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Community loses pillar with passing of “Doc” Carty
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Spice of life
By Peter Dugré
Branches from the William “Doc” Carty tree reach into nearly every service organization in the Carpinteria community and by extension to nearly every individual who has called Carpinteria home since 1960, the year Carty moved to town. The longtime Carpinteria Unified School District superintendent and ubiquitous volunteer passed away at the age of 87 on May 1. His legacy, one of selfless giving and encouraging others to do the same, will not soon fade. “He had a really high standard for all of us,” said Carty’s neighbor David Powdrell. “I think his goal was to set a standard, and to see if we could top it.” Carty, who held a doctorate degree in education, moved to Carpinteria after taking the job as superintendent in 1960. A lifelong bike rider, the late Bill “Doc” Carty He would lead the district spent a lifetime saddled up on Carpinteria for 26 years, the longest streets and spinning his way into Carpinteria tenure of any superintenhistory. dent in California history. Education Foundation. He had served in the Navy in World War Carpinteria Beautiful Chairperson II before attending college at both PepDonnie Nair, who called Carty an “idea perdine University and USC and beginman,” said, “He’s one of the few people ning his career as an educator. Following in the world who is truly irreplaceable.” his retirement, he served on the Santa He worked with Santa Barbara City Barbara County Board of Education. College to find a home for Lou Grant In the time since his passing, scores of Parent-Child Workshop. He was instruformer district employees have shared mental in the creation of Faith Lutheran stories of Carty’s importance in their Church, where he was an elder and direccareers, according to daughter-in-law tor of Christian education. Serving on the Marybeth Carty. One of the many teachCarpinteria Community Pool Advisory ers hired and guided by Carty was Lou Committee, he worked to get the pool Panizzon, who became a highly successbuilt. When Panizzon needed help to raise ful high school coach and eventually funds for the construction of Carpinteria a principal and school board member. Valley Memorial Stadium, he looked to “(Carty) was a mentor for me throughCarty to join the steering committee. out my career, even after he retired,” “He got involved in things that he felt Panizzon said. were important and dedicated time and His achievements as a volunteer energy to those causes until they were seem like they would have taken several finished. He was a guy who got the job lifetimes to compile. He was a founding done,” Panizzon said. member of Carpinteria Rotary Club, Carpinteria Beautiful and Carpinteria
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JUSTIN ROWE
Carpinteria Chili Cookoff champion L.J. Washington learns that judges at the Kinderkirk Preschool and Daycare event chose her slow-simmered dish as the best from the eight-cook field. The May 3 benefit included contestants Cabo’s Cantina, Albertsons grocery store and Nutbelly Pizzeria, but Washington, a competitive home cook, won judges’ favor with her liquid smoke infused batch of pork and beef chili. Washington’s trophy room now includes accolades for winning a backyard barbecue and sandwich cookoff in Santa Barbara in addition to her latest championship. For more event coverage, see page 26.
DUI motorcycle crash leaves driver injured, boy unscathed
A motorcycle crash on Casitas Pass Road, east of Lillingston Road, last Saturday resulted in the DUI arrest of driver Gerald Torres, 43, of Carpinteria, according to the California Highway Patrol. Both Torres, who is a pastor at Reality Church, and his 8-year-old son were ejected from the motorcycle at around 4:09 p.m. on May 3 when the vehicle veered off the roadway and into a traffic sign and fence. The boy suffered minor abrasions to the right leg and was released to a friend of the family at the scene, and Torres, who was wearing a helmet without a face covering, suffered major head injuries and lacerations to his extremities. In a statement from Reality Church, Pastor Tyler Morgan described Torres’ injuries as severe lacerations to his face, a broken nose, hand and ribs. He reportedly underwent surgery on Sunday morning.
The CHP performed a chemical test on Torres and arrested him for driving under the influence. He then was released and admitted to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital for injuries. “Sadly, Pastor Torres had consumed alcohol and is currently being investigated by law enforcement for driving under the influence,” stated Morgan. “This is out of character for Pastor Torres, and it is not something that would be expected of him. It was a terrible mistake, and it is sin on his part. Pastor Torres is deeply broken and repentant because of his actions.” Torres has been placed on leave from the church for an undetermined period of time. “Now it is our opportunity to surround him as a community, extend grace, and point him and his family to the grace of God,” Morgan stated. “(Torres) and his family need to know that we love them deeply and are determined to walk through this with them.”