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Carp crushesSanta ClaraOscar Montes andAlfredo Maya eachscored two goals tocarry Carpinteria to a 7-0 romp over SantaClara in a boys soccergame on Wednesday.

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DP seededNo. 1 in TOC

Homelessmay havebenchesremoved

BY KYLE ROKESDAILY SOUND CORRESPONDENT

For decades, city and business lead-ers have obsessed over how to lure peo-ple to downtown Santa Barbara.

Now, officials are poised to spendbig money to keep people – some peo-ple – away.

The Santa Barbara RedevelopmentAgency on Wednesday night unveiled a$50,000 plan that officials hope willcurb aggressive panhandling down-town.

The “State Street BenchesRelocation Pilot Project,” would shiftthe direction of 14 benches on the 800and 900 blocks of State Street, in amove that they hope will discouragehomeless people, many of whom arementally ill, from camping out and get-ting comfortable.

“Some of these people don’t likepeople coming up behind them,” saidMarck Aguilar, a supervisor with theagency.

Pointing to a blueprint laid out on atable in the back of the Valley Room ofthe Canary Hotel on Carrillo St.,Aguilar said that if they are deprived ofa panoramic view, some homeless maybe less likely to take root for the day.

The selected benches, along withnewspaper dispensers and trash barrels,will be repositioned by May in time forthe summertime tourist rush.

Business leaders have been wrestlingwith a perceived growing problem ofhomelessness and panhandling in thecity’s downtown core. A problem even

See BENCHES, page 6

Activists worry that with a tightening budget, the city will let its Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens and others deteriorate further.DAILY SOUND / Victor Maccharoli

Parks fall into disrepair as city makes cutbacksBY NICK C. TONKIN

DAILY SOUND CORRESPONDENTSanta Barbara prides itself on

staying beautiful.But staying beautiful can be

expensive and with a city facing abudget crisis, icons like AliceKeck Park Memorial Gardens mayend up paying the ultimate price.

Activists are drawing attentionto the state of the city’s parks andcalling on officials to once againprioritize parks before they furtherdeteriorate.

“There’s a structural contradic-tion in trying to be a sustainablecity while at the same time forcingitself to create all these untenable

projects,” said Billy Goodnick, alandscape architect who used towork for the city.

The city’s requirements forlandscaping and sustainabilityhave pushed the city’s park main-tenance capabilities beyond theirlimits, Goodnick said.

Goodnick points out that workspent on new projects is detractingcity staff from maintaining oldones such as Alice Keck Park andShoreline Park.

“The existing parks are beingsacrificed for all this new stuffthat’s coming online,” Goodnicksaid.

Retired groundskeeper and

now-regular park volunteer CarolTerry spoke at a recent councilmeeting about the deterioratingquality of the parks.

“Since my retirement a steadydecline which began approximate-ly two years before I retired,”Terry said. “It has been madealmost impossible for parksemployees to do an adequate job.”

Nancy Rapp, Director of Parksand Recreation, agrees with thesentiments.

“What we’re seeing is a gradualdecline that reflects the decline inresources and staffing for theparks division and the Parks and

See PARKS, page 7

‘Only time will tell ifjust rearranging thebenches will detersome of the behaviorI’ve seen.’

– KRISTA FRITZER

CO-OWNER OF CAFE ZOMA

Budget cuts, fewer herbicides lead to

PROBLEMSin the PARKS

Dos Pueblos grabbedthe top seed in the 12thannual Santa BarbaraTournament ofChampions, heading anelite group of teams inthe CIF-SS Division 1.

President BarackObama lead a memorialservice for the victims ofthe Arizona shooting,where he urgedAmericans to uniteregardless of politicaldivisions and offercomfort to the victim’sfamilies.

Santa BarbaraCrime BlotterAuthorities arrested aman who allegedlypunched a hole in thewall of his mother-in-law’s house and thencut the cords to hisgirlfriend’s TV,refrigerator and radio.

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Man arrested for threateninggirlfriend, punching hole in wallDAILY SOUND STAFF REPORTJan. 6, 8:18 p.m: An employee of

the downtown Macy’s was arrested foralleged embezzlement.

The man told police that he had“given in to peer pressure” and gavefriends and family up to 20 percentdiscounts for starting a Macy’s creditaccount, even if they didn’t qualify.

The employee allegedly gave itemsto his brother, even though he did notpay for them. The suspect also alleged-ly allowed fraudulent returns – givingmoney back without accepting themerchandise.

Macy’s investigators noticed anunusual amount of no receipt returnswhile the man was working. The itemswere valued at about $160.

Jan. 7, 10:15 p.m: Police arrested aman who allegedly spat in the face of abouncer outside a State Street night-club.

Authorities said a 24-year-old mangave his identification card to a friendso that he could use it to get inside thenightclub.

The bouncers noticed that the manwas allegedly attempting to use hisfriend’s identification card to getinside the club. The bouncers then told

the man with the ID card, and hisfriend, to leave.

The suspect then spat in the face ofone of the bouncers, authorities said.

The bouncer contacted authoritieson State Street and the spitter wasarrested for alleged battery.

The suspect also allegedly told adifferent bouncer that “I will kick yourass if I see you downtown.”

Jan. 8, 9:09 p.m:Authorities arrest-ed a man who allegedly punched ahole in the wall of his mother-in-law’shouse and then cut the cords to hisgirlfriend’s TV, refrigerator and radio.

Police said the 25-year-old man alsotold his live-in girlfriend, “I will killyou. I am going to get someone to killyou.

He has a 5-month-old child with thegirlfriend. Police said the suspect alsohad three outstanding warrants.Authorities found a note in the man’sshirt that said, “Get that (expletive)fired, let that (expletive) burn inanguish.”

The note was written on the back ofhis girlfriend’s eye prescription,authorities said.

The girlfriend also showed a pictureof an injury to her left arm, that she

said the suspect caused about a monthprior.

Jan. 8, 5:26 p.m: Police arrested a65-year-old man who fell asleep at aState St. McDonald’s.

Workers asked him to leave fivetimes within two hours.

When police arrived, they allegedlyfound marijuana and hash on the man.He was also on probation for allegeddrunken driving.

Jan. 8, 5:41 p.m:Authorities arrest-ed a man for allegedly possessing astolen weapon.

Police noticed that the man was car-rying a gun in a holster inside thedowntown Ralph’s parking lot. Policeapproached the man to determinewhether the gun was loaded.

Authorities saw that the serial num-ber was rubbed out.

The man allegedly told authoritiesthat he purposely removed the num-bers so that law enforcement could nottrace the weapon to him, authoritiessaid.

He was arrested and booked intocounty jail on $20,000 bail.

Home foreclosures top 1 millionBanks seized more than a million U.S.

homes in one year for the first time lastyear, despite a slowdown in the last fewmonths as questions around foreclosureprocessing arose, a leading firm said onThursday.

Banks foreclosed on 69,847 propertiesin December, bringing the year's total to1.05 million, topping the prior record of

918,000 homes seized in 2009, realestate data firm RealtyTrac said.

The number of foreclosure filings,which includes default notices, auctionsand repossessions, was a record 2.9 mil-lion last year, including 257,747 filingsin December.

"Total properties receiving foreclosurefilings would have easily exceeded 3

million in 2010 had it not been for thefourth-quarter drop in foreclosure activi-ty -- triggered primarily by the continu-ing controversy surrounding foreclosuredocumentation and procedures thatprompted many major lenders to tem-porarily halt some foreclosure proceed-ings," said James J. Saccacio, chief exec-utive officer of RealtyTrac.

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DP beats San Marcos 43-42Dos Pueblos guard Robert Cid owed

his girlfriend a big smooch afterWednesday night's basketball game at SanMarcos.

The Royals, meanwhile, just needed ahug.

Cid scored a team-high 11 points andsunk two big free throws in the final sec-onds to lift the visiting Chargers to a 45-42 win over the defending ChannelLeague champs. Cid had missed missedhis two previous free throws — both inthe final two minutes of the game, beforestepping to the line with his team up 43-42and nine seconds on the clock.

"After I missed the first two, (CoachJoe Zamora) called me over and he said,you know, 'Like we say in practice, you'reout there at the line and your girlfriend'sout there screaming for you,' and it moti-vated me a little bit," said Cid. "I walkedto the line with a little bit more swagger."

San Marcos, which came into the con-test shooting 70-percent from the charitystripe, had an abysmal 10-for-24 nightfrom the line in front of a big homecrowd.

"We just didn't perform well tonight ona big stage," said coach Jarrod Bradley."We were a little bit nervous and I thinkwe played afraid to lose... If we make ouraverage in free throws, we win this gameby five or six."

Chad Ridenour led the Royals with 12points and hit the only two 3-pointers onthe night for either team. The offensesstruggled from the beginning, as DP led 8-4 at the end of the first quarter.

Jay Larinan had 12 rebounds, fourblocks and 10 points for the Chargers andwas battling with San Marcos big-manChristian Mkpado, who scored 10 points,all evening. Jackson Burke found arhythm on baseline jumpers and nailedthree big ones in the final four minutes.The first two were to break ties, and thethird was to give DP a 43-39 edge with2:15 to go. The forward is more knownfor throwing his weight around in thepaint, but Cid was certainly happy to seehim stroke a few shots.

"Those were the biggest baskets," saidCid, who gave Burke a big hug after thegame. "He was out pretty far too. He's not

really a jump-shooter, but he came up bigfor us tonight."

Ridenour hit a big 3-pointer with 43seconds left that pulled the Royals withina point at 43-42. Cid was fouled and sentto the line with 13 seconds to go, butmissed the front end of the one-and-one.There was a struggle for the ball on theensuing rebound, and it ended up as ajump ball in the Chargers' favor. SanMarcos was forced to foul and Cid went tothe line for his redemption shots.

Mansai Conner had 11 rebounds,including four on the offensive side, andDP stayed calm in the raucous environ-ment, making 11 of 16 free throws. TheRoyals lost their cool on two separateoccasions and were assessed technicalfouls as a result. Pablo Miranda made allfour of the free throws resulting from thetechnicals.

The Chargers (8-7, 2-2) play at MiraMesa on Saturday before hosting SantaBarbara on Wednesday. DP has yet to wina home game. San Marcos (13-4, 2-2),meanwhile, plays at Buena onWednesday.


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NEWS IN BRIEFObama leads AZmemorial service

Thousands of people crowded an arena on Wednesday to hearPresident Barack Obama comfort Americans shaken by a shoot-ing rampage that killed six people and wounded U.S.Representative Gabrielle Giffords.

A memorial service that began with an American Indian bless-ing by a tribal elder was to conclude with a speech by Obamawho led a large contingent of dignitaries to the memorial servicefor the six killed and more than a dozen wounded.

Obama began his visit to Arizona by stopping at UniversityMedical Center in Tucson to see Giffords, who survived a gun-shot to the head that traveled the length of her brain on the leftside. He also visited four other patients wounded in the attack.

"The president wanted to begin this solemn trip by stoppingfirst at the hospital where Congresswoman Giffords and otherscontinue to recuperate," White House spokesman Robert Gibbstold reporters.

Crowds snaked around several Tucson blocks as thousands ofpeople, some with children in tow, stood in line for several hoursto get into the McKale Memorial Center to hear Obama addressthe tragedy.

Obama was expected to speak for up to 18 minutes duringwhich he would urge Americans to unite regardless of politicaldivisions and offer comfort to the victims' families.

Conan inspired by hard yearConan O'Brien said on Wednesday that his tumultuous past

year has given him a new lease on life, freeing him to be sillierand more spontaneous on his new late-night TV talk show thanhe was in the past.

"There (are) a bunch of things that I wouldn't have conceivedof doing a year ago because I hadn't been through this process,"he said.

Ayear after quitting "The Tonight Show" in a bitter showdownwith late-night king Jay Leno, O'Brien told journalist that he hasno plans to sit down and talk with Leno because there is nothingto learned from last year's debacle.

"We all know what happened. Life is short, and I'm reallyhappy here. I don't think about it too much, and I'm sure he(Leno) is busy," he said.

In January 2010, O'Brien was effectively forced out as host ofNBC's late-night flagship "The Tonight Show" after he refused tomove the show back to accommodate Leno following the failureof Leno's own, new primetime show. Leno was later reinstated ashost of "The Tonight Show".

Leno was cast as the villain while O'Brien's ardent fan basesupported him. His plight came to symbolize big corporate enter-tainment (NBC) chasing dollars over creativity (O'Brien).

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DP heads power-packed fieldfor girls water polo TOC

BY BARRY PUNZALPRESIDIOSPORTS.COM

Mark Walsh was in a quandarywhen he sat down to seed this week-end’s 12th annual Santa BarbaraTournament of Champions girls waterpolo tournament.

Picking the No. 1 seed was easy —three-time defending CIF championand undefeated Dos Pueblos was alock. After that it was a tossup. OrangeCounty powers Newport Harbor,Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach andLos Alamitos all had defeats on theledgers.

“This was the most difficult year forseeding the tournament.” Walsh admit-ted. “In past years, there is usually apretty clear cut between the top 4-5teams and everyone else. This year,teams seeded from 3-7 have each beatand lost to another team in the samerange, so seeding them was almost

impossible. I could have made a casefor each of them to be ranked as highas 3 or 4.”

After careful consideration, Walshwent with Los Alamitos, LagunaBeach, Newport Harbor and Corona

del Mar as his two through five seeds.Los Alamitos and Newport have lostonly once, while Laguna has two loss-es. Corona del Mar has four losses, butgave DP a battle in the NewportHoliday Cup final, losing 9-7.

The top four seeds head four groupsof four teams for this power-packedtournament.

The collection of elite teams for thisevent is staggering. The field featuresthe Nos. 1 through 8 teams in the CIF-SS Division 1 rankings (DP, LosAlamitos, Newport Harbor, Corona delMar, Laguna Beach, Santa Barbara,Foothill, Edison) and four of the top-5ranked squads in Division 2 (No. 1Agoura, No. 2 Montebello, No. 3 SanClemente, No. 5 Long Beach Wilson).

San Diego section champions Vista(3 straight in Division 1) andCoronado (3 straight in Division 3) are

Carp scores early, crushes Santa ClaraBY BARRY PUNZALPRESIDIOSPORTS.COM

Oscar Montes and Alfredo Mayaeach scored two goals to carryCarpinteria to a 7-0 romp over SantaClara in a Tri-Valley League boys soc-cer game on Wednesday.

“We finished our chances early,”Carpinteria coach Danny Torres said.“We were doing the right things fromthe beginning of the game.”

The Warriors led 4-0 after the 16thminute.

Ismael Soriano, Cameron Wagnerand Erik Rojas each scored a goal andEdwin Elizarraras had three assists asCarpinteria improved to 8-1-3 and 2-0in TVL play.

The Warriors host Fillmore onFriday.Cate 8, Dunn 0

Freshman Teddy Mauze recorded ahat trick and had an assist in leadingCate to an 8-0 romp over Dunn in aCondor League boys soccer match onWednesday,

Avery Schwartz added two goalsand Jackson Mauze, Ema Boateng andSpencer McAvoy scored single goals.

Goalkeeper Blake Wands recordedhis sixth shutout and lowered hisgoals-against average to 0.44.

Cate, 9-0, hosts Laguna Blanca onSaturday.

Midland 2, Laguna Blanca 1Laguna Blanca gave up two goals in

the last 90 seconds and dropped aheartbreaking 2-1 Condor Leagueboys soccer game to Midland onWednesday.

Midland scored off a corner kick totie the score and got the game-winnerduring a scramble after a free kick intothe penalty area.

Colton Johnson gave the Owls a 1-0lead, scoring off a cross from JordanLavorin.

Laguna coach Travis Mañachpraised the play of Sean Burke, PascalKaram and Kai Gamble.

Laguna Blanca falls to 1-6-1 overalland 1-2 in the Condor League.

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‘This was the mostdifficult year forseeding thetournament. ... Icould have made acase for each ofthem to be ranked ashigh as 3 or 4.’

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Fat Cats, Cool Catsand Really DumbCats

Last weekend I was minding my ownbusiness, which at the time consisted ofsomething very important like sipping alittle wine at the Savoy, when a woman,who clearly had more important thingsto do than that, confronted me. Shedemanded to know why, with all the sadand critical things happening around us,I planned to write about my cat intoday’s column. “Because I don’t knowanything about any other cat,” I toldher.

But, that was kind of a lie becausethis isn’t really going to be about mycat, although it could be because Mr.Bojangles has lead this amazing life andsomebody should really make a movieout of it. (I’ve learned to say stuff likethat since I moved to southernCalifornia.) No, today it’s about fatcats, skinny cats, cool cats and, ofcourse, really dumb cats.

***FAT CATS: Fat cats, I think, are

mostly found over on the East Coast, inNew York, Washington DC and placeslike that. A lot of them hang out in theCapital and make laws that other fatcats don’t like and they spend most oftheir time in really big cat fights, whichwe journalists cover as if they reallymean something. I have a suggestion;let’s shift them all to a performance-based salary. For example, wheneverthe unemployment rate in the countryrises above say, six percent, the Capitalfat cats would have to forego their regu-lar salaries and go on unemploymentthemselves. They would also lose theirhealth insurance and retirement until therate dropped. Whattaya think? Itwould be kind of fun to watch. Likethey work for us or something.

Same with say, tragic and obscenely

expensive foreign wars that go on andon even though they are based onweapons of mass destruction that havevalidity similar to Bernie Madoff’s 10best investment tips. In these kinds ofcases, we could sentence the fat cats toa life of writing bad books and living,let’s say, in Texas.

***SKINNY CATS: Did you see that

Gov. Brown has gotten rid of all state-funded cell phonesfor public employ-ees? Saves $20million a year. Ihad one during thethree years Iworked in theCapitol inSacramento. I usedit to order pizza.Chalk one up forthe Gov.

Santa BarbaraCity’s budget ranks

up there with the skinniest of the skinnycats. So what’s all this talk about a newPolice Station? Look, the old one onFigueroa Street will probably fall downin the next earthquake anyway so whynot wait? And okay, so it’s a little bittybit of a fire hazard and there’s asmidgeon of dangerous asbestos, lead,and deadly mold, but come on! Geez,hasn’t anybody over there ever heard ofduct tape?

To all Sarah Palin fans: If you’veseen the crazy picture of the Tucsonassassin in the papers, you know thisguy has been living in psychopath-landfor a long time. Palin’s rhetoric maynot be for those who want to give peacea chance, but it didn’t have anything todo with what happened. However, she

isn’t off the hook, she is now six weeksbehind in paying me for contributing toher latest book. She likes to hunt, shesays. It would be great if she’d hunt forher check book.

***STUPID CATS: The Daily Sound

reported this week that a man wascaught in a local grocery store trying tosteal a package of frozen shrimp bysticking it down his pants. What washe thinking? How did he imagine theheadlines would read? Man Caughtwith Shrimp in his Pants. That’s justnot good. Next time he should go forthe jumbo prawns.

***COOL CAT: Last weekend I had

one of those experiences, you know,like being stranded on a deserted islandwith Drew Barrymore for, well, a reallylong time? Okay, maybe not quite likethat, but this was close. I met up withNick St. Nicholas, one of the foundersof the rock band, Steppenwolf, and aftertwo hours of amazing stories about thebest days of rock n’ roll, we agreed towork on a book project together.Afterwards, I asked Nick, who is a gen-uinely good guy, to play Born to beWild, and he did at full volume and itwas several minutes of pure Heaven.By the way, if you don’t know the song,you have to go live in Texas, too.Meanwhile, I’m headed back to theisland. Hey, somebody has to do theresearch around here.

The Daily Sound's Michael Bowker isa former contributor to the Los AngelesTimes and has written 12 books. Youcan reach him at: [email protected]

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during good economic times, panhandlingdowntown appears to have increased as thenational and local unemployment rate hasrisen.

A conservative majority on the CityCouncil has also sought to target homeless-ness and panhandling, suggesting thatthere’s a correlation between homelessnesslevels and the vibrancy of downtown.

The main areas in question are in front ofCafé Zoma on the 900 block and the RiteAid on the 800 block.

Officials stressed that as of now there areno plans to permanently remove any bench-es.

The planners said they want to preservedowntown’s charm and inconveniencingthose who come to eat and shop isn’t theintent.

One of the 25 people who attended thebrief presentation asked, aside from anec-dotal data, how the agency planned to meas-ure the project’s effectiveness and the justi-fication of spending so much money.

“It’s not economically feasible to measureif it will be,” answered Aguilar.

He said the agency couldn’t justify payingsomeone to collect that kind of information.

The agency plans to rely on what callsthey get from merchants and restaurateurs indivining whether there will be any notice-able drop in panhandling.

Other than that, Dave Lombardi, owner of

Fast Frames and the one who made the pres-entation, hopes the city reinstates beatpatrols along the length of State to furtherdeter transients.

Councilmember Randy Rowse, who ownsParadise Café, is the organization’s vicepresident and was there.

He said he thinks rearranging bencheswill help.

“Everybody’s scratching their head to fig-ure out how to handle it,” he said about find-ing viable solutions to the city’s growinghomelessness and related problems.

“This town doesn’t lack for compassion,”Rowse said, but in terms of how it helps thehomelessness, he feels there’s room forimprovement.

“Our focus is diluted,” he said. “It’s notfair to the ones who need the help and thatwill use it.”

In the meantime, Rowse said cleaning updowntown is essential, not only for com-merce, but for Santa Barbara’s reputation.

Krista Fritzer was there, too.She and her husband own Zoma, next to a

movie theater and city parking structure.And the benches in front of it all are what

some panhandlers might call “prime realestate.”

“Only time will tell if just rearranging thebenches will deter some of the behavior I’veseen,” she said.

She declined to specify some of the moreoutlandish acts, but described some areas,particularly where benches are clustered, ashaving “an almost circus-like atmosphere.”


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Recreation department overall,” Rapp said.Rapp said that the department’s budget

has seen a 28 percent reduction since 2009and 26 percent reduction in staff. While pri-oritizing has kept the bulk of those cuts awayfrom the Parks division, a loss of any work-ers is felt.

“When you have a program like parkmaintenance that is largely based on servicehours, and you lose those service hours, itaffects your ability to maintain our parks,”Rapp said.

Not only are there less staff members to

maintain the parks, parks today require moremaintenance than they used to. TheIntegrated Pest Management Program elimi-nated the use of herbicides and other chemi-cals used to stave off invasive species ofplants. Rapp said that while this allows thecity to manage parks without toxic materials,it also makes upkeep more labor intensive.

“It takes more labor hours to maintain thesame park today than it did prior to the adop-tion of this policy,” Rapp said. “Now you areusing manual labor to pick the weeds from alandscaped area.”

“We are at a place where the city is chal-lenged to maintain what we have, much lessadd these new areas of responsibility,” Rapp

said.Parks Manager Santos Escobar said

effects can already be seen in some parks.“You can go and look through Alice Keck

Park,” Escobar said. “We have three largeflowerbeds that are just weed-ridden.”

Daraka Larimore-Hall, a member of theParks Commission, said he values the aes-thetics of the parks, but in economic timeslike these, public safety has to come first.

“Given the smaller budget, the priority ofcity staff has to be safety and functionality,”Larimore-Hall said. “It really is a shame wehave to make these cuts, but all throughoutthe city we’re having to do triage.”

Goodnick doesn’t have any immediate

solutions, but he advocated putting togethera think tank to examine the problem. Heplans on taking the issue to the Parks andRecreation Commission to see if they’rewilling to take action.

“I’m just stirring the pot,” Goodnick said.Escobar said that help doesn’t all have to

come from City Hall. He points to Parks andRecreations volunteer opportunities such aspruning at the Rose Gardens, weeding atAlice Keck, or even directed donations toany of the city’s parks.

“People want to see our parks looking asclean as possible,” Escobar said. “We dohave park staff that does that work, but any-body that can help—that’s wonderful.”

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NAME CHANGES

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR

CHANGE OF NAMECASE NUMBER 1341871Petitioner or Attorney:Armando Gonzalez UrbinaTO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Armando David Gonzalez Tapia fileda petition with this court for a decreechanging names as follows: Present Name: David Vargas TapiaProposed Name: Armando DavidGonzalez TapiaTHE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this matterappear before this court at the hearingindicated below to show cause, if any,why the petition for change of nameshould not be granted. Any personobjecting to the name changesdescribed above must file a writtenobjection that includes the reasons forthe objection at least two court daysbefore the matter is scheduled to beheard and must appear at the hearingto show cause why the petition shouldnot be granted. If no written objectionis timely filed, the court may grant thepetition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARINGDATE: Feb. 10, 2011 TIME:9:30 a.m. DEPT: 6THE ADDRESS OF THE COURT IS:SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIACounty of Santa Barbara1100 Anacapa StreetSanta Barbara, CA 93101A copy of this Order to Show Causeshall be published at least once eachweek for four successive weeks priorto the date set for hearing on the petitionin the following newspaper of generalcirculation, printed in this county SantaBarbara Daily Sound. DATE: 12/21/2010 Nazralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk

Denise de BellefeuilleJUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR

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7 3 8

3 9 8 7

Sudoku #72 7 5 3 1

9 6 2 1 75 8 4 9 6

2 4 9 67 9 3 4 8 6 1

5 2 9 77 2 5 9 6

1 3 6 5 96 5 4 7 8

8 6 9 4

4 3 8 5

1 3 7 2

1 7 5 3 8

5 2

3 8 6 1 4

3 8 1 4

4 8 7 2

9 2 1 3

Sudoku #81 2 8 3 7 9

7 9 4 8 24 6 2 7 3 15 8 6 4

4 5 84 3 7 1 52 8 1 6 3 47 4 8 2 36 1 9 4 2 5

6 5 4

5 3 1 6

8 9 5

3 2 1 7 9

9 7 1 6 2 3

2 6 9 8

5 9 7

9 5 1 6

3 7 8

PREVIOUSSOLUTIONS

Answers Challenging Sudoku Puzzles, Book 8


Sudoku #16 1 8 4 2 7

7 9 3 1 4 58 4 5 2 3 61 3 6 7 2 4 8

5 8 4 6 3 1 74 9 8 5 2 6 36 4 2 5 3 15 2 3 1 9 49 1 5 6 7 8

3 5 9

2 6 8

9 7 1

9 5

2 9

7 1

8 9 7

7 8 6

3 4 2

Sudoku #29 2 8 7 1 54 1 6 5 3 9 77 3 5 8 2 6

5 7 8 9 1 41 8 3 7 9 2 56 2 5 3 7 1

7 9 1 5 8 69 3 6 8 2 4 76 4 7 3 9 1

6 4 3

8 2

1 4 9

2 6 3

4 6

4 9 8

3 2 4

5 1

8 2 5

Sudoku #38 1 9 7 57 9 4 8 1 3

6 3 2 8 1 9 43 1 5 6 9 2 42 8 3 4 7 5 6

7 4 5 1 3 8 94 7 1 2 5 6 91 2 6 8 3 5

8 3 4 7 1

4 3 6 2

2 5 6

5 7

8 7

9 1

6 2

3 8

7 9 4

9 5 6 2

Sudoku #47 6 3 1 5 9 2 82 3 8 4 68 9 7 4 1

9 2 6 8 1 3 43 8 4 1 6 76 1 4 9 3 7 8

6 7 2 4 98 9 3 5 7 6

9 5 3 6 7 4 2 1

4

1 9 7 5

5 2 6 3

5 7

2 5 9

5 2

1 5 8 3

4 2 1

8

Sudoku #51 2 3 8 4 7

6 9 4 2 3 19 4 7 2 8 6 5

9 5 8 6 1 2 46 8 1 7 31 4 3 2 7 6 52 5 7 6 8 4 94 6 1 5 9 33 8 4 1 5 7

5 6 9

8 7 5

3 1

7 3

2 5 4 9

9 8

3 1

7 8 2

9 2 6

Sudoku #65 6 3 4 1

9 8 4 5 1 2 74 1 7 6 9 38 7 1 9 3 4 61 6 4 7 8 2 99 3 2 8 6 1 5

5 6 4 9 8 36 9 5 8 3 1 72 3 1 6 4

2 7 8 9

3 6

2 5 8

5 2

3 5

4 7

7 1 2

4 2

8 9 7 5

Sudoku #79 2 4 6 1 8 3 7

6 3 2 7 1 57 1 4 3 9 23 5 8 4 6 1 2

7 1 96 2 7 3 9 4 5

3 7 1 5 6 88 9 6 7 3 4

1 4 6 3 5 8 2 9

5

8 9 4

5 8 6

9 7

4 8 2 5 6 3

1 8

2 9 4

5 2 1

7

Sudoku #85 1 2 8 7 3 6

6 9 5 4 2 82 7 8 3 41 8 9 4 3 29 8 3 4 2 5 6 7 17 4 2 6 3 8

1 4 5 2 99 4 5 6 7 3

5 7 3 9 1 8 6

4 9

3 1 7

9 6 1 5

6 5 7

1 9 5

3 6 7 8

8 2 1

2 4

To solve, every number 1-9must appear in each of the ninevertical columns, each of thenine horizontal rows and eachof the nine 3x3 box. No numbercan occur more than once inany row, column or box.

SUDOKUSudoku #6

Challenging Sudoku Puzzles, Book 8


2 7 8 93 6

2 5 85 2

3 54 7

7 1 24 28 9 7 5

Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.

If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.

Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers pageif you really get stuck.

© 2005 KrazyDad.com

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