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April 15-21

As the feminine principle embraces duality and draws it into harmony, such is the case this week. After freethinking and global awareness, this next seven days is all about solid foundation, stability, calm, right and wrong and—surprise—tradition! This week, Carpinteria, you are a four and you build everything to last. You anchor security in your dealings, do honest and good labor, and you are disciplined and sober. You are not afraid to get the job done, manage your affairs with endurance and concentration, and prove yourself worthy of holding the world in your arms. Manager of the human experience, you bring order out of chaos and spirit into matter. Just as a woman bearing a child, all manner of life force coalesces in you this week, as you prepare to bring in the new civilization. April 22-28

With your abundant nature of attracting wealth through healthy work, your eight reappears for the fi rst time this year. This week you resume your leadership role with renewed insight. Working in concert with your feminine side, you focus now on organizations, on achievement, on money and material comforts. Though the eight is driven to work hard, to attract prosperity on every level, to succeed and to be granted power by those around it, you do so with peace at your core. You are considered an authority, and tie the infi nite to the fi nite in a forever nourishing loop. Your integrity in your work in concert with the nine’s powers, builds a world of the future aligned with higher consciousness and service to all mankind. How much more feminine can you get? April 29-30

Traversing like a comet, you throw yourself into the cosmos as completion, mastery and wisdom. A nine these last two days, nothing can throw you off your course. Burning through the sky as the brightest light leading the way, now you can lay on your beach blankets and watch yourself cut through the universe on your way home. Lost call

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Hard 6 9 7 3 5 4 8 2 1 3 8 2 9 7 1 6 4 5 5 1 4 2 6 8 9 7 3 1 2 5 6 8 7 4 3 9 4 6 3 5 2 9 7 1 8 8 7 9 4 1 3 2 5 6 7 4 8 1 3 6 5 9 2 9 5 1 8 4 2 3 6 7 2 3 6 7 9 5 1 8 4 Puzzle by websudoku.com 2 7 1 8 3 4 6 5 9 8 5 9 7 2 6 1 3 4 3 6 4 1 9 5 2 8 7 7 3 2 6 8 1 9 4 5 4 1 8 2 5 9 3 7 6 6 9 5 3 4 7 8 1 2 5 8 3 9 7 2 4 6 1 1 2 7 4 6 8 5 9 3 9 4 6 5 1 3 7 2 8 Puzzle by websudoku.com Last week’s answers: Easy Sudoku Puzzle by websudoku.com Each Sudoku has a unique solution that can be reached logically without guessing. Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square. Level: Easy Level: Hard 5 6 6 5 2 9 3 1 8 7 5 4 7 8 6 2 6 3 4 3 6 7 5 8 3 1 4 6 4 2 6 9 8 4 2 Puzzle by websudoku.com 5 4 2 7 7 3 9 1 8 1 6 3 4 9 3 4 1 8 5 7 3 7 1 9 5 4 8 7 Puzzle by websudoku.com Spring has arrived in cold/heat, rain/ sun, massive natural and manmade disasters, and outreach like the globe has not done before. Just as our world is dealing with the hand of duality, so are you this month, Carpinteria, only you do so with seeing and embracing those opposites and choosing the path of cooperation. This month

A two for this month, you are over-lit by the feminine infl uence. The female principle cradles all dualities and merges them into a third position: harmony and teamwork. The two is all about coordination, organization, unifi - cation, fl exibility, adaptability, patience and evolution. This is your month to lower the amplitude of the masculine leadership role and turn up the power on tact, diplomacy, listening, learning and paying close attention. Lean on your intuition—it’s fl awless and it leads to understanding and right choice.

This is the month to work together to care for your community, to partner with each other and work happily as groups with a vision. You have a perfect sense of timing and can enjoy being the power behind the throne. The throne is your overall direction, and taking the role of the right hand this month produces far more than grabbing the reins. So defer to the women, the female business associations and pamper the ladies at home this month. Your rewards will be untold. April 1-7

By the time you read this paragraph, your fi rst seven days will be done. What impressed you this week was the number fi ve. Five is change and risktaking; it’s progressive, unconventional, observant and quick thinking. It is the power of free thought, operating out of the box and continuous movement. Five constantly improves, communicates and pours itself into marketing, advertising, networking, sales and promotions. The symbol of humanity and public welfare, it is the number for life fl ows and being open to what’s next. And what’s next leads you to the world. April 8-14

You may want to lay on your beach blanket and sleep, keeping things smaller and simpler, but not for long. With a nine twice this month, you are beating a steady drum to becoming a global infl uence. The nine serves humanity globally, nationally and locally. It is planetary consciousness for the people on the earth, of giving, of caring, of agape love. Driven by compassion, the nine creates solid and prosperous structure for others to stand upon and focuses on international business. The nine is the perfect balance of earthly concerns and divine connection, the place of realization. When one is realized, sleep is not necessary... BY MIRIAM LINDBECK miriam@coastalview.com ACROSS 1 Big name in pineapples 5 Home extension 10 Thick slice 14 Nile wader 15 River by the Louvre 16 Insurable item 17 Tupelo, to Elvis 19 Monopoly token 20 Fixed gaze 21 Young bird 23 Speak pompously 25 Barrel racing venue 26 Pal of Pooh 29 Cloudless 32 Race anagram 33 Hate with a passion 35 Links standard 38 Ruth, June, or Anita 40 Varnish thinner 4 Female hormone 37 Music character 51 Fiji neighbor 42 Put the kibosh on 5 Cleopatra's 39 Brownish gray 53 Marinara 43 Pain in the chest serpent 41 Lacking alternative 45 Cultural pursuits 6 Dutch pottery diplomacy 55 Track event 46 Stage, as a 7 Regional speech 44 As a preferred 56 Ever and ___ show 8 ___ in a blue alternative 58 Mounted on 47 Type of fence moon 46 Fourth-down 59 Fodder holder 49 Abate, as rain 9 Have to have figure 60 Ewan McGregor, 52 Wiped out 10 Popeye, e.g. 48 Move slowly for one 54 Clear of charges 11 Macabre 49 Outcast 63 ___ Lizzie 57 Reunion group 12 Make 50 Give forth (Model T) 61 Fourth-down reparations option 13 Hand-played 62 Numbing drug drum 64 Perimeter 18 ____ and now 65 Cousin of a 22 Annoy raccoon 24 Like some 66 Alone supporters 67 Derriere 26 Ticker follower 68 ____ a high note 27 Screen symbol 69 Jane's dog 28 Electrical network DOWN 30 Rawboned 1 Kid's claim 31 Houdini feat 2 Passing 34 Thus mention? 35 Butcher's 3 Former money offering of Malta 36 Penny ___ Week of 3/25/19 - 3/31/19 The Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke Copyright 2019 by The Puzzle Syndicate Answers to Last Week’s Crossword: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 L A N A O P I E F A D E S E V I L C O R K A B O U T S O N G H I K E M U R R E S W E E T E N S C I S S O R B E R T H U N E A S E S C A R E B E A R E R N O M A N S L A N D S L O B A C E S T A R T L E A V E P A N T O N T H E L E V E L W O R K E R E X E R T C L A I R E N O T C H R E G R E S S P I T I F U L A T A L L U P O N B O N E M I M E S R A I N I R I S S N A R E E D D Y T E X T The Cravens family has a long and complex history in the Carpinteria Valley, all of which can be traced back to the 1828 birth of an Alabama boy named Thomas. The ambitious Thomas Cravens out-dreamed the boundaries of his home state at a young age and let the magnet of the Gold Rush pull him west. He left home at 21, crossing overland through New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California. From San Diego, a small boat carried him north to San Francisco, the launch pad for gold miners.

Thomas initially mined the American River, but later shifted his focus to aboveground resources. He worked in the lumber business and eventually owned a number of saw mills. In 1856, he married Elizabeth Humes, and the couple made their home in Northern California for over a decade.

In 1868, the Cravens headed south, wintering in Los Angeles before laying down roots in Carpinteria. Thomas purchased a 60-acre ranch with a small adobe and a tangled expanse of thick chaparral and oaks. Over the next several years, the Cravens worked steadily to improve their property. They added 70 acres to their holdings and built a new house on the land. Following the agricultural trend of the day, they planted lima beans and CARpINTERIA VALLEy MuSEuM OF HISTORy With 11 children, Thomas and Elizabeth Cravens had no shortage of workers for their 130-acre Carpinteria ranch. owned a number of horses, mules and cows.

While their land expanded and property values increased, so did the Cravens family. In all, Thomas and Elizabeth raised 11 children.

Thomas’ local influence expanded as well. By the time he died at age 60, he had served on the school board, on the County Board of Supervisors and as a member of the Knights of pythias Lodge. Descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth still live in Carpinteria today. To learn more about Carpinteria’s unique and interesting past, visit the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History, open Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at 956 Maple Ave. ACROSS 1 After all? 5 Number for one 9 Gives the axe to 14 "That hurt!" 15 Boisterous play 16 Unaccompanied 17 Something in the air 18 Manage somehow 19 Battle bravery 20 Awfully dull 22 Blackbeard, e.g. 23 Take the wrong way? 24 Ski race 26 1996 presidential hopeful 28 Starbucks staffer 32 Be a pain 35 Murphy Brown star 37 Within reach 38 Meadow sounds 2 Check the books 36 Word from the 54 Garlicky sauce 40 Plain as day 3 Something to Beaver 55 No longer in 41 Lysol target settle 39 Colonists' quest, 56 Word before 42 Capri or Wight 4 Sewing kit item maybe mail or crime 43 Like most 5 Chevron 44 Financial worry 57 Final words? wedding cakes competitor 47 Linger aimlessly 58 Tim of "The 45 Ballet dance 6 Hotel amenity 49 Queen of Soul Hateful Eight" step 7 Urge onward 51 Sty dwellers 60 Louver piece 46 Wood finish 8 Tarzan extra 53 Slip-up 62 Cave dweller 48 Side by side? 9 Jesus, for some 50 Whitaker of 10 Causing worry Hollywood 11 Bubbly drink 52 Moolah 12 Maritime speed 56 Plain awful 13 Moistureless 59 Ornamental 21 Messy one climbing vine 22 Window box, 61 Up and ____ e.g. 62 High school subj. 25 Anomalies 63 Horse gait 27 Dance class 64 Boxer's quest attire 65 Tolstoy heroine 29 Escape slowly 66 Place for an ace 30 Fictional 67 Anesthetic of old plantation 68 Lab procedure 31 Kind of race or 69 Like the Sahara dealer 32 Egyptian bird DOWN 33 Skin reaction 1 Pillages 34 Curly cabbage Week of 2/17/20 - 2/23/20 The Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke Copyright 2020 by The Puzzle Syndicate Answers to Last Week’s Crossword: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 S T A M P S A M E A J A R T U T O R P L U S S O L O A B O V E L A S T S H I P R E M I T T A N C E O N C E N E W T L E A R N E R D R A G N E T E M P T Y R I P D E E M R E C A P A L P S T R A D E D A L E G E E U P P I N S S E E A N E N T S T E P H E N P A R D N E R P E A L A F A R S O M E R S A U L T P I N E T W I N A N N I E A R C S L E S S L A D E N L E E S E L S E T R O U T ACROSS 1 Throws in 5 Rhombus or rectangle 10 Yellowstone, for one 14 Guitar part 15 December ditty 16 Medicinal herb 17 More than suggestive 18 Under construction 20 Washington Monument, e.g. 22 "The Thorn Birds" novelist McCullough 23 Telescope part 24 Tapping sound 25 Big club? 27 Shredded 29 Text alternative 32 Old what's-___- name 33 Built-out window DOWN 30 Donald's first 52 Sting operation 35 North Pole 1 Bushy do wife 54 Tree for workers 2 Cheerless 31 Carpenter's chocolate 37 Sparkle 3 Slow down device 55 A bit cracked 39 Sub detector 4 Fashion sense 34 Fancy edging 56 Wise one 41 Hot rock 5 Tailor's tool 36 Fill to the gills 57 Sacred bird of 42 Taxi ticker 6 Ketcham of the 38 Ocean current the Nile 44 Be silent, in comics 40 Thought out 58 Former V.P. music 7 Fly ball's path 43 Like the 59 Sloth's home 46 URL ending 8 Four-legged boondocks 60 Sam Cooke 47 Humdinger friend 45 Arduous journey song, "You 49 Clock part 9 "Freaky Deaky" 48 Bottom-line ____ Me" 50 Barley brew author Leonard figures 62 NHL surface 51 Nonpoetic 10 R.J. Reynolds writing brand 53 Splinter group 11 Direction at sea 55 Create a stir 12 Memorization 58 Kids' racers method 61 High spirits 13 Peachy follower 63 Medical remedy 19 Feather in one's 64 Desertlike cap 65 Ill-gotten gains 21 Quite fond of 66 Prayer's end 24 Like The Who's 67 Anagram for wasteland "user" 25 "Excuse me…" 68 Floor it 26 Paparazzi target 69 Pundit's piece 28 Barrel of laughs Week of 2/3/20 - 2/9/20 The Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke Copyright 2020 by The Puzzle Syndicate Answers to Last Week’s Crossword: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 L I P S K A R A T C R A M A B L E I N U R E H O S E M E A N S T E S T S A P S E E X I S T W H I T E M E A T N E A P C E L E R Y O P T G U T T U R A L D R I P C U R L N E E D S D I V A K R A A L O P A L S M E L L B I T E N I N E P U R U L E N T C A W C H I S E L D A L E D E A T H L E S S P I N T O A L B A I N C I D E N T A L F L I T S C A L E D E L I T O T E H E R O N A R C O Retrogrades involving your ruling sign and planet may feel as though your own personal version of March Madness has spilled over into April. To minimize expensive chaos, be conservative in all assessments and estimates, double check everything, assume nothing.

April 21 - May 20 The grand trine in the earth signs, the new Moon and the new Sun in your sign, means this month the party is at your house. Especially during the annual April Lyrid Meteor Shower April 19 through April 23. Plan accordingly.

May 21 - June 20 Venus in your sign for most of the month really shows you who your friends are and why. Pay close attention to relational details this month. Be very clear and consistent, and do the appropriate emotional housekeeping where necessary.

June 21 - July 20 Since 1972, the Kings of Bhutan have decreed Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product. Seriously. There is a lot to be said for that, baby, but you still have to pay the rent. Find balance.

July 21 – Aug. 20 Your fiery nature will prevail if you let it. Your goal is impulse control. Change your paradigms, hold on to your heart, mind your manners, and watch your mouth. Especially on April Fool’s day, April 15 and April 22.

Aug. 21 – Sept. 20 Although your sign rules secretaries and assistants, April 25 (Secretaries Day) will probably not be the highlight of your month. No, my friend. Thanks to big trines, April 19 and April 20 are likely to be far better days for you.

Tell us about your pet and send us a picture, too. Favorite snacks, special tricks, nicknames, let all of Carpinteria know about your furry, feathered or scaly family member. Email news@coastalview.com Car • PET • teria The first half of the month may feel roughly akin to some sort of weird, cosmic man-in-the-loop experiment. And it may well be, on some level. Stay focused; be fair to yourself and, others and you will be fine.

Oct. 21 – Nov. 20 This month could be a powerful one for you if you can let go of both your expectations and your need to be in control. Especially during the big, holy Good FridayPassover-Easter weekend of April 6, April 7 and April 8.

Nov. 21 – Dec. 20 Your fun-loving nature often needs some sort of spoonful of sugar, or in your case, comedy, to make the proverbial medicine go down. Given your current social, economic, and political realities, you need regular doses of Freakonomics to cope. Dec. 21 – Jan. 20 Like Putin, who allegedly got 99.8 percent of the vote in Chechnya last month, you may have some explaining to do. Even if you do have an awfully big army backing you up, bite the bullet and tell the truth. Jan. 21 – Feb. 20 The Moon in your sign from April 13 to April 15 makes you feel like you are headlining at the Lucidity Festival. Regardless of where you actually are, lovingly connect and commune with others, especially those who are, ummm, less lucid. Feb. 21 - March 20 Your sign is frequently trying to balance the need for freedom with relational obligations. Your universe provides you with many teachable moments this month, especially when the moon is in your sign on both Tax Day and Emancipation Day. Last week’s answers: 3 6 1 5 2 8 4 9 7 5 7 8 9 3 4 1 2 6 2 4 9 7 1 6 5 8 3 9 5 6 8 4 7 3 1 2 4 8 3 2 6 1 7 5 9 1 2 7 3 9 5 8 6 4 7 9 4 1 5 2 6 3 8 6 3 5 4 8 9 2 7 1 8 1 2 6 7 3 9 4 5 Puzzle by websudoku.com 1 4 7 8 3 6 2 9 5 9 2 6 7 5 4 1 3 8 3 5 8 1 9 2 4 6 7 7 9 4 6 8 5 3 1 2 2 1 3 4 7 9 5 8 6 6 8 5 2 1 3 9 7 4 4 6 1 9 2 8 7 5 3 8 3 9 5 4 7 6 2 1 5 7 2 3 6 1 8 4 9 Puzzle by websudoku.com Sudoku Puzzle by websudoku.com Each Sudoku has a unique solution that can be reached logically without guessing. Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square. Level: Easy Level: Hard 7 5 9 6 4 5 1 4 8 7 1 7 4 9 6 3 5 2 9 7 1 8 9 4 6 4 1 5 9 2 5 1 2 9 1 Puzzle by websudoku.com 7 1 6 9 8 7 1 6 4 7 6 8 9 2 9 5 4 7 2 4 6 7 8 3 9 6 7 2 Puzzle by websudoku.com ADVERTISEMENT St. Jude Oh Holy St. Jude, apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in Miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful special patron in time of need, to you do I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg you to whom God has given such great powers, to come to my assistance. Help me in my present urgent petition. In return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. Pray for us all who invoke your aid. Amen

Say three Our Fathers, three Hail Marys, three Glorias. This Novena must be said for 9 consecutive days. This Novena has never been known to fail. --BL. Publication must be promised to St. Jude. cruise vacations ROB GODFREY’S TRAVEL 1090 Hawaii Escapes Disney Destinations Cruise Vacations Airline Tickets Las Vegas Getaways TRAVELTEn90.Com Daily Web SpecialS + aGeNT SeRVice CST 2051478-40 ROB@travelten90.com Spook Brand produce was introduced to Carpinterians in the March 15, 1934 (Volume II, No. 4) edition of the Carpinteria Chronicle in a news brief titled “Hail, Lowly String Bean.”

The article reported that the Spook Brand string beans were farmed by Emerick, Wood and Shepard on 400 acres in Summerland. The farmers were enthusiastic about one of their varieties of produce that they named “Esposo” beans. They controlled all the seed. Esposo, they said, was the Spanish word for spook, thus the name of the product. Never mind that “esposo” actually means husband, as in husband and wife, in a Spanish dictionary.

The artist of the label, according to Thomas Pat Jacobsen, is probably Rudy Schmidt, one of the artists of the San Francisco based Schmidt Litho Company, but no relation to the Litho family of Schmidts. “As a dedicated life-long historian and curator, I think this is an amazing label,” said Jacobsen. It is hard to argue with his opinion. The illustration is one of the best examples of a label of any kind at detailing the history of an entire community.

Summerland was dubbed “Spookville” in its early history as a result of its initial status as a colony and world-wide meeting place for Spiritualism circa 1890. Spiritualism believed in communication with the dead via séances held in Summerland’s Liberty Hall. Note the ghostly medium at the top left of the label. Under the medium, the Summerland hillside is illuminated by lit natural gas which was abundant underground. The wooden piers are in shallow ocean water, and the majestic, offshore oil derricks—the first offshore wells in Western civilization— are in the foreground.

Jacobsen has cataloged 75,000 labels of all kinds but has never been able to find an original Spook Brand label. Carpinterian Richard Partida, who recently passed, was the source of this label which he shared with a few select friends. He was an avid collector of Carpinteria memorabilia and historian.

Is there someone out there who can supply one of these rare labels to Mr. Jacobsen? If you have a story or photo that tells a unique part of Carpinteria’s history, please contact Jim a drsjcampos@gmail.com. To learn more about Carpinteria’s unique and interesting past, visit the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History, open Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at 956 Maple Ave. CoURTESy oF RICHARd PARTIdA an ultra-rare label illustrates the history of Summerland from the 1880 to 1930s.