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Not Afraid to Take a Closer Look! Vol. 3 • No. 16 • Issue 40 • Published in the Ojai & Ventura Gold Coast Region • FREE • Sept/Oct Sp 2011 Why Do We All Wear Masks? • Peter Milhado • Richard Senate • T h i r s t y ? Summer Libbey Shows • Optimistic Future •Global Update • Joys of Human Traffic Which Path Are You On? The High Road? Tolerance: a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward Anderson Joel Photos © 2011, opinions and practices that differ from one’s own. Or The Low Road? Machiavellian: being or acting in accordance with the principles of government, in which political expediency is placed above morality and the use of craft and deceit to maintain the authority

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Photo © DAT Don Alverto Taxo page 11 Inside: Art • People • Society • Politics • Rock n’ Roll • Halloween Fun P a g e 2 Sept/Oct Sp 2011 • Issue 40 Sept/Oct Sp 2011 • Issue 40 P a g e 3 Bart - President, Vickie Patterson -VP, blocked her esophagus and prevented Aubrey jai ity ouncil aggedy dge Jill Swann -VP, Dawn Shook - Sec, Allen Press Release from eating. For eight months she couldn’t even O C C R E Please Help My Little swallow her own saliva. “Don’t Tell Me Who I am... Let me guess !” – Dick Lynch couldn’t hear a thing. What kind of meeting Thank You Shook - Treas. Board of Directors are Craig Please help Jordan and Leah save their daugh- ust couldn’t believe the amount of folks was this? A little strange.... no mic or P.A. and Nancy Hunter-Bowles, Steve Perry, Sister (Big Brother Ethan) ter. With your help, Aubrey, who is a beautiful, i Joel: – Sheila T. Cluff Edie Lambert, Wanda Martin, Susie turned up at the school. Must have been sound system, just whispers from the honcho Thank you so very much for your strong, and a resilient little girl and a joy to be Are You Wearing a Mask? J200 cars, a lot of horses.... Oh, did I say I went “suits” in the front.... and I didn’t see any water H Provost, Russell Cloud, and Debi Cloud as t four years of around may have a chance to live a happy life. to the water meeting with Golden Stakes to drink. No Water at a Water meeting? How wonderful coverage of my 75th birthday Past President. age, Ojai No matter how large or small, Aubrey’s family is Water Co. at Nordoff High? Cars, people and could that be? in the August 2011 issue of The View. It residentA Aubrey, grateful for your generous contribution. Persona traffic....Wow this is going to be some Well one of the folks attending started shout- was such a fun time and good PR for The is much like other Visit Aubrey’s web-site for more pictures and to ll of us wear masks at different times. For Lynching (Get It?) ing, Katrina....I think they couldn’t Oaks! Thank you, Joel, for always being girls her age. She donate through pay pal, example, we are one way at work, different Well that’s not what happened; they hear and the GSW speaker such a loyal supporter of me and The loves ballet, her www.sos4aubrey.com Oaks. I look forward to seeing you soon. withA our friends, still different with our lovers, children, had a Volleyball game in the Gym. I at the front of the stage said dolls, her cat, her Donations can be made to; wandered around looking for a sign, “Come up front”, followed Healthy wishes, dog and her older Aubrey, P.O. Box 195, Ojai, CA 93024 mothers in law, etc. Our masks, or in modern par- something anything, Nothing! Started to by the people shouting from Sheila T. Cluff brother, not neces- Please share Aubrey’s story. lance our Personas, are usually developed to gain go to the other end but didn’t see the back for them to “Move to the Owner/Founder, The Oaks at Ojai sarily in that order. Family Aubrey Photo ©, 2010, With immeasurable gratitude, affirmation and acceptance in the outside world, i.e., any rear”... so they could hear. I kinda Editor’s Note: At the 2011 Ice Skat- She is also Aubrey’s Family bright-eyed and ‘Nice Guy’. ‘Good Girl’. ‘Loyal Employee’. ‘Humanitar- cars figured...... the meetin’ sure headed South ing Institute’s Adult Championships in Nikki Bart, Jill Swann, Debi Cloud, and ian Boss’, ‘Compassionate Therapist’, ‘Super Mom’ there. from that point on. Florida (weekend of Oct.1), Sheila won Dawn Shook intelligent, with a mischievous sense Event Calendar etc. Even those who are oppositional by disposition Finally We had GSW guys wayyyyy up front six 1st place medals, scoring 5’s in all The Ojai Optimist Club is a non-profit in- saw some with their slick Water plan asking events. Bravo Sheila! of fun. But unlike October 2011 and wear the Personas of ‘Rebel’, ‘Loner’, “Macho Individualist’, ‘I ternational organization and local club serving most other children her age, her future is dim. don’t need anybody Career Woman’ are only wearing reactive person- older questions and they seemed to know the youth of the She needs your help. folks what it was all about but really didn’t Ojai Optimists Ojai Valley. Due to two “botched” surgeries, she has spent alities not yet healed from brutal, early authority conflicts. I’m espe- that I knew have a clue. They also said Golden Stickup Major fund- most of her young life on feeding tubes, and de- cially leery of those who boisterously announce, “I’m up front, I tell it and followed Water didn’t really have to have the meeting raising efforts spite a third semi-successful surgery, continues to like it is!” “I don’t pull any punches.” “I am always honest.” Their claim them into the because Ojai was wayyyyy too small to meet require those tubes to sustain her life, along with meetin’. regulations to have that meeting. But not small include BBQ- to ‘candor’ is often a disguise for rage, cruelty and a need for control ing Tri-Tip an expensive regimen of medication, constant When I got enough to stick us with large water bills. vigilance and little hope for a permanent cure. over others. Despotic control is always a compensation for tremen- there I thought Why did they have the meeting then? So sandwiches at the Nordhoff Aubrey’s situation is so unusual that it is be- dous feelings of inferiority, unworthiness and often feeling unlovable. Photo © 2011, Joel Anderson Joel Photo © 2011, I was in the they could charge us even more to pay for their yond the capability of her California G.I. Doc- Profiles for Personas are formed early in life, primarily to manage Mayor Smith re-clarifies wrong place..... time to have the meeting, the public needs? High School T h u r s d a y , O c t 6 Colleen and Craig Cody tors. After countless consultations and exams, fear and anxiety and often are reactions to early trauma, includ- her position on the role of everyone was It seems they were trying to make a point home football they still do not have a plan to treat Aubrey and • Oct 5/Wed, 6-7pm - Oak View Civic Council children in Ojai society. filing out.... that GSW had raised water rates SOOOOO games, and on Ojai Day, and their annual repair her deteriorating digestive system. Monthly Meeting, OV Community Center, ing responses to childhood authoritative figures (parents, religious Golf Tournament, held in June at Soule Park Members/Public welcome. Topics: Budget, Grants, 12/3 signing things, getting questions asked of ‘em high that everyone had already stopped using Time may be running out for Aubrey. She has X-mas Tree Lighting, Pageant of Excellence, Earth Hour, institutions, teachers...). There are three unconscious responses to about their names, addresses? private informa- sooooo much water, and we didn’t have to Anderson Joel Photos ©, 2011, GC in Ojai, The Optimist Club of Ojai internal bleeding due to her medical condition, Optimist of the Year Nancy Hunter-Bowles Easter Egg Hunt, Memorial Day Parade, 4th Parade Ojai, early overwhelming authority figures: (1) obedience (2) defiance (3) tion for GSW? Like shootin’ fish in a barrel.... conserve any more. supports local schools, art, music, sports, and she is at heightened risk of esophageal cancer and Harvest Days, passive-aggressive – i.e., “I will do the dishes at three o’clock” (fear- academic programs as well as various youth may not live to see her adolescent years. Despite Info, www.OakViewCa.org and I was sure they were there to get a Flu Wow, we met our goal by accident!!! That’s • Oct 1, 8, 22, 29/2:30-4:30pm - Family Tree ful obedience). At three o’clock “Oh I forgot” (cowardly defiance). shot. It would have been more fun. if you think GSW had raised all those rates by organizations in the Ojai Valley. the odds, the financial hardships and the stresses Classes, Ventura, Organize your records properly. of caring for Aubrey virtually round-the-clock, Series of classes in basic genealogical research, FREE, Personas only fake individuality – they’re a compromise between our I got there late and sat in the back.... I Raggedy Edge Continued Page 4... The Optimist Club of Ojai meets the 4th Tuesday night of each month, at the Ameri- her parents, Jordan and Leah, remain optimistic. Ventura Family History Center, 3501 Loma Vista, Ventura, individual needs and the demands of society and authority figures. There are several children hospitals out- sponsor. “Organizing What You Know “, Using Computer Joys of Human Traffic can Legion, 841 E. Ojai Ave. in Ojai at Software”, Interviewing Relatives”, “ Public Records” & I don’t mean to trash Personas per se, because they are a real- 6pm. Come join them for a potluck dinner! side California with top-notch G.I Doctors, “Researching On the Net”. ity of life for all of us. I certainly behaved differently at a seminar Inquiries can be directed to 646-8453. surgeon’s and researchers, which would benefit Info, 643-5607 by Judy the Hun Aubrey greatly. Jordan and Leah are seeking • Oct 5-30 - Urban Grid - Artamo Gallery Ex- with colleagues last Saturday morning, than I did with my comrades – Editor hibit, S.B., New paintings on paper by Franco-Canadian uman trafficking is alive your help to raise enough money to consult with artist Françoise Issaly, inspired by street and city maps around the campfire that same night. As always, the critical point is and well in Nepal. several doctors, cover their travel and lodging, of important locations in her life. Additionally — a first consciousness. Once we reach mid-life we are strongly requested God,H I witnessed it firsthand sustain Aubreys daily medical expenses, and for Santa Barbara — actress-artist Ashleigh Sumner MOST of all, find a permanent cure for Aubrey. shows her urban, graffiti-style works in acrylic & resin on to become fully aware what Personas we are wearing and espe- myself and haven’t slept well Pat and Jill Swann graciously opened wood. Also convincing urban style/city-themed abstract cially what our motivation is for wearing them. Overall, the need for since. their newly remodeled Ojai home up to the Thanks Again Born with severe acid reflux, Aubrey has been works by ten more artists — Agustin Castillo, Patrick Din- Optimists. on medication since she was four months old. tino, Gordon Huether, Michael Kessler, Rose Masterpol, the wearing Personas lessens and lessens as we get older, there is Six weeks ago I attended – Myrna Cambianica She had her first surgery to correct her already Jack N. Mohr, Michael Moon, Taraneh Mozafarian, Silvia a cultural event to bring attention to the i Joel, something bigger going on in our psyches than our Personas. If we’re delightful al fresco garden party was Just a word of thanks very much scarred esophagus at two, but things began to Events Continued, Page 5... increasing problem here in Nepal. The held at the beautiful home of Jill H deteriorate even further. The procedure caused unconscious of our Personas we become neurotic like the 24 hours problem exists almost entirely within arab A for including the information on Donna pressure to build up in her digestive system until a day ‘dutiful daughter’, ‘misunderstood artist’, ‘compliant city council and Pat Swann for The Optimist Club of Granata at the Ojai Photo Club in your states like U.A.E., Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Ojai’s Annual Installation, with members it ripped through the connection between her member’, ‘selfless minister’... Yemen, Dubai, etc. and invited guests attending. President, August edition ... we do these presenta- esophagus and stomach, along with acid leaking They target poor women, many from Held Hostage by Golden State Debi Cloud, addressed the attendees, tions as a non-profit as a part of our com- into her body cavity. A second surgery was re- Check Out My Website/blog: rural villages and offer them domestic po- thanking them for their year of service with munity service. quired to close the perforation with a network of Thanks again! mesh. The mesh created a knot of scar tissue that www.DrPeterMilhado.com sitions in foreign countries. These woman, Do We Need Water? the Optimist Club of Ojai. Notable activi- lured by the prospect of money and a ties at the soirée were the induction of new Best, Myrna Cambianica, Ojai Photo Club “...People don’t want to think. And the deeper better life for them- iseases caused by dehydration include member, Colleen Cody and also Nancy they get into trouble, the less they want to Shadow selves and their family, those attended by pains of different Hunter-Bowles being named as Optimist When we hit 40, the capacity for self-deception is exhausted. If self- D LETTERS TO THE EDITOR think. But by some sort of instinct, they feel go only to discover that nature. Pain is a desperate request of your of the Year. that they ought to and it makes them feel deception continues, there is hell to pay! In midlife a radical change they are there for sexual body for water. The point is that the reason The newly installed officers include Nikki [email protected] guilty. So they’ll bless and follow anyone who needs to take place, because the depressions, anxieties and general gratification only.... of occurrence of pain syndrome is acid burns gives them a justification for not thinking. suffering are a summons to move from the Persona to authenticity. Their passports held inside the cells. Depending on location of these centres of high acid content pain may Anyone who makes a virtue — a highly intel- Nobody but ourselves can save us from ourselves -- the main enemy by their captors....most lectual virtue — out of what they know to be never survive or have occur in different parts of the body. Classi- is always WITHIN. The answer is simple -- take a long, deep and Photo © 2011, Judy the Hun Photo © 2011, cal pains are no more than the evidence that the Ojai and Ventura Real their sin, their weakness and their guilt.” genuine look in the mirror -- again and again and again and again. Of the means to return. - Ayn Rand from Atlas Shrugged The male dominated Nepali government acid accumulations need to be cleaned with a course this whole initiation ritual is advisable only for those who have usually turns a blind eye. However, two big amount of water. These are pains during Editorial Policy No person, without the permission of the some inner authority already. The company of a fellow pilgrim, who heartburn, dyspepsia, angina, colitis, as well The Ojai & Ventura View is Free, owned by publisher of the View, may take more than one weeks after this cultural event the newspa- as rheumatoid, lumbar, fibromyalgic pains knows about the ‘night sea journey’, is strongly recommended. per did report that seven women had died Stealthkat Publications, edited, and written by copy of each View issue unless $2 is paid to the and migraine. Publisher for each issue. This pilgrimage is hard and painful, but if you hang in there -- keep in the U.A.E. that month and the news got Normal condition of the intracellular fluid contributors, Printed by Western Web, 15,000 Your Taxes Still Paying Public Salaries a little press. distributed in the Ojai & Ventura Gold Coast For further information, contact: ``The President earns $400,000 per year, along with a $50,000 monthly expense account, a on looking -- there is soul there. If we can eventually cop to our own is a weakly alkaline environment. The point [email protected] weaknesses, fears, dependencies, manipulation, power plays, cruel A week after that I was off to customs to is that the water circulating in the body gets Region. Views in the View do not necessar- $100,000 non-taxable travel account and $19,000 for entertainment. The most recent raise in sal- collect my highly-taxed computer cord. As ily reflect those of the editorial board, local Letters & Submissions ary was approved by Congress and President Bill Clinton in 1999 and went into effect in 2001.” streaks, etc. something incredible happens. Many of our psychologi- into cells and carries molecules of hydrogen Office Annual Salaries Updated I refused to pay the 10,000 rupee tax they out (and it is just the molecules of hydrogen government, corporations, advertisers or other Letters to the Editor & Submissions must be cal symptoms like depression, anxiety, somatic complaints lessen or signed. Multiple publication submissions are President Barack Obama (U.S.) $400,000 $400,000 were de- that determine the acidity level). The body dependent entities. Requests for news or fea- Ventura County Library Director (Jackie Griffin) $220,000 $220,000 vanish. Our ‘Shadow’ is not something we can choose to have; it’s discouraged. All letters must include name, manding, needs to be adequately hydrated so that it will ture coverage, or concerns about editorial or Governor Arn. Schwarzenegger (CA.) $212,179 $173,987 there just like our noses and feet. be able to maintain the normal hydrogen ion address, and accessible phone number clearly Attorney General (CA.) $184,301 $151,127 I realized I advertising content should be addressed to the $151,127 was going concentration (or normal pH) equal to 7.4. printed. Names may be withheld, but not al- Supt. of Public Instruction (CA.) $184,301 editor. Sole responsibility for content of The ways, upon request. Libel will not be printed. Ojai City Attorney (Monte Widders) $182,270 $228,763 Love to Mother Meera. One for all and all for one. to have In dehydration the acid accumulates inside Ojai City Manager (Rob Clark) $224,478 $224,478 to resort the cells causing burns that provoke pain. If Ojai & Ventura View rests with the View Edi- All correspondence should be directed to: Ojai Unified School District Supt. $170,000 $170,000 to to the the body is adequately hydrated it keeps the tor and Editorial Board. View graphic/content the Ojai & Ventura View Controller (CA.) $169,743 $139,189 PETER RUDOLF MILHADO, PH.D. weakly alkaline environment. is copyrighted by Stealthkat Publications. Treasurer (CA.) $169,743 $139,189 regional P.O. Box 1824, Ojai, CA 93024 $139,189 The first sign that the acid concentration iew Insurance Commissioner (CA.) $169,743 Lic #MFT14142 Photo © 2011, Judy the Hun Photo © 2011, After publication in the V , the copyright of method in the body is becoming critical is heartburn [email protected] Lieutenant Governor (CA.) $159,134 $130,490 business of of bribing folks. all written, visual and artistic material reverts Phone info: 805/640-8439 (640-View) Secretary of State (CA.) Change ? $159,134 $130,490 38 Years Experience pain. This is the way the mucus membrane of back to the author, photographer, artist or Members, Board of Equal. (CA.) $159,134 $130,490 Customs in Kathmandu is HUGE. As I the stomach tells that our body needs water. Advertising Assy. Speaker & Pres. Pro Tem, Senate (CA.) $133,639 $109,584 waded through the paper Pain mechanism is connected directly with advertiser, special agreements notwithstanding. Advertising inquiries should be directed to: Minority Floor Leader (CA.) $133,639 $109,584 [email protected] • (805) 640-1810 Distribution $102,437 work and the scumbags increase of histamine production which is the Ojai & Ventura View Majority Floor Leader $124,923 trying to squeeze me for Second Ranking Minor. Leader (CA.) $124,923 $102,437 Blog: www.DrPeterMilhado.com the main “witness” of dehydration. When Limit: One Copy Per Reader. [email protected] All Legislators (CA.) $116,208 $ 95,281

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Siphoning off our money for their huge from Casitas Water I am as stunned as you Cont. from page 2... by Ron Rowe of other nations,” he said. Ah, I remember the Poloto, and Jack Reilly. corporate-raiders were asked again why the salaries & hungry stockholders, not fixing our District. How is that Public Service Announcement are. Did our Mayor say genteel ladies, portrayed by Greer Garson in Info, Artamo Gallery, 11 W. Anapamu St, S.B. CAUTION - Mayor Continually huge number of antihistamines. However, to h how I Phone: 568-1400 Ojai folks were using less water, the answer pipes. Tell it to the mainstream press? Why about Conservation? that not using a Helmet for relieve pain attacks you don’t need to swal- the movie, Tea and Sympathy. • Oct 7-29/ - Opening Reception - Inkspots art Banging Head Against Wall appreci- Everybody is not broke! A Malaysian busi- show The sad thing is if we PSA Skaters would have them , Ventura, Fine Art Printmaking Group new show was something like that they weren’t sure bother? They’ve obviously been asleep at the low packages of suprastin; it will be enough iew with all new works of art. Feat. artists; Christina Altfeld, why we had been using SOOOOO much less wheel for years, only infatuated with money stop using 50% they get Can Result in Brain Damage V Cocaine addicted and to take a glass of clean water. When our body ate living nessman bought the world’s most expensive grubbin’ G.C. interest in the ‘green’ dolla... to raise the rates 50% wearing a diaper?A 40 or inO Ojai. It’s not yacht for $5 billion. The 100 foot boat is plated Karen L. Brown, Donna Carver, Beverly Decker, Virginia water. When Not Wearing Safety Helmet is adequately hydrated the histamine’s activ- Furmanski, Judy Gibbs, Bay Hallowell,Tiger Huang, Eliz- They said it could have been the Cool GSW did say they replaced one pipe on to offset our sacrifice! was it 50-year ward of the ity restricts. Otherwise, the histamine’s activ- just the tree- in gold and has bedrooms covered in platinum abeth Manger, Ines Monguio, Barbara Parmet, Leslie Playin’ us both sides from the same end. state for health care? lined streets, the Plimpton, Betsy Quinn, Dahlia Riley, Nancy Rossi, Karen weather, or the Good rains we had, they had Country Club. I remember they had the ity intensifies that among other things may and a statue made from a T-REX dinosaur Ruth Schroeder and Monica Wiesblott. all kinds’a guess’s except the right one.... whole road closed during the Ojai tennis When will they be competitive with Wow, it was almost as mysterious as the result in increase of acid production in the mountains, and bone. Designer Stuart Hughes claimed his Info, 643 N. Ventura Ave, Donna, 402-0247 They have rAISED the rates so Ventura River Water or Meiners Oaks Mayor’s lunar idea of children turning into stomach. This immediately causes heartburn the graciousness boat will never be matched. If you are looking • Oct 7-30/ Defying Gravity & Creative water???? Seems like Golden Ripoff Water shooting bullets. Some people shouldn’t have Minds art show, Info, Vita Art Center, 432 damned high that we’re losing – the first and the truest indicator of thirst. of the residents, for an unusual vacation, try going to jail, Sher- Ventura Ave, Studio 30, Phone: 644-9214 people. sees Ojai as its cush meal ticket and is not children? Even the Mayor couldn’t say some- Many people think of this pain – the heart- an abundance of iff Greg White of Cole County, Missouri is • Oct 7, 8, 9/ Avocado Festival - 25th, Carpin- Everyone knows that a number willing thing like that, could she??? burn pain – as a hunger and try to satisfy it flowers and bright teria, Opens 11am Friday, New this year; Wine Grotto offering guests an unusual experience in jail. near the Arts Stage, bands, foodie, fun, Info, www. to let go When is the Hoax gonna to be over? Anderson Photo © 2008, Joel of homes have extra units, from by taking antacids or having a snack. As a bushes on every Without having a criminal record, you will be avofest.com Tuff Shedds to converted Artists of their Time to pull the rug out and get a re- result, in the first case we put our body in corner. It’s simply the best home I have ever booked, photographed, and fingerprinted, eat • Oct 7-9/Fri-Sun - Highland Games, Ventura, CASH placement for this impertinent mayor. based on an Old-World tradition dating back to 1314, this Studio’s and Garages. Well, all danger as most antacids contain aluminium lived in, and I have lived in many countries dur- in prison dining room and sleep on steel bunks. that water spinning through one meter COW! Picking fights with living trea- which causes diseases of nervous system (it event celebrates Celtic heritage. Men in kilts demonstrate Time for sures... saying kids shouldn’t be in ing my long years on this earth. Over 200 guests have already checked in. feats of strength and cunning. Lads and lasses show off makes for a pretty huge bill.w Ho is proved that accumulation of aluminium I am truly happy living in this Shangri-La. their best footwork in highland and country dancing. everyone... Ojai? Can you see the bats flying Did you know the final bill for the wars in Af- Talented fiddlers compete for prizes. Contemporary Huge? I never had a car payment that is the body is connected with Why am I noting this so soulfully? Because Photos © 2011, Joel Anderson Joel Photos © 2011, every round city hall? Mayor Unmasked. ghanistan and Iraq will cost over $4.4 trillion Scottish bands perform, and much, much more. Info, Lo- large, never, even if you cut my water bill development of Alzheimer’s cation: Ventura County Fairgrounds/Seaside water bill We do know there’s apparently disease). dear readers I made three trips to that concrete according to a study from Brown University. in half. For that Kinda money I could eat at Water Pressure: Looking spiffy, Golden jungle last week, Los ParK, 818/886-4968 Feast Bistro all month long. State’s Cookie-Jar Patterson tells Ojai we get some kind of helmet skate law. Isn’t there As we aren’t used The tab includes services • Oct 7-23/ - BeWitchin’ the West - or - the People had better wise up real quick.... council 9/13 it’s gonna cost ya.... to send a some kind of an anti-bullying law we can use to think of the heart- Angeles, choking on the Today’s Mighty Oak is Yesterday’s and care benefits for the wild western wizards of hogswort air and being caught up in county texas, Stage Production, Cowboy Golden Slick is already talking about the next tourney Letter to keep this mayor up to speed??? This isn’t burn as a signal of Nut that Held its Ground..... veterans. To feed the hats with points? Witches brooms with hobby horse water rate increase.... and they seem to think and were to the the first, second, or even Third time this no thirst many of us bring the rush hour traffic. On my troops in Afghanistan heads? Written/Directed by locals Rosemary Moffat and City account Mayor has split her kernel. situation to ulcer of stomach. last trip the freeway had three lanes closed due the defense department will spend $1.7 billion. Aletheia Regier, set in the town of Fairytale Alley, the they suddenly have to meet state standards. blocking only Wizard’s Haven in Hogswort County, Texas. No talk about the $$$$ Millions they stole the en- Coun- She just doesn’t want kids here, or probably The ulcer appears in a place of to a traffic accident. My oh my, did the tempers This includes hot dogs, chicken wings and egg Info, Location: Petit Theatre, located in plus the fines they also owe us after getting trance to cil and any young families. How does that go over with a constant acid burn that cannot and yells of the trapped motorists spew forth. mix, and Congress wants to cut back Social Heritage Square, 730 South “B” Street, Suite have Ojai’s real estate market? Not well, I know! .... be eliminated by additional How on earth can one spiritually survive rid- 20, Oxnard, Phone: 483-5118 or Web, info@ rounded up by the State Division of Water the Ojai Security, health care and education to pay for it. elitetheatre.org and Audits, (DWA) possee. When is that Valley Inn. How much did that cost the town? Genius Corporate Retriever Pat- them and their friends, the local mainstream media food. ing that soulless concrete pathway and living in In the U.S., Kim Kardashian and Kris • Oct 7-8/Fri & Sat, 11-4pm - Second Annual hijacked $$$$ coming back to the ratepay- I heard that the only reason they replaced that terson plods back to his seat.... cancel moguls, are afraid to rock Carol’s world. No In other cases, when pain is a high rise material, monstrous jungle? Such is Humphries were married last week in a lavish Childrens Book Festival, Miss Lori Craft Hour; ers? Will it? pipe was they had no water pressure the wa- Kids in Ojai.... that is going out pretty far. localized, for example, in joints and mani- life, and we are truly the fortunate.... $10 million wedding. At least, hopefully it 10-11am, Alva Sachs; 12-2pm, her latest book “Im 5”, fests itself as rheumatoid arthritis taking of Rick and Annette Gallegos Launch their new book “Born They did say “Bad on them” for letting the for the fire hydrants! Looks like serial failure to ter franchise they gave these guy’s. Do you remember who and what non-profit Driving the streets of Ojai I notice the autumn will help spread the money around. Mayor with a Broken Heart”, 6pm. 2nd Day Fest!: Sat. Oct. water system pipes run down? What Bad on me. Maybe instead of asking how much water When you get done with that write a letter organizations supported her (despite IRS regs.), pain killers produces a short-term effect but shadows as Sunset arrives, there is a magical Bloomberg of New York City is worth over 8th 11-4pm; Diego Pedreros presents his new book “Fly, them? WE have to pay for THAT! What bad we have in the underground, we should ask or post card to the Public Utilities Commis- YEP, so you know who to call and doesn’t cure. In this particular case treatment Fly, Butterfly”; 11-1, Chris Ayers (Dreamworks Animator) is just pain management but not elimination tint to the colors and shadows, I think Roger $20 billion making him the richest man ever to “THE DAILY ZOO”; 1-2, Rick and Annette Gallegos “Born on them? Seems it’s bad and expen- how the Fire system is going above ground. sion (PUC) who has given GSW a license to never donate to those organizations again. with a Broken Heart” ALL DAY, Sofia Steryo-Bartmus of the source of the disease. Wray described it far more eloquently than I. hold public office. Grime Pays. sive on us! Those two homes that burned on Grand steal from us and ask when this is going to It will be MUSIC to my ears when her term is “Autumn is youthful, mirthful, frolicsome--the McDonald’s will greatly increase the number “Paws of Wisdom” ALL DAY, Shirley Edwards “Mom and They have been here since 1929 and did Ave...... went pretty fast. The GSW boys said stop? Write to Governor Brown and have over. YippieKai A, 3 months and counting. So, pain is located in the area of insuf- Me: A Mothers Read-Along Guide to Child Safety”; 2- him gET rid of the Crooks on Hang ‘em High ! ficient water supply and local dehydration. child of summer’s joy--and on every side there of its outlets in China to 2005 from 1300. It 4PM, C. Francis Carnicelli Presents his new short stories they say they’ve let the water pipes go bad, they are losing 11 percent of all the water in are suggestions of juvenility and mischief. While also plans to recruit 50,000 more employees in for teens book “Something’s in the Forest!”; All Day, poor maintenance.... barely maintained the pipes, pressure. I wonder.... if we had better the commission that rubber stamp – Dick Lynch The cause of all joint and spine pains is that Linda Cortez “When I was Little”; All Day, Lyn McCullough a cartilage separating bone structures, if not spring is a careful artist who paints each flower China this year. Also China’s exports reached “The Grand Hall Character Ball” and Marshall McCullough Highway in Malibu after a storm. able pioneer lady. adequately hydrated, loses elasticity and its with delicate workmanship, autumn flings a record level of $874 billion in the first half of (7yr old) <--wrote”Marshall and Planet Saurus”; ALL whole pots of paint about in wild carelessness. DAY, Becky Caron Returns with “The Magical Island Government & I’ll Get By with a Little Help from My Retail- Great People Resting Another grave is marked with a star, which slide capacity reduces. As a result, the bones this year, 20% more than the same period last of Dolphins!”, Amada Irma Perez “My Handy Writing ing Friends, Maybe? is fitting because it marks the last resting place begin to rub against each other that causes The crimson and scarlet colours reserved for year. Book”,”My Very Own Room”,”From here to There”; All Corporations Feed pain and leads to death of the cartilage’s roses and tulips are splashed on the brambles Day, Linda Gund and Brent Anderson Brings us an Autism The other day I went into my local national big at Santa Paula of a Movie and TV star, now almost forgotten Tired of driving in freeway traffic? Then book like no other in “Unintentional Humor”; All Day, Meet Themselves Fat Jobs by Hollywood. Her named was Joi Lansing. cells. This may result in osteoarthritis, the till every bush is aflame, and the old creeper- buy a roadable aircraft, made by Terrafugia in the Authors!, Games, FacePainting, Magic Show, Prizes, box retailer. I did a little study. I randomly picked last stage of the process caused by dehydra- up 20 items throughout the store and observed by Richard Senate She was best known for being the love interest covered house blushes like a sunset. Massachusetts. It is a car/plane which has wings Music 12-2PM* Feat. Charles Wsir Johnson! World Music on the Love that Bob, TV show with Robert tion. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that at its best! He plays many instruments and takes his show by Jefferson Pinto 19 out of 20 were not made in this country. Not a couple contacted that fold for road use. It will fit into any parking all over Ventura County’s schools!, Kids can join the Drum Cummings. She also appeared on the last year At this stage a person cannot live without held its ground so “To do, is to be,” - Sartre. spot or garage, cost $250,000. Check www. circle! Info, Bank of Books, 748 E. Main St. Vta, s kids, we would go to birthday par- scientific study, but I’m guessing the manufactur- me after visiting strong pain killers. Today a clear dependence the Pierce of the ill-fated Adventures of Superman play- “To be, is to do,” - Aristotle. “To be, or not terrafugia.com to order. Phone: 643-3154 ties and wear the standard issue ing jobs aren’t coming back anytime soon. has been stated between taking of pain killers • Oct 8/Sat, 6pm - October Art Beat, Oxnard, Art Brother Cemetery ing Superman’s wife in a dream sequence. She to be,” - Shakespeare. “Do be do be do,” Beaujolais wine is back in favor. This light cardboard cone party hats with the elastic bands What’s Wrong with this Picture? A also had a small part on the Beverly Hillbil- and… development of hypertension. In this openings, music, dancing, dining through a lovely, walkable A in Santa Paula. They - Sinatra. refreshing summer drink has been tarred by city center. Features ten different art shows, ceramics that wrapped around into your jaw. Inevitably Business people are inherently greedy; they will claimed they felt uneasy lies. She played in many films as well, some connection the only advice can be given: glazing demonstration, grand opening party. Presentation we would play the obligatory game of musical not appease their shareholders with altruistic U.S. crediting her, in others she was just a face in the drink water to avoid destruction of cartilage Quote from Greenpeace Chairman Xavier scandel when winemakers illegally boosted on the five major Japanese kilns & a demo of historic walking the grounds, and Pastor of Spain, “To ride a bicycle in Spain, alcohol levels. Try a Jean-Paul Brun Terres, chairs. You know, the one where each round has nationalistic pride. As is already illustrated, the wife said something invisible touched her crowd or a chorus girl. She was in; Singing in and bone tissues and to prevent development Events Continued, Page 5... one less chair than participants. big business that can get it cheaper, easier, or the Rain, A Touch of Evil, Hot Cars, and the of hypertension. you must be either suicidal, insane are a around $20, it’s lacy, fruit tart, silky, one of the as they paused at one tombstone. militant environmentalist.” May I add, in Ojai, For a moment, think of how much fun it better outside the U.S. will do so. They took pictures of the fancy monuments classic of bad science fiction: The Queen of www.dehydration.net/2011/consequences- best 2009 wines. Damien Coquelet Beaujolais- would be if there were 10 chairs and 1,000 The government needs to create an and when they checked, there were the odd Outer Space. Her last film was shot in 1970, of-dehydration every day I see paunchy-ego’d suicidal cyclists Villages, $16, a perfect drink right now wine. participants? Now you know what it feels environment that is at least equal to our ball-like figures called “orbs”. Some say they titled; Bigfoot! She died in Santa Monica at in neoprene cycle shorts....blokes running red The sun has set over the yard arm, time to are spirits while others believe they are just the age of 43, still retaining her figure. She had Dam failure and stop signs and taking over Ojai Avenue without raise my glass and toast all the readers. like looking for a job in this economy. counterparts. The playing field includes: been married three times. Her life was tragi- Great People... The two businesses that seem to be litigation environment, tax environment, dust particles on the lens. The two people said flood that swept a care for anyone else on the road. Blessings to all living beings on earth. they felt the old cemetery was haunted. I had cally cut short by breast cancer. away over 400 people in the Santa Clara I see Long Beach is now offering the nation’s Your comments are welcome thriving are career coaching and resume regulatory environment, labor laws, etc. Two local political figures rest here as well; writing. to admit that I had never been to the place so, I River Valley. Whole families taken that aw- first valet parking bicycle rack. The bicycles – Ron Rowe, [email protected] Sadly, many foreign goods are produced Congressman Elmer Outland who was born ful night. The Santa Paula Cemetery hold Job Creation? and shipped less expensively than their resolved to examine the site. are hung from a rack in a large building, no tips I love old burying grounds, because they in Santa Paula in 1906. He served in the U.S. the great, the near great and the unknown, - Licensed Realtor - The government keeps recycling and U.S. counterparts. Small business is also House of Representatives from 1943 to 1947. accepted. Perhaps this is a good idea for Ojai. contain so much local history and art. Nothing united in their love of Ventura County and in Oh what has happened to the ladies of Bonnee Dillin-Fontana chanting “Job Creation! Job Creation!” It’s driving overseas growth at the expense like a good trip to a cemetery to brighten ones He is joined by the better known Congress- their dedication to make this a better place for not that simple folks. The government, state, of this country by purchasing goods made man, Charles McKevett Teague (1909 to England. According to a survey by a respected Call 310/266-7297 day. I found it to be well maintained and beau- everyone. A visit to the cemetery can be an holiday website, British women tourists are the federal, local, has proven it knows how to create abroad. 1974). He served as an officer in the Army Air educational journey back in time. Who knows Buying or Selling Property ? tifully set on a rolling hill. Though I didn’t see ugliest in the world, followed by German and jobs – Government jobs. The government has It sort of reminds me of an old Public Service or feel anything supernatural I was rewarded Corps in World War Two. In 1955 he stood you might even run into a ghost or two? clearly demonstrated its ability to create govern- Announcement de-marketing tobacco products. by the discovery that several important people for congress and was elected on the Repub- – Richard Senate, [email protected] American women. Holiday expert Gary Hewitt We Care About People lican ticket. He represented the district well, C.E.O. of real holiday resorts which reviews ment jobs. Take the State of California for It showed a group of men at long conference rest there. From Malibu to Santa Barbara Perhaps the most famous being the grave of serving until his death in Washington D.C. in thousands of holiday resorts worldwide was not example; it has in excess of 500 agencies. table in a smoky room. “Gentlemen, every year 1974. Support The Troops DRE#01086030 As this country has prospered over the past we lose half a million customers. Well, techni- Olive Mann Isbell, the first American School surprised. “British women tourists are rude, vul- Listing: Shopping Center in S.B. Teacher in California. She was the niece of Many other historic graves can be seen here. 100 years, our government has become bloated. cally they die…” Many of the moss-covered monuments are In good times, with U.S. global dominance, we The companies that lay off U.S. workers not famed educator Horace Mann, so it was natural that she would gravitate toward teaching. from veterans of the terrible Civil War. Their could afford to pay for the bureaucratic blubber. only lose employees, but ultimately customers Her husband came to California, arriving markers list their units in the Union Army. However, in the world of today, taxes at the indi- too. With 1 in 8 Americans out of work, the just as the struggle to take California from the There are also a set of monuments that honor vidual and corporate level are embedded in the unemployed don’t buy stuff and the economy Mexican Republic was in full swing. It was the victims of the terrible 1928 St. Francis cost of every good and service and are hindering doesn’t grow very quickly. Add to that, govern- 1846 and Olive set up a school at the old Mis- our global competitiveness. ment indecision and media that has been chant- sion Santa Clara, using an adobe outbuilding Consider this: The largest number of new ing “double dip recession” for the past two years. as a classroom. She had 20 students. Lacking a Your Taxes Pay jobs are created by small business – one at a To get Americans back to work, it’s going to blackboard she scratched her lessons on the dirt An ever-changing collection time. But it’s big business that has wiped away take a whole lot more than President Obama’s floor with a stick. Public Salaries thousands of jobs with the stroke of a pen. In proposal of one-time hiring tax credits, road At the end of the fighting she and her husband Ventura City Attorney (Ariel Calonne) of jewelry, clothing, shoes & gifts reality, our job base has been eroding for some infrastructure investment, and short-term tax moved to Monterrey, the Territorial Capital, Salary+Benefits ~ $208,405 time. The largest portion of job losses have been credits to incent the long-term investment in U.S. where she set up a school on the first floor of Ventura City Manager (Rick Cole) in the manufacturing sector. The real estate boom factories and employees. Colton Hall. The second floor was used as a Salary+Benefits ~ $185,345 Jefferson Pinto is a retired CPA, and holds an courtroom. She had 40 students here and her Community Dev. Dir. (Jeff Lambert) masked much of the erosion. But when the boom classes were sometimes interrupted by hangings Salary ~ $171,265 went bust and the dust settled, the mass erosion MBA from one of the finer accredited universi- 805-646-8900 ties in the country. in the turbulent Gold Rush era. She retired Bldg and Safety Mgr (Andrew Stuffler) was obvious, sort of like a famous movie star’s to Santa Paula and passed away in 1899. A Salary+Benefits ~ $170,562 302 E. Ojai Ave. • Ojai home teetering on the cliffs above Pacific Coast [email protected] school in the town is named after this remark- P a g e 6 Sept/Oct Sp 2011 • Issue 40 Sept/Oct Sp 2011 • Issue 40 P a g e 7 Global Warming: Kyoto Protocol lons of fuel per person in 1980, but only 22 green power, and they are guaranteed pro- gallons today. The use of lighter materials to The Live Music, Salsa Dancing and tection against future price increases. How Il Giardino: Good Late Night Eats also Open Cash Bar is also a plus!!! Most Industrial Nations Business as Usual build airplanes, combined with the design of about that for a win-win scenario? Don’t forget to Check out the art- more efficient engines, may bring this down Santa Barbara County is moving work, and local color. Keeps Smilin’! by Alasdair Coyne raise the issue of record winter freezes in to 18 gallons in ten years. New engines that forward with a Climate Action Strategy to – Joel Anderson the U.S. and Europe last winter, the answer save 15 percent in fuel usage can save $1 reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A 335- he U.N. Kyoto is simply that climate change can alter wind million a year per aircraft. 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The U.S. and China, on Climate Change, said this summer “We renewable energy sources rather than oil. – Alasdair Coyne, www.SespeWild.org between them responsible for around half of are getting into very risky territory”, add- The U.K. is, under a Conservative govern- Happy Hour all fossil-fuel led global warming emissions, ing that “We add $1 trillion to the cost [of ment, urging Europe to aim for 30 percent never even signed up to the Kyoto Proto- tackling climate change] with every year of reductions in greenhouse gas emissions Why Ventura is Everyday ~ 4-5pm col. European nations are among the few delay.” by 2020, instead of the current goal of 20 which have taken the issue seriously, while The U.N. Secretary General, Ban percent. 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He found that The mere act of resisting temptation wears down by Mary-Jo Murphy a secret food those who hadn’t waited had gotten into more your willpower, they said. Dr. Rodriguez Offers Personal Service n Sept. 5, 2011, the NY Times op-ed police.” trouble both in and out of school. The ones Regular healthful eating keeps the brain piece by Helen Zoe Veit, an assistant A few days later, I was who had shown the most willpower at age functioning, which brings me back to Home se Habla Español professorO of history at Michigan State U., and driving again and listening to NPR. The guests, 4, went on to get better grades and higher SAT Economics or as it is now called Family and the author of the forthcoming Victory Over Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney were scores. They were more popular with their peers Consumer Science. Since the 20th Century the Ourselves: American Food in the Era of discussing their new book, Willpower, Redis- and teachers, earned higher salaries, had a lower discipline has been linked to chemistry, biology Fall Offer: the Great War, suggested that we might have covering the Greatest Human Strength. BMI, and had fewer problems with drug abuse. and bacteriology, not marshmallow fluff! A diverse selection of unique a chance against the obesity epidemic if we That was one of their points. It’s hard to have As a Diabetes Educator I often admit that Some 4-year-olds showed us what willpower Four FREE X-Rays and FREE Exam revived home economics in the schools. an iron will when there are so many distractions willpower should not be the only armament one is all about. So let’s consider professor Veit’s for New Patients Only, Value $150 ~ and beyond the ordinary She stated, “Too many Americans simply out there – shopping, emails to answer, websites carries into the battle of behavioral change. Inev- idea and put the tools of obesity prevention in don’t know how to cook. Our diets, consisting to browse… They talked about how daily chal- itably the conversation with the authors moved the hands of those who will affect the future of (Only two bitewings - Offer lenges and decision making require willpower, to dieting and weight loss. They pointed out that healthful eating – young people themselves. la Es of highly processed foods made cheaply outside Hab paño Expires Oct. 31) e l the home thanks to subsidized corn and soy, so over time we become worn down and may the brain needs glucose to function, to make Mary-Jo Murphy, MS, RN, CDE, s have contributed to an enormous health crisis. have less control. decisions. So how do you get that sustained Health and Diabetes Educator More than half of all adults and more than a They related an interesting study done in the glucose in the brain? Are you picturing that bowl Motivational Speaker “POLA WHITENING” third of all children are overweight or obese. 1960s at Stanford. Miscel looked at how a of M&Ms you like to have around while you are [email protected] One Hour in Office Chronic diseases associated with weight gain, child learns to resist Bleaching like heart disease and diabetes, are hobbling immediate gratifica- more and more Americans.” tion. Four year-olds Vocal Development Learn to sing ! Newest Technology While driving on the 101, a billboard caught were brought into a Improve your voice Ongoing classes $250, Value $500 my eye. It advertised a $1.00 breakfast at a room one at a time, and speech with Please bring This Ad (Exp. 10/31). fast food chain. 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he 44th Annual Ojai Valley Mexican Fiesta was celebrated Sept. 18 in TMeiners Oaks to mark the beginning, in 1810, of Mexico’s War of Independence from Spain, called Grito de Dolores. (The actual date of the holiday occurs Sept. 16). This year’s event was well attended! The Ojai Fiesta was conceived in 1965 by Maxine Chavez Tempske, held then at the site of the original St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, currently the Ojai Valley Museum. (The parish had moved to its present location in Meiners Oaks in 1963). The Fiesta event was moved to Libbey Bowl in 1967, becoming an established non-profit the following year. St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Meiners Oaks has been the site of the event since 2010. The Celebration this year included consider- able ceremonial respect of the United States as Mexico’s “friendly” northern neighbor. Featured at the Fiesta was authentic Mexican Food, as well as beauty contests (Reinas), Danza de los Diablos (Dance of the Devils), El Sombrero Loco (Crazy Hat Dance), Danza Azteca Tonalli, Mariachi Gallo de Oro, Ballet Folklorico del Colegilo de Oxnard, Hugo Contreras - keyboards, face painting and more. Many notables attended the Fiesta including, Fabiola (B-Fabulous), Ruben and Leticia Salinas (Los Caporales), brothers Ruben Duarte, Jr. and Anthony Duarte (Ruben’s Bur- ritos), Ramiro and Maria Santana (Il Giardi- no), Silvia Overton (Wells Fargo-Ojai), Javier and Marisol Ramirez, Maria Wellborn, sisters Teresa, Betty and Gabby Vargas, Francisca Becerra, Andrea Baltazar, Noemi Zamudio, Elvira Ruiz, Andrea Vega, Cynthia Hernan- dez Reyna (Queen) Fiestas Patrias Oxnard, Miquel and Imelda Contreras, Cecy Martinez (Miss Fiestas Patrias pageant Coordinator), Victor Martinez (President of Mexican Cultural Comitee), Rogelio Flores (Staff of the Consul of Mexico, Oxnard), Abel and Lourdes Carranzo, Yolanda Maldo- nado, Imelda Mares, Carmen Salegman, Jayro, Alexandro, and Edward, Chris Pa- tine, Jaime Robles, Judith Robles, Jacky Robles, and many more who helped make the event a great success. In recognition of Latin Culture, Heri- tage, Folkloric traditions, Arts, Music and Dance, the group sponsors fully funded two and four year college schol- arships to benefit Latins graduating from Nordhoff High. – Joel Anderson

www.JAndersonPhoto.com P a g e 10 Sept/Oct Sp 2011 • Issue 40 Sept/Oct Sp 2011 • Issue 40 P a g e 11 leaving that night. At 7pm there was a com- South African scientists have proven that Human Traffic motion at the hospital and we received word Don Alverto Taxo, master shaman from Ecua- The Leashes End the largest part of a dolphins brain consists of that one woman had died and they needed a Prophecy is Here dor, will be presenting a public talk, “Cultivating Event Calendar glial cells that are responsible for temperature Continued from Page 2... Openness & Gratitude” (Thurs., Oct. 27, 7pm) and regulation, not neurons that are responsible for fourth woman for their passport and airline by Joel Anderson Events Continued From Page 5... money, a forklift began assembling card- ticket. Shortly thereafter I saw the woman an All Day Intensive, “Warriors Way” (Sat., Oct. intellect. jaian Anne Kerry Ford, well-known cabaret 29, 10am-5:30pm). Both events will be held at the glazing techniques. Feat. art and artisan-made prod. Spec. exhibit of fine art A good book that makes excellent reading, board coffins at the doorway.....cardboard I had agreed to eat with being escorted to a drawing from the Carnegie Art Museum. Info, Magaña, 385-2705 that was leaking fluid.... After 30 minutes taxi by an arab looking man. I did nothing. singer and actress, is also a friend of Don Al- Temenos Center for Wholeness, Ojai. Private • Current thru Nov 13 - Awful People - George Stuart Histori- Fear of the Animal Planet, The Hidden His- verto Taxo, whom she became aquainted with healing sessions are also being scheduled (see info. cal Figures, Museum of Ventura County, Some of history’s most tory of Animal Resistance by Jason Hribal. seven were stacked in the sun outside the The world does nothing. Do these women reviled and frightful people portrayed; Vlad the Impaler, Jack the Ripper, customs doors. mean nothing or is it just women in general and is partially responsible for having originally brought below). These events mark Don Alverto’s return to Nero, Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin. Info, 100 E. Main St., Vta, Phone: Another book worthy of reading, The Bond, O 653-0323 him to Ojai. She is also arranging the speaking and heal- Our Kinship with Animals, We Are Called to Many people became hysterical, one who mean nothing? I, honestly can’t figure Ojai after having presented a public talk at The Ojai • Oct 8/Sat, 12-7pm - Hope & Healing Benefit Concert, Libbey Defend Them by Wayne Pacelle. The book woman became quite ill. Out of curiosity I it out... ing engagements during Don Alverto’s current visit. Woman’s Center in 2009. Bowl, Ojai, Info, 805/655-5025 She said, “He • Oct 8/Sat, 5pm - Sade Champagne Presents: Ventura has started a national conversation about ani- wandered over and was met by the hideous Luxury integrated and more functional society, from a heart place County’s 2011 Vocal Superstar Competition, Oxnard, Amateur mal welfare. It is very thought-provoking and smell of death and the shocking realization Dining is bringing the singers/vocalists from all over So. Cal. competing for awards and prizes to be wisdom of his instead of material place, then maybe it’s a good thing. crowned Vta County’s 2011 Vocal Champ! Feat. Celeb Guest judges, hosts & for some it will be a thought changing book. If that the U.A.E. return addresses meant this I just dined All these things are so complicated and obviously it’s a the animals knew about this book they would indigenous culture. performers from TV, movies, music, Broadway & more! Proceeds benefit Brit- Photo © 2008, Joel Anderson Joel 2008, © Photo was probably these seven young women. on a sheep’s very wholistic situation; politics, the cultural, the politi- tiCares International, committed to finding new and better ways to improve award Wayne their highest honor. I was dickering and pleading and negotiat- head and I Basically walking the quality of life for children who have been diagnosed with cancer. Ron and his companion, Dudley. cal, the business modes... all these things are so intercon- Info, 805/814-8694 Mark your calendar for Oct. 9 from 2 to ing for maybe 5 hours for my cord as these must admit it in, connecting with 6pm at the Arroyo Verde Park on Foothill people in the U.S., nected. It makes total sense to me for an individual to • Oct 8-9/Sat/Sun, 10-5pm, Ojai Art Detour, Cutting Edge Art featur- by Ron Rowe women’s families were waiting for the dead was gooood! work on themselves; opening their own heart. Unless you ing the work of Ojai’s finest Artists who still have their edge, depth and soul. Road at Day Road, Ventura. Cats in the bodies. They had to pay a tax to claim their I’m afraid a technological Info, 649-8787 nother step forward in the elimination Canyon, Hounds in the Hollow, fun activi- people who go to can actually connect with your own world, connect with • Oct 9/Sun, 5pm - Chicano Rock! The Sounds of East LA -Film

loved ones. When I left triumphantly at Judy the Hun Photo © 2011, I’m inching Screening, Museum of Ventura County of puppy mills. The Irvine Com- ties all afternoon, live music, silent auctions, shopping malls for yourself.... Otherwise what’s the point? The first step , Celebrate Hispanic Heritage pany in Orange County will stop renting raffles, exhibits, K9 agility demonstrations, 5:30pm with my power cord I noticed one closer to them goat brains. lol... My friend for being effective in the world.... to actually make that Month, 6pm; panel discussion, 7pm; Performance by Mark Guerrero, 3-4:30pm; A body remained. The carton, having sat in the Mina’s ex-mother-in-law died and she was entertainment.... Invitational Low Rider Car Show. Info, 100 E. Main St., Vta, Phone: 653- their commercial spaces to stores that sell dogs barbecue, shelter dogs on Parade, call 646- Our society is connection with yourself and the natural world around 0323 and cats, effective immediately. 6505 for more information. sun for hours, was swollen and the stench required to go to the village and light the • Oct 9/Sun, 6pm - Film Screeening; The Names of Love, Ojai so disconnected you.... that’s what a teacher like this does.... It’s almost Playhouse, French-language comedy which follows the tumultuous, genuine The number of non-meat eaters, vegetarians Poet Valerie Laws is employing sheep to was worse than anything I have ever known. match. She then had to reside in the home Photo © DAT so obvious that you can’t believe you didn’t get it before. & comic odd-couple relationship between left-wing activist & hottie Baya, Had no one claimed it? Had they not the for 13 days as a living goddess. No food, no from the natural is increasing. Grocery stores all over the U.S. compose her poetry. Fifteen sheep will have a Don Alverto Taxo elements.... that we look out the Don Alverto also seems to have some kind of real affec- (a young woman who takes the slogan “Make Love, Not War” to an extreme are responding by expanding their selections word sprayed on their fleeces. Valerie will then means to pay the tax? I don’t know. cell phones, no touching anyone, no clothes tion for this valley. I think he’s looking forward to being level), and a 40-something, post apocalyptic-apolitical square and bore (anyone of high quality ready-to-eat vegan meals. For sit on a platform and watch them move around A week later I met a beautiful woman only a white gauze debre in the village of window at nature as if it’s something that decorates our you know?) who just can’t get it together. Is there hope for love in the 21st yard.... we think of it as landscaping. We are a product here again and maybe meeting a few more people.... century? Info, 646-8946 or www.ojaifilmsociety.org more info on where to buy or obtain a vegan to see what new poems they create. Valerie outside a Pharping...beautiful place.. a huge Bud- people are curious.... He really liked Ojai a lot!” • Oct 9/Sun 8:30am to Noon, Herb Walk with Lanny Kaufer, Ojai recipe, Check, www.vegguide.org or www. said, “I feel this is an exciting project in which restaurant dhist monastery, Nepali culture I was told. of our own culture, so we can’t really help it on some herbalist and forager Lanny Kaufer will lead a fall Herb Walk in Rose Valley, level.... but the time is right, and people are open to that – Joel Anderson about 15 miles north of Ojai. Participants will learn to I.D. native plants and chooseveg.com. Did you know Bill Clinton is the landscape and countryside connect with who pleaded Sheesh! She got home the day of the Sept. For Information on the Events, Contact the Temenos learn about their many uses for food, medicine, survival, crafts, ceremony and now a vegan? the inhabitants and creates organic poetry.” now more than they would have been even a couple more. The focus will be on nuts, fruits, berries and seeds available this time of with me to 18 earthquake and two day’s ago her fami- Center for Wholeness at [email protected] The campaign by the Humane Farming Oh, she received a $10,000 art grant. Ah have dinner lies home in the village of Kailali collapsed years ago. Things are pointing to big changes whether year. The walk will conclude with an optional short hike to Rose Valley Falls, a Association (HFA) to boycott veal is paying well, it takes all kinds of projects to create art, people acknowledge it or not.....” or 805-294-0055. He is also going to be doing private local scenic wonder. Info, Lanny, 646-6281, www.HerbWalks.com with her and in an after shock. Holy crap! healings throughout the month of October. • Oct 14-16/Fri-Sun - Harvest Festival Original Art and off. It’s driven the U.S. consumption of veal the lucky ones receive grants. her boyfriend. I left my sunglasses in Pharping and Don Alverto Taxo is a master Iachak of the Atis Craft Show, Ventura, Seaside Park/Ventura Fairgrounds hosted. Children to an all-time low, from 3.6 million calves Are dogs, color, blind? The myth is yes, but (Kichwa) people from the Cotopaxi region of Ecuador. Contact [email protected] to schedule. The can enjoy arts and crafts activities, pose for photos with costumed festival She had an air my friend gasha took me by motorcycle to Info, 415/447-3205 slaughtered to a low level of under 1 million. a recent study by scientists prove that dogs He was given the highest honor of Master Iachak by healing sessions are balancing sessions for participants, gourmet food, live entertainment.

Photo © 2011, Judy the Hun Photo © 2011, • Oct 13-Dec 31/Fri-Sun - ojai celebrates art IV, Ojai Valley Mu- A key to the success was Oprah on her TV have color vision. Dogs eyes are not sensitive of despera- retrieve them. We stopped by Kailali on the the individuals’ personal elements and the tion about her so I agreed. My friend Mina, way home in time to see a second home col- the Shamanic Council of South America. Don Alverto seum, Juried exhibition of Fine Arts with an open theme. Awards Ceremony; show displaying the crates that calves and to red, orange colors but can tell yellow-green has been sharing this wisdom for over seventeen years in cost is $100 per session. Ojai Day, Sat. Oct. 15, 4-5pm. Info, 415/447-3205 pigs are forced to live in factory farms. Did and blue-violet tints. however told me I should not be seen with lapse. If a tsunami hits or you’re Haitian, • Oct 15/Sat - Ojai Day, Community Cerebralation, Arts Festival & Towne her as she was a prostitute and would be give up..... if you’re Nepali you suck it up; the U.S. and Europe. He was given this responsibility in Circus, 10am to 5pm, 8 stages, skate lounge, classic car show, foodie, local you know that the Ohio egg industry confines The British Trust for Ornithology have 1989 at a great gathering of Andean Elders. celebrities in their-own-minds, local and lots of out-of-townie artists and an estimated 28 million hens in small battery created a high-tech way of saving birds. A new gone soon. That that wasn’t her boyfriend go to the temple, slap a little tika on your vendors, Info, Parks & Rec. 646-5581 cages? Also, the Ohio pig industry confines cat collar emits a faint beep every 7 seconds but the man who held her passport. Mina forehead and start clearing away the rubble. Said Ford, “Spending time with him two years ago..... • Oct 16/Sun, 7am-3pm - At the Ponies by the Sea Mustang Car he’s very..... he walks the talk, you know? There aren’t Show, Ventura Harbor Village, Proud Mustang owners can enter their over 170 breeding pigs in small cages. warning birds that a predator cat is near. The went on to tell me there were four women Continued, Next Page... Animal Rescue Fundraiser cars for a “people’s choice” contest with a trophy award and a year’s bragging Good news; a Canadian dog that went trust claim the collar will save millions of birds any bells and whistles about him. He’s extremely pres- rights. Guests can participate in raffles and enjoy 50s music while admiring missing a year ago has been found on the other lives and stop some bird species from being unfamiliar territory. Now scientists claim mice ent, very humble and, it’s funny; once we were sitting the speedy cars. Info, www.tricountymustangclub.com out on the deck and he spoke about the mountain in the – Kathleen MacGregor, Ojai • Oct 16/2-2:30pm - Alchemy and Mammoth Cameras, Museum of side of the continent, 2,800 miles away from driven to extinction. I totally agree, but I also regularly create markers to help them remem- Darn Good Reading ! Ventura County, Luther Gerlach demonstrates early photographic process; home. Pollux, a black lab was found drinking think it’s simpler to attach a small bell on the ber their way, they move small piles of leaves distance, the mountain rumbled right after...... so he has All For Love Animal Rescue, an all-vol- wet plate collodion negs. & albumen prints from glass plate cameras. from a stream in British Columbia. He was collar or keep the cat inside. and shells to help them remember the way this simpatico with his environment. He’s hooked up you unteer organization that rescues abused and Info, 100 E. Main St., Vta, Phone: 653-0323 • Oct 16/Sun, Film Screeening; Beginners, Ojai Playhouse, semi- identified by an implant microchip. Owner Ever wonder how that mouse always makes back. The signposts are less confusing than know – connected. There wasn’t anything foreign about abandoned dogs, is sponsoring a fundraiser authobiographical story of a 35-year-old, Oliver, who grapples with how to Isabel Robitaille was amazed and happy it back to your house no matter how far away scent markings. the things he was introducing. It all felt really familiar, at the Ventura Improv Co. in downtown achieve love and commitment. Story tracks his pivotal relationships over three although she was at a loss to how Pollux trav- you take it? Humans were thought to be Peace to all living beings on earth almost as if he were reminding me of something that I Ventura, on Sun., Oct. 23 from 5:30 to time periods. Info, 646-8946 or www.ojaifilmsociety.org • Oct 23/Sun 8am-2pm - MEga rummage Sale & Fundraiser, eled 2,800 miles. the only animals that could do a Hansel and Your comments are welcome innately knew.... waking up something my heart already 8:30pm. The fundraiser features comedy World University, Ojai, Almost an entire block long, the event will offer At present the only city on LA County Gretal routine creating landmarks to navigate – Ron Rowe, [email protected] understood.” performances by the Improv, including a hepcats items for sale like antiques, furniture, bicycles, doodads, sports beaches where dogs that can run off leash are no host bar, hor d’oeuvres, raffle drawing, equipment, toys & games, turnkeys, hoodads, household appliances, tools, That innate something has much to do with the world toodles, jewelry, clothes, & assorted widgets, more. Donations welcome & large

in Long Beach on a 3 acre dog zone. A pro- Kathleen MacGregor Photo © 2011, around each of us and our connectivity to it. Said Ford, and mini silent auction. The ticket price is oversized donations arranged for pick-up. Info, 646-1444 Zee End posal has been made to increase the beaches Protect From Interior/Exterior Custom Painting All Surfaces, All Materials & Mediums, New “Maybe old prototypes have to fall apart.... things may $20 per person, tax deductible. where dogs can run off leash in the sand to The Rescue group was founded by Singer-Actress Maripat include Santa Monica, Rancho Palos Verdes Work & Repaints, Commercial/Residential, be bumpy while they’re shifting and changing.... but if Cell Phone All Techniques, Ultimate Select Finishes we are going to come out of world changes with a more Davis, and is an all-breed rescue that concentrates primarily on the and Dockweiler State Beach. At present, Camarillo Animal Shelter. Maripat got involved with animal officials with the agency which runs Santa - When Nothing But the Finest Will Do - rescue two years ago, when a musician friend of hers forwarded her Monica and Dockweiler state beaches said Radiation [email protected] Human Traffic a plea for a dog that was about to be euthanized at a shelter in LA. they will oppose any efforts by LA County Scientifically Proven 805-798-0885 © 08, Joel A. www.jandersonpaint.com Making her first trip to the Camarillo shelter shortly after that, she or the City of Santa Monica which manage Continued from previous page... became a volunteer with Animal Advocates Alliance these beaches to relax the rules and allow dogs $20 on the sand. EnerChi Disc Hardy folks these Nepali. She soon found herself developing a network of some thirty foster Thamel, Kathmandu... I spoke to an engineer about a homes, and holding adoption events every weekend until every A recent study found that sheep are not 641-233-5030 Haul ‘n Things’ dumb animals. They are capable of gaining month ago. Neesha works for the U.N. and is overseeing single dog pulled from the Camarillo shelter had found a home! bousfield7@ Full-Service Debris Removal the building of an eco-village north of here. He warned Since then, Maripat has pulled many hundreds of dogs from being knowledge and can remember tricks. Sheep gmail.com are also able to recognize their shepherd, dogs, that Thamel would not survive a large quake. So it’s good euthanized at the Camarillo shelter, and now has a dedicated and and members Claudio Cortinovis the epicenter was 150 miles toward Sikkim. growing group of volunteers who share her love of animals and of their own Well, I crossed the “ever been on the top floor of a passion for saving their lives. herd. They very old brick building that swayed 25 degrees during For Info, Reservations to the Oct. 23 Fundraiser, call 445-3535. also have Available 24/7 an earthquake”, off my to do list. Sheesh, 500 liter water The Ventura Improv good special storage tanks were flying off roof tops and as I gingerly Co., 34 N. Palm St., Mobile Home For Sale orientation. No Job is Too Small made my way down 6 flights of slippery, uneven, cement Ventura. www.AllFor- Charming Mobile Home in It looks like stairs.... flower pots raining down on me.... all of this in an LoveAnimalRescue. Ojai’s Best Adult Park for the sheep are 7 9 4 - 3 6 7 2 intense monsoon rain. org. Lowest Space Rent smarter than – Kathleen Free Estimates Most residents of the Thamel district slept outside Kathy - 368-9435 dolphins. last night rather than risk another quake. This morning I MacGregor, Ojai went for a walk....lot’s of broken windows, lot’s of pieces of broken mortar but not much other damage that I could see. I believe more damage occurred west of • Tint Laser Group here by Koliki. My friends family home was mortally • Nails Hair Cuts $10 Specializing in Monuments Pet Memorials & Markers wounded as the bamboo roof • Perms collapsed. Thankfully no • Up-do’s Headstone/Marker Cleaning one was hurt. Three people and Restoration • Treatments 805/272-5546 in this neighborhood died Fabiola Debbie Pioske-Clark & Jerry Slavin though and a few others over • High Lights 646-4602 798-2470 Ventura-email: [email protected] by the embassy... I think we See You in the [email protected] Etching: Glass, 3-D Wood, Images, & Granite, Marble, were lucky. 141 West El Roblar, Meiners Oaks Slate, Ceramic, Plastic, Leather, Aluminum & Stainless – Judy the Hun Funny Papers ! P a g e 12 Sept/Oct Sp 2011 • Issue 40 Sept/Oct Sp 2011 • Issue 40 P a g e 13 OUT, but to who? The BIGGEST party that before Saturday’s Ojai Day. Studebaker, featuring The Reverb Slide weekend was the overflow over at The Hub! Jerry Pugh - guitar/vocals, and featuring Mark A Wedding Made in Rock n’ Roll Heaven Who would know? Winley - bass (borrowed from Action Down), and – by Joel Anderson Back over at Libbey, things were different. The sparse- Pat Buley - on drums/vocals. BFB- Brian Faith Band’s t’s been quite a season of Rock, R&B, ly attended event left promoter Howard with little more I think this may be a first.... Ojai Mandala artists Podz Marries Diane Blues music this past Spring and Sum- than throwing Rocks to pay his friends and bills...... kicking it off with Live Music! in Music-Inspired mer.... what with The Ojai Music This was due more to bad planning, an overambitious Speaking of Action Down, they recently rocked the Studio Ceremony FestivalI rockin’ out Libbey, NOT.... although schedule.... (3 Days, somewhere around over 30 albeit Ventura Theater, opening for 70s metal giganoto- they did have the large classical A-List music great bands & musicians.... I lost count), and high ticket saurus, UFO. UFO was said to have shredded. Ac- VIEW EXCLUSIVE aficionados as usual. Much different from prices in a down economy, than it was to Howie not be- tion Down (Ruben Duarte, Jr. - drums/vocals, Steve Howard’s Ojai Rock Fest, which didn’t ing able to navigate the city hallway for a permit. At least Anderson - guitar/vocals, Mark Winley - bass/vocals, rock out... shed a tear. Well, they did ROCK he said he did PAY the bands, so they will probably eat, and Gary Sulagoss - keys/vocals) also Killed it, open- tho some for sure ate it! ing with Cheap Trick’s California Man, and build- I was happy to see Assistant City Manager Steve ing the crowd to the top through their set. Check Out McClary, his wife, Erin and soon-to-be child attending, Action Down at The Palms, (Avocado Fest Wknd), lending their generous support for yet another of Rock Carpinteria, Sat. Oct. 8, 9pm. – Joel Anderson BFB’s Cory Orosco, Johnny Podz, Ernie Joseph, ICU’s Jimmy LeRoy, Brian Faith Fest’s local altruistic events - Howie the Humanitar- We proceed like here’s some- ian, what a help to the community! Has anyone seen Johnny Podz... you body you liked from a long time Howard by the way? Vegas? Friend him on F.B. Let him Rocktober Specials... remember Johnny ago.... send this guy an email, see what know how good he’s done! • Mystery Monday,Bartender’s Podz, Diane? happens. (What did he do?) He sent his The following band are no rip-off artists! Here’s the Johnny Podz....’ She goes ‘Well, what do I do?’ and phone number back in like the most giant reverb news on them; check out Noble Creatures, Sat. Choice/ Twilight Tuesdays, $2 The ceremony I said, ‘Excuse me here’s Johnny Podz email ad- font I’ve ever seen in my life, “CALL Draft from 4-8pm/Thirsty Thurs- Photos © 2011, Joel Anderson Oct. 8 at The Jester (make note!)...... This is Los was attended by dress right here..... in The View.... so she sends him ME, duh... CALL ME, duh.... CALL ME” Caporales’ Ruben Salinas, Jr’s band from L.A., They day’s $1.50, 6-12pm, Bud Pints/ Pastor Paul, Johnny and Diane music friends; the an email. We were like So of course she sees the font, sends an are long overdue to rock The Jester. His band plays Bloody Sunday $5 Any Vodka / by Joel Anderson Marshalls, Fend- ‘This is the way you meet email back...... Johnny was like woo ers, Peavey’s, Korgs a new boyfriend, right? hoo...... and it was funny. EXCUSE ME, Caribbean Soka, Reggae, Soul-Funk - something to Happy Hour Daily from 3-5pm e’re not really in and others in good ATTENTION!!!” kick off your shoes and dance to music, featuring mostly Wthe business of company, in the studio – Joel Anderson originals and some covers. www.NobleCreatures.com doing weddings, but itself. SRS has been Bassist Jack Joshua is moving to New Orleans. when it comes to shotgun the location of record- Jimmy Calire, the Cardinali’s, and friends are lighting weddings, I figured ing sessions with such up a shindig to give him a grand send off; The Jester, how often do you get a dynamic musicians for an Album cover Thanks to a featured Sun, Oct. 23, 7-10pm. This promises to be a lively chance?... Right ? as Nick St. Nicholas, for the BFB in the music article on party, featuring many from the Ojai Mardi Gras Band BFB Bass Player the band in The View, Katy Perry, Jewel, 80s and, as her modeling Photos © 2011, Joel Anderson (OMG). Come lend your support, Jack! $5 Travel Johnny Podz and Diane Cornelius Bum- career, and Johnny’s music #16. Does that make me Donation at the Door. Simon tied the knot pus, Toad the Wet was foremost, the two had an uncle? Sept. 22 at SRS Studios, Sprocket, Dish- never formed that connec- Anyhow, Diane’s friend Allison spot- Also come out and see local artists late into the night Goleta, witnessed by a walla..... tion, then.... ted a photo of Johnny in The View, and (Fri. Oct. 14, 5-8) as Lisa and friends paint the Mandala wedding party, of around Interestingly enough Recently the two found the rest, as they say, is history..... “I go, 50. Diane had modeled their paths crossing again, ‘oh look this person is writing about Where Friends come to meet Something to Dance To – The Wrec Room! Music Calendar by Joel Anderson The Sons of Anarchy omething to dance to Every Tuesday Night became the rage the Sother night at The Wrec Check It Out!!! Room. Jon Long & the Taylor Brothers featuring Phil Ojai’s late night party spot! Taylor - guitar/vocals, Steven Taylor - bass, Jon Long - drums/vocals, and Sunny Erickson - guitar. Keep your 646-0670 ears tuned for this band, 279 N. Lomita Ave. Meiners Oaks things are happening. The music inspired vibe had Curvaceous Carla and Carmen dancing to the sushi groove as well, Robin was hangin’ out, “The Sailor” www.OjaiandVenturaVIEW.com checkin’ out the brews, Photos © 2011, Joel Anderson Kelsey, Gracie, Becca, www.JAndersonPhoto.com Keep Smiling ! Abel, Piper, Jayme, Nikki, Christian, and all the rest. The mysterious Groove Goddess stepped in later to deliver some much appreciated additional vocals. – Joel Anderson

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