
do-able increments, such
as walking for just five
minutes.
Simplify. Make it easier
for you to lose weight by
simplifying your life.
Negotiate time for your
health whether that’s time
to exercise or to relax. It’s
not easy, but you may have
to turn down requests from
others so that you have
time to care for your body.
What things that pull on
your time could be delegated or even forgotten
without doing bodily or
mental harm to others?
You might want to make a
list of the things that have
to be done and then weigh
them against your health.
Food-ify. Yes, I know
that’s not a real word, but I
wanted it to mean that you
must fortify your healthy
body with food that’s big
on nutrition. We only get
one body so treat yours like
visiting royalty. Choose
only the best foods for your
body. That means with
snacks too. Vegetables,
fruit,
low-fat
yogurt,
whole-wheat crackers, rice
cakes and flavored nocalorie bubbling waters are
perfect any hour of the day
or night. Stock up so when
the munchies hit, you can
choose treats that food-ify
you.
Connect. I really do want
to hear from you. Send me
an e-mail or visit next time
you’re in Ojai. What works
for you? What has helped
you lose a few and keep off
those pounds? What did
you do to stay fit for life?
Sheila Cluff, fitness expert,
television celebrity and
owner of The Oaks at Ojai,
is the author of “Take 5:
How You Can Benefit from
Just Five Minutes of Daily
Exercise” and “The Ultimate
Recipe for Fitness” by Cluff
and Eleanor Brown. Visit
her spa on the Internet and
see all that’s happening at
the resort: The Oaks at Ojai
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me to spend the money on
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Taking second place was
Kathy De La O, who took
home a $75 gift certificate
to the Village Jester and a
night's stay at Casa Ojai
Inn.
Third place went to Matt
Sewell ($50 gift certificate
to the Village Jester), while
fourth went to Tim Dawson
($25 gift certificate to the
Village Jester). All four won
one-year subscriptions to
the Ojai Valley News as
well.
The final four contestPhoto by Scott Wintermute ants were required to sing
one fast song, one slow,
Ojai Karaoke Idol winner Vanessa Mares with a and one that the judges
check and a smile as big as her voice.
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individual involved in this
event all shared the same
traits: grace, enthusiasm
and a heartfelt desire to
put on the best community
event possible. I think
everyone who was in that
room will always remember that night."
Photo by Scott Wintermute
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Highlighting the diverse incarnations of the performing arts throughout the Ojai Valley
Folk troubadour
shows up in Ojai
Russell, promoting new CD, set for
Sunday concert at Woman’s Club
Linda Harmon
[email protected]
Santa Claus isn’t the only
traveling man coming to
town. Tom Russell, the
troubadour of soulful folk
music, is bringing his own
bag of tricks to Ojai. Russell
is making a stop in Ojai
between appearances in
Los Angeles and Santa
Barbara, bringing tunes
from his newest CD, “Blood
and Candle Smoke.”
Russell will play this
Sunday at 7 p.m., as part of
the Ojai Concert Series at
the Ojai Valley Woman’s
Club, 441 E. Ojai Ave. For
tickets, go to ojaiconcertseries.com. For more information on Russell, go to
tomrussell.com.
“I’ve got a lot of relatives
in Ojai,” said the veteran
songwriter, performer, and
lover of life. “The Malloy
family is all over those hills,
the famous surfing Malloys.
And John Malloy, my
cousin, has a ranch in Ojai,
and his sister, a ton of people. I’ve actually been
working on a documentary
about my sister who lives
over the hills in Cuyama.
She has a 300- or 400-yearold ranch there.”
Russell has released over
25 critically acclaimed CDs
and has had his music covered by Johnny Cash, k.d.
lang, Guy Clark, Nanci
Griffith, Ramblin’ Jack
Photo submitted
Tracy Buckingham, left, Jim Voirol, George Berg and
Cheryl Sanders prepare for Saturday’s concert.
Community Chorus tunes
up for weekend shows
Gail Smith
OVN contributor
The Ojai Community
Chorus is completing
rehearsals for its exciting
winter program, to be held
this Saturday at 3 p.m. and
Sunday at 7 p.m. at Ojai
Presbyterian Church, 304
Foothill Road.
What with the gloomy
news we hear every day, it
was felt that “We Need a
Little Christmas” would be a
fitting title to help chase that
gloom away and bring some
joy to our lives as we prepare
for the holidays. Led by
director Connie Woodson,
the show will feature a wide
variety of familiar and
unique melodies to capture
the heart and spirit of the
season.
To add a spirited touch,
the performers will be
decked out in costumes of
the 1800s during the second
half of the concert and, as
always, a professional
ensemble will accompany
the chorus. In addition, the
Youth Ensemble, under the
direction of Candace Delbo,
will add a fresh and lively
dimension to the program.
Keeping with tradition,
refreshments will be served
immediately following the
concert. A bake sale and
boutique will also be held,
providing an opportunity to
pick up some holiday gifts
and goodies.
The suggested donation is
$15 for general admission,
$10 for seniors and students,
and $5 for children ages 6 to
11. Children 5 and younger
will be admitted free. Tickets
are available at Angela’s
Flowers, The Village Florist,
from chorus members, and
at the door. For more information, call 640-0468.
Elliott, Iris Dement, and
Dave Alvin. He also paints,
has written three books,
and is the founder of “Roots
on the Rails,” a train trip
that takes songwriters and
performers on a musical
journey to hone their craft
and have a little fun.
“We
may
have
a
California train next year
that goes up the coast with
Dave Alvin,” he said.
Russell, who graduated
from UCSB with a degree in
criminology, makes his living with songs peppered
with desperados, drinkers,
sinners, and saints.
“I grew up on folk songs,”
said Russell, whose mother
sang and played piano and
whose uncle was a concert
pianist. “I snuck in to see
Bob Dylan in the early ‘60s
and I saw the Beatles and
Johnny Cash. That is what I
really wanted to do. I just
didn’t have the guts until I
went through school ... I
decided I couldn’t be an
academic. It was too boring.”
Instead Russell started
playing music in New York’s
skid row bars.
“I really worked my way
up,” said Russell, who also
spent some time as a taxi
driver in Queens before
meeting a particular fare,
Robert Hunter of the
Grateful Dead. He was so
impressed by Russell’s
“Gallo del Cielo” he gave
Photo submitted
Tom Russell will perform in Ojai on Sunday.
him a gig as Hunter’s opening act. Russell has come a
long way since then and
covered a lot of territory.
“I feel like with these last
two albums I’ve really hit
my stride,” said Russell.
It has taken him four
years to write the 12 songs
on this album.
Readers may already be
familiar
with
his
“Borderlands,” a haunting
album released in 2001. Its
lyrical roots came from the
area outside of El Paseo
near the Mexican border
where Russell now makes
his home. That album
included “California Snow,”
a ballad sung by a border
patrol officer upon finding
an immigrant couple
frozen to death, in each
others arms, “in the
California snow.”
That ability of Russell to
turn life into relevant art is
visible on this new album
as
well.
His
“Most
Dangerous Woman in
America,” about Mother
Jones, the worker who
fought on behalf of miners
100 years ago, will have
your chest swelling with
pride and your foot tapping.
“The title of this album
(Blood and Candle Smoke)
is from a song,” said Russell.
with a piano of course.”
“Niki vs. the Piano,” will “It’s probably my favorite
run one night only, Friday song that I’ve ever written,
at 8 p.m. at Ojai’s premier called ‘Guadalupe,’ which is
live music venue, Theater
150, 316 E. Matilija St.
Tickets are a pocket-bookfriendly $10 and are available
online
at
theater150.org or on the
phone at 646-4300. As
Theater 150 tends to sell
out most events, buying
tickets in advance is recommended.
Blumberg battles piano Friday at T-150
Niki Blumberg doesn’t
like to pick fights, especially with objects that weigh
half a ton, but this piano
had it coming.
On Friday at 8 p.m. the
gloves will be up and the
keys are going to be hot at
“Niki vs. the Piano,” starring Theater 150’s associate
artistic
director,
Niki
Blumberg. This concert of
original songs (with a few
boxing covers thrown in)
will mark Blumberg’s professional singer-song fighter debut.
“Many people have been
asking about the concept,”
Blumberg says. “We let our
emotions out most violently on those that are closest
to us. For me, that ‘person’
is my piano, and every time
I play, the piano gets the
brunt of my emotional
stresses. On De. 4, however,
I’m giving the piano a
chance to fight back.”
“Niki vs. the Piano” also
marks the second Music
150 show in Theater 150’s
ever-malleable,
newly
reconfigured main-stage
space. “It feels and sounds
amazing,” says Blumberg.
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Sunday show with
top brass choir
“Deck the Hall with Lots
O’ Brass,” Sunday at 5 p.m.
at St. Thomas Aquinas
Church, 185 St. Thomas
Drive, will feature some of
the most talented brass
and percussion musicians
in Southern California,
playing lots of holiday
favorites as well as several
special arrangements for
brass choir.
The musicians include
Nordhoff High School
alumni Michael Deutsch,
David
Hickok,
Chris
Proudman
and
Kelly
Weaver plus Bill Wagner,
NHS music director.
Some of the most beautiful music written for brass
instruments, organ and
percussion will be featured, among them Aaron
Copland’s “Fanfare for the
Common Man,” Percy
Grainger’s “Irish Tune from
County Derry,” and Morton
Lauridsen’s “O Magnum
Mysterium.”
Audience members will
also have the chance to
join in the holiday spirit
with a rousing carol singalong.
This concert is sponsored
by the Nordhoff High
School music department
and proceeds benefit a
scholarship
fund
for
deserving music students.
Tickets are $20 for premium seating, $15 for adults
and $10 for students and
seniors, and are available
at nhsmusic.com or at the
door.
incredible membership
thank-you concert with
Jonathan McEuen, Jim
Calire, Randy Tico. The
space really lends itself to
an intimate musical experience and I feel really privileged to get the chance to
play here, and pick a fight
about
Our
Lady
of
Guadalupe in Mexico City. I
was sitting in that shrine in
the middle of the afternoon
about five years ago, and
getting a surge of passion
that was going through
there. I think the line is ‘who
am I to doubt these mysteries cured in centuries of
blood and candle smoke?’
So it is a song about passion
and belief, even if you’re not
a Catholic.”
Russell tends to shy away
from politics and focuses
instead on humanity.
“I don’t have any strict
politics,” said Russell,
laughing just a bit.
“Although, I have done
songs that are pretty radical
and I have done a few, years
ago, that can be construed
as political, like ‘Who’s
Going to Build Your Wall?’
about the Mexican border,
which could be construed
as radical.”
And he did do them on
“The Letterman Show.”
“But I wouldn’t consider
this a political album.
There are some nods to
ecology and American
rivers, ‘Mississippi River
Runnin’ Backwards.’ They
kind of slipped in there —
and there are some references to Mother Jones.”
One question remains.
How does he get it all done?
“We don’t own a television,” said Russell.
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OJAI VALLEY NEWS
Sports
Wednesday
Dec. 2, 2009
INSIDE:
B2 Classified
B4 People
Highlighting prep, rec and area sports
Sondra Murphy, editor
646-1476, Ext. 236
Local runners compete Toads out
in state championships of playoffs
Nordhoff’s Hasbrouck, Thacher boys finish strong in CIF cross country meet
Mike Miller
[email protected]
The Thacher Toad boys’
cross country team and
Nordhoff’s
Catherine
Hasbrouck spent part of their
Thanksgiving break in
Fresno as they took part in
California’s premier high
school cross country meet,
the
CIF-State
Championships. The race,
which took place at
Woodward Park, covered
5,000 meters of territory and
featured some of the nation’s
best runners and most competitive long distance programs.
As is the case at most CIF
finals, the Ojai Valley runners
fared well. Hasbrouck fin-
ished her career as a Ranger
cross country runner by finishing ninth overall in the
Division IV race. The senior
finished the race in 18:33.
The winner of the Division IV
race was sophomore Camille
Chapus from HarvardWestlake, who ran an
impressive 17:59.
The Toads and their head
coach Fred Coleman once
again proved they comprise
one of the best small school
programs in the state with a
fourth-place finish, just five
points out of third place and
they improved over last
year’s seventh-place finish.
As a complete team, the
Toads were tops in the
Division V race as all seven of
their runners finished in the
NHS runner Catherine Hasbrouck, right,
starts off last year’s cross country championships. Hasbrouck finished CIF state
[email protected]
The Villanova boys’ basketball team unveiled its new
look under first year head
coach Jon Wyers last Monday
night when they hosted
Kilpatrick in their season
opener.
Unfortunately for the
Wildcats, missed free throws
and some other easy looks
would not fall and they lost,
41-33.
Senior James Engesser,
who is expected to lead the
team this year, scored 17 of
Villanova’s 33 points. The
team captain also grabbed 11
rebounds and recorded six
steals. Wyers said, “James
played really well, but we
needed a second scorer
which really did not happen.
In our pre-season scrimmage, we got some points
from Connor Placial but he
“It was a great
day and I am
completely
satisfied that we
did everything we
could as a team.”
— Toads’ coach
Fred Coleman
which is not what local runners are used to. “We love
hills and we love heat. That is
what you get no matter
which direction you turn up
here. Even though we train
on flat surfaces to get ready
for state, we run much better
on hilly courses. The flat
course at state allowed a couple of teams to sneak by us,”
said Coleman.
The plan going into the
race for Thacher was to have
Will Callan and Joel Reimer
go to the front of the pack of
180 runners while the other
five runners were to stay
together and work as a team
over the 5,000-meter course.
“I call that the power of the
pack. We will always run
faster as a team than as individuals and our kids executed beautifully. It was a great
day and I am completely satisfied that we did everything
we could as a team,” said
Coleman.
The runners for Thacher
finished as follows: Seventh,
Will Callan; 12th, Joel
Photo by Dave Settem Reimer; 39th, Nick Kohli;
42nd, Alex MacMillan; 48th,
competition ninth overall this year, while Javier Quiroz; 49th; Carson
the Thacher boys’ team placed fourth for Land; and 52nd, Jesse
the season.
Gonzalez.
‘Nova boys hoops
takes opening loss
Mike Miller
top 52 places which was far
and away the best performance by any team in their
division. Unfortunately for
the Toads, only the top five
runners count in the overall
scoring.
According to Coleman, the
fourth-place finish ties the
school’s all-time-best finish.
They also finished fourth
back in 1988. “All seven of our
runners ran well and we
peaked at just the right time.
Our times were tumbling
down over the last three
races which is exactly what
you need to happen this time
of the year,” said Coleman.
One of the biggest obstacles for the Toads was the fact
the state championship
course was flat and fast,
was out tonight with an
injury.” Like many basketball
teams in the early season, the
Wildcats are nursing some
lingering football injuries.
Both Leon Wu and Jackson
Doyle are expected to be
sidelined for the next month
noted Wyers.
Regarding his team’s play
overall, Wyers said, “We need
to make shots. We got great
looks, but we were under 50
percent from the free throw
line and we missed six or
eight wide open lay-ups,
which just can’t happen if
you expect to win games. On
defense, we played really well
and our kids played hard.”
Villanova is slated to play in
the Laguna Blanca tournament starting today and
going through the weekend.
See future editions of the
OVN for previews of all local
preparatory basketball teams
as their seasons tip off.
Santa Clarita knocks Thacher
football out of postseason
play with 62-22 loss
Mike Miller
[email protected]
The Thacher Toads
dropped their CIF-SS
semifinal matchup to
Santa Clarita Christian
last Saturday night by
the count of 62-22. The
Toads were once again
one game from advancing to the finals, but
they could not overcome the Cardinals’
high-powered offense.
Regarding his team’s
play, head coach Jeff
Hooper said, “Santa
Clarita is a fine team,
and they really outperformed us on many levels, including coaching.
What they didn’t do,
however, is play harder
or with more passion
than our players. We
didn’t like the outcome,
but we were once again
very proud of our players and the way they
competed and dealt
OVLL seeks coaches, managers
Ojai Valley Little League is taking applications for
managerial and coaching positions for next year’s
teams. For more informatioin, contact Bob Boyd at [email protected] or 896-2000. Interviews will be conducted at the Dec. 10 and Jan. 9 board meetings.
Submit local sports info to [email protected]
Horse eventing riding clinic next week
Another three day
Eventing Riding Clinic
with nationally known
trainer Jeff Peters is
scheduled for Dec. 13
at S & R Ranch, 791
Boardman Road, Ojai.
Choose either
jumping, dressage or
both. Cost is $50 per
lesson, $10 per horse
trailer-in fee and is
free to audit.
No eventing experience is necessary, all
levels are welcome,
but reservations are
mandatory, as class
size is limited. Call
208-0442 or e-mail to
to reserve space.
Please note new
location.
Submitted photo
Trainer Jeff Peters and Milo jump a table on a cross country course.
Ventura County Fusion to hold soccer tryouts
Ventura County Fusion
will be holding trial sessions
during the months of
December and January. The
Premier
Development
League team will be holding
men’s open soccer tryouts
for the upcoming 2010 season, as well as a schedule of
exhibition matches against
professional teams.
As the Fusion gears up to
defend
its
National
Championship title, the
search is on for top college
players and undiscovered
talent playing in other open
leagues to add to the roster
as many of the championship winning team members are expected to move
up in the professional ranks
within the United States
and overseas.
In addition to the 2009
National Championship
PDL season, the Fusion also
had a series of friendly
matches against professional teams that included
the Seattle Sounders, Real
Salt Lake, Chivas USA,
Japanese champions Oita
Tr i n i t a a n d f o u r- t i m e
Swedish premier league
champions
GAIS
Gothenburg. Also in July,
the Fusion hosted Burnley
Football Club of the
English Premier League.
Shortly thereafter the
Fusion beat the Chicago
Fire, 2-1, in the televised
game on Fox Soccer
Channel to win the PDL
National Championship.
Aside from the great playing opportunity, the Fusion
Sports Shorts
ORD continues
Friday teen fun
The
new
Ojai
Recreation Department
Teen Night schedule runs
through Dec. 18 at 510
Park Road. The game
room will be open from 6
to 9 p.m.
Coed volleyball costs
$30 per person for six
weeks and has two divisions. Fourth- through
sixth-graders play at 7:15
p.m.
and
sevenththrough ninth-graders
play at 8:15 p.m.
Dodge
ball
runs
through Jan. 29 and costs
$10 per person. There will
be eight players per team
and three coed divisions.
Fourth- through sixth-
graders play at 6:30 p.m.,
seventh- and eighthgraders play at 7:30 p.m.
and ninth- through 12thgraders play at 8:30 p.m.
For more information,
call ORD at 646-1872.
Drop-in tennis
classes continue
Rick Thompson offers
drop-in tennis class for
ladies only Wednesdays
at 6 p.m. at the lower
Libbey tennis courts.
The one-hour class is
for beginning and intermediate players. No
appointment is needed.
The cost is $10 for the
hour.
Men’s classes are still
ongoing Tuesdays and
with adversity. On a
night when so much
went so poorly, I honestly felt like we ended
the game tighter and
more unified as a team
than we started it,
which is a tough thing
to do in that kind of situation.”
Thacher has once
again solidified themselves as one of the best
eight-man
football
teams in the state and
they are sure to be back
in the hunt next season
despite losing a core
group of 16 seniors.
The seniors were:
Sebastian Schell, Will
Waste, Morgan Krey,
Tom Kim, Kyle Dietrich,
Austin
Krause,
Emmanuel Camarillo,
Cole Ryder, Brandon
Tate, Evan Praetorius,
Mark Whitley, Nick
Hwang, Trent Holden,
Sean Ongley, Stephen
Yih, and Casey Wyman.
has a history of providing a
pathway for players to get
to the next level through
their extensive contacts in
the professional game
throughout the world. To
date the PDL team has
transferred players to overseas teams in the English
Premier
League,
the
German Bundesliga 11, and
Scandinavia.
Major league soccer
teams have taken a total of
10 former Fusion players.
Fusion also made interna-
tional headlines when midway through last season,
captain Anton Peterlin was
offered a professional contract with Everton FC of the
English Premier League in a
trail that was organized via
the Fusion.
Tryouts cost $50 and are
scheduled to take place at
Ventura College, 4667
Telegraph Road, Dec. 12
and 13 and Jan. 16 and 17.
For more information go
to vcfusion.com or call 2560925.
“Our hopes, like towering falcons, aim
At objects in an airy height;
The little pleasure of the game
Is from afar to view the flight.”
Thursdays at 6 p.m.
–– Matthew Prior
Fusion Soccer
School under way
The autumn sessions of
the Fusion Soccer School
have kicked off. The
Soccer School is an
eight-week program for
players ages 4 to 12.
Ojai sessions are scheduled
for
Tuesdays
through Dec.15 from 4 to
5 p.m. at Oak Grove
School. Players may register any time during the
sessions.
For more information
go to vcfusion.com or
contact Brian at 830-8027
or [email protected].
Soule Park Senior
Men’s Golf Club
Nov. 23 Annual Turkey
Shoot Tournament Results
Len Block
Hugh Black
Tony Hirsch
Jim DeGraffenreid
Todd Tanner
Lynn Shackelford
Tex Williams
Al Gross
Fred Standifer
Jim Maxwell
Chuck Montag
David Ha
Jim Irvine
Don Gluyas
Jim Lane
Joe Garcia
Pete Mercado
Ray Cavallero
Bill Niguen
David Sparks
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Soule Park golfers take fourth Senior Cup
For the fourth consecutive year, the Soule Park
Senior Men’s Golf Club
won the Ventura County
Senior Cup. The club
played three rounds of
golf, each formatted differently, at Beunaventura,
Soule Park and Olivas
Park golf courses.
The club competed
against Buena, Camarillo
Springs, River Ridge,
Sterling Hills and Olivas
Links. Points were awarded each golfer’s results,
with the Ojai team topping the final tallies.
2009 Ventura County Senior Cup Results
Team
Round 1
Round 2
Soule Park
Buena
Camarillo Springs
River Ridge
Sterling Hills
Olivas Links
8.5
11
10.5
7
8.0
1.5
35.00
16.00
22.00
17.00
17.50
11.00
Round 3 Total Points
50.00
47.50
36.50
37.00
23.50
32.00
93.50
74.50
69.00
61.00
49.00
44.50
Classifieds
Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 B2
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but only in two cases:
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errors shall not exceed the cost of that portion of space occupied
by such error.
COMPUTERS &
HELP WANTED
ACCESSORIES
DELL desktop, new,
$400. 646-2049.
MISCELLANEOUS
FOR SALE
CUSTOMER
SERVICE
REPRESENTATIVE
(Salary: $3,664.58$4,499.14/month)
FIREWOOD
SEASONED
firewood, 646-9484.
SEASONED oak,
$300. Eucalyptus,
$250. 947-6462.
FOUND
FIND SOMETHING?
We run “found” ads
2 times at no charge.
Call 646-1476,
Ext. 210.
FREE
IRON bathtub, white
enamel, art deco style,
good condition.
646-3800.
FURNITURE
16 top-quality black
folding chairs, hardly
used. $30 new. What
offers? 640-7340.
QUEEN oak sleigh bed
& frame. Needs a little
work, but a gorgeous
piece of furniture. $50.
805-798-0177.
HELP WANTED
WESTRIDGE
Market. Produce
clerk, grocery clerk, &
deli clerk available.
646-2762, 802 E. Ojai
Ave. Apply with
Austin.
The Ojai Valley
Sanitary District
(OVSD) is seeking to
fill the position of
Customer Service
Representative.
Minimum of two years
of clerical, accounting
and data collection, or
equivalent-level experience in business
administration, permit
processing, or the
preparation and
interpretation of blueprints or engineering
drawings. Education
equivalent to
completion of twelfth
grade or equivalent
experience.
Applications and
information may be
obtained from the
District Office located
at 1072 Tico Road,
Ojai, California 93023,
(805) 646-5548.
Applications will be
mailed or emailed
upon request.
Qualified candidates
must submit a
completed application
and current resume to
the District office.
Resumes will not be
accepted in place of a
completed agency
application.
Applications will be
accepted until 5:00
p.m. Friday,
December 11, 2009.
EOE
HOUSEHOLD
GOODS
FOR sale: 19-inch
Zenith television. $30.
798-0177.
Advertise in
your ONLY
local paper!
Call Misty at
646-1476,
Ext. 228
LOST
JACK RUSSELL:
All white with black
spot on back, lost
Sisar Rd., no collar,
answers to Henry,
beloved pet, please
help! 280-2638.
RENTALS,
APARTMENTS
RUSTIC country 1 + 1.
Spacious upstairs
balcony w/mtn. view.
All utils., carport, sm.
yd., stove, fridge &
lndry. N/P, N/S, $995.
646-3587.
RENTALS,
BUSINESS
MOTOR VEHICLES
FOR SALE
2000 Toyota Sienna
LE minivan. 1 owner,
good condition, 117K
mi. Asking $5,965.
640-0407
PETS
& ANIMALS
SERVICES
RENTALS, HOUSES
RENTALS, ROOMS
RENTALS, STUDIOS
O.V., 4 + 1-3/4,
10577 N. Almond Ave.,
$1,850/mo. RV,
parking, fenced,
garage. 649-9412.
A lovely sunny bdrm.
w/bath. I will share my
Ojai home with a nonsmoking senior lady.
$500/mo. Call 6467191 after 6 pm.
SPACIOUS, det.
$1,425/mo. N/S/N/P.
Linda, 798-3682.
EXLNT. pet sitter,
housekeeper, dog
walker. 19 yr. local.
640-5372.
RENTALS
EXP. caregiver, livein/out . English.
Excellent, references.
Please call Doy at 805212-6546.
OJAI 2 br., 1-3/4 ba.
209 E. Eucalyptus,
garage/yard.
$1,700/mo. + sec. dep.
649-9412.
CHARMING downtown
bungalow, share
bathroom, n/s. n/p.
$700 incl. utils &
cable. 798-0739.
OFFERED
OFFICES
OFFICES Available:
Small and Large on
Bryant St. Ojai,
805-646-2263.
LARGE warehouse for
rent on Bryant St, Ojai,
646-2263.
SMALL trailer, East
End, quiet
neighborhood, $500
mo. Call 646-4659.
RENTALS, STUDIOS
OJAI: OfficeSuites
at Reduced Rates!
(805) 563-9400.
FLOORINGELECTRICALREMODEL-TILE. One
call does all, big or
small. CSL# 331566,
850-9864.
RENTALS, DUPLEX
Place your ad online!
ojaivalleynews.com
CUTE fenced studio in
town, utils. incl., $775.
805-646-3948.
Fax your ads and
legals to 646-4281.
MATH tutoring,
experienced, all
levels, 640-7101.
NEW 1 + 1 in M.O.
Yd., w/t pd. $895 +
dep. 649-4118.
J & J Handyman Service
RENTALS, HOUSES
1942 Union Pacific
R x R caboose. Would
make a great guest
house, all steel, $25K
or $35K delivered.
640-9867.
samples, equipment or cash bond in order to obtain a
position. READERS are cautioned to thoroughly
investigate services and products advertised in this
publication. Consumers are urged to use prudence in
their patronage. Advertising in this publication in no
way represents an endorsement by the publisher.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT to require that any ad be
paid in advance of publishing. REFUNDS will be
mailed within 30 days of cancellation. READERS are
cautioned to make no investments before thoroughly
investigating any advertisements in the Classified
columns, which require investments in stocks,
1 + 1 guest house,
w/d, deck, all utils.
+ gardener, $1,250.
798-2925.
No job too big, no job too small, we
do it all! Call TODAY for your
free estimate!
2 + 1 condo, f/p, pool,
garage, w/d hkups,
wtr. pd. $1,600 p/m
+ dep. Agent,
649-6915.
3 + 1.5, beautiful
inside/out, lndry. rm.,
koi pond & spa,
$1,800. Agent,
794-0579.
30+ years experience
805-901-7436
805-649-6825
3 + 2.5 w/lg. fenced yd.
Pool and tennis club
incl. $2,295 + util. $200
bonus for first 6
months. Call 766-7889.
Ask about our Senior Discount!
4 + 2, in M.M. area,
n/s, n/p. $1,800 per
month, 649-2677.
5 + 3 avail. in Jan.,
great for large/extnd.
family. Call 358-1912,
$2,600/mo.
STELLA
COUNTRY LIVING,
Stella is a beautiful and
CLOSE TO TOWN!
affectionate
Ranch-style, 3 + 1,
1-year-old German
detached garage,
shepherd mix. She is a
$1,800. Herrick
smart girl who is willing
Property Mgt. M-F, 9-4.
to learn and really
646-8169.
wants to please. She
loves people, but
DOWNTOWN
Ojai,
doesn’t seem to get
btfl., remod, 3 + 2 w/lg.
along well with other
dogs. Stella is hoping fenced yd., $2,400/mo,
Gdnr Incl., f/l/sec. dep.
that her forever home
Avail 1/1/10, term neg.
comes along soon!
805-640-3039.
THE CANINE
ADOPTION AND
IN town, 3 + 3 plus xtra
RESCUE LEAGUE
office/art studio,
Pet Adoption Center
$2,185. 640-8836.
3004 Telegraph Rd.
LARGE Taormina
Ventura, CA 93003
home, 2 + 2. Lease at
(805) 652-1001
$2,200-$2,400. Call
www.carlvc.org
646-5883 for appt.
RENTALS,
APARTMENTS
IN town, clean, quiet,
1 bdrm. n/p, n/s. $850
+ dep. 646-1839.
M.O., upstairs, 1 + 1,
all utils. pd. Avail. now.
$795 + deposit. Stan,
646-7288, #109.
Call Circulation today
for subscription
options at
646-1476, Ext. 212.
M.O. huge 1 + 1
sun room, garage,
fncd. yd., xlnt. $1,150
mo. 530-409-5484.
M.O. Large 2 + 1
w/stove, fridge.
N/S, NP, $1,085.
646-8886.
MIRA Monte, 3 + 2 +
bonus room, Stove,
hookups, all utilities
paid. $1,995. mo. rent.
Pets OK. Avail. 11/27.
Ven Co. Properties
805-652-1050.
N EW YO R K TI M E S P U Z Z L E
No. 1129
CUED UP By Will Nediger / Edited by Will Shortz
.
Across
1 Government pubs.,
say
5 Twine holder
10 Amateur
publication, for
short
14 What a migraine
might feel like
18 Moonfish
19 Primary
stratagem
20 Like much music
21 Old alpaca wool
gatherer
22 Delighted
exclamation?
25 Co u g h cau se
26 Sail extender
27 Inventive type
28 Bit of attire for a
carriage ride
29 Pitcher ’s feat
32 One all, say
33 Tame
34 “Tamerlane”
dramatist
Nicholas
35 V-chip target
36 Part of an Irish
playwright’s
will?
38 Museum worker
40 Bank statement
entry
42 It came up from
Down Under
43 Tom of “The
Tomorrow Show”
45 Fish-and-chips
fish
46 Sultan’s land
For any three answers,
call from a touch-tone
phone: 1-900-285-5656,
$1.49 each minute; or,
with a credit card, 1-800814-5554.
1
2
3
4
5
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49 Aquafina
competitor
54 Impertinent sort
56 TV character
often seen in a
Metallica T-shirt
58 Pipe attachment
59 Needle problem
62 Tests the water?
64 “Don’t fight”
66 Game grp.
67 Many curves, in
math
68 Carsick
passenger?
7 0 B o n mot
71 Babylon’s site,
today
7 2 C o nvent i ons
73 Starting point
74 Some pieces in
an
archaeological
museum
75 Bratislava’s river
7 7 “ C ome on,
guys!”
79 “Jour de Fête”
star, director and
writer, 1949
81 Neighbor of a
shift key
82 “Little Women”
woman
83 Iranian supreme
leader ___
Khamenei
85 New Zealand’s
discoverer
89 49-Across, e.g.
91 Red leader?
93 Spanish girl
9 4 C a usi ng
uneasiness?
101 Not safe
103 Schools of
thought
104 Drawers, e.g.
105 Plain and
simple
106 Darjeeling, e.g.
108 White as a sheet
109 Germane
111 Last stage of
insect
development
112 Believe
113 Carryin’ on, in
olden times?
117 Gambling game
enjoyed by
Wyatt Earp
118 Paunch
119 Wake Island,
e.g.
120 Turn over
121 Irish ___
122 Put in stitches
123 Poet who wrote
“An’ the Gobbleuns ’at gits you /
Ef you / Don’t /
Watch / Out!”
124 Walked
Down
1 Bobs and such
2 Alphabetic trio
3 Florida Keys
connector
4 Anger at losing
one’s flock?
5 Gymnastic feat
6 Conspired
7 Unlikely ballet
dancer
8 Sign warning
people to be
quiet
9 Columbo’s
employer, for
short
10 Whizzed along
11 Maraud
12 Tandoor-baked
bread
13 Head of lettuce?
14 Krishna is one of
his avatars
15 One surrounded
by cell walls
16 Looks sore
17 Bald baby?
20 Bring up the rear
23 N.L. West team,
on scoreboards
24 ___ four
28 “The Dark
Knight,” for one
29 Assns.
30 It may be
declined
31 Suit
33 Absolute beauty
36 Call on a pitch
37 Nebraska senator
Nelson
39 Easy chair site
41 Narrator of “How
I Met Your
Mother”
44 Blue
46 Superior to
47 It may feature a
windmill
48 “Don’t Be Cruel”
vis-à-vis “Hound
Dog”
50 Subjugation?
51 Bring about
52 Time’s partner
53 Some tides
55 Name shared by
12 pope s
57 Big gulf
58 French
mathematician
who pioneered in
the theory of
probability
59 Water park
feature
6
7
23
38
39
43
40
54
32
67
68
71
72
75
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48
49
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93
102
106
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110
111
112
113
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118
119
120
121
122
123
124
60 Sura source
61 “Impossible!”
63 Positive thinking
proponent
65 Legal writ, in
brief
69 Clockmaker
Thomas
76 German city
where Beck’s
beer is brewed
78 “Our ___”
80 Certain X or O
86
74
78
99
53
70
73
98
52
66
69
97
50
58
64
90
108
47
57
82
89
51
33
46
77
81
17
42
63
76
16
37
45
62
15
25
41
55
61
14
21
36
44
96
13
28
31
35
95
12
24
30
60
11
27
34
94
10
20
26
59
9
19
22
29
8
82 Programming
problem
84 Wood alternative
86 Get fogged up
87 Greatest
flowering
88 Astronaut’s
insignia
90 Dolt
91 Like a
butterfingers
92 Within earshot
94 Hearty drafts
114
95 Prevent from
being reelected
96 Cleave
97 Try to avoid
detection
98 Chevy m odel
99 Forsooth
100 It may be
dramatic
102 Opportune
106 Matthew 26
question
107 Sound at a spa
115 116
109 “The Clan of
the Cave Bear”
author
110 Baseball G.M.
Minaya
11 3 Montana and
others, for short
114 Helios’
counterpart
115It may be said
before a kiss
116 ___ Land of
“Twenty
Thousand
Leagues Under
the Sea”
PUBLIC NOTICES
OVN11-07-09
Published Ojai Valley News
November 11, 18 & 25,
2009
December 2, 2009
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2009102910016560-0
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
James B. Becker, Assistant
File Date: 10/29/2009
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
Vesta the Restaurant
Street Address of
Principal Place of Business:
242 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai, CA
93023, Ventura County
Full Name of Registrant
(Individual)/
Corporation/Limited
Liability Company:
Morgan Ruth Alvarez
Salmans
401 N. Ventura St.
Ojai, CA 93023
(Individual)/
Corporation/Limited
Liability Company:
Stephanie Lorraine Brown
401 N. Ventura St.
Ojai, CA 93023
THIS BUSINESS IS
CONDUCTED BY: A
General Partnership
The registrant
commenced to transact
business under the fictitious
business name or names
listed on 10/28/09.
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.)
/s/MORGAN R.
ALVAREZ-SALMANS
Morgan R. AlvarezSalmans
This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of
VENTURA County on date
indicated by file stamp
above.
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 of 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).
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OVN11-08-09
November 11, 18 & 25,
2009
December 2, 2009
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2009102210016228-0
Recorder
File Date: 10/22/2009
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS: 1)
Pink Taxi, 2) Pink Cab, 3)
Pink Taxicab of Ventura
Street Address of
1574 Devonshire Ave.,
Westlake Village, CA,
91361 Ventura County
(Individual)/
Corporation/Limited
Liability Company:
Shahrzad Babaeian
1574 Devonshire Ave.
Westlake Village, CA,
91361
THIS BUSINESS IS
CONDUCTED BY: An
Individual
The registrant
listed on N/A.
I declare that all
information in this
correct.
/s/SHAHRZAD
BABAEIAN
Shahrzad Babaeian
/s/SHAHRZAD
BABAEIAN
Shahrzad Babaeian Owner
above.
Code).
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OVN11-16-09
November 18 & 25, 2009
December 2, 2009
ASAP #3326089
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S
SALE Trustee Sale No.
437952CA Loan No.
0686452350 Title Order
No. 185971 YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A
DEED OF TRUST DATED
10/08/2004. UNLESS YOU
TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT YOUR
PROPERTY, IT MAY BE
SOLD AT A PUBLIC
SALE. IF YOU NEED AN
EXPLANATION OF THE
NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD CONTACT A
LAWYER. On 12/08/2009
at 11:00 AM,
CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE
COMPANY as the duly
appointed Trustee under
and pursuant to Deed of
Trust Recorded 10/15/2004,
Book , Page , Instrument
20041015-0277808, of
official records in the
Office of the Recorder of
VENTURA County,
California, executed by:
KRISTINA KNAPIC AND
JOHN DEVITO, WIFE
AND HUSBAND AS
COMMUNITY
PROPERTY WITH RIGHT
OF SURVIVORSHIP, as
Trustor, WASHINGTON
MUTUAL BANK, FA, as
Beneficiary, will sell at
public auction sale to the
highest bidder for cash,
cashier’s check drawn by a
state or national bank, a
state or federal credit union,
or a cashier’s check drawn
by a state or federal savings
and loan association,
savings association, or
savings bank specified in
section 5102 of the
Financial Code and
authorized to do business in
this state. Sale will be held
by the duly appointed
trustee as shown below, of
all right, title, and interest
conveyed to and now held
by the trustee in the
hereinafter described
property under and
pursuant to the Deed of
Trust. The sale will be
made, but without covenant
or warranty, expressed or
implied, regarding title,
possession, or
encumbrances, to pay the
remaining principal sum of
the note(s) secured by the
Deed of Trust, interest
thereon, estimated fees,
charges and expenses of the
Trustee for the total amount
(at the time of the initial
publication of the Notice of
Sale) reasonably estimated
to be set forth below. The
amount may be greater on
the day of sale. Place of
Sale: AT THE MAIN
ENTRANCE TO THE
GOVERNMENT CENTER
HALL OF JUSTICE, 800
SOUTH VICTORIA
AVENUE , VENTURA,
CA Legal Description:
LOTS 1, 2, 13 AND 14,
BLOCK ‘’A’’ HALL
TUTTLE TRACT NO. 1,
COUNTY OF VENTURA,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
ACCORDING TO THE
MAP RECORDED IN
BOOK 19 PAGE 23 OF
MAPS, IN THE OFFICE
OF THE COUNTY
RECORDER OF SAID
COUNTY. Amount of
unpaid balance and other
charges: $1,013,526.76
(estimated) Street address
and other common
designation of the real
property: 205 SOUTH
LOMITA AVENUE OJAI,
CA 93023 APN Number:
017-0-196-060 The
undersigned Trustee
disclaims any liability for
any incorrectness of the
street address and other
common designation, if
any, shown herein. The
property heretofore
described is being sold “as
is”. In compliance with
California Civil Code
2923.5(c) the mortgagee,
trustee, beneficiary, or
authorized agent declares:
that it has contacted the
borrower(s) to assess their
financial situation and to
explore options to avoid
foreclosure; or that it has
made efforts to contact the
borrower(s) to assess their
financial situation and to
explore options to avoid
foreclosure by one of the
following methods: by
telephone; by United States
mail; either 1st class or
certified; by overnight
delivery; by personal
delivery; by e-mail; by face
to face meeting. DATE: 1118-2009 DECLARATION
PURSUANT TO
CALIFORNIA CIVIL
CODE SECTION 2923.54
Pursuant to California Civil
Code Section 2923.54, the
undersigned loan servicer
declares as follows: 1. It
has obtained from the
commissioner a final or
temporary order of
exemption pursuant to
Section 2923.54 that is
current and valid on the
date the notice of sale is
filed; and 2. The timeframe
for giving notice of sale
specified in subdivision (a)
of Section 2923.52 does not
apply pursuant to Section
2923.52 or Section
2923.55.CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE
COMPANY, as Trustee
(714) 259-7850 or
www.fidelityasap.com
(714) 573-1965 or
www.priorityposting.com
CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE
COMPANY IS A DEBT
COLLECTOR
ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT A DEBT. ANY
INFORMATION
OBTAINED WILL BE
USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE. DEBORAH
BRIGNAC, VICE
PRESIDENT ASAP#
3326089 11/18/2009,
11/25/2009, 12/02/2009
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OVN11-17-09
November 18 & 25, 2009
December 2, 2009
ASAP #33388277
SALE T.S. No. GM188621-C Loan No.
0702119703 YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A
DEED OF TRUST DATED
TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT YOUR
PROPERTY, IT MAY BE
SOLD AT A PUBLIC
EXPLANATION OF THE
NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD
CONTACT A LAWYER. A
public auction sale to the
highest bidder for cash,
cashier’s check drawn on a
state or national bank,
check drawn by a state or
federal credit union, or a
federal savings and loan
association, or savings
association, or savings bank
specified in Section 5102 of
the Financial Code and
this state, will be held by
the duly appointed trustee.
The sale will be made, but
without covenant or
warranty, expressed or
possession, or
encumbrances, to satisfy
the obligation secured by
said Deed of Trust. The
undersigned Trustee
property address or other
any, shown herein.
TRUSTOR: INGRID B
MALMSTEDT AND
ANDREW H MAYS,
WIFE AND HUSBAND
Recorded 12/22/2006 as
Instrument No. 2006122200268416-0 in Book -, page
- of Official Records in the
office of the Recorder of
Ventura County, California,
Date of Sale:12/9/2009 at
11:00 AM Place of Sale: At
the main entrance to the
Government Center Hall of
Justice, 800 South Victoria
Avenue, Ventura, California
Property Address is
purported to be: 830
MORENO DRIVE OJAI,
California 93023-3454
APN #: 018-0-211-115 The
total amount secured by
said instrument as of the
time of initial publication
of this notice is
$290,942.00, which
includes the total amount of
the unpaid balance
(including accrued and
unpaid interest) and
reasonable estimated costs,
expenses, and advances at
the time of initial
publication of this notice.
Pursuant to California Civil
Code 2923.54 the
undersigned, on behalf of
the beneficiary, loan
servicer or authorized
agent, declares as follows: [
1 ] The mortgage loan
servicer has obtained from
the commissioner a final or
temporary order of
Section 2923.53 that is
date the notice of sale is
filed; [ 2 ] The timeframe
for giving notice of sale
of Section 2923.52 does not
apply pursuant to Section
2923.52 or 2923.55. ETS
Services, LLC Date:
11/12/2009 2255 North
Ontario Street, Suite 400
Burbank, California 915043120 Sale Line: 714-7302727 Omar Solorzano,
TRUSTEE SALE
OFFICER ASAP# 3338277
11/18/2009, 11/25/2009,
12/02/2009
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OVN11-18-09
November 18 & 25, 2009
December 2, 2009
R #269308
SALE T.S No. 1233580-14
APN: 017-0-316-095 TRA:
002002 LOAN NO:
Xxxxxx7444 REF: Copus,
Ralph IMPORTANT
NOTICE TO PROPERTY
OWNER: YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A
DEED OF TRUST, DATED
May 02, 2006. UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT YOUR
PROPERTY, IT MAY BE
SOLD AT A PUBLIC
EXPLANATION OF THE
NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD
CONTACT A LAWYER.
On December 08, 2009, at
11:00am, Cal-Western
Reconveyance Corporation,
as duly appointed trustee
under and pursuant to Deed
of Trust recorded May 09,
2006, as Inst. No. 0098942
in book 20060509, page
XX of Official Records in
the office of the County
Recorder of Ventura
County, State of California,
executed by Ralph Copus,
A Widower, will sell at
public auction to highest
bidder for cash, cashier’s
check drawn on a state or
national bank, a check
drawn by a state or federal
credit union, or a check
drawn by a state or federal
savings and loan
association, savings
At the main entrance to the
government center hall of
Avenue Ventura, California,
all right, title and interest
conveyed to and now held
by it under said Deed of
Trust in the property
situated in said County and
State described as:
Completely described in
said deed of trust The street
address and other common
designation, if any, of the
real property described
above is purported to be:
334 Descanso Ave Ojai CA
93023 The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any
liability for any
incorrectness of the street
designation, if any, shown
herein. Said sale will be
held, but without covenant
or warranty, express or
possession, condition or
encumbrances, including
fees, charges and expenses
of the Trustee and of the
trusts created by said Deed
of Trust, to pay the
remaining principal sums of
the note(s) secured by said
Deed of Trust. The total
amount of the unpaid
balance of the obligation
secured by the property to
be sold and reasonable
estimated costs, expenses
and advances at the time of
the initial publication of the
Notice of Sale is:
$492,943.87. If the Trustee
is unable to convey title for
any reason, the successful
bidder’s sole and exclusive
remedy shall be the return
of monies paid to the
Trustee, and the successful
bidder shall have no further
recourse. The beneficiary
under said Deed of Trust
heretofore executed and
delivered to the
undersigned a written
declaration of Default and
Demand for Sale, and a
written Notice of Default
and Election to Sell. The
undersigned caused said
Notice of Default and
Election to Sell to be
recorded in the county
where the real property is
located. Regarding the
property that is the subject
of this notice of sale, the
“mortgage loan servicer” as
defined in civil code §
2923.53(k)(3), declares that
it has obtained from the
commissioner a final or
temporary order of
exemption pursuant to civil
code section 2923.53 and
that the exemption is
date this notice of sale is
recorded. the time frame
for giving a notice of sale
specified in civil code
section 2923.52 subdivision
(a) does not apply to this
notice of sale pursuant to
civil code sections 2923.52.
For sales information:
Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm
(619) 590-1221. CalWestern Reconveyance
Corporation, 525 East Main
Street, P.O. Box 22004, El
Cajon, CA 92022-9004
Dated: November 16, 2009.
(R-269308 11/18/09,
11/25/09, 12/02/09)
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OVN11-19-09
November 18 & 25, 2009
December 2 & 9, 2009
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2009111210017134-0
Recorder
File Date: 11/12/2009
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
Ventura Tax Associates
Street Address of
5450 Ralston Street, Suite
110, Ventura, CA 93003,
Ventura County
(Individual)/
Corporation/Limited
Liability Company:
Nancy J Vaughn
2135 Hillcrest Drive
Ventura, CA 93001
THIS BUSINESS IS
CONDUCTED BY: An
Individual
The registrant
listed on 8/1/2007.
I declare that all
information in this
correct.
/s/NANCY J. VAUGHN
Nancy J. Vaughn
above.
Code).
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OVN11-20-09
November 18 & 25, 2009
December 2, 2009
ASAP #3344881
SALE Trustee Sale No. 7434167-2 Title Order
No.090450297 APN 190-0030-185 The mortgage loan
servicer has obtained a final
order of exemption
pursuant to CA CIV. CODE
2923.53 that is current and
valid as of the date that the
Notice of Trustee’s Sale
was filed or given. YOU
ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF
TRUST DATED
TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT YOUR
PROPERTY, IT MAY BE
SOLD AT A PUBLIC
EXPLANATION OF THE
NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD CONTACT A
LAWYER. On 12/08/2009
at 11:00AM, HOUSEKEY
FINANCIAL
CORPORATION as the
duly appointed Trustee
of Trust Recorded on
06/12/2006, as Instrument
20060612-0123943 of
VENTURA County,
JOE J. STEWART AND
DEBORAH E. STEWART,
HUSBAND AND WIFE,
AS JOINT TENANTS, as
Trustor, BENEFICIAL
CALIFORNIA, INC.
(Original Lender) and
HSBC MORTGAGE
SERVICES INC., as current
Servicer/Lender, WILL
SELL AT PUBLIC
AUCTION TO THE
HIGHEST BIDDER FOR
CASH (payable at time of
sale in lawful money of the
United States, by cash, a
specified in section 5102 of
this state). At: THE MAIN
ENTRANCE TO THE
GOVERNMENT CENTER
SOUTH VICTORIA
AVENUE, VENTURA,
CA, all right, title and
interest conveyed to and
now held by it under said
Deed of Trust in the
property situated in said
County, California
describing the land therein:
AS MORE FULLY
DESCRIBED IN THE
ABOVE MENTIONED
DEED OF TRUST. The
property heretofore
is”. The street address and
other common designation,
if any, of the real property
described above is
HARBOR LIGHTS LN.,
PORT HUENEME, CA
93041. The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any
liability for any
possession, or
Deed of Trust, with interest
thereon, as provided in said
note(s), advances, if any,
under the terms of the Deed
of Trust, estimated fees,
Trustee and of the trusts
created by said Deed of
Trust, to-wit: $499,995.01
(Estimated). Accrued
interest and additional
advances, if any, will
increase this figure prior to
sale. CONDITION OF
SALE: The successful
bidder will be required to
pay county documentary
transfer tax, any city tax,
and any other applicable
taxes or fees (including, but
not limited to, the fee for
recording Preliminary
Change of Ownership
report) to the auctioneer at
the time of sale. If the
Trustee is unable to convey
title for any reason, the
successful bidder’s sole and
exclusive remedy shall be
the return of monies paid to
the Trustee and the
successful bidder shall have
no further recourse. The
beneficiary under said Deed
of Trust heretofore executed
and delivered to the
Declaration of Default and
Demand for Sale, and a
undersigned caused said
located and more than three
months have elapsed since
such recordation. DATE:
11/13/09 HOUSEKEY
FINANCIAL
CORPORATION P.O. BOX
60145 CITY OF
INDUSTRY, CA 91716 For
Sale Information: (714)7302727,
www.fidelityasap.com or
TO NOTIFY TRUSTEE
OF BANKRUPTCY
FILINGS, PLEASE FAX
FACE PAGE OF
BANKRUPTCY
PETITION TO (909) 3973914 Betty Schwab, Trustee
Sales Officer HOUSEKEY
FINANCIAL
CORPORATION MAY BE
ACTING AS A DEBT
COLLECTOR
ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT A DEBT. ANY
INFORMATION
OBTAINED MAY BE
USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE. ASAP#
3344881 11/18/2009,
11/25/2009, 12/02/2009
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OVN11-21-09
November 18 & 25, 2009
December 2, 2009
ASAP #3345926
SALE Trustee Sale No. 7433812-3 Title Order No.
090385209 APN 208-210145 The mortgage loan
servicer has obtained a final
order of exemption
pursuant to CA CIV. CODE
2923.53 that is current and
valid as of the date that the
Notice of Trustee’s Sale
was filed or given. YOU
ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF
TRUST DATED
TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT YOUR
PROPERTY, IT MAY BE
SOLD AT A PUBLIC
EXPLANATION OF THE
NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD CONTACT A
LAWYER. On 12/08/2009
at 11:00AM. HOUSEKEY
FINANCIAL
CORPORATION as the
disappointed Trustee under
Trust Recorded on
08/03/2005, as Instrument
20050803-0191315 of
VENTURA County,
RUDY VILLASENOR, AN
UNMARRIED MAN, as
Trustor. MERS as
Beneficiary and HOME
LOANS USA, INC. as
Lender (Original Lender)
and HSBC MORTGAGE
SERVICES INC., as current
Servicer/Lender, WILL
SELL AT PUBLIC
AUCTION TO THE
HIGHEST BIDDER FOR
CASH (payable at time of
United States, by cash, a
specified in section 5102 of
this state). At: THE MAIN
ENTRANCE TO THE
GOVERNMENT CENTER
SOUTH VICTORIA
AVENUE, VENTURA,
CA, all right, title and
interest conveyed to and
Deed of Trust in the
County, California
describing the land therein:
AS MORE FULLY
DESCRIBED IN THE
ABOVE MENTIONED
DEED OF TRUST. The
property heretofore
is”. The street address and
other common designation,
if any, of the real property
described above is
SOUTH VENTURA
ROAD UNIT 141, PORT
HUENEME, CA 93041.
The undersigned Trustee
street address and other
any, shown herein. Said
sale will be made, but
without covenant or
warranty, expressed or
possession, or
note(s), advances, if any,
under the terms of the Deed
of Trust, estimated fees,
Trustee and of the trusts
Trust, to-wit: $396,440.87
(Estimated). Accrued
interest and additional
advances, if any, will
increase this figure prior to
sale. CONDITION OF
SALE: The successful
bidder will be required to
pay county documentary
transfer tax, any city tax,
and any other applicable
taxes or fees (including, but
not limited to, the fee for
recording Preliminary
Change of Ownership
report) to the auctioneer at
the time of sale. If the
Trustee is unable to convey
title for any reason, the
successful bidder’s sole and
exclusive remedy shall be
the return of monies paid to
the Trustee and the
successful bidder shall have
no further recourse. The
beneficiary under said Deed
of Trust heretofore executed
and delivered to the
Declaration of Default and
“Demand for Sale, and a
undersigned caused, said
located and more than three
months have elapsed since
such recordation. DATE:
11/13/09 HOUSEKEY
FINANCIAL
CORPORATION P.O. BOX
60145 CITY OF
INDUSTRY, CA 91716 For
Sale Information (714)7302727,
www.fidelityasap.com or
TO NOTIFY TRUSTEE
OF BANKRUPTCY
FILINGS, PLEASE FAX
FACE PAGE OF
BANKRUPTCY
PETITION TO (909) 3973914 By: Betty Schwab,
Trustee Sales Officer
HOUSEKEY FINANCIAL
CORPORATION MAY BE
ACTING AS A DEBT
COLLECTOR
ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT A DEBT. ANY
INFORMATION
OBTAINED MAY BE
USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE. ASAP#
3345926 11/18/2009,
11/25/2009, 12/02/2009
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OVN11-22-09
November 18 & 25, 2009
December 2, 2009
NPP-147246
SALE TSG No.: 4227212
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Nordhoff actors address teen
violence in ‘Bang Bang’ play
Theater 150 venue
for Saturday’s encore
performance
Gai Jones
OVN guest reviewer
“Bang Bang You’re Dead”
is the title of a play by
William Mastrosimone and
is strongly based on events
surrounding violence in
American high schools. The
play was written in the wake
of the school massacres that
occurred
in
Paducah,
Jonesboro, and Springfield,
to raise awareness about
school violence. The first
production of this play was
April 1999, in Eugene, Ore.,
for the students who witnessed the shootings at
Thurston High School.
Some of the wounded victims were even in the original Eugene cast. The play
has been performed widely
in the United States, as well
as in other countries such as
the United Kingdom, New
Zealand, Uruguay, Gibraltar,
Sweden,
Romania,
Venezuela, India, Canada,
Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria,
and Portugal.
As the playwright intends
“Bang Bang You’re Dead” to
focus on curbing school violence, the play may be performed without payment of
royalties, as long as the performance is not for profit.
The play centers on the
lead character, Josh, a
teenage boy who shoots his
parents and five schoolmates and is then haunted
by physical manifestations
of his memories.
Nordhoff High School’s
drama department, with
the direction of John Slade,
presented a powerful production of the play on Nov.
12 and 14. The full house
Legals:
Continued from
Page B3
TS No.: 20099070817269
FHA/VA/PMI No.: YOU
ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER
A DEED OF TRUST,
DATED 02/07/07. UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT
A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU
NEED AN EXPLANATION
OF THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On
December 8, 2009 at 11:00
AM, First American
LoanStar Trustee Services, as
duly appointed Trustee under
Trust recorded 02/14/07, as
Instrument No. 2007021400030974, in book , page , of
Official Records in the
Office of the County
Recorder of VENTURA
County, State of California.
Executed by: JOHN RICE,
MARCEE RICE,. WILL
SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH,
CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH
EQUIVALENT or other form
of payment authorized by
2924h(b), (Payable at time of
United States) At the main
entrance to the Government
Center Hall of Justice, 800
South Victoria Avenue,
Ventura, CA.. All right, title
and interest conveyed to and
Deed of Trust in the property
situated in said County and
State described as: AS
MORE FULLY
DESCRIBED IN THE
ABOVE MENTIONED
DEED OF TRUST APN#
033-0-141-085. The street
real property described above
is purported to be: 710
ALOMAR STREET, OJAI
AREA, CA 93023. The
undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any
implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to
pay the remaining principal
sum of the note(s) secured
by said Deed of Trust, with
interest thereon, as provided
in said note(s), advances,
under the terms of said Deed
of Trust, fees, charges and
expenses of the Trustee and
of the trusts created by said
Deed of Trust. The total
amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation
secured by the property to be
sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and
advances at the time of the
initial publication of the
Notice of Sale is
$510,088.54. The beneficiary
delivered to the undersigned
a written Declaration of
Default and Demand for
Sale, and a written Notice of
Default and Election to Sell.
The undersigned caused said
Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the
real property is located. The
beneficiary or servicing
agent declares that it has
obtained from the
Commissioner of
Corporations a final or temporary order of exemption
pursuant to California Civil
Code Section 2923.53 that is
current and valid on the date
the Notice of Sale is filed
and/or The timeframe for
giving Notice of Sale specified in subdivision (s) of
showed sympathy as audience members followed the
main character, Josh, as
portrayed by the talented
Ryan
Beaghler,
work
through the agony of being
bullied and laughed at by
classmates. Josh learns to
put on a mask in life. This
character with emotional
problems reveals at the end
of the play that he didn’t
know that shooting meant it
would be forever. He
thought it was just bang,
bang, you’re dead, like a
video game.
The
well-rehearsed
ensemble included Josh’s
inner voices taunting him
for the rest of his life as he
faces the reality of his
actions — that of shooting
his parents and classmates.
The Inner Voice actors playing multiple roles included
Andria Mendoza, Joey
Monarres, Dane Whitman,
Jason Ordway, and Grace
Miller.
Another important part of
the play encompassed the
thoughts and feelings of
Josh’s victims. An emotional
moment included the vocal
recitation of the aspects of
their future lives which the
dead will never experience,
including meeting a future
love, eating pizza, developing washboard abs, playing
ball with a future son,
among other missed unfulfilled experiences. The victims’ pain was enacted by a
close-knit ensemble of
actors who have an important message to tell. Actors
portraying victims included
Aaron Singer, Sierra Glenn,
Daniel Garcia, Daniel
Ramirez, Analyse Boydston,
and Isabel Stub.
The technical aspects of
effective lights and moving
sound track helped create
Section 2923.52 applies and
has been provided or the loan
is exempt from the requirements. Date: 11/15/09, First
American LoanStar Trustee
Services, 3 First American
Way, Santa Ana, CA 92707
Original document signed by
Authorized Agent, Chet
Sconyers — FOR
TRUSTEE’S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL
530-672-3033. First
American Loanstar Trustee
Services May be Acting as a
Debt Collector Attempting to
Collect a Debt. Any
Information obtained will be
used for that purpose.
NPP0147246 11/18/09,
11/25/09, 12/02/09
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OVN11-23-09
November 18 & 25, 2009
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2009101910016098-0
Recorder
File Date: 10/19/2009
THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING
BUSINESS AS: Racroll
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business:
2220 Eastman Ave., Ventura,
CA 93003, Ventura County
(Individual)/
Corporation/Limited
Liability Company:
Robert Andreas Coleman
2220 Eastman Ave.
Ventura, CA 93003
THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: An Individual
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed on 10/1989.
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.)
/s/ROBERT COLEMAN
Robert Coleman
above.
years from the date on which
it was filed in the office of
the county clerk, except, as
provided in subdivision of
section 17920, where it
expires 40 days after any
change in the facts set forth
in the statement pursuant to
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).
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OVN11-29-09
November 25, 2009
TAC #873394C
SALE T.S. No: V393871 CA
Unit Code: V Loan No:
612792-82/GARRISON AP
#1: 017-0-241-290 T.D.
SERVICE COMPANY, as
duly appointed Trustee under
the following described Deed
of Trust WILL SELL AT
PUBLIC AUCTION TO
THE HIGHEST BIDDER
FOR CASH (in the forms
which are lawful tender in
the United States) and/or the
cashier’s, certified or other
Photo April Zavala/NHS Yearbook
Aaron Singer, left, Ryan Beaghler, Isabel Stub and
Analyse Boydston in “Bang Bang You’re Dead.”
the power of the play and
underscored the poignant
dramatic moments in the
emotional workings of the
characters. If I were to
express any hesitation
about the play’s production,
it would be about the
Nordhoff cafetorium, with
less
than
adequate
acoustics, forced sight lines
and uncomfortable audience seating. I will welcome
the day when Nordhoff has
a state-of-the-art theater for
its excellent theater, dance
and music departments.
An after-performance discussion contained questions about how the cast felt
performing such a topical
piece, about how the actors’
classmates have reacted to
seeing the play, and how the
play had affected the actors.
The actors revealed their
research and spoke eloquently with passion about
the play. A request was
made that the Nordhoff student body and other stu-
checks specified in Civil
Code Section 2924h (payable
in full at the time of sale to
T.D. Service Company) all
right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it
under said Deed of Trust in
the property hereinafter
described: Trustor: ALETA
L. GARRISON Recorded
January 10, 2005 as Instr.
No. 20050110-0006485 in
Book —- Page —- of
Official Records in the
office of the Recorder of
VENTURA County; CALIFORNIA , pursuant to the
Election to Sell thereunder
recorded August 13, 2009
as Instr. No. 2009081300136787 in Book —Page —- of Official
Records in the office of the
Recorder of VENTURA
County CALIFORNIA.
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF
TRUST DATED DECEMBER 30, 2004. UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO
NEED AN EXPLANATION
PROCEEDING AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD
CONTACT A LAWYER.
553 EL SOL AVENUE,
OJAI, CA 93023 “(If a
street address or common
designation of property is
shown above, no warranty is
given as to its completeness
or correctness).” Said Sale
of property will be made in
“as is” condition without
covenant or warranty,
express or implied, regarding title possession, or
as in said note provided,
advances, if any, under the
terms of said Deed of Trust,
fees, charges and expenses of
the Trustee and of the trusts
Trust. Said sale will be held
on: DECEMBER 15, 2009,
AT 11:00 A.M. *AT THE
MAIN ENTRANCE TO
THE GOVERNMENT
CENTER HALL OF JUSTICE, 800 SOUTH VICTORIA, VENTURA, CA At the
time of the initial publication
of this notice, the total
amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation
secured by the above
described Deed of Trust and
estimated costs, expenses,
and advances is
$391,055.85. It is possible
that at the time of sale the
opening bid may be less than
the total indebtedness due.
Regarding the property that
is the subject of this notice
of sale, the “mortgage loan
servicer” as defined in Civil
Code 2923.53(k)(3),
declares that it has obtained
from the Commissioner a
final or temporary order of
exemption pursuant to Civil
Code section 2923.53 and
that the exemption is current
and valid on the date this
notice of sale is recorded.
The time frame for giving a
notice of sale specified in
Civil Code Section 2923.52
subdivision (a) does not
apply to this notice of sale
pursuant to Civil Code
Sections 2923.52 or 2923.55.
If the Trustee is unable to
convey title for any reason,
the successful bidder’s sole
and exclusive remedy shall
be the return of monies paid
to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no
further recourse. If the sale
is set aside for any reason,
the Purchaser at the sale
shall be entitled only to a
return of the monies paid.
The Purchaser shall have no
further recourse against the
Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or
the Mortgagee’s attorney.
Date: November 16, 2009
T.D. SERVICE COMPANY
as said Trustee, T.D. Service
Company Agent for the
Trustee and as Authorized
Agent for the Beneficiary
LAURA MAIB, ASSISTANT SECRETARY T.D.
SERVICE COMPANY 1820
E. FIRST ST., SUITE 210,
P.O. BOX 11988 SANTA
ANA, CA 92711-1988 We
are assisting the Beneficiary
to collect a debt and any
information we obtain will
be used for that purpose
whether received orally or in
writing. If available, the
expected opening bid and/or
postponement information
may be obtained by calling
the following telephone
number(s) on the day before
the sale: (714) 480-5690 or
you may access sales information at
www.ascentex.com/websales.
TAC# 873394C PUB:
11/25/09, 12/02/09, 12/09/09
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OVN11-30-09
November 25, 2009
R-273632
SALE T.S No. 1231691-03
APN: 035-0-340-045 TRA:
070063 LOAN NO:
Xxxxxx6902 REF: Kabrins,
Linda IMPORTANT
NOTICE TO PROPERTY
OWNER: YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A
May 09, 2007. UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO
NEED AN EXPLANATION
PROCEEDING AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On
December 15, 2009, at
11:00am, Cal-Western
of Trust recorded May 18,
2007, as Inst. No. 2007051800101855-00 in book XX,
page XX of Official Records
in the office of the County
Recorder of Ventura County,
State of California, executed
by Linda Kabrins, will sell at
public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check
drawn on a state or national
bank, a check drawn by a
or a check drawn by a state
or federal savings and loan
association, savings association, or savings bank At the
main entrance to the government center hall of Justice,
800 South Victoria Avenue
Ventura, California, all right,
title and interest conveyed to
and now held by it under
said Deed of Trust in the
County and State described
as: Completely described in
said deed of trust The street
real property described above
is purported to be: 10250
Ojai Santa Paula Rd Ojai
CA 93023 The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of
the street address and other
common designation, if any,
shown herein. Said sale will
be held, but without covenant
or warranty, express or
implied, regarding title, possession, condition or encumbrances, including fees,
Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust,
to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s)
secured by said Deed of
Trust. The total amount of
the unpaid balance of the
obligation secured by the
property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs,
expenses and advances at the
dents in Ojai be able to witness the performance.
In our community which
has pledged to listen to the
voices of teens, this play is
one which community
members of all ages would
benefit by seeing the performance and understanding the playwright’s theme. I
applaud the Nordhoff
administration that supports the performance of
well-done message plays
about teen issues.
Ojai community members
will have another chance to
see the production on Dec.
5 at 8 p.m. at Theater 150,
316 E. Matilija St. For more
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of the Notice of Sale is:
$1,630,309.16. If the Trustee
is unable to convey title for
any reason, the successful
bidder’s sole and exclusive
remedy shall be the return of
monies paid to the Trustee,
and the successful bidder
shall have no further
recourse. The beneficiary
a written declaration of
Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the
real property is located.
Regarding the property that
is the subject of this notice
of sale, the “mortgage loan
servicer” as defined in civil
code § 2923.53(k)(3),
declares that it has obtained
from the commissioner a
final or temporary order of
exemption pursuant to civil
code section 2923.53 and
that the exemption is current
and valid on the date this
notice of sale is recorded.
the time frame for giving a
notice of sale specified in
civil code section 2923.52
subdivision (a) does not
apply to this notice of sale
pursuant to civil code sections 2923.52. I, Rebecca
Kuenzi, of Bank of America,
declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the
State of California, that the
following is true and correct:
Bank of America has
obtained from the
Commissioner of
Corporations a final order of
Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the
accompanying Notice of Sale
is filed. AND The timeframe
for giving Notice of Sale
of Civil Code Section
2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 (b).
Date: 9/25//09 , Place:
Getzville, NY, Name of
Signor: Rebecca Kuenzi
Position: Team ManagerFor
sales information: Mon-Fri
9:00am to 4:00pm (619)
590-1221. Cal-Western
525 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 22004, El Cajon, CA
92022-9004 Dated:
November 25, 2009. (R273632 11/25/09, 12/02/09,
12/09/09)
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OVN11-31-09
November 25, 2009
ASAP #3346783
SALE Trustee Sale No. :
20090134006761 Title Order
No.: 126964 FHA/VA/PMI
No.: - YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY,
IT MAY BE SOLD AT A
PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU
NEED AN EXPLANATION
PROCEEDING AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NDEX
WEST, LLC, as duly
appointed Trustee under and
pursuant to Deed of Trust
Recorded on 03/04/2005 as
Instrument No. 200503040054373 of official records
Recorder of VENTURA
County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY:
CONRAD PETERMANN
AND LINDA L WALKER,
WILL SELL AT PUBLIC
AUCTION TO HIGHEST
BIDDER FOR CASH,
CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH
EQUIVALENT or other form
of payment authorized by
2924h(b), (payable at time of
D.R.E. 00805061
United States). DATE OF
SALE: 12/15/2009 TIME OF
SALE: 11:00 AM PLACE
OF SALE: AT THE MAIN
ENTRANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER
SOUTH VICTORIA
AVENUE, VENTURA, CA.
STREET ADDRESS and
other common designation, if
any, of the real property
described above is purported
to be: 701 GRANDVIEW
AVENUE, OJAI, CALIFORNIA 93023 APN#: 022-0061-165 The undersigned
common designation, if any ,
shown herein. Said sale will
be made, but without
covenant or warranty,
expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or
note(s), advances, under the
terms of said Deed of Trust,
fees, charges and expenses of
the Trustee and of the trusts
Trust. The total amount of
the unpaid balance of the
obligation secured by the
property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs,
of the Notice of Sale is
$452,017.22. The beneficiary
a written Declaration of
Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the
real property is located. FOR
TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL:
AGENCY SALES & POSTING 3210 EL CAMINO
REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE,
CA 92602 714-730-2727
www.lpsasap.com NDEx
West, L.L.C. as Authorized
Agent Dated:
11/25/2009NDEx West,
L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING
AS A DEBT COLLECTOR
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY
INFORMATION
OBTAINED WILL BE
USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ASAP# 3346783
11/25/2009, 12/02/2009,
12/09/2009
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OVN11-32-09
November 25, 2009
ASAP #3351995
SALE TS No. 09-0076104
Title Order No. 09-8-223274
Investor/Insurer No.
113868415 APN No. 208-0100-035 YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY,
IT MAY BE SOLD AT A
PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU
NEED AN EXPLANATION
PROCEEDING AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice
is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
pursuant to the Deed of Trust
executed by DENNIS R
CIAPURA, AND DIANE M
CIAPURA, HUSBAND
AND WIFE AS JOINT
TENANTS, dated
09/28/2005 and recorded
10/04/05, as Instrument No.
20051004-0246754, in Book
, Page ), of Official Records
Recorder of Ventura County,
State of California, will sell
on 12/15/2009 at 11:00AM,
At the main entrance to the
Government Center Hall of
Avenue, Ventura, CA 93001
at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check
as described below, payable
in full at time of sale, all
right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it
under said Deed of Trust, in
the property situated in said
County and State and as
more fully described in the
above referenced Deed of
Trust. The street address and
other common designation, if
any, of the real property
described above is purported
to be: 374 EAST SURFSIDE
DRIVE, PORT HUENEME,
CA, 93041. The undersigned
common designation, if any,
shown herein. The total
amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of
the obligation secured by the
property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs,
of the Notice of Sale is
$408,887.02. It is possible
that at the time of sale the
opening bid may be less than
the total indebtedness due. In
addition to cash, the Trustee
will accept cashier’s checks
drawn on a state or national
bank, a check drawn by a
or a check drawn by a state
or federal savings and loan
association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the
Financial Code and authorized to do business in this
state. Said sale will be made,
in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but
without covenant or warranty, express or implied,
regarding title, possession or
encumbrances, to satisfy the
indebtedness secured by said
Deed of Trust, advances
thereunder, with interest as
provided, and the unpaid
principal of the Note secured
by said Deed of Trust with
interest thereon as provided
in said Note, plus fees,
Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.
DATED: 09/09/2009
RECONTRUST COMPANY,
N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd.,
CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone:
(800) 281 8219, Sale
Information (626) 927-4399
By: - Trustee’s Sale Officer
RECONTRUST COMPANY,
N.A. is a debt collector
attempting to collect a debt.
Any information obtained
will be used for that purpose.
ASAP# 3351995 11/25/2009,
12/02/2009, 12/09/2009
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OVN11-33-09
November 25, 2009
December 2, 9 & 16, 2009
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 20091111310017229-0
Recorder
File Date: 11/13/2009
THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING
BUSINESS AS: (1) Equals3,
(2) Equals3 Corp., (3)
Equals3 Corporation, (4)
Equals3, Inc., (5) Equals
Three, (6) Equals Three
Corp., (7) Equals Three
Corporation, (8) Equals
Three, Inc.
Articles of incorporation or
organization number filed
with the California Secretary
of State: 3111097
State of incorporation:
California
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business:
310 East Matilija St., Ojai,
CA 93023, Ventura County
(Individual)/
Corporation/Limited
Liability Company:
Equals3 Global Solutions,
Inc.
310 East Matilija St.
Ojai, CA 93023
THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: A corporation
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed 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.)
Equals3 Global Solutions,
Inc.
/s/CARL THELANDER
Carl Thelander, Sec’y.
above.
years from the date on which
it was filed in the office of
the county clerk, except, as
provided in subdivision of
section 17920, where it
expires 40 days after any
change in the facts set forth
in the statement pursuant to
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).
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OVN11-34-09
November 25, 2009
December 2, 9 & 16, 2009
SUPERIOR COURT OF
CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF VENTURA
Hall of Justice
800 South Victoria Avenue
Ventura, CA 93009
PETITION OF
Christean Rachel, formerly
Christine Hogan, née
Christean Northamer
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
56-2009-00362245-CU-PTVTA
TO ALL INTERESTED
PERSONS: Petitioner filed a
petition with this court for a
decree changing names as
follows: a) Christean Rachel
to Christean Rachel Silver
THE COURT ORDERS
that all persons interested in
this matter shall appear
before this court at the hearing indicated below to show
cause, if any, why the petition for change of name
should not be granted.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: 1/5/2010
Time: 8:30 am
Dept.: 40
The address of the court is
same as noted above.
A copy of this Order to
Show Cause shall be published at least once a week
for four successive weeks
prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this
county:
Date: NOV 19, 2009
BY ORDER OF THE
COURT
MICHAEL D. PLANET
Ventura Superior Court
Executive Officer and Clerk
BY: /s/A. GUTIERREZ,
Deputy Clerk

Ojai Valley News December 2, 2009

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