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are other reasons why you’re there.” He added that he looks forward to expanding extracurricular activities for students at Carpinteria Middle School, including some woodshop courses, design f r classes, an da v i coordinating s and technical and with Carpinteria High School Principal Gerardo Cornejo to create programs The final Shore. Sounds ominous, like that would “line up” with established crossing the river Styx to reach Hades. pathway programs thewrite, high But this, certificate the final Shore that atI’ll school, such as culinary arts and other feels more like coming into harbor, stepdisciplines. ping off onto warm sand for a nice walk grown up in Ojai and going on Having the beach. through the public Briggs As noted in lastschools week’sthere, Throwback said that his family didn’t put a big emsection, all good things by their very phasis on education, but after about five nature have an ending. I’ve been writing years of differing jobs and vocations after the Summerland Shore for all the 25 years high school—“ski bum,” Coastal View News has beencommercial publishing. fisherman, car salesman and martial arts Before that I wrote the Summerland Spirit among them—he went to Ventura Colfor the Carpinteria Herald from 1986 to lege then where he 1989. Thentransferred I left to betoa UCSB stringer for the majored in environmental studiesnews. and News-Press, covering south county philosophy. Intending to pursue a career I wanted to take that Spirit name with in environmental law, a two teachme to CVN but found thatweeks it belonged ing engagement changed his trajectory. to the Herald. Too bad! Spirit was much At in 48 keeping years old, Briggs brings more more with Summerland, its than 20 years of teaching experience to Spiritualist founding, and the lively spirit his job at Carpinteria Middle School— itThursday, still embodies. September 7, 2017 3 those years in the more economically We’ve lived in Summerland for 49 and socially challenged areas of south years and are now moving, digging Ventura County. “I’m interested in kids up those long, strong roots we’ve sunk with emotional, behavioral and academic into place here and trying to offload the challenges,” Briggsduring said. those Coming to stuff we’ve collected years. Carpinteria Middle Briggs said Downsizing. Like allSchool, Americans we’ve that he was interested seeing his collected toonot much, filling in every closet future staffs’ teaching records, preferring and storage area with things that have instead toand startvalue his job highnot expectameaning towith us, but many tions of both teachers and students. “If others. Including our kids. you have low expectations of someone,” A departure after 49 years feels approBriggs Our explained, meet priate. family“they’re seems togoing have to phobia those, too.” of years ending in zero. Our birthdays all
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Arriving here in 1970, we’ve watched Summerland change and grow, filling in and out. Our kids played in open fields around the house. There were horses in a paddock next door, then a big garden. It was a sleepy little town, dogs drowsing in the streets, a big peace sign painted on a house you could see from the freeway. Today Summerland is busy morphing into what some have said it was eventually bound to become—Baja Montecito. Upscale businesses locating downtown, high end homes replacing modest little bungalows, a new spirit of growth and renewal. A growing problem with living in Throwback Thursdays. Some things I will truly miss about Summerland is that you have to drive, Summerland: either north or south, to get what you need—food, doctors’educational forum at the Joinentertainment, us for a free gym, community appointments, visits with friends. And The view from our back deck, fog creepMusic Academy of the West featuring UCLA Health physicians. traffic is increasingly horrid. The freeway ing up the mountain folds, clouds wreathwidening, now gradually moving north, ing the craggy tops. Keynote speaker: Saturday, will only compound September the misery and16 The field behind our house, sunsets lightinconvenience. In Goleta, we’ll be closer Dennis Slamon, MD ing weed tops like sparklers. The long 5:30We pmwill Reception to our kids. be able to walk to Chief, UCLA Division of a restful, the Greenwell arroyo, Trader Joe’s, cafes, pharmacies, view up 6:30markets, pm Music & Medicine Hematology/Oncology movies. Discussion Wow! presented by Malcolm Taw, MD,lush green line. Of course Director,we’ll UCLAmiss CenterSummerland. for East-West Watching birds sippresentation and bathe inby: the little Additional ArrivingMedicine as young adults, we practically in Westlake Village and trickling fountain in our back yard. grew upperformances here, and our certainly bykids the Herb Alpertdid. School John Glaspy, MD, MPH Music faculty and students We haveof good neighbors and friends, Director, Jonsson The beach, an elegant stretch between strong connections Comprehensive Cancer Center 7 pm Forumto the Summerland Lookout Park and Loon Point, cliffs Citizens Association and its activities Clinical Research Unit lighting ochre in the sunlight. Soft, warm and initiatives. I was SCA chair Music Academy of thewhen Westwe sand, perfect for bare feet. Inventive and painted 1070 the first Summerland history muFairway Rd. Forum includes a driftwood creations, construcral. Roger stillBarbara, serves on Architectural comicalQ&A Santa CAthe 93108 session with: tions always changing. Review Board. On and on. Free Valet Parking Melody Benjamin, MD Next to Summerland, I hold Carpintebrilliance of sunsets on UCLA Medical Oncologist ria closeAdvanced to my heart. I read everyrequired page of The wide-open registration Summerland beach, water gold streaked, Ventura the Coastal keeppublic up with the swirl for View, this free event a silver hemline along the sand. Eternally of politics, to access@mednet.ucla.edu the Arts Center, Joshua Rosenberg, MD RSVPbelong via e-mail: beautiful. We’ve taken a thouFriends or ofcall the(800) Library, the Carpinteria varied and UCLA-MD1 UCLA Medical Oncologist sand pictures, no two the same. (press 3 at the prompt) for on the Historical Society, where I was
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