Ojai Valley News December 27, 2006

Joan 

Roberts 

Misty Volaski 

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Ojai Valley 

neighbors 

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Although 16-year-old Deirdre 

Bernhoft has lived in Ojai for less 

than six months, she’s already 

become very involved in the 

community. 

Bernhoft plays and teaches the 

cello and piano, she’s part of the 

Ojai Youth Symphony Orchestra, 

tutors at the Meiners Oaks Library, 

acts with the Ojai Performing Arts 

Acamedy, and avidly runs and 

plays tennis. 

When not doing these 

extracurricular activities, the 

home-schooled Bernhoft takes her 

studies quite seriously. “I like 

home schooling. It’s sounds 

clichéd, but I really do get to move 

at my own pace. I’m really good at 

self-motivation and organization, 

mostly because of home 

schooling. It’s taught me a lot 

about planning my own path,” she 

stated. 

Before moving to Ojai, Bernhoft 

lived her whole life in Everett, 

Wash., except for a seven-month 

period her family spent in Ireland 

when she was 6. “We had a house 

with really high ceilings and when 

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Local podiatrist 

also making 

name as country 

singer on KHAY 

Todd Beaty has been 

charming the shoes off his 

patients for years. A local 

podiatrist, he enjoys the quiet 

Ojai Valley life with his wife, 

Alisha, and sons Trent and 

Landon. 

But once the office is closed 

and the kids are in bed, Beaty 

sheds his everyman persona and 

becomes Doc James, country 

music singer. 

“My style is folk country,” said 

the Oklahoma native, “like Jim 

Croce, Jimmy Buffet, James 

Taylor. That’s the kind of stuff I 

love to do.” 

As he was finishing up school 

about 10 years ago, Beaty 

decided to add a new hobby to 

his already-full schedule: music. 

Always a fan of ‘70s love songs 

and folk, Beaty thought he might 

try his hand at singing. So, being 

something of a go-getter, Beaty 

scraped together a few songs 

over the years, writing whenever 

he could grab a quiet minute. 

And though getting married, 

starting a family and maintaining 

his practice kept him more than 

busy, Beaty found the time last 

year to brave the Internet and 

post some music. He was 

shocked at what he found. 

“Right now, music is at a great 

place,” he enthused. “You can 

distribute your music instantly 

online. It’s a whole new era, this 

digital world of music — you 

don’t even have to leave your 

house” to buy music anymore, 

making it easier than ever to 

connect musicians to fans, he 

went on. 

Beaty’s site has gotten 

hundreds of hits so far. He 

recently added a few new songs 

to his site, 

myspace.com/docjamesmusic. 

The variety of Beaty’s tunes 

Please See Beaty, Page A-7 

Mind, Body & Spirit 

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Actor Larry Hagman points to Gayvin Powers, the 

2006 recipient of the Ojai Film Society’s $5,000 

scholarship, who is overcome with joy while 

thanking all of the people who have contributed 

to her life at the Ojai Playhouse on Dec. 14. 

Powers is a student at the American Film Institute 

we turned the heater on, all the 

heat went up, so it was practically 

freezing all the time,” she 

remembered. “I wanted to kiss the 

Blarney Stone when we were 

there, but you have to hang over 

backwards and kind of upside 

down to do it and I was way too 

scared. So sadly, I never did,” she 

said. 

In Everett, Bernhoft lived a halfhour 

away from Seattle in a house 

on a bluff overlooking the ocean. 

“We had an absolutely incredible 

view of the water and amazing 

sunsets,” she said. “But the ocean 

was really, really cold, and the 

beaches weren’t like Southern 

California beaches.” 

In July, Bernhoft moved to Ojai 

and fulfilled a dream of someday 

moving to Southern California. 

“My dad always loved California, 

and he would tell me about it. At 7 

years old I decided I was going to 

live there someday,” she said. 

Moving here was both an 

exciting adventure and a bit of a 

shock for Bernhoft. “It was hard to 

leave my friends up in Seattle. I 

had always lived up there and I 

was comfortable and found a 

place to fit in. Then, all of a 

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Photo by Jennifer Emerling/Brooks Institute of Photography 

Stage Presents 

Dierdre Bernhoft 

sudden, yank, and I was in a new 

place,” she said. 

Although Bernhoft didn’t know 

anyone when she moved to the 

valley, she was quickly introduced. 

“The day after we got here, we had 

a large party and we invited a lot 

of the home-schoolers in the 

area,” she said. “I like meeting 

new people. You see them with 

fresh eyes the way you don’t when 

you know them for a while, it’s 

exciting.” 

Some aspects of Southern 

California surprised Bernhoft, but 

for the most part it was as she 

expected. “It’s approximately 

equivalent to how I thought it 

would be. The weather was how I 

guessed, which is nice, and the 

people are much friendlier than 

what I expected,” she said. 

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and was awarded for writing the screenplay for 

the short film, “1916”; she is the first person to 

be awarded the scholarship for screenwriting. 

Hagman, a longtime Ojai resident, was also 

honored by the Film Society for his numerous 

contributions to the local community. 

Tournament Trumpeter 

Ojai teen selected to play Tournament of Roses 

Sondra Murphy 

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A talented Ojai Valley girl is in 

the Tournament of Roses Parade 

this New Year’s Day next 

Monday. 14-year-old Nordhoff 

sophomore, Jennifer Beaver, has 

earned a spot in the Herald 

Trumpets, along with eight other 

trumpet players and a drummer. 

The daughter of Karen 

Kolkman and Cliff Beaver, Jen 

started playing the trumpet in 

fourth grade. Encouraged by her 

father, also a trumpet player, 

Beaver recalls performing duets 

with him at school concerts. 

Beaver began taking private 

lessons two years ago from Mike 

Gangemi, who “really pushes me 

to try out for these unique 

opportunities.” She auditioned 

with about 56 other students for 

the Herald Trumpets at Pasadena 

City College. Her audition 

required playing scales, a piece of 

music, and sight reading music. 

The top nine performers were 

then selected for the Herald 

section of the band. 

“I get to play with very 

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talented musicians and learn 

from a world-class instructor — 

Kevin Brown.” The Heralds will 

be playing about 17 songs, 

including “Ramada Renaissance” 

and “Fanfaren zu festlichen 

Anlassen.” 

To prepare for the parade, 

Beaver has been going to fourhour 

rehearsals every Sunday 

since Nov 5. In the days leading 

up to the parade, the band is 

rehearsing heavily in Pasadena 

and will participate in area 

Please see Roses, Page A-7 

CAPRICORN MOON BRINGS SOLAR FIRE 

FESTIVAL: A Solar Fire Festival at the full moon of 

Capricorn will be held Jan. 2 at 7:30 p.m. at 

Meditation Mount, located at the end of Reeves 

Road in Ojai. Donations are welcome. Call 646-5508 

for more information. 

IMPROV TROUPE’S JAN. 5 EVENT BENEFITS 

OPATA: The renowned theater improvisation 

troupe, ComedySportzLA, will perform on Jan. 5 at 

7:30 p.m. at the Matilija Auditorium, 703 El Paseo 

Road, to raise funds for Ojai Performing Arts 

Theater Academy. 

VIP seats are $30 (for priority seating and a postperformance 

reception with the players); general 

seating is $15 for adults, $10 for students and 

seniors, or $35 for a family of four (not 

recommended for children under 6). For tickets: 

640-6404 or www.opata.org. 

BLOOD DRIVE SET FOR THURSDAY: United 

Blood Services Central Coast will hold a blood drive 

on on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Ojai 

Valley Community Hospital, 1306 Maricopa 

Highway. For an appointment time or any 

questions, potential donors can call UBS at 654- 

8104 or sign up online at bloodhero.com. 

WORLD PEACE EVENT SET FOR SATURDAY: 

The International Meditation for World Peace is a 

yearly event at the Theosophical Society of the Ojai 

Valley. You may bring a poem, a short reading, or a 

seed thought to share on Sunday at 4 p.m. in the 

Music Room at the Krotona Library, 2 Krotona Hill, 

Ojai. Call 646-2653 for more information. 

Photo by Rob Clement 

The Nordhoff High School Music Program has turned out another star. 

Sophomore Jennifer Beaver, “can’t wait,” for her performance in the Rose 

Parade in Pasadena with a herald trumpet, a specially modified horn. 

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Judge turns off 

tap on water 

board’s lawsuit 

Von Gunten assumes seat that Meiners 

Oak County Water District sought to 

keep for appointed director Lopez 

Sondra Murphy 

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Meiners Oaks County Water 

District is a small district serving 

about 4,000 customers. Its 

unassuming office on El Roblar 

Drive offers a quaint drinking 

fountain out front and, inside, 

the board has worked hard in 

recent months to increase 

community involvement. 

Judicial involvement also 

increased, as a county judge 

recently ruled against the 

district’s effort to seat an 

appointed director. 

When board of director Troy 

Whitteker resigned his position in 

July, George Lopez was 

appointed in August to fill his 

seat. Whitteker’s term had been 

scheduled to be up for election in 

November. 

The district’s community 

efforts worked so well, eight 

people ran for four board 

positions in the November 

election, including appointee 

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Sports 

Ranger youth 

basketball squad no 

match for wily 

alumni in annual 

showdown. 

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Events 

2007 Music Festival 

music director 

named 2006’s top 

instrumentalist. 

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DR. SURF HOSTING CD RELEASE PARTY: Like 

surf music? Then stop by the compact disc release 

party for “Who Is Dr. Surf?” on Saturday at 7 p.m. at 

the Ojai Art Center, 113 S. Montgomery St., 

featuring food, surf movies, a mariachi band and 

dancing. Get a free CD with $15 admission. 

HIGH-TECH HEARING DEVICES FOCUS OF 

TUESDAY MEETING: “High Technology in Hearing 

Devices” will be the subject at the free monthly 

Hearing Education and Resources meeting on 

Tuesday from 9 to 10 a.m. at Little House, 111 W. 

Santa Ana St., Ojai. 

The meeting will include instruction in lip 

reading. All are welcome. Call Bill Leak at 646-6462 


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Lopez. When election results 

were tallied, winners of the board 

positions were as follows: One 

short-term board position was 

captured by James Barrett. Three 

long-term positions, including 

the one filled by Lopez, were 

filled by Bill Reynolds, incumbent 

Carrie Mattingly, and Elizabeth 

von Gunten. 

On Dec 1, MOCWD petitioned 

for a writ of mandate against the 

Ventura county clerk, Philip J. 

Schmit, disputing the legality of 

the loss of Lopez’ seat. The 

primary point of contention was 

that Lopez was appointed Aug 22, 

only 77 days prior to the election. 

Government Code 1780(a), cited 

by MOCWD in the petition, 

provides “the person appointed 

shall hold office until the next 

general district election that is 

scheduled 130 or more days after 

the date the district board is 

notified of the vacancy.” 

Government Code 1780(d), 

Please see Water, Page A-7 

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Oaks now podcasting spa tips 

Sheila Cluff’s ‘Pod 

for the Bod’ series 

now downloadable 

on an iPod near you 

Jessica Durff 

OVN contributor 

Americans are notorious for 

their busy schedules. The 

nation’s top papers tout the 

death of the week-long vacation 

and hour-long lunch break while 

the work week continues to 

grow. As a result, customization 

and adaptation to individual 

schedules have become demands 

of today’s busy lifestyles. 

Today, to address these 

demands and the toll they often 

take on health, The Oaks at Ojai, 

brings the world’s first podcast 

program from the destination spa 

industry that will allow fitness 

enthusiasts to take advantage of 

famed fitness celebrity and owner 

Sheila Cluff’s healthful tips on 

their own time. 

The first episode of Cluff’s 

four-part “Pod for the Bod” 

podcast series is available now on 

demand for download to an iPod, 

computer or other personal MP3 

listening device at The Oaks at 

Ojai’s web site (oaksspa.com). 

The audio files also are available 

on iTunes. 

The topic of the first podcast is 

getting fit without the gym, which 

offers Cluff’s insights on things 

men and women can do in their 

own homes or in their everyday 

lives to incorporate more exercise 

and new attitudes for improved 

overall health. 

“I call that snacking on 

fitness,” said Cluff, who founded 

her affordable healthy retreat 30 

years ago following her success as 

the host of her own television 

show on an NBC affiliate station 

in New York and years of helping 

people achieve fitness goals. 

“Every little bit of activity we 

work into our lives aggregates to 

feeling and looking your best,” 

she continued. “Whether you’re 

just starting your health program 

or are already in great shape, this 

series is meant for those who will 

benefit from motivational 

information and tips for getting 

fit and staying that way. 

Beginning today, my advice is 

freely available with the click of a 

mouse or the touch of an iPod.” 

The Oaks at Ojai’s podcast 

series is a first from the industry 

of health-oriented destination 

spas. Cluff has been credited over 

her five-decade-long career with 

many firsts. The Oaks at Ojai 

opened in 1977 as one of 

California’s first spa sanctuaries 

HOMELESS SCHEDULE 

The schedule for the rotating 

nightly homeless shelter sites for 

the Ojai Valley Family Shelter’s 

program, running Dec. 1 through 

March 31, is as follows: 

• Sunday: Ojai Valley 

Wesleyan Church, South Ventura 

Street at Topa Topa Street, Ojai 

• Monday: Ojai Valley Grange, 

381 Cruzero St. near El Centro 

Street, Mira Monte 

• Tuesday: St. Thomas 

Aquinas Catholic Church, 185 St. 

Thomas Drive near El Roblar 

Drive, Meiners Oaks 

• Wednesday: St. Andrew’s 

Episcopal Church, 409 Topa 

Topa Drive near Bristol Road, 

Ojai 

• Thursday: Ojai Presbyterian 

Church, 304 N. Foothill Road at 

Aliso Street, Ojai 

•Friday: Ojai Valley Grange, 

381 Cruzero St. near El Centro 

Street, Mira Monte 

• Saturday: First Baptist 

Church, 930 Grand Ave. at Shady 

Lane, Ojai 

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of its kind. Cluff also is known for 

creating and popularizing the 

concept of cardiovascular 

exercise to music, or what is 

commonly known today as 

aerobics. Cluff continues to teach 

five to 10 exercise classes a week 

at The Oaks. 

Three other podcasts are 

scheduled for release seasonally 

throughout the next 12 months 

and will address considerations 

for working out in cold weather, 

maintaining fitness goals while 

traveling and dispelling myths of 

eating while trying to slim down. 

“We are seeing the podcasting 

trend continuing to gain 

momentum,” says Michelle 

Benzor, manager of business 

development with Los Angelesbased 

On The Scene Productions, 

producer of The Oaks podcast 

series. “Television viewers have 

already indicated their preference 

with the adoption of technology 

such as On Demand and TiVo. It 

is not surprising that this demand 

for access to entertainment and 

information on the consumer’s 

own time has expanded into the 

audio world.The Oaks at Ojai 

fitness podcasts are right in line 

with what today’s consumers 

demand. ” 

Cluff is an author, 

motivational speaker and the star 

of several fitness videos and 

DVDs. Her “Health Holiday” 

adventures combine the ease and 

luxury of world class resorts and 

cruise ships with fitness classes, 

wellness lectures, and healthy 

dining tips. She has led more 

than 120 healthy cruise trips 

since The Oaks’ inception. 

The Oaks at Ojai is a fitness 

destination spa that includes 

overnight accommodations, 

three delicious and low-calorie 

meals a day, choice of 16 fitness 

classes per day and evening 

entertainment and seminars. The 

Oaks offers 46 guest rooms, 

including private rooms and 

suites, double lodge rooms and 

double cottage rooms.A 

charming 1920s hotel-turnedspa, 

The Oaks offers a variety of 

activities that allows guests to 

choose how to work out and take 

off excess pounds. Activities 

range from hiking, power walks 

and in-line skating, belly dancing, 

hula hoping, yoga, qi gong, water 

aerobics and other workout 

classes. 

A full menu of relaxing and 

therapeutic spa services is 

available as well as private 

consultations with a variety of 

health experts.. (Ojai’s main 

street). For more information, 

visit The Oaks at Ojai online at 

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Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006 A2 

June Kilbourne 

June Kilbourne, 85, of 

Greenwood Village, Colo., died 

Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006. She was 

born June 2,1921 in Bentonville, 

Ark. 

Mrs. Kilbourne had been a 

resident of the Ojai Valley from 

1935 to 1998. She was retired from 

the U.S. Postal Service, having run 

the Meiners Oaks substation and 

working many years as the Rural 

Route 1 mail carrier serving the 

East End and Upper Ojai. She was 

active in PTA, serving as secretary 

and vice president. Mrs. Kilbourne 

helped organize the valley’s first 

Mother’s March of Dimes and was 

also a past president of the 

Meiners Oaks Lionettes. 

She is survived by her daughter 

and son-in-law, Sally and Mark 

Delman, of Parker, Colo.; her son 

and daughter-in-law, Michael and 

Sharon Kilbourne, of Centennial, 

Colo.; three grandchildren; and six 

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She was preceded in death by 

her daughter, Karen (Mike) Purdy, 

of Ojai, and two granddaughters, 

Laurie Delman and Leigh 

Kilbourne. 

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Oak View 

Casitas Springs 

Amidst glassware, china dolls 

and antiques, owners Lisa and 

Bob Bahling help customers in 

their new Oak View General Store. 

The Bahlings opened their 

store two weeks ago and locals 

have been discovering a new Oak 

View treasure since. Although this 

is their first store, the Bahlings are 

no newcomers to the trade. “My 

wife and I have worked together 

for 20 years going around 

California doing swap meets and 

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antique shows. But as we get older 

we wanted to do less traveling but 

still be in the business,” Bob 

Bahling said. “It’s been 

wonderful. Since the day we 

opened we’ve had nothing but 

good remarks. We really feel 

welcome.” 

The store sells unusual goods, 

both used and new, the same as 

the Bahlings have done for the 

past two decades. The store’s 

motto, “A little something for 

everyone” accurately describes 

the merchandise. “We try to keep 

a little of the newer and a little of 

the older. We hope that everyone 

will find something when they 

leave,” he stated. 

The Bahlings get their stock 

from visiting lien sale auctions at 

warehouses. “We go to auctions 

anywhere from Santa Barbara to 

Camarillo. We’re always getting 

new stuff, “Bahling explained. “It’s 

a treasure hunt on our side and 

then we sell the treasure.” 

The Bahlings first started in the 

business after an accident caused 

Bob Bahling to become disabled. 

“I used to be a union carpenter 

until I was disabled,” Bahling 

explained. “And then my wife 

discovered the auctions and we’ve 

been doing it since. It’s a very 

interesting business.” 

The Bahlings have sold 

merchandise as familiar as kitchen 

plates and as unusual as vintage 

machinist’s tools and rare Indian 

oil lamps. “The best part of the job 

is going through and seeing what 

we have. If we don’t know what it 

is then we have to do the 

homework behind it. Sometimes 

customers tell us stories about the 

items,” he explained. “Once we 

had this level dial from the 1930s 

that was made in the U.S., very 

rare. We had at least 50 gentlemen 

tell us they hadn’t seen one of 

those since their fathers passed 

away.” 

Although Bahling loves learning 

the history of the antiques, he feels 

the most important part of the job 

is working with customers. “Our 

customers are very important to 

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The Bahlings bring their swap meet experience to Oak View’s Dahl’s 

Mini Mart between the doughnut and video shops. 

coming in and looking at the toys, 

to, well I don’t want to guess the 

elderly age. But really, everyone 

coming in is special to us,” he said. 

Even though the General Store 

only opened two weeks ago, the 

Bahlings already want to extend 

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OVN intern 

The Oak View Moose Lodge 

shared the Christmas spirit this year 

by continuing to assist the needy. 

For more than 25 years the 

Moose Lodge has created food 

baskets for Oak View families in 

need. The Sunset School and the 

Photo by Laignee Barron 

in a store. Everything is as new to 

us as it is to the people walking in 

the door. It’s really a pleasure to 

be able to be here,” he 

acknowledged. 

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provided a list of 16 families, and 

with donations from neighbors and 

members of the Moose Lodge the 

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“We had a turkey, of course, and 

stuffing, potatoes, yams, corn, green 

beans, butter and rolls, celery, Cool 

Whip and pumpkin pie,” said Moose 

Lodge member Rosie Noyes. “The 

whole package is for the family, but 

we also put in a few presents for the 

kids, ages from about babies to 13 

years old.” 

As well as handing out baskets 

this year, Mr. and Mrs. Claus came 

to celebrate Christmas with the 

families by passing out candy canes. 

From noon to 6 p.m. families 

came to collect their baskets and 

visit with Santa. The Moose Lodge 

members generously delivered any 

baskets that families weren’t able to 

collect. 

“We just want to help, anyone 

who needs a basket, we work to get 

them one,” Noyes explained. “We 

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Cinnamon 

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“Cinnamon sugar in a shaker. 

Shake, shake, shake it. Like a 

baker. Sprinkle it on buttered 

toast. It’s the treat you’ll love the 

most.” 

— from “Cinnamon Bear 

Poem,” author unknown 

If cinnamon had no medicinal 

qualities at all, it would be plenty 

interesting as a food spice. 

Cinnamon toast, cinnamon rolls, 

mulled cider, apple pie — the 

goodie list is long and winding. 

Its hint of sweetness with acrid 

undertones makes it complex 

enough to be interesting and 

familiar enough to bring comfort. 

So the bonus of healing qualities 

is almost over the top, though it 

does have unusual abilities to 

restore health when its niche is 

understood. 

There are three main species 

of cinnamon, though several 

others exist. Cinnamomum 

cassia, Chinese cinnamon, the 

most widely utilized as a cooking 

spice in the United States, is 

native to China, and is the type 

used in traditional Chinese 

medicine. Cinnamomum verum 

(also called zeylanicum), known 

as Ceylon or true cinnamon, is 

native to Sri Lanka and southern 

India. The latter is considered of 

higher quality and is 

considerably more expensive. A 

third type, Cinnamomum 

laureirii, Saigon cinnamon, more 

closely resembles cassia than 

verum. The bark is the part used 

as a spice, and for most 

medicinal purposes the bark of 

all three species has similar 

functions. 

Traditional Chinese medicine 

probably has the most highly 

developed and complex 

understanding of the properties 

of cinnamon, though it is also 

widely utilized throughout the 

world in traditional medicines. 

The bark is understood to warm 

the kidneys and digestive organs 

when excessive cold is present. In 

the case of insufficient warmth in 

the kidneys this may lead to 

intolerance of cold, cold hands 

and feet, sore or cold low back 

and knees, lack of libido or 

frequent urination. In the case of 

the digestive organs, lack of 

warmth may result in spasming 

pain in the stomach or intestines 

or loose stools. Young cinnamon 

twigs are considered in 

traditional Chinese medicine to 

be a separate herb with quite 

different properties. The twigs 

have a unique ability to warm, 

nourish, promote sweating and 

relieve muscle pain at the surface 

of the body during colds or flu in 

which there is no sore throat 

present and the body is fatigued. 

The twigs can also relieve chest 

pain, cough or shortness of 

breath due to cold. In all the uses 

mentioned above, the bark or 

twigs would usually be combined 

with other herbs. 

Modern test tube studies have 

indicated that cinnamon 

augments the action of insulin, 

though its action for those with 

Type 2 diabetes has not yet been 

proven. 

While cinnamon is consumed 

almost daily in food by many, its 

effects need to be respected as its 

temperature is hot. Especially in 

our warm Southern California 

climate, excessive use of 

cinnamon can add unwanted 

heat to the body. Individuals who 

tend to be constantly warm or 

suffer from hot flashes, 

hyperthyroidism or migraine 

headaches, for example, need to 

use cinnamon sparingly, if at all. 

Avoid its use when you have a 

fever. Pregnant women should 

avoid therapeutic doses. 

Excessive dosages of cinnamon 

can lead to gastrointestinal or 

urinary tract disturbance, flushed 

face, red eyes, dry mouth or 

bleeding (for example, from the 

nose). 

As a powder a therapeutic 

dose is 1 gram (about a quarter 

teaspoon) up to three times per 

day. If cooked in a tea it should 

not be cooked for more than 5 to 

10 minutes to retain its potency. 

If there are no side effects, 

cinnamon can be taken for up to 

a month, after which a break 

should be taken. The essential oil 

of cinnamon should not be used 

therapeutically either externally 

or internally as it is an irritant to 

skin and mucous membranes. 

Despite its everyday 

familiarity, cinnamon possesses a 

certain almost mystical 

fascination in its smell, taste and 

effects. Its exceptional 

combination of sweet and spicy 

is the stuff of metaphors. Singer 

and songwriter Neil Young’s 

memorable rock classic from 

1969 “Cinnamon Girl” captured 

some of this fascination: “I could 

be happy the rest of my life with a 

cinnamon girl.” Who could 

argue? 

This article is provided as a 

public service by Nathan Kaehler, 

M.A., L.Ac., Ojai Herb and 

Acupuncture Clinic, 

www.ojaiherbs.com. It is provided 

as general information rather 

than professional advice. 

Esoteric astrology as news for 

the week of Dec. 27 through Jan. 2: 

Happy New Year, everyone. 

We’re entering the year 2007, a 

number equaling nine (9). Numbers 

always provides us with significant 

clues and information concerning 

what we are seeing (in the outer 

world) and experiencing (in our 

inner world). The number nine 

signifies “transfiguration and 

Initiation,” wherein a state of reality 

ends and another, new, higher 

vibrational stage of development 

and reality begins. The journey’s 

difficult, the task perilous. 

Initiations always occur “on a 

mountaintop.” The three climbers 

(Ohm Mani Padme Hum) lost on 

Mount Hood last week symbolized 

and signaled to humanity that our 

global initiation (transfiguration), 

always on a mountaintop, has 

begun in earnest. 

Join us, the New Group of World 

Servers (of all races and religions 

who have the intentions and 

aspirations for goodness and good 

will in their hearts and minds), 

Wednesday, Jan. 3 (5:58 a.m. Pacific 

time), for first full sun-moon solar 

festival of 2007. Mercury joins us 

with a message that the will to good 

must translate into good will and we 

must radiate this to all the kingdoms 

in order to be part of the New Group 

of World Servers (a group on 

spiritual planes) in the coming year. 

The soul’s meditative seed thought 

for Capricorn is: “Lost am I in light 

supernal, yet on that light I turn my 

back.” What does this mean? On the 

summit, amidst the purest snow we 

see the sun. We pause and rest in 

the light of the sun (God, Father, 

Spirit) which at first blinds us. 

Remaining within that light 

becomes a desire, an aspiration, a 

dedication. But we hear the cries of 

humanity, knowing they need those 

who “have seen the light.” 

Reluctantly, we turn our backs on 

the “light supernal” and walk back 

down the mountain returning to 

humanity more than a disciple but 

now an initiate. We proceed once 

again through the “two gates” — 

Capricorn (mountain, gate where 

matter returns to spirit) and Cancer 

(humanity, gate where spirit enters 

matter) and become “The One Who 

Serves the World.” 

The sign Capricorn provides us 

with the “Light of Initiation.” (Read 

more about initiation, the signs of 

discipleship and initiation, the solar 

Capricorn full moon festival and 

celestial events at 

nightlightnews.com.) 

ARIES: You must be very busy 

that even during holidays there’s not 

enough time for not only work but 

no time for fun, play, friendship, 

family, or homelife either. Though 

difficult it’s important to let you 

know the pressure of work will 

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ASTROLOGY 

The year 

of initiation 

and allow relaxation to provide 

renewed energy and vitality. Do 

nothing every day for about an hour. 

Continue this all year. 

TAURUS: Is the world at large 

feeling like one big wound? Does it 

also seem confusing as if all the 

rules are changed but no one’s given 

you a new set (of rules)? Do you ask 

what is occurring but there is no 

answer? Know this will continue all 

year because your entire worldview, 

your way and how you view the 

world is being refined, reorganized, 

and restructured. Eventually you 

will adapt to the new realities of a 

New World order. 

GEMINI: The season of 

festivities, except 12th Nights (to 

Epiphany), is over. Every New Year 

you wonder how your finances will 

fare. You fret a bit and attempt, at 

least in your mind, to create a 

budget. Wait till next week to 

accomplish this. You’ll be more 

realistic (successful) then. For this 

week, catch up on what wasn’t 

accomplished last week. Rest up, 

too. Is communication difficult? 

Saturn’s retro (till April) is 

reorienting and restructuring your 

thinking. 

CANCER: The coming year 

brings you less upsetness and 

internal warring. Calmness 

overcomes the tension (just a bit) 

and you will sort out more easily 

your deep needs and what you truly 

want to do with the rest of your life. 

Careful with power struggles with 

those working with you. Awareness 

of this, that it may occur over and 

over, allows you to choose how to 

act, when, why, where and whether 

you can summon the soul for right 

thinking, right action, and right 

relations. 

LEO: Last year when I 

experienced transiting Saturn I 

found work so overwhelming, 

almost too much to bear. I had no 

time to myself and I could not find 

time for pleasure or rest. You may 

experience this until April. You may 

feel extremely restive, exhausted, 

overly responsible, and that you’re 

life is slowing to a crawl. The 

outcome of your great efforts is an 

internal pleasure that you 

responded to life’s cosmic and 

creative magnet and outshone your 

abilities. Now what is the cosmic 

magnet? 

VIRGO: The foundations of your 

life continue to transfigure in the 

coming year. You will seek solace 

and comfort from relationships yet 

will find what you need they can’t 

quite provide (for a time). So you 

redistribute realities, seek others to 

fulfill your need for contact. You 

may think deeply of moving or 

shifting things about in your home 

for more radiance, more light, more 

comfort and color. Use subtle 

shades of color to direct your 

creative efforts. 

LIBRA: Though you long to travel 

in the coming year, longings to 

stabilize home and to anchor seeds 

of happiness occur also so that, 

through structure and planing, the 

outcome for you is serenity. Though 

it may take focused concentration to 

accomplish this, try you will, since 

you began pondering upon (and 

discussing?) this before the New 

Year. That’s auspicious. Happiness 

happens and then intensifies. 

Especially if you do yoga (a bit) and 

contact family. It’s fashionable now 

to be and have a “happy and holy 

family.” 

SCORPIO: The new year finds 

your inner self reworking and 

family traditions, and 

communication — meaning 

assessing how you communicate, 

how you need to be communicated 

with, and how others need you to 

understand their needs for 

communication, too. This is a 

complex and large task. But it is 

most important for your spiritual 

upliftment and well-being for the 

year. Ponder on these words and 

ideas. They underline your next 

reality. 

SAGITTARIUS: All the planets 

conspire this coming year to provide 

you with a new foundation of 

selfawareness, self-identity, wellbeing, 

a new value system, further 

resources, perhaps a new home or 

stabilizing your present one, the 

ability to craft your gifts through 

understanding your wounds and 

wonderful experiences that I can’t 

even write about here. You will use 

the words “marvelous” and 

“fabulous” a lot. The financial 

upswing will take a year. 

CAPRICORN: First, Happy 

Birthday to you (the one who seems 

to have invented work, 

responsibility, fear, feelings of not 

being and/or doing enough, and 

hiking boots). Second, try to drop all 

those inappropriate and fanciful 

ideas this year, as they are not 

relevant to your well-being. Nor are 

they the truth. Third, pay more 

attention to relatives and neighbors. 

Little thoughts and gifts to them 

will, in the long run, allow you to 

rely on them when most needed. 

This is a little hint for your “good” 

New Year. 

AQUARIUS: The coming months 

should be interesting. Some of you 

will go “down under,” (places 

south). Others enter retreat centers 

or monasteries in order to answer 

the call of a religious life. Great 

changes and transformations occur 

due to these choices or perhaps the 

choices made are based on the 

initial changes occurring. 

Nonetheless, this is a year of great 

potential and may feelings of 

excitement and wonder go with you. 

Play becomes work and money 

comes next. 

PISCES: For so long you’ve felt 

the need for a new self-identity — 

one that isn’t defined by others or 

how they see you. In the coming 

year this new identity, on the cusp 

of emerging, will surface and you 

will be surprised at the strength you 

summon, the care you provide 

yourself, and the decisions you 

make all on your own. In terms of 

partners, tend to them with loving 

care and neutralize all criticism so 

you do not harm them. Ahimsa is 

your work and word for the coming 

year. It is your key to initiation. 

Risa D’Angeles is founder and 

director of the Esoteric & 

Astrological Studies and Research 

Institute, a contemporary wisdom 

school in Santa Cruz, Calif., which 

also publishes Night Light News, a 

monthly esoteric/astrological 

journal available by subscription 

and at nightlightnews.com. 

For information call (831) 426- 

1143, mail to Esoteric & 

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Ojai 

Road More Traveled 

Howard Smith 

Guest editorial 

It is fairly obvious to those of us who live in 

Ojai that the review of the Troesh Ready-Mix 

proposal as conducted by agencies in Santa 

arbara County would best be described as a joke if 

he consequences to our community were not so 

rave. 

First: Route 33 north of Ojai to the Santa Barbara 

ounty line is mile for mile already one of the most 

angerous highways in all of California. A simple 

heck with the California Highway Patrol, the U.S. 

orest Service or the ambulance services in Ojai will 

nform you that during any given week there are at 

east one to two fatal or near-fatal wrecks in the 

ountains. 

Second: Though the report appears to describe 

3 as a rural highway that is completely false.Above 

jai it is a Scenic Highway, but once you pass 

airview heading south it is the main and, at times, 

nly traffic artery through the heart of this valley, 

ome to some 30,000 residents. It passes by our 

ospital, high school and numerous senior citizen 

obile home parks. 

Third: Route 33 already surpasses its maximum 

raffic loads, particularly during the morning and 

fternoon rush hours. Adding double-long gravel 

Cable complaint 

meets with silence 

JEAN DREGER, OJAI 

Below is a letter I recently sent 

to Time Warner Cable. I don’t 

hold out much hope of receiving 

a response from them, but am 

hoping that others may have the 

same complaint about the 

removal of The Animal Planet 

from the standard cable lineup. 

Many people are not 

interested in “hundreds of 

channels” added to their TV 

listings, as most of them (these 

channels) are undesirable, and 

will only add cost and 

inconvenience to the viewers. 

There are other programs 

which will appear on standard 

cable as well as on a premium 

channel, so TW can’t say that it 

can’t be done. The only issue 

then is, apparently, money. And 

when you’re living on a fixed 

income, that becomes a very 

large issue. The cost for cable is 

already too high, but when it’s the 

only game in town, one is obliged 

to play the game. But, when you 

are told that you must accept 

hundreds of channels in which 

you have no interest, and will 

never watch, and pay extra, to 

boot, for the privilege, they go too 

far. 

Last month I went to City Hall 

to register a complaint, and have 

heard not one word from them. 

I’m beginning to believe that 

issues of concern to the public fall 

on deaf ears. They smile and 

promise they will look into it, 

and, I guess, they believe their job 

is done. But, it seems that they 

also are only interested in big 

money concerns, like where they 

can squeeze in another highpriced 

condo, and low-income 

folks be damned. 

*** 

Time Warner Cable 

9260 Topanga Canyon Blvd. 

Chatsworth, Ca. 91311 

With respect to your motto, 

“The Power of You,” I am writing 

to inquire why you have chosen 

to remove The Animal Planet 

from your standard lineup. 

I have many friends who have 

written to you in hopes of 

changing your minds, for which 

they have received no responses. 

I guess they don’t really have 

“power” after all. To set the 

record straight, there are 

hundreds of elderly shut-ins, 

children, and ordinary people 

who have derived great pleasure 

from this family-friendly channel, 

(of which there are precious few), 

who do not have the means, nor 

for that matter the ability to 

arrange for a cable box, nor do 

they have the space for yet 

another piece of ugly furniture in 

their living quarters. I live in a 

small town (Ojai), where there are 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

Letters to the editor are a cherished community 

institution. We encourage our readers to become 

writers and let their opinions be known. So don’t 

get mad, get writing. 

In order to make it as easy as possible, we have a 

few guidelines: 

• Keep it local. Local issues get priority. We 

welcome opinions about everything or nothing, local 

or global, but we are a community newspaper 

focusing on Ojai news. 

• Don’t get personal. Stick to the issues. If you 

let it get personal, you’ve lost. That’s the prime 

many, many people in nursing 

homes who will be deprived of 

The Animal Planet because they 

don’t have any options. 

Besides which, you have other 

channels which appear on both 

digital and analog, so why can’t 

you arrange to have The Animal 

Planet in this manner? After all, 

the channel (68) will be blank, 

and what’s the reason for that? If 

it’s just a matter of more money 

for you, shame on you! There will 

be hundreds of other channels for 

which you will be receiving megabucks. 

Surely you have the 

“power” to make this happen. If 

you decide to do this, you could 

add another motto, “People 

Friendly.” Now, what’s wrong 

with that? 

Vision of valley fits 

with sustainability 

PETE LAFOLLETTE, OJAI 

I have to disagree with the 

mayor’s comment that things of 

old Ojai are not always that good, 

and also appreciate hearing from 

those living outside Ojai city 

limits, since the pending urban 

Ojai can possibly use more of the 

traditionally rural Ojai. My nosolution 

city council campaign 

went as follows: 

Ojai would do well to follow a 

building ordinance adopted by 

Santa Barbara recently limiting 

the size of remodels to a certain 

square footage preventing 

dimensions that block 

surrounding views and 

overshadow modest pre-existing 

structures. 

The big build-out of Ojai 

diminishes charm and liveability 

and comes with side effects of 

unsustainable growth — crime, 

unhealthy air, traffic congestion 

and general threats to public 

safety and the quality of life. 

Oversized homes and 

commercial buildings subtract 

from the charm and diversity 

bringing tourist revenue to a 

small town that is not yet another 

suburb. The downtown Arcade 

area is designed for pedestrians 

with a central plaza business 

district, not a gateway to 

decentralized commercial 

buildings producing traffic 

congestion. 

Also as important is providing 

for the culture — youth, arts, 

music and creative pursuits, as 

well as acknowledging the many 

rich and varied spiritual 

communities we have for a town 

this size. It is good to see young 

people walking and relating to a 

small town they grew up in and 

still feel a part of. 

I like small neighborhood 

encounters with safe streets for 

bicycles and walkers and kids and 

the occasional wayward dog 

wandering down what it believes 

Write rite of Way Way 

trucks at all hours is not going to help this situation. 

Fourth: The numbers given as projections for the 

number of trips and the hours permitted by these 

trucks can also only be described as woven only 

from one’s imagination as gravel trucks are already 

exceeding these limits now.Trucks currently 

descend into Ojai each morning at least as early as 

5 a.m. and run late into the night. There is no 

oversight or enforcement of current rules. How can 

we expect this scenario to improve? 

Fifth: Though it may be in the power of Santa 

Barbara to approve these permits, it is totally 

within the right and ability of the citizens of the 

Ojai Valley to protest this dangerous intrusion. 

Not only is protesting an art form in this valley, I 

don’t think it is something a public official will 

want to tangle with. I am encouraging everyone I 

know to start by immediately e-mailing Gary 

Kaiser at the Santa Barbara Planning and 

Development Department, gkaiser@co.santabarbara.ca.us, 

their personal disapproval of this 

permit. All public comments must be received 

before Jan. 19, 2007. 

Howard Smith is a past president of the Ojai 

Valley Chamber of Commerce and the current 

chairman of the board of the Ventura County 

Economic Development Association (VCEDA). This 

is a personal letter. 

is a quiet lane, not a busy 

thoroughfare. My vision of the 

quality of life here complements 

but not resists a finite valley 

supporting healthy clean natural 

resources which have potential 

for benign clean energies and 

renewables — solar, wind, and 

bicycle and electric 

transportation. 

Thundering trucks 

present real danger 

JONATHAN W. LAMBERT, OJAI 

As I walk through Ojai early in 

the morning I am greeted with 

the sound and sight of gravel 

trucks thundering along Highway 

33 in front of Nordhoff High 

School. These trucks present a 

real and present danger to the 

numerous students who come to 

the school early and pass in and 

out of it throughout the day. 

In addition, our community 

hospital and a myriad of 

physicians, physical therapists, 

anoutreach community health 

clinic, and numerous other 

health care providers are 

clustered off of 33 across from the 

high school. 

California Route 33 is a main 

street in Ojai. Meiners Oaks and 

the western section of the city of 

Ojai funnel onto it as a major 

transportation pathway. The 

number of near-miss accidents in 

the area bordered by Nordhoff 

High School and the “Y” by Vons 

supermarket is already highly 

worrisome. 

Additional gravel trucks 

moving through this sensitive 

area significantly raises the 

potential for a disastrous tragedy. 

I urge you, Mr. Kaiser, to disallow 

the Troesh Ready-Mix proposalseeking 

to increase the frequency 

of large trucks moving through 

this highly traveled area. 

‘Going, Going, 

Gone’ 

BEATRICE GUITO, OJAI 

Going, going, gone are red 

barns and sleepy towns 

Ice cream socials and village 

clowns 

Going too are spiraling dusty 

roads 

With way-side fruit stands 

staggering under their loads 

And signs with uneven letters 

Directing folks to a homecooked 

meal 

With deep regret I lose all this 

For a world of cold concrete 

and steel. 

— Beatrice Guito 

Beatrice Guito, 90, of Ojai, is a 

member of the Silver Pens writing 

group at Little House. She wrote 

this poem 35 years ago. 

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This is, traditionally, the 

sweetest time of year for inveterate 

list-makers — some would say 

compulsive, but let’s not split hairs 

— like myself. 

Never mind the festive color 

schemes (although I should give a 

shout-out to the red Sharpie, 

which does triple duty this 

season, signifying everything 

from “not yet wrapped” to 

“naughty” to “never thanked me 

for last year’s gift.” Maybe even 

quadruple duty, seeing as how 

this is the only time of year my 

green markers, a.k.a., the 

wallflowers, dance. And speaking 

of shout-outs, Faber-Castell 

makes a silver-and-blue, dualtipped 

brush pen no compulsive 

list-maker should be without. It’s 

well worth the price, even if you 

don’t celebrate Hanukkah. When 

life hands you a pen like this, 

make latkes! Or at least use it to 

make a nice border around that 

potato pancake recipe you’ve 

been meaning to try.) 

I could dictate “to-dos” to my 

dog and have the cat transcribe 

them and it would still be time 

well-spent. So what if I forget the 

eggnog, the batteries, to spell out 

“Christmas” on the greetings I send 

X-tian friends? Remembering to be 

of good cheer is its own reward. 

And that’s what these yuletide 

lists are at their heart: reminders to 

be of good cheer. The particulars 

hardly matter, oftentimes aren’t 

even doable — “Fur-lined hot 

water bottle for Aunt Judy?” 

Whether she was high when she 

said she’d give anything for one or I 

was, I don’t know. I do know that if 

I’m thinking about Aunt Judy, I’m 

not thinking about myself. That, 

come what may, I’ll have 

accomplished my mission. 

Talk about your instant 

gratification — and without any 

unpleasant side effects! 

Indeed, these are the real deal. 

The good stuff. The ones that don’t 

Bret 

Bradigan 

Publisher/ 

Editor 

Ext. 220 

Misty 

Volaski 

Sports editor 

reporter 

Ext. 236 

Matt 

Haag 

Advertising/ 

Sales 

Ext. 228 

come back to bite me in the, uh, 

accomplishment — as in, 

“accomplishment, sense of.” 

Which I’m rarely, if ever, able to 

say about the lists I make every 

other time of the year. To be sure, 

those lists are the bad pennies — 

“Hey, look at me, I’m your 

unfinished business for April 

1993!” — the toilet paper that’s 

forever trailing from my shoe. Or 

rather, desk: rough drafts of letters 

to people no longer living, 

legislators no longer legislating, 

manufacturers of products no 

longer being produced. 

No lie, 320 to 330 days of any 

given year, I’m just maintaining. 

Making lists because I must. Lists 

that, as sure as K-Fed will contest 

his prenup with Britney, will come 

back up like acid reflux. Taunt me 

in that obnoxious little sing-song 

voice of the un-followed through: 

“So, how’s that thesis coming 

along?” “Ooh, what have we here, 

plans for a playhouse? Won’t your 

20-year-old love that!” Et cetera. 

Drug of “choice”? What a 

misnomer. List-making’s my drug 

of necessity and, like all such drugs, 

hard to quit cold turkey. “But then, 

why should I?” — I’ve asked myself 

a thousand times, the promise if a 

side-effect-free list dancing in my 

head. 

Ah, Christmastide: the 

functioning list-oholic’s holy grail 

… Except this season, I nearly blew 

it. 

For much of the season, I wasn’t 

making merry. Worse, I wasn’t 

thinking much about making the 

Rob 

Clement 

Production Mgr 

Photographer 

Ext. 221 

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Kurtenbach 

Circulation 

Ext. 212 

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Valley News • Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006 A5 

• A reader sends a thumbs-up to The Thacher School varsity eight-man 

football team and their coaching staff. It was an exciting season. Go Toads! 

• A reader sends a thumbs-up to the Ojai Valley Newspaper for their 

willingness to take the time and trouble to serve as a collection center for used 

batteries for appropriate, environmentally safe disposal. It is a great service to 

all of us, a service that no one else was willing to do, no governmental, 

comercial or civic organization. Thank you. 

• A reader sends a thumbs-up to the rancher who recently erected a 

pumping vintage windmill on Rice Road — very alternative and very retro at 

the same time! 

• A reader sends a thumbs-down to those who continue to whine about the 

demise of O-Hi Frostie. If it had been half as beloved as its disciples claim, 

relocation would have been no problem. 

• A reader sends a huge thumbs-down to Santa Barbara County if they allow 

the quarries to do more hauling down Highway 33. This will destroy our small 

valley. Ask the cities of Moorpark and Fillmore how they like it. Let them travel 

down highways 101, 154 and 192. 

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people I love merry. 

Yeah, yeah, so maybe I had a 

good excuse in the beginning: 

“Don’t lift anything over 5 pounds 

and avoid sudden movements for 

six to eight weeks,” the 

neurosurgeon who delivered me 

from agony told me Thanksgiving 

week. Effectively saying, “Don’t 

carry your purse with you or drive 

this season.” 

But there was no excuse for 

telling the people I love how I really 

felt when they’d call to ask. 

Take my mom, whose holidays I 

all but ruined by telling her exactly 

how I was when she called to ask, 

early December. “Still waiting for 

the lab reports to come back,” I 

replied. 

She laughed, of course, not 

realizing that I really meant it. 

That, unlike the gazillion other 

times I’d replied in kind, I really 

was in a maybe-I-should-get-myaffairs-in-order 

funk. 

But instead of using this 

opportunity wisely, to, you know, 

go along with the gag (the poor 

woman had no idea that 

“something had come up” during 

surgery number one and that I’d 

just heard I’d definitely need a 

whole new surgery to further 

explore the situation), I just let her 

chuckle hang there. Wasted 

precious seconds of thoughtgathering 

time. 

By the end of our phone call, I 

felt worse about her than I did 

about me. 

Then, a couple days before 

Christmas, after surgery number 

two, I actually did get a decent lab 

report. Which I promptly relayed to 

Mom and company, adding a 

sheepish little, “Ho, ho, ho.” 

Phew, dodged a bullet there. But 

barely … 

Guess I’ll have to make New 

Year’s resolutions. Yeah, that’s 

what I’ll do. Make a bunch of them, 

then burn ‘em! Now, that’ll be 

sweet. 

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This Week 

•Thursday, Dec. 28 

NATURE HIKE — On Thursday 

Ojai Valley Land Conservancy hike 

headers Sheila Anderson and Pat 

Jump will be leading a hike on the 

Potrero John Trail in Los Padres 

National Forest. Meet at 10 a.m. at 

the Park & Ride lot next to the former 

Ford agency on Ojai Avenue at the 

“Y.” This free hike is on one of the 

most spectacular trails in the forest. 

Bring drinking water and you may 

also want to bring a walking stick. 

Hike is easy to moderate and is five 

miles round trip. Call Anderson at 

649-9044 for more information. Rain 

cancels. 

BLOOD DRIVE — United Blood 

Services Central Coast will hold a 

blood drive on on Thursday from 10 

a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Ojai Valley 

Community Hospital, 1306 Maricopa 

Highway. For an appointment time 

or any questions, potential donors 

can call UBS at 654-8104 or sign up 

online at bloodhero.com. 

•Friday, Dec. 29 

PEACE VIGIL — Bring signs and 

flags and join the peace vigil held 

every Friday at 5 p.m. at Libbey Park 

along Ojai Avenue by the fountain. 

•Saturday, Dec. 30 

“WHO IS DR. SURF?” — Like surf 

music? Then stop by the CD release 

Supervisor Steve Bennett, seventh from left, joins 

staff from the county’s General Services Agency, 

the Channel Island Bike Club and community 

members on the Ojai Valley Trail at the “Y” Dec. 

15. The gathering was in celebration of a recently 

completed $240,000 improvement project on the 

THE CALENDAR OF OJAI VALLEY EVENTS 

party for “Who Is Dr. Surf?” on 

Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Ojai Art 

Center, 113 S. Montgomery St., 

featuring food, surf movies, a 

mariachi band and dancing. Get a 

free CD with $15 admission. 

•Sunday, Dec. 31 

INTERNATIONAL MEDITATION 

FOR WORLD PEACE — The 

International Meditation for World 

Peace is a yearly event at the 

Theosophical Society of the Ojai 

Valley. You may bring a poem, a 

short reading, or a seed thought to 

share on Sunday at 4 p.m. in the 

Music Room at the Krotona Library, 

2 Krotona Hill, Ojai. Call 646-2653 for 

more information. 

•Tuesday, Jan. 2 

H.E.A.R. MEETING — “High 

Technology in Hearing Devices” will 

be the subject at the free monthly 

Hearing Education and Resources 

meeting on Tuesday from 9 to 10 

a.m. at Little House, 111 W. Santa 

Ana St., Ojai. The meeting will 

include instruction in lip reading. All 

are welcome. Call Bill Leak at 646- 

6462 for more information. 

MEINERS OAKS LIBRARY STORY 

HOUR — A story hour is held every 

Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Meiners 

Oaks Library, 114 N. Padre Juan Ave., 

Meiners Oaks. These free programs 

are open to all parents and children. 

Call 646-4804 for more information. 

GLOBAL PEACE GATHERING — 

Improvement Project 

Come and gather in a circle around 

the Libbey Park fountain at 5 p.m. 

every Tuesday to anchor peace 

within our community and radiate 

peace over Earth. 

“RETURN TO HEAVENLY 

TRAVEL” — On Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. 

at Krotona School, the Theosophical 

Society in the Ojai Valley will host 

Bim Burckes talking on “Return to 

Heavenly Travel.” Call 640-8003 for 

more information. 

FULL MOON MEDITATION — A 

Solar Fire Festival at the full moon of 

Capricorn will be held Tuesday at 

7:30 p.m. at Meditation Mount, 

located at the end of Reeves Road in 

Ojai. Donations are welcome. Call 

646-5508 for more information. 

Down the Road 

MATILIJA FLY FISHERS 

MEETING — The Matilija Fly Fishers 

will meet Jan. 3 at 7 p.m. at Little 

House Senior Center, 111 W. Santa 

Ana St., Ojai. Visitors are welcome. 


OJAI LIBRARY BOOK 

DISCUSSION GROUP — The Ojai 

Library’s Book Discussion Group will 

meet Jan. 3 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss 

“Jim the Boy: A Novel” by Tony Early. 

The library is located at 111 E. Ojai 

Ave. Everyone is invited to join the 

group. The only requirement for 

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Ojai Valley Trail. County staff involved in the 

project discussed the project and planned future 

improvements. Local bicycle groups participated in 

the event to promote bicycling as alternative 

transportation in the valley. 

participating in the discussion is to 

have read the book and come willing 

to share your opinion and listen to 

others. Call 646-1639. 

BLOOD DRIVE — United Blood 

Services Central Coast will hold a 

blood drive on Jan. 4 from 2:30 to 

6:30 p.m. at the Ojai United 

Methodist Church, 120 Church Road, 

across from Nordhoff High School. 

For an appointment time or any 

questions, potential donors can call 

UBS at 654-8104 or sign up online at 

bloodhero.com. 

COMEDY SPORTZ-L.A. — The 

renowned theater improvisation 

troupe, ComedySportzLA, will 


perform on Jan. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the 

Matilija Auditorium, 703 El Paseo 

Road, to raise funds for Ojai 

Performing Arts Theater Academy. 

VIP seats are $30 (for priority seating 

and a post-performance reception 

with the players); general seating is 

$15 for adults, $10 for students and 

seniors, or $35 for a family of four 

(not recommended for children 

under 6). For tickets: 640-6404 or 

www.opata.org. (J5) 

VOLUNTEER TRAIL DAY — The 

Ojai Ranger District will be 

organizing a volunteer trail project 

on Jan. 6 on the upper portion of 

Lion Canyon and White Ledge trails. 

The project will focus on trail 

restoration from the Day Fire. Bring a 

daypack with water, lunch, 

sunscreen, gloves, eye protection, 

hat, insect repellent and wear sturdy 

shoes. It’s a fun day to share with 

other hikers while doing light trail 

maintenance. Forest Service will 

provide transportation from Ojai to 

the trailhead, tools, instruction and 

drinks. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at the Ojai 

Ranger Station, 1190 E. Ojai Ave. The 

group will return by 4 p.m. For more 

information, call Heidi Anderson at 

646-4348, Ext. 309. 

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Healthy Lifestyle Ojai 

Gallstones 

common, 

treatable 

Q: I was told years ago, after an 

ultrasound, that I have gallstones. 

Just recently about 15 minutes after 

I ate I felt a sharp pain under my 

right ribs. It lasted about an hour 

and I believe it’s due to gallstones. 

Is there anything I can do to 

prevent another attack? 

A: There are many organs in the 

abdomen that will cause pain when 

something is abnormal. In general, 

if you have sharp pain or it is 

moderate to severe you should be 

seen by a doctor. If it is associated 

with a fever, vomiting or severe 

pain it is best to be seen urgently. 

Gallstones are very common 

and half the people who have them 

are never bothered by them. The 

gall bladder, which is a pouch 

hooked up to the ducts that drain 

bile from the liver, stores bile in it. 

Bile is a chemical mixture including 

cholesterol and bilirubin (which 

gives the brown color to stool). The 

cholesterol and bilirubin may start 

to precipitate, forming crystals. 

Initially this may create a 

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thickening, or sludge, of the bile. 

The precipitants may turn into one 

or many stones, large or small. 

When the bile ducts get blocked by 

stones or inflammation, pain and 

infection may occur. 

The gall bladder contracts when 

food, particularly fats, is emptied 

from the stomach. The bile juices 

contain digestive enzymes and 

drain with or without a gall bladder. 

Avoiding fats might help as long as 

the stones are not blocking the flow 

of bile and the gall bladder is not 

inflamed. 

The single best cure is the 

modern surgery called 

laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 

Surgeons remove the gall bladder 

with a scope and narrow 

instruments via very small 

incisions. Most people leave the 

hospital within a day and can 

return to work within a few days. 

Only with occasional emergencies 

does an open cholecystectomy 

need to be done. 

If someone can not undergo 

surgery there is a medication called 

Actigall that has a 50 percent 

success rate of dissolving the stones 

when taken up to a year. 

Lithotripsy, or sound waves, to 

beak up stones to be small enough 

to pass through the bile ducts can 

be performed, but this can make 

matters worse if the small stones 

end up lodging in the ducts causing 

a blockage. Stones that do block 

the common bile duct can be 

removed by an endoscopic 

procedure. The gall bladder is 

completely dispensable and either 

the laparoscopic or endoscopic 

procedures, whichever is indicated, 

do provide the relief of pain and 

other symptoms gallstones 

cause.for more than two years. 

Rochelle Wilson is an Ojai doctor 

of osteopathy. 

Adam Y. Thunell has joined 

Community Memorial Health 

System as the new vice president 

of operations and chief 

operations officer. 

A resident of Oxnard, Thunell 

brings a decade of experience in 

hospital management and a wide 

range of skills and 

accomplishments to CMHS. For 

the past nine years, Thunell has 

worked as a high-level 

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Water: 


goes on to state “persons 

appointed to fill a vacancy shall 

hold office until the next general 

district election that is scheduled 

130 or more days after the date 

the county elections official is 

notified of the vacancy ... but 

persons elected to fill a vacancy 

shall hold office for the unexpired 

balance of the term of office.” 

Of the three winners in the 

Nov. 7 election, von Gunten 

received the fewest votes, so the 

lawsuit filed by MOCWD made 

her board status uncertain. The 

legal maneuvers have been a bit 

disheartening for von Gunten. 

“All my previous work is based on 

bridge-building,” she glumly 

expressed. 

In a decision dated Dec. 4, 

Judge David Long states, “By its 

petition the District is, in essence, 

asking the court to nullify the 

result of the Nov. 7, 2006 election 

and order the county election 

officials to admit Mr. Lopez as a 

Board Member whose seat will 

not come up for election until 

Nov. 4, 2008. Finally, it asks this 

court to order the county election 

officials to conduct and pay for a 

special election for the two seats 

it believes should have 

legitimately been on the Nov. 7, 

2006 ballot.” 

Judge Long comments that 

the Water District bet that their 

appointee would be elected. 

“That scenario having not played 

out, after the game is over, the 

district, in essence, seeks to 

replay the last three or four 

innings under different rules 

than it attempted to assert 

previously.” 

Judge Long goes on to discuss 

that on Dec 1, MOCWD 

scheduled an ex parte party 

hearing for the following 

Monday, but failed to file any 

formal application for ex parte 

relief, nor did it provide the court 

with a memorandum of points 

and authorities regarding its 

entitlement to the relief it sought. 

“There is no absolute right to the 

writ,” cites Long. 

Long explains the court “will 

not issue if the writ would result 

in grievous public or private 

wrong in conflict with the spirit of 

the statute, even though it be in 

compliance with the technical 

letter of the law ... A party who 

desires a writ of mandate must 

show its right to the writ under 

Valley News • Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006 A7 

Thunell named to CMH post 

Oxnard man chosen 

as vice president of 

operations and chief 

operations officer 

Michael Ellingson 


concerts at Disneyland, Good 

Sam, and Bandfest. 

“My parents and friends are 

very excited and proud of me,” 

Beaver affirmed. “If you watch 

the parade, I’m the first person 

on the right hand side of the V.” 

Although Jen is not allowed to 

wave, “I’ll be smiling, feeling 

proud to represent Ojai Valley 

and Nordhoff High School!” 

Adam Y. Thunell 

Photo by Jennifer Emerling/Brooks Institute of Photography 

Beaty: 


spans the country music genre; 

“Poolside Temptations” is a fun 

summer song along the lines of 

Trace Adkins’ “Honkytonk 

Badonkadonk,” while “Angel” is a 

sweeter, Tim-to-Faith style love 

ballad. 

So far, there are seven songs, 

but no record deal. Come 

January, however, that could 

change. Beaty will be a featured 

artist for 100.7 KHAY’s “15 

Minutes of Fame,” hosted by 

Scott Alexander each Friday at 9 

p.m. 

“People call in after they play 

your music, if they like it, (KHAY) 

keeps playing it. If not,” Beaty 

said, “well, you got your 15 

minutes of fame.” 

It’s not Beaty’s first time on 

the radio. His song, “I Love the 

U.S.A.” was played on 

Independence Day last year, 

although he was out of town and 

couldn’t hear it. There’s no date 

set yet for Beaty’s “15 Minute of 

Fame,” but Beaty said he was told 

sometime in early January. 

“I’m really excited about the 

opportunity,” he said. “It’s such a 

great honor to have your music 

on the radio.” 

And although Beaty doesn’t 

the law and the grant of the writ 

would not result in substantial 

injustice.” 

The judge continues “none of 

the three elected candidates, 

much less Mr. Lopez, are parties 

to this action. For reasons that this 

court does not understand, the 

District chose not to name them, 

even as nominal respondents.” 

Long declares that clearly the 

candidates’ rights to hold the 

offices to which they were elected 

would be substantially affected 

by any ruling of his court on the 

merits of the petition. Long also 

asserts that the Elections Code 

sections cited by county counsel 

deal with election contests as to 

the qualifications or malconduct 

of the persons elected. 

Judge Long concludes that 

denial of the petitionapplication 

would have been 

justified based on the district’s 

failure to either comply with 

California Rules of Court or 

demonstrate that equity favors 

the issuance of the writ of 

mandate. Even had injunctive 

relief sought demonstrated that 

the district itself has the right to 

relief requested by way of a 

memorandum of points and 

authorities as required, “the 

court denies the petition/ 

application as moot.” 

An order to show cause was 

scheduled for Dec 19. This court 

date was to give the water district 

the opportunity to show why the 

instant petition should not be 

dismissed for mootness. On Dec. 

19, however, MOCWD requested 

a continuance and the newly 

elected board of directors were 

sworn in to serve their terms at 

the regular board meeting that 

evening. The water district then 

administrator with Cottage 

Health System in Santa Barbara, 

with his final position as vice 

president. At Cottage, Thunell 

was involved in long-term 

planning, daily operations and 

community relations, and he 

oversaw support services and 

government relations as well as 

numerous other management 

duties. 

Thunell earned his master’s 

degree in hospital administration 

from the University of Minnesota 

and his bachelor’s degree in 

business management from 

Brigham Young University in 

Provo, Utah. Previously, in 1989, 

he was appointed to the United 

States Air Force Academy in 

Colorado Springs, Colo. He is 

married with four small children. 

Kindest Cut 

Taylor Farmer, 5, looks at the 

bulk of hair that was cut off last 

Thursday by Carol Saunders, a 

hair stylist at Contempo Hair 

Design. Farmer’s hair is being 

donated to Locks of Love — a 

nonprofit organization that gives 

hairpieces to children suffering 

from hair loss due to medical 

treatments. Farmer decided to 

donate her hair to Locks of Love 

after learning that her cousin 

was losing her hair because of 

leukemia treatments. “At the 

time she said, ‘She can have my 

hair!’” said Farmer’s mom, 

Monica, “and ever since she’s 

waited until it was long enough 

to donate.” 

Dr. Todd Beaty 

plan on giving up Ojai Family 

Podiatry Clinic for Nashville, 

there’s no telling where his music 

will lead him. “I enjoy having this 

as a side thing to my practice,” he 

said. “Everybody’s got a hobby; 

some do drama or sports. With 

music right now, you don’t have 

to be committed to big 

performances. You can still do 

studio work and create music 

without it taking away from your 

career.” 

But, he had to admit, “This is a 

just-for-fun thing, but I sure 

won’t have a problem if 

somebody pays me to listen to 

my music!” 

filed a request for dismissal on 

Dec. 20. 

After all the uncertainty, von 

Gunten is happy to finally get her 

chance to serve on the MOCWD 

board. She told OVN that the 

district has been very welcoming 

and made it clear that their legal 

efforts were not a personal attack 

on her. “The Water District had 

an honest disagreement with the 

county,” von Gunten remarked. 

“They are mystified at the 

county’s actions.” 

Now an official director, von 

Gunten is enthusiastic about 

being involved. “Much of my 

work life has focused on the 

transition to more sustainable 

resource management,” von 

Gunten told OVN in November. 

“It has given me lots of 

experience bridging the gap 

between constituencies often 

seen as adversaries. 

“I want to use what I know to 

assure that MOCWD can provide 

a safe, adequate, reliable supply 

of water,” von Gunten continued, 

“and that it has sufficient 

resources to keep up with timely 

maintenance, the key to avoiding 

costly emergency repairs and 

keeping rates affordable.” 

Lopez had no comment about 

the lawsuit, but said that he still 

intends to be active with 

MOCWD. “I’ll continue going to 

the meetings,” he affirmed. “The 

water system has been somewhat 

neglected and the manager, Mr. 

Mike Hollebrand, is doing a great 

job in getting it back on track,” 

Lopez told OVN in November. As 

far as running for another board 

position, Lopez will wait and see 

how he feels in 2008. 

MOCWD officials were 

unavailable for comment.

performing Arts 

Calendar 

of Events 

please send info to: 

editor@ojaivalleynews.com 

Saturday for Dr. 

Surf CD release 

Like surf music? Then stop 

by the CD release party for 

“Who Is Dr. Surf?” on Saturday 

at 7 p.m. at the Ojai Art Center, 

113 S. Montgomery St., 

featuring food, surf movies, a 

mariachi band and dancing. 

Get a free CD with $15 

admission. 

OPATA brings in 

improv troupe 

The renowned theater 

improvisation troupe, 

ComedySportzLA, will perform 

on Jan. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the 

Matilija Auditorium, 703 El 

Paseo Road, to raise funds for 

Ojai Performing Arts Theater 

Academy. VIP seats are $30 (for 

priority seating and a postperformance 

reception with 

the players); general seating is 

$15 for adults, $10 for students 

and seniors, or $35 for a family 

of four (not recommended for 

children under 6). For tickets: 

640-6404 or www.opata.org. 

Casino Night to 

benefit musicians 

“Bet on the Big Apple: 

Casino Night for Carnegie Hall, 

New York City,” a benefit for 

Nordhoff High School music 

department’s spring tour, will 

be held on Jan. 12 at 6 p.m. at 

the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa at 905 

Country Club Road. Tickets: 

$25 presale; $30 at the door. 

Ticket sales and more 

information at nhsmusic.com 

or call 798-3471. 

Theosophists 

continue screenings 

The Ojai Valley Lodge of the 

Theosophical Society will 

continue its tradition of 

monthly screenings of 

outstanding movies with a 

spiritual or theogophical angle 

this winter. All presentations 

are free, though donations will 

be appreciated. On Jan. 13 at 

7:30 p.m., Stanley Kubrick’s 

classic, “2001: A Space 

Odyssey,” will be shown in 

Krotona Hall. Everyone is 

welcome. 

Highlighting the diverse incarnations of the performing arts throughout the Ojai Valley 

Storytelling Festival 

announces lineup 

Village of Tales event set for May 3-6 

Brian Bemel 


“The Ojai storytelling festival 

has it all; entertaining, nationally 

known storytellers, wonderful 

organization and the ideal location 

to sit out under the oaks and hear 

stories that will move you, make 

you laugh and remind you it is 

great to be alive.” — David Holt, 

storyteller and Grammy Awardwinning 

musician 

The Village of Tales announces 

its lineup of acclaimed storytellers 

for the eighth annual storytelling 

festival to be held in Ojai at the 

famed Libbey Bowl, May 3 

through 6. Tickets for individual 

events and weekend passes are 

available by phoning 646-8907 or 

visiting villageoftales.org. 

Discounted passes are available 

until March 1. 

This year’s lineup of storytellers 

is as follows: 

• Barbara McBride-Smith: A 

past performer at our festival, 

Barbara McBride-Smith will bring 

her humor, energy, and delightful 

personality to the stage as she 

introduces our fabulous tellers. 

Author of several books and tapes, 

as well as a recipient of the Circle 

of Excellence award from the 

National Association of 

Storytelling, McBride-Smith was 

chosen as the 2001 Teacher of the 

Year in Tulsa, Okla. 

• Diane Ferlatte: When Diane 

Ferlatte arrives on stage, you can’t 

help but be carried along with her 

charismatic style of telling that 

includes music, sign-language, 

movement, humor and song. She 

carries a stick and a treasure trove 

of stories, some with homespun 

wisdom, some with rhythm and 

rhyme, all with heart and life. 

Spinning yarns from many 

cultures, Ferlatte focuses mostly 

on African, Southern and African- 

American tales. 

• Donald Davis: Considered by 

many to be the father of family 

tales and one of the most soughtafter 

tellers in the nation, 

returning master storyteller 

Donald Davis captures the heart 

and soul of his audiences through 

his tender and often hilarious 

reminiscences of his childhood. 

Whether they be Jack tales passed 

on from his grandmother, 

traditional stories from his 

Scotch-Welsh ancestors, absurd 

tall tales from his Uncle Frank or 

insights into the small-town 

community of his adolescence, 

Davis thoroughly delights 

audiences of all ages. 

• Carmen Deedy: Like a spicy 

salsa, Carmen Deedy adds energy 

and flavor to every story she tells. 

A first-timer at the Village of Tales, 

Deedy recounts her tales of 

growing up Cuban in the deep 

south of Decatur, Ga. An awardwinning 

children’s author and 

storyteller, it’s never a dull 

moment when Deedy is on stage. 

• Bill Harley: Through story 

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Whether you’re a kid now or 

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storytelling’s highest honor, the 

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from there a whimsical trajectory 

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At a ceremony held at 

Lincoln Center in New York, 

Ojai Music Festival’s 2007 

music director, French pianist 

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, was 

awarded Instrumentalist of the 

Year by Musical America 

International Directory of the 

Performing Arts. He was among 

only five recipients to be 

honored during the event held 

recently. The top honor of 

Musician of the Year went to 

the eminent Dutch conductor 

Bernard Haitink, recently 

appointed principal conductor 

of the Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra; William Bolcom, 

Composer of the Year; Barbara 

Cook, Vocalist of the Year; and 

Michael M. Kaiser, Impresario 

of the Year. 

Aimard will make his Ojai 

debut during the 61st Ojai Music 

Festival, June 7 to 10 as both 

music director and pianist. He 

will be joined by composer in 

residence Peter Eötvös, The Saint 

Paul Chamber Orchestra, 

conductor Douglas Boyd, Nexus 

percussion ensemble and the 

Bugallo-Williams piano duo, 

among others. 

“The festival congratulates Mr. 

Aimard on this prestigious award 

which honors his significant 

achievements as one of today’s 

most respected pianists.” says 

Ojai Music Festival executive 

director, Jeffrey P. Haydon. “As 

music director, he will bring his 

diverse and eclectic musical 

interests to Ojai which will 

continue the festival’s legacy of 

Theater 150 presents the next 

event in the “New and Used” play 

reading series, “The Weir,” by 

Conor McPherson, directed by 

Susan Kelejian and produced by 

Leslie Paxton, featuring John 

Diehl, Ron Feltner, Lloyd Heslip, 

Sasha Heslip and Russell Seveney. 

What’s in the water? Visit an 

Irish pub to hear ghost stories from 

the shadows and the watery abyss 

of the weir. What happened, and 

why? 

Reading of “The Weir” will take 

place on Jan. 8 at 7:30 p.m. at 

Theater 150, 918 E. Ojai Ave. 

Tickets are $7; order online at 

theater150.org or call 646-4300. 


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2007’s music 

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Pierre-Laurent Aimard, music director for the 2007 Ojai Music Festival, was 

awarded Instrumentalist of the Year at the Lincoln Center in New York. 

presenting fascinating and 

adventurous programs.” 

Aimard has worked with and 

been praised by such leading 

composers of our time as Olivier 

Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, and 

György Ligeti. He is equally 

acclaimed in mainstream 

repertory, notably on CD in 

Beethoven concertos and 

Schumann piano music. His 

growing international renown is 

further demonstrated by 

auspicious residencies this 

season at The Saint Paul 

Chamber Orchestra, Carnegie 

Hall and at the Berlin 

Philharmonic. 

Every year, Musical America 

International chooses to honor 

several outstanding musicians 

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with an award for excellence. Each 

year, the announcement of these 

awardees is a highly anticipated 

event in the music industry. The 

Musician of the Year award was 

established in 1960, with awards 

for Composer, Conductor, 

Instrumentalist, and Vocalist of 

the Year added in 1992; and 

Ensemble of the Year in 1995. 

The Ojai Music Festival will run 

June 7 to 10, with concerts held at 

the outdoor Libbey Bowl. 

Festival early series 

subscription packages are now 

available and range from $105 to 

$535 for a full series and $60 to 

$245 for a mini series.To purchase 

series tickets or for more 

information, call 646-2094, or visit 

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What will your 

New Year’s 

Resolution be? 

Mike 

Miller 

We all do it. We pick a 

resolution for the New Year and 

more often than not it contains 

words like exercise, 

commitment, walking, weight 

loss, or “no more chocolate 

fudge.” We come out with guns 

blazing, and, for the entire 

month of January, we do great. 

However, by February, those 

new running shoes have turned 

into gardening shoes and that 

no chocolate fudge pact that we 

made, forget it! 

This year my New Year’s 

resolution is going to contain 

words like sportsmanship, 

teamwork, and positive role 

model and I am committed to 

seeing it through. I consider 

myself one of the luckiest 

people on Earth. I have two 

beautiful and healthy 

daughters, a supportive family 

and a rewarding career. Since I 

began writing for the OVN, I 

have been blessed to have been 

able to watch numerous games 

all over the county and I 

honestly still get butterflies in 

my stomach no matter the game 

or the level of competition. The 

benefit of sports is so great, in 

my opinion. It has provided 

motivation to so many, and life 

lessons have been learned by 

nearly all who participate. 

In 2006, there were a few very 

disturbing images that we have 

all probably seen. There was the 

father who tackled a youth 

football player because he hit 

his son late in a Pee Wee 

Doughnuts snag first in WTT 

The Devilish Doughnuts scored 

12 points in the World Team 

Tennis season-ending tournament, 

which was just enough to capture 

first place. David Barron won the 

No. 3 boys’ singles division and 

finished second in the No. 2 boys’ 

singles. Theresa Gilmore won the 

No. 2 girls’ singles to power the 

Doughnuts to a one-point win over 

El Tacos. 

Barron defeated David Langley 

of the Toast, 6-1, in the finals of the 

No. 3 singles, but lost 6-2 to Travis 

Ross of the Flaming Calamaris. 

Gilmore dropped Pirating Pizza 

player Jemma Parsons in the finals, 

6-5, after winning the tiebreaker, 7- 

4. Jenny Stern of the Doughnuts 

finished third in the No. 1 girls’ 

singles, adding two points to her 

teams’ total, defeating Augusta 

Grimm of the Whoppers, 4-3. 

Over 40 players competed in the 

two day tournament, which was 

sponsored by the Ojai Valley 

Play golf, support 

NHS lady hoops 

The 10th annual Lady Rangers’ 

Two-Man Scramble is scheduled 

for Jan. 14 at the Ojai Valley Inn. 

The shotgun start is slated for 

11 a.m. 

The entry fee is $175 per player 

which will include range balls, 

green fee, cart, baggage handling, 

gratuity, awards, drawings and 

pizza. 

All proceeds will go to support 

the Lady Ranger basketball 

teams. If you are interested in 

playing, call head coach Ted Cotti 

at 646-8885. 

ORD hosts golf 

tournament benefit 

The Ojai Recreation 

Department is hosting its third 

annual golf tournament 

tomorrow at Soule Park Golf 

Course. 

The tournament begins with a 

shotgun start at 8 a.m., and is a 

two-man scramble format. Bring 

a partner or come by yourself to 

football game; and then you 

have the coach that suckerpunched 

a 17-year-old referee 

for making a “bad call” in a 

Little League game, both of 

which were caught on film. The 

Ojai Valley has a lot to be proud 

of in terms of its sports leagues. 

Generally, all who attend games 

are well behaved and support 

both teams, but there are still 

those select few who will say 

whatever they please no matter 

what the effect. 

I am saddened at times by 

some of the comments that are 

directed toward officials, 

opponents, coaches and even 

our own players. I think that 

when we take a step back and 

think back to our youth and 

how formative those years were, 

we should all think twice before 

we yell something at a game. 

The youth of America deserve 

our support and it is up to us to 

ensure that we make sports a 

fun and productive aspect of 

their childhood. Please don’t get 

me wrong, I love competition as 

much as the next person and I 

am a beneficiary of an athletic 

career that allowed me to gain a 

college education, but it needs 

to be done in a positive manner 

by all. 

I ask you to join me in my 

New Year’s resolution. I have 

come up with one simple rule to 

follow. If we all obey this one 

simple rule, the fields, courts, 

pools, tracks, and courses will 

be much more fun for all 

involved. 

The rule is as follows: “We 

will place the emotional and 

physical well-being of our youth 

ahead of our personal desire to 

win.” 

I wish you a terrific new year 

and I hope to see you all at 

many positive and rewarding 

Ojai Valley sporting events in 

2007. 

Tennis Club. The Doughnuts 

finished first in the tournament, 

but finished second behind El 

Tacos in the WTT fall season. The 

Toast captured first place in the 

Ojai Valley Inn Tournament, which 

was held in November. 

El Tacos came up with 11 

points as captain Laignee Barron 

won the No. 1 girls’ singles, 

defeating her sister, Katie, of the 

Toast, 6-3, in the finals. Sean 

Lawry of the Tacos defeated 

teammate Jacob DeCordova for 

third place in the No. 1 singles 

spot, then beat Patrick Lenz of the 

Pizzas, 6-1, to take third in the No. 

2 singles. Daniel Mitchell added a 

few more points for the Tacos, 

taking third in the No. 4 boys’ 

singles. 

Third place went to the Toast, 

as they ended with 10 points. 

Spencer Lawry of the Toast won 

the No. 4 boys’ spot with a 4-0 win 

over Calamari player Austin 

SPORTS SHORTS 

get paired up. The cost is $65 per 

person, plus $5 per mulligan for 

those who choose to take one. 

Closest-to-the-pin and longest 

drive contests are scheduled as 

well, and are $5 each to enter. 

Prizes and awards will be give 

at the tournament, which 

benefits the ORD youth 

programs. 

Register by calling 646-1872. 

Adult flag football 

slated to begin Jan. 3 

The ORD’s annual adult flag 

football league will comence Jan. 

3 at Sarzotti Park. 

Games are held each 

Wednesday at either 6:30, 7:40 or 

8:50 p.m. The cost is $200 per 

team, plus a $20 per game referee 

fee. Register your team by calling 

646-1872. 

OVLL hosts four more 

registration dates 

The Ojai Valley Little League 

will host four more registration 

dates: Jan. 2, 16, 20 and 27. 


Alexander. Catherine Gilmore of 

the Toast took third in the girls’ 

No. 2 spot, beating Amanda 

Limon, 6-1. 

The Pizzas finished fourth as 

captain Casey Robbins dominated 

the No. 1 boys’ singles, beating 

Sean Lawry of the Tacos and 

Jordan Cox of the Pillsbury 

Doughboys in the finals without 

losing a single game. 

In addition to team and 

individual trophies for the WTT 

league and tournament, trophies 

were also given to the league most 

valuable players and for Rookie of 

the Year. 

This season’s co-MVPs were El 

Taco players Laignee Barron and 

Sean Lawry. Both finished 

undefeated in singles during 

league play, and were both a main 

part of their team finishing with a 

perfect 8-0 record. The Rookie of 

the Year award went to David 

Langley of the Toast. 

The Oak View Community 

Center will play host to 

registration on Jan. 2 and 16; sign 

up from 7 to 9 p.m. each day. 

Then, on Jan. 20 and 27, register 

at the Little League Fields at Oak 

Dell Park from 10 a.m. to noon. 

Mandatory player ratings will 

be going on at the same time. 

Registration can also be 

completed online at 

ojaivalleylittleleague.com. 

Teams will be announced at a 

pot luck Feb. 11 at the Oak View 

Community Center from 4 to 7 

p.m. Register before Dec. 31 for a 

$10 discount off the registration 

price. Volunteers are needed; call 

Eric Baldwin at 649-9880 for more 

information. 

Free capoeria Jan. 9 

The Ojai Recreation 

Department and instructor 

Daniel Shin Yoshimi will be 

offering a free capoeira class for 

adults on Jan. 9, from 5 to 6:15 

p.m. For more information, call 

the ORD at 646-1872. 

Home for the holidays, the 

Nordhoff Ranger basketball 

alumni gathered at their old gym 

last Thursday for the annual 

Rangers vs. Alumni basketball 

games. 

Both boys and girls competed, 

and the alumni won both games 

as a rowdy crowd cheered them 

on at Nordhoff. 

Above, 2005 Ranger alum A.J. 

Maulhardt tries to keep the ball 

away from the hands of current 

Ranger, senior Tyler Starbard. 

The alumni eventually took the 

win, 76-66. 

In the girls’ game, the alumni 

INSIDE: 

B2 Classified 

B4 People 

Photo by Jennifer Emerling/ Brooks Institute of Photography 

Ranger Alumni Upset 

Current Hoopsters 

also gave the current stars a run 

for their money, ending up 

victorious, 56-40. 

Johanna Rothermel, a 2006 

grad pictured at left, posted 22 

points for the alumni. Cate 

Bradley (2006) added 12 of her 

own, while Sarah Lagos (2005), 

Maegan Bunker (2006) and 

Maria Perry (2001) also 

contributed points. 

The current Lady Rangres 

begin play in the Nike 

Tournament in Phoenix today, 

while the boys play in the 

Ventura Tournament now 

through Saturday. 

B1 

WEDNESDAY 

Dec. 27, 2006 

Misty Volaski, editor 

646-1476, Ext. 36 

On Tap 

Tournament Action 

• Nordhoff girls’ basketball: 

at the Nike Tournament in 

Phoenix, through Saturday. 

• NHS boys basketball: at 

the Ventura Tournament, 


• Villanova girls’ basketball: 

at the Hueneme Tournament 


• VPS boys’ basketball: host 

the Augustinian Tournament, 


• VPS girls’ soccer: at the 

Tartan Shootout, through 

Saturday. 

• NHS girls’ soccer: at the 

San Gorgonio Tournament 

through tomorrow. 

‘Nova cagers ready 

for the Augustinians 

Wildcat hoop men 

host eight-team 

tourney tomorrow 

through Saturday 

By Wyatt Oroke 

OVN intern 

Villanova Preparatory School 

is putting its 58-46 Los Angeles 

Baptist loss in the past as they 

get ready for the Augustine 

Tournament, which kicks off 

tomorrow and runs through 

Saturday at the VPS gym. 

In past years, Villanova 

hasn’t had a lot of success in 

the Augustinian Tournament, 

which is held at various 

Augustinian schools across 

North America annually. 

However, with a new head 

coach, a new-looking team and 

a 5-3 overall record thus far, the 

Wildcats hope to turn their 

tournament fortune around. 

The ‘Cats are made up of 

almost all guards, so they will 

look to get out in the open 

court and push the ball to get 

easy lay-ins. 

The return of Todd Robie 

was made bittersweet after the 

team discovered that senior 

Alex Stelzer will miss the whole 

tournament due to back 

Thursday 

• 11a.m., St. Augustine vs. St. Rita 

• 12:30 p.m., Villanova Prep (Ojai) vs. 

Villanova College 

• 2 p.m., Malvern Prep vs. Providence 

Catholic 

• 3:30 p.m., Cascia Hall vs. St. Augustine 

Prep 

Friday 

• 3 p.m., Cascia Hall vs. St. Rita 

• 4:30 p.m., Providence vs. Villanova 

problems. Stelzer’s scheduled 

to be out for at least a month, 

although it’s safe to say the 

entire school’s got his back till 

then. 

Coach Matt Murphy, 

therefore, is stressing during 

practices that the little things 

will make the difference in the 

Augustinian Tournament. In 

keeping with this, he himself 

spent several hours watching 

other teams play, bringing back 

some useful information on the 

competition. 

A big factor that Villanova 

seemed to be lacking in its first 

few games is defensive 

communication, something 

Murphy is also emphasizing in 

practices. 

Other things like free throw 

shooting and trapping the ball 

have also been main focuses at 

practice. For Villanova to do 

well at this tournament, they 

will need to rely on both their 

full court defense and their 

outside shooting ability. 

Both junior Brendan 

Beaghler and freshman Lucas 

Weavil will be called upon to 

knock down three-pointers; the 

pair have combined to sink 34 

threes this season. Dane 

McFadden, who is averaging 

8.9 points and 8.1 rebounds per 

Sanders, 

Beckett 

teams 

take first 

at Soule 

The Soule Park Senior Men’s 

Golf Club held a tournament 

Dec. 11 at Soule Park Golf 

Course. The event was held in 

four-man teams, with a “3-2-1- 

Net” format. 

Two teams tied for the low 

flight honors with scores of 127. 

The team of Jim Sanders, Gordo 

Whitcomb, Hugh Black and Al 

Gross tied with the team of Chris 

Beckett, Ken Myers, John Lewis 

and Larry Titus. 

Winners of the high flight were 

Dick Brown, Dick Rydbeck, Ben 

Larner and John Fitzgerald, with 

a score of 122. Second place went 

to David Gibson, David Nakada, 

Joe Moran and Hal Janssen, with 

a score of 133. 

Membership in the Soule 

Seniors is open to all men 55 or 

over, regardless of skill level. For 

more information, call Ken Lakes 

at 646-4243. 

game this season, will need to 

continue to shoot the ball well 

and rebound. 

Leadership will come from 

the seniors: Shane Strom, 

McFadden, Blanco Wen, Frank 

Hong, Stelzer and David 

Parziale. 

Turnovers have plagued the 

team in past games, so the 

guards will need to cut those 

down if they want to win their 

games. The team has worked 

hard at practice to prepare for 

this game, and all of the 

coaches have done their part to 

make sure the players are as 

ready to go as they should be, 

hopefully, the team can get 

some wins as tournament host 

this year. 

“We’re very pleased to be 

welcoming the Augustinian 

schools to our campus. This 

should be a fun and exciting 

event for all members of our 

community, including our 

students, alumni and their 

families as well as Villanova 

University alumni in California 

who want to watch some of 

potential college basketball 

stars in action,” said athletic 

director John Muller. 

The event is free to the 

public. Game times and dates 

are listed below. 

Third annual Augustinian Tournament schedule 

College 

• 6 p.m., St. Rita vs. Malvern Prep 

• 7:30 p.m., Villanova Prep vs St. 

Augustine 

Saturday 

• 10 a.m., Villanova College vs. Malvern 

Prep 

• 11:30 a.m., Villanova Prep vs. Cascia 

Hall 

• 1p.m., St. Augustine vs. Providence 

• 2:30 p.m., St. Rita vs. St. Augustine Prep

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649-2523 or 798-5460. 

1990 Toyota Cressida, 

130K. smog certificate, 

CD, A/C. Good condition, 

$2,250. 646-8406. 

1997 Ford Explorer XLT, 4 

wheel drive. A/C, CD, 

fleet maintained, good 

condition, $3,800, 

646-5085. 

2001 Dodge Dakota 4x4, 

V8, 4 doors, AC, CD, red, 

runs great. $11,000. Call 

805-421-9708. 

2003 Subaru Forester, 

90K, air bag, abs, ac, ps, 

cc, tilt, p/windows, tint, 

am/fm, pdl, p/mirrors, 

xclnt. cond. hiway miles, 

10K warranty, new tires, 

$10,500. (805) 646-2731. 

2004 Buick Century 

Special Edition, 18,500 

miles. excellent condition, 

$13,000 646-9709. 

2005 Ford F150 Lariat. 

Excellent condition! Must 

see, $25,900. 646-9866. 

‘92 Lincoln Signature 

Series Town Car. White, 

loaded, 175K miles, primo 

condition, $2,500 OBO. 

Brian, 646-2025. 

‘94 Ford F150 S/C, auto, 

141K, runs and looks 

great, $3,995. 701-3399. 

CLASSIC ‘69 Chevy 

Nova, 3 column. Needs 

TLC, make offer! 

640-9438. 


FOR SALE 

HONDA Civic LX 2005, 

16,300 miles, automatic, 

AC, radio/cd, alarm, 

powerlock and windows, 

$13,800. telephone 

(818) 634- 6365. 

SILVER ‘05 Scion TC, 

perfect shape, lots of 

extras, 7-year 100K mile 

warranty, $16,000. 

Norman 646-2136, 

cell 798-4591. 

MOTORCYCLES 

FOR SALE 

JUST in time for Christmas! 

Mint 2003 Yamaha 

Raptor, $1,800. Call Dan 

@ 640-0525. 

MUSICAL 

INSTRUMENTS 

NOT quite the rock star 

you thought you’d be? Sell 

your instruments here. 

646-1476, Ext. 10. 

PETS 

& ANIMALS 

MERCEDES 

Adorable 1-1/2-yr.-old 

shepherd-poodle mix. 

She loves to play & gets 

along with other dogs. 

Mercedes is the perfect 

dog looking for a family to 

call her own! 

THE CANINE ADOPTIUON 

AND RESCUE LEAGUE 

Pet Adoption Center 

3004 Telegraph Rd. 

Ventura, CA 93003 

(805) 652-1001 

www.carlvc.org 

RENTALS, 

APARTMENTS 

1 + 1 in town, $875. 

Clean! Storage & 

appliances, upstairs, 

640-8836. 

LARGE 1 + 1, water/trash 

pd. quiet park setting, 

$850 + dep. 503 N. 

Ventura St. #5. Cochran 

Mngmnt. 965-2887.ext 13 

RENTALS, COTTAGE 

312 W. Aliso Unit E. 1 + 1 

duplex, $1,200. Call 

Elizabeth, 818-781-0667. 

CHARMING 1 bdrm 

cottage, large fenced yard, 

screened porch, private, 

great location. $1,100/mo., 

Andrew, 208-4428. 

OJAI cottages, quiet 

neighborhood, large 

property. Studio 

apartments with storage, 

$875 + deposit. 653-6794. 

The Becker Group 

SURROUNDED by oak 

trees and privacy, 1bd + 

office cottage, west of 

Villanova. $975.00 + utils. 

Avail. now. Call Don, 

729-6464. 

RENTALS, HOUSES 

1 + 1 Woodland condo 

#26. F/P, pool/rec. room, 

$1,145. Agent, 646-4911. 

1 + 1, private, yard, 

carport & storage, $1,250, 

utilities included, 

701-8010. 

2 + 1 house with yard, w/d 

hookups, trash, water & 

gardener paid, $1,450 + 

dep. 899-2139. 

3 + 2, M.O. w/spa. Avail. 

1-1, pets OK, $1,600/mo. 

storage & carport. 

551-8405. 

4 + 2, 1/2 acre lot, close to 

town, recent remodel, 2 

garages. Avail. 1/20/07, 

$3,500. 525-7943. 

AVAILABLE 12/29: 2b/2b 

Ojai home. Nice location. 

very clean. $1,575/month. 

Call 269-209-1516. 

CRAFTSMAN 

Meiners Oaks, 2 bed, 1 

bath, den/office. Herrick 

Property Management, 

M-F 9:30-4:00, 646-8169. 

EAST End 3 + 2 + bonus 

room, quiet on 1/2 acre. 

New paint & carpet, f/p, 

garage, $2,600 640-8589, 

For Lease. 

EAST End 3 + 3, 2 f/p, 

gourmet kitch., pool, 1 ac. 

secluded designer home, 

$3,500, lease, gard. pool 

incl. Broker, 646-5172. 

103 ___ speak 

104 Bog down 

105 Big top? 

107 Sight from Messina 

109 It might leave 

tracks 

110 “Peter Pan” writer 

112 Santa reindeerturned-zombie? 

116 Fetch 

117 Three in one 

118 Celebrates 

119 Woman in Sartre’s 

“No Exit” 

120 Texas city 

121 Goodwill 

122 Sauntered 

DOWN 

1 Cancels 

2 One who might 

grab the bull by the 

horns 

3 Gifts you only 

think about giving? 

4 Hedingham Castle 

locale 

5 Court minutes 

6 Place to get a 

reaction in school? 

7 Venusians, e.g. 

8 Manger figure 

9 Everything, on the 

Ems 

10 Never, in Nürnberg 

11 Early seventhcentury 

year 

12 Christmas gift 

easily identifiable 

by shaking? 

NEW YORK TIMES PUZZLE 

13 Away’s partner 

14 Suffix with form 

15 Kraft Nabisco 

Championship org. 

16 Spiny cactus 

17 Expired 

18 Per se 

21 Amazon’s home 

25 Cross-out 

27 Handler of gifts for 

the kids on the 

“naughty” list? 

32 Call at sea 

34 Attest 

37 Fleur-de-___ 

38 Mincemeat ___ 

39 Corner piece 

40 Stretch (out) 

41 Dorm overseers, 

for short 

42 Popular record 

label 

44 Adjusts, as laces 

47 Pogo, e.g. 

48 Italian tragic poet 

Vittorio 

50 Stern parent’s reply 

51 Played some songs, 

say 

53 Throws a 

Christmas tree? 

54 “Encore!” 

55 Hunter’s meat 

57 Star wearer: Abbr. 

59 Christmas quaffs 

set atop a board? 

62 Dot follower 

64 Film buff’s cable 

channel 

65 Thrice, in Rx’s 


M.O. 3 + 2, large lot, RV 

parking, 2-car garage. 

Newly remodeled, brand 

new kitchen/bathroom/ 

paint & flooring, 

$1,950/mo. 646-4110. 

M.O. multi-use: Live & 

work space. Or 2 + 1 

w/stove & frig. No pets or 

smoke. $1,050 + util. 

Avail. 1/15, 640-8886. 

O.V. 2 + 2 + computer 

room, $1,650 + deposit, 

gardener incl. 649-2930. 

66 Grp. with the 1977 

hit “Do Ya” 

67 “Mazel ___!” 

68 Melodic pieces 

71 “Law & Order” 

figs. 

73 Sell to a new 

audience, say 

76 Rescues 

78 Military trial, 

briefly 

samples, equipment or cash bond in order to obtain a 

position. READERS are cautioned to thoroughly 

investigate services and products advertised in this 

publication. Consumers are urged to use prudence in 

their patronage. Advertising in this publication in no 

way represents an endorsement by the publisher. 


OAK View, 3 + 2 + den. 

Pool, yard/pool maint. pd. 

Avail. 1/15/07 $2,100/mo. 

649-2323. 

OJAI 3 + 2, new paint, 

garage, w/d hook-ups. 

$1,800 per mo. + dep. 

Ojai Property Mngmt. 

649-6915. 

OJAI, 3 + 3, corner lot, 

newly remodeled, fenced 

yard, pets maybe, W/D, 

N/S, close to Topa Topa 

school. Owner pays water/ 

gardener. $2,500/mo. 

310-968-2221, Linda. 

RENTALS, ROOMS 

1 garden view room, $490. 

1 suite w/private bath & 

entrance, $690. Arbolada 

country setting. Call 

646-2773 or 205-0936. 

81 “___ the season to 

be jolly” 

82 N.J. summer 

setting 

84 G8 member 

85 Serengeti grazer 

86 Christmas laughs 

87 Tokyo-based 

carrier 

89 Father Time prop 

92 1962 Paul Anka hit 

RENTALS, STUDIOS 

PRIVATE w/deck, kitchen, 

full bath, yard, views, $775 

+ dep. (805) 646-1536. 

RENTALS, STORES 

& OFFICES 

248 S. Montgomery, 

1,161 sq.-ft., $1,500/mo. 

311 W. Ojai Ave. 1,200 

sq.-ft., $2,100/mo. 

730 E. Ojai Ave. 1,700 

sq.-ft., $2,500/mo. 

Broker: Larry Wilde, 

320-0005. 

SERVICES 

OFFERED 

DON’T forget to 

check out the 

BUSINESS & 

SERVICE 

DIRECTORY 

93 Precede 

94 Stephen Hawking’s 

alma mater 

95 Comedian ___ Mac 

96 Kansas City suburb 

99 Brooks Robinson, 

e.g. 

100 Squinted (at) 

103 Like dishwater 

104 1957 hit for the 

Bobbettes 

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publish your 

Fictitious 

Business 

Name for 

you for 

ONLY $65! 

Call (805) 

646-1476, 

Ext 227. 

Fax your 

ad to 

Ojai Valley 

News 

(805) 646-4281. 

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108 Genesis man 

109 QB Hasselbeck 

111 Hgts. 

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114 Stephen of “V for 

Vendetta” 

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AROUND OUR VALLEY 

continued from Page A-6 

“THE WEIR” — Theater 150 is 

pleased to present the next event in 

the “New and Used” play reading 

series, “The Weir,” by Conor 

McPherson, directed by Susan 

Kelejian and produced by Leslie 

Paxton, featuring John Diehl, Ron 

Feltner, Lloyd Heslip, Sasha Heslip 

and Russell Seveney. Visit an Irish 

pub to hear ghost stories from the 

shadows and the watery abyss of the 

weir. Reading of “The Weir” will take 

place on Jan. 8 at 7:30 p.m. at 

Theater 150, 918 E. Ojai Ave. Tickets 

are $7; order online at 

theater150.org or call 646-4300. 

“EARLY EXPERIENCES WITH 

THE A.A.R.P.” — On Jan. 9, Jack Fay, 

the attorney for Dr. Ethel Percy 

Andrus, the founder of the AARP, 

here in Ojai in 1958, will talk to the 

Retired Men’s Club at their 

luncheon meeting, at the Soule Park 

Golf Course Banquet Room. 

Prospective members are welcome. 


FREE CAPOEIRA SESSION — 

The Ojai Recreation Department, 

510 Park Road, will host instructor 

Chin from Capoeira Sul da Bahia- 

Santa Barbara who will offer a free 

trial of capoeira on Jan. 9 from 5 to 

6:15 p.m. Call 646-1872 for more 

information. 

“THE BUDDHA’S THREE VITAL 

TEACHINGS” — On Jan. 9 at 7:30 

p.m. at Krotona School, the 

Theosophical Society in the Ojai 

Valley will host Cecil Messer talking 

on “The Buddha’s Three Vital 

Teachings.” Call 640-8003 for more 

information. 

DEADLINE FOR PRESCHOOL 

SCHOLARSHIPS— Jan. 11 is the 

deadline to turn in applications for 

preschool scholarships from the 

Ojai Valley Neighborhood for 

Learning. For more information, call 

OVN12-05-06 

Published Ojai Valley News 

December 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2006 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 

NAME STATEMENT 

File Number 20061129- 

10020447-0 

Ventura Co. Clerk 

Philip J. Schmit 

File Date: 11/29/2006 

THE FOLLOWING 

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING 

BUSINESS AS: Oak View 

General Store, 469 Ventura 

Ave., Oak View, Ca. 93022 

Full Name of Registrant/ 

Corporation/Limited Liability 

Company: 

Linda Hurt 

1216 Drown Ave. 

Ojai, Ca. 93023 



Company: 

Lisa Behling 

3700 Dean Dr. #3204 

Ventura, Ca. 93003 

This Business is conducted by 

co-partners. 

Registrant has not yet begun 

to transact business under the 

fictitious business name or 

names listed herein. 

I declare that all information in 

this statement is true and 

correct. 

(A registrant who declares as 

true information which he or she 

knows to be false is guilty of a 

crime.) 

/s/LINDA HURT 

Linda Hurt 

/s/LISA BEHLING 

Lisa Behling 

This statement was filed with 

the County Clerk of VENTURA 

County on date indicated by file 

stamp above. 

NOTICE – THIS 



EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM 

DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE 

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY 

CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS 

BUSINESS NAMES 

STATEMENT MUST BE 

FILED PRIOR TO THAT 

DATE. The filing of this 

statement does not of itself 

authorize the use in this state of 

a fictitious business name in 

violation of the rights of another 

under federal, state, or common 

law (See Section 14411 et seq., 

Business and Professions Code). 

—————————— 

OVN12-06-06 


December 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2006 




10020572-0 

BOOKKEEPING 

! I can help you, now, really! 

SMART bookkeeping 

EFFECTIVE Tax Planning 

REWARDING Financial Analysis 

AT A FRACTION of the cost of a C.P.A.? 

! Free consultation, I come to you. 

Robyn Wilson (805) 795-2888 CALL NOW 

CONCRETE 

AHUMADA CONCRETE 

Construction, Driveways, 

Patios, Walkways, Ceramic 

Tile, Pool Decks, Copings, 

Brick, Stone, Stucco, 

Blockwall, Retaining Wall, BBQ, All Types 

Of Concrete & Masonry 

(805) 487-1613 

CA Contractor State License #754081 

Free Estimates 

the NfL office at 640-4300, Ext. 1062. 

SATURDAY NIGHTS AT THE 

MOVIES! — The Ojai Valley Lodge of 

the Theosophical Society will 

continue its tradition of monthly 

screenings of outstanding movies 

with a spiritual or theogophical 

angle this winter. All presentations 

are free, though donations will be 

appreciated. On Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m., 

Stanley Kubrick’s classic, “2001: A 

Space Odyssey,” will be shown in 

Krotona Hall. Everyone is welcome. 

“STAND-UP COMEDY” CLASS — 

Professional comedian Cary Odes 

will teach an eight-week course in 

“Stand-Up Comedy” at Theater 150, 

918 E. Ojai Ave., from Jan. 14 

through March 4, on Sundays from 

noon to 3 p.m., with a showcase Feb. 

23 through 25. Cost is $320 and 

includes a video of your set. To 

enroll: 646-4300 or 

theater150@ojai.net. (D29) 

“OLD DIARY LEAVES” — On Jan. 

16 at 7:30 p.m. at Krotona School, 

the Theosophical Society in the Ojai 

Valley will host Joy Mills talking on 

Chapter 28 of the “Old Diary Leaves, 

First Series.” Call 640-8003 for more 

information. 

AUDUBON BEGINNERS BIRD 

WALK — will be held Jan. 27 from 

8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Lake Casitas. 

Leader will be Allen Bertke (640- 

9037). Always good winter birds in 

the lake area, freshwater marsh, oak 

woodland and open meadow. Bring 

binoculars, a bird book, hat and 

water. Spotting scopes are always 

welcome as are veteran birders. Park 

and meet outside the gate. 

OJAI VALLEY LITTLE LEAGUE 

REGISTRATIONS — Jan. 27 is the 

deadline for registering for the 2007 

season with Ojai Valley Little 

League, open to boys and girls ages 5 

through 14. For information or 

registration forms, contact Eric 

Baldwin at 649-9880, 

thebaldwins@adelphia.net or 

PUBLIC NOTICES 




THE FOLLOWING 


BUSINESS AS: Affirm The 

Good, 810 Foothill Lane, Ojai, 

CA 93023 



Company: 

Lisa Jean Luckenbach 

810 Foothill Lane 

Ojai, CA 93023 


an individual. 







correct. 




crime.) 

/s/LISA LUCKENBACH 

Lisa Luckenbach 




stamp above. 





The staff at Ojai 

Valley News 

wishes you a 

very Happy 

Holiday Season! 

register online at 

ojaivalleylittleleague.org. Little 

League has been active in the valley 

for more than 60 years. 

HOMELESS SHELTER OPEN 

THROUGH MARCH 31 — Intake 

reception at each of the rotating 

church-facility shelter sites is 

between 6 and 8 p.m. each evening. 

For the specific daily location, or to 

volunteer program assistance or 

Ongoing Events 

arrange donations of food or 

clothing, call 804-7094. Taxdeductible 

monetary contributions 

can be sent to OVFS, 930 Grand Ave., 

Ojai, CA 93023. 

QUILTERS ANONYMOUS — 

Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon, the 

Ojai Recreation Department holds a 

drop-in class for quilters. Call 646- 

1872. 

OJAI SATHYA SAI BABA CENTER 

— The Ojai Sathya Sai Baba Center 

meets every Sunday at 6 p.m. Call 

646-9917. 

SENIOR SLO-PITCH BASEBALL 

— Senior slo-pitch baseball will be 

held Wednesdays and Fridays. 

Leagues will be formed for those 60 

and over for coeds. Call 646-3583 or 

646-9072. 

SCRABBLE — The game of 

Scrabble is played every Friday at 1 

p.m. at Little House, 111 W. Santa 

Ana St. Call Dolores Keith at 640- 

0088 for information. 

FREE SINGING WORKSHOP — 

at Little House, 111 W. Santa Ana St., 

Ojai. Open to all ages, meets the first 

and third Tuesday of each month at 

10 a.m. Conducted by Betsy 

Goodspeed. Call 646-4622 for 

information. 

PLAY GROUP — A play group for 

care givers and infants 18 months 

and younger meets every Thursday 















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OVN12-07-06 


December 13, 20 & 27, 2006 

January 3, 2007 



File Number 20061127- 

10020320-0 



File Date: 11/27/2006 

THE FOLLOWING 


BUSINESS AS: Casitas Market, 

8646 N. Ventura Ave., Ventura, 

CA. 93001 



Company: 

Manhal Samaan 

527 Fairchild Lane 

Los Alamos, CA. 93440 



Company: 

Samir J. Samaan 

1051 E. Alessandro Blvd. 

Riverside, CA. 92508 


a general partnership. 







correct. 




crime.) 

/s/MANHAL SAMAAN 

Manhal Samaan 

/s/SAMIR SAMAAN 

Samir Samaan 




stamp above. 



















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OVN12-14-06 


December 20 & 27, 2006 

January 3 & 10, 2007 




10020751-0 

Ventura County Clerk and 

Recorder 



THE FOLLOWING 


BUSINESS AS: 1) Ojai Healers, 

2) OjaiHealers.com, 218 E. 

Eucalyptus St., Ojai, CA 93023 



Company: 

Heather McKenzie 

MacGumerait 

1975 Maricopa Hwy. #59 




Company: 

Tyler Suchman 

Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006 B3 

218 E. Eucalyptus St. 



a general partnership. 

The registrant commenced to 

transact business under the 


names listed on 10-15-06. 



correct. 




crime.) 

/s/HEATHER MacGUMERAIT 

Heather MacGumerait 

/s/TYLER SUCHMAN 

Tyler Suchman 




stamp above. 



















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OVN12-15-06 


December 20 & 27, 2006 

January 3 & 10, 2007 




10021274-0 

Ventura County Clerk and 

Recorder 



THE FOLLOWING 


BUSINESS AS: Humble L.L.C., 

AI #’ON 200631510007 CA, 

1767 Goodyear Ave. #104, 




Company: 

Help Unlimited Mortgage 

Brokering and Leasing 

Enterprises, LLC 

1767 Goodyear Ave. #104 



a limited liability company. 





Business & Service 

Directory 

COMPUTER 

FASHION-ART 

ACCESSORIES 

at 11:30 a.m. at Sarzotti Park, 510 

Park Road. Call Brook at 525-9931 


BRAILLE CLASSES — Free braille 

classes are offered every Friday from 

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Little House. 111 

W. Santa Ana St. Call 646-0144 or 

983-3324. 

“THE LEE FITZGERALD SHOW” 

— airs on cable Channel 10 every 

Monday at 7:30 p.m. Fitzgerald will 

share with the television audience 

interesting events that take place in 

the Ojai Valley, as he did in the past 

with “Holidays in Ojai,” “Ojai Land 

Conservancy’s Ojai Meadows,” 

“Help of Ojai Series” and many 

other projects. 

JANE CUSUMANO 

FOUNDATION — The Jane 

Cusumano Foundation, a nonprofit 

organization created to enhance 

cancer awareness and wellness, 

meets the first Tuesday of each 

month at 7 p.m. at Coldwell 

Banker’s office. Anyone interested 

in learning more about the 

organization or in speaking or 

volunteering is welcome. For more 

information call Nora Davis at 646- 

3128 or 207-6177. Donations are 

welcome and can be mailed to The 

Jane Cusumano Foundation, 1129 

Maricopa Highway, PMB 126, Ojai, 

CA 93023. 

FREE E.M.F. TESTING — Test the 

electric and magnetic fields in your 

home or office. Know how common 

household E.M.F. exposure 

damages our health and puts young 

children at risk of developing 

leukemia. Know the latest results of 

U.S. government and private studies 

and why Edison is required to 

provide current exposure warnings. 

Call 646-6285 or e-mail 

klewis@acninc.net. 

BEREAVED PARENTS’ 

SUPPORT GROUP — Find comfort 

with other parents who also have 

lost a child. Monthly Tuesday 

HEATING & A/C 

HOME REPAIR 

�Patio Covers 

�Fencing 

�Concrete 

GARDENING 

Efrain’s GardeningService 

“Quality Care at Affordable 

Prices” 

Landscape Maintenance 

Tree Trimming & Pruning 

Weed Abatement 

Tractor Work Free Estimates 

Clean-Ups Available 7 days a week 

Office: (805) 646-2917 Cell: (805) 830-3131 

Weekly * Bi-Weekly * Monthly 

OLD TIME 

HOME REPAIR 

�Bathroom 

�Kitchen 

�Carpentry 

�Flooring 

�Windows 

�Tile 

If you can buy it - we can install it 

Thom Carney • Retired Contractor 

Cell 798-7194 Home 640-1840 

evening meetings at Help of Ojai. 

For meeting times, call facilitator, 

Susie Salguero, at 646-9752. 

RAPE SURVIVORS SUPPORT 

GROUP — Sponsored by the 

Coalition to End Domestic and 

Sexual Violence, a free rape 

survivors drop-in group meets every 

Monday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at 1030 

N. Ventura Road in Oxnard. Call 

983-6014 for information. 

LIFE CENTERS OF VENTURA 

COUNTY — offer free pregnancy 

testing, confidential caring 

assistance and educational 

information. Call anytime, day or 

night: Camarillo, 987-9936; Oxnard, 

486-2721; Santa Paula, 525-4908; or 

(800) 973-7334. 

WORKSHOPS AT LITTLE 

HOUSE — Wake up your mind and 

enjoy life! Be creative! Join the 

ongoing workshops at Little House, 

such as the Creative Writing Group, 

Self-Enrichment Discussion Group 

and Theater Games Workshop, 

Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. 


GOT ROOTS? JAM, REHEARSE, 

RECORD WITH OTHER COUNTRY 

MUSICIANS — every Wednesday 

from 7 to 10 p.m. at Orchard Studios 

in Mira Monte. Join semiprofessional 

network for jamming, 

songwriting, rehearsing and 

recording — traditional, country, 

bluegrass, rockabilly, alternative 

country. Call Orchard Studios at 

646-4889 for audition information 

and rehearsal updates. 

PACIFIC CURRENTS SAILING 

CLUB — Enjoy sailing? Single? Join 

the Pacific Currents Sailing Club for 

its meeting held the second and 

fourth Wednesdays of each month 

at 7:30 p.m. at the Villa Sirena 

Recreational Room, 3400 Peninsula 

Road in Channel Islands. Call 655- 

5040. 

GRANDPARENTS RAISING 

GRANDCHILDREN — meets on the 

646-6034 

first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. 

at 922 Topaz Court in Ojai. The 

group is open to all relative 

caregivers, not just grandparents. 

Call 646-6118 for information. 

VENTURA CHESS CLUB — The 

Ventura Chess Club meets evenings 

weekly at the Church of the 

Foothills, 6279 Foothill Road in 

Ventura, for rated play. Call 486- 

3842 or 641-0024. 

FREE BLOOD PRESSURE 

SCREENING — Free blood pressure 

screening is offered the first 

Thursday of each month from 10:30 

a.m. to noon at The Medicine 

Shoppe, 812 E. Ojai Ave. Call 646- 

0106. 

OJAI VALLEY HORTICULTURAL 

SOCIETY — The Ojai Valley 

Horticultural Society meets the first 

Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at 

Little House, 111 W. Santa Ana St. in 

Ojai. Call 640-7135 for more 

information. 

OPEN DIALOGUES — 

Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., a 

discussion group is held at 308 W. 

Aliso St. for those on a serious 

spiritual path to non-dualism who 

haven’t forgotten levity. No charge. 

Call 640-0755 for information. 

“LAW TALK” — The Ventura 

County Bar Association sponsors a 

television talk show called “Law 

Talk” every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. on 

Ojai’s cable Channel 10. Call 650- 

7599 for more information. 

MIND EXERCISE AT LITTLE 

HOUSE — A group of genial seniors 

meets every Friday at 10 a.m. at 

Little House, 111 W. Santa Ana St., 

Ojai, to bend, stretch, stimulate, 

exhilarate and recreate their minds. 

Featured are speakers, group 

participation, armchair travel, hot 

topics, current news, etc. with 

refreshments being served. All 

seniors are welcome. Call Dolores at 

640-0088 for more information. 

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TREE SERVICE 

�Brush Grinding 

�Tree stump removal 

�We sell firewood, 

second load FREE! 



correct. 




crime.) 

Help Unlimited Mortgage 

Brokering and Leasing 

Enterprises 

/s/JOHN F. (JACK) BERTSCH 

Managing Member 

John F. (Jack) Bertsch 




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Vitamin Relief USA, of Ojai, has 

expanded its supplement 

distribution program for at-risk 

children to include both essential 

fatty acid capsules and 

multivitamin-mineral chewables. 

Distribution partners throughout 

the country are expressing 

appreciation for the addition since 

research shows that children 

taking EFAs regularly improve in 

reading, spelling and behavior. The 

first supplement manufacturers to 

contribute products to make this 

effort a reality are Arkopharma and 

Healthy Directions, LLC. 

Recently, Arkopharma shipped 

50,000 packets of EFA’s for 

homeless children in Colorado, 

low-income students in California, 

children with AIDS in New York, 

and Native American children 

living on reservations in 

Wisconsin. “EFAs are as important 

to health as vitamins and minerals, 

yet so many children and adults 

are not getting sufficient amounts 

in the diet to meet their nutritional 

needs. Our packets of The Total 

EFA will provide children with a 

balanced and complete 

combination of the omega-3, 6 and 

9 fatty acids they need for optimal 

health and well being,” says Kimo 

Paulsen, president of 

Arkopharma/Health From The 

Sun. 

Healthy Directions, LLC 

sponsors 300 low-income students 

in Washington, D.C. with its daily 

multivitamins and essential fatty 

acid capsules. Partner sites include 

the Garfield Family Terrace and 

East of River Clergy Police 

Community Partnership. “We’re 

thrilled to play even a small role in 

the great work that Vitamin Relief 

USA is doing. While high 

performance nutrition can bring 

noticeable results to people of all 

ages, this program delivers 

superior nutrients where they are 

desperately needed — to at-risk 

children in the middle of critical 

developmental stages. It’s really an 

investment in the future of these 

kids, and we’re proud to be a part 

of it,” says senior vice president 

Tom Callahan, Healthy Directions, 

LLC. 

“The research clearly points to 

EFAs as one of the more important 

nutrients needed for both brain 

development and function. We 

believe the addition of EFAs to our 

children’s program will further 

increase the already dramatic 

improvements occurring in our 

supplement distribution programs 

for kids,” says Michael Morton, 

executive director of Vitamin Relief 

USA. “Thank you to both 

Arkopharma and Healthy 

Directions. With their continued 

support and with the help of the 

natural products industry, we look 

forward to providing EFAs to all of 

the children that we serve.” 

Vitamin Relief USA, a Four-Starrated 

charity by Charity Navigator, 

currently provides daily 

multivitamins to more than 26,000 

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needy children as well as 14,000 

low-income seniors at more than 

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United States. Collaborative 

distribution sites include: Head 

Start, Healthy Start and WIC 

programs, K-12 public schools and 

school districts, Volunteers of 

America, Rotary Clubs, Health 

Care for the Homeless Clinician’s 

Network, community health 

centers, Council on Aging 

programs, homeless and battered 

women shelters, Native American 

programs, Salvation Army, YWCA 

and YMCA, Boys & Girls Clubs, city 

park and recreation departments, 

hospital outreach programs, public 

health departments, medical and 

nursing school community 

outreach programs, and countless 

other community-based and faithbased 

organizations. 

Last year VRUSA supplied more 

than 14 million supplements to 

children alone. 

Vitamin Relief USA is a taxexempt, 

nonprofit organization 

committed to improving the health 

status of children, seniors and 

adults at risk for malnutrition 

through vitamin supplementation. 

For more information, call 715- 

2693 or access vitaminrelief.org.

Ojai Valley News December 27, 2006

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