July 2002 Highlights
1. Volunteer/Community Service opportunities for July/August
2. GVB Events in July /August
3. Residential and Business Awards of the Month
4. Business Sponsors of the Month
5. News Tidbits
6. Event results/thank yous
7. Welcome new members-Membership Renewal information

1. Volunteer/Community Service opportunities - Call 252-1952 or e-mail kennknight@aol.com for more information
July 6 - Saturday     Momouth Street Tree Planting  9 AM to Noon
Planting up to 15 Tristania conferta (Brisbane box) on both sides of Momouth between Valdez and La Patera.
Call Rick/Theresa Savage 683-1259
July 13 - Saturday     La Goleta Open Space Tree Planting  9 AM to Noon
           Planting 9 Coast Live Oak trees in the La Goleta Open Space, Manzanillo and La Goleta Roads.  NOTE: KEYT-TV crews will be taping examples of our work for inclusion in a future broadcast of the TV show Santa Barbara Treasures featuring Goleta Valley Beautiful.
Call Ron and Diane White, 964-9742 or 252-1952
July 1-30  Flexible time Community Outreach
Distribute doorhangers describing August/September GVB planting programs.  Call 252-1952.
July 7,14,21,28 -Sunday  Refilling Treegators with water  truck at Lake Los Carneros Park, and Cathedral Oaks Road
Morning (8 to noon) &/or afternoon (noon to 4) shifts.  Good community service opportunity f
Nominate your favorite place.  For residential properties, contact Ross Harris at 563-7247 , for commercial/office call Kathy Curtis  at 967-5240 or Mark Ingalls at 685-3458.

4. Business Sponsors of the Month -
Santa Barbara Airbus 5755 Thornwood Drive, Goleta, CA 93117 (964-7759, (800) 423-1618, Fax 683-0607.  www.sbairbus.com
Eric Onnen and his staff provide daily scheduled service between Los angeles International Airport and the Santa Barbara/Goleta area since 1983.  Charter service is available in 25 and 47 passenger buses.  They were recently recognized as the Small Business of the Year 2001 by the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce.  Please check their website for a variety of Day Trips and Adventures, or call them if you would like to receive their monthly Day Trips and Adventures calendar at 964-7759.
GVB thanks all of the sponsors, donors and volunteers who made our recent Goleta Valley Heritage Tree and Nursery Tour possible.  Special thanks to Eric Onnen and Santa Barbara Airbus for providing us a bus and driver, to Mike Howells and the Sizzler Restaurant for accommodating our luncheon group, to Bill Ehrlich of the Larwin Company for access to Bishop Ranch, and to the Valley Voice, Santa Barbara News Press, The Independent, the South Coast Beacon  for media coverage before and after the event.  Also thanks to all the volunteers including our entertaining and informative guide Jerry Sortomme, Doug Zylstra of West Covina Nursery, Randy Baldwin of San Marcos Growers, Santa Barbara County Park Ranger Valerie Smith, Goleta Valley Historical Society Representatives Julie Dyer and Fermina Murray, Jason Rambo of Pacifica Suites, Jack Engle of the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, and Linda Giles and Ken Marshall with the Bishop Ranch property,  

5. GVB News Tidbits
    New GVB Board member Kathy Curtis  Kathy Curtis Sterken joins the Board this month to assist in our business recognition program, among other items.  Kathy is a customer service representative with Manchester Insurance just off Turnpike Road here in Goleta. We still have two vacancies on the Board of Directors, particularly for people with strengths in fundraising, membership development, and/or neighborhood organizing.    Call 252-1952 if you are interested in being a Board member, or come to our July 5 Board meeting to see how we operate.  Board member Thom Myall will probably not be there--he's been called out of retirement to be an Incident Commander for the forest fires in the Durango, Colorado area.
Budget discussions with the County and City  GVB efforts to persuade the County to allocate funds for urban forestry work in the unincorporated areas of Goleta Valley ended up several steps backward.  The County Board cited State budget cutbacks and not only did not approve any funding for new efforts in the unincorporated Goleta Valley, but also substantially cut tree trimming in Parks and cut contract arborist services altogether.
Although the Goleta City Council did not approve any funding for higher service level urban forestry projects at this time, they are amenable to further discussions, and there are good indications that another funding proposal for urban forestry management will appear before the Council sometime or students, call 252-1952.
July/August - Develop your own urban forestry project!
Treegators, the trees were again uprooted and the Treegators again slashed.   Thanks to the neighbors but we can't sustain these type of losses (over $800) and we will not replant in those areas.  However, the other 350+ trees we've planted this year are well for the most part, except most are thirsty due to the continuing dry weather we've had this year.  
WISH LIST
One digital camera ($300)
One eight foot step ladder (for pounding tree stakes into place) $100
One first aid kit.  (Donation offered, in process of confirmation)
Three spade forks (for distributing mulch) ($30 each)
Two picks ($30 each)
One power auger ($1,000)   
Replacement of 20 Treegators ($400)

6. Event results/Thank Yous
San Federico Ave. - Thanks to our 23 volunteers who spent 57 hours arranging for 11 Fern Pines (Podacarpus gracillior) trees to be planted, staked and Treegatored at San Federico Avenue between Santa Lucia and San Gonzalo.  These figures include use of the Tri-counties Boot Camp Crew, neighborhood outreach, refreshment contributors, et al.  
Honor Tree Dedications - On June 8, GVB held a dedication ceremony for Honor and Memorial Tree plaque recipients along the Cathedral Oaks Honor Row west of Glen Annie Road.  Honorees in attendance included Larry Crandell, Supervisor Susan Rose, Jim Isaac, Scott McGolpin, Jim Clark, Donna Simons, Dick Sandow, Phoebe Mansur, Brent, Sally, Sarah Kitson and Dave Fuderich.  You  can have your own Honor Tree dedication plaque by calling 252-1952 for details.Ramada Party   - GVB Board members Merlyn Cummings and wife Helen, along with Board Member Doug Winter provided popcorn to guests at the June 28 party.  GVB members helped identify new people interested in GVB, along with providing information about the urban forest and how the Honor Tree process works.
Water Kings and Queens -  Thanks to our royal members who have agreed to 'adopt' the refilling of Treegators at the following locations;
El Rancho School - Lynn Bean, Maria
La Patera School - Rick and Theresa Savage and their scout troop
Brandon School- Marcia Hill and Julie Salinas
Hollister School - Jennifer Slayman and Meredith Sedgwick
San Federico Avenue-Diana and Blair Jennings, Fidel Avina, Lisa Holmes, Marvin Dzierski, Eleanor Heister, Rowena Taylor, Dennis and Susanne
Goleta Valley Beautiful will provide financial resources and expertise to youth groups interested in developing their own  urban forestry projects this summer.  Good opportunity for 4-H, Boys and Girls Clubs, Scouts, and any youth groups in the Goleta Valley area.  Call 252-1952 to develop a project.  
Internships July to Aug.  (5-20 hrs/week unpaid) and Fall semester - Assistant to the Executive Director  and Tree Inventory  
     Call 252-1952.  Good community service opportunity.

2.  Goleta Valley Beautiful July Events
  July 4 - Thursday Goleta Valley Signature Art and Signature Series Postcard Display     UCSB Harder Stadium 5 PM
Want to see Goleta postcards?  GVB is co-sponsoring a contest for painters and photographers to develop original artwork for a Goleta Valley postcard, along with the Goleta Valley Art Association, Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce and CopyRight Printing Systems.  Artists who register early will have their work displayed at the Goleta
Valley Historical Society's Old Fashioned Fourth of July picnic on the Stow House grounds July 4, and later at Borders
         in Camino Real marketplace.  Contest open till July 25. All winners selected by People's Choice voting, with cash prizes
         and a chance to see your artwork on a Goleta postcard.
For more details, call Phoebe at CopyRight 685-2277 or 252-1952.
July 5 - Friday GVB Board of Directors Meeting 7:30 - 8:30 AM
Monthly meeting of the Board of Directors at the Fireside Room of Pacifica Suites, 5490 Hollister Avenue. Breakfast available for purchase. Members and visitors welcome to provide input into next years budget and business plan.

3. GVB Residential and Business Awards of the Month
Neighborhood Residential - July -- Erik and Debra Lindrose residence, 512 Inwood Drive
Commercial - June/July -- Hollister Professional Buildings, 5266 and 5276 Hollister Avenue, Stonebrook Square, Ltd., and James P. Knell of SIMA Management Corporation, owners soon.
Vandal 10, GVB 0 - Vandal uprooted ten oak trees at El Rancho School and slashed the Treegators supplying them with water.  Despite the heroic efforts of neighbors who helped replant them and install new Polozzo, Marilyn, Gabriel and John Contreras, and William Henderson.
 A continuing thank you to the Kitson Landscape Management Co. for making their truck and water trailer available to GVB.
7. Welcome new/renewing members/Membership information
Membership has increased to 212 as of 6/30/02. This does not count the members who have or will be taking advantage of our new service membership category. We still need donor memberships to help our organization continue to provide services.  Thanks to those below who have contributed to our cause.
Family Members Business Sponsors
Curtis, Kathy , Santa Barbara Airbus (Eric Onnen)

Supporting Members Honor Tree Sponsors
Robbins, Evalyn
Dzierski, Marvin and Patricia
English, Patricia
Basic Members
Murillo, Cathy
Wood, Beth
Donations
Kitson Landscape Management Company (Watertrailer and truck during June)
 Heritage Tree Tour Donors - Sam Alfano, Cecilia Brown, John Bury, Sally Cappon, Dr Gary Channer,  Margaret and Joseph Connell, Brian Dennison, Patricia English, Rose Ann Hill, Dorothy Honer, Ken Knight, David Pritchet, Cathy Murillo, Dr. RJ Parker, Joseph Rauch, Evalyn Robbins, Gerry Sottak,  Kathy Curtis, Jim Sterken, Nicki Stern, Al Turnbull Ruth E., Cherie Welsh, Beth Wood    
R - Renewing member     

Goleta Valley Beautiful News
December 2002
GVB cell phone 252-1952, Website www.goletavalleybeautiful.org
Holiday Party December 3 at Camino Real Cafe - Please RSVP

November 2002 Highlights
1. GVB Volunteer/Community Service opportunities 
2. Other Notable and Upcoming Events
3. Residential and Business Awards of the Month
4. Business Sponsor of the Month
5. News Tidbits
6. Kudos
7. Members information
8. December 3 Holiday Party Invitation

1. GVB Volunteer/Community Service opportunities - Call 252-1952 or e-mail kennethknight@cox.net for more information

December 14 More Mesa Bikeway (4600 Block More Mesa) Tree Planting Saturday 1:30 to 4:30 PM. Planting 5 Coast Live Oaks. Meet at Puente Dr. and More Mesa Drive at the Bikeway.  Drinks and snacks provided
December 15-31 GVB Tree survey - Field survey and photo documentation of the status of trees planted by Goleta Valley Beautiful and preparation of report.  Flexible hours.  Call 252-1952
December 1-31 Portable Tree Irrigator (Treegator) Repair.  Flexible hours.  About 150 of our greenTreegator bags had holes poked in them by various animal teeth and claws. Volunteers will make them watertight again with tape and glue.  Call 252-1952 for delivery.
December 13, 20 Tree Plantings on North Kellogg, Butte, Lyon Place, Stow Canyon,and Pembroke. Fridays, 8:30 to Noon.  We're waiting for City authorization to proceed, and the results of resident's choice of tree species, so these projects are subject to delay.  Call 252-1952 for updates. 

2. Other Notable and Upcoming Events
December 3 Goleta Valley Beautiful Holiday Party at Camino Real Cafe - Tuesday 6:00 to 7:30 PM in the Camino Real Marketplace, Hollister and Storke Road.  A fun and tasty treat and a great way to help GVB.  Silent Auction and Honor Tree awards, photos from this year's events. See Part 8  of this Newsletter for details.
January/February   Young Shade Tree Pruning Workshops  On site training by a certified arborist in developing the structure and form of young shade trees
January - April Internships (4 to 20 hours per week)  Tree inventory, Tree Maintenance Workshops and Urban Forestry Planning supervised by a certified arborist.  Call 252-1952 for details. 
Ongoing Develop your own Goleta Valley urban forestry project! Goleta Valley Beautiful will provide resources and expertise to youth groups interested in developing their own urban forestry projects, or assisting with a GVB project. Good opportunity for 4-H, Boys and Girls Clubs, Scouts (Eagle Projects!), and any youth groups in the Goleta Valley area.  Call 252-1952 to develop a project. 

3. GVB Residential and Business Awards of the Month
Neighborhood Residential  
November 5240 Austin Road, Doug and Diane Keep
December  6074 Paseo Pamilla,  Frederick and Ann Lopez owners.  Landscaping by Beto Landscape and Yard Maintenance 
          
Commercial
November Donald Bren Hall, University of California at Santa Barbara Landscaping by Jonathan Cook, Mo Lovegreen and Wallace Roberts and Todd, Landscape Architects
November Honorable Mention - 5697 Calle Real, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Jim York,owner
December Not available at the time of writing
December Honorable Mention  6414 Hollister Avenue,  STA (Student Transportation of America), 681-8366 Operations Manager Jerry Sitton, landscaping by Kitson Landscape Management, Inc.

Nominate your favorite place.  For residential properties, contact Ross Harris at 563-7247, for commercial/office call Kathy Curtis at 967-5240 or Mark Ingalls at 685-3458.  Look for articles in the Valley Voice, the Beacon and the Santa Barbara News Press.

4. Business Sponsor of the Month - Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club, 5800 Cathedral Oaks Road, Goleta, CA 93117  Phone (805) 964-7762  Hours Monday through Friday 5:30 am to 9:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday, 8:00am-8:00pm General Manager, Charlotte Valentine Cathedral Oaks Club maintains eleven tennis courts, one basketball court, a full fitness facility and two outdoor pools for its members. The club is nestled in the Goleta foothills.  If you used to be a member, you'll be excited to see the improvements. They include a totally redesigned fitness area, freshly resurfaced tennis courts, expanded children's programs, steam rooms and more. Charlotte Valentine has been General Manager of the Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club for six years. With approximately 100 employees and 2,200 members, Charlotte's goal is for each member to have an enjoyable and memorable experience each time they come to the club.  Please call 964-7762 for a personal tour.   Also, visit their very informative website at www.calwestgroup.com/cotc. 

5. GVB News Tidbits
Honor Tree Awardees Honor Tree recipients at the December 3 Holiday Party include Eric Onnen and Santa Barbara Airbus, Professor Jerry Sortomme, Doug Zylstra and West Covina Nurseries, Michael Towbes, Alpha Kappa Psi, Goleta National Bank.  Memorial trees will be dedicated to Mildred Williams Stern from her daughter Micki Stern, and to Leon and Thomas Franquet from Mom and Sis.  Former GVB Board members will be honored with Honor Tree Plaques, including Dougal house, Gerald Little and Pat Corwin. 

Water Kings and Queens   Now that the Treegators have been removed for the winter, supplemental watering of your trees should not be necessary.  However, if your tree begins to wilt or drop leaves excessively (assuming it is not deciduous) please call 252-1952 for advice.  Thanks again for your support during the dry times.  If you have a Goleta Valley Beautiful issued hose, we can store it for you, or land onto it until the next dry spell.

Membership Campaign Much of our general operating expenses is covered by the generosity of our member donors.  If you haven't yet mailed in your donor membership, the new Goleta Valley Beautiful forest green polo shirts have arrived, free with a $60 membership.  Note that the date of donor membership expiration is on the outside front of the flier we mailed in September.  Remember you can also be a GVB service member by just volunteering your time.         

Urban Forestry program  GVB reps are working to develop tree maintenance workshops beginning after the first of the year.  We are still waiting for the City of Goleta to approve a contract with GVB for 60 street tree plantings within the City over the next several months.

WISH LIST FOR SANTA (or Santa's Helper) 
Plastic waterproof storage containers
Heavy duty tarpaulins
Pump Thermos (3)
Portable shade structure
Garden hoses 
Digital camera
Children's books featuring trees, particularly coloring books and Spanish language books.
Three spade forks
One power auger
Portable Display System
Large portable cooler
Pickup truck (anything that runs)

6. Event results/Thank You
Kingston Tree planting  On November 1st, 14 volunteers spent 69 hours planting 3 Ginkgo bilobas along the west side of Kingston.  This is another expansion of the type of street trees that the new City of Goleta will allow to be planted in City right of ways.  We're working with the City to deal with new plantings to replace old trees blocking visibility at intersections.  Thanks to Water Kings and Queens David and Diana Russell, Lois and Robert Welsh and Susie Lee for volunteering to help water their trees.  Thanks also to Ron White, Jose Macedo and the Tri-Counties Boot Camp Crew.       

Hastings Tree planting  On November 22 and 23, the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity showed up with 19 members to plant 4 Sweetshade (Hymenosporum flavum) trees along Hastings St.  The Sweetshade is another expansion of the list of eligible street tree species.  With the volunteer firepower we had, the project was completed in two hours.  Thanks to Water Kings and Queens Allen and Laurabell Engler, Nathan Perry, Elizabeth Peinado and Barbara and Jack Edgehill for volunteering to water their trees.  Special thanks to Sandy Wu for organizing the students, including Susan Yoon, Allyson Alla, Mike Benburry, Charlie Ramos, Mark Bobil, Keith Allen, Karl Stone, Precila Aqui, Summer Chang, Frank Lee, Jerome Chan, Paula Hansanugrum, Brian Darmas, Tara Stewart, Preceti Thukral, and  Scott Dinsmore.   Additional volunteers included Summer Talbot, Jackson and Todd Still, Jose Macedo and 8 Tri-county Boot Camp Volunteers. 

Treegator Removal On November 16 (after the big rain), Doug Winter, Sam Alfano, Jimmy Emslie and Ken Knight removed 400 Treegators from trees throughout the Goleta Valley.  After they are washed and repaired, they will be put into cold storage until needed for next year's dry period.   

Tree planting  The Tri Counties Boot Camp crew spent several sessions planting tree in locations where the first try didn't make it. These final plantings for the Proposition 12 grant project will be completed in November.

Salute to Andy Weinberg  Andy spent around 11 hours over 4 weekends last month in picking up trash along Hollister Avenue and the Santa Barbara Shores Park area.  Andy helped keep the trash from flowing into the nearby creeks and to the ocean.  Thanks Andy for making our neighborhood more beautiful!   Andy hopes more Ellwood Elementary School students will join with him in helping pick up trash when you see it in the area. 

7. Welcome new/renewing donor members/Membership information
(R) designates renewing member 
Basic Denise Lockhart, Gerry Little (Cathedral Oaks HOA) R, Cherie Erickson R
Supporting  Christian and Jane Brun, Ed Graper R,
Family Hope Smith R
Business Sponsor     Bacara Hotel and Spa R, Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club R, Merlyn Cummings R,
Honor Tree   Goleta National Bank, Rose Ann Hill R, Reid and Robin Cederlof R  

Special thanks to longtime GVB supporter Michael Towbes for his $1,000 donation to Goleta Valley Beautiful.  This unrestricted gift will be used to support our ongoing operations.  We would not be able to continue our services without this type of unrestricted donation.  Our thanks to Mr. Towbes for support.  

Thanks to discounts/donations/reduced prices and services from West Covina Nurseries, CopyRight Printing Systems, Venoco, Inc. and Camino Real Marketplace

Thanks to the Holiday Party Silent Auction donors Kitson Landscape Management, Inc, Tri-Valley Blinds, Fairview Gardens, Doug Winter, Merlyn Cummings, Ken Knight, Cherie Welsh, Thom Myall, Judy Thiele, Ross Harris and Camino Real Cafe (Partial list, additional donors in next month's newsletter)        

8. Invitation to December 3 Holiday Party