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LAST WEEK TO ‘Fighting’ back ENTER! [7] North County cities work to Trish Campbell draws from Dine in style at The NEWS address homelessness [6] ARTS emotional experience [27] EATS Century Room [34] AUGUST 16 - AUGUST 23, 2018 VOL. 19 NO. 24 ullying is an age-old issue in education, one many kids face while growing up. While researchers don’t have a solid answer to solve the problem, one of the best Bthings for kids who are bullied is to get them involved in a positive group activity. And for some local parents, educating their kids in self-defense in a group setting has ARMBAR PAYTON: Payton (top) and proved a powerfully effective approach . 2 [8] Jada (bottom) Giddings, both 10, battle Also this week, North County cities and nonprofits work it out at Paragon of Santa Maria on to address homelessness [6], an unlikely duo teams up for a July 27. The local twin sisters attend concert of duets from Broadway [23], a local painter explores Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes five times a week and say the activity has helped an emotional landscape in an exhibit in Lompoc , PCPA [27] them cope with bullying at school. delivers a powerhouse performance of Mamma Mia! [29], and The Century Room in Santa Maria boasts a vintage vibe [34].

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4 • Sun • August 16 - August 23, 2018 • www.santamariasun.com BIZ SPOTLIGHT 10 | SCHOOL SCENE 11 BRIEFS FILE PHOTO BY DYLAN HONEA-BAUMANN location in theory but not in Solvang passes fi rst reading of practice.” Political Watch medical cannabis ordinance The ordinance allows for medical cannabis dispensaries • State offi cials and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) In a race against the clock to pass cannabis to operate in the C-3 zone, responded to President Donald Trump after he posted to regulations before the Aug. 14 deadline, near the city’s western Twitter and falsely asserted that California’s wildfi res were the Solvang City Council passed the fi rst entrance. The permits issued reading of an ordinance that effectively allows by the city to potential 5 “made so much worse” due to “bad environmental laws medical marijuana operators to set up shop which aren’t allowing massive amounts of readily available operators would last one on the western side of the Santa Ynez Valley water to be properly utilized.” A statement from Cal Fire said: year and need to be renewed community. annually. “We have plenty of water to fi ght these fi res. … The current The 4-1 vote came about on Aug. 13 at the “While this process is weather is causing more severe and destructive fi res.” council’s regular meeting and not before some designed to allow extensive Sen. Feinstein said in a statement that “President Trump’s hand wringing by some in attendance and regulation, and the regulation politically motivated attacks on California are completely the city’s mayor about what the pot ordinance is intended to minimize inappropriate when lives are at risk and show how little he means for Solvang’s future and identity. impacts on neighboring “I’m of the opinion that it’s not for the understands about wildfi res. … The fact is that years of properties and the city, the ‘BRANDING OF SOLVANG’: Just before the Solvang City Council passed an ordinance branding of Solvang,” Mayor Jim Richardson historic drought due to rising global temperatures have left permit lasts only a year,” with a 4-1 vote allowing medical cannabis dispensaries to operate in the city on said before casting the sole dissenting vote. “I staff documents say. “If the Aug. 13, Mayor Jim Richardson called the move “not for the branding of Solvang.” more than 129 million dead or dying trees in our state. Those dont think it’s the way to go.” regulations are not working, conditions are now fueling the catastrophic blazes we’re Richardson conceded that the ordinance was they can be addressed, either grain crops to kill mites and other insects, was seeing. The Trump administration may choose to ignore the “probably” a good one and explained to the through the renewal process, a voluntary banned from household use in 2000, and an EPA threats of climate change, but we’re feeling the effects every council and small crowd at the meeting that he development agreement, or by changes in the health risk of the pesticide published in 2016 single day.” came to his decision after researching state law, ordinance itself.” found that exposure to it could potentially cause along with medical applications of CBD and Attorney Fleishman also informed council serious, lasting health issues. THC found in marijuana. • Sen. Kamala Harris (D-California) made a post to Twitter members that a cap on the number of Studies conducted by the California “Those sorts of things I can understand,” dispensaries could be applied by the council by Department of Pesticide Regulation also on Aug. 12, the anniversary of the 2017 Unite the Right he added, “the hang-up I have is Solvang itself way of resolution at any later date. found that chlorpyrifos could act as a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that saw neo-Nazi, Ku being known as the only city in the valley Facing criticism from Richardson and toxic air contaminant and that excessive Klux Klan, and white nationalist groups march through the that sells marijuana products. And it’s just Councilmember Joan Jamieson about the exposure to chlorpyrifos in the air may cause city’s streets before clashes with counter-demonstrators disheartening to me.” manufacturing component, Fleishman defended nausea, dizziness, respiratory paralysis, and turned violent. Similar groups marched in Charlottesville If the council had failed to pass the the ordinance’s characterization of the process. developmental disorders. Exposure to the and Washington, D.C., this year, though they were markedly regulations, the city would have potentially “The defi nition of ‘manufacture’ can be as pesticide in water, according to the California opened itself up to a two- to three-day window smaller in numbers than the previous years’ demonstration simple as someone making edibles, [liquid] Department of Pesticide Regulation, may be allowing recreational or medicinal cannabis tinctures, lotions … it may be on a small scale toxic to fi sh, aquatic invertebrates, and marine and were met by larger groups of counter-protesters. “As operators to “slip in” to Solvang, staff said. business model, not necessarily mom-and-pop, organisms. white supremacists gather in our nation’s capital today, it’s Prior to Proposition 64’s passage, which but a smaller localized operation that makes its Despite the growing body of research pointing on all of us to deal with our nation’s weakness and denounce legalized recreational marijuana in California, own type of products for wide distribution,” he to the pesticide’s harmful health effects, former racism when we see it,” Harris wrote in the tweet. “Let’s council members unanimously passed an said. “It’s not as if semi trucks are going to be EPA Secretary Scott Pruitt rejected a petition for stand on the side of justice, equality, and tolerance.” urgency ordinance in September 2016 banning backing up and carrying out huge quantities to a nationwide ban on chlorpyrifos in March 2017. manufacturing, lab testing, processing, storing, go throughout the state.” The decision dealt a major blow to advocacy wholesale retail distribution, and labeling of • Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) issued a —Spencer Cole groups. cannabis. But in December 2017, the California Offi ce of statement and information from his offi ce on Aug. The prohibition ordinance needed to Environmental Health Hazard Assessment listed 13 regarding the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense be renewed every 45 days, and was further Federal appeals court orders chlorpyrifos as a Proposition 65 Developmental Authorization Act (FY19 NDAA), which President Donald extended the maximum allowable time (around and Reproductive Toxicant. And last month, the Trump signed into law that day. The FY19 NDAA included two years). But the ban was scheduled to end on EPA to ban possibly harmful California Department of Pesticide Regulation several provisions authored by Rep. Carbajal, a member of the Sept. 21 of this year, with no room for extension, pesticide scientifi c review panel listed chlorpyrifos a Armed Service Committee and Marine Corps veteran, which according to City Attorney Dave Fleishman. toxic air contaminant, which could lead to That’s why the ordinance had to be passed after In a 2-1 ruling on Aug. 9, a federal appeals he said were “key policy wins for Central Coast priorities.” further restrictions on its use in California, its fi rst reading on Aug. 13: to allow for the 30- court ordered the Environmental Protection according to Charlotte Fadipe, assistant director One amendment authored by Carbajal authorizes a National day window for the regulations to go into effect Agency (EPA) to ban the use of a pesticide that Guard cyber security training center pilot program that will if the ordinance is passed following its second is widely used on California fruit and nut crops NEWS continued page 6 collaborate with academic institutions like Cal Poly, SLO. The reading at the council meeting scheduled for within the next 60 days. Defense Department Educational Partnership Agreement Aug. 27. The order by the U.S. Court of Appeals will include $5 million in funding for supplements to two Even so, there will still be a three-day period for the Ninth Circuit panel came as a welcomed triumph for some national and WeekendWeather Cal Poly programs—the High-Performance Computing when cannabis operators can potentially navigate regulation-free loopholes and try to local environmental and human rights Lab and the Electrical Micro Propulsion Lab. Other included set up shop within city limits, according to advocacy organizations, many of which legislation, according to Carbajal’s offi ce, is a bill that Richardson. have been fi ghting to get the pesticide, directs the Secretary of Defense to report on innovative The action on Aug. 13 was the culmination chlorpyrifos, banned for years. Microclimate Weather Forecast ways to reduce water use across military installations and of more than two decades of the city’s offi cials “Chlorpyrifos is too often used in Dave Hovde KSBY Chief Meteorologist a bill that allocates $6 million to fund programs that combat attempting to give access to medical cannabis agricultural fi elds next to our children’s nonproliferation challenges due to 3-D printing. “The NDAA for residents without allowing actual brick-and- schools and in fi elds where women farmworkers often work during their makes important investments in our military readiness, and mortar businesses to operate within city limits. Thursday Friday When California voters approved the pregnancies, endangering the health of our includes initiates to support and upgrade our cybersecurity Compassionate Use Act (Proposition 215) in community,” Central Coast United for A training and spur innovative research,” Carbajal stated. 1996, Solvang’s council amended portions of its Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) wrote in a “While these are positive investments, I still have concerns municipal code to keep medical dispensaries statement released Aug. 10. about balancing our military spending with our domestic and cultivation out of the city. CAUSE and other organizations hosted priorities.” However, council members and staff at the a pesticide reform rally on March 30, COASTAL ➤ High 77 Low 55 COASTAL ➤ High 80 Low 56 time left wiggle room for medical marijuana where community members called on INLAND ➤ High 91 Low 53 INLAND ➤ High 93 Low 54 the Santa Barbara County Agricultural • State Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham (R-San delivery. It is that issue that was pushed to the forefront Commissioner’s Offi ce to impose a Luis Obispo) released a statement on Aug. 8 after the state Saturday Sunday on Aug. 13. Fleishman and city staff explained countywide ban on chlorpyrifos use. Legislature failed to approve an audit for wait times at the that night that in order for a medical dispensary “Ending its use is a historic victory for Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). “The DMV is broken, to operate, it had to be able to have product protecting the health of farmworkers, and drivers deserve answers,” Cunningham said. “An audit “that has been tested, manufactured, stored, and pregnant women, and children in our would have been the best way to identify and address the transported.” Furthermore, if the city were to community,” CAUSE wrote in the pass an ordinance simply allowing a dispensary statement, “as well as the air, water, and soil DMV’s underlying issues. We can’t continue to throw money COASTAL ➤ High 80 Low 56 COASTAL ➤ High 78 Low 56 of our region.” at the department and expect its problems to be solved. I will to exist, “but did not otherwise consider the INLAND ➤ High 93 Low 54 INLAND ➤ High 91 Low 54 production, transportation, and storage issues Chlorpyrifos, a chemical insecticide used continue to focus on fi nding ways to make government work Some increase in high pressure will warm [and others], the city would end up with a legal on California nut trees, fruit, vegetable, and temps up a little as the weekend ❍ for the Central Coast.” approaches for above average temps.

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only Los Angeles and Santa Cruz counties. living there a 30-day notice. The Lompoc City affects virtually every aspect of their lives, so In 2013, Santa Barbara County officials Council passed a resolution on Aug. 7 allocating improvements here can have impact well beyond Slow and steady conducted a report on the region and found around $20,000 for the effort, but staff reducing financial stress.” the 2007-10 recession resulted in a more than documents said the work could end up costing According to United Way, California’s severe Santa Maria tackles 50 percent increase in residents living below the city hundreds of thousands of dollars. The shortage of affordable housing would require federal poverty thresholds. During that same effort will include collaboration with multiple seven to 10 years of “unprecedented growth in poverty, homelessness, time, child poverty increased 61 percent. local nonprofits, Santa Barbara County Mental housing—beyond levels that California has seen with short and long game “Yet, just as the community need for human Health, and Americorps Mission United to set in its history for even one year.” The state ranks service programs grew, state and federal budget up a “triage center” in River Park until October. 49th nationally for the number of housing units 6 BY SPENCER COLE deficits resulted in deep cuts in human services Dinah Lockhart, the deputy director per capita of available rental units for very low- here’s no silver bullet for solving homelessness programs,” the report’s authors wrote. “These of the Santa Barbara County Housing income households and needs an estimated 3.5 and poverty, especially in Santa Barbara cuts have strained the public and nonprofit and Community Development Division, million additional housing units to meet existing TCounty, where roughly 1 in 5 residents live safety net infrastructure, leaving Santa Barbara commended the council for “taking some demand, according to the organization’s report. at or near the U.S. federal poverty level. But in a County’s most vulnerable community members difficult action” that she said would benefit the It’s a problem especially prevalent on the city like Santa Maria, with more than 100,000 without adequate resources to make ends meet.” city in the long term. Central Coast. residents and high concentration of at-risk The report identified four cities as high “Lompoc is not alone,” Lockhart said. “Pretty Take Santa Maria, which has attracted populations, the solutions sometimes have to poverty areas: Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, much every city in the county is dealing with major corporate stores at the Enos Ranch come in the form of small, short-term victories. Lompoc, and Isla Vista. some aspect of homelessness. Probably the Development on Betteravia Road off Highway For instance, the city annually allocates All of the identified cities have relatively beach communities are most impacted because 101, but has struggles to attract affordable around $1.2 million in federal community high homeless populations, compared to people can just live on the beach, just like they housing developments, van de Kamp explained. development block grant funds to nonprofits surrounding areas. The 2017 Report on live here on the river bottom.” “It’s market forces, these developers want to get and public service agencies to help feed, shelter, Homelessness in Santa Barbara County found Lockhart said the Santa Barbara County a return on their investment, but the cost of land and clothe at-risk and low-income residents. sheltered and unsheltered populations had Board of Supervisors planned to declare a continues to increase, and the market is what it’s It’s a small piece of the pie in the grand remained “remarkably consistent in Santa “shelter crisis” in the county at its Sept. 11 willing to bear … it’s supply and demand,” he said. scheme, according to Santa Maria Public Barbara County over the past six years (1,536 in meeting to help with funding the removal That’s why Santa Maria has guidelines that Information Officer Mark van de Kamp, but the 2011 vs. 1,489 in 2017).” effort but said that would only encompass require a percentage of low and moderate 18,000 people who benefit from the program The largest increases in counted homeless unincorporated areas. Cities would have to affordable housing to be available, he added. signify that the city is at least attempting to people were observed in Lompoc, Goleta, and declare their own crises, she explained, to be “But demand is stripping the supply—that’s been address a multifaceted problem. Isla Vista, but Santa Maria still had a fairly large eligible for extra funding. a constant for many years,” van de Kamp said. “I think the key to this is we need to be a partner population of homeless (338), or roughly 40 Though the homeless camps residents will The city and its nonprofit partners all say with our nonprofits,” van de Kamp told the Sun. percent more than in 2011 (less than 250). be connected with health services like detox they would like to find a way to attract more One of those is United Way of Northern How the cities handle those populations centers and shelters, where they’ll go remains affordable housing projects, along with better Santa Barbara County, which works with the has varied over the years. Santa Maria has an unanswered question. Local nonprofits and paying jobs, and with them a higher quality of city to operate its Home for Good coordinated ordinances against “aggressive panhandling” and homeless rights’ advocates have pointed to a life for all citizens. But in the meantime, the entry system. The program helps families encourages residents to give their spare change to lack of housing in the area as not only a main collaborative partners can only focus on the experiencing homelessness connect to resources six special donation meters. The money goes to factor contributing to homelessness, but to short-term gains while eyeing the long game. countywide for their most pressing needs. the Good Samaritan Shelter, the Salvation Army, poverty in general. “It’ll be great to have some short-term “It gives those people tools to lift them up and the Central Coast Rescue Mission. “Housing plays a central role in the fate of breakthroughs,” van de Kamp said. “We are and out of that situation, and in the best case Meanwhile, Lompoc police officers will begin struggling households—not just for their financial always looking for that, but also, slow and scenario, out of poverty,” van de Kamp said. evicting a homeless population scattered among stability, but also for their educational prospects steady seems to be paying off in some areas.” ❍ Santa Barbara County has the third highest 60 to 70 encampments throughout the Santa and health outcomes,” a 2018 study compiled by poverty rate in California, according to the Ynez Riverbed along the city’s north and eastern United Way of California states. “The quality and Staff Writer Spencer Cole can be reached at Public Policy Institute of California. It trails boundaries in September, after giving people location of housing for struggling households [email protected].

One victim, according to the department, is inclusionary housing funds. Both of those said, and both are expected to make good use of NEWS from page 5 believed to have been an unrelated bystander. funds are managed by the county. The money the money. of communications for the Department of Since Jan. 1 of this year, Lompoc police is awarded annually by HUD to build, provide, But two winners need double the funds, Pesticide Regulation. have investigated seven violent gang-related and operate affordable housing in local and the Brandon Harper Foundation recently The federal court ruling is only the most incidents, according to Public Information jurisdictions. hosted an online raffle fundraiser to make up recent move toward ousting chlorpyrifos. Officer Sgt. Kevin Martin. As of the Sun’s press time, the supervisors for the extra cost. Three prize winners were Still, Fadipe said no immediate changes are The most recent shooting is still being had yet to discuss the issue at their regular announced on Aug. 4 via a Facebook livestream, coming to California growers. The EPA has not investigated, Martin said, and no other details meeting on Aug. 14. and Gleason said the raffle raised about $2,000. issued any new bans on chlorpyrifos use, and are being released at this time. Regardless, staff is set to return to the board The first prize winner, Michelle Campbell, she said the organization will likely appeal the won four tickets to a National Football League court’s decision. —Kasey Bubnash on Aug. 28 for approval of the county’s HOME game in September, when the 49ers will take on Regardless, Fadipe said, chlorpyrifos use in loan agreement, promissory note, deed of the Raiders. Liz Enriquez won a Michael Kors California has been on the decline for years. trust, regulatory agreement, and subordination Santa Barbara County bag and wallet, and Shelly Mang won $250 cash. While Santa Barbara County growers used agreement “for construction and permanent Local sponsors helped the foundation pay more than 42,000 pounds of chlorpyrifos loans being provided to the project by Wells supervisors weigh $3 million for the prizes, Gleason said, and scores of in 2005, they used only 354 pounds in 2016, Fargo Bank.” according to data collected by the California loan for affordable housing —Spencer Cole community members purchased raffle tickets. “We’re only two years in and we have an Department of Pesticide Regulation. And in The Santa Barbara County Board of that same time period, chlorpyrifos use in the incredible following,” Gleason told the Sun. Supervisors heard a proposal on Aug. 14 for an Brandon Harper Foundation The Brandon Harper Foundation was entire state declined by nearly 54 percent. affordable housing project in Santa Maria. In Still, California growers used 900,629 total established by close-knit group of friends in total, the Housing Authority of Santa Barbara, raises $2,000 for extra pounds of the pesticide in 2016, and some January 2017, a decade after longtime Santa the developer of the Residences at Depot Street, advocacy organizations say any use is too much. Maria resident Brandon Harper was killed by an is seeking a little more than $3 million in scholarship —Kasey Bubnash intoxicated driver on his way to dinner in 2007. federal loans to be approved by the county. Just two years into its existence, the Brandon Harper was 26 years old, and his death shocked The proposed housing complex would be Harper Foundation received 56 applications for family members, friends, and the community Two injured in Lompoc during built at 201 and 205 N. Depot St. and when its $2,000 college scholarship this school year. at large. The highly publicized incident and completed would offer 80 rental units in two The Brandon L. Harper Memorial following trial forced law enforcement officials to possible gang shooting seperate buildings for low-income residents. Scholarship, which is entirely paid for by rethink guidelines and tactics used during vehicle Two people were injured in Lompoc after Funds for the project would come by way of donations and through fundraising, typically pursuits—the drunk driver who killed Harper what appears to be a gang-related shooting federal loans from the U.S. Department of goes to one charismatic and resilient Santa was being chased by Santa Barbara County on Aug. 13, according to the Lompoc Police Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Maria Joint Union High School District Sheriff’s Office deputies at the time of the crash— Department. along with the county’s HOME Consortium graduate each year. But this year, Katina and shined a light on the area’s long struggle with After receiving multiple reports of fired (which includes Santa Maria, Solvang, and Gleason, president of the foundation, said its drugged and drunk driving. gunshots just before 5 p.m. that day, Lompoc Buellton) and its Inclusionary Housing board of directors couldn’t choose between two Gleason and several of Harper’s close friends Police found two individuals who had been shot ordinance monies. amazing applicants—so they gave a scholarship developed the foundation and its fundraiser and injured on the 700 block of North D Street. According to staff documents, the county’s to both. in an effort to celebrate Harper’s memory, and Both victims were treated at a local hospital, Housing and Community Development Recent high school graduates Kayleigh another fundraiser for next year’s scholarship— according to the Lompoc Police Department, Department has roughly $2 million in HOME Hollum and Miranda Silva were each or scholarships—is slated for October. ❍ and are currently in stable condition. funds and a little more than $1 million in announced as recipients on May 4, Gleason —Kasey Bubnash

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www.santamariasun.com • August 16 - August 23, 2018 • Sun • 7 school counselors, or pediatricians. The honestly say probably half those kids have been program helps kids and their parents bond, bullied,” Glynn told the Sun. “That I know of.” WAX ON, WAX OFF: Although household chores Hunt said, because children with strong For years local parents like Christina have are not accepted as payment or used as training attachments to caregivers are less likely to bully. brought their children to Glynn, desperate to mechanisms, Paragon of Santa Maria offers CALM staffers also teach various coping keep their kids safe. When Glynn first opened Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes to kids ages 4 to 13, and social skills, offer positive means of up shop about 10 years ago, he and his business and to kids and adults 13 and up. Roughly 130 communication, and help children learn partner offered a separate anti-bullying kids attend classes at Paragon, and co-owner A way to cope to identify and handle their emotions program. When they realized how many of Lance Glynn said he and his business partner appropriately. Those skills are useful for anyone their students were being impacted by bullying hope to develop an even larger children’s affected by bullying behavior, Hunt said. at school, they incorporated the program into program within the next few years. She also has tips for parents struggling to help all Paragon classes. their children with bullying at school. Parents, “It’s super sad,” Glynn said. “Parents bring them she said, should always take bullying seriously in here because they have to defend themselves.” and report any of their children’s claims to And that’s what Brazilian jiu-jitsu is all about. 8 administrators. They can also teach kids to As a martial art that focuses largely on ground assertively address bullying socially and physically, fighting, Glynn said it’s easy for a small fighter which Hunt said often discourages the behavior. to beat a much larger competitor using superior Modeling appropriate social behavior is technique alone. In his classes, students of varying also huge, Hunt said, as is simply encouraging sizes and genders pair off for matches every day. children to participate in activities and hobbies Jiu-jitsu doesn’t involve punching or kicking, they love. which makes it less nerve-racking for students “I think part of it is children who feel like Payton, who are often hit and kicked by connected to some type of activity are less their peers at school. And while Glynn does not likely to feel isolated or helpless,” Hunt said. condone fighting at school, if one of Glynn’s “If they’re involved in something that they’re students did need to use jiu-jitsu, there wouldn’t successful at, it really helps their self-esteem.” be hitting involved. A student of Glynn’s, he said, would know how to use a submission hold to stop his or her attacker. Jiu-jitsu as a deterrent Payton said she’s only had to use jiu-jitsu a Christina said she tried everything to make few times at school since she started training at the bullying stop—she called teachers and Paragon. When she was in third grade, she said administrators, wrote letters, and eventually a girl pulled her behind a building out of sight confronted other parents. Students were talked during recess and choked her from behind. to and reprimanded, but it didn’t seem to work. Because of jiu-jitsu, Payton knew to keep her A year passed, the girls entered second grade, chin tucked down close to her neck, and she and nothing changed. said she held that position until she was saved Then her brother mentioned Paragon of by the bell—literally. Santa Maria. He said he knew some of the “If I wouldn’t have tucked my chin, I would instructors, and thought maybe the girls would have passed out probably,” she told the Sun. feel safer at school if they were stronger, if they But for the most part, the respect for others and could fight back. self-control that are also taught in most martial “And I thought, ‘At this point, what else can I arts classes have helped Payton and Jada walk WATCH ‘N’ LEARN: Paragon of do?’” Christina said. “Even if I homeschool them away from their bullies with their heads held high. Santa Maria students watch as two instructors model one of the they’ll still need social stuff. And there’s nothing Those same components of jiu-jitsu also help kids who’ve exhibited bullying behavior, Glynn many holds used in Brazilian jiu- wrong with learning how to defend yourself.” jitsu at practice on July 27. The girls were shy on the mat at first, but the said, and those kids need help, too. instructors were nice and encouraging—so were “Different families are dealing with different the other students. Soon the girls had a group of stuff,” Glynn said. “So if we can do anything to friends at the gym and they were actually getting better the kids and how they act, it’s good.” administrators provide similar services for their provides a variety of after-school clubs and Bullying behavior can both cause and be the result of trauma, and researchers say fun activities can help kids manage good at jiu-jitsu, good enough that they wanted students—free of charge. sports programs, which Zimmerman said to train every weekday. Eventually they started Outreach consultants are stationed at each of play a huge part in helping students cope with BY KASEY BUBNASH • PHOTOS BY JAYSON MELLOM winning matches at local competitions, and now A community effort Santa Maria-Bonita’s 20 schools, and marriage harassment. Christina said their rooms are filled with medals. Of course, not every family can afford to put and family therapists are available at the When Zimmerman was the principal at he reggae that had been bumping softly in a few jiu-jitsu tournaments, according to manager at Santa Maria’s Child Abuse Listening her with lunch boxes, and dragged her across It’s been a huge confidence booster for their kids in jiu-jitsu. At Paragon of Santa Maria, district’s junior high schools. The consultants, Fesler Junior High School, he said he worked to throughout the gym for nearly an hour their mom, Christina Giddings. Mediation (CALM) office. pavement outside the school. the twins, who are now fifth graders at Joe classes can cost anywhere from $69 to $129 a who are paid for by the district and provided by develop clubs that were centered on students’ Tsuddenly stopped, and about a dozen It’s made the girls more confident, Christina Behavior that was once considered a “rite of The harassment had an impact. Although Nightingale Elementary and helpers in the month, and most club sports programs in the Fighting Back: Santa Maria Valley, a nonprofit interests. The robotics club was particularly barefoot children stood and lined up along the said, a task that would have seemed nearly passage” for children is now being addressed as Payton’s tormentors mostly let Jada be, lower level jiu-jitsu classes. area cost about the same or more. Therapy and aimed at decreasing violence within the successful, he said, and it gave participating edge of a bright yellow mat. Each dressed in a impossible a few years ago, when the twins a serious problem, Hunt said. Christina said she watched as both her It’s a pattern that Lance Glynn said he’s seen counseling can be even more expensive. community, offer free counseling services to all students a new group of friends and sense of different colored gi, the traditional uniform worn started first grade at Joe Nightingale Elementary “Bullying is not unlike any other type of girls became increasingly anxious and self- repeated many times throughout his years But Brian Zimmermann, director of Pupil students affected by bullying. belonging. They even won some local robotics by Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitors, the students School and caught a glimpse of the bullying that abuse or trauma,” Hunt told the Sun. “It’s a conscious. They genuinely feared going to owning Paragon of Santa Maria. Personnel Services with the Santa Maria- They also teach an anti-bullying curriculum, competitions, Zimmerman said. waited to be handpicked for a one-on-one fight. would become a constant battle for the next few traumatic childhood experience, and the effects school every day, she said, and constantly faked “I have 135 kids in my program, and I can Bonita School District, said teachers and Second Step, that gives elementary students the “That was really big for self-esteem,” he told An instructor pointed out two smaller years of their lives. are just like any other abuse or trauma.” stomach aches to get out of going. social skills needed to the Sun, adding that most bullies won’t target students, Payton and Jada Giddings, and the It can be difficult to quantify bullying—the In the Santa Maria area, Hunt said Those reactions are common among children make friends. confident kids who are constantly surrounded In the Orcutt Union 10-year-old twins bolted out of line to the aggressive, intentional, and unwanted attention indigenous and newly immigrated students who have been bullied, according to Hunt, who JIU-JITSU FOR THE SOUL: Lance Glynn by friends. “You’re not alone.” center of the mat, clearly ready to try out their that many children are faced with in and of all ages are often ridiculed over language said bullying can cause long-term chemical and School District, where Still, Zimmerman said, “everyone deals with (right) works with Liam Wong (top) and Payton and Jada attend still developing technique. The girls—almost outside the classroom—but research collected barriers and cultural differences. Students of structural damage to the brain. It’s traumatic, Adrianna Doan, both 8, at a practice on students who just wont stop bullying.” school, similar attempts identical in physicality, clothing, and even belt by the U.S. Department of Health and Human low-income families, many of whom she said she said, for everyone involved. July 27 at Paragon of Santa Maria. Payton and Jada still face one or two kids to address bullying have rankings—faced each other and bowed. Services estimates that 1 in 5 children are have experienced homelessness or are living in Researchers have found that kids who are like that at school, Christina said. But her girls been taking place since The “ding, ding, ding” of a boxing bell sounded, bullied at some point during their schooling poverty, are also commonly bullied because of bullied, kids who bully, and bystanders are all are less anxious now, and they’ve made friends before 2016. and Payton instantly lunged at Jada’s legs, bringing in the U.S. It’s an age-old issue that can greatly their economic statuses. similarly impacted by the behavior, Hunt said. at Paragon who watch out for them at Joe When bullying does her sister down with a single swift motion. impact everyone involved, and researchers are And although anyone can be targeted, Hunt Kids who are bullied are more likely Nightingale. “Don’t stay there, Jada!” one instructor shouted still working to find real solutions. said some students, typically those who are to experience depression and anxiety, occur, Zimmerman said it has to be dealt It’s not The Karate Kid, and the problem as he slowly circled the girls, watching closely for But for many kids—children who are bullied, perceived as being different from their peers in one physical health issues, and lowered academic hasn’t completely disappeared, but Christina less than perfect form in need of tweaking. those who bully, and bystanders alike—simply way or another, are at a heightened risk. Anything achievement, according to the U.S. Department with immediately. The said jiu-jitsu has helped Payton and Jada stave Jada, who looked irreversibly stuck, somehow finding a special activity or hobby to get active from being under or overweight, wearing glasses, of Health and Human Services, all behaviors district often contracts off some of the bullying that so deeply impacted maneuvered her way out of Payton’s grasp and in and a community to be apart of can be the or identifying as LGBTQ, to being new at school that could last into adulthood. Children who with Fighting Back: Santa their first few years of elementary school in rolled onto her side. She seemed to be making best deterrent of bullying behavior. or having a mental health issue, could increase a bully, whom Hunt said often come from violent Maria Valley and the a comeback until Payton swung her legs across Payton and Jada found that in jiu-jitsu, child’s risk of being bullied. or traumatic homes, are more likely to abuse Council on Alcoholism Orcutt. The Paragon gym is where the girls can Jada’s chest and unleashed the armbar, one Christina said, and what started as her last-ditch For Payton and Jada, it seemed to be their alcohol or drugs, drop out of school, and abuse and Drug Abuse, groups escape from all the stressors of school, where of Payton’s favorite and most frequently used effort to help her kids defend themselves, slowly small frames that made them stand out as easy their partners as adults. Even bystanders are that both offer parent they hang out with friends, and where they help moves, which earned her the straightforward blossomed into the twins’ favorite thing to do targets among their larger peers, Christina impacted and are more likely to miss school and and child mitigations younger students practice. nickname, “Armbar Payton,” in class. and the hour they look forward to every day. said. And although both girls are essentially the develop mental health issues. and programs to address It’s even where Christina works now. It’s like Payton won the match before the next bell “It’s not like they just come here and learn same size, Payton got the worst of it. Maybe, “There are so many effects,” Hunt said. “It’s and treat children who a second home. sounded, but there were no hard feelings, and stuff,” Christina told the Sun. “It’s like a whole Christina said, because Payton’s the more just really a chronic health condition.” have been bullied, as Christina smiled as she watched the twins the girls bumped fists as they returned to line, family. You’ve got everybody backing you up.” outgoing of the two. But Hunt said the damage can be reversed well as those who display practice on July 27, laughing with friends as where bystanders waited with congratulatory First it was one boy, who Payton said she had and, better yet, prevented. bullying behavior. they wrestled on the ground. high-fives and pats on the back for both. seen hitting another girl at the beginning of CALM, which provides evidence-based “So we have a “So yeah,” she said, “I think jiu-jitsu has Since Payton and Jada started training at The ABCs of bullying first grade. Soon he was calling Payton names, treatment to traumatized children on the lot of support in helped them immensely.” ❍ Paragon of Santa Maria three years ago, they’ve The way people think about bullying is pulling her hair, chasing her, and eventually, Central Coast, offers trauma-focused cognitive the community,” developed a close-knit group of friends, learned changing, according to Margie Hunt, a licensed Christina said other students joined in. They behavioral therapy to kids under 18 who are Zimmerman said. Contact Staff Writer Kasey Bubnash at endless self-defense techniques, and competed marriage and family therapist and regional pushed her off playground equipment, hit refered by teachers, law enforcement officials, The district also [email protected].

8 • Sun • August 16 - August 23, 2018 • www.santamariasun.com school counselors, or pediatricians. The honestly say probably half those kids have been program helps kids and their parents bond, bullied,” Glynn told the Sun. “That I know of.” Hunt said, because children with strong For years local parents like Christina have attachments to caregivers are less likely to bully. brought their children to Glynn, desperate to CALM staffers also teach various coping keep their kids safe. When Glynn first opened and social skills, offer positive means of up shop about 10 years ago, he and his business communication, and help children learn partner offered a separate anti-bullying to identify and handle their emotions program. When they realized how many of appropriately. Those skills are useful for anyone their students were being impacted by bullying affected by bullying behavior, Hunt said. at school, they incorporated the program into She also has tips for parents struggling to help all Paragon classes. their children with bullying at school. Parents, “It’s super sad,” Glynn said. “Parents bring them she said, should always take bullying seriously in here because they have to defend themselves.” and report any of their children’s claims to And that’s what Brazilian jiu-jitsu is all about. administrators. They can also teach kids to As a martial art that focuses largely on ground 9 assertively address bullying socially and physically, fighting, Glynn said it’s easy for a small fighter which Hunt said often discourages the behavior. to beat a much larger competitor using superior Modeling appropriate social behavior is technique alone. In his classes, students of varying also huge, Hunt said, as is simply encouraging sizes and genders pair off for matches every day. children to participate in activities and hobbies Jiu-jitsu doesn’t involve punching or kicking, they love. which makes it less nerve-racking for students “I think part of it is children who feel like Payton, who are often hit and kicked by connected to some type of activity are less their peers at school. And while Glynn does not likely to feel isolated or helpless,” Hunt said. condone fighting at school, if one of Glynn’s “If they’re involved in something that they’re students did need to use jiu-jitsu, there wouldn’t successful at, it really helps their self-esteem.” be hitting involved. A student of Glynn’s, he said, would know how to use a submission hold to stop his or her attacker. Jiu-jitsu as a deterrent Payton said she’s only had to use jiu-jitsu a Christina said she tried everything to make few times at school since she started training at the bullying stop—she called teachers and Paragon. When she was in third grade, she said administrators, wrote letters, and eventually a girl pulled her behind a building out of sight confronted other parents. Students were talked during recess and choked her from behind. to and reprimanded, but it didn’t seem to work. Because of jiu-jitsu, Payton knew to keep her A year passed, the girls entered second grade, chin tucked down close to her neck, and she and nothing changed. said she held that position until she was saved Then her brother mentioned Paragon of by the bell—literally. Santa Maria. He said he knew some of the “If I wouldn’t have tucked my chin, I would instructors, and thought maybe the girls would have passed out probably,” she told the Sun. feel safer at school if they were stronger, if they But for the most part, the respect for others and could fight back. self-control that are also taught in most martial “And I thought, ‘At this point, what else can I arts classes have helped Payton and Jada walk WATCH ‘N’ LEARN: Paragon of do?’” Christina said. “Even if I homeschool them away from their bullies with their heads held high. Santa Maria students watch as two instructors model one of the they’ll still need social stuff. And there’s nothing Those same components of jiu-jitsu also help kids who’ve exhibited bullying behavior, Glynn many holds used in Brazilian jiu- wrong with learning how to defend yourself.” jitsu at practice on July 27. The girls were shy on the mat at first, but the said, and those kids need help, too. instructors were nice and encouraging—so were “Different families are dealing with different the other students. Soon the girls had a group of stuff,” Glynn said. “So if we can do anything to friends at the gym and they were actually getting better the kids and how they act, it’s good.” administrators provide similar services for their provides a variety of after-school clubs and good at jiu-jitsu, good enough that they wanted students—free of charge. sports programs, which Zimmerman said to train every weekday. Eventually they started Outreach consultants are stationed at each of play a huge part in helping students cope with winning matches at local competitions, and now A community effort Santa Maria-Bonita’s 20 schools, and marriage harassment. Christina said their rooms are filled with medals. Of course, not every family can afford to put and family therapists are available at the When Zimmerman was the principal at It’s been a huge confidence booster for their kids in jiu-jitsu. At Paragon of Santa Maria, district’s junior high schools. The consultants, Fesler Junior High School, he said he worked to the twins, who are now fifth graders at Joe classes can cost anywhere from $69 to $129 a who are paid for by the district and provided by develop clubs that were centered on students’ Nightingale Elementary and helpers in the month, and most club sports programs in the Fighting Back: Santa Maria Valley, a nonprofit interests. The robotics club was particularly lower level jiu-jitsu classes. area cost about the same or more. Therapy and aimed at decreasing violence within the successful, he said, and it gave participating It’s a pattern that Lance Glynn said he’s seen counseling can be even more expensive. community, offer free counseling services to all students a new group of friends and sense of repeated many times throughout his years But Brian Zimmermann, director of Pupil students affected by bullying. belonging. They even won some local robotics owning Paragon of Santa Maria. Personnel Services with the Santa Maria- They also teach an anti-bullying curriculum, competitions, Zimmerman said. “I have 135 kids in my program, and I can Bonita School District, said teachers and Second Step, that gives elementary students the “That was really big for self-esteem,” he told social skills needed to the Sun, adding that most bullies won’t target make friends. confident kids who are constantly surrounded In the Orcutt Union JIU-JITSU FOR THE SOUL: Lance Glynn by friends. “You’re not alone.” School District, where Still, Zimmerman said, “everyone deals with (right) works with Liam Wong (top) and Payton and Jada attend Adrianna Doan, both 8, at a practice on students who just wont stop bullying.” school, similar attempts July 27 at Paragon of Santa Maria. Payton and Jada still face one or two kids to address bullying have like that at school, Christina said. But her girls been taking place since are less anxious now, and they’ve made friends before 2016. at Paragon who watch out for them at Joe When bullying does Nightingale. occur, Zimmerman said it has to be dealt It’s not The Karate Kid, and the problem with immediately. The hasn’t completely disappeared, but Christina district often contracts said jiu-jitsu has helped Payton and Jada stave with Fighting Back: Santa off some of the bullying that so deeply impacted Maria Valley and the their first few years of elementary school in Council on Alcoholism Orcutt. The Paragon gym is where the girls can and Drug Abuse, groups escape from all the stressors of school, where that both offer parent they hang out with friends, and where they help and child mitigations younger students practice. and programs to address It’s even where Christina works now. It’s like and treat children who a second home. have been bullied, as Christina smiled as she watched the twins well as those who display practice on July 27, laughing with friends as bullying behavior. they wrestled on the ground. “So we have a “So yeah,” she said, “I think jiu-jitsu has lot of support in helped them immensely.” ❍ the community,” Zimmerman said. Contact Staff Writer Kasey Bubnash at The district also [email protected].

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• Solvang Conference and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Tracy Farhard is now on the Spotlight on: board of trustees for the Destination Marketing Association of the West (DMA West) Education and Research Foundation. The Visitors Bureau Pristine Physique announced the appointment on Aug. 8. The board confirmed Farhad as a trustee-at-large Gary Gorospe, owner through September 2020, according to DMA West. According to its website, the research BY SPENCER COLE foundation “conducts visitor-related industry 10 ristine Physique’s owner Gary Gorospe research projects, develops educational knows fitness. The amatuer body builder programs, provides scholarship grants, and Pused to compete throughout California, sponsors destination-marketing awareness and the certified personal trainer says that projects associated with the visitor and staying in shape isn’t just a business for him; it’s convention industry.” a way of life. • To the surprise of no one, Californians CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF SERVICE “You have to live that lifestyle; it’s something pay more at the pump than any other state you have to adhere to. … It’s your breakfast, except Hawaii, according to AAA of Southern lunch, and dinner,” he told the Sun. California. A gallon of gasoline costs $3.60 on Gorospe preaches a philosophy of goal average statewide, soaring above the national setting, coupled with healthy diet and regular average of $2.87. Santa Maria sat a little below exercise. For most of his clients, he has to the state average, with prices ranging from get them to commit to a target weight or $3.29 to $3.43, according to Gas Buddy. appearance and then see it through. • A symposium focussing on managing “If you have a hurdle in front of you, you stress for caregivers will be held on Sept. 8 at have three options: go around it, go over it, or the Santa Maria Public Library from 8:30 a.m. go through it; it doesn’t really matter which way to 12:30 p.m. The event is organized by the you choose but you have to push fast,” he said, Family Service Agency and Antioch University. “every hurdle after the fact is easier and easier.” The presentation is free and open to the The first step for many is just walking into public. According to a pamphlet for the event, the studio and asking for help. “the course is geared toward mental health “Once people can kind of come to terms that professionals, family caregivers, and other they need that, I can take it from there,” Gorospe supportive professionals.” explained. “A lot of them are struggling from just a • American Veterans United (AVU) will host lack of taking care of themselves: We have families, its second family barbecue on Aug. 25 at Waller responsibilities, and work so a lot of it just has to Park. Lunch will be served from noon to 3 p.m. do with day-to-day life. Some end up working Meals are $10 each. AVU is a nonprofit that so much they don’t take care of their bodies or if helps veterans obtain its benefits, according to something happens, like an injury or an illness the organization’s website. • Tuition FREE Residential keeps them from exercising, they’re not happy with • United Way of Northern Santa Barbara themselves, so a lot of it just has to do with work. County held its annual “Stuff the Bus” Program “Life tends to get in the way, and between collection event to help bring needed school summer and the holidays, there is always supplies to under-resourced families Aug. something going on,” he continued. “So I have 10 through 12 at its headquarters (1660 S. to find that balance between keeping them Broadway, suite 101, Santa Maria). The event • Over 7,000 Students Served, accountable and still let them live their lives.” focuses on filling two school buses with Founded in 2009, Pristine Physique began as donated school supplies, such as backpacks, Providing new paths and better “an idea to help all walks of life in the community books, and writing materials. ❍ with a healthier lifestyle and the concept of futures putting the client first,” he said. “Living in this Spencer Cole wrote this week’s Biz Spotlight. small community for so long, we know that we all Information should be sent to the Sun via fax, gotta take care of each other and [keep] the local mail, or email at [email protected]. economy booming.” • More than 400,000 hours of The training studio focuses on PHOTO BY SPENCER COLE specific programs to help customers service to the local communities with weight loss and nutrition. Pristine also offers sport specific training along with injury rehab and prevention. Between him and his wife, Learn more at www. mygya.com Gorospe estimates the studio has roughly 35 to 40 clients at any given time. Training or rehab sessions cost around $30 for individuals and $20 to $25 per person for groups. “I love what I do,” Gorospe said. “I love helping people and seeing my clients achieve goals that were not reachable by themselves; it pushes me to be better because if I can’t be STOP better, they can’t either.” Pristine Physique is located at 2880 Santa Maria Way, suite B3, Santa Maria. To set up an appointment, call (805) 714-1456 or email IDLING [email protected]. Get the motor runnin’ on that sale! No spam • Specializing in custom stamp work or scams here—private parties can list their Auto/Boat Sales for FREE in our Classifi eds Highlights: • Industrial/ Commercial/ Residential section. 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But later Weaver asked the teachers to tell a happy story. He told the audience it could be AtHlEtE of tHE WEEK Pioneer Valley teachers learn ways about any joyous person, place, or activity. He told them to bring in as much detail as possible PHOTOS COURTESY OF CORT NEWBY to increase resilience among students and said to focus on any physical reactions they presented a condensed version of the Community had while telling the stories. BY KASEY BUBNASH Some teachers talked about their kids, others hildren who experience four or more adverse Resilience Model to Pioneer Valley teachers. The model, Weaver said, is a recently developed training camping, but all of them smiled. Some stood childhood experiences (ACEs) before they’re up straighter while telling their stories, some 17 years old are more likely to experience program that gives community members a set C of simple tools that can reset the nervous system laughed, and others took deeper breaths. The unemployment and incarceration as adults, and 11 during stressful events and increase resilience. energy was back up. often attain lower levels of education and low- Simply focusing on a joyful memory and Stressful or triggering situations often bump wage jobs. the body’s reaction to it can be a cathartic people out of their “resiliency zones,” Weaver That’s according to Santa Barbara County’s 2017 experience for someone feeling stressed, Weaver said at the event, the stable emotional state where Children’s Scorecard, which defines an ACE as any said. Teachers can use it for themselves on bad we feel most adept at handling life’s challenges. traumatic or stressful event—ranging from sexual days, he said, or guide struggling students. When an individual is bumped out of his or her abuse to witnessing family violence—endured by However, Weaver said happy memories won’t a child. The scorecard also includes a retrospective zone—a more frequent occurrence for those who help someone who is already breaking down. study of Santa Barbara County adults released in have experienced some form of trauma—the In a situation of panic, Weaver said pushing on 2014, which shows that roughly 57 percent had brain becomes reactive, and it can be nearly a wall, drinking a glass of water, or counting experienced at least one ACE while growing up, and impossible to think and react to situations backwards can help immensely. Bruce and Henry Newby more than 13 percent had faced four or more ACEs. appropriately. After the presentation, several teachers thanked That, Weaver said, often makes it difficult for Up-and-coming taekwondo stars Bruce (pictured left) Greg Dickinson, assistant principal at Pioneer Weaver for the help. Treating trauma can be and Henry Newby (right) are taking over the local martial students with stressful or abusive home lives to Valley High School, is not one of those adults. difficult, and Weaver said he’s heard lots of positive arts scene. Dickinson, a self-described “privileged white guy” focus at school. reinforcement from community members since he For these boys, taekwondo is more than just a sport— who was raised in a family of six, said his childhood But the Community Resiliency Model could give started teaching the Community Resilience Model it’s a family affair. Their father, Cort Newby, has been was essentially trauma-free. teachers easy-to-learn, free tools to help themselves about two years ago. practicing taekwondo since the ’90s, and the brothers train “It’s sad,” Dickinson said on Aug. 10 in Pioneer and students combat that reactive experience. “So often mental health is for the affluent, for tirelessly with him at their family-owned gym, Santa Maria Valley’s library, where dozens of teachers gathered “There is a lot of resistance to mental health those who have time, who have money, who have Taekwondo Academy. to learn about increasing resilience among local services,” Weaver told the Sun. “There is a lot insurance, and who have access,” Weaver told the The hard work is paying off. high school students who have experienced of stigma. So this is a real easy way to get things Sun. “So I’m pretty passionate in this intervention, At the 35th Tae Ryong Cup Taekwondo Championships in childhood trauma. into the community that are helpful.” because once you give it to somebody it’s theirs Oxnard on Aug. 4, Cort said Henry, 11, took first in his class. “Well, it’s not sad,” Dickinson laughed. “It’s At the beginning of the event, the teachers and they can teach it to other people. So it’s very Bruce, 6, fought his heart out and placed second. great. But I can’t relate.” discussed difficult personal experiences that exponential. It has the potential to be exponentially “We’re really proud of them,” Cort told the Sun, That’s why Dickinson wanted to learn about they’d had in or outside the classroom. As teachers helpful.” ❍ adding that the family’s ultimate goal is to get both childhood trauma and how it impacts the students around the room told stories about students they boys to the Olympics. It won’t be easy, but Cort said he works with every day. felt they couldn’t help, more-than-stressful days Staff Writer Kasey Bubnash writes School Scene his kids have the talent and passion to make names for ❍ At the event on Aug. 10, Edwin Weaver, executive at school, and the ACEs they experienced growing each week. Information can be sent to the Sun via themselves in taekwondo. —Kasey Bubnash director of Fighting Back: Santa Maria Valley, up, the room’s energy shifted down. mail, fax, or email at [email protected].

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Harry S. Truman ended World War II using Carbajal is wrong on ICE the only weapon available at the time to cause We want to know what Online Poll On July 18, the House voted on House a fi erce and indefatigable enemy to fi nally and WRITE NOW! you think about every- Resolution 990, titled “Supporting the offi cers unconditionally surrender. thing. Send your 250-word letter to Sun Letters, 2450 What can local governments Skyway Drive, Suite A, Santa Maria, CA 93455. You and personnel who carry out the important On the other hand, President Bill Clinton can also fax it (347-9889) or e-mail it (letters@ do to address poverty? mission of the United States Immigration and let North Korea continue a nuclear weapons santamariasun.com). All letters must include a name, 12 35% Rent control. Customs Enforcement.” My opponent, Salud program. 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12 • Sun • August 16 - August 23, 2018 • www.santamariasun.com OPINION ! ssion Admi Reality check Free ust about every time I bring up the president, I get the Jinevitable angry letter that tells me to “go get a job in a mine,” or something like that. Well, to really flesh out 13 the metaphor I’m named after, in this week’s lesson, the “mine” is discourse in politics, and the dangerously noxious gas is what we keep hearing from Donald Trump’s die-hard supporters, starting with the windbag-in-chief himself. How about Trump’s outlandish claim that Gov. Jerry Brown was responsible for California’s water “foolishly being diverted into the Pacific Ocean,” casting blame for the Mendocino Complex Fire? While Brown is busy giving condolences to the families of firefighters who’ve died, something Trump hasn’t done, the president is starting a Twitter beef with him. Nice. Trump is totally wrong that a lack of water is the reason that the blaze has surpassed the size Headliner: of the Thomas Fire we suffered here in Santa Barbara County last year. But don’t take my word The English Beat for it; Cal Fire said that firefighters have plenty of water, and pointed to the drought and climate August 25 • 7:30 pm The English Beat change as a causal factor. I think I’ll take Cal Fire’s advice over the Donald’s on fighting wildfires. But hey, accuracy, or just the truth even, isn’t something that seems to trip up Trump or his More free entertainment by: acolytes these days. Tempest • Drum & Perk • Ras Danny Take local Republican Congressional candidate, Justin Fareed, who contributed a Raye Zaragoza • Atmasandhi • Island Time letter this week (see page 12) focusing in on Rep. Steel Drum Band • Alan Vogan & the Salud Carbajal’s (D-Santa Barbara) stance toward Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE), Sumthin' • Gillie Wheesels • Ichimi Daiko taking a card out of Trump’s racist playbook. Mariachis • Grupo Aries and more! This penchant for race-baiting nonsense was in full display earlier this year when Fareed pointed to a one-time donation to Carbajal’s campaign from the son of George Soros, the Jewish billionaire from Austria, and parroted the anti- Semitic conspiracy theory that Soros somehow profited off the Holocaust in Nazi Germany. Soros was 14 years old when World War II ended, but that didn’t stop Fareed from calling him a “Nazi collaborator” in a fundraising email. When called out, Fareed walked the statement Drum & Perk Ras Danny back but only said the “Soros record is disputed Tempest and controversial,” and that he would let voters, Raye Zaragoza “draw your own conclusions about it.” He didn’t say he was wrong, just that it was “disputed.” That’s probably because Fareed knows plenty of Browse an assortment of food, art, crafts, and merchandise vendor his voters believe that lie about Soros and worse, booths. Kids will love our Central Coast Party expanded play area like our friend Justin Ruhge, who also wrote in this week (also page 12) in response to Ken with a surf simulator, mechanical shark, dance dome, bungee run, McCalip’s commentary (“Misdeeds in La-La rockwall slide, and more! Check out the Saturday Dune Run Run & Land,” Aug. 9). There’s a profound irony in a Republican saying Walk and Sunday Mardi Paws Dog Parade! that anyone who doesn’t agree with the president Atmasandhi has “drunk the Kool-Aid,” or has “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” I’m not so sure that “Trump Derangement Syndrome” is something Stone Soup Music Festival is an outdoor event in Ramona Garden Park (993 Ramona Ave.) affecting Democrats and liberals rather than Republicans and conservatives. and the surrounding streets in Grover Beach. For details, call (805) 489-1488, or visit the At least Ruhge is honest about one thing: Stone Soup Music Festival Facebook page. Thanks to our major sponsors: He doesn’t care that Trump and his gang have basically admitted to collusion with Russia to Nichols Foundation West and the City of Grover Beach. sway the 2016 election. Remember when they used to at least deny that any such thing happened? Now all we hear is, “Collusion isn’t a crime,” along with their greatest hit, “But what about Hillary?” Ruhge also ended his letter with a very prescient question: “We are not all deranged, are we?” No, Justin, we’re not. m

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TICKET TO RIDE The Friends of the Los Alamos Library host Eat, Play, Love Los Alamos on Aug. 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. Participants receive a punch card to use at various local businesses including Casa Dumetz Wines (pictured), Plenty on Bell, Full of Life Flatbread, Valle Fresh, and more. Completed cards are entered into a drawing to win a week-long vacation in South Lake Tahoe. Tickets are $30. Visit the Friends of the Los Alamos Library Facebook page for more info.

FILE PHOTO BY WENDY THIES SELL SHELL BEACH STREETSCAPE PROJECT SECOND ANNUAL AMERICAN VETERANS BALLROOM, LATIN, AND SWING LESSONS KICKOFF AND MOVIE IN THE PARK This UNITED BARBECUE Guests can enjoy live Marie King and Kings of Swing offer dance lessons SPECIAL EVENTS event features a parade, bounce houses, games, entertainment, a raffle, and more. WWII and Korean for all ages and skill levels. Couples and singles SANTA YNEZ VALLEY food vendors, a groundbreaking ceremony, and a War vets and their spouses eat for free. Free hot welcome. Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $36 for screening of Disney’s Coco. Aug. 24, 5:15-9:30 p.m. THE HEALING WISDOM OF NATURE A dogs will be available for children. AVU is a local 4-week session. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Free. 805-773-4657. pismobeach.org/streetscape. discussion on the different ways nature can be a non-profit veterans group committed to helping Ave., Orcutt, 805-928-7799. Dinosaur Caves Park, 2701 Price St, Pismo Beach. vets with claims and benefits. Aug. 25, 12-3 p.m. source of healing and examples of these ideas in BEADING WORKSHOP Thursdays, noon $10. 805-598-4260. Waller Park, 3107 Orcutt ancient myths and folktales. Aug. 26, 3-4 p.m. $5- SAN LUIS OBISPO oasisorcutt.org. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Road, Orcutt. $10. 805-686-8315. wildlingmuseum.org. Wildling Ave., Orcutt, 805-928-7799. DOG DAYS OF SUMMER Presented by Cen-Cal Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., Professional Wrestling. Enjoy an afternoon of SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY Solvang. COUNTRY TWO STEP DANCE LESSONS From professional wrestling entertainment, food, drinks, CASABLANCA CASINO NIGHT FOR UNITED the basics to a variety of patterns. Dancers of all LOMPOC/VANDENBERG and more. Proceeds benefit the Woods Humane WAY OF SLO Proceeds benefit United Way of SLO. skill levels welcome. Thursdays, 6:15-7 p.m. $8. Society of SLO. Aug. 26 $15-$20. 805-541-0969. VILLAGE DAYS AT LA PURISMA MISSION Prizes will be awarded for best Bogey/Bergman Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt, 805- The Graduate, 990 Industrial Way, San Luis Obispo, Demonstrators help visitors learn a variety of skills inspired costumes. Admission includes appetizers 928-7799. slograd.com. and drinks. Aug. 25, 6-9:30 p.m. $50-$75. 805-541- such as grinding acorns, basket weaving, building EVERYBODY CAN DANCE Ballet workout 1234. unitedwayslo.org/casablanca-casino-night. a tule house, making soapstone beads or tule dolls, THE WOMEN WHO LED SAN LUIS: WALKING classes for teens and adults. Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Willow Kitchen & Cocktails, 2131 Price St, Pismo and playing Chumash games. Aug. 25, 11 a.m.-2 TOUR Walk where women built, planted, painted, everybodycandance.webs.com. Everybody Can Beach. p.m. 805-733-3713. lapurisimamission.org. La and reformed the city of SLO. Featured historical Dance, 628 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria, 805- Purisima Mission, 2295 Purisima Mission, Lompoc. figures include artist Ascension Dallidet, poet GOOD OLD-FASHIONED BENEFIT BASH Guests 937-6753. Frances Margaret Milne, and more. Aug. 19, 10 are encouraged to dress old-timey for this dine and SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS INTRODUCTORY BALLET 1 Tuesdays, 5 p.m. a.m.-noon $20. 805-210-8687. secretslo.com. dance event. Proceeds benefit Spokes’ programs everybodycandance.webs.com. Everybody Can 5TH ANNUAL FREE MOVIES IN THE PARK Sauer-Adams Adobe, 964 Chorro St., San Luis and services. Aug. 18, 3-7 p.m. $85. 805-547- Dance, 628 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria, 805- Featured films include Back to the Future, Grease, Obispo. 2244. spokesfornonprofits.org. The Victorian, 789 937-6753. Black Panther, and more. Venues include Sierra Valley Rd., Arroyo Grande. Vista Park, Preisker Park, Rotary Centennial Park, INTRODUCTORY BALLET 2 Wednesdays, 6 FUNDRAISERS SAN LUIS OBISPO and more. Saturdays. through Aug. 18 Free. 805- p.m. and Fridays everybodycandance.webs.com. 925-0951 ext.2260. Rotary Centennial Park, 2625 THE KCBX SUMMER MUSIC SALE Featuring Everybody Can Dance, 628 S. McClelland St., Santa SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS South College Dr., Santa Maria. deals on vinyl, CDs, DVDs, audio equipment, and Maria, 805-937-6753. EAT, PLAY, LOVE: LOS ALAMOS Purchase a more. Aug. 18, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 805-549-8855. FAMILY DAY IN THE PARK AND HEALTHY INTRODUCTORY BALLET 3 Wednesdays, 6 p.m. KIDS DAY Guests can enjoy carnival style games, punch card and visit 13 local businesses, including kcbx.org. KCBX Public Radio, 4100 Vachell Ln., San Plenty on Bell, Bodega, Valleyfresh, Full of Life everybodycandance.webs.com. Everybody Can live entertainment, food, various vendors, the Luis Obispo. Flatbread, Pico, and more. Complete the card to Dance, 628 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria, 805- annual Huck Finn Fishing Derby, and more. enter the grand prize drawing to win a week in 937-6753. Aug. 19, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. 805-937-8521. South Lake Tahoe. Hosted by The Friends of the familydayinthepark.org. Waller Park, 3107 Orcutt ARTS LATIN DANCE CLASS: SALSA, BACHATA, Los Alamos Library. Aug. 25, 1-4 p.m. $30 Road, Orcutt. AND MORE Instructors and styles vary from week each (for ages 21 and over). (805) 344- to week. Thursdays, 8-10 p.m. $10. facebook. R.H. TESENE FREE FAMILY DAY 1025. Bedford Winery Tasting Room CLASSES & WORKSHOPS com/dancingamor. Everybody Can Dance, 628 S. AT THE RANCH Guests can enjoy & Courtyard, 448 Bell Street, Los McClelland St., Santa Maria, 805-937-6753. cattle roping, brand making, and Alamos. SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS other ranch themed activities. Aug. SALSA DANCE CLASS No partner or experience 26, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-928-8414. needed. Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-937-1574. smvdiscoverymuseum.org. Santa The Sun and New Times now share their community CentralCoastSwingDance.com. Old Town Brew, 338 Maria Valley Discovery Museum, 705 S. listings for a complete Central Coast calendar running INDEX W. Tefft St, Nipomo. McClelland St., Santa Maria. from northern Santa Barbara County through SLO County. Special Events ...... [14] UKULELE CLASS Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. Oasis SUMMER SUCCULENT SALE An annual Submit events online by following the link on the calendar widget Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt, 805-928- celebration of all things succulent. Features at santamariasun.com. Submissions require logging in with your Arts ...... [14] 7799. succulents in a variety of pot sizes to suit various Google, Facebook, or Twitter account. You can also email calendar@ WEST COAST SWING CLASS No partner or project and landscaping needs. Also features Culture & Lifestyle ...... [16] santamariasun.com. Deadline is one week before the issue date. experience needed. Mondays, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805- houseplants. Aug. 18, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and Aug. 19, Food & Drink ...... [18] 937-1574. CentralCoastSwingDance.com. Old Town 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 805-934-2182. Growing Grounds Submissions are subject to editing and approval. Contact Calendar Brew, 338 W. Tefft St, Nipomo. Farm, 820 W. Foster Rd., Santa Maria, t-mha.org. Editor Caleb Wiseblood directly at [email protected]. Music ...... [23] SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY ARTS continued page 15

14 • Sun • August 16 - August 23, 2018 • www.santamariasun.com $45. artcentralartsupply.com. Art Central, 1329 ARTS from page 14 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, 805 747 4200. exhibitS South CoaSt SLo County PACIFIC HORIZON CHORUS WELCOMES Santa y nez va LLey In need of Skilled WOMEN SINGERS Visit site or come by in ART AND WINE PEONIES CANVAS All supplies NATURE IMAGINED This exhibit celebrates person to see if these music lessons are right and a glass of wine provided. Aug. 17, 6-8 p.m. and nature through art by Cheryl Medow, Ellen Nursing Care? for you. Tuesdays, 6:30-9 p.m. 805-441-1405. Aug. 24, 6-8 p.m. $40 for 1; $65 for 2. 805-550- Jewett, and Hilary Brace. These artists used 9963. theartgalanipomo.com/events. Gala De Arte pacifichorizon.org. SLO United Methodist Church, diverse materials and methods to create their Ask for us, Country Plaza, 136 N Thompson Ave. B, Nipomo. 1515 Fredericks St., San Luis Obispo. works. Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays, 10 ART AND WINE: BASICS OF ACRYLIC PEER-TO-PEER MENTAL HEALTH CLASS A a.m.-5 p.m. through Jan. 21 $5. 805-686-8315. Oaks Care Center, POURING All supplies and wine are included. Aug. free 10-session educational program for adults wildlingmuseum.org. Wildling Museum of Art and 20, 6-8 p.m. $40 for 1; $65 for 2. 805-550-9963. with mental illness who are looking to better Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang. a name you can trust! theartgalanipomo.com/events. Gala De Arte Plaza, understand their condition and various recovery NATURE REGENERATED Photographers were 136 N Thompson Ave. B, Nipomo. options. Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. through encouraged to capture examples of nature’s Sept. 12 Free. 805-540-6577. t-mha.org. Hope ability to regenerate and thrive. This exhibit ART AND WINE: CACTUS FLOWER CANVAS House Wellness Center, 1306 Nipomo showcases winning entries in the Adult Create a colorful cactus and flower canvas with Street, San Luis Obispo. and Junior categories. ongoing Free. instructing artist Wendy Thrasher. All materials and 805-686-8315. wildlingmuseum.org/ 15 a glass of wine are provided. Aug. 16, 6-8 p.m. and RED BICYCLE: PAINTS AND PINTS photography-competition/. Wildling Award Winning Aug. 23, 6-8 p.m. $40 for 1; $65 for 2. 805-550- Admission includes a beer or cider, Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Care with 9963. theartgalanipomo.com/events. Gala De Arte 2 hours of instruction, and all art Mission Dr., Solvang. Award Winning Best Senior Living Plaza, 136 N Thompson Ave. B, Nipomo. materials. Please register in advance. Commitment Community PAVLOV GALLERY: FEATURED ART AND WINE: FALL BOHO COWSKULL NAIL Aug. 26, 2-4 p.m. $40. 805-540- auG. 16 – auG. 23 ARTISTS Showcasing new STRING ART All supplies and wine are included. 0750. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 2018 collections on a weekly basis. Aug. 22, 6-8 p.m. $40 for 1; $65 for 2. 805-550- 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Featured artists include Chris Pavlov, 9963. theartgalanipomo.com/events. Gala De Arte Obispo, 7SistersBrewing.com. Iris Pavlov, Robert Hildebrand, Doug Plaza, 136 N Thompson Ave. B, Nipomo. Picotte, and more. ongoing, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. COOKING CLASS: CAJUN BIRTHDAY DINNER SpeCiaL art eventS Free. 805-686-1080. pavlovgallery.com. Pavlov Art Learn to prepare old fashioned creole cornbread, Gallery, 1608 Copenhagen Dr., Ste C, Solvang. fresh cucumber and tomato salad, chicken Santa y nez va LLey SUMMER BLOOM A collection of plein air and frecassee with rice, and sweet potato and pecan studio paintings by pastel artists Deborah Breedon pie. Please bring an apron, knife, and cutting 10TH ANNIVERSARY PHOTOGRAPHY and Kris Buck. ongoing Gallery Los Olivos, 2920 Aug. 24 COMPETITION The theme of this year’s board. , 5:30-8:30 p.m. $60. 805-773- Grand Ave., Los Olivos. 7063. pismobeach.org/recreation. Pismo Veterans competition is “Nature Regenerated.” This year’s Memorial Hall, 780 Bello St., Pismo Beach. guest judge will be Bill Dewey, whose extensively Santa Maria va LLey/ LoS aLa MoS photographed the tri-counties through its many COLOR AND MOTION: AN ARTISTS GROUP ART AND WINE Class descriptions cycles of fire and regeneration. Through Nov. 5 PERSPECTIVE See the work of local artist Kathy available online. Aug. 18, 6-8 p.m. and Aug. 25, Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission 6-8 p.m. 3 for $96; 5 for $150. 805-550-9963. Badrak on display at the Terry Dworaczyk office Dr., Solvang, 805-688-1082, wildlingmuseum.org. theartgalanipomo.com. Gala De Arte Plaza, 136 N of Ameriprise Financial. This exhibit is one of a Thompson Ave. B, Nipomo. South CoaSt SLo County continuing series of shows to spotlight local art and artists. ongoing 805-938-9724. ampf.com. John Henning, Ph. D. PLAY, EXPLORE, CREATE 2 Activity options SOUTH COUNTY POETRY An open mic follows Ameriprise Financial, 2605 S Miller St., Suite 104, and Sharon Henning, include drawing, pastels, watercolor, tempera, each month’s featured poet. Fourth Sunday of Santa Maria. collage, printmaking, sewing, and more. For ages every month, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. 805-268- Owners & Administrators 5 to 6. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9-10:30 a.m. & 1:30 9216. CanDoJack.com. South County Poetry, St. HATTIE STODDARD AT VALLEY ART GALLERY p.m.-4 a.m. through Sept. 8 $20 for 1 day; $35 for Barnabas’ Episcopal Church (annex), 301 Trinity Stoddard is the gallery’s featured artist for the month of August. Through Sept. 1 Free. Valley Art 2. 805-668-2125. LilA Creative Community, 1147 Way off Traffic Way, Arroyo Grande. 830 East Chapel Street, East Grand Ave. Suite 101, Arroyo Grande, lila. Gallery, 125 W. Clark Ave., Orcutt, 805-937-2278, community. San LuiS obiSpo valleygallery.org. Santa Maria San LuiS obiSpo CORNERS OF THE MOUTH POETRY READING South CoaSt SLo County Featured poets are Luke Johnson and Samuel H. 805-922-6657 ART BY SLOPE AT DANA ADOBE A collection ACRYLIC PAINTING WORKSHOP WITH Aug. 19 Duarte. Open reading follows. , 7-9 p.m. that culminates art and history to educate the DREW DAVIS: ABSTRACTION Davis will break Free. 805-903-3595. languageofthesoul.org. down his creative process behind his abstract community. Fridays. through Sept. 30 805-929- Linnaea’s Cafe, 1110 Garden St., San Luis Obispo. paintings. Aug. 24, 2-5 p.m. $45. 805-234-2302. 5679. danaadobe.org. DANA Adobe Cultural artcentralartsupply.com. Art Central, 1329 JULIA MORGAN BUILDING TOUR Member Center, 671 S. Oakglen Ave., Nipomo. Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. docents will guide you through our historic building FROM ARTISTS, FOR ARTISTS, BY ARTISTS COLORING FOR ADULTS: FINDING AND and grounds. Tours may also be arranged by Featuring fine art oils and pastels from Corynn appointment. Mondays, 2-5 p.m. Free. 805-541- Wolf, acrylics from Ryan Adams, and works from USING COLOR IN PAINTING WITH SYDNEY ALL TICKETS. ONE PLACE. HALL This class covers the fundamentals essential 0594. themondayclubslo.org. The Monday Club, various mediums by Marc Wolf ongoing Free. 805- to oil painting. All levels welcome. Aug. 18, 12:30- 1815 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo. 773-6563. Puffers of Pismo, 781 Price St., Pismo Beach, puffersofpismo.com/. 3:30 p.m. $35. 805-782-9288. artcentralartsupply. SLOMA FILM NIGHT: CRAFT IN AMERICA This com/. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis installment of the acclaimed PBS series explores SHE SANG ME A GOOD LUCK SONG A Obispo. ON SALE NOW! the complex relationship between craft artists statewide traveling exhibit featuring the California DRAWING FOUNDATION SERIES WITH LARRY and their environment. Aug. 20, 7 p.m. Suggested Indian photographs of Dugan Aguilar. ongoing 415- LE BRANE: SHADING Study shading and donation: $5 members; $7 nonmembers. 805-543- 525-1553. exhibitenvoy.org. DANA Adobe Cultural apply principles of value to achieve the illusion 8562. sloma.org/films. San Luis Obispo Museum Center, 671 S. Oakglen Ave., Nipomo, 805-929- of natural and mood lighting. Aug. 23, 5-8 p.m. of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. 5679. PHOTO COURTESY OF GROWING GROUNDS FARM San LuiS obiSpo COLOR RHYTHM: INGRID BRINK AND SUSAN MALMGREN Brink and Malmgren are two Los Osos artists that use watercolor, acrylic, and collage. Through Aug. 29, 6-9 p.m. 805-542-9000. sloart.com. Frame Works, 339 Marsh St, San Luis Obispo. FLORA AND FAUNA: BETH VAN HOESEN PRINTS A collection of prints and rare paintings by artist Beth Van Hoesen. Mondays-Sundays. through Aug. 19 Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/ exhibits/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. Winemaker Dinner PRESSING MATTERS 2018 Social activist, art teacher, and printmaker Juan R. Fuentes serves as this exhibit’s juror. An ARTalk and demo with at Riverstar Fuentes takes place Aug. 25 at 2 p.m. Aug. 24-Oct. 14 Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/exhibits. San Vineyards Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. SAT. OCT. 20, 2018 SELECTIONS: BAY AREA Ruta Saliklis, curator and director of exhibitions at SLOMA, is showcasing oil paintings by Anne Subercaseaux 6–9pm and a metal sculpture by Flora Davis. Mondays- Sundays. through Aug. 19 Free. 805-543-8562. Riverstar Vineyards sloma.org/exhibits/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT Green Day TRIBUTARIES A roving exhibition of artists with Growing Grounds Farm holds its Summer Succulent Sale on Aug. 18 and 19 from 10 a.m. diverse practices who share a common geography. MY805TIX.COM to 3 p.m. This annual event features succulents in a variety of pot sizes to suit various Opening reception takes place Aug. 23. Aug. 23, project and landscaping needs. Houseplants will also be available for purchase. Growing 4:30-7:30 p.m. and Aug. 23-Sept. 19 Free. 805- Does your organization sell tickets? Get more Grounds Farm is located at 820 W. Foster Road, Santa Maria. More info: (805) 934-2182. exposure and sell more tickets with a local ARTS continued page 16 media partner. Call 546-8208 for more info.

www.santamariasun.com • August 16 - August 23, 2018 • Sun • 15 Sept. 9 ARTS from page 15 $20-$39. 805-786-2440. slorep.org. San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre, 888 Morro St., San 546-3202. Harold J. Miossi Gallery, Highway 1, Luis Obispo. San Luis Obispo, cuesta.edu/student/campuslife/ IMPROV COMEDY SHOW Fast-paced improv a r t g a ll e r y/. comedy shows performed by the ensemble you through your of Central Coast Comedy Theater. All shows are based on audience suggestions making Assisting Calls for artists every show unique. Saturdays, 8-10 p.m. $5. centralcoastcomedytheater.com. Kreuzberg Coffee san luis obispo Company, 685 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, 10TH ANNUAL NEW TIMES MUSIC AWARDS: 805-430-0260. hour of need ACCEPTING ENTRIES Enter up to 13 songs and 1 album. See site for full details. Through Aug. 20 newtimesslo.com. New Times, 1010 Marsh St., San Culture & Luis Obispo, 805-546-8208. For us, taking care of CALL FOR ENTRIES: SLO PART-TIME PLAYERS lifestYle 16 10-MINUTE PLAYS Accepting submissions of someone’s nal arrangements 10-minute plays with 5 or fewer characters (1-3 preferred), few or no props, simple staging, and an leCtures & learning is more than just a business emphasis on the text. Writers should have theater or service. It is a commitment experience (please include brief description). Email santa Ynez ValleY submissions to [email protected]. ongoing ALMA ROSA PRESENTS WINE TALK from our family to serve Free. Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro St, San Luis Obispo. WEDNESDAYS An informational series that host your family. We promise to CALL FOR NOMINEES: POET LAUREATE speakers that discuss different aspects of the PROGRAM The California Arts Council of SLO local wine industry. Fourth Wednesday of every maintain the dignity and County calls for nominations for the position of SLO month, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. 805-688-9090. County Poet Laureate. Visit site for details. Through almarosawinery.com. Alma Rosa Tasting Room, guard the privacy of those we Aug. 25 artsobispo.org/poetry. ARTS Obispo, 1123 181 C Industrial Way, Buellton. serve. Your loved one will be Mill St., San Luis Obispo, 805-544-9251. TED AND CONVERSATION The Solvang Library screens an 18-minute talk from treated in the same manner we the TED Talks series. Afterwards, the stage audience explores the topic together would expect our loved one to over tea and coffee. Third Thursday be cared for. santa Ynez ValleY of every month, 10-10:50 a.m. Free. MAMMA MIA! AT SOLVANG 805-688-4214. Solvang Library, 1745 FESTIVAL THEATER Music and Mission Dr., Solvang. lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn aug. 16 – aug. 23 loM poC/Vandenberg Ulvaeus. Book by Catherine Johnson. 2018 Presented through special arrangement COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER The with Music Theatre International. Through center is a food pantry offering nutritional Aug. 26 Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd classes. Wednesdays, 3-5 p.m. Free. 805-967- St., Solvang, 805-928-7731. 5741, Ext. 107. El Camino Community Center, W. Laurel Avenue and N. I Street, Lompoc. santa Maria ValleY/ los a laMos santa Maria ValleY/ los a laMos ARCADIA AT MARIAN THEATRE By Tom Stoppard. Presented by special arrangement with BI-LINGO Informal conversation to practice Samuel French Inc. Aug. 16-25 Marian Theatre, Spanish language skills for anyone with basic 800 S. College Dr., Santa Maria, 805-928-7731, Spanish-speaking skills. Fourth Thursday of every 915-A East Stowell Rd. | Santa Maira, CA | 24 Hour Phone (805) 922-5880 pcpa.org. month, 6-7 p.m. Free. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria, 805-925-0994. www.lorifamilymortuary.com south Coast slo CountY south Coast slo CountY GOLD FEVER AT THE ROUGH AND READY A spoof of traditional melodramas by Neil LaVine. POINT SLO LIGHTHOUSE TOURS Docents lead Wednesdays-Sundays, 7-9:30 p.m. through Sept. guests on a one-hour tour of the historic site, the 16 $21-$28. 805-489-2499. americanmelodrama. buildings, and up to the Lighthouse tower. Please com. Great American Melodrama, 1863 Front St., arrive 15 minutes early. All proceeds go directly Oceano. toward the site’s restoration. Wednesdays, 12 & 1 p.m. and Saturdays, 12, 1 & 2 p.m. $17-$22. 805- THE MIX TAPE An original musical comedy set 540-5771. pointsanluislighthouse.org. Point San in the late ‘90s. Through Sept. 15 805-489- Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach. 2499. americanmelodrama.com. Great American Melodrama, 1863 Front St., Oceano. san luis obispo Clubs & Meetings

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO santa Maria ValleY/ los a laMos THE FORUM Stephen Sondheim’s musical romp about desperate lovers and scheming neighbors. ANIME CLUB FOR TEENS For teen fans of anime Wednesdays-Saturdays, 7-9 p.m., Saturdays, Sundays, 2-4 p.m. and Sundays, 7-9 p.m. through CULTURE & LIFESTYLE continued page 17 PHOTO COURTESY OF FLYING GOAT CELLARS

What’s the buzz? The Lompoc Valley Beekeepers Association (LVBA) hosts its National Honey Bee Day celebration on Aug. 18 from noon to 3 p.m. at Flying Goat Cellars, located at 1520 E. Chestnut Court, unit A, Lompoc. LVBA members will be on hand to offer beekeeping expertise and honey tasting. Admission is free. All ages are welcome. More info: (805) 736-9032.

16 • Sun • August 16 - August 23, 2018 • www.santamariasun.com Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 805-929-1615. CULTURE & LIFESTYLE from page 16 Nipomo Senior Center, 200 E. Dana St., Nipomo. and manga. Aug. 17, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. 805- 925-0994. engagedpatrons.org. Santa Maria Public Support GroupS Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. COFFEE AND CONVERSATION Tuesdays, 1 Santa Maria VaLLey/ LoS aLa MoS p.m. 805-928-7799. oasisorcutt.org. Oasis Senior TRAUMA INFORMED PARENTING GROUP A Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt. foster parent class presented by Calm. Tuesdays DCSMV MONTHLY MEETING Speaker sessions 805-965-2376. calm4kids.org. Church For Life, open to the public. Meeting for registered 3130 Skyway Dr., Suite 501, Santa Maria. Democrats only. Third Thursday of every month, South CoaSt SLo County 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. santamariademocrats.info. IHOP, 202 Nicholson Ave, Santa Maria. GENERAL GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP (SOUTH COUNTY) Hospice SLO County is offering this HI-WAY DRIVE-IN SWAP MEET Come to the support group for those grieving the death of a Hi-Way Drive-In for the Sunday Swap Meet. Sellers: loved one. Held in the Church Care Center. Drop-ins $20; Produce sellers: $25; Buyers: $2 car load. welcome. Tuesdays, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. 805-544- Sundays, 4:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 805-934-1582. Hi- 17 2266. hospiceslo.org. New Life Pismo, 990 James DISCOVER Way Drive-In, 3170 Santa Maria Way, Santa Maria. Way, Pismo Beach. RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT: SPOUSE AND PARTNER LOSS SUPPORT MAH JONGG Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 805- GROUP (SOUTH COUNTY) A Hospice SLO 922-2993. Elwin Mussell Senior Center, 510 Park support group for those grieving the loss of Your Natural Curiosity Ave., Santa Maria. a partner or spouse. This group provides the SANTA MARIA TOASTMASTERS WEEKLY opportunity to connect with individuals in a similar MEETING Toastmasters International is a situation. Held in Room 16. Drop-ins welcome. worldwide nonprofit educational organization that Thursdays, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. empowers individuals to become more effective hospiceslo.org. New Life Pismo, 990 James Way, communicators and leaders. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. Pismo Beach. 805-264-6722. santamaria.toastmastersclubs.org/. San LuiS obiSpo Toyota of Santa Maria, 700 E Beteravia Rd., Santa Maria. CHILD LOSS SUPPORT GROUP Hospice SLO County is offering this support group for those THE SANTA MARIA VALLEY GENEALOGICAL grieving the loss of a child. This group provides the SOCIETY The Santa Maria Valley Genealogical opportunity to connect with individuals in a similar Society holds meetings open to the public. Third situation. Drop-ins welcome. Thursdays, 6-7:30 Thursday of every month, 2-4 p.m. SMVGS.org. p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org/support- Family History Center, 908 Sierra Madre, Santa groups. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Maria. Luis Obispo. TRI CITY SOUND CHORUS OF SWEET FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP A ADELINES INTERNATIONAL Welcomes all support group for those who are caring for a loved women who are interested in learning about one, no matter the diagnosis. This group provides barbershop-style music singing and the opportunity to connect with individuals performing. Thursdays, 6:45-9:30 p.m. in a similar situation. Drop-ins welcome. 805-736-7572. Lutheran Church of Every other Friday, 2:30-4 p.m. Free. Our Savior, 4725 S. Bradley Road, 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org. Hospice Orcutt. SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis TRIVIA NIGHT Wednesdays, Obispo. 7 p.m. Free. naughtyoak.com. LIVING WITH GRIEF SUPPORT Naughty Oak Brewing Co., 165 S GROUP A support group for those Broadway St Ste 102, Orcutt, 805- auG. 16 – auG. 23 grieving a death or searching for ways 287-9663. 2018 to cope with the life-altering illness of South CoaSt SLo County someone they love. Trained grief counselors Grand Reopening will be present to support the group and share BISHOP PEAK CHAPTER OF THE information. Drop-ins welcome. Mondays, 12:15- EMBROIDERER’S GUILD OF AMERICA 1:15 p.m. through Aug. 20 Free. 805-544-2266. Welcoming those who work with all forms of hospiceslo.org/support-groups/living-with-grief- needlework. Bring a sack lunch. Third Saturday of support-group. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific every month, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. through Nov. 17 Free. It’s time to come back. St., San Luis Obispo. Grover Beach Community Center, 1230 Trouville Ave., Grover Beach, (805) 773-4832. NAR-ANON: LET IT BEGIN WITH ME Nar-Anon is a support group for those who are affected by BOOKENDS BOOKCLUB A meeting to discuss Newly renovated Mammal and Bird Halls someone else’s addiction. Tuesdays 805-458-7655. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Aug. 17, naranoncentralca.org/meetings/meeting-list/. San 10-11 a.m. and Aug. 21, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Arroyo and new Santa Barbara Gallery Luis Obispo, Citywide, SLO. Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande, 473-7164, slolibrary.org. NIPOMO SENIOR CENTER The center is open When was the last time you gazed into the five days a week; closed on weekends and holidays. CULTURE & LIFESTYLE continued page 18 PHOTO COURTESY OF EXPLORE LOMPOC eyes of a grizzly bear? Touched the beak of a giant squid? Caught crawdads in a creek? Was it the last time you visited the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History?

We’ve updated your favorite halls, and there’s more to explore all over campus. Come discover your natural curiosity, starting with our transformed exhibit halls.

FriDay at FiDDLeStiX Fiddlestix Vineyard in Lompoc hosts its Friday Night Barn Party on Aug. 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. Guests can enjoy wines from Sta. Rita Hills member wineries, a gourmet cheese buffet 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 provided by Central Coast Specialty Foods, and other food offerings prepared by Chef Brett . Stephen of High on the Hog Catering. The event also features live music by the Bryan Titus 805.682 .4711 sbnature .org Trio. More info: explorelompoc.com.

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Santa Maria VaLLey/ LoS aLa MoS SportS CARD MAKING Tuesdays, 9 a.m. 805-928-7799. Santa Maria VaLLey/ LoS aLa MoS oasisorcutt.org. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt. NFL FLAG FOOTBALL Presented by Rise and Achieve. For boys and girls ages 5 to 17. First game KNITTING AND CROCHETING Wednesdays, takes place July 7. 10 games guaranteed. ongoing 9:30 a.m. 805-928-7799. oasisorcutt.org. Oasis 805-868-3633. riseandachieve.com. Ernest Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt. Righetti High School, 941 E. Foster Rd., Orcutt, South CoaSt SLo County 805-937-3738. SEWING CAFE CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS South CoaSt SLo County Sewing Cafe offers various classes and workshop. LADIES GOLF NIGHT Offering swing and putting 18 Call for full schedule. ongoing Sewing Cafe, 541 instruction from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and live music Five Cities Dr., Pismo Beach, 805-295-6585. and refreshments to enjoy from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, 5-8:30 p.m. through Aug. 30 $10. Mind & Body 805-481-5215. Pismo Beach Golf Course, 25 West Grand Avenue, Grover Beach, pismobeachgolf.com. Santa Maria VaLLey/ LoS aLa MoS CANDLELIGHT RESTORATIVE YOGA Release KidS & FaMiLy and open your body with breath, props, and meditation. Mondays, 7-8 p.m. yogaformankind. Santa Maria VaLLey/ LoS aLa MoS com. Yoga for Mankind, 130 N Broadway, Suite B, MOMMY AND ME CLASSES Brief gymnastics Orcutt. classes for ages 1 to 3 (as soon as they can start pirateS in the parK GENTLE YOGA Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. walking on their own). Mondays, Wednesdays, The Lompoc Pirate Festival takes place Aug. 25 and 26, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days, 805-928-7799. oasisorcutt.org. Oasis Senior Fridays, 9:30-10 & 10:15-10:45 a.m. $35-$55. KT’s at River Park. Guests can enjoy live entertainment, various vendors, family-friendly Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt. All Star Gymnastics, 237 Town Center E, Santa activities, and more. Tickets range from $8 to $10. Admission is free for children 11 and Maria, 805-349-7575. REFLEXOLOGY AT OASIS Tuesdays, 9 a.m. 805- under. River Park is located at the intersection of Highway 246 and Sweeney Road in 928-7799. oasisorcutt.org. Oasis Senior Center, READALOUD The Buellton Library presents Lompoc. More info: explorelompoc.com. 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt. ReadAloud, a play-reading group for adults, teens and children 9 and up. Fridays, 4-5 p.m. Free. 805- 12-2 p.m. $20 for 15 minutes. 937-271-5646. TAI CHI AT OASIS Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9:45 688-3115. Buellton Library, 140 W. Highway 246, BEAUTIFICATION DAY Seeking volunteers CovenTree: Books and Gifts, 722 E Main St., Santa a.m. 805-928-7799. oasisorcutt.org. Oasis Senior Buellton. interested in gardening and helping to beautify Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt. Maria. the Guadalupe Native Garden. This event is led by SANTA MARIA VALLEY RAILWAY MEDITATION CLASS: A STUDY OF TRADITION Judith Evans. Third Saturday of every month, 9 South CoaSt SLo County HISTORICAL MUSEM The Santa Maria a.m.-noon through Dec. 15 Free. 805-343-2455. AND PRACTICE With AnnKathleen, who has been Valley Railway Historical Museum dunescenter.org/event/guadalupe-native-garden- COMPLIMENTARY YOGA Free meditating since 1992 when she was introduced to features a locomotive, boxcar, beautification-days/. Guadalupe Native Garden, for resort guests and locals alike. Transcendental Meditation from teacher Sri John caboose, railroad artifacts, and Corner of Campondonico and 7th Ave., Guadalupe. Sundays, 8:30-9:30 a.m. through Karuna. Wednesdays, 6:30-7:45 p.m. $10-$15. 805- Oct. 28 Free. 805-773-5003. diorama. Second and fourth Saturday of every month. 12-4 p.m. ongoing 598-1509. divining.weebly.com. Art of Alchemy, E. thedolphinbay.com. The Spa at Orange St, Santa Maria. Dolphin Bay, 2727 Shell Beach Rd., 805-714-4927. Santa Maria Transit Food & drinK Pismo Beach. aug. 16 – aug. 23 Center, Miller and Boone St., Santa WISDOM READINGS AnnKathleen uses tarot 2018 Maria. and oracle cards to guide participants to solutions KUNDALINI YOGA Gentle yoga classes that bring peace, happiness, and positive thinking. FarMerS MarKetS with a focus on meditation and chanting SUMMER MAKERSPACE Kids can enjoy Fridays-Sundays, 1-5 p.m. $60-$100. 805-598- in the Kundalini Yoga (as taught by Yogi Bhajan). creating, building, and using their imagination LoM poC/VandenBerg 1509. Art of Alchemy, E. Orange St, Santa Maria, All levels of experience welcome. Thursdays, 6:30- during these Library Maker Events in the library’s divining.weebly.com. LOMPOC FARMERS MARKET Features fresh 7:45 p.m. through Dec. 31 $12 per class; $40 for Learning Center. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. through fruit and vegetables, flowers, entertainment, and 4 classes. 626-864-4810. branchmillorganics. Aug. 25 Free. 805-925-0994. engagedpatrons.org. WISDOM READINGS AT COVENTREE activities for the whole family. Fridays, 2-6 p.m. com/classes-offered/. Branch Mill Organic Farm Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., AnnKathleen, the Mistress of Alchemy, uses tarot Lompoc Farmers Market, Ocean Avenue and I & Retreat Center, 2815 Branch Mill Rd., Arroyo Santa Maria. and oracle cards to guide participants to solutions Street, Lompoc. Grande. TEEN GAMING FRIDAYS An afternoon of Wii U that bring peace, happiness, and positive thinking. VANDENBERG VILLAGE FARMERS MARKET REMINDFUL MONDAYS MEET-UP: EXPLORING gaming and/or tabletop gaming. Aug. 24, 4-5:30 Every other Friday, 1-5 p.m. $60-$100. 805-598- 1509. divining.weebly.com. CovenTree: Books and Locally grown produce and food stuffs are available MINDFULNESS Experience the benefits of p.m. Free. 805-925-0994. engagedpatrons.org. Gifts, 722 E Main St., Santa Maria. year round. Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Vandenberg secular mindfulness and meditation to overcome Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. Village Farmers’ Market, 120 Burton Mesa Blvd., depression, anxiety, and stress. Occurs every first South CoaSt SLo County Lompoc. and third Monday. Third Monday of every month, South CoaSt SLo County GUIDED SOUND HEALING MEDITATION With 6-7 p.m. Free; donations accepted. 805-270- Santa Maria VaLLey/ LoS aLa MoS 5523. mindfulkindfulyouniversity.com/remindful- SLEEPING BEAUTY PUPPET SHOW Enjoy this Julie Jensen. Third Monday of every month, 6:30-8 ORCUTT FARMERS MARKET Presents local mondays-meetup/. Coffee Bean, 354 Five Cities Dr., marionette adaptation of Sleeping Beauty. Aug. 18, p.m. $25. 805-489-2432. Halcyon Store Post farmers and small businesses. Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-1 Pismo Beach. 2-3 p.m. Free. 805-473-7161. slolibrary.org. Arroyo Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande. Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande. p.m. Orcutt Farmers Market, Bradley Road, Orcutt. SENIOR BODY FITNESS Please bring your own INTUITIVE CIRCLE CLASSES Explore your gift South CoaSt SLo County weights and bands. Mondays, 11 a.m.-noon $1 per LEGO CLUB Legos are provided by the library. of receiving and giving intuitive information during Registration required. For ages 6 to 10. Aug. 25, class. 805-598-7108. Cortina Apartments, 241 these classes hosted by Julie Jensen. Every other ARROYO GRANDE FARMERS MARKET Includes 2-3 p.m. Free. 805-473-7163. slolibrary.org. Arroyo Courtland St., Arroyo Grande. Tuesday, 6:30-8 p.m. $25. 805-489-2432. Halcyon produce, artists and musicians. Saturdays, 12-2:25 Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Grande. Store Post Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo p.m. Arroyo Grande Farmers Market, Olohan Alley, SILVER SNEAKERS ZUMBA Appropriate for all Grande. Arroyo Grande. ages and fitness levels. An easy-to-follow dance OCEANO DUNES VISITOR CENTER Enjoy exhibits of dune and lagoon plant and animal fitness class. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 9-10 MEDIUMSHIP DEVELOPMENT Learn the basics NIPOMO FARMERS MARKET Includes a species. End your visit with a stroll behind the a.m. Free for members; $6 to drop-in. 805-441- of communicating with spirit in a safe environment large variety of locally grown produce. Open center to the fresh-water lagoon. Thursdays, 12-4 7932. Oceano Community Center, 1425 19th St., with Mike Smith. Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $15. year round Sundays, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. p.m., Fridays, 12-4 p.m., Saturdays, 12-4 p.m. and Oceano, adulted.luciamarschools.org. 805-480-2432. Halcyon Store Post Office, 936 S. nipomofarmersmarket.com/. Nipomo Farmers Sundays, 12-4 p.m. through Dec. 30 Free. 805-474- Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande. Market, Via Concha Road, Nipomo. WATER EXERCISE FOR ALL AGES These classes 2667. Oceano Dunes Visitor Center, 555 Pier Ave, help relieve joint pain, enhance your breathing, Oceano. SINGING BOWL MEDITATION Enjoy vibrational San LuiS oBiSpo and increase your range of motion. Mondays, sounds of singing bowls with Pamala Taylor. PAWS TO READ Children are invited to read with FARMERS MARKET Farmers Market in SLO is the Wednesdays, Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 805- Fourth Wednesday of every month, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Nella the therapy dog. All ages welcome. Aug. 23, largest Farmers Market in California. Thursdays, 481-6399. 5 Cities Swim School, 425 Traffic Way, Offerings accepted. 805-674-4277. Halcyon Store 3:30-4 p.m. Free. 805-473-7163. slolibrary.org. 6:10-9 p.m. Downtown SLO, Higuera St., San Luis Arroyo Grande, 5citiesswimschool.com. Post Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande. Arroyo Grande Library, 800 W. Branch, Arroyo Obispo. Grande. SUNDAY FOR SPIRIT PSYCHIC READINGS Features an assortment of psychic readers. 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We are ordinary people. We come from all walks of life, all areas of Santa Barbara County. We are trained volunteers who step up to assist judges and serve our community’s most vulnerable children as court appointed special advocates – CASA volunteers.

We work in our community with a common set 20 of values. We believe in the rights and dignity of children. We are committed to putting that belief to work for children who have experienced abuse or neglect. And we hold ourselves to the highest standards of excellence in service.

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Whatever their age, children removed from home because of abuse or neglect face a frightening, Court Appointed profound unknown. Special Advocates We make sure they don’t face it alone. We stand by them. We are there whenever they In the past year, need us, for as long as it takes to reach a safe, 283 CASA volunteers donated of Santa Barbara permanent home. We are strong, compassionate adults who are a consistent presence, who care, a total of 21,577 hours to County who listen, and who put the child’s interest before all change the lives of 467 children Santa Barbara Office: others. We give children a say in what is happening to them. We speak for them when they cannot speak 118 East Figueroa Street for themselves. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 We help them find the road home, wherever Santa Maria Office: it lies. 2601 Skyway Drive, Suite A3 We take the time to get to know the child at the CHANGE A CHILD’S LIFE Santa Maria, CA 93455 heart of each case. We go where they go. We talk to the people who touch their lives – parents and Become a CASA volunteer Lompoc Office: foster parents, family members, teachers, doctors, Sponsor a Child 1010 N H Street neighbors, friends, social workers, attorneys, $2,500 a year therapists, coaches. Lompoc, CA 93436 Join the Circle of Hope We gather the details only a dedicated volunteer $20 monthly donation P: (805) 739-9102 with a caseload of ONE can deliver. Christmas Gift Drive W: SBCASA.ORG Children who have a court appointed volunteer FUNDRAISING EVENTS receive more of the services that are critical to their SOCIAL MEDIA well-being than children who don’t. They are more CASA at the Club: October 6, 2018 likely to succeed in school, and to have a life plan for sbcasa when they leave the foster care system. CASA Ducky Derby: May 6, 2019

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22 • Sun • August 16 - August 23, 2018 • www.santamariasun.com DJ/DANCE 26 | KARAOKE/OPEN MIC 26 LOCAL NOTES PHOTO BY JOE PAYNE Live Music Santa Ynez ValleY AREA 51 LIVE Aug. 17, 8-11 p.m. Maverick Love for song Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805- 686-4785, mavericksaloon.org. Gale McNeeley and Méami Maszewski THE BRANDING FIRE CONCERT SERIES: 23 WYNN VARBLE AND DAVID LEE Enjoy present generation-spanning program food, drinks, and live, acoustic music from guest performers Wynn Varble and David Lee. of duets and solos Aug. 23, 5:30-10 p.m. $50. thebrandingfire. com/#fourth. Alisal Guest Ranch and Resort, BY JOE PAYNE 1054 Alisal Rd., Solvang. ale McNeeley and Méami Maszewski are at polar opposite points in THE BRYAN TITUS TRIO LIVE Enjoy a their acting careers, but the unlikely duo connect over one thing—the blend of rock, gospel, country, blues, and Gclassic songs from the Broadway tradition. bluegrass. Aug. 19, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Cold McNeeley’s acting career began more than 50 years ago on Broadway, Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa but he’s lived in Santa Maria since the 1980s when PCPA, the Pacific Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/ Conservatory Theatre, brought him to town. PCPA also brought the entertainment.html. 22-year-old Maszewski to Santa Maria from her hometown of Stockton in CRAFTED: LIVE MUSIC SERIES Features 2015, and she graduated from the conservatory last year and is currently artists from all genres of music. Thursdays, 6 working as an intern on recent and current productions. p.m. and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. 805-686- 4742. bottlest.com. Bottlest Winery, Bar & The two first met in a class McNeeley teaches at the conservatory, but Bistro, 35 Industrial Way, Buellton. he didn’t hear Maszewski sing until he judged the acting category for the Santa Maria Arts Council’s annual grants competition in 2017. Maszewski DIFFERENT STRINGS LIVE Part of Crafted, Bottlest’s ongoing live music series. Aug. 17, wowed all the judges with her singing and acting that year and took the 7:30-10 p.m. Bottlest Winery, Bar & Bistro, first place grant. McNeeley said he’s wanted to collaborate with the up- 35 Industrial Way, Buellton, 805-686-4742, and-coming performer ever since. bottlest.com. “The way I thought it in my mind is, ‘If there’s one singer I’d like to perform EL COYOTE LIVE Featuring special guest Fidel with, it would be Méami, but I didn’t know if she’d be available,” McNeeley said. Rueda. Aug. 17, 8 p.m. Chumash Casino Resort, “She was in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and now she’s in Mamma Mia!” 3400 E. Highway 246, Santa Ynez, 800-248- Despite her busy schedule with PCPA, Maszewski made the time for a VOCAL PROS: Gale McNeeley (pictured left), a Santa Maria resident and actor, is joined by 6274, chumashcasino.com/entertainment. one-off matinee concert on Aug. 25 at the First United Methodist Church Pacific Conservatory Theatre PCPA intern Méami Maszewski for a program of classic and GHOST/MONSTER LIVE Part of Crafted, in Santa Maria, where the two contemporary love songs on Aug. 25 for one performance in Santa Maria. Bottlest’s ongoing live music series. Aug. 24, will present the show If We Only 7:30-10 p.m. Bottlest Winery, Bar & Bistro, Have Love: A Love Song Cabaret. Hear them live contemporary,” Maszewski said to McNeeley. 35 Industrial Way, Buellton, 805-686-4742, For Maszewski, music was the Gale McNeeley and Méami Maszewski “But she’s doing more of my era,” McNeeley laughed. bottlest.com. first artistic love in her life before present If We Only Have Love: A Love Song One of the contemporary pieces is from the musical Oliver, she THE HOLLYWOOD HILLBILLIES LIVE Aug. acting. She was in an R&B vocal Cabaret featuring duets and solos from the Great explained, called “As Long as He Needs Me,” which was introduced 18, 8 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., group, Beloved Sister, with her American Songbook, Broadway, and cinema with to her by PCPA instructor Brad Carroll. After seeing a few different Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org. three sisters before they all went pianist Lynne Garrett on Aug. 25 at 2 p.m. at the interpretations of that song, it “changed my view of doing a solo love INDIGENOUS CONCERT FEAT. MATO their separate ways in pursuit of First United Methodist Church, 311 S. Broadway, song,” Maszewski said. NANJI Aug. 16, 7-11 p.m. Maverick Saloon, higher education. After beginning Santa Maria. Cost is $15, $10 for seniors, and free Another of her solos is a Sam Smith song called “Writing’s on the Wall,” 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, for kids. More info: (805) 406-4997. mavericksaloon.org. at PCPA as a student and learning which she described as “very melodic and kind of sad.” But most of the stagecraft, and then performing songs on the program are duets. JOHN LYLE AND THE GROOVE LIVE in musicals, something clicked, she said. One song that Maszewski is looking forward to is their interpretation of Aug. 17, 6-9 p.m. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, “It was that link for me where I realized that I had always been an actor, even “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” which is more of a comedic love song. coldspringtavern.com/entertainment.html. when [Beloved Sister] performed in public,” she said, “I was always like, way “Because it’s in the summer, it’s ironic to me,” she said. “I like irony, and more on intention, and I had so much energy, and the stakes were really high.” I’ve only ever heard this song during Christmastime.” LIVE MUSIC ON THE PATIO Local acts perform every Saturday. Saturdays, 5-8 p.m. When it came to choosing songs for the concert, McNeeley looked to Many of the songs are playful and comedic, they explained, like “You’re Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, classics from Broadway and the Great American Songbook. Tunes like Just in Love,” which was first performed by Donald O’Connor and Ethel 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org. “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” “Makin’ Whoopee,” and “Stardust” Merman in the 1953 film Call Me Madam. MIKE SHELTON LIVE Part of Crafted, are old standards that McNeeley’s usual audience loves, he said, but McNeeley said that was one of the first songs the two “really clicked on” Bottlest’s ongoing live music series. Aug. 23, Maszewski brings her own interpretation to the table. during rehearsals, where their “voices melded real nice in the harmony.” 6:30-8:30 p.m. Bottlest Winery, Bar & Bistro, “I wondered in a way, we’re so different in age, but I think that’s OK,” “There’s a counterpoint,” McNeeley explained. “I have a melody and 35 Industrial Way, Buellton, 805-686-4742, McNeeley said. “We’re two individuals who have voices and we have a I’m done; she has a melody and she’s done; and then the two melodies go bottlest.com. point of view about the songs we sing, and that’s all you really need.” against each other for the third part of the song. NATALY LOLA LIVE Part of Crafted, Bottlest’s But Maszewski has chosen several numbers of her own, including a “It’s really nice,” he added, “and Méami has a feeling for those things ongoing live music series. Aug. 16, 6:30-8:30 couple of songs she will sing solo. already, she feels the way the music comes together. No one had to tell her.” “We’re definitely doing music from your contemporary and my MUSIC LISTINGS continued page 24 LOCAL NOTES continued page 24

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LOCAL NOTES from page 23 Maszewski’s time singing with her sisters definitely informs the way she approaches duets like that, she explained. “I feel like when you do a duet or four-part harmony or any kind of music where you’re doing more than one person, you have to be a listener,” she said. “You have to be as much listening as you are giving, and so I feel like 24 ALWAYS AMAZING. Never routine. blending and harmonizing is super important to me, and I just want to make sure that I’m not overpowering anybody.” FRIDAY Supporting the two singers with piano accompaniment in the show is Lynne AUG Garrett, local piano teacher and Santa Maria Philharmonic Orchestra member. Garrett is 17 classically trained and earned a doctorate in 8 PM piano performance, so she brings a polished and learned style to the ensemble. It’s ideal for a soloist or a pair of singers FRIDAY Maszewski said, calling Garrett a “generous” accompanist. AUG “Working with her is such a gift because she has a classical approach to the music, which El Coyote 24 really works with a lot of the solos,” Maszewski said. “She takes some artistic liberties as well, with Fidel Rueda 8 pm & which I love.” 10:30 pm For McNeeley, who schedules at least one FRIDAY or two solo concerts each year, working with Maszewski and Garrett has been a refreshing AUG experience. “The songs I’ve picked, I know already,” he 31 said. “It’s nice to watch the two women work together and feeling the songs through.” 8 PM The concert is Maszewski’s first project of that kind, showcasing duets with a Broadway twist, but the young performer is embarking on FRIDAY a lot of firsts. She recently signed on with the sept Great American Melodrama, she said, and will Paquita La Del join the cast there just after PCPA’s production Roots & Boots: 1 4 of Mamma Mia! ends. Barrio But the show with McNeeley is a chance to 90’s Electric 8 PM catch Maszewski’s rising star in a smaller, more intimate venue in Santa Maria before the stage Showdown takes her elsewhere. “I’m moving to New York in January,” she said. “New York’s calling.” m

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MUSIC LISTINGS from page 23 p.m. Bottlest Winery, Bar & Bistro, 35 Industrial Way, Buellton, 805-686-4742, bottlest.com. NOACH TANGERAS LIVE Part of Crafted, Bottlest’s ongoing live music series. Aug. 18, 7:30- 10 p.m. Bottlest Winery, Bar & Bistro, 35 Industrial 3400 E Highway 246, Santa Ynez · 800-248-6274 · ChumashCasino.com Way, Buellton, 805-686-4742, bottlest.com. PARADISE KINGS LIVE Aug. 25, 8-11 p.m. Chumash Casino Resort reserves the right to change or cancel promotions and events. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org. RANKIN’ FILE LIVE No outside food or drinks 18617-4_CHU_EntAds_SMS_7-5x9-5.indd 8 7/24/18 3:51 PM allowed. Aug. 26, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805- 967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/entertainment.html. JOB #: 18617-4_CHU_EntAds_SMS_7-5x9-5 · Client: Chumash · Agency: RIESTER International Homeless RAY RAY AND THE POSSE LIVE Enjoy live music Trim: 7.5" w x 9.5" h ·Animal Bleed: N/A Awareness · Color: 4C · Pub: Santa Maria Sun from this country group. Aug. 24, 6-9 p.m. Free. Due Date: 08/08/18 · Insertion Date: 08/15/18 · Contact: Bill Robbins · [email protected] Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa eat Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/ entertainment.html. SEAN WIGGINS AND PAUL HOUSTON No outside food or drinks allowed. Aug. 25, 1-4 p.m. In support of International Homeless Free. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Animal Day- Give a donation in Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern. up. com/entertainment.html. support of Fundación Voz Animal SLEEPING DOGS LIVE Enjoy live blues rock. in Sopó, Colombia (outside of Aug. 18, 5-8 p.m. Free. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Bogota). Donations will support feral Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, For everything food coldspringtavern.com/entertainment.html. dog rescue & spay/neuter surgeries. & drink, read ... SOUNDHOUSE LIVE Aug. 24, 8-11 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686- 3564 Skyway Dr., S.M. 4785, mavericksaloon.org. weekly in the (805) 361-0802 Grooming Team: Colette Florey, Letti Lemus, EATS SPOONFUL LIVE No outside food or drinks ThatsFETCH805.com Melissa Rosario, Amanda Brown & Corene DePriest SantaMariaSun.com/eats/ MUSIC LISTINGS continued page 25

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PHOTO COURTESY OF PRESQU’ILE WINERY MUSIC LISTINGS from page 24 allowed. Aug. 25, 5-8 p.m. Free. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/ entertainment.html. WILL BREMAN LIVE Enjoy live music from this Santa Barbara-based singer and songwriter. Aug. 18, 1-4 25 p.m. Free. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805- 967-0066, coldspringtavern. com/entertainment.html. Lompoc/Vandenberg SIP MUSIC CLUB Pairing music and local wine with 4 seasonal releases each calendar year. Price includes 3 VIP access dearLy departed tickets to each SipMusic Presqu’ile Winery presents Cody Canada & The Departed on Aug. event, and 1 album and 17 at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $22 and $20 for Wine Club members, 1 bottle of premium wine who also receive early entry at 5 p.m. All ages are welcome. The every 3 months. ongoing winery is located at 5391 Presquile Drive, Santa Maria. More info: $40. Lompoc Wine (805) 937-8110 or prequilewine.com. Factory, 321 N. D St., Lompoc, 805-243-8398, Audience members vote to decide the winning lompocwinefactory.com. band. Aug. 18, 2-4 p.m. $29-$49. 805-489-9444. TACOS, WINE, AND MUSIC Enjoy food, drinks, clarkcenter.org. Clark Center for the Performing and live music from Tina and The Graceland Exiles. Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande. Features a vintage market with multiple vendors. Aug. DISPATCH LIVE Aug. 19, 4-9 p.m. $44.97-$83.00. 18, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Aug. 19, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 805-329-5720. californiarootspresents.com/avila- babcockwinery.com. Babcock Winery and Vineyards, beach-resort/. Avila Beach Resort, 6464 Ana Bay 5175 E. Hwy. 246, Lompoc, 805-736-1455. Dr., Avila Beach. Santa m aria VaLLey/ LoS aLamoS DULCIE TAYLOR & FRIENDS LIVE Also featuring 15TH ANNUAL FREE CONCERTS IN THE George Nauful and Tracy Morgan. Aug. 17, 7-10 PARK SERIES Enjoy live music in the park. p.m. No cover; food and drinks available for Picnics welcome. Featured acts include Unfinished purchase. 805-773-6563. dulcietaylor.com. Puffers Business, Drive-In Romeos, The Band August, and of Pismo, 781 Price St., Pismo Beach. more. Sundays, 1-3 p.m. through Sept. 9 Free. 805- SMOOTH SUNDAY LIVE MUSIC Fourth Sunday 925-0951 ext.2260. Rotary Centennial Park, 2625 of every month, 2-5 p.m. through Oct. 28 Free with South College Dr., Santa Maria. wine purchase. 805-627-1443. morovino.com. 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THE LUCKY Morovino Winery, 468 Front Street, Avila Beach. DEVILS BAND This group performs pop, rock, STEEL PULSE LIVE With special guest Tribal jazz, and more. Aug. 18, 5:30-9:30 p.m. $11.49- Seeds. Aug. 17, 5 p.m. otterproductionsinc.com. $17. 805-937-8463. luckydevilsband.com/. Avila Beach Resort, 6464 Ana Bay Dr., Avila Beach. Cottonwood Canyon Vineyard And Winery, 3940 Dominion Rd, Santa Maria. San LuiS obiSpo THE BABYLON ROCKERS LIVE Part of Reggae ANDERSON EAST LIVE With special guest Los Sundays. Aug. 26, 1-5 p.m. 805-937-8463. 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GALLERY PHOTOS COURTESY OF TRISH CAMPBELL Arts Briefs Discovery Museum presents The shy one Day at the Ranch Trish Campbell draws on an emotional connection On Aug. 26, the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum to the natural world for her paintings 27 will host Day at the Ranch, a free event for children to commemorate the memory of museum benefactor R.H. Tesene. BY REBECCA ROSE The event features opportunities for children to learn how to rish Campbell misses the flower fields that used to cover the lands rope cattle, make their own custom brands, and participate in surrounding Lompoc. The artist, whose work is on display at Flying Goat Cellars’ tasting ranching-themed games. The day will also include a visit from T room in the Lompoc Wine Ghetto through Sept. 30, remembers them Little Bear—a miniature horse—and Oberon the gypsy horse fondly. The lavish colors and perfectly color-blocked compositions of from Los Flores Ranch Park. the fields sometimes even show up in her work, if only in the subtlest of “R.H. Tesene Day is a fun, unique way for kids to have a ways. Whether she’s painting a wide-eyed cat or a lush ocean landscape, hands-on ranching experience,” Program Director Amy Blasco Campbell’s love of her hometown community always lingers in the edges. “Art in all its mystery and beauty has always been a big part of my life,” stated in a press release. “This annual event is always a Campbell wrote in her artist’s statement. “I hope that my art enhances the pleasure to host because not only do we get to provide a free lives of many viewers and brings smiles to many. … This is what I think day to the community, but we also get to pay homage to the art does; it enhances life, makes us human.” CAT’S EYE: Artist Trish Campbell, who has a show at Flying Goat Cellars in the Lompoc Wine wonderful history of ranching, our valley, and our museum.” An accomplished painter whose work hangs in numerous galleries Ghetto, looks for an emotional connection with her subjects when she paints. Tesene’s donations enabled the museum to move into a new throughout California, Campbell is a former president of the Lompoc Valley facility 13 years ago. A BBQ Hall of Fame in his memory is also Art Association and a current member of the Lompoc Ten Artist group. Her “But when you put them on canvas, it becomes a gorgeous work of art.” father was in the U.S. Air Force stationed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, and Campbell rarely ventures outside her familiar Lompoc stomping grounds featured in the museum. Day at the Ranch runs from noon to as a result, she spent much of her youth in the area. She later moved to the for inspiration, pointing to the diverse landscape and intriguing scenery 4 p.m. The museum is located at 705 S. McClelland St., Santa Bay Area after her father retired but found herself back on the Central Coast the local community has to offer. She always has a camera ready to capture Maria. For more information, visit smvdiscoverymuseum.org or about eight years ago, describing the region as her home. something visually exciting and uses the photographs later in her studio. call (805) 928-8414. Campbell said she was drawn to art largely because of her parents, who Her process starts specifically with an emotional connection; Campbell were creative people themselves and encouraged artistic pursuits in their said she looks for things that excite her enough to approach the canvas and PHOTO COURTESY DISCOVERY MUSEUM children. After school she would sit with her brothers and sisters and begin a new piece. She often starts with a background and works forward. spend time drawing or writing, an exercise she found most rewarding for “I love to paint from what I thought was beautiful enough to stop and the joy her parents got from seeing her work. take a picture of,” Campbell said. “There is so much beauty all around us, “It’s always been in my life,” she told the Sun. “I started painting it’s not hard to find inspiration at all.” seriously about 11 years ago. I had always wanted to paint full time, and I But her pursuits are not just limited to painting. Campbell also loves to decided to finally pursue it.” make homemade soap out of a slow cooker and once had a thriving bee She immediately found out she had a knack for painting, despite having no hive going in her backyard. She is also a concerned conservationist when it formal training outside of a few classes she takes every couple of years. As a comes to bees, growing an abundance of nectar-producing flowers to help self-taught artist, Campbell said she gets the most education through critiques, keep the populations thriving, and she encourages others to do the same. even though they can be a bit intimidating. Critiques offer a chance to focus, The years as an Air Force brat made her keen to the loneliness others she explained, and without them an artist like her can tend to meander can feel when they are new to a community. She now volunteers her time through her work. All it takes is a bit of courage to ask for input. helping foreign students learn English. Campbell describes her work as a convergence of impressionistic and “Something I love to do is teach English for free,” she said. “I was always the new expressionistic styles. She is drawn to light and likes to play around with utilizing kid, the stranger, so I know how that feels and enjoy helping folks out that way.” ❍ light sources on her subjects. Campbell paints “emotionally,” according to what is happening in her daily life. A few years ago, she produced a series of paintings Arts and Lifestyle Writer Rebecca Rose is a stranger in a very strange land. about storms that reflected her angst during the economic downturn of 2009, a Contact her at [email protected]. period of time that was especially challenging for many local artists. But sales aren’t what determine success for Campbell. A fun show “Art has really suffered quite a bit since Flying Goat Cellars features then, unless you’re in New York or Los the work of artist Trish Campbell Angeles,” she said. “I sell work on happy through Sept. 30. The venue will also host a reception for her on occasions, but I paint because it makes me Aug. 25 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Flying Dana Adobe seeks original happy. It’s just my life.” Goat’s tasting room in the Lompoc Landscapes and animals are the subjects Wine Ghetto, located at 1520 E. work from famed local of much of her work, with many of her Chestnut Court, Lompoc. The paintings playing on people’s perceptions. reception is free to attend; snacks painter Campbell said she likes to paint seagulls are provided, and wine is available because a lot of times they get a negative The DANA Adobe Cultural Center is looking for paintings for purchase by the flight or by the reputation. glass. More info: (805) 736-9032. from local artist Milford Zornes and is asking residents if they “People call them beach rats,” she said. have any of his work to share for an upcoming exhibit. Zornes was an original member of a movement known as the California Scene Painters, which lasted from the 1930s to the 1960s. He lived on the Central Coast with his family, painting largely in watercolor and teaching workshops in Cambria. The Dana Adobe is planning an exhibit of Zornes’ paintings and is seeking residents who may own some of his work and would be willing to allow the museum to display them in their facility. Anyone interested in sharing their Zornes work is asked to contact Shirley Horacek, president of the Nipomo Arts Commission, at [email protected]. Include a photo of the painting along with contact information. ❍ ICE ICE BIRDY: Trish Campbell’s artwork focuses largely on animals and landscapes. The artist, Arts Briefs is compiled by Arts and Lifestyle Writer Rebecca Rose. I GULL, YOU GULL, WE ALL GULL FOR SEAGULLS: Seagulls are a favorite subject of Lompoc whose father was stationed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, spent many years living in Lompoc as artist Trish Campbell, whose show at Flying Goat Cellars runs through Sept. 30. Send information to [email protected]. a child.

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When I step foot in her kitchen, my propensity for being wrong about things goes up from 80 䔀砀瀀漀 䘀攀猀琀 ㈀ ㄀㠀 percent of the time to 99 percent of the time. Dead wrong Yesterday I was trying to make some hard boiled eggs. Yes, very complicated: water, eggs, heat. Krider just can’t get it right Somehow I was wrong seven times in that process. 䨀漀椀渀 甀猀 昀漀爀 愀 昀愀渀琀愀猀琀椀挀 攀瘀攀渀琀 椀渀 戀爀椀渀最椀渀最 䈀唀匀䤀一䔀匀匀Ⰰ 䄀䜀刀䤀䌀唀䰀吀唀刀䔀 I wasn’t 10 seconds into the process and I BY ROB KRIDER started hearing, “Don’t use that pot, I only use 愀渀搀 䔀一䔀刀䜀夀 琀漀最攀琀栀攀爀 昀漀爀 愀 昀甀渀 昀攀猀琀椀瘀愀氀℀ arriage is all about communication, and for that pot for pasta. Don’t just put cold water in 31 䄀甀最甀猀琀 ㈀㔀琀栀Ⰰ ㈀ ㄀㠀 簀 ㄀㈀ⴀ㐀瀀洀 me living alongside my wife is like doing a the pot, use hot water from the faucet so it heats 䄀氀氀愀渀 䠀愀渀挀漀挀欀 䌀漀氀氀攀最攀Ⰰ 㠀 匀⸀ 䌀漀氀氀攀最攀 䐀爀椀瘀攀Ⰰ 匀愀渀琀愀 䴀愀爀椀愀 M24-hour-a-day word problem in a foreign faster. No, use the burner on the stove on the language that can only be solved with algebra. As left, not the right burner. Don’t let the water 䘀刀䔀䔀 琀漀 愀琀琀攀渀搀℀ 䰀攀愀爀渀 洀漀爀攀 愀琀 we converse, I’m constantly trying boil over. Take the pot off the 眀眀眀⸀猀愀渀琀愀洀愀爀椀愀⸀挀漀洀 漀爀 挀愀氀氀 ⠀㠀 㔀⤀ 㤀㈀㔀ⴀ㈀㐀 ㌀ to decode the messages coming burner now. No, don’t use that to me and searching for the right hot pad, that’s only for when answer, but unfortunately, like a we have guests over. Don’t 䔀渀最愀最攀 眀椀琀栀 lot of algebra there are letters where refrigerate the eggs until they 琀栀攀 氀漀挀愀氀 there should be numbers and, 戀甀猀椀渀攀猀猀 have cooled more, you don’t 挀漀洀洀甀渀椀琀礀℀ full disclosure, I’ve always sort of want to heat up the stuff in the sucked at math. This means I get refrigerator.” the wrong answer quite a bit. So, Frustrated that I can’t even living as my wife’s husband, I’m boil eggs without being wrong, essentially wrong every single day. for a moment I thought about This lifestyle of being wrong just ending it all. “Goodbye a lot can eventually wear a guy Rob Krider cruel world!” But I knew that down. I’m to the point now Man Overboard going into the garage to hang where I’m afraid to offer an 甀渀 娀漀渀攀 myself would just result in more 䘀愀洀椀氀礀 䘀 爀椀渀欀 opinion about anything since 䘀漀漀搀 ☀ 䐀 攀 䴀甀猀椀挀 I know there is an 80 percent chance that my instances of me being wrong. 䰀椀瘀 opinion will be the absolute wrong one. “Don’t use that rope. Use a square knot. And If my wife and I are going to go out for a social don’t make a mess!” event, she will ask me if I like what she is wearing. Realizing I needed a break from being wrong one She will come out of the closet wearing something evening, I decided to go for a walk around the block. really nice and fl attering. Then she will ask me, As I was heading out the door I heard my wife say, “What do you think? Should I wear this tonight?” “It’s cold outside, you should wear a jacket.” I always answer with, “Beautiful, you look Just to spite her I went outside without a great. Now let’s roll.” jacket. I didn’t need her telling me I was wrong She will look at me, then look in the mirror, she anymore. I’d show her. I was exactly three will pause for a second and then say, “No, I’m going houses away when I realized that I was feeling a to change. You don’t want to see me in this skirt.” bit chilly. Actually, I was freezing. I don’t? I didn’t realize that I didn’t want to “Dammit! I’m doing it wrong again!” ❍ see her in that skirt. It’s a good thing my wife is ORCUTT around to keep me from making huge mistakes, Next time Rob has a hankering for an egg, like enjoying an evening next to her while she he’s making a run to McDonald’s, because the wears a skirt. That evening could have been an customer is always right there. You can read more absolute total disaster. from Rob Krider or contact him at robkrider.com.

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SuN ScREEN PHoTo CouRTESY oF 40 ACRES & A MuLE FILMWoRKS lines between good and evil are never Film Reviews clearly drawn, Stallworth also has to deal with racist officers in his midst, Editor’s note: Santa Maria 10 (805-347-1164) films and Wake up call in particular Master Patrolman show times were unavailable at press time. pike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Malcolm Andy Landers (Frederick Weller). An ANT-MAN AND THE WASP X, Summer of Sam, Inside Man) directs engaging, well crafted, nuanced film, 32 What’s it rated? PG-13 Sthis comedic crime biography about Ron BlacKkKlansman offers lots of food What’s it rated? Matinee Stallworth (John David Washington), a black for thought as it continually reminds Where’s it showing? Hi-Way Drive-In rookie police office in Colorado who, with the us of similarities between the ’70s and Paul Rudd returns as Scott Lang and his superhero help of a white undercover counterpart (Adam today. It’s bitter medicine to swallow, PIck alter ego Ant-Man. As Scott struggles to balance Driver), becomes a member of the local Ku Klux his crime fighting and home life, he’s once again called on by but swallow it we must. Klan chapter. (135 min.) Anna: We happened to see this BLAck IS BEAuTIFuL: Patrice Dumas (Laura Harrier) and Ron Stallworth Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) to join forces with Scott’s (John David Washington) bond after attending a talk by former Black Panther one-time love interest (and Pym’s daughter) Hope Van Dyne/ film on the one year anniversary of Kwame Ture. The Wasp (Evangeline Lilly) to deal with a new threat, Ghost Glen: What starts like a comedic spoof of a Heather Heyer’s murder, the woman (Hannah John-Kamen). (118 min.) ’70s Blaxploitation flick ends with a real-world who lost her life after a man drove at the comedy and feeling smug that the racists —Glen Starkey visceral gut punch in this affecting new film into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white will get their just deserts, Lee is teeing you up by Spike Lee. It’s his most lucid and potent BLAckkkLANSMAN nationalist rally in Charlottesville. While we for the mother of all wake-up calls, and I heard comment on U.S. race relations since Do the What’s it rated? R realized our timing only after the fact, the film’s Right Thing and doesn’t let its (most likely and audience members stifling tears and gasps. If What’s it worth? Full price release and the horrifying events of just a year at the end you feel guilty for laughing along largely) white liberal audience off the hook. If ago coincide with thought and vigor. The easy Where’s it showing? The Palm (SLO), Stadium 10 (Arroyo Grande) with the film, I’d say that’s exactly what Lee See Split Screen. the film’s message is anything, it’s way out would be to end this intended. Yes, Lee is preaching to the choir, that culturally we’ve progressed film with some feel-good BLAckkkLANSMAN but he’s also telling the choir we need to do very little since the film’s quippy lines about success What’s it rated? R cHRISTOPHER ROBIN 1970s milieu. Ron Stallworth and sticking it to the man, but more than just feel the feels and talk the talk— What’s it rated? PG is a former Army brat, college What’s it worth, Anna? Full price racism remains a real, insidious, thoroughly What’s it worth? Matinee What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Spike Lee doesn’t fall for the educated, and a believer in the ease of a quick fix. Instead he entrenched problem in America, as recent Where’s it showing? Parks Plaza Where’s it showing? The Palm (SLO), events in Charlottesville and Ferguson attest. From director Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, Finding system. He’s always dreamed Stadium 10 (Arroyo Grande) confronts his audience with PIck Neverland, Stranger Than Fiction, The Kite Runner) of becoming a policeman, and God’s honest truth: This isn’t It’s not enough to simply feel outraged; it’s time comes this live-action adaptation of A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the- when he sees the Cold Springs, a problem that was solved for political action. This is absolutely a film that Pooh characters that poses this question: What happens to Colorado, police department advertising for then and it isn’t solved now. Interjecting all captures our troubling zeitgeist. Christopher Robin after he grows up? new officers, specifically minority officers, Anna: After the screen went dark, we sat as an In a nutshell, it’s Winnie-the-Pooh meets Hook. The adult too familiar phrases about “making America Christopher (Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge!, Big Fish) is he applies. Stallworth’s counterparts are great again” pokes fun at the obvious parallels audience crying together for a minute. I haven’t an overworked father who alienates himself from his wife local black college students, angered by their between politics and divisiveness consistent felt that sort of collective punch-to-your-gut (Hayley Atwell, Captain America: The First Avenger, Agent second-class citizen status and mistreatment throughout time and on through today. While heartache from a film in a long time. If you can Carter) and daughter (Bronte Carmichael) by spending too by the police. When black activist Kwame Ture, much time at the office. In the same way Hook’s adult Peter the message is a powerhouse, it certainly isn’t manage to make me cry the day after I see a film, Pan had to return to Neverland to rediscover his long-lost formerly known as the Black Panther Stokely the only thing going for this film. Stylized and when time and reflection have washed away the inner child, so must Christopher to the Hundred Acre Wood. Carmichael, comes to speak, Stallworth is sent sexy in those classic ’70s tones, the look is warm raw bits, I’m impressed. This is one that did that. I’m not saying I have anything against watching an adult undercover to monitor the local black power and vibrant. The way Spike Lee set up shots in While it does sort of feel like a “mean trick” to let Christopher Robin rediscover his old (or should I say young?) self. movement. There he meets Patrice (Laura this film is really interesting. When Flip was us have all this fun and success taking down this But I truly hope I live to see the day when this kind of story can Harrier), president of the Black Student Union. be told without a climactic boardroom-meeting scene, ya know? posing as an up-and-coming KKK hopeful, he chapter of the KKK, then pull away the mask in (120 min.) What follows is Stallworth’s awakening, which was palling around with his “brothers,” but my the last few moments, it makes it more potent. It’s leads him to attempt to infiltrate the KKK, first —Caleb Wiseblood pulse always quickened and the energy from the important to recognize our reality and to make by phone, speaking to local chapter president characters—Felix especially—was stifling. My the hard choices, to get up and march, to shout cRAZY RIcH ASIANS Walter Breachway (Ryan Eggold). To “play” inner voice was screaming, “Get out of there!” out loud that it’s not OK, and to both educate and What’s it rated? PG-13 Stallworth’s racist persona, he enlists white And while he managed to fool the white-lovin’ punish those who take it upon themselves to treat Where’s it showing? Movies Lompoc, Parks Plaza officer Flip Zimmerman, who’s ethnically group of dumbasses for long enough, the fear of Jon M. Chu directs this rom-com based on Kevin Jewish, though he doesn’t think of himself as a fellow humans as less than. BlacKkKlansman Kwan’s best selling novel about native New Yorker getting found out was never far from the surface. NEW Jew. Undercover in the KKK, Flip feels the full may be the story of this undercover investigation, and Chinese economics professor Rachel Chu (Constance Wu), Glen: It would be easy to accuse this film of but it’s also the story of crooked cops, the black force of the Klan’s anti-Semitism, leading to his not knowing what it wants to be. There’s the relationship with law enforcement, and the continued page 33 own kind of awakening. The Klansmen—Felix thriller tension of undercover work, the comic FILM REvIEWS balance that falls somewhere between resistance (Jasper Pääkkönen), Ivanhoe (Paul Walter biting humor of a spoof, the real political and violence when lives are at stake. I hope this ScORING Hauser), and Felix’s wife, Connie (Ashlie commentary of current politics—but instead of Atkinson)—are portrayed as uneducated, being disjointed, I’d describe the film as a deftly one stays in theaters with seats packed for a long FuLL PRIcE ...It’s worth the price ❍ of an evening show paranoid hatemongers. Later Stallworth combined mash-up. It’s all those things, and it time. It’s a gem. MATINEE ...... Save a few bucks, catch an afternoon showing contacts national KKK Grand Wizard David does all of them with spot-on competence and RENTAL ...... Rent it Duke (an excellent Topher Grace), who’s lucidity. All those various genres and tones are Sun Screen is written by New Times Senior STREAMING ...Wait ’til Netflix has it portrayed as a huckster in a cheap three-piece Staff Writer Glen Starkey and his wife, Anna. NOTHING ...... Don’t waste your time the set-up for the finale. While you’re laughing suit. 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FILM REVIEWS from page 32 DOGTOOTH Lanthimos’ movies and watched them all (not become increasingly sinister, the eldest daughter all in one day, I swear I have a life). Dogtooth, grows restless. who travels to Singapore to meet her boyfriend Nick Young’s (Henry When? 2009 Golding) ridiculously wealthy family. Once there, Rachel realizes for innumerable reasons, is my favorite. It’s a powerful and insanely unusual film What’s it rated? Not rated The film centers on a couple (Christos that moves from disturbing to comedic with Nick’s the most eligible bachelor in Asia, and all the single women PHOTO COURTESY OF KINO INTERNATIONAL are out to undermine her. (120 min.) Where’s it available? Amazon Prime, Vudu, Stergioglou and Michele Valley) and their three ease, and yet before I watched it, I hadn’t heard —Glen Starkey YouTube, Google Play children—one son (Hristos Passalis) and much about it. two daughters (Angeliki Papoulia and Mary Sure, Rotten Tomatoes has Dogtooth rated at a hen I first saw a Yorgos Lanthimos Tsoni)—who are locked away on the family’s 92 percent; Roger Ebert gave it a three out of four; INCREDIBLES 2 film, it was The Killing of A Sacred Deer spacious property. None of the family members and it’s racked up dozens of accolades (including What’s it rated? PG W(2017) and I was a little wine drunk. A are named, and only the father ever leaves. a Best Foreign Language Film nomination at the What’s it worth? Matinee friend and I were looking to watch a good He has total control over his kids, who, 2010 Academy Awards). But Dogtooth still hasn’t horror movie, and as she pressed play, I 33 Where’s it showing? Hi-Way Drive-In despite appearing to be adults, carry the garnered the same attention in the U.S. that From writer/director Brad Bird (Ratatouille) comes the remember settling in with a glass of Two- innocence and play the games of young Lanthimos’ more recent films have. PICK sequel Incredibles 2, 14 years after the original film Buck Chuck, ready to be sorely disappointed children throughout the movie. They know Maybe it’s because Dogtooth is written premiered. Everyone’s favorite family of superheroes is back in by yet another cheesy movie about a family nothing of the real world, only what falsities and performed in Greek, Lanthimos’ native Incredibles 2—but this time Helen (voice of Holly Hunter) is in the moving into a haunted house. their inexplicably manipulative parents have language, or because Colin Farrell’s bushy spotlight, leaving Bob (voice of Craig T. Nelson) at home with Violet But the next two hours were filled with the told them: that rabid cats roam the earth, eyebrows don’t grace the screen as they did in (voice of Sarah Vowell) and Dash (voice of Huck Milner) to navigate NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED: Dogtooth, most perplexing, original, and truly unsettling hungry for human flesh. That kids can only both The Killing of A Sacred Deer (2017) and storytelling I’d ever seen. It was somehow both leave home when a canine—a “dogtooth”— The Lobster (2015). But for whatever reason, the day-to-day heroics of normal life. When a new villain hatches a starring Christos Stergioglou, Michele brilliant and dangerous plot, the family and Frozone (voice of Samuel beautiful and disgusting—a perfect reflection falls out. That their father is the only person most people who have seen Lanthimos’ films Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Hristos Passalis, L. Jackson) must find a way to work together again. (118 min.) of my feelings about our society today. who can protect them. haven’t seen Dogtooth. —Spencer Cole and Mary Tsoni, is unsettling, original, and I loved it, and I took my passion straight He’s abusive physically, sexually, and Don’t be one of those people. (94 min) ❍ a must-see. to the Internet, where I found a list of Yorgos emotionally, and as the father’s lies and demands —Kasey Bubnash THE MEG What’s it rated? PG-13 crew—Taylor’s ex-wife, Lori (Jessica McNamee); Toshi (Masi this series of ones and zeros. The Meg has none of the menace What’s it worth? Stream it MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE-FALLOUT Oka); and The Wall (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson)—is stranded 6 and psychological terror of a film like Open Water (2003) or The What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Parks Plaza, Movies Lompoc miles below, so after encouragement by head researcher Dr. Shallows (2016), and none of the fun of Sharknado (2013). What’s it worth? Jon Turteltaub (Phenomenon, Instinct, National Treasure) Minway Zhang (Winston Chao) but against the advice of team A good shark movie should make you afraid to go in the Full Price directs Jason Statham as former Naval Capt. Jonas Taylor, physician Dr. Heller (Robert Taylor), Morris travels to Thailand ocean and play on your irrational fears. The Meg just makes me Where’s it showing? Parks Plaza, Movies Lompoc whose career and marriage were destroyed after he abandoned to recruit Taylor, who now spends his days drunk on beer while afraid to go back to the multiplex. (113 min.) Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie (The Way of part of his crew during a failed exploration of the Mariana simultaneously retaining his amazing six-pack abs. —Glen Starkey PICK the Gun, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible—Rogue Trench in what he claimed was an attack by a 70-foot shark. Taylor agrees to attempt the rescue after he learns his Nation) helms this action-packed sixth installment of the Five years later, when a sub crew is stranded in what may be ex-wife, Lori, is on board, but he almost immediately falls for MILE 22 Mission: Impossible franchise, starring Tom Cruise as super an attack by the supposedly long-extinct 70-foot Carcharodon spy Ethan Hunt. The new film ties together narratives and Zhang’s daughter, Suyin (Bingbing Li). Long story short, his What’s it rated? R Megalodon, Taylor is recruited to attempt a rescue. rescue opens a hole in the hydrogen sulfide cloud, and up characters from earlier films, including IMF (Impossible Mission Where’s it showing? Parks Plaza, Movies Lompoc Man, did I want this to be good. Action hero Jason Statham swims a shark so big it can bite a whale in half. Force) team members Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) and Benji Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom, Lone (The Transporter, The Italian Job, Crank) is a badass, Rainn What’s not to like, right? Well, first of all, the film’s minor Dunn (Simon Pegg), Hunt’s Rogue Nation love interest and Survivor, Deepwater Horizon, Patriots Day) helms this Wilson (The Office, Juno, The Rocker) is usually hilarious, and attempts at humor fall flat. If this film had approached its story NEW fellow spy Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson), and Hunt’s ex-wife action thriller about James Silva (Mark Wahlberg), an elite CIA who doesn’t love a humongous shark? Sadly, The Meg is a with the sort of campy hilarity of, say, Piranha 3D (2010), it Julia Meade (Michelle Monaghan) from Mission: Impossible III. operative tasked with transporting Li Noor (Indonesian action steaming pile of chum. might have been salvaged. Instead, it plays it straight. If you like this series, Fallout is a worthy successor. (147 min.) ❍ star Iko Uwais), an asset with vital information, through 22 Wilson plays Jack Morris, the moneyman behind Mana Then there’s the CGI shark, which looks really sinister but —Glen Starkey miles of hostile territory. The film also stars Lauren Cohan, One, a research center trying to prove that under a freezing seems to be of inconsistent size, probably because different Ronda Rousey, and John Malkovich. (95 min.) cloud of hydrogen sulfide at the bottom of the Mariana Trench teams of CGI programmers were working on different scenes. Sun movie reviews are compiled by New Times Senior Staff Writer —Glen Starkey lies an even deeper unexplored world. Soon his submersible I’ll take the old rubber shark from Jaws (1975) any day over Glen Starkey. Contact him at [email protected].

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www.santamariasun.com • August 16 - August 23, 2018 • Sun • 33 [email protected] FOOD PHOTOS BY REBECCA ROSE Classic affair The Century Room at the 34 Santa Maria Inn echoes the landmark hotel’s attention to vintage details BY REBECCA ROSE s Johnny Mathis cooly croons about forgotten lovers, a teenager behind me Apipes up. “Who is this singer?” he asks. I shoot a glance to the table, wondering if I need to offer my input. Next to him is an elderly gentleman who cracks a smile and chuckles. He shakes his head and we exchange glances. Inside The Century Room at the Santa Maria Inn you might find yourself instantly in another time and place. The ambience is clear from the moment you step into the intimate space, with its long row of dark benches paired with high-back tufted gray chairs. An elegant, single peach-colored rose adorns every setting, delicate and tastefully placed in the center of the small dark wood table. The room certainly lives up to its name. I always thought I would one day come here to write about the spectacular brunches the Inn does on Sundays, but who doesn’t already know about those? And the venue already gets rave reviews as a romantic dinner spot. So I ventured HUMDINGER OF A HAMBURGER: The Century Room does not hold back on flavor or volume in their classic Century Room Burger. in for lunch one day to see what the midday Served with a garlic aioli and a big pile of crispy fries, the meal sells for $15. meal looks like at this classic local institution. There are so few local restaurants that still onions and richness of the cheese. I needed a fork to (naturally) fresh au jus on the side. adhere to this kind of timeless sensibility. really dive into the thick layer of cheese and bread There’s a good selection of options on the Inside, the mood is far from fast casual dining; on top, and that certainly is not a complaint. lighter side, including a cedar smoked salmon rather, waiters are attentive and patient as All of this reverence for the past is reflected with dried cherry couscous; an ahi tuna salad courses are introduced one by one. Diners in a menu that manages to marry the world of served with egg, fingerling potatoes, cherry are allowed to contemplate without piles of contemporary premium casual dining with tomatoes, and a shallot vinaigrette; and a simple appetizers crammed on the table and (gasp!) retro sensibilities. The first course menu (with grilled chicken breast with rice and salad. enjoy their food before plates are ripped away. the rather modernist descriptor “share/pair/ I embraced the full-on 1960s crooner vibe The hotel and restaurant still do everything taste”) features classics like a wedge or Ceasar and went straight for a classic, the Century they can to anchor a sense of vintage salad as well as flatbread pizza, a nod to the Room Burger. Served on a brioche bun with the authenticity, and The Century Room is where Trend That Will Never End on the Central choice of cheddar or Swiss cheese and a garlic you’ll especially notice it in the little details. Coast. The Century Room also pays homage to aioli, the burger is a spectacle to behold. It’s a This is the kind of place your grandmother Santa Maria’s culture with an offering of pork massive tower of meat and fresh vegetables. I would go in the 1940s, decked out in her best belly al pastor empanadas, served with pickled was impressed with the way it was presented victory suit for a lunch with her girlfriends. red onions and green salsa. as well, on a thick butcher block cutting board, It’s the kind of place where you would order a The lunch menu has a great deal of variety, adorned with crispy fries and a fresh dill pickle. perfectly prepared classic dish like French onion reflecting a nice balance of varying cuisines and Other highlights include the sunburst chicken soup, which is so easy for restaurants to mess up styles. For the traditionalist, the venue offers salad, which I think has a lot of nice flavors IT’S WINE TIME: The house white at the Santa Maria Inn’s that when it’s prepared well you want to write home up Monte Cristo sandwiches lightly dusted in from all the fruit, including mango, papaya, and about it. The Century Room’s version is massive Century Room is a light and sweet wine that serves as a sugar and served with strawberry jam as well cantaloupe as well as a bright sesame dressing to perfect accompaniment to the venue’s offering of classic and delivers on the balance of sweetness from the as a French dip with horseradish cream and EATS continued page 36 dishes with a modern flair.

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EATS from page 34 finish it off. The lemon chicken pasta is also a nice addition to the lunch menu, with a good dose of fresh peas and salty prosciutto. If I had to nitpick—sorry, it’s my job—I would maybe question the choice for soup du jour on the day I visited. It’s literally 104 thousand million degrees outside (actual scientific reading, no need to verify) so 36 why offer something like clam chowder? I realize it’s popular (up there in terms of overuse with our friend flatbread pizza), There’s No Substitute for Quality! but it just seemed a bit out of place. I would love to see restaurants like The Century SANTA MARIA - NOW OPEN! LOMPOC Room take a bold-ish step and offer a 985 E. Betteravia 1413 North H Street chilled soup like vichyssoise on a hot day like that. I also wouldn’t have minded BUELLTON GOLETA (THE ORIGINAL) another beef option aside from a burger, 205 East Hwy 246 5735 Hollister one that really tied into a vintage theme. Other than that, my only complaint is I MILPAS DOWNTOWN SB couldn’t stay there longer. It was a luxurious 216 South Milpas 628 State Street break from a hectic day, balanced by a mesmerizing atmosphere and a menu that LA CUMBRE PLAZA ISLA VISTA offers a little bit for everyone. m 3890 La Cumbre Lane Norte 888 Embarcadero Del Arts and Lifestyle Writer Rebecca Rose THEY SURRENDER: The French onion soup served at the Santa always recognizes a Johnny Mathis tune. Maria Inn’s Century Room is a classic dish that speaks to the Contact her at [email protected]. venue’s affinity for vintage food. THIS WEEK’S SPECIALS: PHOTO BY REBECCA ROSE • • The tasting menu at Aly’s Restaurant Billy Burger & Deep Fried Burrito Regular Burger, small order of and Alebru Vino in Solvang is a strong small order of fries & small soft drink of choice fries & small soft drink of choice Rebeccamendation this week for its fairly affordable price (compared to a lot of other tastings) and menu diversity. For $60 ($80 with $ .56 + tax $ .63 + tax wine tasting), they offer grilled Maine lobster 5 4 tail with edible sea sand, warmed smoked sea scallops, cornbread pudding, locally sourced Exp. 8/23/18 Exp. 8/23/18 Mangalitsa collar steak, and a passion fruit

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mousse. Try it at 451 2nd St., Solvang. • Allan Hancock College Winery is offering A beautiful, full-service ·Vintners Lounge $15 bottles of its torrontes (pictured left), made property located in the from its campus vineyard. Described as having heart of Santa Maria ·Atrium Bistro notes of “rose, honey, and muscat” as well as • Banquet Facilities for groups of up to 350 other fruit flavors, the wine can be purchased at hancockcollege.edu/ahcwinery/wine. • Garden Room Restaurant ·Vintners Grill off ering a champagne Sunday Brunch • Mortensen’s Danish Bakery is selling kransekage cookies. The cookie is based on a • English Pub with Happy Hour ·Champagne Sunday Brunch Danish kransekage cake, typically made for • Wine Cellar off ering complimentary appetizers ·Conferences & private special occasions such as weddings. Made of pure marzipan and roasted and layered in 801 S. Broadway parties for up to 350 people frosting, it’s a unique treat available at 1588 Mission Drive, Solvang. 805-928-7777 928-8000 · 3455 Skyway Drive, SM • Congrats to chef Louise Smith, who just www.radisson.com/santamariaca opened Louise’s Kitchen Table in Solvang. She www.santamariainn.com offers sandwiches, salads, and light snacks at 1210 Mission Drive, Solvang. • There are a lot of good boba tea places around Santa Maria, but one of my favorites is Boba House. I especially love the taro tea boba (pictured above), but they also offer flavors including honeydew melon and cappuccino. The venue also offers a packed lunch menu featuring hearty servings of traditional Chinese food favorites such as Kung Pao chicken. Get your bubble tea on at 2047 S. Broadway, suite B, Santa Maria. m

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