Local hopes to resurrect Ruben`s

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Local hopes to resurrect Ruben’s
Chris T. Wilson
Ojai Valley News correspondent
When Ruben’s Burritos
closed its tiny restaurant
earlier this year, it did more
than leave a few grumbling
stomachs longing for a beanrice-cheese; it inspired a plan
of action.
After 28 years of serving
saucy Mexican food special-
ties to hungry Ojai townies
and visitors, the abrupt
closure of the downtown
North Signal Street location
inspired dedicated fans to
place reminiscent notes,
favorite burrito pictures and
candles on the sidewalk in
front of the closed store.
But second-generation Ojai
resident Jon Riddell took a
note from his appetite and
fond memories and is using
that to stir up support to reopen and re-imagine the
space. Using the power of
community
networking,
online crowd-source funding
and the ever-simmering presence of social networking,
Riddell is banking on the
momentum
of
Ruben’s
popular recipes and his life
experience to “Save the
Burrito.” Riddell will call the
new venture “One Bite,” to
capture the imagination of the
hungry who will need just that
one bite to know this is the
best burrito they have ever
had, he said.
“I’ve been eating Ruben’s
since I was a kid,” Riddell said.
“I can remember I would
sneak off campus at lunchtime in the trunk of a car when
I was a freshman at Nordhoff
just so I could eat a bean-ricecheese. They were just that
good.”
This deep sense of nostalgia
and loss of a local hangout is
now
fueling
Riddell’s
Indiegogo online funding
campaign that could see the
restaurant open again in midSee Burritos, Page A3
Car dealership
to get new
life as winery
Tiobe Barron
Ojai Valley News correspondent
comic opera, based on "The Classical
Style," an award-winning, groundbreaking book by legendary American
pianist and scholar Charles Rosen.
Though it's largely considered a textbook (of sorts), Denk and Stucky transformed it into a story — and a
humorous jab at the world of highbrow aficionados. "I first read ‘The
Classical Style’ as a student," said
Stucky. "Like so many eager young
doctoral candidates, a type who
features prominently, and hilariously,
in Jeremy's libretto, I thought it
changed my life."
Denk described the opera as “at once
a love letter to Mozart, Beethoven, and
Haydn, and a satire of classical pomp."
It is, he went on, "An opera in which
principles of music — harmony, structure — and the big three composers, as
well as several completely unnecessary
characters, would find themselves
immersed or enmeshed or mired in an
opera buffa," Denk said. "Although
this music is incredibly great, at times
we have to acknowledge the often
absurd degree to which we've
subjected it to analysis. The opera
buffa genre is simply a way of enjoying
this absurdity, turning music inside
out to reflect on itself, using one of the
iconic masterpieces of analysis as a
vehicle.”
The Knights — and their string
quartet offshoot, Brooklyn Rider —
share a similar philosophy of taking
something iconic and making it their
own.
Violinist Colin Jacobsen, who
The Ojai Planning Commission
approved the first phase of a proposed
boutique winery at the site of the original Ford dealership on West Ojai
Avenue Wednesday night. The property once housed Bronk-Vreeland
Ford, and then a store selling hot tubs,
among other things; its parking lot has
also hosted the Ojai Valley Lions Club
Christmas tree lot in past years.
Approval of the conditional use
permit (C.U.P.) gives Topa Mountain
Winery owner, Larry Guerra, until
November to demolish a derelict
wooden structure, update electrical
and plumbing systems in the masonry
building on the site, install wine
processing equipment indoors and
submit an application for phase two
of the project.
A last-minute request to use the
equipment outdoors almost derailed
the project’s approval. Citing a lack of
photos and specifications of equipment to be used, the Ojai Community
Development Department staff
expressed concern that noise and
smell could be an issue for neighbors.
“This is not the normal course of
action,” noted Ojai Community
Development Director Kathleen Wold
during the Planning Commission
meeting. “If we don’t condition it
(C.U.P.), and we get complaints, we’ll
be back in front of you with another
neighborhood complaint. We don’t
really know what they’re doing with
the byproduct (from processing
grapes).”
“I don’t get the over-cautiousness of
it,” countered Commissioner Chester
Jagiello. “Really, what will it harm?”
Wold noted that limiting processing
to indoors somewhat mitigates smell,
noise and aesthetic concerns, and the
approval of the C.U.P. is the department’s primary opportunity to regulate these.
Guerra commented he lacked specifications for the equipment because
it is being custom-made in Europe.
But when it arrives in July or August,
he said, he would have a technician
measure the decibels of sound
emitted to ensure it stays within legal
perimeter — though he has been
assured by the manufacturer the noise
emitted is less than that of a standard
air conditioner. Additionally, he said,
he will only utilize the equipment one
to two hours per day during “crush
season,” or September through
October. He added that he will haul
byproducts from processing the
grapes to his Upper Ojai ranch, where
he’ll use it for compost.
Wold added a condition of permit
approval that Guerra remove this
waste from the Ojai Avenue property
every 48 hours during September and
October.
Jagiello noted these measures
seemed “sensible.”
“We want to emphasize what you’re
looking at is a temporary measure to
get the ball rolling,” said Guerra, who
also noted a bottle of red wine generally takes two to three years to create.
Eventually, Guerra envisions his
boutique operation as a tourist destination spot, selling small batches of
mostly locally-grown wine, offering
tasting, finger foods and education,
with views of the winery’s namesake.
“This is going to be a destination
spot in an area that right now is
See Music, Page A3
See Winery, Page A3
Photo by Kelly Forrister
Oak Grove, Besant Hill students bid Ojai adieu
Oak Grove School senior Kaixuan “Kimi” Li shares a moment of gratitude with his fellow graduates at the school’s
commencement ceremony Wednesday. He will attend the University of Washington to study economics. For photos and
stories from Oak Grove’s graduation as well as Besant Hill School’s, see Pages A4 and A5.
Denk adds humor to 68th OMF lineup
Misty Volaski
[email protected]
One of the main goals of the Ojai
Music Festival has always been to
change perceptions and expand definitions of what classical music is and
what it can be.
This year, music director Jeremy
Denk is taking it a step further June 12
to 15. Think fresh, light-hearted and
just plain fun.
“I’m hoping it’s going to be a big
party and I’m making a special effort to
diffuse the seriousness of classical
music at this festival," said Denk. "Not
because I don’t think the music is
serious or important, but because I
think our sense of its seriousness and
importance sometimes clouds our
vision. Beethoven is one of the great
jokers of all time. Mozart also, and
Haydn. I think humor is such a part of
what makes the music important."
As music director, Denk — a
MacArthur fellow and celebrated
pianist — practically had carte blanche
to create a lineup of acts for the 68th
annual Ojai Music Festival that
reflected "all of the weird and varied
things that I tend to like," he said in a
recent video interview.
So Denk recruited performers like
The Knights, a young orchestral group
who shred on their violins and cellos
with a Van Halen-like intensity. He also
recruited Hudson Shad, a vocal
quintet-plus-pianist who are as playful
as they are professional. Then there's
Storm Large, a sassy chanteuse with a
massive set of pipes and buckets of
charisma.
Denk even got Pulitzer Prizewinning composer Steven Stucky in on
the fun. The pair collaborated to create
"The Classical Style: An Opera (of
Sorts)." Not an opera fan? No worries;
this ain't your average opera. It's a
Photo by Sarah Small
Brooklyn Rider— whose members are also part of The Knights — are a passionate,
playful group. They will be featured at this year’s Ojai Music Festival.
Ojai Music Festival
June 12 to 15
• Libbey Bowl & other locations
• Music, panels, films, & more
• Tickets: www.ojaifestival.org
A2 Ojai Valley News • Friday, June 6, 2014
Obituary
Rosella “Jan” Sanchez
Ms. Rosella “Jan” Sanchez, of Augusta, Ga.,
entered into rest June 1, 2014 at her residence. She
was the daughter of the late Edward and Hazel
Camp Gregersen.
Jan was a native of Clinton, Iowa, and she was an
artist of large scale metal sculpture and an amazing
chef.
She is survived by her sister, Diane Guntzel
(Wayne), Clinton, Iowa, and a niece and nephew.
Arrangements by: McNeill Funeral Home, 109
Shaw St., Martinez, Georgia, (706) 364-9122.
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Photo by Garrett Combs
Khaled Al-Awar relaxes at his East End home.
Al-Awar to receive Lifetime Achievement Award
The Ojai Arts Commission is proud to announce
the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award in the Arts
will be awarded to Khaled
Al-Awar on Tuesday, June
10, by the Ojai City Council.
A 1970 emigrant from
Lebanon, Al-Awar moved
to Ojai in 1982 from
Chicago with his wife, Sheryl, after they fell in love
with Ojai’s small-town
feel. Purchasing the Ojai
Playhouse, the Al-Awars
and their family established the Primavera
Gallery and have gone on
to become an essential
part of the Ojai community.
“In choosing Khaled AlAwar for the award we focused on his overall
support for the arts in
Ojai,” said Michael Addison, Ojai Arts commissioner and the Lifetime
Achievement Award Committee chair. “Khaled has
maintained a high-profile
“The more galleries and
the more art there is in any
community, the more we
celebrate art in a community, the better,” said AlAwar in a recent interview
promoting the recent
“Discarted” show. AlAwar, who is inclusive and
ever supportive of newcomers to the arts community continued, “There
is an amazing transformation that happens to people when they walk in and
see the art.”
Outside the gallery, AlAwar also has collaborated to bring emerging
and established artists together for exhibitions to
benefit the Ojai Studio
Artists Scholarship Fund
and has been an Ojai
Music Festival board
member.
Older Ojai residents will
also remember Al-Awar
for saving Ojai’s only theater during a time when
single-screen
movie
houses were closing na-
Arcade gallery, which has
featured Ojai artists, both
individually and in group
shows. He repeatedly
makes the theater available gratis to community
groups for meetings and
film showings, provides a
continuing venue for the
Ojai Film Society on Sundays and a showcase for
the student films sponsored by the Ojai Film Festival and an artistic home
for the Ojai Film Festival.
In short, Khaled continually uses his resources in a
generous way to support
the arts in Ojai.”
Al-Awar’s
Primavera
Gallery has been exhibiting American craft for over
29 years representing
more than 100 artists from
across the country. He focuses on emerging as well
as long-established artists
working in a variety of
mediums including glass,
wood and ceramics. It has
been a labor of love for AlAwar.
tionwide. Al-Awar purchased the shuttered theater, made needed repairs
and improvements, and
then brought back firstrun films.
In helping to found the
Ojai Film Society, Al-Awar
and his theater now showcase limited-run art films
on Sunday afternoons. AlAwar continued to increase accessibility to film
by making the theater
available free of charge to
the Art 21 film series,
begun last year by the city.
“There is nothing on
this Earth that is not an expression of art,” said AlAwar, already voted a
Living Treasure by Ojai’s
Rotary. “Art is everywhere.”
The public is welcome
to attend the Tuesday
meeting of the Ojai City
Council at 7 p.m. for the
presentation of the award.
The meeting will occur at
Ojai City Hall, 401 S. Ventura St.
p it a
Ojai resident Jae graduates
from Carp’s Cate School
Ojai
resident
Priya Swan Jae
graduated
from
Cate School in
Carpinteria on May
25, one of 67 members of the Class of
2014.
She
was
awarded the Marion Wolsey Cate
Acting Prize, and
she will attend
Santa Barbara City
College in the fall.
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Burritos:
Music:
summer. Riddell has
found success in the past
raising money online
with Kickstarter to fund a
pickling venture called
Kult Kitchen that is active
locally (though Riddell
sold his share in the company to his business
partner).
Indiegogo.com is an
international
crowdfunding website platform
that allows anyone to
create a campaign and
raise money for nearly
anything. The campaign
is shared on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, and
with friends and family
members.
Riddell set a goal of
$8,000 for the campaign,
and will use the money to
update equipment, do a
deep cleaning on the
restaurant and make
some modifications to
the retail space. As of
presstime, the amount
raised was nearly $3,000,
with about a month more
to raise the rest.
Though they grew up
here, Riddell and wife
Kira spent five years living in San Francisco,
where they each spent
time finishing their college educations and getting a dose of the big city
life, he said. Since then,
each of them has spent
many years in the food
service industry.
Now back in Ojai, the
couple has a new baby
girl, Skye, and a mounting passion to be more
founded both groups
along with his cellist
brother Eric and a group
of like-minded friends,
said, "In a certain sense,
The Knights have been
preparing to play at Ojai
for our whole lives. This
year, I feel like there's a
mixture of reverence and
irreverence prepared by
Tom (Morris, OMF artistic director) and Jeremy
Denk that fits very well
with The Knights."
He elaborated. "People
sometimes think classical music is at a distance,
like a museum, you're
supposed to be reverent
toward it. We don't take
that reverence at all for
granted," Jacobsen reflected. "We want people
(to have) a very deep, immersive experience …
Whether it was written
300 years ago or yesterday, it's going to take you
somewhere."
The Knights, Brooklyn
Rider, Stucky and Denk
will put it all together
next Friday, June 13,
when they perform the
world premiere of "The
Classical Style: An Opera
(of Sorts)" at Libbey
Bowl.
The Knights will also
collaborate with vocalists
Large, Hudson Shad and
others the following
evening, June 14, to perform pieces from Kurt
Weill, Charles Ives, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luigi
Boccherini and Morton
Feldman.
But it's Weill's "Seven
Deadly Sins" that has
Hudson Shad all jazzed
up.
Group
founder
Wilbur Pauley explained
that it's one the group especially relishes; they've
performed the piece as
The Family dozens of
times in the last 15 years
— including one time
when they dressed at the
characters from "The
Simpsons."
Pauley shared his syn-
Continued from Page A1
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Ojai’s Jon Riddell hopes to reopen the iconic Ruben’s Burritos with several of Ruben
Duarte Sr.’s original recipes — and some new ones of Riddell’s own creation.
actively involved in their
community.
“My wife and I have a
lot of restaurant experience,” Riddell said. “I really look forward to
having the opportunity
to feed people good
food.”
The couple plans to
bring back the classic
Ruben’s recipes and add
a selection of Bay Area
food truck and vegetarian options, according to
the Indiegogo campaign.
Think soy curls and
soyrizo.
They also have a secret
weapon: Ruben Duarte
Jr., who has agreed to
come back as head chef.
His father, Ruben Sr., was
the founder of Ruben’s
Burritos and ran it with
his family until his death
in 2009. “It’s very exciting,” said Duarte.
One of Riddell’s long-
time friends and selfproclaimed burrito expert, Dustin Emery, also
longs for the nostalgia
that a Ruben’s bean-ricecheese endears. Emery
said he’s supportive of
Riddell’s endeavor.
“As with any person
starting a business in
Ojai, the road ahead can
be difficult,” Emery said.
“That said, Jon’s brilliance and his work ethic
can make this happen.
Everything he’s put his
mind to he’s succeeded
at. Seeing him try to revive something that
everyone in Ojai knows
about and has been a
part of the community
for the past 28 years,
hopefully that will help
him succeed at this too.”
Emery too has those
early childhood memories of eating at Ruben’s
“It was like muscle
memory,” Emery said.
“I’d go to Ruben’s and
then walk to the park to
eat.”
The essence of what
made Ruben’s so important to many locals is
hard to pin down.
“It was just so damn
good,” Emery said. “I’ve
eaten a lot of burritos in
my lifetime and it’s not
that I want to slam the
other restaurants in
town, it’s just that
Ruben’s
was
unmatched.”
This is the spirit that
Riddell aims to revive
with his fundraising
campaign. Riddell is
moving forward with the
blessing and recipes of
the Duarte family at his
side, he said.
Visit www.indiegogo
.com/projects/one-bite
to learn more about the
fundraising campaign.
opsis of the "Seven
Deadly Sins." "Storm
Large is our (main character) Anna. She's the little girl who left home to
send money home so the
family can build a little
house," he said.
As The Family, he
laughed, Hudson Shad's
vocalists are "kind of the
folks from a trailer park
she left behind."
That kind of humor —
though not found in
everything Hudson Shad
performs — is inspired
not only from the members themselves, but also
from one of their favorite
pre-World War II acts,
The Comedian Harmonists. Based in Germany in the late '20s and
early '30s, they were
hugely popular throughout Europe before the
war forced them to disband (a few members
were Jewish). Interestingly, the Comedian Harmonists were inspired by
an American group, The
Revelers. "So it's really
come full circle," laughed
Pauley. "It's coming
home for us."
Can't make the Saturday concert? Swing by
the Libbey Park gazebo
on Friday from 6 to 6:45
p.m.; Hudson Shad will
perform a a free concert
in which they will highlight Weill pieces, among
others. Stop by the parking lot between Libbey
Park and Los Caporales
beforehand and grab a
bite from one of the
many food trucks on
hand, or the Los Caporales' taco stand.
But that's just a sliver
of what's slated for the
second weekend in June.
Check out www.ojaifest
ival.org for the full lineup
of events, which — besides a number of concerts — will include
panel discussions, cocktail events, movie screenings and more.
Winery:
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The views are stunning, but protecting these 160 acres is vital, say Ojai Valley Land Conservancy supporters.
Land Conservancy successfully bids on 160-acre parcel
The Ojai Valley Land
Conservancy (OVLC)
was the successful bidder at an auction of a
160-acre parcel which is
important for the Ojai
Valley’s water supply.
The forested parcel in
the foothills north of
the Ojai Valley is remote, wild, and largely
surrounded by the National Forest. It is also
an important catchment basin that provides water to a number
of Ojai Valley residents.
“Safeguarding Ojai’s
water is as important to
the OVLC as protecting
open space and providing places to hike,” said
Greg Gamble, OVLC executive director. “With
the ongoing drought, it
was all the more important to protect this
water.”
Unlike many other
OVLC open space preserves, this property
has no legal access and
will not have public access.
“The most appropriate thing for OVLC to do
for this property is to
permanently retire all
threats to this part of
our community’s water
supply, and leave it for
the bears and mountain
lions,” said Don Reed,
president of the OVLC
board of directors.
The OVLC’s vision for
the 160 acres wasn’t
shared by their competition at the auction.
Gamble was bidding
against an out-of-state
land speculator who
was described as being
attracted to “difficult
properties.”
“I suspect that his ultimate goal for the
property was to gain access and profit from
residential
development. We all enjoy our
homes, but houses in
this sensitive location
would hurt our water.”
The OVLC’s winning
bid was $75,000, although with title insurance and other fees the
total cost of the acquisition is about $80,000.
Recognizing the importance of protecting this
property for the Ojai
Valley, members of the
Senior Canyon Mutual
Water Company donated funds to cover
half of the costs.
The OVLC works to
protect the views, trails,
water and wildlife of the
Ojai Valley.
For more information
visit www.ovlc.org or
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landconservancy.
blight,” said project manager Josh Griffen. “Everything we have developed
up until now has been
with a sense of the future.”
“We’re going to have a
lot of outdoor seating. We
have, I think, the best
view of the Topas in
Ojai,” enthused Guerra.
“We’re trying to create a
place where you can sit
outdoors, enjoy some
good wine, listen to some
music and just enjoy
your weekends.”
The project is expected
to take another few years
to complete, and Guerra
plans on operating Monday through Saturday.
The next Ojai Planning
Commission meeting is
June 18 at 6 p.m. at 401 S.
Ventura St. in Ojai.
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The Besant Hill School
Class of 2014 is: Ilana Geffen Ariel, Krysh Bajaj,
Donna Elena Ball, Emily
Elizabeth Barry, Isidoro
Frédérico Cotugno, Nick
George
Demetriades,
Claudio Bradford Dri,
Nodirbek
Fayazov,
Alexandra lone Fitzmaurice, David Huang, Anja
Valentiner Johnson, Stella
Karuna, Maxym Kent, Yue
Min, Kasandra Jean Norian, Pamela Fern Quenzer, Faith Erin Rose, Kane
Skylar Scherbert, Sophia
Alexandra
Stevenson,
Sun Yiwen, Moussa Sy,
Daniel Wallock, Isabelle
Jena
Bailey
Weber,
Mikaela Windham-Herman, Ming Zhang, Han
Zhang, Yingying Zheng,
Jamel Sanders III and Jordan Smith.
Photos by Kelly Forrister
Graduates Isidoro Cotugno (from left), Emily Barry and Donna Ball react to a classmate’s speech.
Besant senior class is full of ‘true individuals’
Misty Volaski
[email protected]
The Besant Hill School class of 2014 walks out to the
ceremony Saturday in Upper Ojai.
Besant Hill School may
have changed its name
from Happy Valley several years ago, but its students are no less happy
for the swap. The class of
2014, 26 students strong,
attracted a multitalented
group hailing from all
over the world to the
rural Upper Ojai campus.
Head of school Randy
Bertin ticked them off —
Orange County, Mumbai,
Switzerland, Los Angeles,
Moscow, Boston, New
York, China, Chicago,
Carpinteria, Hong Kong.
And their backgrounds
and talents, he added, are
as varied as their hometowns. One will study
music in UC-Berkeley's
prestigious
program,
while others will attend
Syracuse, the University
of Chicago at Illinois,
Northwestern, Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo and others. "We have such a homogenous group of
students," said Bertin.
"They’re true individuals,
and we honor those individual passions" —
something easier to do,
he added, with a smaller
group of kids. "We have
athletes. Basketball play-
ers. Others are interested
in engineering, or math."
He explained that the
school's senior year capstone projects allowed
the students to identify
an area they were passionate about, and develop a project based
around that passion.
"One student wrote a
book, which is on Amazon," Bertin said. "Another developed an
electronic device like a
cell phone charged that's
also a flashlight."
The students also "had
a great impact on their
community,"
Bertin
noted. They donated
their time as tutors at
both Monica Ros School
and San Antonio Elementary School. They
also volunteered with
Help of Ojai, Food for
Thought, The Ojai Foundation, Kim Maxwell Studio, among others. "They
did a lot," he said. "This is
a great group."
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Claudio Dri pauses for a smile during his speech.
Class of 2014
Oak Grove School bids farewell to 10
Misty Volaski
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Oak Grove School
honored the hard work
and spirit of its class of
2014 at the school’s
commencement ceremony Wednesday. The
class includes: Emma
Bailey, Jared Brewer,
Becky Cornwell, Bill
Kim, Kaixuan “Kimi” Li,
Ying “Lydia” Liu, Madison McClurkin, Shannon
Ross, Drew Swanner and
Dane Wilson.
The small class — just
10 students — will go on
to attend colleges such
as UC-Santa Cruz, UCBerkeley and the University of Washington,
among others. Some,
like Drew Swanner, have
attended the school
since preschool; others,
like Shannon Ross, spent
just a year on the Meiners Oaks campus. Their
goals range from attempting to qualify for
the 2016 Olympic sailing
team (Dane Wilson) to
working in the fitness
field in Ojai (Madison
McClurkin) to studying
film, economics and
more.
“In considering what
unifying factor could tie
this class together, what
single essence they
might represent, it occurred to me that if the
definition of poetry is an
attunement to aesthetics, then this is a class
poets," said head of
school, Meredy BensonRice. "This is a class that
knows the way of beauty,
knows the poetry of life,
whether through art,
music,
mathematics,
philosophy, photography, athletics, or an appreciation of nature.”
She also spoke of the
graduates' fundraising
efforts, including the
School in a Box program,
which supports rural educational opportunities
in India. "And they were
all very generous in local
activities too but they
are quiet about it," Benson-Rice added. "It’s just
what they do. They don’t
make
a
big
fuss
about it."
Photos by Kelly Forrister
Meredy Benson-Rice gives a warm hug to Madison Rose McClurkin.
Graduate Dane Wilson plays violin at graduation, with
Emily Sommermann on piano.
Graduates Becky Cornwell and Bill Kim perform a piece on the ukulele and guitar.
The Class of 2014 shares one last moment together.
Religion
OJAI VALLEY MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
Dan Nelson
Wishing our graduates every success
It’s that time of year
where excitement is in
the air because, for
many, the reward of
years of hard work culminates in the recognition
of
the
commencement ceremony and the receipt of
the long-sought-after
certificate. It is always
interesting that for the
graduate, this joy is usually mixed with a seasoning of intense duress
— academic pressures
of final exams, social
stresses of being forced
to say goodbye to
friends, some of whom
you never see again, and
imputed tensions of decision-making regarding
the next season of life.
After all, graduation implies that one is headed
into a new chapter. You
see, just as many people
spend
more
time
preparing for their wedding than for their marriage, most students
spend years considering
their graduation, but
very little energy planning their future. People
live out their spiritual
lives in the same way.
The Bible encourages
people to move past the
elementary school principles of Christ and to
graduate to what comes
next (Hebrews 6:1-2).
Just as in school, we are
to successfully complete
each course and then
grow beyond it. Can you
imagine how foolish it
would be if you and I
were still repeating addition and subtraction lessons every day when we
have learned these
things as young children? Instead, after we
learned these foundations, we went on to
multiplication, then division, and beyond. In
the same way, according
to this passage, turning
away from dead religious observance or
spiritual
self-accomplishment to real surrendered faith in God is
the beginning of courses
in spiritual basics. As it
says in Proverbs 1:7,
“The fear of God is the
beginning of wisdom.”
Not the culmination of
wisdom, but also the
genesis. It is the starting
place, the point of conception in the spiritual
journey.
Perusing these verses,
one discovers that other
elementary school topics include teachings
about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead,
and eternal judgment.
But truth be told, these
are some of the very
things that are debated,
rejected and misunderstood. If one is seeking
truth and wants to know
where to start, these
verses are like a compass pointing a clear direction. Begin with the
acknowledgement of the
authority and power of
an almighty creator
God, for the Scriptures
state that “a fool says
that there is no God.”
Recognize your own inability through anything
you do to commune
with him, except he
grants you entry. Seek
that
access
point
through Jesus Christ,
then discover what these
various teachings and
truths are all about in
light of your developing
faith in God; that he
loves you and has saved
you.
If you have been a
Christian for some time,
and are still stuck in the
rudimentary things, it is
time to move on. Imagine attending the graduation of someone you
care about only to discover he cannot read his
own diploma. Doesn’t
make sense, does it? In
the same way, we are
told to grow up! Let’s
learn the fundamentals,
but then proceed to
weightier things. “So
what are those more
substantial aspects of
life in relationship with
God?” you ask. “What
are
the
identifying
marks of someone who
is mature in Christ?” one
may wonder. And this is
the best part. Just when
some may presume I am
about ready to get into
some really heavy theological issues, I am not.
You see, even those are
mere middle school in
spiritual things. It is possible for you to go right
to college and beyond if
you have “love for one
another.” Yes, it is true!
The byproduct of spending time with God and
his presence in your life
will be love, joy, peace,
long suffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, and selfcontrol (Galatians 5:22-
23). Spiritual maturity is
described here as you
begin to enjoy that
abundant life that Jesus
said he came to bring us.
No longer looking to one
another to judge or to
criticize each other, but
looking unto Jesus, the
author and finisher of
our faith (Hebrews 12:2).
Congratulations
to
every graduate. You have
accomplished your goal.
We wish you great success in your future and
may we also follow that
lead and go on to what
God has called each of us
to in our lives; to answer
the call and fulfill our
purpose in living a life in
connection with Christ.
Dan Nelson is pastor of
Calvary Chapel Ojai Valley. The opinions expressed are those of the
author, and not necessarily those of his church, the
Ojai Valley Ministerial Association, nor the Ojai
Valley News.
Cried Holy.”
At the 10:45 a.m. service the Chancel Choir
will sing “Forever and a
Day,” and former organist, Beverly Broadbent
Casper, will play during
the offertory and prelude.
Three morning services are offered. The first
is a contemporary service at 8 a.m. The second
service at 9:15 a.m., is a
contemporary service
with Sunday School for
nursery through eighth
grade. At 10:45 a.m. a
traditional service is
held.
The
Presbyterian
Church is at 304 Foothill
Road. Call 646-1437 for
information.
Center for
Spiritual Living
The Center for Spiritual Living is a “Science
of Mind” community
that practices the power
of healing prayer and
the teachings of princi-
ples from the world’s
great religions and indigenous
teachings.
People of all faiths,
races, ages and lifestyles
are welcome.
The Rev. Marilyn
Miller’s topic this Sunday is “Reach Out.” Services are held Sundays at
10:30 a.m. at the Ojai
Valley Woman’s Club,
441 E. Ojai Ave., with a
meditation service at 10
a.m. The Young Masters
Youth Program for ages
3 to 11 is available at
10:30 a.m. Call 640-0498
for information.
Jewish Community
of the Oaks
The Jewish Community of the Oaks, K’Hilat
Ha’Aloneem, 530 W. El
Roblar Drive, will hold a
Shabbat service led by
Rabbi Mike Lotker today
at 6 p.m., with a kiddush
afterward. Call 646-4464
for more information.
RELIGION BRIEFS
St. Andrew’s
Episcopal Church
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Church worships the
Lord with uplifting celebrations, good music,
short sermons and free
coffee. Holy Eucharist is
held Sundays at 8 a.m.
and 10 a.m. All are welcome to the Lord’s table
for Communion.
OJAI CHURCH OF
CHRIST
411 N. Montgomery Street
Ph: 646-5737 or 646-7768
CHRISTIANS COMMITTED
TO WORSHIPPING AND
GLORIFYING GOD IN
CHRIST
All are welcomed so that together we can seek to know
God through Jesus Christ.
SUNDAY
Worship - 10:00am
Bible Study - 11:30am
Evening - 6:00pm *
* No evening service 1st
Sunday
WEDNESDAY:
Bible Study - 7:00pm
Centering Prayer is
held Thursdays at 7 p.m.
The outdoor labyrinth is
open daily for meditation.
Kathryn Grant will
lead an “Enneagram and
Self-knowledge” workshop on June 21 from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. for a $15
donation.
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Church is at the corner
of Bristol Road and Ojai
Avenue. For information, call 646-1885.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic Church
St. Thomas Aquinas
Church is at 185 St.
Thomas Drive, Ojai.
Daily Mass is celebrated
at 9 a.m., Monday to Friday, and Saturday at 8
a.m. Sunday Mass is at
7:30 and 9:30 a.m. in
English and 11:30 a.m.
in Spanish. The Rev. Tom
Verber, OSA, is the
parish pastor, assisted
by Fernando Lopez,
OSA.
Readings for this Pentecost Sunday will be
from Acts 2:1-11, Psalm
104:1, 24, 29,31, 34, 1
Corinthians 12:3b-7, 1213 and John 20:19-23.
Congratulations to all
graduates throughout
the valley.
Call 646-4338 for more
information.
First Church of Christ,
Scientist
“God, the Only Cause
and Creator” is the subject of this Sunday’s lesson at the Christian
Science Church, based
on a passage from Isaiah: “For thus saith the
Lord that created the
heavens; God himself
that formed the earth
and made it; he hath established it, he created it
not in vain, he formed it
to be inhabited: I am the
Lord; and there is none
else.” The church service
and Sunday school
begin at 10 a.m. Testimonial meetings are
held Wednesdays at 7
p.m. All are welcome.
The church is at the corner of Oak and Blanche
streets in Ojai.
A Christian Science Library and Bookstore for
the community at 206-J
N. Signal St. is open
Monday,
Wednesday
and Friday from noon to
3 p.m., offering a wealth
of publications and a
quiet place to read.
Call 646-4901 for information.
Ojai Presbyterian
Church
Ojai
Presbyterian
Church welcomes all
who wish to come and
worship with them. This
Sunday the congregation will continue a
study of Thessalonians,
looking at how gratitude
can change our lives.
During the 8 a.m. and
9:15
a.m.
services,
J.B.White and the Praise
Team Choir will sing “I
Bowed on My Knees and
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Opinion
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Featured letter by Ventura County Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen
Home sprinklers and wildfire protection are two completely separate issues
I am writing because I am concerned over some significant misinformation contained in a letter you
recently published written by Mr.
William Weirick. While I applaud
the efforts of Mr. Weirick to make
the community of Ojai safer, I
would like to ensure that his work is
not done at the expense of incredibly important programs developed
and supported by the Ventura
County Fire Department. We have
the highest level of concern and interest when it comes to protecting
lives and property from wildfires.
Our first goal is to keep a wildfire
from ever reaching homes in the
Ojai Valley. To accomplish this, we
work at reducing the fuels (vegetation) that promote the growth and
spread of a wildfire. We create fuel
breaks in the wildland and, closer to
homes, we require 100 feet of brush
clearance around structures. This
brush clearance program, sometimes referred to as weed abatement, is administered through our
Fire Hazard Reduction Program
(FHRP) and is intended to provide
firefighters with defensible space
around structures — not to facilitate the movement of equipment as
Mr. Weirick stated.
While fuel breaks and defensible
space may be our first line of de-
fense, they are not our best. These
measures are not effective without
firefighters and ours are among the
best in the world. The Ventura
County Fire Department staffs four
full-time fire stations to protect the
greater Ojai Valley. These highly
trained professional firefighters,
along with our colleagues from the
U.S. Forest Service and CalFire, use
their skills and the defensible space
FHRP provides to save homes.
Defensible space allows firefighters
to get between an advancing wildfire
and the structure. The FHRP has
been incredibly successful and, in
fact, has been adopted by many
other jurisdictions around the country. Its effectiveness was seen during
last year’s Springs Fire near Camarillo. During that 24,000-acre fire,
more than 4,000 homes were threatened, and all of them were saved.
The success we witnessed on last
year’s fire was not an anomaly, as we
have seen this success repeated over
and over again with almost every
major wildland conflagration.
Furthermore, FHRP clearance requirements are not “sporadically
enforced,” as the letter had indicated, instead they are rigorously
enforced. I do not know of a program anywhere that has such a
proactive approach along with the
full support of the County Board of
Supervisors and the community at
large. Each year, voluntary compliance with the program reaches over
99 percent and 100 percent compliance is achieved with the remaining
parcels through mandatory clearance at the owner’s expense.
Mr. Weirick also seriously mischaracterized our Ready, Set, Go!
(RSG) wildfire preparedness program. The RSG program is specifically designed to help homeowners
prepare their family and property
against wildfires. It includes defensible space, hardened homes, fireresistant landscaping, access, water
supplies, identification and maintenance. It also includes tips for evacuation. It also makes the point that
— nationwide — most homes destroyed by wildfires are not destroyed by the fire itself, but by
windborne embers that enter structures ahead of the fire.
Developed in Ventura County, the
RSG program has now been
adopted by more than 1,000 fire departments in the United States and
in eight other countries. It is so
well-regarded that it has been endorsed by the International Association of Fire Chiefs, U.S. Forest
Service, National Fire Protection Association, Firewise and Fire
Adapted Communities.
The Ventura County Fire Department works closely with the Ojai
Valley Fire Safe Council, the
C.R.E.W. of Ojai and other organizations in the Ojai Valley to help residents keep their homes and
community safe.
Mr. Weirick was correct about one
thing, interior residential sprinklers
are not effective, nor are they intended to be used, against wildfires.
They are designed to extinguish incipient interior fires before they can
grow out of control. We believe that
fire sprinklers save lives and that
they are an important part of a comprehensive community protection
program, but wildfire protection and
sprinklers are separate issues and
should be addressed as such.
The Ventura County Fire Department is dedicated to serving the fire
protection needs of the people in
the Ojai Valley, and this includes
preparing them against wildfires.
We have worked with local, state
and federal organizations, community leaders and community groups
for many years to keep the Ojai Valley safe and we will continue to do
so. To learn more about either our
FHRP or RSG programs, please visit
your local fire station or www.fire.
countyofventura.org.
LETTERS TO THE E DITOR
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I know nonsense
when I see it
SUSAN SALGUERO, OJAI
I stand by Cathy
Chase Bautista 100
percent, because I
know her well and recognize nonsense when
I see it.
Please help stop
Sespe fracking
LEIF DAUTCH, OJAI
As an Ojai native who
grew up hiking and
camping in the Sespe
Wilderness, I was
shocked to learn that a
Texas-based oil company recently submitted a proposal to
hydraulically fracture
eight new oil and gas
wells in the Sespe. I
was even more surprised (and disturbed)
to discover that fracking operations are already under way in the
Sespe Oil Field.
Given the significant
threats posed by fracking, namely air and
water contamination,
greenhouse gas emissions, water depletion,
and increased geological activity, I started an
online petition
(www.SavetheSespe
.com) urging the Forest Service to deny the
fracking request.
The response was
been overwhelming. In
the first 48 hours, over
800 people signed the
petition, sharing stories about the Sespe
and expressing their
opposition to fracking
in and around the
pristine wilderness
area.
My goal was to collect as many signatures and stories as
possible by the June 4
public comment deadline, deliver them to
the Forest Service, and
let the decision-makers know that our
community vehemently opposes fracking in the Sespe.
So whether you oppose all fracking everywhere, think that
regulators, scientists,
and industry officials
should take the time to
fully evaluate the risky
practice before it is implemented, or simply
believe that our limited water reserves are
better directed to purposes that actually
benefit our community (like agriculture), I
urge you to join our
effort at www.Savethe
Sespe.com and make
your voice heard.
Thanks for your support!
Club’s donation
is very welcome
CAROLYN VONDRISKA, OJAI
An enormous
thumbs-up goes to the
Optimist Club of Ojai
for its extremely generous donation to the
Food for Thought
healthy eating program at Topa Topa Elementary School.
Your donation helped
us replace the dilapidated shed at the
school. We public
school parents appreciate you!
ica’s current veterans.
The situation with the
VA is intolerable and
has been for decades.
It is a completely broken system and needs
to be completely redesigned.
While that process is
under way, all veterans
of all wars should immediately be given
vouchers for medical
care in their own communities. They have
waited long enough
and suffered long
enough with substandard care.
The health care they
receive should be
equal to that received
by members of Congress who very rarely
face hazards or make
the kinds of sacrifices
we ask of our soldiers
and veterans.
How dare Congress
deny proper care to
the men and women
who serve our country
for one second more.
The question has been
asked, “Then what do
we do with the VA?” I
say figure that out
later. Serve our veterans now.
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ROY HOOPER, OJAI
I was very happy to
see that you have ads
for the Granada Theatre and Santa Barbara
Bowl. I have attended
some great shows at
these two beautiful
music venues and it
sure beats driving all
the way to L.A.!
Veterans deserve
better treatment
VICKY CLARKE, OJAI
I recently received a
email message from
Sen. Barbara Boxer regarding ways to commemorate Memorial
Day. This was my response to her:
Senator Boxer,
Thank you for your
recent message regarding Memorial Day.
I think one of the
best ways to honor
America’s fallen veterans is to honor Amer-
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OJAI VALLEY HIKING TRAILS
PERRY VAN HOUTEN
Luci's Trail to open June 15
Exactly one year to the
day since unveiling two
new trails north of the
city, Ojai Valley Land
Conservancy will open
their latest on June 15.
Luci’s Trail is named for
a friend of OVLC who
came up with the idea
for the new tread. It
adds another mile of
trail to the Valley View
Preserve and creates a
loop with the Fox
Canyon and Foothill
trails.
Work on Luci’s Trail
began last December
under the direction of
Rick Bisaccia, OVLC Preserve Manager. Volunteers (mostly) worked
every other Monday
morning for about five
hours each day. The trail
took 11 days to build,
most of the time spent
on a difficult section requiring dozens of rock
steps.
To lay out a path
through the brush,
Bisaccia called upon a
volunteer with an amazing talent for route finding, Ojai geologist Rob
Young. “One of my
great, stalwart trail volunteers, along with
Mike Gourley. Those
two are like a two-man
trail crew,” Bisaccia says.
Photo by Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
Photo by Perry Van Houten
Workers build a crib wall to create a passable trail on
the Valley View Preserve.
This steep portion of the trail is referred to as “The Stairway to Heaven.”
“If it’s thick, you just
send Rob in there.”
From the trailhead on
Shelf Road, Luci’s Trail
climbs steeply up the
spine of a ridge, with
got help from employees of Patagonia in Ventura. “They really caught
on how to do the tread
work, and they did a really great job,” he re-
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many switchbacks, past
an old metal water tank.
For this section of trail
(covered at the time of
construction with California poppies) Bisaccia
calls.
For the middle part,
the trail tops out and
rounds a hill on old
roadbed, in the shade.
Poison oak grows along
this stretch. The trail
makes a gradual climb
past a large sandstone
outcropping.
One hazard encountered during the trail’s
construction was a
7,000-pound boulder.
The rock had to be
moved, but volunteers
were
concerned
it
would roll all the way to
Shelf Road, hundreds of
feet below. Bisaccia was
sure it wouldn’t. “When
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we finally moved it, the
rock rolled about 40 feet
and stopped,” he says.
The upper portion of
the trail was the most
challenging to construct. Usually, workers
could build 200 to 300
feet of trail per morning,
but for this section, it
was a fraction of that.
Bisaccia was forced to
decide between simply
climbing over a substantial rock wall, or
skirting it on a steep
hillside. He took the
more labor-intensive
option. “Getting up to
something and building
a proper trail are two
different things,” he explains.
Workers built a crib
wall — a shelf, in some
spot several feet high —
then filled it in to create
a trail. The series of rock
steps took six or seven
mornings to complete.
“We put a lot of care into
this area to make it just
right,” Bisaccia says.
This section has earned
the title “The Stairway to
Heaven.”
Remarkable
vistas
await at the top of the
trail (at Foothill Trail),
including views of five
other trails. Perhaps one
of the most stunning
sights is that of Luci’s
companion, Fox Canyon
Trail, zigzagging its way
up the opposite side of
the canyon.
The trailhead is located on Shelf Road,
about 100 yards east of
the Fox Canyon Trailhead.
One way at a leisurely
pace takes about 40
minutes. The trail is
closed to horses.
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Sports
B1
Friday
June 6, 2014
INSIDE:
B2 Classified
B4 Around Our Valley
B6 Perspectives
Highlighting prep, rec and area sports
Mike Miller, editor
[email protected]
Ojai Valley News photos by Ken Brown
Nordhoff’s Tayler Livingston (above left) was one of the program’s most productive running backs in school history. He’s headed to Willamette University where he will play
slot receiver. His teammate Brandon Wadsworth (above right), who was “Mr. Everything” for the Rangers over the last two seasons, will join Livingston at Willamette.
Former NHS stars will be teammates at Willamette
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Tayler Livingston and Brandon Wadsworth were two of
the most productive Nordhoff
football players in recent years.
The duo helped the Rangers to
back-to-back CIF Southern
Section divisional titles and
now they will be teammates
once again at Willamette University in Salem, Ore.
Livingston and Wadsworth
are both headed north this fall
and will be suiting up for the
Bearcats. Willamette plays at
the NCAA Division III level in
the Northwest Conference,
which fields some competitive
small-college football teams.
Last season, the Bearcats were
7-2, so Livingston and
Wadsworth are entering a
strong program that plays an
exciting brand of football.
For Livingston, football did
not play a major factor in his
decision to attend Willamette.
He said, “More than football, I
liked the academics, weather
and I really liked the people,
especially the coaching staff.”
In addition to Willamette, Livingston also considered Ohio
Wesleyan and the University of
Redlands.
As a running back at Nordhoff, Livingston rushed for
1,535 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior and 959
yards and 14 scores as a senior,
but he was recruited to play a
different position for the
Bearcats. He said, “They want
me to play slot receiver. I can’t
wait.”
Aside from suiting up on Saturdays, Livingston also expects
to take a heavy study load as a
freshman. He is still unsure
what his major will be, but has
narrowed down his options to
computer science, engineering, or communications.
Wadsworth’s decision also
came down to academics, both
undergraduate and graduate.
“It came down to Willamette
and Linfield College, but
Willamette offered more academically. I want to get into
their MBA program after I
graduate and Linfield could
not offer me that opportunity,”
he said.
While
at
Nordhoff,
Wadsworth rarely left the football field and his all-around
talents could result in the same
kind of playing time at
Willamette. “They recruited
me as a safety, but the coaches
have also told me I might play
some offense if they need me
and I’ll definitely play on special teams,” he said.
When asked about playing
with Livingston at the next
level, Wadsworth talked about
taking a piece of the Ranger
tradition to Oregon. He said, “It
is going to be cool to play with
Tayler. With him on the opposite side of the ball, we will be
able to push each other and
compete everyday in practice.
We will also be able to take a
little piece of the Nordhoff tradition with us, especially how
close we all were as teammates.”
Livingston
echoed
Wadsworth’s excitement about
having a fellow Ranger at
Willamette. “There are a lot of
guys from Nordhoff that I’d like
to play with for another four
years, but especially Brandon.
He has the same kind of work
ethic I do and he is a great
teammate. I’m very excited
we’ll be on the same team
again.”
Local football fans will get a
chance to see Wadsworth, Livingston and the rest of the
Bearcats locally this season.
Willamette is scheduled to
make the long trip to Thousand Oaks to face California
Lutheran University in their
second game of the season.
The game will take place Sept.
20 at 12:30 p.m.
Grass Destruction team
takes lead in Sundowners
James Casey
Ojai Valley News contributor
Week six of the Sundowners Golf League
saw the Weapons of
Grass Destruction continue their impressive
play and climb into the
top spot overall in the
season standings. They
scored 64 points on the
week and sit at 353
points on the year. The
team has four players averaging over 18 points
per round. Josh Griep
played one of his best
rounds and managed to
shoot a gross 42 for 24
points. His play was
complemented by Troy
York, who shot a twounder round of 34 for 21
points, and Josh Lech,
who shot a 39 for 19
points.
%#^$%@ (The Characters) fell into the second
spot with 347 points.
They still had a solid
weekly total of 55 points
after receiving 19 points
each from Victor Logan
and Steve Rapholz.
Logan is averaging 20.5
points per week and is
still the highest scoring
individual in the league.
Five Blind Mice were
able to take control of
third place in the league
after managing to score
61 points this week. Josh
Young, who tied with
Troy York for low gross
score of the week, managed to shoot a 34 for 22
points. Young was supported by Charles Casey,
who shot a 39 for 20
points, and Patrick
Kearns, who shot a 40 for
19 points. The Five Blind
Mice been steadily
climbing the standings
this season.
There is a three-way
tie for fourth place on
the season with 341
points. Bugsy's Bandits,
Parker's Putters, and
Chiefs IE are all sitting
within striking distance
of the leaders. Bugsy's
saw Josh Rood put up 19
points to lead his team to
a 54-point total on the
week. Parker's had Scott
King shoot his best
round of the year with
his 38 gross for 22 points.
King helped his team to
a weekly total of 58
points. The Chiefs were
led by Troy Erickson's 20
points on their way to a
weekly total of 54.
The rest of the field is
fairly bunched as the
league enters the summer months. Hut Putters
moved up in the standings with a massive
weekly total of 64 points.
Travis Garee, T.J. Hanna,
and Jerry Jones, all managed to eclipse the 20-
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point mark to help their
team climb up in the
standings. The Scramblers have started their
climb back up the leader
board thanks to the father-and-son duo of
Todd and Carl Henard,
who each scored 21
points. Adrian Frape
shot a gross 35 for 23
points and helped Millie's Duffers remain in
the mix. The Soule Park
Hookers saw great play
from Jerry Martin and
Tom Husted as they continued to rise in the season rankings.
In the A Flight, Robin
Williams and Josh Young
each took home two
skins. Williams eagled 18
to win his second skin in
dramatic fashion. In the
B Flight, Paul Wadsworth
and Jerry Jones each won
a skin. In the C Flight,
Travis Garee, R.J. Cutting, and Josh Griep each
took home a skin.
Current
standings:
Grass Destruction 353,
Characters 347, Five
Blind Mice 342, Bugsy's
Bandits 341, Parker's
Putters 341, Chiefs IE
341, Good Pick It up 335,
Millie's Duffers 334,
Soule Park Hookers 333,
Hut Putters 332, Handicap's What? 328, JL's
Junkyard 319, Geezers
309, and Scramblers 307.
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Not your typical ladies’ evening out
A team comprised of Ojai Valley athletes named Team Glitter and Mud competed
in the American Hot Shots Extreme Mud Run May 17 in Santa Ynez. The extreme
race covered more than 10 miles of ground, and the team of Paige Reynolds
(from left), Jennifer Lacey-Gonzalez, Rhonda Lee, and Bethany Bode navigated
more than 22 obstacles. Some of the obstacles include: Rope Climb, Tubes of
Terror, Barbwire Assault, Cowboy Climb, Mud Alley, Board Walk, Trench Crawl,
Climbing Walls, Monkey Bars, Half Pipe, Creeping Bear Crawl, Spiderman Walls,
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THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
(1st Fictitious Business
Name) Ojai Beverage
Company, Inc.
Street Address of
Principal Place of Business
(P.O. Box or PMB not
acceptable):
655 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai, CA
93023
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
State of Incorporation/
Organization: CA
Full name of 1st
Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Lim
ited Liability Company:
Ojai Beverage Company,
Inc.
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or
PMB not acceptable):
655 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai, CA
93023
This Business is
conducted by: A
Corporation
The registrant
commenced to transact
business under the fictitious
business name or names
listed above on 4/1/2014.
I declare that all
information in this
statement is true and
correct.
(A registrant who declares
information as true any
material matter pursuant to
Section 17913 of Business
and Professions Code that
the registrant knows to be
false is guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by
a fine not to exceed one
thousand dollars ($1,000).)
Ojai Beverage Company,
Inc.
/s/JOSE YOBE
Jose Yobe
President
NOTICE – In accordance
with subdivision (a) of
Section 17920, a fictitious
name statement generally
expires at the end of five
years from the date on
which it was filed in the
office of the county clerk,
except, as provided in
subdivision section 17920,
where it expires 40 days
after any change in the
facts set forth in the
statement pursuant to
section 17913 other than a
change in residence address
or registered owner. A new
fictitious business name
statement must be filed
before the expiration. The
filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the
use in this state of a
fictitious business name in
violation of the rights of
another under Federal,
State, or Common Law (see
section 14411 ET SEQ.,
Business and Professions
Code).
This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of
Ventura on the date
indicated by the file stamp
above.
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OVN05-20-2014
Published Ojai Valley News
May 23 & 30, 2014
June 6 & 13, 2014
STATEMENT OF
ABANDONMENT OF
USE OF FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAME
20140519-10008697-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 05/19/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
1st Fictitious Business
Name
DS Design and Printing
Services
Street Address of
(P.O. Box or PMB are not
acceptable)
2175 Goodyear Avenue
#104, Ventura, CA 93003
The date on which the
Fictitious Business Name
being Abandoned was filed:
April 10, 2012
The file number to the
being Abandoned:
20120410-10004844-0 1/1
The County where the
was filed: Ventura County
Full name of 1st
Registrant (Individual)/
Corporation/Limited
Liability Company
Tanner Inc.
PMB are not acceptable)
1162 Tico Road, Ojai, CA
93023
This Business is
conducted by: A
Corporation
I declare that all
information in this
correct.
information as true which
he or she knows to be false
is guilty of a crime.)
I am also aware that all
information on this
statement becomes public
record upon filing pursuant
to California Public
Records Act (G.C. 62506277)
Tanner Inc.
/s/DONNA SPURGEON
Donna Spurgeon
CFO
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OVN05-21-2014
May 23 & 30, 2014
June 6 & 13, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2014042910007331-0 1/1
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 04/29/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
Name) Queen of Tarts
Catering
Street Address of
acceptable):
4560 Hendrickson Road,
Ojai, CA 93023
Full name of 1st
Registrant
Dana Marie Cesnik Doyle
4560 Hendrickson Road,
Ojai, CA 93023
This Business is
conducted by: An
Individual
The registrant
I declare that all
information in this
correct.
Dana Marie Cesnik Doyle
/s/DANA MARIE CESNIK
DOYLE
Code).
Ventura on the date
above.
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May 23 & 30, 2014
June 6 & 13, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2014042810007229-0 1/1
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 04/28/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
Name) Express Printing
Services
Street Address of
acceptable):
486 S. Dawson Dr., Ste. 6S,
Camarillo, CA 93012
Full name of 1st
Registrant
Ramy Ashraf Shenouda
555 Rosewood Ave. #402,
Camarillo, CA 93010
This Business is
conducted by: An
Individual
The registrant
listed above on N/A.
I declare that all
information in this
correct.
Ramy Shenouda
/s/RAMY SHENOUDA
Code).
Ventura on the date
above.
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May 30, 2014
June 6, 2014
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
SALE
On June 13, 2014 at 9:30
am, Ojai Self Storage will
sell the following units in a
Public Auction at 404
Bryant Circle, Ojai, CA
93023. These units have
failed to pay their storage
fees and have received
proper notice per the
California Self Service
Storage Facility Act
(SS21700-21716) and these
notices have expired.
C116 – Pablo Weiss:
Dresser, tabletop, boxes
D3A – Donna Small:
Wine rack, trunk, chest of
drawers, bookcase, boxes
D3N – Jamie Rowe:
Rocking chair, lamps, box
spring, mattress, clothing,
boxes
D38 – Rick Hager:
Mattress, yard equipment,
cooler chest, hutch, lamps,
upright freezer, TV, vacuum
cleaners, futon, boxes, paint
D39 - Rick Hager: Flat
screen TV, extension
ladder, bed frame, wall
décor, home desk, TV cart,
fishing poles, tires, paint,
fire extinguishers, propane
tanks
Ojai Self Storage reserves
the right to set opening
bids. All items sold ”As Is”
and must be removed at the
time of sale.
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May 30, 2014
June 6 & 13, 2014
ASAP #4461642
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S
SALE Trustee Sale No. :
20130015001801 Title
Order No.: 130175475
FHA/VA/PMI No.:
ATTENTION
RECORDER: THE
FOLLOWING
REFERENCE TO AN
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APPLIES ONLY TO
COPIES PROVIDED TO
THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO
THIS RECORDED
ORIGINAL NOTICE.
NOTE: THERE IS A
SUMMARY OF THE
INFORMATION IN THIS
DOCUMENT ATTACHED
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF
TRUST, DATED
02/22/2007. 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.
NDEx West, L.L.C., as
duly appointed Trustee
under and pursuant to Deed
of Trust Recorded on
03/05/2007 as Instrument
No. 20070305-00047242-0
of official records in the
office of the County
Recorder of VENTURA
County, State of
CALIFORNIA.
EXECUTED BY: JOB
BILL KRAFT, WILL SELL
AT PUBLIC AUCTION
TO HIGHEST BIDDER
FOR CASH, CASHIER’S
CHECK/CASH
EQUIVALENT or other
form of payment authorized
by California Civil Code
2924h(b), (payable at time
of sale in lawful money of
the United States). DATE
OF SALE: 06/19/2014
TIME OF SALE: 11:00
AM PLACE OF SALE: AT
THE MAIN ENTRANCE
TO THE GOVERNMENT
CENTER HALL OF
JUSTICE, 800 SOUTH
VICTORIA AVENUE,
VENTURA, CA. STREET
ADDRESS and other
common designation, if
any, of the real property
described above is
purported to be: 1142
FUCHSIA LN, SANTA
PAULA, CALIFORNIA
93060 APN#: 100-0-051025 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
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 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 $367,981.28. 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. NOTICE TO
POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If
you are considering bidding
on this property lien, you
should understand that
there are risks involved in
bidding at a trustee auction.
You will be bidding on a
lien, not on the property
itself. Placing the highest
bid at a trustee auction does
not automatically entitle
you to free and clear
ownership of the property.
You should also be aware
that the lien being
auctioned off may be a
junior lien. If you are the
highest bidder at the
auction, you are or may be
responsible for paying off
all liens senior to the lien
being auctioned off, before
you can receive clear title
to the property. You are
encouraged to investigate
the existence, priority, and
size of outstanding liens
that may exist on this
property by contacting the
county recorder’s office or
a title insurance company,
either of which may charge
you a fee for this
information. If you consult
either of these resources,
you should be aware that
the same lender may hold
more than one mortgage or
deed of trust on the
property. NOTICE TO
PROPERTY OWNER: The
sale date shown on this
notice of sale may be
postponed one or more
times by the mortgagee,
beneficiary, trustee, or a
court, pursuant to Section
2924g of the California
Civil Code. The law
requires that information
about trustee sale
postponements be made
available to you and to the
public, as a courtesy to
those not present at the
sale. If you wish to learn
whether your sale date has
been postponed, and, if
applicable, the rescheduled
time and date for the sale of
this property, you may call
714-730-2727 for
information regarding the
trustee’s sale or visit this
Internet Web site
www.lpsasap.com for
information regarding the
sale of this property, using
the file number assigned to
this case 20130015001801.
Information about
postponements that are very
short in duration or that
occur close in time to the
scheduled sale may not
immediately be reflected in
the telephone information
or on the Internet Web site.
The best way to verify
postponement information
is to attend the scheduled
sale. FOR TRUSTEE
SALE INFORMATION
PLEASE CALL: AGENCY
SALES and POSTING
3210 EL CAMINO REAL,
SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA
92602 714-730-2727
www.lpsasap.com NDEx
West, L.L.C. as Trustee
Dated: 05/23/2014 NDEx
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. NDEx West,
L.L.C. 15000 Surveyor
Boulevard, Suite 500
Addison, Texas 75001-9013
Telephone: (866) 795-1852
Telecopier: (972) 661-7800
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June 4, 6 & 11, 2014
Notice of Public Hearing
The Ojai Basin
Groundwater Management
Agency will hold a public
hearing on: June 12, 2014
at 5:00 pm at the Pope
Plaza Conference Room,
428 Bryant Circle, Ojai, for
discussion of the following:
Approval of the 2014-2015
Budget
Cece VanDerMeer
Executive Secretary
Ojai Basin Groundwater
Management Agency
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June 6, 2014
PUBLIC NOTICE
OJAI PLANNING
COMMISSION
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the City of
Ojai Planning Commission
will hold a concept review
on the following item on
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
at 6:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of Ojai City
Hall, 401 S. Ventura Street,
Ojai, California. Any
interested party may appear
before said Commission
and present their views.
Concept Review (CR 1401) for a 9 townhome
development, two-story,
with workspace on bottom
floor and residential on
second floor, located at
205, 209, 211 N. Signal
Street, Ojai, Assessor’s
Parcel Numbers: 021-0111-030, -120, and -100.
The General Plan Land Use
designation and Zoning
classification of the
property is Village MixedUse (VMU). A Categorical
Exemption has been
prepared pursuant to the
California Environmental
Quality Act. Property
Owner: Bowie Hill LLC.
Applicant/Representative:
William Monnot and
Howard Silverman,
Paradise Artists.
Further information about
this matter is available from
the Community
Development Department
at 401 South Ventura
Street, Monday through
Friday from 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m., or by calling
(805) 646-5581 x112. No
final action will be taken at
this meeting. The input
received will be used to
help refine the proposals
for consideration at a future
public hearing.
June 3, 2014
/s/KATHLEEN WOLD
Kathleen Wold, Community
Development Director
Email public notices to:
[email protected]
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May 23 & 30, 2014
June 6 & 13, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2014051210008275-0 1/2
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 05/12/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
Name) Red Barn Liquor #4
Street Address of
acceptable):
11558 N ventura ave, ojai,
CA 93023
Full name of 1st
Registrant
Jorge Alberto Alem
7724 Paso Robles, Ventura,
CA 930004
Full name of 2nd
Registrant
Samir Aroch
Residence Address of 2nd
CA 930004
Full name of 3rd
Registrant
Joby Yobe
Residence Address of 3rd
CA 930004
This Business is
conducted by: A General
Partnership
The registrant
I declare that all
information in this
correct.
Jorge Alberto Alem
/s/JORGE ALBERTO
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Ventura on the date
above.
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May 23 & 30, 2014
June 6 & 13, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
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Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 05/12/2014
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OJAI VALLEY NEWS
GARAGE SALE MAP
Please help keep Ojai beautiful.
Take down your signs when your
sale is over.
5
Rain
Check!
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8
If there is measurable
rain on the day of your
sale, the Ojai Valley
News will run your ad
again the following
week at no charge.
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#2
4
3
#1
2
495 OLD GRADE
RD. Oak View. Sat.,
8-5, Estate sale. Sm.
kitchen appliances,
china, misc. household
items, vintage books,
CDs, DVDs, sm.
electronics, china
hutches.
N. Ventura Ave. to
Oak View Ave. to
Old Grade Rd.
1
#6
415 S. PUEBLO
AVE. Sat. & Sun.,
8-12. TV, gizmos, pet
supply, bike, clothes,
books, DVDs &
more.
Maricopa Hwy. to
El Roblar Dr. to
S. Pueblo Ave.
728 HIGHLAND DR.
Sat. & Sun., 8-1.
Designer fabric & yard
sale. 30 yrs. of
accumulated material
must go. Fabric trim
tools, furn., home
decor & much more.
Hwy. 33 to
Highland Dr.
#7
#4
#3
1150 LAKE AVE.
Sat., 7:30-noon.
Clothes; women’s,
boys’ & girls’ shoes,
books, costume
jewelry, purses,
furniture.
370 W. BALDWIN RD
x Rice Rd. Saturday
only 8-12 pm.
“SATURDAY OUT
WEST” Help of Ojai
West Campus Sale.
Furniture, clothing,
misc. household and
garage sale items.
For furniture donation pickups, call
649-8750.
Hwy. 33 to Woodland
Ave. to S. Rice Rd. to
Lake Ave.
502 DESCANSO
AVE. Fri., Sat. &
Sun., 9-2. Estate Sale
of Robert & Cheryl
King. Tools, elec.
tools, compressor,
ham radios, reel to
reel, art, Elvis
collectables, organ,
maple furn., billy goat
lawn mower, lthr.
couch, outdoor furn.,
teletype, many more
treasures.
511 W. EUCALYPTUS
ST. Sat., 7-3.
Household goods,
bikes, camping
equip., books,
furniture, kids’ toys.
Maricopa Hwy. to
S. Carillo Rd. to
Descanso Ave.
W. Ojai Ave. to Bristol
Rd. to Foothill Rd to
W. Eucalyptus St.
#5
736 OSO RD. Sat.
only, 8-12. No early
birds please. Furn.,
baby items, misc.,
featuring Lydia’s
lemonade stand.
Maricopa Hwy. to
Fairview Rd. to
N. Rice Rd. to
Meyer Rd. to Oso Rd.
#9
#8
308 RAYMOND ST.
Fri. & Sat., 8-12.
Household, furniture,
OVAC membership,
other fundraising
items.
W. Ojai Ave. to
Cañada St. to
W. Summer St. to
Emily St. to
Raymond St.
#10
276 AVENIDA DEL
RECREO. Sat., 8:30-1.
Downsizing sale.
Lots of fun treasures,
housewares, newer
vacuum, push mower
& misc.
E. Ojai Ave. to
Avenida Del Recreo.
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This Week
Friday, June 6
MUSIC AT IL GIARDINO
— Smitty and Julija perform Fridays from 6:30 to
9:30 p.m. at Il Giardino,
401 E. Ojai Ave. No cover
charge. Call 640-7381.
“I OUGHT TO BE IN
PICTURES” — Another
one of Neil Simon’s comedy gems that deals with
the nuances of love and
family, “I Ought to Be in
Pictures,” plays at the Ojai
Art Center Theater, 113 S.
Montgomery St., through
Sunday, with performances today and Saturday
at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2
p.m. Directed by Steve
Grumette, the production
stars Buddy Wilds, Kimberly Demmary and Hayley Silvers. Tickets: $18
general, $15 for students,
seniors and Art Center
members; go to www.ojai
act.org or call 640-8797.
Saturday, June 7
VOLUNTEER TRAIL
DAY — To commemorate
National Trails Day, the
Ojai Ranger District is
hosting a volunteer trail
project Saturday on
Howard Creek Trail. The
project will primarily be
brushing and trail clearing.
Meet at the Ojai Ranger
Station, 1190 E. Ojai Ave.,
at 8:30 a.m. to carpool to
the trailhead and return by
3:30 p.m. Bring lunch,
water, sunscreen, gloves,
eye protection, hat, camera,and wear sturdy shoes.
Tools, instruction and
drinks will be provided.
Rain will cancel the event.
For more information, call
646-4348, Ext. 0.
FREE HERB GARDEN
TOUR — A free tour of the
Earth Island Medicinal
Herb Garden at the Krishnamurti Foundation, 1070
McAndrew Road, will be
held Saturday at 9 a.m.
Longtime herbalist Carol
Wade, owner of Earth Island Herbs Community
Supported Agriculture will
be on hand to talk about
the extensive collection of
medicinal herbs in the garden, their traditional uses
and tips for growing
them.For directions and to
RSVP call 646-0693 or
write info@earthisland
herbs.com.
OJAI HISTORICAL
WALKING TOURS — Saturdays at 10:30 a.m., Ojai
Historical Walking Tours
depart from the Ojai Valley
Museum, 130 W. Ojai Ave.
(approximately one-hour
tours of downtown historical and cultural attractions). Docent Helen
Peterson will lead the June
7 tour. Cost is $5 or $15 per
family. Drop-ins are welcome. For reservations, to
schedule groups or tours
during the week, call 6401390.
HUMANE SOCIETY’S
BIRTHDAY BASH — The
Humane Society of Ventura County Shelter and
Adoption Center at 402
Bryant St., Ojai, will celebrate 82 years of service
with a birthday party on
Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. The event will feature
games, tours, entertainment, vendors, a bake sale,
animal exhibits, care and
training for animals and
birthday cake for all.
Please leave family pets at
home. Call 646-6505.
“IS YOUR BACKPACK
TOO HEAVY?”— Wheeler
Gorge Visitor Center, 17017
Maricopa Highway, will
host a presentation by Paul
“The Beeman” Cronshaw
on Saturday at 11 a.m. He
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[email protected]
will give you tips on how to
shed pounds (or ounces)
from your backpack gear.
Donations: $3 for adults,
$2 for ages 5 to 18, younger
than 5 admittted free. Call
382-9759.
Sunday, June 8
OJAI WINE FESTIVAL —
The Rotary Club of Ojai
West will host the 28th annual Ojai Wine Festival at
Lake Casitas on Sunday
from noon to 4 p.m., featuring more than 250
wines and 20 beers, food,
live bands, dancing, free
boat rides, arts and crafts
and a silent auction. Shuttle pickup available. Call
389-8196, Ext. 1. Tickets
available online, www.ojai
winefestival.com or at Attitude Adjustment Shoppe
or Reid’s Appliances.
MINI-RETREAT AT
MOUNT — Meditation
Mount, 10340 Reeves
Road, will host “Just B:
From Person to Presence,”
an awakening mini-retreat, led by Brian and Lisa
Berman, on Sunday from 1
to 4 p.m. Suggested donation: $25 (no one turned
away). Call 646-5508.
OLD-TIME FIDDLERS
— California State OldTime Fiddlers, District 8,
will meet Sunday from
1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Oak
View Community Center,
18 Valley Road, Oak View.
Join the fiddlers for a funfilled afternoon of playing,
listening and dancing to
country, western and bluegrass music. Free admission and parking.
Refreshments are available. For more information, visit www.cal
fiddlers.com or call 7976563.
MUSIC AT CASA BARRANCA — Don Cardinali’s
group, Alas Latinas, will
perform Latin jazz and
Plenty of Color
Colorful Hanging Baskets
Marigolds • Petunias
Cosmos • Zinnias
Million Bells • Dinner
Plate Dahlias
VEGGIES GALORE including
squash and pepper plants
New plants arriving daily!
Lots of staked grape vines
Your choice $19.99 (5 gal.)
This month is lavender month
Many new lavender plants in stock
245 Old Baldwin Rd. - Ojai (805) 640-0055 Web: floragardens.net
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happens, are you ready?
If this happened to you…
would you have
enough coverage?
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free risk review.
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Ojai Valley News • Friday, June 6, 2014 B5
YOUR COMPLETE
LISTING OF
O J A I VA L L E Y E V E N T S
[email protected]
bossa nova Sunday from
2:30 to 5 p.m. at Casa Barranca, 208 E. Ojai Ave.,
640-1255.
CHILDREN’S STORY
TIME — BookEnds Bookstore, 110 S. Pueblo Ave.,
will host a children’s author Sunday at 3 p.m. Meet
award-winner Monika
Mira, who captivates her
young audience by engaging them with the use of
sign language to learn the
signs of all sea life. Her
new books, “Who Lives in
the Sea? Ocean Animals of
Hawaii”and “The Complete Hawaiian Reef Fish
Coloring Book,” will be
available. Call 640-9441.
Monday, June 9
BIRD WALK — The Ventura Audubon Society will
host a birding trip Monday
at 8 a.m. at the Ojai Meadows Preserve on Maricopa
Highway, next to Nordhoff
High School, led by Allen
Bertke (640-9037). Bring
binoculars, a field guide,
hat and water.
“RIVERTALK REMEMBERED” — The Literary
Branch will meet Monday
at 7 p.m. at the Ojai Art
Center, 113 S. Montgomery
St., hosted by Tree Bernstein. The theme for the
evening will be “Rivertalk
Remembered.” Joan Raymund published this annual anthology of poetry
and photography from
1988 to 2003; back issues
will be available. Free will
donations are welcome at
the door. Call 646-0117.
Tuesday, June 10
PARADE DEADLINE —
Tuesday is the deadline to
apply to participate in the
Fourth of July parade. Applications are available at
Ojai Hair Company, 807 E.
Ojai Ave., and the Ojai
Recreation Department,
510 Park Road, in Ojai, and
at American Hay, 101 W.
Short St., Oak View.
OJAI BRINGS OUT THE
MAGIC OUT OF ARTISTIC
SOULS — Gayel Childress
is a well-known artist, educator, and co-founder of
the Ojai Studio Artists, an
organization to promote
art awareness.On Tuesday
she will share with the
Men’s Club “insider’s” tips
on recognizing and appreciating the finer beauty of
paintings. Members of our
sister Ventura Retired
Men’s Club will be joining
in this meeting. The Ojai
Valley Retired Men’s Club
holds luncheon meetings
on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of every month
at 11:45 a.m. in the Banquet Room at Soule Park
Golf Course. Prospective
members are always welcome. Call 649-2434 or
646-5296 for reservations.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING — The Ojai City Council will meet Tuesday at 7
p.m. at City Hall, 401 S.
Ventura St.
Wednesday, June 11
OJAI VALLEY PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP
— The Parkinson’s disease
free support group will
meet Wednesday from 1:30
to 3:30 p.m. at Little
House, 111 W. Santa Ana
St.; family and care partners are also welcome.
There are always knowledgeable people presenting good information. At
this meeting, a registered
nurse will talk about a new
P.D. drug that one of the
group members is taking.
Call 646-4410.
“REPTILE FAMILY
SHOW” — The Oak View
Library, 555 Mahoney Ave.,
will host a free “Reptile
Family Show” on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. Call 6491523 for more details.
Thursday, June 12
OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL
— The 68th annual Ojai
Music Festival will run
from Thursday through
June 15 at Libbey Bowl and
other venues at various
times and prices, featuring
works selected by Jeremy
Denk, this year’s music director, and performed by
celebrated musicians. Go
to www.ojaifestival.org or
call 646-2053.
Down the Road
CHISUM’S OPEN
HOUSE — Chisum’s Floor
Covering, 118 Bryant St.,
will host an open house on
June 13 from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m., featuring a new window display, festivities, refreshments, events and
rebate offers. Call 6462440.
“LIVING LEGACY” —
The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy will present the
next “Wild About Ojai”
program June 14 at 10 a.m.
at its offices in Building A4
at 370 W. Baldwin Road.
John Krist, CEO of the
Farm Bureau of Ventura
County, will talk about his
book, “Living Legacy: The
Story of Ventura County
Agriculture.” This event is
free to OVLC members,
$10 for non-members.
Reservations are required;
call 649-6852, Ext. 2, or
email [email protected].
OJAI HISTORICAL
tours of downtown historical and cultural attractions). Docents Jackie
Clark and Connie Campbell will lead the June 14
tour. Cost is $5 or $15 per
family. Drop-ins are welcome. For reservations, to
schedule groups or tours
during the week, call 6401390.
LaBelle’s Salon
640-3831
805-
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“REPTILE FAMILY
SHOW” — The Ojai Library, 111 E. Ojai Ave., will
host a free “Reptile Family
Show” on June 14 at 11
a.m. Call 646-1639 for
more details.
“TREES ARE TREMENDOUS”— Wheeler Gorge
Visitor Center, 17017 Maricopa Highway, will host a
presentation by Lloyd
Simpson, a botanist with
Los Padres National Forest,
on June 14 at 10:30 a.m. He
will talk about the native
and non-native trees in the
area on a walk from the
center to the campground.
(Required program for Cub
Scouts.) Donations: $3 for
adults, $2 for ages 5 to 18,
younger than 5 admittted
free. Call 382-9759.
“WEBELOS SCOUT
FORESTER PROGRAM”—
Wheeler Gorge Visitor
Center, 17017 Maricopa
Highway, will host a presentation by Gordie
Hemphill, scouter and
LPFA president, on June 14
at 1 p.m. This program will
cover forest trees and
plants and how mankind
and animals use them. Donations: $3 for both youth
and adults to cover cost of
materials. Reservations are
required; call 382-9759.
MUSIC AT CASA BARRANCA — Jazz singer
Kristin Lee will perform
with pianist Bruce Bigenho
June 15 from 2:30 to 5 p.m.
at Casa Barranca, 208 E.
Ojai Ave., 640-1255.
BIRD WALK — The Ventura Audubon Society will
host a birding trip June 16
at 8 a.m. at Cañada Larga
Road, led by Allen Bertke
(640-9037). Bring binoculars, a field guide, hat and
water. Drive just a little bit
past the bridge and park
on right by the avocado
orchards.
“FREEDOM OR IMPRISONMENT” — The
American Vedic Association Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
Fellowship will meet June
17 at 7:30 p.m. at 687 Villanova Road to discuss
“Freedom or Imprisonment.” Always free. Call
640-0405.
BOARD GAMES AND
PUZZLES— The Meiners
Oaks Library, 114 N.
Pueblo Ave., will host an
afternoon of board games
and puzzles on June 18
from 2 to 4 p.m. Call 6464804 for more details.
DRAGON PUPPET
CRAFTS— The Oak View
Library, 555 Mahoney Ave.,
will host a craft workshop
on dragon puppets on
June 18 from 3:30 to 4:30
p.m. Call 649-1523 for
more details.
MARSHMALLOW ANIMALS CRAFTS— The
Meiners Oaks Library, 114
N. Padre Juan Ave., will
host a craft workshop on
marshmallow animals on
June 19 from 1:30 to 2:30
We now have
2 Manicurists!
1121 Maricopa Highway - Walk-Ins Welcome
Photo by Tim Dewar
‘DamNation’ postponed
The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy’s fundraising screening of “DamNation,” previously scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Ojai Playhouse, has had to be
postponed due to repair work going on at the theater. It has been rescheduled
for Aug. 16 at 10 a.m. Call 649-6852, Ext. 2.
more details.
BOARD GAMES AND
PUZZLES— The Oak
ViewLibrary, 555 Mahoney
Ave., will host an afternoon
of board games and puzzles on June 19 from 2 to 5
more details.
FOURTH OF JULY
PLANNING MEETING —
The Ojai Independence
Day Committee will meet
June 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Little House, 111 W. Santa
Ana St., Ojai, to plan for
the Fourth of July festivities. If you want to help,
just show up or call Nancy
Hill at 646-0076 for information.
BIRD FEEDER
CRAFTS— The Ojai Library, 111 E. Ojai Ave., will
host a craft workshop on
bird feeders on June 20
from 1 to 2 p.m. Call 6461639 for more details.
PEDDLERS’ FAIR — Ojai
Peddlers’ Fair will feature
antiques, collectibles,
crafts and clothing, June
21 and 22 from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., at Chaparral Auditorium, 414 E. Ojai Ave., rain
or shine. Proceeds will
benefit Mira Monte Elementary School PTO.
DEVOTIONAL AT
MOUNT — Meditation
Mount, 10340 Reeves
Road, will host the Rev.
Karen S. Wylie’s monthly
devotional retreat on June
21 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. The topic will be
“Emerge and See.” Open to
people of all faiths. Suggested donation: $10 (no
one will be turned away).
Call (310) 968-8928.
OJAI HISTORICAL
tours of downtown historical and cultural attractions). Docent Rose Boggs
will lead the June 21 tour.
Cost is $5 or $15 per family. Drop-ins are welcome.
For reservations, to schedule groups or tours during
the week, call 640-1390.
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Perspectives
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
MEL BLOOM
Ties that bind are sometimes severed
Sometimes we would
do well to question both
the wisdom and the syntax of popular axioms,
aphorisms, and oftenused expressions. A
goodly number of them
are inspirational and
high-sounding, but occasionally a deeper examination can prove
them vexing. Take, for
example, “Hope springs
eternal
within
the
human breast.” There is
nothing wrong with this
sentiment; in fact, I applaud it. It rings of both
optimism and nobility,
however it is couched in
a bit of ambiguity. Does
it mean that hope is always in our hearts even
if it lies there latently just
waiting to spring out and
help us through a crisis?
Or does it mean, it
springs out and will last
forever? After all, eternity
is forever.
I don’t know who first
voiced that thought. In
earlier days it could have
been attributed to Mary
Poppins but after seeing
the Disney film “Saving
Mr. Banks” we can conclude the real Mary Poppins
was
neither
Rebecca of Sunny Brook
Farm or Little Orphan
Annie whose comic strip
persona was eternal optimism and who, when
she morphed into a
Broadway musical, sang
“Tomorrow, tomorrow, I
love you tomorrow;
you’re only a day away.”
It really doesn’t matter
who said, “Hope springs
eternal,” etc. It could
have been anybody up
against the odds and desirous of a favorable outcome which fortunately
happened due to luck or
a miracle from on high.
Hope is an ethereal
thing, fragile and gossamer. Is it congenital or
something derived from
our environment? It
ebbs and flows, comes
and goes and was pretty
well defined by the lyrics
in an Academy Awardwinning song from almost four decades ago
called “High Hopes.”
“Next time you’re
found with your chin on
the ground take a good
look around.
Just what makes that
little old ant think he
can move a rubber tree
plant?
Any one knows an ant
can’t move a rubber tree
plant.
But he’s got high
hopes. High apple pie in
the sky hopes.
So, any time you’re
getting low just remember that ant.
Whoops, there goes
another rubber tree
plant.”
As Sherlock Holmes
might have put it, “Elementary, my dear Watson.” And so it is.
Without hope, people,
projects and potentially
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With hope, especially
high hopes, sometimes
the impossible can be
brought to fruition. All
this occurred to me the
other day when for the
first time this season I
glanced at the major
league baseball standings and noted my onceendeared and revered
Cubs are mired in last
place and after only six
weeks of playing are already 13 games behind
the leader. And added to
that is the fact, of all 30
major league teams, the
Cubs have the lowest
won-lost ratio. It made
me neither sad nor irritated. In days not so long
ago, I believed my life
depended on their place
in the standings. Now, it
made no difference and
my reaction to the current Cub status can be
best described in the
five-word response of
the wise guy or the
chronic cynic: “So, what
else is new?”
I didn’t even know my
hopes along with my devotion to the team had
ebbed away. To recognize it means I don’t care
any more. Somewhere
along the line I dropped
the Cubs from my
prayers. I can’t even recall when. There was a
time long ago (and how
did it go so fast?) when
Wrigley Field (now the
oldest living major
league ballpark at 100
years old) was a holy
shrine and the team
players, all gods. I knew
each of their statistics,
collected their cards
from bubble gum, cherished the autographed
pictures which hung on
my bedroom wall and
wanted to be Phil
Cavaretta (my first
choice) or Augie Galan,
my second. In 1945, I listened to the World Series
on shortwave radio
aboard a Navy ship in a
Japanese harbor. I can’t
remember how many
times I died in that series
and in the almost 70
years since I have died
often. Is it any wonder
hope, like water, has
somehow
slipped
through my fingers?
It is difficult if not impossible to carry a torch
forever. There comes a
time in every life where
we have to let go of
hopes and aspirations
which haven’t materialized. I bear the Cubs no
ill feelings, wish them
well forever, and am
grateful that I was there
during their best of
times. My life is not lessened by this loss. There
are so many things to
hope for, even too high
to hope for. Life is not
worth living if there is no
hope. It is the best thing
we have going for us. As
for the Cubs, I yield the
torch to whoever will
take it in hopes they will
see the return of halcyon
days in Wrigley Field.
As for myself, “I’m
outta here.”
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