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Santa Barbara High School seniors celebrate at their graduation ceremony yesterday evening. 1,435 students from Dos Pueblos, San Marcos,and Santa Barbara High Schools garbed themselves in caps and gowns to mark the end in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.
DAILY SOUND / Victor Maccharoli
DP, SBHS and SMstudents graduateAs summer begins the
class of 2012 celebrated theend of their final year of highschool yesterday.1,435 students from Dos
Pueblos, San Marcos, and
Santa Barbara High Schoolsgarbed themselves in capsand gowns to mark the end oftheir education in the SantaBarbara Unified SchoolDistrict.Most grads say they can’t
believe how fast four yearswent by. Dos Pueblos High
School senior Justin Morrissaid the time seemed to fly.“It feels like just the other
day we were here for the firsttime as freshmen,” Morrissaid. “It’s a pretty crazy feel-ing to be standing here now.”Morris is headed for UC
Berkeley in the fall to study
engineering. He owes that inpart to his participation in theDos Pueblos EngineeringAcademy.“It was such a good experi-
ence and such a great thing tobe a part of,” Morris said.Families are also proud to
BY NICK C. TONKINDAILY SOUND STAFF WRITER
See STUDENTS, page 5
The Santa Barbara Sheriff'sCoroner's Bureau has identi-fied woman who was killed ina hit-and-run accident onWednesday as Allison J.Meadows of Santa BarbaraThe 26-year-old was killed
after she was hit by a hit-and-run driver near Montecito.The California Highway
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scene after hitting two pedes-trians near State Route-192and Sheffield Drive inMontecito.Authorities have not found
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were driven to Santa BarbaraCottage Hospital by two menwho were passing through thearea, the CHP said.The second woman hit,
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Eat, Drink and Be Married"What is it about wedding
preparations that makes theordinary tasks usually takinga woman from bed to bath, tobra, to base, to bagel, to bag,to butt-on-the-seat-of-the-carin 28 minutes flat, suddenlyexpand, exhale and evolveinto hours upon hours of care-ful mirror observations andhighly scrutinized tinkering?"writes Rebecca Bloom in hernew novel, "Eat, Drink, andBe Married."I'm giggling as I read these
words (So very true!) andlaughing even more as I speakto their author, who is sneak-ing in our phone call duringthe precious naptime of hertwo-year-old son. Along withsome of the laugh-out-loud-in-recognition scenes in herbook, this is yet another thingabout Rebecca Bloom that Ican relate to.Expecting her second child
in the fall, Rebecca chats eas-ily about writing, kids, tequilaand the birth of "Eat, Drink,and Be Married," her thirdnovel. Here are some high-lights:Leslie Dinaberg: I really
enjoyed the book. What wasyour inspiration?Rebecca Bloom: I had
been going to a lot of wed-dings and I was noticing thatthere is so much else that goeson around the wedding.There's such a heightenedsense of emotions for every-body. I wanted to write some-thing that explored not justwhat the bride and groom
were going throughbut what the gueststhemselves weregoing through.Weddings bring outa lot of differentkinds of things forpeople and I want-ed to explore thosethings.LD: I was really
struck by the com-ing together of thecollege friendswho got back intotheir old dynamic so quicklyand reverted to their oldselves. Was that your experi-ence?RB: With my girlfriends
from college, we have thisshorthand that it doesn't mat-ter how long it has been sincewe've talked or how much hashappened, the minute we'retogether there's not a lag, wedon't really have to catch up.There's an instant reparteeand there's an instant sort ofcomfort and camaraderie. Iwanted to put that in the bookbecause I do think that in col-lege you form such intensebonds because you're withpeople 24/7 and you don'treally have time past collegeto ever really do that. … Iwanted to capture thatbecause I think it's the casefor a lot of people that the oldfriends sometimes are theones that know you the best.LD: A while back my hus-
band and I were in that wed-ding a weekend phase and wesort of became the wedding
critics. What do youthink makes a reallygood wedding or areally not so goodwedding?RB: It is funny,
when you write awedding book every-one thinks you're anexpert on weddingsbut it's sort of justyour own opinion.I think the best
weddings are theweddings that really
represent the bride and groomand you can tell that they real-ly planned it for themselvesand not for their moms andtheir friends. It's really allabout them. And those areoften the most fun.Our wedding had a lot of
tequila and that really made itfun (Laughs). … I think theones that are the best are themost relaxed and representthe couple—not just thebride.LD: Were you married
when you wrote this book?RB: Actually I wrote this
book, the first draft of it,when I was single. I wrotethis wedding book and then Imet my husband. So we'resort of like that movie "Fieldof Dreams," where the wholething is like if you build it hewill come. (Laughs)LD: And now you have a
husband, a young son andanother on the way. How doyou write and juggle all ofthat?RB: Not as well as I would
like. I am trying to start writ-ing something new and it'sjust hard. It's hard to find thebalance. … You just do thebest you can. I can't do every-thing all the time. And I can'tdo it very well. My kids rightnow are the most importantand that's okay for me forright now.LD: Not only are weddings
fraught with drama, they'realso a huge business. Was thatsort of marketing angle inyour mind when you devel-oped the story?RB: I definitely knew …
that there might be moreavenues open maybe for pub-licity or marketing but I didn'treally think about that when Iwas writing it.As I've gotten older though
and as I end up starting mynext book I'm thinking aboutthat more because I want tomake a living and I want it tosell and so I'm letting thatcome in a little bit. I have abunch of ideas, so I am think-ing which one is the mostmarketable and I'll go withthat.But I'm not writing about
zombies or anything(Laughs).LD: I don't know, a vam-
pire, shades of grey, zombiewedding book with a histori-cal twist could be huge.
For more informationabout Rebecca Bloom, visitwww.rebeccabloom.com. Formore columns visitwww.LeslieDinaberg.com.
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see their sons, daughters, andsiblings take their last fewsteps into adulthood. TheGreen family is saying good-bye to their youngest daughterTara who’s going to UC SantaCruz next year.“We’re going to miss her,”
Ann Green, Tara’s mother,said. “It’s not like she’ll justbe over here at UCSB.”But while her time in Santa
Barbara may be coming to anend, both Ann and Tara’s sis-ter, Mandy, agree that SantaCruz will be a great place tobegin her next level of educa-tion.“We’re excited for her, it’s
definitely the right fit,” MandyGreen said.For her part, Green said
she’s enthusiastic about start-ing at a new school, but she’llremember all the amazing andinteresting friends she made atDos Pueblos.“Some of them have just
made me laugh too hard to notlike them,” Green said.Santa Barbara High School,
one of the oldest and largestschools in the district at almost
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2,200 students, had 437 graduates this year.The seniors donned their olive and gold to gettheir diplomas at Peabody Stadium.Not to be outdone by its crosstown rival,
San Marcos High School also saw 443 of itsapproximately 1,800 students sporting tassels
at Warkentin Stadium yesterday.Santa Barbara Board of Education member
Ed Heron said graduation day is always a stun-ning event for him. Going from ceremony toceremony and seeing students as they advanceinto the world is a proud moment for him.“It’s just amazing when I see what they
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GRADSFROM PAGE 5
Victor Bartolome receives his diploma.DAILY SOUND / Victor Maccharoli
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MTD to increase fareson waterfront shuttleBY CODY BRUMBAUGHDAILY SOUND STAFF WRITER There is a great deal of uncertainty
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A Petition for Probate has beenfiled by PAULINE MARGARETBAILYin the Superior Court ofCalifornia, County of SantaBarbara.
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Superior Court of California,County of Santa Barbara1100 Anacapa StreetSanta Barbara, CA 93101
If you object to the granting ofthe petition, you should appearat the hearing and state yourobjections or file writtenobjections with the court beforethe hearing. Your appearancemay be in person or by yourattorney.
If you are a creditor or acontingent creditor of thedecedent, you must file yourclaim with the court and mail acopy to the personal
representative appointed by thecourt within four months from thedate of first issuance of lettersas provided in Probate Codesection 9100. The time for fillingclaims will not expire before fourmonths from the hearing datenoticed above.
You may examine the file keptby the court. If you are a personinterested in the estate, you mayfile with the court a Request forSpecial Notice (form DE-154) ofthe filling of an inventory andappraisal of estate assets or ofany petition or account asprovided in Probate Codesection 1250. A Request forSpecial Notice form is available
from the court clerk.
Attorney for Petitioner:SEED MACKALL LLP1332 Anacapa Street, #200Santa Barbara, CA 93101(805) 963-0669Published JUN 06, 08, 13
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NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONS ON APPLICATIONSREGARDING PROVISIONS OF TITLE 28 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA
The Secretary of the Planning Commission has set a public hearing for Thursday, June 21,2012 beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street.
On Thursday, June 14, 2012, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Thursday, June 21,2012, will be available at 630 Garden Street, City Clerk’s Office and the Central Library. Agendas,Minutes and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.SantaBarbaraCa.gov/pc. OnlineStaff Reports may not include some exhibits. Continuances will not be granted unless thereare exceptional circumstances.
You are invited to attend this hearing. Written comments are welcome and will be enteredinto the public record. Written information should be submitted prior to the meeting at thePlanning Division Office, 630 Garden St; by mail attention Planning Commission Secretary,P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990; or by email [email protected], and received no later than 4:30 P.M. on the Monday beforethe Planning Commission hearing. Please submit 12 copies of any written materials over 2pages. Written comments are accepted at and up to the time of the hearing; however, thePlanning Commission may not have time to consider materials submitted after the Mondaydeadline. If you have any questions, wish to know more about this application, or wish toreview the plans, please contact the case planner, at 564-5470.
If you challenge the project approval or environmental document in court, you may be limitedto raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described inthis notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior tothe public hearing.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: In compliance with the Americans with DisabilitiesAct, if you need special assistance to gain access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting,please contact the Planning Division Office at (805) 564 5470, extension 4535. If possible,notification at least 48 hours prior to themeeting will enable the City tomake reasonable arrangementsin most cases.
APPLICATIONOFSTEVE FORT, SUZANNEELLEDGEPLANNING&PERMITTINGSERVICES,FOR FOOTHILL CENTRE, LP, 4151 FOOTHILL ROAD AND 681 CIENEGUITAS ROAD,APN 059-160-017AND -023; SC (SHOPPING CENTER) ZONE (COUNTY), GENERAL PLANDESIGNATION: NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL (COUNTY) (MST2008-00496)The project consists of the annexation of three parcels (APNs 059-160-017, -021 and -023)totaling 4.31 acres into the city of Santa Barbara, and detachment from the Goleta Water District,the Goleta Sanitary District, the Santa Barbara County Fire Protection District, County ServiceArea 3 and County Service Area 32. Upon annexation, a City General Plan designation ofCommercial/Medium High Density Residential is proposed, with a zoning designation of LimitedCommercial/Upper State Street Overlay (C-1/S-D-2). Proposed development would include:
4151 Foothill Road (APN 059-160-017) & 681 Cieneguitas Road (APN 059-160-023: Theseparcels would be merged, and the existing abandoned gas station (1,750 net square feet)would be demolished. Two new 37-foot tall two-story office buildings totaling 60,122 net sq.ft. would be constructed on the merged parcel. The proposed new office buildings would beoccupied by Sansum Clinic and would include an outpatient surgery center, a medical clinicand administrative offices. A parking lot containing 225 parking spaces would be provided,and access would be from two driveways on Cieneguitas Road. Ground water remediationdue to contamination from the previous use as a gas station is currently on-going and wouldcontinue. Public improvements, including but not limited to curb, gutter, landscaping and sidewalkand street re-striping along Foothill and Cieneguitas Roads are proposed.
675 Cieneguitas (APN 059-160-021): The existing 2,500 square foot building, currently usedas a veterinary hospital, would remain. The only change would be the addition of five parkingspaces in an existing easement along the northern property line as part of the proposed parkinglot for the new Sansum Clinic.
The discretionary applications required for this project are:
Actions requiring a recommendation by the Planning Commission to the City Council,and subsequent approval by the City Council and LAFCO:
1. Reorganization of APNs 059-160-017, -021 and -023, including Annexation to thecity of Santa Barbara and Detachment from Goleta Water District, Goleta SanitaryDistrict, Santa Barbara County Fire Protection District, County ServiceArea 3 (GoletaValley - Multipurpose) and County Service Area 32 (Unincorporated Area - LawEnforcement);
2. A General Plan Amendment to designate the three parcels (APNs 059-160-017, -021 and -023) as Commercial/Medium High Density Residential upon annexation;
3. A Zoning Map Amendment to zone the three parcels (APNs 059-160-017, -021 and-023) C-1/S-D-2 (Limited Commercial and Upper State Street Overlay) upon annexation;
Action requiring a recommendation by the Planning Commission to the City Council,and subsequent approval by the City Council:
4. Final Economic Development Designation by the City Council for 13,526 square feetfrom the Economic Development category for a medical office/clinic on APNs 059-160-017 and -023 (SBMC 28.87.300); and
Actions by the Planning Commission, contingent upon recommendation of the actionslisted above:
5. A Development Plan to allow the construction of 58,372 square feet of net newnonresidential development on APNs 059-160-017 and -023 (SBMC §28.87.300).
The Planning Commission will consider approval of the Mitigated Negative Declaration preparedfor the project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15074.
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in announcing the appoint-ment, said Trethewey wouldsucceed Philip Levine andofficially take up her duties inthe fall, around the time herfourth collection, "Thrall," isdue to be published.Trethewey, an English and
creative writing professor atEmory University in Atlanta,won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize inpoetry for her collection"Native Guard." In addition topoetry, she is the author of anon-fiction book, "BeyondKatrina: A Meditation on theMississippi Gulf Coast."Trethewey, 46, was born in
Gulfport, Mississippi, andbecomes the first U.S. poetlaureate from the South sinceRobert PennWarren, who was
appointed to the job in 1944."Her poems dig beneath
the surface of history — per-sonal or communal, fromchildhood or from a centuryago — to explore the humanstruggles that we all face,"Librarian of Congress JamesBillington said in a statement.She is the first African-
American to be appointed tothe position since Rita Dovein 1993.Dove said in an introduc-
tion of Trethewey's first col-lection, "Domestic Work,"released in 2000 that includedportraits of black workers in apre-civil rights era,"Trethewey eschews thePolaroid instant, choosing torender the unsuspectingyearnings and tremuloushopes that accompany ourmost private thoughts."Tretheway has also drawn
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her native Mississippi.Her mother, part of the
inspiration for "NativeGuard," was murdered in1985 by an abusive secondhusband, whom she haddivorced. Her father, also apoet, is a professor of litera-ture at Hollins University.Trethewey talked about herchildhood and "evolvingattractions to words" at anEmory University lecture twoyears ago, including beinginfluenced by GeorgeOrwell's 1946 essay "Why IWrite" upon applying for agraduate creative writing pro-gram. Looking back she saidshe realized her words were"lifeless" when they lackedpolitical and social purpose,but was always attracted tothe lyricism of poetry."As a small child I felt the
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CINEMA IN FOCUS
It has been ten years sincethe last Men in Black filmcame out in 2002. Followingup on the first film in 1997,the second film was a disap-pointment as its sarcasm leftus unimpressed. So it isunderstandable that the fran-chise waited for a decadebefore attempting anotherfilm based on the creation ofLowell Cunningham.Directed once again by BarrySonnenfeld, this third filmleaves behind the screenwrit-ing of Ed Solomon from thefirst film, Robert Gordon andBarry Fanaro from the secondfilm, and instead uses the tal-ents of Etan Cohen on thisthird film.Based on the same premise
that there is a secret govern-ment organization monitoringthe extraterrestrial aliens liv-ing among us while protect-ing us from the dangers theyrepresent, this third film con-tinues to star Agent K(Tommy Lee Jones/JoshBrolin) and Agent J (WillSmith). In this chapter of the
tale, we discover that timetravel is not only possible butalso greatly complicates theability of these galactic agentsto protect the earth.Once again there is a vil-
lain attempting to conquerearth, Boris the Animal(Jemaine Clement). Boris is abrutal warrior from a speciesthat has already destroyedother worlds. Decades earli-er, Agent K had captured himand his arrest caused him tobe imprisoned in chains in alunar prison. However, hehas escaped and has a well-developed plan to takerevenge.
This struggle betweengood and evil is obvious andthe battle is global. However,the basic thesis is familiar, asis the interaction between theagents. With less humor andmore tension, this third filmdoes not bode well for afourth. Playing off the curios-ity and fear we often share forthe vastness of space andthose who may dwell there,the Men in Black series issymbolic of deeper longingsand fears. While it focusesprimarily on fear and the per-sonification of aliens as evilcausing the film to lack depthand therefore does little toenrich us in understandingeither ourselves or the uni-verse, it does provide a satiricand entertaining look at howearthlings might live in prox-imity to good as well as evilspace aliens, goblins, and car-toon-like creatures.Discussion for those who
have seen this film:1. If there is life in the uni-
verse beyond the earth, whatdo you believe it would be
like? If alien beings have theintelligence to travel acrossspace, do you believe theywould have the morality ofkillers? Why or why not?2. The relationship that
Agent K and Agent O (EmmaThompson/Alice Eve) hadwhen they were young wasnot allowed to developbecause of the agency’s rulesagainst fraternizing. Do youbelieve this caused them to bebetter people or better agentsor not? Why do you answeras you do?3. When Boris used the
gullibility of a woman whowrote to him in prison, heexposes the danger of suchrelationships. Do you thinkprisoners should be allowedto solicit “penpals”?________________Cinema In Focus is a social
and spiritual movie commen-tary. Hal Conklin is formermayor of Santa Barbara andDenny Wayman is pastor ofthe Free Methodist Church ofSanta Barbara.
MEN IN BLACK III: 3stars, Entertaining
BY DENNYWAYMANAND HAL CONKLIN
NEWS12 Friday, June 08 2012 Daily Sound
Retired firefighterto receive honorAl MesKimen, a retired
Santa Barbara County FireCaptain with over 30 yearsexperience, will receive theOutstanding Thesis of theYear Award from Cal PolySan Luis Obispo.MesKimen received a mas-
ters degree in architecturefrom Cal Poly last year.His thesis, titled,
“Assessing and ImprovingFire Resiliency of StructuresLocated in the Wildland-Urban Interface,” focused onWildland-Urban Interfacefirefighting.“During the thesis writing
process I recognized that theresearch and writing wasincreasing my understandingand knowledge of theWildland-Urban Interface fireproblem,” MesKimen said.“The literature review andexperimental research con-
ducted produced possible sig-nificant contributions to theexisting body of knowledgefor WUI fire safety, assessingstructural fire threats andadvancing mitigating meas-ures.”This is an annual award for
senior projects and MasterTheses for the entireUniversity. Mr. MesKimen’s450 page thesis was selectedfrom several thousand seniorprojects and theses submittedlast year as part of theUniversity’s degree require-ments.The honor will be present-
ed by Cal Poly President, Dr.Jeffery Armstrong andGraduate Study and ResearchDean, Dr. Susan Opava at thecommencement ceremony onJune 10 at the SpanosStadium on the Cal Poly cam-pus.
Meskimen is the founder
of Florian & Associates, aconsulting service forimproved fire resiliency ininterface high fire hazardareas. recommendations onoccupant fire shelter options.Meskimen has also served
as Fire Resiliency Consultantwith the Santa BarbaraBotanic Gardens.
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Al MesKimen, retired SantaBarbara County Fire Captain.
