The owners of a pair of ongoing construction proj-ects got som e good news from the Ojai City Council. Fee waivers on work being done at Weil Tenn is Acad-em y and the Topa Mountain Winery were approved by the Council Tuesday.

Early in the m eeting, item s pertain ing to each proj-ect were pulled from the con -sen t calendar by Councilm an Severo Lara, who felt they m erited clarifi cation and de-liberation . Lara said he wan t-ed the Council to address the issue thoughtfu lly and not to give the im pression that all construction in the city was being reim bursed across the board.

Construction of the Topa

Mountain Winery, at 821 W. Ojai Ave., cam e to a halt at the Ojai Plann ing Com m is-sion m eeting of Feb. 3, when proposed changes in the con-struction plan were deem ed sign ifi can t enough to war-ran t review at a special ses-sion scheduled for March. At that sam e m eeting, though, Ojai City Councilm an Wil-liam Weirick called atten tion to the fact of the wrong zon-ing code having been applied

to the project — this, because the city had failed to update the zon ing m aps and other reference docum en ts since the designation of Thorough-fare Corridor Overlay had been adopted in 2004.

With Councilm an Randy Haney recused from the de-liberation , the Council was unan im ous in approving a waiver of curren t and fu-

The Casitas Mun icipal Water District (CMWD) took another step Wednesday in its proposed acquisition of the Golden State Water Com -pany’s (GSWC’s) Ojai service area. Meeting in a closed ses-sion at 4 p.m ., the CMWD Board of Directors reviewed an appraisal of the GSWC holdings before voting unan i-m ously to m ake an offer.

“I th ink it’s m oving in a good direction ,” CMWD Board Mem ber Russ Baggerly said Thursday, “and it’s m ov-ing quickly.”

Baggerly said the board authorized CMWD general m anager Steve Wickstrum and special counsel Jeff Oder-m an to draft a letter to GSWC with a legitim ate offer of just com pensation for GSWC’s Ojai property based on CMWD’s appraisal. That let-ter, he said, should be ready in about a week. Its con ten ts,

along with the appraisal am ount, should be m ade public at that tim e he said.

Ojai voters approved a Mello-Roos funding m echa-n ism to enable CMWD’s acquisition of GSWC’s Ojai service area in 2013. How-ever, GSWC responded with a lawsuit aim ed at blocking CMWD’s p lan to form a com -m unity facilities district for the purpose of raising m oney for the buyout. That p lan , the su it con tended, was not in keeping with the use of funds as specifi ed by the state’s 1982 Com m unity Facilities Act, also known as the Mello-Roos Act.

After rejections by the su-perior and appellate courts, the lawsuit m ade its way to the Suprem e Court of Califor-n ia, which likewise rejected it in Ju ly.

The Suprem e Court’s de-n ial of the appeal essen tially opened the way for CMWD to take steps for acquiring the property through em inen t

Discussions regarding a leaf blower ordinance was taken off Tuesday’s Ojai City Council m eeting indefi n ite-ly due to a com plain t fi led with the Californ ia Fair Po-litical Practices Com m ission (FPPC) by Ojai Valley residen t Michael Shapiro.

Shapiro, who lives ap-proxim ately 100 yards out-side the Ojai city lim its, said he co-fi led the com plain t with two city residen ts, Ste-ven Colom é and Sheri Ann Cate. Together they, along with Ashley Osher, are apply-ing for nonprofi t status for a

new group — Ojai Citizens for Clean Air — with the goal of institu ting a com plete ban on all leaf blowers in the city lim its.

“Even though I don’t live in the city I am in Ojai daily, som etim es m any tim es a day,” Shapiro said. “I’m sub-jected to toxic dust clouds every week in the city of Ojai while walking, riding m y bi-cycle or in m y car.” Accord-ing to Shapiro he requested Councilm an Randy Haney recuse him self from the leaf blower ordinance discussion because he feels it is a con-fl ict of in terest due to Haney owning a landscape design business.

Councilm an Severo Lara, who owns a landscape

m ain tenance business, has recused h im self from any discussions related to leaf blowers.

“I th ink that every citizen has a right to fi le a com plain t. I think it is fair if they have a concern that they go to th is level, I have no problem with that,” said Haney. “But every step of the way, every discus-sion (about leaf blowers) I have had a discussion with the city attorney. He is the one at th is poin t in tim e who has assured m e I did not have a confl ict.”

Haney provided a draft copy of h is response to the com plain t to the Ojai Valley News. In it, he responds to Shapiro’s allegations that h is com pany will be im pacted

fi nancially by a leaf blower ban .

“Contrary to Mr. Sha-piro’s assertion , the use or non-use of power blowers in Ojai would have absolutely no fi n ancial im pact on m e or m y com pany,” Haney said in his response. He added that his com pany prim arily does design and in stallation of landscaping, and any m ain -tenance that he does do is for a brief tim e following an installation . “Nothing that I am doing now or in the past would cause m e to be unable to be im partial in m y decision m aking with regard to leaf blowers. If every councilper-son had to recuse them selves

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Ojai Valley News Photo by Ashley Wilson

Ojai City Councilman Randy Haney (right) smiles during his swearing in ceremony in December 2014 with fellow Councilman Paul Blatz. A complaint has been fi led against Haney for participating in leaf blower deliberations because he owns a landscape design company.

City’s leaf blower discussions put on holdKim b e r ly Rive r s

Oja i Valley News corresponden t

Keywords: Leaf blowers, complaint political practices

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Keywords: Mello-Roos, eminent domain, appraisal

City does not adopt marijuana restrictions

Ojai city offi cials broke the lock step with other lo-cal governm ents in Ventura County Tuesday when they decided against bann ing the cultivation and delivery of m edical cannabis.

Medical cannabis pa-tien ts, advocates and sup-porters sm iled, exchanged hugs and shed a few tears following the City Council’s decision not to adopt a pro-posed ordinance.

The Council also cast a unan im ous vote to appoin t Councilm an Bill Weirick to lead a m edical cannabis task force to study the issue fur-ther.

“The science is pretty clear, this is effective m edi-cine. I am not an advocate for total perm issiveness. But any m edicine that has m edi-cal effi cacy has side effects and im pacts with m isuse,” said Weirick. He m en tioned the com m on idea of m ari-juana being a “gateway drug

to heroin . It is not m arijuana it is prescrip tion painkillers. (People) m ove from a pre-scribed opioid to non -pre-scribed.”

He said he considers it a “m oral issue” when m edical cannabis patien ts are den ied access to their m edicine.

“We are just deliberate and thoughtfu l in what we do,” said Councilm an Randy Haney in an in terview af-ter the m eeting, when asked why he thought Ojai was the on ly local governm ent to not m ove toward passing bans in recen t m onths. “It was pretty clear that m ost of the expe-riences that any of us have had (with m arijuana) are in the recreational side of it. Not un til you are in touch with som eone who m edically needs it, do you see it m akes sense. Personally, that is why I’m open to having the dis-cussion . But I don’t expect to see dispensaries on every corner in Ojai. This will be good for us.”

“I’m glad they are going to take a m ore constructive

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Keywords: Medical marijuana, cultivation, restrictions

Ojai figures prominently in former resident Lissie’s latest album

Construction projects get fee waivers from cityBill Wa r n e r

bwarner@oja iva lleynews.com

Keywords: Fees refunded. Topa Winery, Weil Academy

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Bridget Goreyn ee Don ega n

Bridget Gorey, nee Donegan , was born in Clonbullogue, County Offaly, Ireland, on February 8, 1927. After a brief illness, she died peacefully at hom e in Ojai surrounded by her loving fam ily, on February 18, 2016. One of 16 ch ildren raised on a farm , she lived and worked in Dublin p rior to em igrating to Am erica in

her 20s. In New York City, beautiful Bridget m et and m arried Paul Gorey. They welcom ed their son , Patrick, while living in Jackson Heights. After settling in Massapequa Park, they had two daughters, Delia and Theresa. Their life on Hayes Street held m any rich years of loving relatives and great friends, m usic, several funny dogs, heaps of good stories, and long walks in the woods.

In sp ired by her adven turous sister Teresa to exp lore even farther west from Ireland, Bridget and Paul m oved from New York to Ventura in 1976, after Pau l’s retirem ent. There they delighted in win ters without snow and bougainvilleas constan tly in b loom . Bridget savored sim ple pleasures: Nat King Cole and Tony Bennett, dancing with Pau l, runn ing five m iles by the beach each m orn ing, singing, garden ing, reading, travelling, en joying long bubble baths, and cheering on televised sports, particu larly any sport where m en wore shorts! She was an active m em ber of Our Lady of Assum ption Church for m any years, serving in the Rosary Altar Society, in the choir, and in her com m unity.

Her m otto was “Life is to be en joyed, not endured.” Her favorite word was “Fan tastic.” Her last word was “Am en.”

Bridget is su rvived by her loving and devoted husband of 60 years, Paul; her children Patrick, Delia, and Theresa Gorey, their spouses Lawrence Manson and Michele Gordon-Gorey; eight of her beloved sib lings; and a m ultitude of n ieces and nephews around the world .

Her funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Thom as Aquinas Church in Ojai, at 10 a.m . on Saturday, March 5, with a p rivate reception to follow at 1972 Coun try Place, Ojai. In honor of Bridget’s favorite beverage for special occasions, it will be a cham pagne brunch. Please, no flowers. The fam ily would appreciate any donation to Livingston Mem orial Hosp ice, who so greatly aided Bridget’s last days.

Cr i m es• Burglary was reported in the 500 block of Burnham Road Jan . 30.• Burglary was reported in the 100 block of Old Baldwin Road Feb. 4.• Vandalism was reported in the 400 block of Sunset A v-enue Feb. 8.• Vandalism was reported in the 5300 block of Floral Drive Feb. 10.• Petty theft was reported in the 700 block of Oso Road Feb. 11.• Burglary of a vehicle was reported in the 400 block of Bryan t Circle Feb. 11.• Vandalism was reported on Ojai Avenue Feb. 12.• Burglary of a vehicle was re-ported in Ojai Feb. 13.• Vandalism was reported in the 5200 block of Floral Drive Feb. 15.• Burglary of a structure was reported in the 300 block of Foothill Road Feb. 16.• Vandalism was reported in the 2300 block of South Rice Road Feb. 16.• Residen tial burglary was reported in the 8900 block of North Ven tura Avenue Feb. 16.• Shoplifting was reported in the 400 block of East Ojai Av-enue Feb. 18.• Vandalism was reported in the 11000 block of Oakcrest Avenue Feb. 19.• Vandalism was reported in the 2000 block of South Rice Road Feb. 19.• Burglary of a structure was reported in the 700 block of Matilija Hot Springs Road

Feb. 20.• Residen tial theft and grand burglary were reported in the 100 block of Felix Drive Feb. 20.• Petty theft was reported in the 5400 block of North Ven-tura Avenue Feb. 22.

• Ar r ests• A 22-year-old m an was ar-rested in the 30 block of Taorm ina Lane Feb. 9 on a warran t and on suspicion of being under the infl uence of a con trolled substance. Bail was set at $105,000.• A 25-year-old m an was ar-rested on El Roblar Drive Feb. 10 on suspicion of proba-tion violation . Bail was set at $5,000.• A 21-year-old m an was ar-rested on El Roblar DriveFeb. 10 on suspicion of proba-tion violation . Bail was set at $5,000.• A 53-year-old m an was ar-rested in the 200 block of West Matilija Street Feb. 10 on three warran ts. Bail was set at $15,000.• A 36-year-old m an was ar-rested in the 400 block of South Ventura Street Feb. 10 on suspicion of violating a protective order. Bail was set at $10,000.• A 42-year-old m an was ar-rested in Ojai Feb. 12 on sus-picion of probation violation . Bail was set at $5,000.• A 23-year-old m an was ar-rested in the 400 block of East Ojai Avenue Feb. 12 on suspicion of being under the infl uence of a con trolled sub-stance. Bail was set at $5,000.• A 46-year-old wom an was arrested in the 80 block of

Chaparral Road Feb. 13 on suspicion of being under the infl uence of a con trolled sub-stance. Bail was set at $5,000.• A 50-year-old m an was ar-rested in the 80 block of Chaparral Road Feb. 13 on suspicion of being under the infl uence of a con trolled sub-stance. Bail was set at $5,000.• A 34-year-old m an was ar-rested in the 200 block of East Ojai Avenue Feb. 13 on sus-picion of public in toxication . Bail was set at $2,500.• A 28-year-old m an was ar-rested in the 100 block of Grapevine Road Feb. 14 on suspicion of being under the infl uence of a con trolled sub-stance. Bail was set at $5,000.• A 44-year-old m an was ar-rested in Ojai Feb. 14 on sus-picion of vehicle registration violation and being under the infl uence of a con trolled sub-stance. Bail was set at $5,150.• A 41-year-old m an was ar-rested in the 1100 block of Lom a Drive Feb. 16 on sus-picion of possessing a con-trolled substance, possess-ing drug paraphernalia and being under the infl uence of a con trolled substance. Bail was set at $12,500.• A 23-year-old m an was ar-rested on Lom ita Avenue Feb. 16 on suspicion of possessing a con trolled substance. Bail was set at $5,000.• A 34-year-old m an was ar-rested in the 300 block of South Montgom ery Street Feb. 17 on suspicion of being under the infl uence of a con-trolled substance. Bail was set at $5,000.• A 20-year-old m an was ar-rested in the 10 block of Al-

m ond Avenue Feb. 17 on sus-picion of probation violation and failure to appear in court. Bail was set at $30,000.• A 19-year-old m an was ar-rested in the 400 block of Vallerio Avenue Feb. 18 on suspicion of being under the infl uence of a con trolled sub-stance. Bail was set at $5,000.• A 32-year-old m an was ar-rested in the 400 block of East Ojai Avenue Feb. 18 on suspi-cion of shoplifting. Bail was set at $5,000.• A 58-year-old wom an was arrested in the 200 block of East Ojai Avenue Feb. 18 on suspicion of probation viola-tion and failure to appear in court. Bail was set at $10,000.

and conservative approach by working with the stake-holders and the patien ts them selves and also the col-lectives,” said Jeff Kroll, co-founder and presiden t of Shangri La Care Cooperative, a m edical-cannabis coopera-tive based in Ojai. He spoke after Tuesday’s m eeting.

Ojai city attorney Mathew Sum m ers in form ed the Council that any sense of ur-gency that was created by a deadline on a state bill has been nullifi ed.

“The urgency that was true is no longer true. There is no basis to adopt an urgency ordinance,” said Sum m ers. He explained the state bills all preserve a city’s general police power to regulate land uses and cultivation of m edi-cal cannabis, dispensaries and collectives all fall under the realm of land use issues.

“The new law preserves

a city’s ability to regulate at will,” Sum m ers explained. He added that once new state bills go in to effect in 2018, anyone wishing to obtain a state license will have to get a local license fi rst. That, he said, is how Ojai can regulate aspects of m edical cannabis with in its borders.

The proposed ordinance included language that would have created bans, but it m ade an exception for col-lectives and cooperatives that were in existence as of Jan . 1, 2016. That effectively would have carved out an exem p-tion for Shangri La Care Co-operative, because it holds a local business license from the city to conduct laboratory testing at its Bryan t Circle lo-cation .

The license allows a com -m ercial laboratory, and Kroll clarifi ed they are on ly allowed to have 2 pounds of cannabis on the property at any given

tim e. Sum m ers also clarifi ed

the difference between a col-lective and a dispensary for the Council. “A collective is a nonprofi t, an association of patien ts and caregivers. When run in full com pliance, a person growing on ly grows for persons in the collective. A dispensary can buy in bulk and sell to anyone that walks in .”

Councilwom an Betsy Clapp urged the Council to take its tim e, rem inding them of the m any m easures ex-pected to be on the ballot in Novem ber. She said the state is still developing the specifi c regulations under the new bills, and said the Council should wait and see how that all shakes out before taking any action .

In previous discussions, Clapp said patien ts could go to neighboring coun ties to

get their m edicine.Curren tly in Ojai, quali-

fi ed m edical cannabis pa-tien ts, under the state Com -passionate Use Act are able to grow for them selves, or a designated caregiver can grow for them . But in term s of land use, since it is not called out as an allowed use in the zon ing code, the city will not gran t perm its for com m ercial cultivation . But a perm it is not needed under state law. Kroll rem inded the Council of the im portance of a pa-tien t being able to designate others to grow their m edicine for them .

“Most m em bers who grow their own, have a dif-fi cu lt tim e doing it. Thirty-eight percen t, according to test results, failed. They were consum ing m old, fungus or a con tam inan t,” said Kroll. The testing done by Shangri La to m em bers ensures safe m edi-cine.

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from a vote because they’ve had an opin ion on an issue prior to join ing the council, we’d becom e a rather ineffi -cien t, ineffective body.”

Shapiro said the com -plain t was fi led with the FPPC a couple of weeks ago after learn ing Haney had served on a legislative com m it-tee for the Californ ia Land-scape Contractors Associa-tion (CLCA) and that group has taken a position oppos-ing bans on leaf blowers throughout the state. Shapiro also poin ted to the fact that Haney lists m ain tenance as one of the services h is land-scape design business offers.

“We felt that is a confl ict of in terest, to be so active (with CLCA com m ittee) in a job as that, how can you say you are unbiased,” said Sha-piro.

“I was the Ventura Coun-ty chapter presiden t for the CLCA in 2003 and 2004,” said Haney. By that tim e, Haney said, the CLCA had already written its position paper regarding leaf blowers. That paper takes the position that leaf blowers are essen tial for landscape m ain tenance pro-fessionals, and lays out rea-sons it believes this tool is required in the fi eld. The pa-per also poin ts to ways of en-suring the blowers are used correctly and in a way to not disturb or negatively im pact com m unities.

Haney said he believes the CLCA developed its po-sition on leaf blowers in the late ‘90s.

“The state (chapter of CLCA) wrote a position paper regarding blowers. I didn’t know they did it. To be hon -est, it had nothing to do with our chapter. I know for a fact I never had anything to with that CLCA position paper. Then when I was the Ventura

Coun ty chapter presiden t, it was already written , and we never discussed it.”

He explained that in his role as chapter presiden t he was the liaison to the state chapter of the CLCA, but leaf blowers were never an is-sue for the local chapter and he never discussed it with the state chapter. “There are also annual m eetings with m em bers of the legislature. I rem em ber attending one of those, with our local rep-resen tative, McClin tock. We m et in h is offi ce. That is as far as I have gone with the legislature in the state of Cali-forn ia, and there was no dis-cussion whatsoever on leaf blowers.”

When asked about the claim m ade in the FPPC com -plain t that he served on a legislative com m ittee for the CLCA Haney said that is in -correct. When told about a newspaper report from Oct. 1, 2014, when he was a can-didate for Ojai City Council, that indicated he was a m em -ber of the legislative body of the Californ ia Landscape Contractors Association , Haney said, “That was m is-construed. I have never been a m em ber of that body.”

He said when he received the FPPC com plain t with that statem ent, he con tacted the CLCA to see whether they had any record of h im serving on that com m ittee.

“They had no record of it.”

The com plain t also states the fact that landscape m ain -tenance is listed on his web-site as an available service provided by Haney’s land-scape design business.

“Anything and everyth ing I’m allowed to do as a state con tractor should be on m y website,” said Haney. “I did have a m ain tenance con tract

with the city (Ojai) before com ing on the City Council. So I have done m ain tenance, but I do not do m ain tenance. I did speak to the Coun-cil when the original ban happened in the ‘90s. I was speaking as a landscape con-tractor on behalf of the m ain-tenance con tractors. Most of them were Hispan ic; m any did not speak English and found it hard to articulate a position . They felt they were being p icked on at that poin t in tim e. That was all years be-fore becom ing a m em ber of the City Council. I don’t th ink it’s wrong to have an opin ion . Is it wrong to have an opin ion about som ething? I don’t be-lieve it affects m y ability to be im partial.”

He said if the FPPC rul-ing com es out determ in ing a confl ict of in terest exists and he m ust recuse h im self, he would abide by that and won’t question it.

He is preparing a response to the com plain t, which will be reviewed by the city attor-ney prior to subm itting to the FPPC.

When the FPPC receives a com plain t and determ ines an investigation is war-ran ted, the person nam ed in the com plain t is notifi ed and they have an option to respond at that tim e. The FPPC generally takes 30 days to reach a decision . If there is insuffi cien t evidence that anything inappropriate has occurred a fi nding of “no violation” will be issued. If a violation is found, the penal-ties are based on the severity of the violation and whether any dam age has occurred. In som e cases, a warn ing letter m ay be issued. In severe cas-es of m isconduct, fi nes up to $5,000 can be levied.

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Lissie’s U.S. tour begin s in March, but the closest she’ll get to Ojai will be her March 29 gig in Los Angeles.

“I’ll defi n itely be back. But it’s alm ost like a little too soon!” she said. “If I’m on Facebook and (the) Ojai com m unity page com es up, I alm ost am like, ‘I can’t look at it, I can’t look at it!’ It al-m ost m akes m e sad, because I m iss people, and I m iss the city and I m iss m y house, and it’s like I’m kind of in den ial a little bit.”

“My Wild West” is Lissie’s fi rst album as an independen t recording artist and serves as chron icle of her 12 years in Californ ia, she confi rm ed.

The album begins with the song, “Hollywood,” the fi rst lyric Lissie sings is, “m ay-be it’s tim e that I was leaving.”

“When I cam e to Ojai from Hollywood, I was kind of heartbroken , and that was a lot of starting the album with (the track) ‘Hollywood’ and ending it with (the track) ‘Ojai,’” she shared.

“It (touring) can defi n itely be exhausting. There’s defi -n itely a lot of travel and, you know, I m oved to Ojai because I love the outdoors and I love to be outside, and m y life on the road is very m uch like, in a p lane, in a car, in a window-less n ightclub, you know?” She said. “(Still) it gives m e a sense of purpose … touring gives m e an opportun ity to share, to try to share som e-th ing with people.”

Visit h ttp :/ / www.lissie.com to learn m ore.

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dom ain .In Septem ber, the district

retained the services of the Ventura-based Bruce W. Hull & Associates to conduct the appraisal. The cost of those services was capped in itially at $55,000. In February, the

CMWD Bboard authorized an ad-

ditional $25,000 to the bill on grounds that the assignm ent and hours had been underes-tim ated. Am ong the reasons for that additional allocation were that additional purchas-

es of water com pany were discovered, expansion of the com parable sales search out-side of Californ ia, a lack of cooperation from GSWC and a review of the annual reports for GSWC from 2005 through 2014.

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The zon ing classifi cation had been incorrect from the beginn ing, Weirick said, lead-ing to additional fees for the applican t’s efforts to gain com pliance with it.

The Council’s action concern ing the Weil Tenn is Academ y did not constitu te a waiver per se, but rather a re-im bursem ent of $800 depos-ited to cover staff expenses for m odifying the conditions for the m onitoring of cultural resources during the con-struction of a new tourna-m ent tenn is court.

Lara said the Council had not been clear in its direc-tions to staff as to what the protocols for that m onitoring should be.

“We went overboard,” Haney said Thursday, m en-tion ing that som e of the re-quirem ents were duplicated or otherwise unnecessary. Haney com m ended Weil Academ y principal Mark Weil for reaching out to the Chum ash com m unity with a p lan for protecting cultural resources that would not be prohibitively expensive for builders in Ojai.

“I’m really happy,” Weil

said Thursday. “I th ink the way the conditions were orig-inally written suggested an archaeologist had to be there if I pushed dirt with m y foot.” Weil said he and Chum ash El-der Julie Tum am ait-Stenslie m et with an archaeologist and a grading con tractor to com e up with a m ore coher-en t p lan , subsequen tly ad-opted by the city.

Ojai Mayor Paul Blatz re-cused h im self from the de-liberations. Weirick, chaired the discussion but abstained from voting. The m easure was passed unan im ously by Lara, Haney and Betsy Clapp.

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There’s an old adage stating: “Don’t b ite the hand that feeds you.” I suspect it was origin ally in ten ded for our pets since m ost of us feed ourselves with our own han ds. But what I’m about to reveal really happened even though I suspect the four readers of the weekly drivel which appears in the space generously accorded m e by the paper’s m anagem ent will fi nd it incredible.

Do any of you recall last week’s colum n where I wrote about m y anon ym ous bene-factor who left a scrum p-tious package of chocolate-covered im ported m arzipan sticks on m y doorstep? I recogn ize you have m ore im portan t thin gs to rem em -ber and to do. Therefore let m e get to the poin t instan tly.

The th ird and fourth words in that colum n which appeared in prin t were “Wagn er Brothers.”

I didn’t write it that way an d the gracious Linda Grif-fi n who fi rst sees m y colum n said, “I know you didn’t and I can’t fi gure it out m yself.” The colum n in its original version referred to Warner Brothers, the m otion p ic-

ture com pany alm ost 100 years old. So how “Warner” m orphed in to “Wagn er” is to em ploy the words of the King of Siam (from a 20th Cen tury Fox fi lm called “Anna & The King of Siam” starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brenner), “It’s a puzzle-m en t.”

This faux pas is not a disaster. It’s not even a pain in the keister. It’s just a little petty annoyance and I should take to heart the em ollien t and sage words of the acclaim ed English poet Alexan der Pope who wrote, “To err is hum an ; to forgive is divine.” So, I not on ly forgive. I am also gratefu l because it is not easy com -ing up week after week with original drivel just to p lacate m y four readers who obvi-ously have nothing better to do than wasting tim e read-ing the gobbledygook which I try to pass off as prose. Yet, like m y fellow neurotics, I wonder how and why these little n iggling th ings occur. They occur because som e-where along the line there is a breakdown. Is som eone not paying atten tion? Or perhaps there really are

grem lins lurking in hidden spaces or beneath the fl oor-boards just waiting for an opportun ity to create a b it of nuisan ce.

The world, well on its way to perdition if we are to believe curren t philosophers and theologians, is not going to im plode because of an inexplicable m isprin t, and the Warner Brothers (Jack, Harry, and Sam ) all departed th is p lan et years ago, so are not going to be upset. But referring to Warner Broth-ers as Wagner Brothers is like calling Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Metro-Goldm an-Meyer; and Param ount Pic-tu res, Tan tam oun t Pictures; Un iversal Studio, PUniversal Studio; Disney Film s, Ditsey Film s; and as for 21st Centu-ry Fox, I’m not going to m ess with that one.

For all I know, there m ay have never been any Wag-n er Brothers and though it is un likely that th roughout h istory every fam ily nam ed Wagner never had two sons or m ore, the on ly Wagn ers I know of are Honus Wag-n er, a great baseball p layer a cen tury ago; the form er m ayor of New York whose fi rst nam e m om entarily eludes m e; Bill Wagner, Nor-dhoff’s m usic im presario; and then , of course, the biggest Wagner of them all, Richard Wagner, who wrote som e am azing operas bu t p ron ounced his nam e as Richard Vagner which is the original Teuton ic pronuncia-tion . And, coinciden tally, Warner is also of Teuton ic origin and in Germ any still p ron ounced as “Verner.”

But as Juliet said to Ro-

m eo from the balcony of her boudoir on a warm spring n ight in Verona, “What’s in a nam e? A rose by any nam e would sm ell as sweet.” Now, I don’t believe any of the aforem en tioned Warners, Verners, or Wagners sm elled of roses, it is qu ite possible their wives did because rose essences are am ong the m ost popular in the world of perfum e. Men prefer som e-th ing a bit m ore m asculine

like m ule sweat, gunshot or even Polo.

Therefore in stead of pulling m y hair ou t an d cursin g the “Wagner Broth-ers” boo-boo, I will, as som e erudite philosopher once suggested, “Turn a lem on in to lem onade” and take to heart Alexander Pope’s wise words, “To err is hum an, to forgive is divine.” But I’d still like to kn ow how Warner becam e Wagner.

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FEATURED LETTER by Pat McPherson, Ojai

We live in residential zones because we don’t want to be near businessesI fi nd it disingenuous that the

Feb. 12 featured article by Chris Gardner suggests because the city has not en forced the short-term ren tal law that the law does not ex-ist. The fact is m any of us live in the residen tial or VMU zones specifi -cally because we don’t wan t to live in a com m ercial zone next to a m o-tel, blacksm ith shop or gas station .

We have honored Ojai’s laws since m oving here in 1987 and never would even th ink of breaking the law by ren ting our p lace overn ight. We have owned a ren tal condo at Creekside and a ren tal house in the VMU district. I even worked on the com m ittee that created the VMU. We would never ren t these p laces less than 30 days because it

is against the law, and always has been . Period!

For the record, I worked in Car-p in teria for over 25 years and could have lived there, Ven tura or San ta Barbara. We m oved to Ojai in a resi-den tial zone specifi cally because it was not a transien t area and a good safe p lace to raise our children . That decision to live in Ojai was

so im portan t I have driven nearly three hundred thousand m iles and m ade m ore than twelve thousand trips over the h ill. My grandchil-dren now live in a safe residen tial neighborhood in Ojai and can walk to school without being accom pa-n ied by an adult.

Just because a corporation like Airbnb cam e in to existence is not

an excuse to all of a sudden break the law, nor does it m ean those of us that live in Ojai wan t to change the law. My suggestion is if Chris Gardner and others like him want to live and m ake m oney in a tran-sien t neighborhood, buy a p lace and m ove to a com m ercial zone or to a city that has laws that support it.

Socialism is not the paradise promisedJOHN R. HANSON, Oak View

thumbs up, thumbs down• A reader sends a thum bs-up to Patrick Bishop and h is band, the Rock Hearts, for a great benefi t perform ance on Valen tine’s Day, and to the Ojai Valley Wom an’s Club for hosting it with all p roceeds going to Help of Ojai’s Com m unity Assistance Program .

Rentals should be OK during eventsBAIN & EVELYN DAYMAN, Ojai

Take time to sign S.O.A.R. petitionsDIANE UNDERHILL, Ventura

Thanks Thacher for a wonderful showKATHY BROESAMLE, Ojai

Rentals could bring funds to the cityTERRY ROYCE, Ojai

A walk at the lake isn’t worth the $10MARY WARGO, Ojai

Letters to the Editor

The Feb. 5, 2016 Ojai Valley News article on short-term vacation ren tals brought up the problem of the serious effect on lodging for participan ts and guests of the upcom ing Music Festi-val.

The sam e problem can also occur for any other Ojai-prom oted even t such as: Tenn is Tournam ent, Film Festival and the m any other such even ts.

One solu tion for elim i-nating this problem is to add an exception to the ban while keeping to the lim it of one ren tal per 30-day period: ren tals are not coun ted if they take p lace during any of the Ojai-prom oted even ts.

If you are like m e, som e-tim es you are in a hurry and duck out of your favorite store or m eeting p lace to avoid signature gathers with petitions. I just wan t to alert everyone that for the next two weeks you m ight wan t to pause and take the tim e to sign the S.O.A.R. in itia-tives, which stand for Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources. You need to sign two — the one for Ven tura County and one for your city, sign ing your nam e the way you are registered to vote, in order to get S.O.A.R. on the Novem ber 2016 ballot.

By sign ing the petition you m ake it possible for people to vote on whether or not protected agricultural land or open space areas can be rezoned for developm en t. This does not stop develop-m en t, but gives citizens the choice to decide yes or no.

The curren t city and coun ty S.O.A.R. in itiatives are set to expire at differen t tim es. This new in itiative will renew S.O.A.R. and get all the S.O.A.R. in itiatives through-

out the coun ty on the sam e schedule, with the un iform sunset date of 2050.

Given the lim ited water and land resources in our cities and coun ty, and in -creasing pressures for devel-opm ent, it is im portan t to let voters weigh in on whether converting agricultural or open space land is in the best in terest of the com m unity at large.

This is an all-volun teer grassroots signature gather-ing effort. The people with petitions are your friends and neighbors who are all taking tim e out of their own busy lives to help renew the Ventura County S.O.A.R. in itiatives.

So, as you are rushing to com plete errands or chauf-feuring kids to their next engagem ent, p lease take a few m om ents to help these S.O.A.R. signature-gatherers give us a say in whether our com m unities should rezone land for m ore developm en t. This is a dem ocratic m eans to preserve our valuable open space and agricultural resources now and in the fu ture.

I send a big thum bs-up to Thacher School for presen t-ing their uproarious perfor-m ance of “Legally Blonde.” The perform ance had a professional quality, full of energy and h ilarity. Thanks, Thacher School, for invit-ing the Ojai com m unity to attend th is rollicking m usical free of charge. It was a sp len-did even ing!

Why is the city of Ojai bann ing short-term ren tals?

This question is now be-ing asked by m any citizens of Ojai. Could it be that the construction of a new hotel is being p lanned by the city to accom m odate our visi-tors? We host m any festivals and even ts each year. Will our guests now have to stay in Ventura and spend their dollars shopping and eating at restauran ts in that city?

Ojai is very m uch in need of additional funding to im prove its in frastructure. Additional revenue from bed tax (TOT) and guest sales tax (through shopping), could be used to im prove our side-walks and repair potholes in the streets. Short-term ren tals can be regulated and

licensed to address parking and noise issues voiced by m any. Why is the City Coun-cil ignoring th is easy solu tion of licensing and regulation to th is perceived problem ? There can be so m any ben -efi ts to our city. Other sm all towns like Ojai in the state of Californ ia have already taken advan tage of th is unexpected source of revenue. Why not Ojai?

I know the reason I don’t visit the lake and why m any others don’t either — I refuse to pay $10 (m aybe m ore now) for a two-hour walk at the lake. I know you get a discoun t if you eat at the cafe, but I don’t always want to eat there every tim e I’d like to walk there.

They’ve elim inated any parking spaces that were free and there is no parking along the road outside the lake along the fence so you can’t walk in anym ore un -less som eone drops you off. Many people can’t afford the yearly perm it fee. Seem s to m e as vacan t as the lake gets during the win ter they could reduce the fee for day use and possibly get m ore busi-ness. In stead they keep the fee the sam e and have very few, if any, people at all. My thought would be that som e m oney would be better than none, but I guess they don’t agree.

When I see Bern ie Sand-ers’ rallies and people wildly cheering a m an that even-tually would take away all their personal freedom s and fu ture for a “Prom ise of Uto-pia,” i.e. everyth ing free by forcing everyone else to pay, it saddens m e.

If som eone th inks so-cialism is the panacea for a

prosperous and happy life, they fail to understand what creates real prosperity and freedom .

Taxing the productive and giving it to the less pro-ductive on ly insures equal m isery for all because people that produce will not con-tinue to do so if m ost of their hard work and labor is con-fi scated and redistributed by politicians.

Consequen tly, tax rev-enues will decline and the freebies will disappear but not the loss of freedom by those who would give theirs away for em pty prom -ises from the likes of Bern ie Sanders.

One on ly has to look at the form er Soviet Union ,

Greece, Argen tina, and now Venezuela to see the m is-ery caused by the failure of socialism .

Unfortunately, as is the case with m ost of Sand-ers supporters, if you fail to study h istory you are bound to repeat it.

Thum bs up to everyone who cam e to our rescue when our oak tree crushed our house in Meiners Oaks on Jan . 31! The Fire Depart-m ent, the Red Cross, our dear friends and neighbors — we can’t even express enough how precious you all

Tree crushed our house not our spiritTONY & MARY CHIGNOLA, Ojai

are! Thank you, thank you! We will give back so m uch. We love our valley and hope to stay here. Extra thum bs up to our landlady Robyn , she’s awesom e! We’re all OK, including our dog, Stella!

Friday, Feb. 26 SUNSET SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE — Sunset School, 400 Sunset Ave., Oak View, will host an open house today at 2 p.m . for people to com e and see what the school has to offer studen ts in kindergarten th rough eighth grade. A kindergarten registration even t will be held March 16 from 1 to 3 p.m . Call 649-6600 for m ore in form ation .RELATIONSHIP WORKSHOP — Don and Martha Rosen thal will lead a relationship workshop, with special focus for recovering couples, today through Sunday at 7 p.m . at a p rivate residence in the East End. The in troductory workshop today will be free. More in form ation at: www.rosen thalworkshops.com .

Saturday, Feb. 27 BIRD WALK — The Ven tura Audubon Society will host a b ird walk at Lake Casitas and the surrounding brushy habitat, Saturday at 8:30 a.m ., led by Adele Fergusson (415-4304). Meet at the fron t gate. Should see the residen t bald eagles, green herons, golden -crowned sparrows, com m on m ergansers and spotted sandpipers.VOLUNTEER TRAIL DAY — The Ojai Ranger District is hosting a volun teer project Saturday on the Potrero John Trail. The project will focus on brush ing and rem oving downed trees. The total h iking distance will be three and a half m iles. Meet at the Ojai Ranger Station , 1190 E. Ojai Ave., at 8:30 a.m . to carpool and retu rn by 4 p.m . Bring lunch, water, sunscreen , gloves, eye protection , hat, cam era and wear sturdy shoes. It’s a fun way to m eet other outdoor en thusiasts or accrue com m unity service hours. Tools, in struction and drinks will be

provided. Rain will cancel the even t. For m ore in form ation , call Heidi Anderson at 646-4348, Ext. 309.“ADVANCES IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE” — In recogn ition of Heart Health Month, Com m unity Mem orial Health System’s 2016 Speaker Series will presen t Rishi Patel, M.D., speaking on “Advances in Cardiovascular Disease,” Saturday from 9 to 10:30 a.m . The free p resen tation will be held in the Banquet Room at Soule Park Golf Course, 1033 E. Ojai Ave., and reservations are required; call (800) 838-3006 or visit cm hshealth .org/ rsvp. Sponsored by Rotary Club of Ojai and 1590 KVTA.HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COLLECTION EVENT — The Coun ty of Ven tura Pollu tion Preven tion Cen ter will host a household hazardous m aterials collection even t Saturday for residen ts of the un incorporated com m unities of Ven tura Coun ty. Call 658-4323 for an appoin tm ent or m ore in form ation . Sm all businesses should call (800) 714-1195.“LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR FIRE PROTECTION” — Casitas Mun icipal Water District will sponsor a free workshop focusing on “Firescaping,” landscape design in wildfi re areas, Saturday from 9 a.m . to noon at Oak View Park & Resource Cen ter, 555 Mahoney Ave. You do not need a m oonscape to protect your hom e from fi re. You can have a beau tiful landscape and a fi re-safe zone. RSVP early to rm erckling@casitaswater.com or 649-1151, Ext. 118.OJAI HISTORICAL WALKING TOURS — Saturdays at 10:30 a.m ., Ojai Historical Walking Tours depart from the Ojai Valley Museum , 130 W. Ojai Ave. (approxim ately one-hour

tours of downtown h istorical and cultural attractions). Docent Cricket Twichell will lead the Feb. 27 tour. Cost is $7 or $15 per fam ily. Drop-in s are welcom e. For reservations or tours during the week, call 640-1390.SEED & PLANT SWAP — All curren t and aspiring gardeners and farm ers are invited to the fi fth annual Ojai Valley Seed & Plan t Swap, Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m . at the Chaparral Auditorium , 414 E. Ojai Ave. Along with the free sharing of seeds and starts, there will be seeds, p lan ts and garden products from local vendors for sale. The Ojai Valley Seed & Plan t Swap is hosted by the Ojai Valley Green Coalition with Food for Thought Ojai and the Cen ter for Regenerative Agricultu re. There is a $5 suggested donation at the door if not bringing item s to share or sell. For m ore in form ation con tact Deborah at 669-8445 or coordinator@ojaivalleygreencoalition .com .POEMS AND STORIES AT OJAI LIBRARY — Saturday from 2 to 3 p.m ., local authors Joyce W. Magoulas and Jeff Kustal will visit the Ojai Library, 111 E. Ojai Ave., to read selections of their work. Magoulas was born and grew up in the northeast of England, and spen t m any years in Canada, Pennsylvan ia, and Greece before com ing to Ojai in 2013, where she is now a perm anen t residen t. Over the years she has published poetry in m agazines and an thologies. In 2015, her book “Ojai Im pressions” was published and is for sale on Am azon . A teller of stories in free verse and rhym e, Kustal is a writer of sign ifi can t range: love stories, hum or, sen ior m om en ts, nature, word play, philosophy, and m ore. Considering h is writing to be as m uch en tertainm en t as poetry, he has read at various

Ojai venues, including Ojai Art Center, the Wom an’s Club, The Ojai Retreat, and the Ojai Library. This even t is free and open to the public. For m ore in form ation , con tact Ron Solórzano at 218-9146.

Sunday, Feb. 28 OLD-TIME FIDDLERS — Californ ia State Old-Tim e Fiddlers, District 8, will m eet Sunday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m . at the Oak View Com m unity Center, 18 Valley Road, Oak View. Join the fi ddlers for a fun -fi lled afternoon of p laying, listen ing and dancing to coun try, western and bluegrass m usic. Free adm ission and parking. Refreshm en ts are available. For m ore in form ation , visit www.calfi ddlers.com or call 797-6563.CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT — The Ojai Art Cen ter, 113 S. Mon tgom ery St., will presen t a concert Sunday at 2 p.m . by the Singer Cham ber Players: clarinetist David Singer, violin ist Irving Weinstein , cellist Virgin ia Kron , and pian ist Dan iel Newm an-Lessler. Their creative program explores various com binations of the four in strum en ts and a rich array of m usical styles: Mozart, Beethoven , Bruch, Copland, a witty quartet by Peter Sch ickele, and the prem iere of a work by Ojai’s Judith Vander. Tickets are sold on ly at the door: $10 general adm ission , $8 for Art Center m em bers and studen ts. For m ore in form ation ,

call 640-8327.Monday, Feb. 29

HOW TO CREATE OPTIMAL HEALTH — Carol Pren tice will give a p resen tation Monday at 7 p.m . at The Ojai Retreat, 160 Besan t Road, on “Creating Optim al Health with Yoga, Ayurveda and the Alexander Techn ique.” Learn how to reduce your stress! In th is p resen tation , Pren tice will show you how these three discip lines can help you to create a m ore balanced and healthy lifestyle. She is a leading expert in the m ind-body fi eld, has been involved in the Holistic Health Care industry for over 30 years, and is passionate about teach ing people how to create op tim al health in their life. Th is talk is part of the Ojai Lecture Series. Cost: $10 per person . For m ore in form ation visit www.ojairetreat.org or call 646-2536.“FIFTH MONDAY” PRODUCTION — “Fractured Fairy Tales” and “The Stinky Cheese Man” are two of the tales to be told by experienced youth actors at Ojai A.C.T.’s “Fifth Monday” production , th is Monday at 7 p.m . at the Art Cen ter Gallery, 113 S. Mon tgom ery St. No reservations are necessary, bu t a $5 m in im um donation is appreciated because th is is a fundraiser for the annual Sum m er Youth Acting Workshop and Production in July, so no kid will be left beh ind. Directed by Gai Jones, all ages will en joy

th is theater-in -the-round production .

Tuesday, March 1 “FLOWING INTO GRACE” — Robert Evans will lead “Flowing in to Grace,” a series of classes designed to in sp ire and transform your yoga practice, March 1 th rough 29, Tuesdays from 6 to 7 p.m . at Sacred Space Studio, 307-H Matilija St., Ojai. Suggested donation : $15. Call 798-2810 or 646-6761.COMMUNITY HEALING EVENING — Healing in Am erica, 107 W. Aliso St., Ojai, will host an even ing of com m unity healing, March 1 from 7 to 8:30 p.m . Love donations are suggested. For m ore in form ation or to reserve a space, call 640-0211,“ THEOSOPHY EXAMINED — COMFORTING IDEALS OF YESTERYEAR OR AN INNER POWER FOR LIVING TODAY?” — The Theosophical Society in the Ojai Valley will m eet Tuesday at 7 p.m . at Krotona School on Krotona Hill in Ojai.

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Dorothy Bell, Fulbright scholar, will speak on “Theosophy Exam ined — Com forting Ideals of Yesteryear or an Inner Power for Living Today?” Call 646-2653. “ THE MYTH OF NON-JUDGMENT” — The Am erican Vedic Association Bhagavad Gita As It Is Fellowship will m eet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m . at 687 Villanova Road to discuss “The Myth of Non-Judgm en t.” “Don’t be judgm en tal” is an excuse for not knowing what to do. Evil can on ly p revail when good fails to act. Distinguish ing between the two requ ires a un iversal m oral com pass and you can get yours at the next AVA m eeting. Everyone is welcom e. Always free. Call 640-0405.

Wednesday, March 2 OJAI LIBRARY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP — The Ojai Library’s Book Discussion Group will m eet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m . to discuss “Canada” by Richard Ford. The library is at 111 E. Ojai Ave. Everyone is invited to join the group.

The on ly requirem en t for participating in the discussion is to have read the book and com e willing to share your opin ion and listen to others. Call 646-1639.

“GUYS AND DOLLS” — The Nordhoff High School m usic departm ent will p resen t the fabled m usical, “Guys and Dolls,” at Matilija Auditorium , 703 El Paseo Road, March 4 th rough 20, with perform ances Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m . and Sundays at 2 p.m . Tickets: $22 for adu lts, $17 for sen iors 65 and older, $10 for studen ts; available at nhsm usic.com or call 640-4343, Ext. 1898, for m ore in form ation .OJAI HISTORICAL WALKING TOURS — Saturdays at 10:30 a.m ., Ojai Historical Walking Tours depart from the Ojai Valley Museum , 130 W. Ojai Ave. (approxim ately one-hour

tours of downtown h istorical and cultural attractions). Docent Elise DePuydt will lead the March 5 tour. Cost is $7 or $15 per fam ily. Drop-in s are welcom e. For reservations or tours during the week, call 640-1390.OJAI MARDI GRAS MASQUERADE BALL — “Psychedelic Neon Nights” will be the them e of the Ojai Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball being held March 5 at 7:30 p.m . at the Ojai Art Cen ter, 113 S. Mon tgom ery St. The even t will feature m usic by the Ojai Mardi Gras Band, dancing, costum e contest, food and a no-host bar, p lus crown ing of the king and queen and th rowing of beads. Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door; available at www.oajim ardigras.com , several retail businesses or call 646-7843.FAIS-DO-DO — The Ojai Mardi Gras will host a Fais-Do-Do Cajun Dance Party with Mark Parsons and Crowfoot March 6 from noon to 3 p.m . at the Ojai Art Cen ter, 113 S. Mon tgom ery St. The fam ily-orien ted even t will feature Cajun dance lessons, a face pain ter, art, food, open bar, m usic and dancing. Adm ission : $5 for adults, ch ildren younger than 12 adm itted free. For m ore in form ation , call 646-7843.“AN AFTERNOON IN INDIA” — Ananda Rasa Kirtan , a four-piece group, will p lay m ystical call-and-response Sanskrit

chan ts, March 6 from 1 to 3:30 p.m . at Ojai Valley Wom an’s Club. Band leader David Estes, who grew up in India im m ersed in kirtan , will also offer h is hand-crafted harm on ium s. Jenn ifer Mazzuco’s devotional art and songbooks will be on disp lay. Chai and vegan treats created by Ojai chan ting chef Katrina MacLachlan will be available. Program sponsored by Cen ter for Spiritual Living. Suggested donation : $20. Call 640-0498 to reserve space. (M4)CHAMBER ON THE MOUNTAIN CONCERT — The Happy Valley Cultural Cen ter will p resen t its next Cham ber on the Moun tain concert featuring Russian -born piano virtuoso Gleb Ivanov, March 6 at 3 p.m . at Logan House, next to the Beatrice Wood Cen ter for the Arts, 8585 Ojai-San ta Pau la Road in Upper Ojai. The program will include m usic by Brahm s, Mendelssohn , Debussy and Prokofi ev. A reception with Ivanov will follow the perform ance. Tickets: $25; go to www.cham beron them ountain .com .“SEDUCTION OF ATTENTION: THE PRACTICE OF PRATYAHARA” — The Theosophical Society in the Ojai Valley will m eet March 8 at 7 p.m . at Krotona School on Krotona Hill in Ojai. Kira Sloane will speak on “Seduction of Atten tion : The Practice of Pratyahara.” Call 646-2653.CITY COUNCIL MEETING —

The Ojai City Council will m eet March 8 at 7 p.m . at City Hall, 401 S. Ven tura St., Ojai.FREE CONCERTS AT OJAI LIBRARY — Opera San ta Barbara will presen t a series of free noon tim e concerts at the Ojai Library, 111 E. Ojai Ave., on Thursdays, March 10, April 14 and May 12, each lasting about 45 m inutes. The concerts will feature m em bers of the Mosher Studio Artist Program for accom plished young singers, who will be accom pan ied by p iano, with a diverse repertoire of popular and lesser-known operatic arias and duets. Call 218-9146 or 646-1639.“ THE ADDAMS FAMILY” AT A.C.T. — “The Addam s Fam ily” m usical is based on Charles Addam s’ New Yorker cartoons. Im m ensely popular on Broadway, it showcases a norm al couple, Mal and Alice and their son , m eeting the off-beat Addam s Fam ily with h ilarious and discordan t results. A twist: Youth actors take over the lead roles during the Saturday m atinees. It runs from March 11 to April 3 at Ojai Art Cen ter Theater, 113 S. Montgom ery St., Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m ., and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m . Tickets are on ly $18 general, $12 for sen iors, studen ts and Art Center m em bers, and $5 for youth 12 and younger. Either call for reservations at 640-8797 or go on line: www.OjaiACT.org.OJAI HISTORICAL WALKING TOURS — Saturdays at 10:30 a.m ., Ojai Historical Walking Tours depart from the Ojai Valley Museum , 130 W. Ojai Ave. (approxim ately one-hour tours of downtown h istorical and cultural attractions). Docen t Helen Peterson will lead the March 12 tour. Cost is $7 or $15 per fam ily. Drop-in s are welcom e. For reservations or tours during the week, call 640-1390.

COMEDY IMPROV SHOW — The Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio, 316 E. Matilija St., will host Ojai Valley Im prov for an afternoon of fun and laughs, March 13 at 2 p.m . They will m ix it up with gam es, scenes and skits. Tickets: $10 at the door. Call 646-4300.SMART DRIVER COURSE — Wan t to be a better driver? Take the AARP Sm art Driver Course being offered at Help of Ojai, 111 W. San ta Ana St., Ojai, March 14 and 15 from 9 a.m . to 1 p.m . The class is low stress and no tests are requ ired. Cost: $15 for AARP m em bers, $20 for non -m em bers. Register in advance by calling 646-5122. Make checks payable to AARP (no cash). Your car in surance will give a d iscoun t for three years with verifi cation certifi cate given at com pletion of class.LITERARY BRANCH PRESENTATION — On March 14 at 7 p.m ., the Literary Branch will host John Nichols, essayist and photographer, who will read from h is latest book, “Essay Man,” and share his publishing knowledge at the Ojai Art Cen ter, 113 S. Montgom ery St. His gallery in San ta Paula displays vin tage, vernacular and con tem porary photography. His fi rst book, “St. Francis Dam Disaster,” was published in 2002. In addition to gallery exh ibits he has designed and curated num erous exhibits for m useum s around Ven tura Coun ty. A reception will follow the p resen tation . A $5 donation is suggested. For m ore in form ation : www.johnn icholsgallery.com or ojaicen terlit@gm ail.com .“DHARMA AS THE LAW OF BEING” — The Theosophical Society in the Ojai Valley will m eet March 15 at 7 p.m . at Krotona School on Krotona Hill in Ojai. Eneida Elena Carbonell will speak on “Dharm a as the Law of Being.” Call 646-2653.

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The Tacos were unable to repeat their success of the first week as they crum bled to Maybe, 20-13, in local Ju-n ior Tenn is action . Kalix Zee and In igo Aguirre took the first doubles in a tiebreak-er and Jules Thom pson fol-lowed with a 5-2 singles win for Maybe. Zee and Aguirre followed with singles wins. Rosie Quackenbush and Hina Suzuki from the Tacos took the last doubles, but were unsuccessful in the su-per tiebreaker.

UFOs took over first p lace in the odd division , squash-ing Sm ash, 19-14. Wins from Shawn Rotherm el, Xochil Za-rate and Claire Quackenbush built a 13-4 lead going in to the final doubles. Jack Du and Dakota Martin cam e back for Sm ash, winn ing the doubles and four gam es in the super tiebreaker before dropping the last gam e.

The Bears won their first m atch of the season in a nail-biter against the 3Cees.

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Martin and Jakie Quacken-bush cam e back with 6-3 win to tie the m atch at 14. It won the final gam e to clinch the win .

The Hawks en tered the win colum n as they soared above the Foxes, 21-3. Elias Sim on , Danny Ortiz and Mi-

chaela Boydston dom inated all five sets for the Hawks.

Maybe leads the even division at 2-0, followed by 3Cees, Hawks and It at 1-1. Sm ash is win less. UFOs lead the Odds at 2-0 followed by Seals, Tacos and Bears at 1-1. The Foxes are 0-2.

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Mike Miller, editorSNordhoff wrestlers lay foundation for next year

Last weekend, five wres-tlers from the Nordhoff High School (NHS) boys’ wrestling team com peted in the CIF individual wrestling finals at Citrus Hills High School. The wrestlers included Tri Valley League Cham pion Nick Cans-ler (126 pounds), league run-ners-up Sean Madden (136 pounds) and Dante Dikem an (152 pounds), Vince Villa (182 pounds), and league cham -pion Dane Cam pbell (heavy-weight).

Five other CIF individu-al wrestling finals were held throughout Southern Califor-n ia at the sam e tim e.

The Tri Valley League, consisting of Fillm ore, Nor-dhoff, San ta Paula, and Va-lencia, com peted in the East-ern Division against eight leagues, with m ore than 400 wrestlers in the Citrus Hills m eet.

To advance to the CIF Masters m eet, the wrestlers had to p lace within the top five in their weight division .

Cansler opened the ac-tion when he faced Victor Cervan tes from Pacifica. “Nick unfortunately lost the m atch to the sen ior from Pa-cifica, but learned a lot from the m ore-experienced wres-tler during the m atch ,” NHS head coach Fender Carn ine explained.

His season cam e to an end

in the second round, but the freshm an has a bright fu ture according to Carn ine. “He's a top-notch ath lete, studen t, wrestler, and young m an . It has been an honor to have h im be a part of the team and I expect great th ings from this young m an .”

Dikem an wrestled well, but was p inned late in the first period.

In h is second m atch , Dikem an logged Nordhoff’s first win , 6-3, which helped h im advance to the next round.

In heavyweight action , Cam pbell wrestled No. 4 seed Gerardo Navo, from Chan-nel Islands. “Dane built up a lead and kept it un til the last few seconds of the m atch ,” said Carn ine. “Unfortunately, Navo took him down just be-fore the clock expired in the final period to win the m atch , 4-3.”

Cam pbell wrestled Dev-on Stunk-Riley, from Hem et High School, in the second round. “Dane wrestled well, but couldn ' t m anage to score any poin ts against Stunk-Ri-ley and ended up getting p inned late in the th ird pe-riod. As a sen ior, he has so m any options after he grad-uates. I'm very gratefu l he chose wrestling; we en joyed having h im a part of our sm all fam ily,” said Carn ine.

Madden also fell to a tough com petitor in the sec-ond, ending h is solid season .

Dikem an advanced to wrestle Luis Ibarra, from Wal-nut High School, with the hope of advancing to the next level. In the second period, Dikem an quickly took Ibarra down began to turn h im to h is back, and p inned h im in one m inute, noted Carn ine.

The following day, Dike-m an fell to Tyler Colvin , from Ayala High School, which would conclude h is run for a spot in the Masters Meet.

“I'm really proud of the way the boys' team wrestled, and where they will prog-ress from th is poin t on . As an en tire league, our team s are young, but growing and learn ing. Next year, we hope to im prove and m ake it a goal to get at least one wrestler to Masters to m ake Nordhoff h istory in boys’ wrestling.”NHS Gir ls’ Wr e s t lin g

Jun ior Mikayla Miles en-ters th is weekend’s CIF State Finals as the top-seeded wrestler at 137 pounds. Miles will com pete Saturday and Sunday at the Visalia Conven-tion Cen ter. As the top seed, Miles will earn a bye in the first round. See next week’s Ojai Valley News for updates on Miles’ quest to becom e the top wrestler in all of Cal-iforn ia at 137 pounds.

Tennis crew grabs first win

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Ojai’s U12 all-star team enjoyed a terrific season, going 15-2-1. The roster includes (from left) Ben-jamin Fabbian, coach Aaron Fabbian, Yahir Calderon, Rene Churchill, Logan Johnson, Owen Lyon, Hayden Hooper, Kevin McDonald, Kevin Rajapaksa, JoseMaria Calderon, Owen Thorpe, Cesar Frias and coach Kara Hooper.

U12 stars finish season at 15-2-1

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Nordhoff’s Adelman makes Simplot Games �nalThree Nordhoff track stars made the finals of the Simplot Games in Idaho last weekend. Senior Olivia Adelman (above) ran 2:27.27 in the 800-meter run, while fellow-senior Joe York posted a solid 51.32 in the 400 meters. Cameron Kunde ran 1:53.09, which was good for third place. His time is now the sixth-fastest indoor time in the country.

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OVN02-09-2016Published Ojai Valley NewsFebruary 12, 19 & 26, 2016

March 4, 2016SUPERIOR COURT OF

CALIFORNIACOUNTY OF VENTURA800 South Victoria Avenue

SAMEVentura 93009

The Ventura Hall of JusticePETITION OF

Nicholas John Di RuscioFOR CHANGE OF NAME

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

56-2016-00477916-CU-PT-VTA TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Nicholas John Di Ruscio ���������������������������������������decree changing names as follows: a) Nicholas John Di Ruscio to Nicholas Lee Di Donato. THE COURT ORDERS that all ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������indicated below to show cause, if ������������������������������������name should not be granted. Any �������������������������������������������������������������������������objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be ���������������������������������������������������������������������������not be granted. If no written objection ��������������������������������������������������������������������

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

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Ventura County Clerk and RecorderMARK A. LUNN

File Date: 02/11/2016 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1st Fictitious Business Name: Reed Mechanical Systems, Inc. 2nd Fictitious Business Name: Reed Mechanical Systems����������������������������������������Business (P.O. Box or PMB are not ������������8376 Edison Dr., Ventura, CA 93001��������������������������������Business: Ventura���������������������������Organization: CA Full name of 1st Registrant �������������������������������������������������Reed Mechanical Systems, Inc. Residence Address of 1st Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB are not ������������8376 Edison Dr., Ventura, CA 93001 This Business is conducted by: A ����������� The registrant commenced to ���������������������������������������business name or names listed above on 7/2011.

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March 2, 1026SUPERIOR COURT OF

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF GARY

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�������������������������������������of VENTURA. The Petition for Probate requests that STEPHEN POLITZER. be �������������������������������������to administer the estate of the decedent.�����������������������������������to administer the estate under the ������������������������������Estates Act. (This authority will ����������������������������������to take many actions without �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������will be required to give notice to ������������������������������������waived notice or consented to the ����������������������������������administration authority will be ���������������������������������������������������������������������������shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.����������������������������������be held in this court as follows: ������������������������������ Address of court: same as noted above If you object to the granting of the �����������������������������������hearing and state your objections or ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� If you are a creditor or a contingent ����������������������������������������your claim with the court and mail a ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������months from the hearing date noticed above.����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������with the court a formal Request for ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������

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T.S. No.: 9551-2482 TSG Order No.: 8549205 A.P.N.: 017-0-180-305 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/18/2007. 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. NBS Default Services, ��������������������������������������������������������������������of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 10/25/2007 as Document No.: 20071025-�������������������������������������������������������������������������of Ventura County, California, executed by: VALENTINE A RUTHERFORD AND CHRISTINE A RUTHERFORD, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR ��������������������������������������by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by 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 ���������������������������������������in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under �����������������������������������situated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the ���������������������������������������& Time: 03/22/2016 at 11:00 AM Sale Location: At the main entrance to the Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA. The street address and other common designation, if any, �������������������������������������������������������������� ��������AVE, OJAI, CA 93023-2152 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 in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant

����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������secured by said Deed of Trust, ��������������������������������������in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, ����������������������������������������of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $669,165.48 (Estimated) as of 03/09/2016. Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are �������������������������������������lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding ���������������������������������������Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle ��������������������������������������������������������������������aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, �����������������������������������������������������������������������lien being auctioned off, before you �����������������������������������������You are encouraged to investigate �������������������������������������outstanding liens that may exist on ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������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 �����������������������������������NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information ���������������������������������be made available to you and to the �����������������������������������������������������������������������learn whether your sale date has been �����������������������������������rescheduled time and date for the sale �������������������������������������939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet ��������������������������������com, for information regarding ������������������������������������������������������������������������T.S.# 9551-2482. Information about ����������������������������������in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not ����������������������������������������������������������������

internet Web site. The best way to �����������������������������������to attend the scheduled sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall ������������������������������������Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. NBS Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 800-766-7751 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www.�����������������������������������939-0772. NBS Default Services, LLC, Nicole Rodriguez, Foreclosure Associate This communication is ���������������������������������any information obtained will be ��������������������������������if you have received a discharge of the debt referenced herein in a ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������In the event you have received a ���������������������������������to enforce the debt will be taken ����������������������������������DESCRIPTION PART OF LOT 7 OF THE BARD SUBDIVISION OF THE RANCHO OJAI, COUNTY OF VENTURA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 5 PAGE 25 1/2 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED IN THE DEED TO JOHN D. SALISBURY AND NORMA L. SALISBURY, RECORDED JULY 6, 1956, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. IN BOOK 421, OFFICIAL RECORDS AT PAGE 456, THE SAME BEING A POINT IN THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF LOMITA STREET, DISTANT 35 FEET MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE CENTERLINE OF SAID LOMITA STREET; THENCE FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING. NORTH 15° 45` EAST 1.49.19 FEET ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LAND DESCRIBED IN THE DEED TO JOHN D. SALISBURY AND NORMA L. SALISBURY, TO A POINT; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES, SOUTH 74° 15` EAST 118.50 FEET TO A POINT THENCE, AT RIGHT ANGLES, SOUTH 15° 45` WEST 129.64 FEET PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTHWESTERLY LINE TO A POINT IN THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOMITA STREET, DISTANT THEREON 35 FEET MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM SAID CENTERLINE; THENCE ALONG

SAID NORTHEASTERLY LINE, NORTH 83° 37` WEST 120.10 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING EXCEPT THEREFROM ALL WATER AND SUBSURFACE WATER RIGHTS, WITHOUT THE RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY, AS DEDICATED OR RESERVED IN INSTRUMENTS OF RECORD. EXCEPT THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS, MINERALS AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES, WITHOUT THE RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY, AS RESERVED IN INSTRUMENTS OF RECORD. NPP0273551 To: OJAI VALLEY NEWS 02/26/2016, 03/04/2016, 03/11/2016

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Published Ojai Valley NewsFebruary 26, 2016

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEOJAI PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Ojai Planning Commission ����������������������������������following item on Wednesday, March ������������������������������������Chambers of Ojai City Hall, 401 S. Ventura Street, Ojai, California. Any ���������������������������������������������������������������������views. Tree Permit (T 16-06); Amendments to Conditional Use Permit (CUP 14-01) and Design Review Permit ��������������������������� �������located at 821 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai, Assessor’s Parcel Number: 024-0-020-100. The General Plan Land Use designation of the site is General Commercial (GC) and Zoning ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������California Environmental Quality �������������������������������������������������� ������������������Josh Griffen, Architect, Cornerstone Architects. Further information about this matter is available from the ���������������������������������at 401 South Ventura Street, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to �����������������������������������5581 x112. Anyone who seeks to challenge the decision of the Planning �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������in writing on a form obtained by the City Clerk within 15 days following ����������������������������������������������������������� February 19, 2016

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Rain Check!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.

DEADLINEto place a garage sale ad is

Wednesday by noon.Call 646-1476,

Ext. 106

Please help keep Ojai beautiful.

Take down your signs when your sale is over.

This smiling boy is Fred. He was abandoned at a storage facil ity in July with another dog, Ethel. They are both seniors, about 7 years old. Since they arrived at the shelter they have been popular with staff & volunteers. They seem to be house trained since they will not go in their kennels. They are laid back, friendly dogs who

need someone to offer them some happiness. Both dogs are altered.

����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������includes neuter, vaccinations, free veterinarian check, microchip implantation & a loving dog who has many

good years of l ife left. Fred can be adopted alone, or with Ethel.

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Our low cost spay/neuter clinic is offering free steril izations for Pit Bulls & Pit mixes.Call for information & appointment.

Fred

A10 Ojai Valley News • Friday, Feb. 26, 2016