Citizen’s Alert
Citizen’s Alert 2-1-2007
Year: 2007
Barely Insured
Cancer Care for Medi-Cal Patients in Jeopardy
The doctors who have provided cancer care to impoverished residents of central and south Santa Barbara County since 1991 are still taking appointments from the barely and publicly insured. But in mid-December, a billing dispute between this physician group and the Santa Barbara Regional Health Authority-which is the local administrator for Medi-Cal, California’s version of Medicaid health insurance -briefly jeopardized this community lifeline.
America, Reclaimed
Garrison Keillor, with Richard Dworsky and Robin and Linda Williams
At the Arlington Theatre, Tuesday, January 23.
There’s a certain edge to Garrison Keillor-within the warm, fatherly rumble of his voice and vision, and a little twinge of tragedy-that makes him one of the most compelling storytellers there is. Keillor brought his incomparable blend of tenderness and sarcasm, reverence and farce to a packed Arlington last week, weaving together tall tales from legendary Lake Wobegon with sweet gospel songs that drew out the core of his message.
Strings and Things
MOVING IN: L.A.-based band Moving Units produced one of 2004’s more exemplary records of the whole never-quite-made-it dance punk craze, titled Dangerous Dreams. The sound was slick and cold, but the bass was heavy, and for a while there it was a go-to college party record.
Pelican Party
Endangered California Brown Pelican populations have rebounded since the ban on DDT began in 1973. These guys were spotted sunning themselves off Santa Cruz Island. Photo by Claire Fackler.
Working At Peace
Beyond Words Bridges the Gap for Israeli Arabs, Christians, and Jews
Carrying her lunch tray, 13-year-old Nitsan Gordon entered the room full of boisterous adolescents and looked for a place to sit. For an Israeli girl on the brink of womanhood, attending public school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1974 was too often a lesson in loneliness. But because her dad was finishing his doctorate at nearby Peabody College, it was a sacrifice she was willing to make in order to avoid a prolonged family separation.
A Year of Grief
Questions Persist About Goleta Postal Shootings
A brief pause in the rain provided a calm backdrop to the remembrance service held on Tuesday at the Goleta Postal Distribution Facility, in which postal officials dedicated olive trees in memory of the six workers slain in the shooting nightmare that unfolded there one year ago. Now, the line of trees and a plaque stand to remind all passing through the facility of Ze Fairchild, Maleka Higgins, Dexter Shannon, Nicola Grant, Guadalupe Schwartz, and Charlotte Colton.
LAND AND SEA
After destructive wind storms, crop-killing frosts, and weeks of unseasonably dry weather, Mother Nature finally offered some goodwill toward Santa
Super Bowl Wars
My wife fell into the toilet last night, and she blamed me : again.
Notes on Film
SOUND SCREENINGS: Movie buzzes are in the air, and the highs and lows of the film art abound. Within the city limits, SBIFF has seized our attention and tempted us away from home and workplace, while the general media headspace has us hovering in the suspenseful zone between the Golden Globes and the Oscars. We’re inclined to contemplate recent film kultcha, and for the purposes of this column, its too-often underrated musical component.
