20 Thursday, January 29, 2015
Coastal View News • Carpinteria, California
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4H kids steer in the right direction
Members of the Playa Del Sur 4-H Steer Project are two months into their project with this year’s calves. The group of three cattle raisers have their sights set on the Santa Barbara County Fair held during the third week in July in Santa Maria. Jasmyn Arroyo, Jose Lemus and Zachary Rosborough will spend many hours until then grooming, training and caring for the health of their animals. The trio will have to take the steers from a weight of 500 pounds to a finish weight of nearly 1,300 pounds. Between now and the County Fair, they will exhibit their calves at various shows including Santa Barbara Fair & Expo at Earl Warren Showgrounds in May. Arroyo, who is in her fourth year raising a show steer, said, “I like taking my steer to shows to show off how well trained he is and how good he looks.”
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Members of the Playa Del Sur 4-H Steer Show Team display their project steers for the 2015 Santa Barbara County Fair. From left are Jose Lemus with Alegre, Jasmyn Arroyo with Casper, and Zachary Rosborough with Jack.
Film Fest visits Noon Rotary
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From left are Barbara Hurd, Pete Peterson and Martha Hickey.
The Rotary Club of Carpinteria invited Michal W. Wiesbrock, the Director of Development for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, to speak to club members and guests at their luncheon meeting, on Jan. 22, held at the Lions Community Building. More than 25 were in attendance during the presentation about how the nonprofit organization has created a program for local children from school districts SuBMITTED PHoTo throughout the County of Santa Barbara. Students are invited to From left are Noon Rotarian Matthew learn about film directing and Berger, Film Festival Director of script writing and attend special Development Michal W. Wiesbrock and showings, which include Q&A Noon Rotary past president Michael sessions with film producers. Ensign. Wiesbrock was thanked with a donation to the club’s End Polio Now campaign in his name.
Republican Club meets Pete Peterson
Pete Peterson, executive director of the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement at Pepperdine university, spoke at the Jan. 17 meeting of the Carpinteria Valley Republican Club held at the Carpinteria home of Clyde and Diana Freeman. Peterson ran for California Secretary of State in 2014 and lost to Democrat Alex Padilla. He is currently the executive director of the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement at Pepperdine university. The Republican Club learned that Peterson’s passion is promoting active citizenship and its central importance in holding government accountable. He reported that the last election was a learning experience and he plans to stay involved in state politics and political reform.
Rotary hears of tragedy at Honda Point
The Morning Rotary heard the story of the tragedy at Honda Point as told by Greg Gorga, Director of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, and was captivated by the Jan. 22 talk. Gorga summarized what happened by saying, “Within 10 minutes, nine battle-ready destroyers lay impaled and stranded along the treacherous reefs of the ‘Devil’s Jaw’ near Honda Creek. The Honda Point Disaster was the largest peacetime loss in u.S. Naval history.” Later in the day Rotarian Debbie MurSuBMITTED PHoTo phy relayed the following story: “Gorga From left, Morning Rotary President brought an 80-some year old story to life Art Fisher thanks Maritime Museum this morning and had Rotarians talking Director Greg Gorga for his talk with about it all over town. I even found an a Rotary goblet. anchor from one of the ships. Immediately after our meeting, I had a meeting with Matt Roberts with the City of Carpinteria. I mentioned his presentation and he in turn told me that he had been given an anchor and chain back in the 1970s and was told it was from the disaster.”
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From left are new Lion Jeff Martin, President Gene Wanek and Martin’s sponsor, Mike Dawson.
Lions welcome new faces
At recent meetings of the Carpinteria Lions Club, members welcomed new Lion Jeff Martin and met Michael Corbin, the former u.S. Ambassador to the united Arab Emirates. Corbin is married to Carpinteria native Mary Ellen Hickey and visited the club while spending the holidays in Carpinteria.