SHIRLEY KIMBERLIN Everything I list turns to SOLD! 805-886-0228 skimberlin@aol.com
This week’s listings on the back page
Two toy guns similar to this airsoft pistol turned up at Canalino School recently
Imitation guns lead to scares at local school By LeA Boyd
According to police reports, a third-grade student admitted to having the pellet gun but denied having threatened any students with it.
in the last few weeks of the school year, local law enforcement received reports of two incidents of students bringing imitation guns onto the Canalino school campus, and as a result, three third-grade boys have been referred for expulsion. heightened fear of on-campus gun violence, given the spate of incidents at schools around the nation, lends these toy gun incidents new weight, but district administrators insist that the pair of scares were rare and unusual for the safe campus. the first incident on may 30 involved two boys, one of whom allegedly brought an airsoft gun to the school as requested by another boy. the second boy showed other students the toy gun while on campus and then shot a pair of boys in the legs while walking off campus after school, according to Lieutenant brad mcVay of the santa barbara County sheriff’s Department. the boys were pulled from class when, on the monday following the Friday incident, Canalino Principal Jamie Persoon received phone calls from parents of the students who were shown the gun. two weeks later, on June 12, another third-grade boy had a pellet gun in his backpack, as reported by four students to whom he showed the gun in class. According to mcVay, the boy allegedly pulled out the gun on his walk home and aimed it at other children. These children fled and reported the incident to their parents who called the school. having just learned that the gun was shown to other students at the school moments prior, Persoon locked down the campus briefly while law enforcement located the boy and the gun. According to police reports, the boy admitted to having the pellet gun but denied having threatened
GUN SCARES continued on page 7
Give me liberty
From sea to shining sea—Rebecca Franklin, at right, brings Lady Liberty cross country to celebrate the spirit of America in the Independence Parade on Linden Avenue. The annual parade, which follows Rods & Roses car show, saw hundreds of spectators lining Linden. Carpinteria High School cheerleaders march for Relay for Life, a 24hour, cancer-fighting fundraiser scheduled to take place in Carpinteria beginning on July 19. For more parade shots, see page 12. Car show photos are on page 16. Photos by Annette sAmArin