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BY TERRY MONELLIf you or someone you know had sur-

gery as an infant prior to 1987, there isa possibility that any self-defeatingemotional, cognitive, or behavioral pat-terns, may be traced to a largelyunknown practice that existed in pedi-atric surgery for over 140 years.The medical community was taught

to believe that children younger than 18months (pre-1987) were unable to expe-rience or remember pain.The pre-op standard of practice was

to administer an immobilizing paralyticin place of pain relieving anesthetics.This effectively rendered the child para-lyzed and mute, yet conscious to experi-ence the surgery. Without knowledge ofthis issue neither the person who experi-enced medical trauma, nor their familywould be able to determine that whatappear to be personality traits are mostlikely the shadow of early trauma. Dr. Zeev Kain, Dean of Clinical

Research, Dept. of Anesthesiology &Perioperative Care, UC Irvine, opened aclinical conference (2010) stating:“As you all know, not long ago we did

not administer anesthesia to infants dur-ing surgery. We have come a long waybut we have a long way to go.” The infants and young children who

endured full-blown shock and terrordesperately attempted to communicatedistress, yet their vocalizations andmovements were dismissed as automat-ic reflexes rather than meaningful reac-tions to pain and fear. Dr. Martin Pernick, medical histori-

an, quotes Henry Bigelow MD ofBoston, on the discovery of anesthesia(1848), “the new technique is unneces-sary for infants, because they lack theanticipation and remembrance of suffer-ing.” Dr. Henry Pierson confirmed this(1852) saying, “babies lack the mentalcapacity to suffer.” These assumptionswere based on the infant’s undevelopedcortex, however, consideration was notgiven to the fully functioning brainstem,the initial alert to danger, or the mid-brain, the emotional processing center.Babies do feel painIn 2006, neuroscientist Bjorn Merker

found that the brain is an integrative

mechanism (not one of linear develop-ment or function) with a central conver-gence in an upper brainstem area pin-pointing a key to conscious awareness. Neonatologist Kanjalweet Anand

refused to accept the entrenched doc-trine, from a moral and neurobiologicperspective.He conducted research atOxford 1985-to-1987, that documentedgrossly elevated metabolic andendocrine levels in post op infants, prov-ing that neonates can and do feel pain.Almost concurrently, The

Washington Post printed the tragicstory of Jill Lawson’s son who, daysafter heart surgery, died from completeorgan failure attributed to the shock ofenduring extreme pain. She was thefirst parent to discover the absence ofanesthesia use and advocate for an endto the denial of infant pain.As the catalyst for change, Lawson

voiced her outrage that an infant whowas considered too immature to begiven anesthesia should be a candidatefor surgery without pain relief. The American Academy of Pediatrics

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Live from Sacramento:Jerry Brown was on the lineover the weekend, talkingtwo kilometers a minuteabout the just concluded leg-islative session. Ploughingthrough the pile of proposednew laws on his desk await-ing signature or veto, thegovernor offered Californialawmakers some unsolicitedadvice: Stop sending me so manydamn bills. “There’s definitely an uptick in leg-

islative involvement in the affairs ofCalifornians,” Brown said when Iasked him what was different nowfrom when he first served as governor,back before the earth cooled. “Everybill I look at, whether it’s a microchipon a dog, or whether or not to developa new form for some new law, takesseveral hours or more for me to under-stand. I asked a legislator once, whydoes every Republican vote againstthat bill and why does every Democratvote for it? And the response I got was‘look, we only had five minutes forthat bill.’”

“One bill alone is hard to under-stand in just a few minutes of debate,so multiply that by several thousand,”he added. “It’s not healthy fordemocracy that so much is opaque,and I think regaining public confi-dence when it’s so low is very diffi-cult, when what is being done isbeyond the ken of most of the peoplein the process, let alone the peoplethemselves.”

This just in: Coincidence or not,latest numbers from the esteemedField Poll show that Californiansapprove of the job Brown is doing, 49-32%, while disapproving of the

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Where your money goes:As Sacramento denizens endlesslyswim in red ink, it’s worth taking amoment to recall what your $86 bil-lion in state taxes is buying this year:About 50 cents of every dollar goesto education, from K-12 schools andcommunity colleges to the public uni-versity system. Another 30 centsfinances health and human services,mostly targeted for low-income kids,families, seniors and people with dis-abilities. The third largest slice of 11 cents

pays for state prisons, while theremaining 9 cents funds all other stateservices, from parks, environmentaland fire protection to courts, veter-ans’ care and operations of theLegislature and governor’s office. “The state budget is primarily a

local budget,” reports the non-partisan,non-profit California Budget Project.“More than 70 cents out of every dol-lar spent through the state budget goesto local communities, health careproviders and individuals.”

More fun with numbers: It’s anintriguing political paradox — ormaybe just rank hypocrisy— thatmany of the members of Congresswho howl the loudest about outra-geous government spending comefrom states that rake off the most fromthe feds.

Virginia, home turf of HouseMajority Leader Eric Cantor, whonever tires of hectoring others aboutdebt and deficits, ranks second amongall 50 states in per capita federalspending, about $17,000 per resident,according to the Census Bureau, justbehind Alaska (Hello, Sarah Palin) atnearly $18,000. While other stalwart political red

states like Alabama, Kentucky,Louisiana, North and South Dakota,and Wyoming (Hello, Dick Cheney)made the Top 20, true-blueCalifornia ranks 43rd, with $9,000 infederal tax dollars per resident. Wedemand a refund!

Portsider pol peeps pic premiere:In local politics, SB power coupleHannah Beth Jackson and her distin-guished spousal unit, Superior CourtJudge George Eskin, were spotted atPaseo Nuevo on the opening night of“Moneyball,” awarding five stars tothe must-see, real-life baseball dramastarring Angelina Jolie’s significantother. Jackson, who’s preparing to make a

formal announcement that she’s a can-didate in the Central Coast’s new 19thSenate District, is keeping a close eyeon Republican efforts to repealCalifornia’s just adopted state senatedistrict maps. Latest on that front:the GOP so far has collected about200,000 of the 504,760 signaturesthey need before Nov. 13 to put a ref-erendum measure on the ballot, whichcould cause complications for HBJ’swell-laid plans.

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My mother taught me anumber of things to never do.Among them: never ask awoman her age and never asksomeone else how muchmoney they make.The first of those no-no's

may still be widely observedbut the second seems to havegone out the window, at leastwhen it comes to retired pub-lic employees.Recently some media outlets have

published the names and the dollaramounts of benefits being received byretirees from the County of SantaBarbara and the City of SantaBarbara. (Full disclosure: my nameappears on the list of retired countyemployees.)One outlet published the names and

monthly allowances of all 2,904retired County employees while notingthat 152 of them receive pensions ofover $100,000 per year. (And no, I'mnot one of those lucky ones.) That'sabout five percent of the total numberof retirees meaning 95 percent ofretired County employees receive less(and in most cases far less) than$100,000 per year. Another published the names and

salaries of the 29 retired City employ-ees with pensions of $100,000 or moreper year. The "editorial" which listed this

information didn't reveal the totalnumber of City retirees so there is noopportunity to determine what per-

centage of total retirees those29 individuals represents.Useless data?Now, I'm not saying that

publishing the names andamounts received by retireeshas no value. Being a personwho knows a lot of the peo-ple whose names appear onthe list, I like to check andsee who's making what so I

can figure out which one of us oughtto be picking up the tab when we meetup for lunch or to have a drink.But as for the rest of you out there

I'd say this list of names and numbersis pretty useless.After all, if you want to talk about

a ship that's sailed the S.S. PensionBenefit has left the dock. Lock thebarn door after the horse is gone? Myfriend Flicka hasn't been seen foryears. You can't change the benefits ofthose who put in their years, had adeduction for retirement taken out oftheir pay checks every month andnow have left their jobs and havemade their plans accordingly. I guessif one wants to make this about thepolitics of division and you're lookingfor a boogeyman, the handful of com-fortably retired public employees fitsthat bill nicely. But if you want tohave a meaningful debate aboutreform in this area, there's no need tomake it personal.I'd like to be able to claim that the

monthly retirement benefit that I

receive was the product of carefulplanning on my part, but that's not thecase. I remember being hired to workin the district attorney's office rightout of law school and looking at myfirst paycheck stub. I had to ask one ofmy co-workers what the money beingtaken out of my paycheck under theheading "retirement deduction" wasfor.Loving retirementOnce it was explained to me I

remember thinking to myself, "I wishthey wouldn't take that out, I'm notgoing to be sticking around here longenough to retire." Nearly 25 yearslater when I finally did retire fromcounty employment I was grateful thatI didn't have the choice of opting outof the retirement system. It was thebest decision I never made. It wasmade for me.I imagine many of the nearly 3,000

retired county employees are in thesame boat I was. If we are accom-plices in some type of public employ-ee pension benefit boondoggle, thenwe're unwitting accomplices. If youwant to talk about how we're going tohandle public employee retirement inthe future, then go ahead. But, do youreally have to drag my name and thenames of all of the other publicemployment retirees into it? After all,it's really kind of rude.

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and The American Society ofAnesthesiologists, agreed to adopt anew consensus on pain protection forthe infant in surgery in 1987.Yet, Anand not convinced of the

wide implementation of the consensusredoubled his efforts conducting a studyat Boston Children’s Hospital, 1992.His data on babies requiring open-

heart surgery confirmed a lowered mor-tality risk as correlated to anesthesia use.Five years later, Anand stated,

“There was a quiet revolution, and afterthat babies were given anesthesia”(USA TODAY, 2005). Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

occurs after a life–threatening eventaccompanied by extreme fear.

Creating permanent traumaA traumatic event in a child’s life

creates a permanent imprint in the sub-conscious mind and the nervous system.The brain will later associate even non-threatening events to the original trau-ma, whether encountering a similarsight or sound. Without interventionthese associated generalizations com-pound to form ever-larger archives fromwhich the child/adult reacts in a chronicstate of hypersensitivity. Even a queasyfeeling or an increased heart rate cantrigger an automatic brainstem alarm. The severity of an event was once

considered the causative factor for trau-ma and PTSD but researchers today seethe age of onset as the single mostimportant variable. The simple reason isthat the impact of a trauma is greatestfor the developing brain. The period of

most rapid growth occurs from birth tothe second year. Harvard’s Center forthe Developing Child, 2009, explainsthat, “early experiences are built intoour bodies” and literally “shape thearchitecture of our brain.” Unintentionally, millions of people

were deeply affected by this history butwith awareness they may choose to findmethods that stabilize the nervous sys-tem and bring alignment back into themind-body system. My own story is anongoing reflection of that potential.

Terry Monell spent the majority ofher career as a private and corporateart consultant, contributing journalist,and exhibiting artist. She later taughtart workshops designed to access thesubconscious and experienced profoundinsights regarding her infant surgery.

MY STORYFROM PAGE 7

Venerable community activist and Montecitoresident Bob Short drives through the muck andmadness every everyday.The locals know that the congestion on Highway

101 around Montecito has been horrid for years.Lately the traffic snarls have become even morestressful and overwhelming, creating congestion oCoast Village road as well.The $4 million construction work underway on

Highway 101 at the Salinas off ramp is the latestobstacle for motorists driving into Santa Barbaraduring the morning and other high-traffic hours.The construction poses a headache for drivers,

but for Short and others who know the history ofthe 101 widening drama, the jackhammers, tractorsand men in hard hats are a welcome sign of relief.“I think they are doing the best the job they can,”

Short said. “I will be glad when it is all done.”Caltrans is in the middle of its effort to widen

Highway 101 northbound to three lanes. The workmeans that crews have closed the Salinas off ramp- and the auxiliary lane that motorists used to takebefore getting off on Salinas.The widening is part of a regional effort to end

the major traffic congestion on Highway 101 that is


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The following is part of an ongoing series reportingon Highway 101 construction around Montecito

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ramps at Salinas St. will be closed now until Dec. 2011.During the closures, there will be signed detours onMilpas St. and Carpinteria Ave.� Between December 2011 and early 2012, crews

will finish up widening work in the median. � Throughout work, Hwy 101 will have at least 2

lanes open in each direction during the day. Somenighttime lane closures will occur. Salinas St. willremain open during this widening project.

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largely created because of the shift fromthree lanes to two in Montecito, creating abad bottleneck.The bigger pictureThe work coincides with an overall $425

million project to reduce existing traffic con-gestion and plan for the future growth in traffic.Down the road in Montecito, Caltrans

plans to eliminate the fast lane, left-hand offramps. Officials say that they confusemotorists and contribute to a higher accidentrate than traditional right lane off ramps.Eventually, Highway 101 from Ventura to

Santa Barbara and beyond will be at leastthree lanes.After decades of bickering and finger

pointing, officials now have the perfect mixof money, public support and governmentwill to widen the highway. But the project islong and expensive and will take at leastanother decade to complete.The construction at Salinas is just the one

part of ongoing work motorists will have tolive with as Caltrans essentially reconfiguresand reconstructs the highway.“It’s a bottleneck and unsafe,” Short said.

“I think what they are doing is great.”Although the housing market has tanked

in recent years, Santa Barbara and Montecitoare still among the most expensive places inthe world to live.

Thousands of people commute to jobsSanta Barbara every day from Ventura,Oxnard, Santa Paula and beyond becausealthough they can find work here, the cost ofboth rental and for-sale housing is out-of-reach.The jobs-housing imbalance has squeezed

out a majority of the middle class.The result: a clogged highway and a $425

million taxpayer-funded project to widen theroad. Traffic engineers project that over thenext decade, commute times will get consid-erably worse.“There just isn’t enough capacity on the

freeway to handle all the traffic during peaktimes,” said Gregg Hart, a former two-termSanta Barbara City Councilman, and the cur-rent spokesman for the Santa BarbaraCounty Association of Governments. IfCaltrans were to do nothing, it would be con-stant gridlock, all day on Highway 101through Montecito and Santa Barbara, by2040, Hart said.Six months of slowdownThe Salinas ext area work began in July

and expected to be completed by the end ofDecember. Crews have been tearing up theroad and draining the site from much of thewater underneath that comes from the near-by Andree Clark Bird Refuge.Traffic will be shifted to the right over to

the new lanes. A little more than a year ago,Caltrans had not planned to widen 101 in

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THINK PINKEvent Chairs Rachael Stein and Dinah Calderon wel-

comed more than 200 people to the Montecito home ofWynn and Steven Benhayon for the 13th annual benefitfor breast cancer Think Pink, on Saturday, Sept. 24.

The Breast Cancer Resource Center of Santa Barbara,provides valuable information, perspective and emotionalsupport for women and their families as they navigate thechallenging journey of breast cancer.

Monica Spear, Girls Inc. of GSB ExecutiveDirector, Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree, 2011 100

Committee Hostess and Co-Chair, andSandy Stahl, 100 Committee Co-Chair

Executive Director Breast Cancer ResourceCenter Silvana R. Kelly with Montecito

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New ownership at Bacara bodeswell for the entire community. Afterall, New York developer and formerowner Alvin Dworman practicallyalienated all of the county laboringunder the delusion he could create andrun a world class resort.Ten years down the road, it is

apparent: he couldn’t. The man who atone time barredeveryone but hotelguests from theproperty, the manwhose glossy adstrumpeted Bacarawas in SantaBarbara (it isn’t) isgone.

The “new”Bacara has fallen

into the hands of Ohana Real EstateInvestors with offices in RedwoodCity, San Diego and Honolulu. It is agood omen that their name means“family” and “kinship.”Ohana is well-respected and seems

to walk the walk: on WednesdayOctober 5, they will throw open thedoors to Bacara and serve food, wineand music for one and all at an OpenHouse. That kind of gracious out reachshould go a long way to rebuilding thelocal respect and allegiance this $220million 78-acre oceanfront hotel andspa deserves. An impressive experienceNot one to dilly dally and wait for

Oct. 5, we drove out there (the nextexit after Costco) to have a Sundaylunch at Bacara’s Spa Café. It was animpressive experience.The Spa Café serves breakfast (gra-

nolas, eggs, oatmeal, fish) and lunchonly, Wednesday through Sunday. It

sits below the lobby by the adults-onlypool and is a cool, tranquil, sun-washed, high-ceilinged room withpaddle fans, a stone arched wall andvery pleasant patio shaded by palmsand market umbrellas. Light oceanbreezes refresh the room. Over the years Bacara has had more

chefs (many of them great) thanElizabeth Taylor had diamonds andthat has been part of their problem.Today David Reardon serves asExecutive Chef and his influence isstrongly felt at the Spa Café. ChefReardon has been at Bacara for 11

years and has been the one consistentforce in the resort's culinary depart-ment.One of the hardest things about

cooking is how to bring true flavors tofood without relying on the crutch ofsalt, fats and butter. It requires somuch more talent and effort to createthose flavors through the careful useof vegetables, herbs, spices and fruitsand at the Spa Café you will experi-ence this magic alchemy.We can describe the food as healthy

and pure. Light, skillfully preparedwith freshness paramont. And artfullyplated. A standout appetizer ($9-$16)included an ahi tuna tartare with avo-cado brulee, soy ginger and celery.Another hit was tortilla soup, an airytomato chili broth drizzled with avoca-do and sprinkled with baked tortilla

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I think Bob Guiney (ABC’sThe Bachelor 4) said it best whenhe said, “If you don’t like Journey,you’re a ‘dang’ liar.” Only, he did-n’t say dang—he used a muchstronger word. It’s probably whatendeared me to him most as one ofmy favorite Bachelor reality showstars, save for our own SantaBarbara hunk Andrew Firestone(season 3), of course.It’s true, I’m a huge fan of

Journey and I don’t have any problemadmitting it. With rock song staples like,“Send Her My Love,” “Any Way You WantIt” and “Faithfully,” two Gold albums, eightmulti-Platinum albums and one Diamondalbum, the group has spanned the decadeswith worldwide multi-generational appeal.Founded in 1973 San Francisco by lead

guitarist Neal Schon, the band has seenquite a bit of turnover, with 22 differentmusicians filtering in and out over the last38 years (Schon being the one mainstay,from the beginning). Perhaps the mostnotable change came in 1997 when leadsinger Steve Perry left due to health relatedissues.These days, Journey is comprised of

Schon (lead guitar, vocals), Ross Valory(bass, vocals), Jonathan Cain (keyboards,rhythm guitar, vocals), Deen Castronovo(drums, percussion, vocals), and now ArnelPineda, who was brought to the group fromManila, Philippines, in 2007 for leadvocals, after having been found on YouTubesinging some of the band’s songs.“The guy’s got an awesome voice, sounds

very much like Steve Perry,” said local resi-dent Dennis Keever, who saw them performat the Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles lastyear, “but the appearance is off.”

“It was actually hystericalbecause they had this big intro,and this lead up you know, andthe music playing was one oftheir big hits—I don’t know whatit was—and they announce himand out he comes. And when hefirst came out (I went with agroup), we thought he was a kidwho’d jumped on stage! Wewent, ‘They’d better get that kidoff there so the new lead singer

can come up,’ and it ended up it washim!”All “kid-ding” aside, Journey’s music has

seen a resurge in being fashionable amongtoday’s teens, in part due to its role in popculture.I knew I was going to love the FOX pro-

gram ‘Glee,” about a high school showchoir, when they busted out Journey’s“Don’t Stop Believin’,” (which currentlysits as the top digital download track iniTunes history) in its 2009 premier episode.Besides television shows, the band’s

music has also graced films, commercials,video games and even Broadway.Their latest compilation album, Journey

Greatest Hits 2, is set to drop on November1. It’s a collection of 17 songs from theyears 1978-1996.Earlier this year, the group came out with

their “Eclipse” album and are now wrap-ping up their two-year tour, landing inSanta Barbara on October 4 with 6:30 p.m.opener Styx, at the Santa Barbara Bowl,1122 N. Milpas Street.For more information and tickets, visit:

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Ann Peyrat is a local journalist and for-mer editor of Woman magazine.

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Montecito has its very own Bag Lady:the indomitable Kathi King who advocatesfor a cleaner, greener Santa Barbara throughher work at the Community EnvironmentalCouncil (CEC). The proverbial iron dynamoin a velvet glove, she is packaged in apetite, charming and earnest persona.

And she makesthings happen. Spearheading the

“Choose to Reuse” cru-sade in 2007, King hassubsequently foundedthe “Rethink YourDrink” and “Where’sYour Bag” campaigns.The slogans are cleverand catchy - the workbehind them deadly

serious. Californians throw away 600 plas-tic bags PER SECOND and use 19 BIL-LION plastic bags per year. As a Canadian transplant, I find it unfath-

omable that this historically environmental-ly conscious state shot down the ban of sin-gle-use plastics. So, until the governmentsteps up to the plate, people like Kathi Kingempower communities to take action intheir own hands. Like many of her generation, this is not

King’s first career. Armed with a degree in

Telecommunications and Film, she workedat Lorimar for several years during its hey-day, overseeing production of hit showssuch as “Perfect Strangers” and “FullHouse.” She loved the industry but with a 60-70

hour workweek and the birth of her twochildren, there was no way she could be amom and continue. Her husband Jeff is awriter so they were free to live outside ofL.A. but wanted to stay in close proximity.They chose Montecito because of the goodschools and moved up here in 1998. King “dove into Montecito Union

School”: joined the newsletter, became aBoard member, was PTA president for twoyears. She spent so much time at the schoolthat people mistook her for a staff member.Ironically, although her children have grad-uated, she hasn’t – she’s still involved withthe MUS green committee and is a regularspeaker in the classrooms.When her youngest was in third grade,

King decided she wanted to do more thanvolunteer at the school, so she took everyenvironmental class offered at SBCC in2006-2007. (Her kids were 9 and 13 and

everybody did homework together). Theclasses at SBCC led to her first step in com-munity activism when she joined a groupwho went to city council to ask for a ban onStyrofoam food containers and plastic bags.They weren’t successful but this only madeKathi more determined. Through a networking opportunity, she

connected with a woman who said, “Oh, Ihate plastic bags and I have a foundation.How can I help you?” King formulated aprogram called “Choose to Reuse” designedto educate community members about sin-gle use plastics and the need to eliminatethem. She bought several thousandreusable bags, had Shawn Stussy design acool graphic logo and began her lecture cir-cuit in local schools, speaking primarily tosix graders about environmental issues. Allas a volunteer. This labor of love has now become part

of the work she does with Partners inEducation, a local non-profit that bringsspeakers into schools. Warm and reassur-ing, she walks the fine line between scaringthe children and empowering them, kind oflike Glinda the Good Witch who warns ofthe dangers but happily tells of ways toavoid them. Her audience is younger andyounger these days, with third and fourthgraders going home and telling their parentswhat they should do about recycling andpollution. In addition, as Donor Relations Manager

at the CEC, Kathi is instrumental in mount-ing the Green Gala and Earth Day, two

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau,there are over 6 million companies withemployees in the United States. While manyof these will not survive or will struggle tostay afloat, some will fill a market need andgrow handsomely. At the helm of these successful compa-

nies are entrepreneurs and executives whohave achieved the American dream and builtpersonal wealth from their leadershipefforts. Montecito and Santa Barbara, beingidyllic places to live, are filled with manypeople in this category. But does success in business translate to

success in personal wealth management?Unfortunately, the answer is often “no”. Andthe tragedy is that wealth that was generatedover decades of marathon workdays andfamily sacrifices, often over multiple gener-ations, can be eroded in a matter of yearswith poor planning.Why is this the case? Quite simply, lack

of interest, expertise and process. Behindevery growing company is usually a pas-sionate and capable leader. This passioncoupled with business savvy and instinctfuels the ongoing success. Once the busi-ness has sold and the wealth is “harvested”into the owner’s bank account, this passionwanes as diligently stewarding wealth isn’tas fun and exciting as running a thrivingcompany.In addition, you have a person who dedi-

cated a huge portion of their life to guidingthe company, as well as a spouse who sup-ported and sacrificed along the way. Nowthat they have time and financial resourcesto live as they’ve always dreamed, it’s theirturn to play “catch up”. Trips around the world, fly fishing les-

sons, yoga, golf with buddies and visits withfamily take priority over rebalancing portfo-lios, tax and estate planning optimizationstrategies. As the famous poet Sophocles

stated, “Success is dependent on effort.” Sowhen one’s wealth is not watered, especiallyin our modern day volatile economy, itwilts.With entrepreneurship in the blood, lead-

ers often find themselves diving back intonew business ventures. This has the com-bined effect of once again diluting their timeavailable for daily financial managementand often puts some of the capital realizedfrom the company sale back at risk in theprivate equity market. While optimism is high after a celebrated

company exit, the odds of a repeat successare not in their favor.Tom Hopkins, a prominent corporate

attorney with Sheppard Mullin and co-chairof their Los Angeles-based law firm's corpo-rate practice group shared, “We work onmultiple exit transactions every year wherepeople at all levels of management achievesignificant liquidity/wealth. Contrary to the

popular notion that these people will beretiring to an island retreat or a place likeSanta Barbara, most have been bitten withthe entrepreneurial bug and tend to be backout there in a very short period of time. They are lured by the thrill of the next

opportunity and they often dive in withoutdeveloping proper structure and thought tohandling the capital they just realized fromtheir prior business success.” To successfully transition from being the

CEO of a company to being the CEO ofone’s wealth, certain steps need to occur. Just like with a business, keys to success

include having: 1.) A clear vision of whatyou want to accomplish (personal goals), 2.)An operating strategy (financial plan) thatoutlines a realistic and sustainable lifestylepath (cash flows, taxes, investments), 3.) Arisk management plan to protect against“what-if’s” (insurance and estate planning)and 4.) An effective team in place to imple-ment the strategy and get the work done(financial advisor, accountant, attorney,

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One of the many benefits of lifein Montecito is the easy access toour pristine beaches and hikingtrails.And we understand the impor-

tance of keeping nature free oftrash, for our sense of well beingand for the wildlife that depend onour natural surroundings. The Four Seasons Biltmore,

including Coral Casino, holds vol-unteer Butterfly Beach CleanupDays 3-4 times a year; participants includeCoral Casino members, employees and thepublic. The Montecito Association hostsMontecito Beautification Day everyNovember. For the recent annual International

Coastal Cleanup Day (CCD), many familiesparticipated in the events on Sept. 17 atMiramar and Butterfly Beaches, the adultssharing with their children a tradition ofcaring for the environment.Impact on marine life"The importance of keeping our beaches

clean cannot be underestimated, " says JeffSimeon, County Coastal Cleanup DayCoordinator, "The impact on marine animalspecies is huge. Animals eat our debris outin the ocean. It's well documented that birdseat plastic and die.Sea turtles mistake plastic bags for jelly-

fish floating out at sea.The bags clog their digestive tracks,

killing them." A couple of years ago, CraneSchool sixth graders studied the plight ofthe sea turtle and made a mural out of plas-tic bottle caps.Indeed, Jeff Simeon says that most of the

beach trash collected on California CleanupDay this September consisted of "microtrash,” meaning that it is small enough to beingested by a whole variety of marine life.Micro trash includes land-based trash suchas plastic bottle caps.Thanks to the efforts of Laguna Blanca

Lower School, Montecito UnionSchool, and the MontecitoAssociation, there was an increasein volunteers and debris collectedthis year on CCD compared to lastyear's numbers.Tons a trashAt Butterfly Beach, 53 volun-

teers collected 73 pounds of trashand 45 pounds recyclable waste;at Miramar, 77 volunteers collect-

ed 91 pounds of trash and 31 pounds recy-cling.Residents of all ages, students, teachers,

administrators such as Shayne Horan, Headof Laguna Blanca Lower School, andTammy Murphy, Superintendent of MUS,and even one visiting grandmother, MaryCatalfimo from upstate New York, partici-pated. Ryan Monroe brought his children,the little one in a carrier, to give back to thecommunity. Most volunteers brought theirown buckets, but gloves and bags for recy-cling and trash were provided. MelissaSquire and her son, Cameron, filled theirtrash bucket within 15 minutes on MiramarBeach.Jeff Simeon adds, "The saying that hikers

use for the trails is just as true for ourbeaches: 'Take nothing but pictures. Leavenothing but footprints.' Next Cleanup events:Montecito Beautification Day: Saturday

11/5. Meet at the Upper Village Green. Formore information, call the MontecitoAssociation 805-969-2026.The public is welcome to join employees

and Coral Casino members in the FourSeasons Biltmore ‘s upcoming ButterflyBeach Cleanup Days, For more informationcall 805-565-8266.

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created for heirs and charity. It all stemsfrom entrepreneurs giving their own wealththe same level of care and priority they didto managing their business.

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for our heart and health here. The SpaCafé serves no red meat, emphasis ison tofu, shrimp, fish and chicken. Tobring out maximum flavors, thekitchen combines these with essences,purees, vinaigrettes, marinades,broths, and finely chopped seasonaland organic locally-sourced produce.Entrees ($14-$23) that were memo-

rable included a garden vegetable stirfry with basmati rice and shiso leafs,five spice seared ahi tuna sittingalongside a crunchy Napa cabbagesalad, Haas avocado, mango and withjust a suggestion of Asian dressingand wasabi vinaigrette. A complexvegetable broth formed the foundationfor the bouillabaisse of assorted shell-fish and fin fish that sang of saffronand Parmesan. Tender grilled ManninBay salmon was paired with marinat-ed tomatoes, artichokes and dousedwith a subtle champagne vinaigrette. Next time we go back we’re going

to have a Vietnamese wrap with sweetchili sauce or the soy-glazed chickenbreast with oyster and shiitake mush-

rooms. Or the Bento Box with soyginger rice and salmon, ahi or chick-en. Noodles might be also nice.Bacara has steaming soba noodle soupwith rock shrimp, tiny asparagus,snow peas and enoli mushrooms. Alsoappealing sounded the free-rangeturkey breast sandwich (the cafe bakestheir own turkeys each day) with Haasavocado and honey Dijon. The wine list at the Spa Café is in

perfect pitch with the food: by theglass ($9-$26) or bottle ($36-$150)there are two sparking wines(Champagne or Napa), four whites(California, Italy, Germany) one rose(French), two reds (California) and animpressive selection of Italian,German, Maine and English beers,$5.50-$13.50 a bottle. If you are on the wagon, fear not:

try a wheat grass shot with 17 aminoacids for $3 or one of the café’sSplendid Sparklers, maybe fresh gin-ger and lemongrass, cherry vanilla orlavender green tea. Or perhaps aSmoothie ($8) would hot the spot.Delicate and flavorfulAll too soon, our delightful lunch

was drawing to a close. But wait,Bernice, our very alert server broughta small dessert menu. Who couldresist chamomile poached apricot withcrème fraiche custard, lemon puddingwith honey blueberry compote, duo ofmelons with lavender strawberry sor-bet or verbena roasted stone fruitswith Greek yogurt? We didn’t and

they were extraordinary—delicate,intensely flavorful yet light as a feath-er.If this lunch was a metaphor for the

new chapter that awaits us at Bacara,there is reason for cheers. Everythingwe saw and tasted was top quality.Everyone we met was totally profes-sional and committed to a fresh startand to excellence. The grounds weremanicured just like Oprah’s estate.You can see it all October 5, too. Justrsvp at [email protected]. Thereis no charge. Ohana is eager to showyou what “family” is all about. Who to know: Claudia Demas, the

ebullient and savvy restaurant manag-er. PS In October, Bacara is offering a

specially priced three-course cham-pagne lunch for two poolside in a spe-cial cabana. Add $49 if you’d like tospend the night. On October 15 and29, $20 buys you a “Sip & Stargaze”night with telescopes and UCSBastronomers. And a gourmet four-course prix fixe dinner with wine pair-ings at Miro restaurant will be servedfor local residents during the month ofOctober for $69 per person. Bacara is located at 8301 Hollister

Avenue, Goleta, (805) 968-0100,www.bacararesort.com.

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sleeps at night knowing the enormityof the problem, she smiles and says“That’s why I read fashion magazinesat night or watch American Idol.”

Rather than scare people with factsthat feel overpowering, she starts withthe basics. “Here’s what you can dotoday. Change your toilet paper. Ifyou are using toilet paper that issqueezably soft, you are killing 200-year -old trees. Stop using it! Use

toilet paper made out of recyclablecontent. “Bring your bag with you today.

Don’t drink bottled water.” There are alot of things that we can’t fix today, butwe can do these. And Kathi King willbe here to remind us. According to her,she plans to be involved with this for-ever “the root of it all for me, as a par-ent, was that I started looking aroundand thinking that I wanted to be able totell my kids that I did something tohelp leave the world a good place.” And you can too. So when you

have finished reading this newspaper,Run, Don’t Walk, to your nearest

recycling bin. Your planet will thankyou. And please check out theCommunity Environmental Councilwebsite at www.cecsb.org - it’s atreasure trove of ways to help and getinvolved. Tell them Kathi sent you.

Marilyn Gillard moved toMontecito from Canada after a pro-ducing career in television and film.In between carpools and killer pbjsandwiches, she managed to write,produce and direct PSAs and shortdocumentaries for nonprofit organiza-tions such as Planned Parenthood,AARP and Girls Inc.

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Lucky’s 1279 Coast Village Road

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photos for social carnivores fueledby stiff drinks, pricey wines and finegrilled dishes…Lipitor not required.

StonehouseSan Ysidro Ranch900 San Ysidro Lane

565-1700Totally romantic hideaway that

feels like the Cote d’Azur…ChefJamie West’s regional dishes takeroot with herbs from the hotel’s gar-dens

Trattoria Mollie1250 Coast Village Road

565-9381Mollie baked for the Pope in

Rome; now you can enjoy her celes-tial Italian touch…look for Oprah, aregular.

Bella VistaFour Seasons Biltmore Hotel

1260 Channel Drive565-8237

California cuisine in a light-splashed courtyard overlooking thesea…the cooking lives up to highFour Seasons standards.

EATING ABROAD

Sakana1046 Coast Village Road

565-2014Sake, sushi, saucy rolls, press

boxes and other Asian dishes pricedright and served casually.

Pane e Vino1482 East Valley Road

969-9274Authentic lively trattoria in the

heart filled with social Montecitograndees. No better pastas, fish, vealchops and grilled chicken for miles.

Cava1212 Coast Village Road

969-8500A beautiful setting for innovative

and traditional Mexican and Spanishcuisine. Wonderful margaritas andmojitos to go along with the cozyfireplace or outdoor patio and strum-ming guitarist.

China Palace 1070 Coast Village Road

565-9380Classic Chinese cuisine including

Peking duck. A huge menu, friendlyfaces and a tree-shaded patio. Greattake-out service. Dim sum on theweekends.

Tre Lune 1151 Coast Village Rd

969-2646Old Hollywood charm and

celebrities mingle on a casual nightout. Laughter, great wines and dish-es you’d eat sitting around yourItalian Grandma’s kitchen table...ifyour Grandmother was a principessa

Piatti516 San Ysidro Road

969-7520A good bar, outdoor seating (best

tables are by the fireplace) and well-priced thin-crust pizzas, pastas andfish.

FUN FOR THE FAMILY

Peabody’s1198 Coast Village Road

969-0834Cozy and relaxed pub-like oasis

for burgers, beer and simple fare,popular with kids and their parentswanting to reconnect with friends.

Giovanni’s1187 Coast Village Road

969-1277For a quick commercial pizza this

size of a centurion’s shield, this isthe place.

Via Vai1483 East Valley Rd.

565-9393Noisy and busy but who’s com-

plaining, this relaxed Italian has apopular outdoor terrace and the bestpizza in town, happy waiters anddelicious pastas, salads, fish, chick-

en and meat dishes inspired by theowner’s home town of Asolo.Perfect for families.

Los Arroyos1280 Coast Village Road

969-9059Serving up Nueva Mexican cui-

sine...a standout among so manyother attempts, and the kind of localspot where you’re sure to run into aneighbor or two. Great tequilaselection.

Here’s the Scoop1187 Coast Village Road

969-7020Lovers of sorbets and gelatos fre-

quent this little below-the-streetestablishment because of its funselections and tip top ingredients.

Whodidly Cupcakes1150 Coast Village Road

969-9808The cupcake is elevated to an art

here and kids go wild just looking atthem to say nothing of sinking theirteeth into their sugary goodness.

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Pierre Lafond516 San Ysidro Road

565-1502An upscale deli/market and as

much of a central meeting spot forMontecitans as there exists. A greatsalad bar and breads, curated wines,artisanal mustards and oils, sand-wiches, soups, gifts, cards, choco-lates, fruits and vegetables—practi-cally everything can be found here.

Jeannine’s1253 Coast Village Road

969-7878Look for a white picket fence.

Behind it, a few tables and inside abustling café serving credible break-fasts and light lunches of quality. Aplace to see and be seen.

Starbucks1046A Coast Village Road

565-1935Starbucks is Starbucks is

Starbucks….what more is there tosay.

Montecito Coffee Shop1498 East Valley Road

969-6250An institution of sorts where tout

Montecito has been enjoying heartybreakfasts and reliable lunches fordecades. Sit outside or in and sayhello to Debbie, the owner, whoinsists on quality food and service.

Montecito Café1295 Coast Village Road

969-3392For those wanting lively or

loud...look elsewhere. This casual andreliable cafe inj thre Montecito Inndelivers well-priced, consistent, deli-cious dishes, well-priced wines andoutstanding desserts and has for years.

DIVES/JOINTS

Café del Sol30 Los Patos Way

969-0448Looking over the bird refuge, this

hangout serves family-styleMexican food, icy margaritas andhas a regular faithful following.

CHEAP AND CHEERFUL

Montecito Deli1150 Coast Village Rd Ste B

969-3717Friendly lilliputian deli with a big

selection of soups, salads, sandwich-es. A few tables outside to sit in thesun and munch on your purchases.

Panino1024 Coast Village Road

565-0137Sandwiches done very very well.

The curried chicken salad is elysian.

Little Alex’s1024-A Coast Village Road

969-2297Terrific Mexican menu, quickly

prepared and served. The chickensoup is legendary and so are the rajas.

Blenders in the Grass1046 Coast Village Road

969-0611.Refreshing, cool and tasty smooth-

ies, every flavor and combination.

Village Cheese and Wine1485 East Valley Road

969-3815A lunchtime legend for sandwich-

es, soft drinks, chips, wine and beerin a quaint room filled with candyand Kiwi surf memorabilia.

PICTURESQUE

Stella Mare50 Los Patos Way

969-6705Set in an old Victorian mansion

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that spot. Officials felt that the space was toonarrow to safely create three lanes.But after Short and others from the

Montecito Association reviewed the plans,Caltrans agreed that it would be better towiden the highway at Salinas sooner, ratherthan later.To make room, Caltrans and the commu-

nity had to give something up.Although Montecito and other residents

have always cherished the green landscapingin the median that separates the two northand southbound lanes, they were willing togive it up to make room for a third lane.A median that was supposed to stretch 10

feet wide, now, ranges from 6 to 10 feet inthat spot near Salinas.“I would rather have the lane than land-

scaping,” Short said. “I would rather haveeverything if I could get it, but I can’t.”It’s a tight squeeze, but officials believe it

will help in the long run.“This all happened very quickly,” Hart

said. “This was only a year from when theidea started to when construction began.”That third lane could become a carpool

lane once construction down the road iscompleted.Montecito Association praisedSanta Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider

said the Montecito Association has worked

well with Caltrans and the community topush for the Salinas project.“I really have to credit the Montecito

Association for bringing this situation up,”Schneider said. “It creates a benefit soonerto the public.”The city of Santa Barbara granted the

permits for Caltrans to do the construction.Although Montecito residents feel the pres-sure of the traffic jams, it’s the city of SantaBarbara and Caltrans that make the ulti-mate call on the type of work that goes onthere“At the end of the day, when the Salinas

ramp opens up again and the area becomesthree lanes through to the city it will be verypositive to the city,” Schneider said. “Thismight take six to nine months to complete,but in government time that is a nanosec-ond.”Schneider said she is glad that commu-

nity may finally be working together insupport of some of these construction proj-ects.More than two decades ago, 5,000

Montecito residents signed a petition block-ing the 101 changes.“A lot of people were focused on the com-

mon goal,” Schneider said. “This wouldhave continued to be a bottleneck area on theSouth Coast that would have created signifi-cant traffic congestion had we not donethis.”

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