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Richard Cramer of Ojai died on March 15 when he collided with a pickup truck while riding a motorcycle on Highway 150.

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At approximately 6 a.m. on March 15, a motorcyclist was killed in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 150 and Via Real in Carpinteria. The motorcyclist, identified as 43-year-old Richard Cramer of Ojai, was riding a blue BMW R1200RS heading westbound on Highway 150, when he entered the intersection at the same time as a Ford pickup truck heading eastbound on Highway 150 turned onto Via Real, resulting in a collision. Paramedics performed life-saving measures on Cramer, but he was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the Ford pickup truck, a 47-year-old male resident of Oxnard, was not injured in the collision and remained at the scene to cooperate with the investigating deputies. The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Major Accident Response Team is investigating this collision to determine its cause and whether alcohol and/or drugs were a factor. Anyone with information regarding this collision may contact Deputy John DeLeon at (805) 961-7519, jad3116@sbsheriff.org or sbsheriff.org.

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Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs is holding its 21st annual Sunrise Ceremony on Sunday, March 24, at 7 a.m. at the Mishopshno Meadow of the Carpinteria Bluffs. In partnership with Chumash descendant Julie Tumamait-Stenslie, the Citizens group has been holding the annual spring spiritual observance since 1999. Along with other members of the Chumash community, Tumamait-Stenslie will lead the public in a spiritual observance. Tumamait-Stenslie encourages participants to bring a poem, story, or song to share in the language of their ancestors. “It is a time to see and appreciate the beauty of renewal. With all the devastation and loss from the fires and floods, we are given a chance to restore, renew and rebuild,” said Tumamait-Stenslie. “We gather at the Carpinteria Bluffs as a community, as a powerful and loving force to offer up our gratitude for the beauty of Mother Earth and all the beauty that surrounds us…To bring harmony and balance to a chaotic world...” In partnership with the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, the Citizens group spearheaded the successful $3.95 million public acquisition of the Carpinteria Bluffs 20 years ago, in the fall of 1998, to ensure that the Bluffs remained protected as natural open space. The Mishopshno Meadow is the open space area just north of the Anne and Al Drasdo Memorial Grove of eucalyptus trees at the Carpinteria Bluffs, southwest of the main entrance of the Nature Preserve. Access to the Bluffs is at the Bailard Avenue exit of US 101. Parking is available at the entrance to the Preserve at the end of Bailard towards the ocean as well as in the larger parking area to the east, at the edge of the Viola Playing Fields. Participants are asked to arrive at the meadow by 6:45 a.m. For more information, contact Ted Rhodes at (805) 705-8393.

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CUSD school board talks CHS accreditation, budget cuts

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The March 12 meeting of the Carpinteria Unified School District Board featured discussion of Carpinteria High School’s (CHS) successful accreditation campaign as well as opposition from instructional aides and teachers to proposed future budget cuts. CHS Principal Gerardo Cornejo described in detail his school’s areas of strength, room for growth and plans for the future. Instructional aides and their supporters, meanwhile, dominated the public comments section of the meeting, urging board members to fully fund their positions. The meeting began with the recognition of several area educators and staff, including CHS World Languages Department Chair Kate Guede, for her work as an advisor to the California Scholastic Federation. Superintendent Diana Rigby described Guede as “a reminder of why we all went into education in the first place.” Aliso Elementary School first grade teachers Rene Mireles and Erica Lee were also recognized for their innovative literacy programs. Rigby commended Santa Barbara County teacher of the year Mandi de Witte for her keynote speech on empowering female students in the sciences and celebrated the Measure U team’s work modernizing classrooms at Canalino Elementary School and CHS, construction that is expected to begin this summer. The superintendent lamented the 11 percent decline in district enrollment over the last decade. Board member Maureen Foley Claffey, calculating an average drop of 39 students per year, said “by any metric, that’s alarming.” Echoing Claffey’s concern, board member Rogelio Delgado said, “it’s alarming, everything looks down, down, down.” The board then heard a report on the successful CHS accreditation campaign, delivered by 13-year veteran principal Cornejo and CHS Arts Department Chair Sarah Rochlitzer. Rochlitzer began the presentation by describing faculty and staff strategies for focusing on areas of strength and possibilities for growth. “Part of working at CHS is wearing a lot of hats,” she said, thanking faculty for sitting on multiple committees and putting together individualized department action plans. CHS and the accrediting committee agreed on major strengths, from the wide variety of AP and A-G courses offered, to the supportive, safe, small school atmosphere. Areas for growth included extending technology options to students and establishing more rigorous, data-driven assessment options, and expanding faculty support for non-

School administrators came under fire at the March 12 school board meeting, as instructional aides and teachers criticized the board for considering cutting aides’ hours. traditionally college bound students. Cornejo emphasized the accrediting committee’s respect for CHS’ high sports participation rate. Noting that nearly 70 percent of the student body participates in athletics, Cornejo connected the with the excellent parent-teacher relations built over the course of the school year, particularly through parent-teacher conferences and regular communication via Parent Square, the district’s communications platform. Board Chair Andy Sheaffer asked Cornejo about the impacts of increased technology use on a generation of students already taken up with social media. Expressing a widely shared concern, Sheaffer discussed the potentially addictive qualities of the notification feedback loop, and asked Cornejo and Rochlitzer how faculty would manage the burdens as well as opportunities offered by a techheavy curriculum. Rochlitzer described her own strict no cell phone in the classroom policy, arguing that as a teacher “the onus is on us to create responsible expectations,” and stressing that in the Arts Department faculty strive to “create a space where it’s just about being present with what you’re doing.” In agreement, Cornejo stressed the significance of faceto-face communication and urged all district staff to model good cell phone behavior. Possible budget cuts were once again a focus on the board meeting, as a group of instructional assistants along with faculty supporters took to the podium to

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give public comment. Laura Manriquez, a 19-year instructional assistant currently working at CHS and Aliso, said, “there can be no doubt” instructional aides contribute to student-learning outcomes, encourage critical thinking skills and create an atmosphere of trust and safety for district students. Canalino kindergarten teacher Angela White urged the board “to come and spend a day with us” to witness the impact of full-day instructional assistants on students. Saying “we are beyond grateful for the fantastic” assistants at her school, White asked why high-level district administrators such as the superintendent will have assistants, but teachers won’t. “Why cut people who work directly with kids?” asked

White, who also argued that teachers had agreed to the 1.5-hour extension of the kindergarten day only in the belief that full-day instructional support would continue as well. Jay Hotchner, a Carpinteria Middle School teacher and president of local union CAUSE (Carpinteria Association of United School Employees), concluded the meeting by reiterating that teachers were “adamant that an extended day requires six-hour instructional assistants,” arguing that Superintendent Rigby had made a commitment and must follow through. The board is expected to continue budget discussions at the next meeting on Tuesday, April 9.

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City works to ensure Carpinteria beaches remain vibrant amidst rising sea levels Environmental consultants recommend city act sooner rather than later

By N. Harry Herrick at the March 18 meeting of the city of Carpinteria’s General Plan/Coastal Plan Update Committee, consultants to the city, Wood environment & Infrastructure solutions, updated the public about the physical development of land and land use policies required by the Coastal Commission. Most of the meeting was spent discussing the Final sea level Rise vulnerability assessment and adaptation Plan (slR), which was developed concurrently with the Draft Introduction to the Coastal land Use/General Plan (ClUP/GP) and intended to support forthcoming policies. several areas of the draft slR were updated to incorporate the results of a recent study by the ocean Protection Council (oPC), which affected previous sea-level rise projections. Based on the oPC study, the sea-level rise projection for 2100 increased from 5 feet to 6.5 feet, and there now is a possibility of five feet of sea level rise as early as 2070. the final SLR Plan also incorporated projections based on high-end climate change scenarios (H++) from the oPC study. according to Julia Pujo of Wood environment & Infrastructure solutions, “there’s enough certainty to say that sea level rise will occur and that we should plan for it.” the slR was also updated with the results of a social vulnerabilities analysis study, which found certain segments of the population with a higher risk of impact from sea level rise than previously reported. according to Pujo, the study found “a larger proportion of minority and non-english speaking residents in the beach area and downtown … and with five feet of sea level rise, those populations would be affected.” the study also found that the transit-dependent population, which generally includes elderly, youth and lower income residents, may

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The Ocean Protection Council has projected a sea-level rise for 2100 at up to 6.5 feet, with the possibility of five feet of sea level rise as early as 2070. also be affected because they might not have a means to evacuate. the meeting progressed to the priority adaptation strategy, which was updated to include specific adaptation measures, and quantifiable triggers (when to initiate a given adaptive measure) and tipping points (when vulnerable areas will be critically affected) such as sea level elevation. In the context of monitoring, Pujo indicated the importance of “physical indicators rather than sea level projections that are uncertain at this time.” the adaptation strategy advanced was a hybrid approach with a blend of hazard reduction and resource protection goals, each chosen based on a trade-off of the measure’s advantages and disadvantages. Pujo concluded her presentation of the slR with the hope that “the recommendations in the report would serve as the basis for developing policies that could live in the coastal resiliency element.” the public and councilmen raised con-

The study also found that the transit-dependent population, which generally includes elderly, youth and lower income residents, may also be affected because they might not have a means to evacuate. cern with the lack of details in the report addressing policy issues connected with a managed retreat. according to Mike Wondolowski of Carpinteria valley association, “the report does not address or even explicitly state the huge issue that results from managed retreat—there are only two possibilities—those people relocate somewhere within the city limit

or somewhere outside the city limit.” the policy decision regarding managed retreat will affect future land use zoning decisions that are addressed in the general plan under development. as the discussion wrapped up, Councilman al Clark added, “we really need to start planning for that, whether it happens or not.”

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Although doctors and vets are required to report dog attacks to law-enforcement, I doubt it’s consistently done. I’ve found no reliable data on dog attacks in Carpinteria.

–– Rosie Blue

Dog park, no thanks

Forget the off-leash dog park, Carpinteria needs an on-leash dog park. How would an off-leash dog park be different from the rest of Carpinteria? Carpinteria is a de-facto leash-less city due to lax enforcement and widespread entitlement transference. Entitlement transference is a personal sense of entitlement transferred to a dog. It is exemplified by the Friedmans’ letter published in this paper (“Dogs are community members too,” Carolyn and Neil Friedman, Vol. 25, No. 26). Apparently, some folks think rules don’t apply to their dog because they pay taxes, have a brother, a job or whatever. The way these folks feel about their dog being off-leash is the same way Lori Loughlin feels about her kids attending USC. Never mind the rules, they don’t apply to them. I can’t fight that irrational mindset, so I pay $125 per year for a dog membership at the Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens to safely walk my dog where leash rules are enforced. There’s nowhere safe in Carpinteria. From Linden Avenue to the Franklin Trail, loose dogs are everywhere. The painful consequences are wellhidden. Although doctors and vets are required to report dog attacks to lawenforcement, I doubt it’s consistently done. I’ve found no reliable data on dog attacks in Carpinteria. I anecdotally know my dog is one of many that survived one. I know I’d pay far more than $125 per year to safely walk my dog at home in Capinteria. The city should give us one reliably enforced on-leash location and name its price. We have no choice but to go to SB. If, however, an off-leash park is ever created, I hope its fees will be high enough to fund leash-law enforcement everywhere else.

Rosie Blue Carpinteria

Cheers to Carp cannabis growers

California voters legalized cannabis in 2016, but localities around the state have continued to say, “but not here.” Tax dollars to the state are way below predicted levels and a majority of users still get their product on the black market. That’s because even though voters wanted legal cannabis, cities and counties keep saying, “but not here.” Even if people want to

get legal cannabis, it’s harder to find and more expensive than the illegal stuff. I say great for Carpinteria farmers for being pioneers and growing the new crop. Fear-based arguments about crime are unfounded, and anyone saying Carpinteria has changed due to cannabis is fixated on “devil’s weed” propaganda from the past. Everyone I know who is pro-cannabis is cool as a cucumber. That’s an attitude that fits in with the Carpinteria I love.

Tamera Barnaby Carpinteria

Don’t be an “intexticated” driver

“c u soom.” As this person was rear ending a vehicle, this typo was made. Sadly, teenage crashes increase this time of year. Many drivers now have their eyes glued to their phone on their lap or side of the steering wheel. Is this a “social norm”? This illegal trend must end. Drivers are aware of the danger drunk driving poses. A drunken driver hit me when I was 16 in 1992, and I was seriously injured. Surgery and therapy became my teenage life. My gait, hearing and speech are damaged. Sending a text when driving reduces your abilities down to those of a drunken driver. Drunken drivers weave lanes, speed through red lights, and do not signal when turning just like a driver using a cell phone would do. Using a phone when driving can result in a ticket or crash. Even if it’s not fatal, it will haunt your future driving. When driving, ditch the phone! Have people leave messages and call when parked. April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Don’t drink and drive and “X the Txt.”

Lori Martin Carpinteria

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Two students I a know of learned moNthly English, became gifted students in muse junior high and high meliNda wittwer school and earned A few years ago, when I applied to full scholarships... colleges, it never entered my head that a school wouldn’t accept me. My high It makes me cringe school in Lindsay, deep in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, only had about a to think that their hundred seniors, out of which less than 10 ended up in four-year schools. Most of acceptance into my graduating class went to the local junior college or went to work. So, I thought college could have I was headed to the big time when I been negated applied to the University of California at Santa Barbara where the climate was by some wealthy certainly much better than in the Valley. (I really wanted to go to UC Berkeley, but no way was my mom going to let me go to parent’s idea of what a school where riots and protesting hapis the best way to pened daily.) Today, applying to college is a scary ordeal with intense competition help a child. to get into the “top” schools and very few students are guaranteed acceptance to their “school of choice.” College was a great experience for me. I earned a Cal Grant, so my fees were covered. I also won several local scholarships which covered my book costs for several years. My parents paid for room and board, and I worked to pay for my clothes and activities. In this I was lucky because I left school owing absolutely nothing. I’ve always given my parents a lot of credit because from the time I started elementary school, I heard about “when you go to college.” My parents were not rich. They were barely middle class when I was a child, but they always gave me the expectation of getting a college degree. And it was made clear to me that it was my job to get a good education and make the most of each and every class. Now parents, some very wealthy parents, feel it is their responsibility to get their offspring into the best schools, the most prestigious schools, the most expensive schools, in any way possible. If they donate enough money or pay enough in bribes, their student can take the spot of a star athlete or a scholarship recipient. Or these parents might pay some semi-genius to take their student’s SAT test. The resulting amped-up test result certainly gives their student an advantage, albeit an unfair and unearned advantage. The really obnoxious part is that a lot of these wealthy offspring could care less about getting a good education. Their parents are rich, and therefore they are rich. Most have never had a job. Most have no great desire to do the work required to complete a degree at a premiere college. It is their parents that want the ability to say, “My son, my daughter, is attending Harvard or Princeton or USC.” Most of the students that attended the junior high at which I taught came from

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lower middle class to very poor families. Most had parents that were lucky to have completed high school or a few years at a junior college. Yet two I know of learned English, became gifted students in junior high and high school, earned full scholarships, and went to Ivy League East Coast schools. One became a doctor and returned to the Oxnard area to work in low-income medical clinics. It makes me cringe to think that their acceptance into college could have been negated by some wealthy parent’s idea of what is the best way to help a child. It’s no surprise that wealthy parents have made large donations over the years to various colleges in hopes that their son or daughter will be looked at favorably. But it’s appalling that there are parents that are paying what amounts to big time bribes to get their son or daughter accepted by a premier college and, in this process, have cheated deserving students out of their chances. This is wrong on so many levels and in so many ways. Maybe the students that weren’t accepted to USC or Harvard or Princeton due to these bribes, have grounds for a class action lawsuit against not only the schools that allowed this to happen but also against those parents that thought their wealth could somehow buy what should be earned. Melinda Wittwer first moved to Carpinteria in 1972 and taught mostly junior high students in Oxnard during her 25-year career. Now retired, she enjoys pottery, writing, books and travel. ADVERTISEMENT

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Twelve Carpinteria Middle School skaters competed Wednesday, March 13, for a spot among the top-five finishers in a skateboarding competition/demo run with support from school staff and the Lighthouse Skate Shop of Santa Barbara. Judged on tricks performed in a set time, the skaters slid their boards on rails, popped “ollies” (kicking the board in the air) and launched themselves off a ramp. Terrance Garibay won the event and was awarded a skateboard from Lighthouse Skate Shop. Second-place winner Edgar Mosqueda also received a skateboard. Robert Morales won third place in a skate-off-tie-breaker with Mac Sharp, who took fourth. Caleb Faoro finished in fifth place.

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For over a century, the Howard School, Santa Barbara’s oldest continually operating independent and nonprofit school, has been educating children from communities across Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. this year, the school will hold its annual auction and fundraiser “Springtime in Paris” on Saturday, april 13, at 3 p.m. at the Howard School on Girls Inc. of Carpinteria’s campus, 5315 Foothill road, Carpinteria. the Howard School serves children from preschool to eighth grade, with a highly individualized teaching approach that emphasizes meaningful character development as well as academic achievement. As a nonprofit school with no endowment and a yearly tuition cost at approximately half the rate of comparable schools nearby, the Howard School fundraises each spring to ensure its operating costs, teacher salaries and scholarship funds for low- and middle-income families. “Our annual fundraiser helps keep tuition as low as possible,” said Joel reed, headmaster of the Howard School, “allowing us to offer educational opportunities for families within our community who understand that an individualized learning environment is essential for their child’s success.” this year’s fundraiser, “Springtime in Paris,” will be fully catered by premier chefs—ricky rossignol of the Marriott, Nirasha rodriguez of the Food Liaison and rory trovato of rori’s artisanal Creamery. Guests will have their palettes delighted by a French-infused springtime feast and an open bar brimming with a full-bodied selection of hops and spirits from local craft brewers, wine makers and mixologists. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to support a great cause, invest in your com-

munity’s youth and enjoy a truly ‘belle’ party,” said angie Miller, Howard School first-grade teacher. to purchase tickets, donate or become a sponsor, contact office@thehowardschool.org, (805) 745-8448. the Howard School is now enrolling for the 2019/20 school year. Visit thehowardschool.org or contact anita Betancourt at (805) 745-8448 for more information or to set up a tour.

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1 p.m., Bingo, Veterans Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 3-6:30 p.m., Farmers Market and Arts & Crafts Fair, Linden Avenue, Craft fair: (805) 698-4536

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Carpinteria Rotary Club’s 10th annual Talent Showcase will be held at the Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., on Saturday, March 23, at 7 p.m. with a 6 p.m. red carpet reception. KEYT newsrman John Palminteri will emcee the event. Tickets cost $25 and are available online at the alcazar.org, at Laughing Buddha Thrift, 771 Linden Ave., or Murphy’s Vinyl Shack, 5285 Carpinteria Ave.

9 p.m., RML, The Palms, 701 Linden Ave., (805) 684-3811

CarpConnect

CarpConnect, with California Hope 805 and the Mental Wellness Center, will meet at 941 Walnut Ave., between the Veteran’s Hall and the Library, every Thursday, from Feb. 28 to March 28 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. Drop-in services from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. include community resources and referrals and crisis counselling. Community conversations on stress management and coping with natural disasters will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. For more information, call (805) 845-2973.

8:30 p.m., Dusty Jugz, The Palms, 701 Linden Ave., (805) 684-3811

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3-5 p.m., Free One-on-one Computer Coaching,

Carpinteria Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave., reserve time at (805) 684-4314

Bluffs sunrise ceremony

Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs will hold its 21st annual Sunrise Ceremony on Sunday, March 24, at 7 a.m. sun. at the Mishopshno Meadow of the Carpinteria Bluffs. Participants should plan to arrive at the meadow by 6:45 a.m. Chumash descendant Julie Tumamait-Stenslie will lead the ceremony and invites other members of the Chumash community as well as members of the general public to join her and the Citizens group. Participants are encouraged to bring a poem, story or song to share in the language of their ancestors. Access to the Bluffs is at the Bailard Avenue exit of US 101. Parking is available at the entrance to the preserve at the end of Bailard towards the ocean, as well as in the larger parking area to the east, at the edge of the Viola Playing Fields. For more information call Ted Rhodes at (805) 705-8393.

11 a.m.-3 p.m., Farmer and the Flea, farmers/makers market, Summerland Post Office, 2245 Lillie Ave.

5-6 p.m., The Peace Vigil, corner of Linden and Carpinteria Ave. 9 p.m., RML, The Palms, 701 Linden Ave., (805) 684-3811

Rincon Classic

With a good swell tracking across the North Pacific, the Channel Islands Surfboards Rincon Classic will be held all sat. day Saturday and Sunday, March 23 and 24, at Rincon Beach. Free parking and shuttle service will run from Mark Avenue in the industrial park on the east end of Carpinteria. An awards ceremony will be held after the contest on Sunday evening, March 24, at Padaro Grill, 3765 Santa Claus Lane. For more information see rinconclassic.com. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., ABOP (antifreeze, battery, oil, paint disposal), City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Ave., (805) 684-5405 x 445

“Grass to garden” workshop

Originally scheduled as a three-class series, the “Grass to garden” workshop is now being offered at the Carpinteria Garden Park, 4855 5th St. on Saturday, March 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in collaboration with the Carpinteria Valley Water District and WaterWise Carpinteria. Local experts will present the basics of converting a lawn to a water-wise garden, including tips on irrigation design and retrofitting, rainwater harvesting and plant selection. A materials fee of $15 comes with a soil moisture probe, native plants and lots of ideas. The class size is limited, and pre-registration is requested by email to alenas@ci.carpinteria. ca.us. 10 a.m., Carpinteria Salt Marsh docent-led tours, free walks start from the park sign, (805) 684-8077

Republican Club luncheon

The Santa Barbara Republican Club will hold its March luncheon at the La Cumbre Country Club, 4015 Via Laguna, Santa Barbara, on Saturday, March 23, at 11:30 a.m. The speaker of the day will be Steve Blois, board member of the L.A. Metropolitan Water District, who will discuss California’s perennial water problem, the present situation and prospects for the future. For reservations, or more information, call Barbara at (805) 684-3858.

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“Green Book” at the Alcazar

The Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., will screen “Green Book,” the 2019 Academy Award winner for Best Film, on Sunday, March 24, at 3 p.m. Based on a true story about Dr. Don Shirley, a worldclass African-American pianist who made a concert tour in the deep South in 1962. In need of a driver and protection, Shirley recruits Tony Lip, a tough-talking bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx. Despite their differences, the two men soon develop an unexpected bond while confronting racism and danger in an era of segregation. Tickets cost $7 and are available online at the alcazar. org or at the box office.

Stories on Tap at IBC

Island Brewing Company, 5049 6th St., will host Stories on Tap storytelling hour on Sunday, March 24, at 7 p.m. Seven people will each share a seven-minute story on the theme of luck for the month of March. A bit of hilarity, a dash of heartbreak and the unexpected are the order of the night. Storytellers interested in participating are asked to speak with the IBC staff.

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9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Shopping trips to Trader Joe’s in Santa Barbara with drivers from HELP of Carpinteria, $10 donation, call (805) 684-0065 to reserve a spot

Noon-2 p.m., Free One-on-one Computer Coaching, Carpinteria Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave., reserve time at (805) 684-4314

Camp Carp

“Camp Carp” will be held at Carpinteria State Beach over the CUSD Spring Break, Monday, March 24, to Friday, March 29, from 1 to 4 p.m. each day. A maximum of 15 students, ages 7 through 12, will explore nature outside with microscopes and binoculars, press seaweed and plants and learn the cultural and natural history of the area, collecting data and entering the results on a computer as “citizen scientists.” The cost is $95 and includes a Camp Carp 2019 T-shirt. An application and permission form is available at Carpevents@parks. ca.gov, or can be picked at the park office, 205 Palm Ave.

1 p.m., Mah Jongg, all levels welcome, call Roz, (805) 729-1310 1 p.m., Bingo, Veterans Building, 941 Walnut Ave.

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Library writers’ group helps its members stay sharp By Christian Beamish

Each Tuesday for the last 10 years the Carpinteria Writers’ Group has met in the common room of the library, taken their seats around a large platform of tables and shared their work. The format is fairly straightforward: participants read a few pages aloud to their fellow writers, then receive feedback. But the results are significant. First, there is the basic requirement of putting words on the page and showing up to the workshop, which, for desk-bound writers (never mind those in the grips of writer’s block), can be a challenge. More importantly however, the process of reading one’s work aloud and getting responses from other writers gives new perspectives and illuminates blind spots. Covering a diversity of topics from an A to Z of Bible commentary by Phoenix Hocking, to a fictionalized remembrance of a Polish grandmother who survived the holocaust by her wits and tenacity by Michael Fryd, to a murder mystery series set in a church in Seattle by Kathie Deviny, the Carpinteria Writers’ Group is comprised of members with a focused and sustained writing practice. The work is done in isolation, but commentary from fellow writers keeps the group’s members sharp. “It’s a pet peeve of mine,” one writer told another during the Tuesday, March 19, meeting, “when a writer comments (in the work) on their own writing.” It was aCoastal pointedView bit ofNews criticism, well684-4428 taken • Tel:but (805) and a testament to the trust the writers share. Then Suzanne Ahn, writing a fictionalized history set in Germany after WWI, evoked the Weimar Republic and the political and economic tensions of the HERRICK time to general praise and encouragement the books writers read, as much as the ones they write, determine the from the group. The writers spoke about the challenges direction of their work.

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they face: whether it be not finding an artist to illustrate a graphic novel and therefore beginning the process of painting and drawing the material oneself, as Sue Perry is doing for her science fiction detective story, or working to finish a third installment of a murder mystery series like Deviny. Deviny shared a story that perhaps best illustrates the power of writing: A fellow parishioner in Seattle, from the church where Deviny’s series is set, so loved the first two books that she intends to read them again even though a diagnosis has left her only three months to live. Deviny plans to get the manuscript of the third book to the woman as soon as possible. Using the technique of creative nonfiction, Julia Offen is writing an ethnography that is informed by her time as a circus worker in Europe. Mike Winneguth shared a revised excerpt from his thriller set in Los Angeles and said to the group, “With everyone’s help last week I rewrote the ending,” which promises to keep readers enthralled. The Carpinteria Writers’ Group started as an adult education creative writing class in 2009, and became a writing group when members wanted to continue meeting when the class ended. A library-sponsored group, the CWG uses the common room at no-charge and holds several events in the evenings there as well. Additional members of the group attending the Tuesday, March 19, meeting wereThursday, Hal Price, author “Eli2019 Benjamin Marchof14, 9 Bear, a hearts journey home,” and Brian Silsbury, who recently read from his work “Memories of the Mallard” about locomotives in England at the Center Stage Theater in Santa Barbara. The Carpinteria Writers’ Group meets each Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Carpinteria Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave.

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Community leaders joined Girls Inc. of Carpinteria’s Board of Directors, staff and girls on Thursday, March 14, to celebrate the completed installation of the new 30-kilowatt solar electric system. Girls Inc. of Carpinteria’s new photovoltaic solar electric system is expected to provide approximately half of the organization’s electricity for the next 25 years. The system was installed as part of Community Environment Council’s Solarize Nonprofit pilot project, a program designed to help local nonprofits go solar and run off renewable energy without upfront costs. The program grew out of CEC’s residential Solarize program, which has helped 735 homeowners go solar. The installation at Girls Inc. was completed in partnership between CEC, Asteri Solar, who provided the funding for the project, and local solar installer Sun Pacific Solar Electric, Inc. Girls Inc. is the second nonprofit to complete installation through the program, following the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition. The organization is projected to save over $300,000 on their future electricity bills by using solar power through the Solarize Nonprofit program. “The solar installation project is part of our Board of Directors’ long-range planning and broad visioning for the future of the Carpinteria campus, and an example of the collaborations we want to foster with other community partners,” said Lisa Murphy Rivas, interim executive director at Girls Inc. of Carpinteria. “The organization will greatly benefit from significant savings in our operating expenses and the ability to utilize clean, renewable energy. “The Girls Inc. of Carpinteria girls on campus today will remember being with the organization the year we started taking steps for the future of our campus and the environment!” Rivas added.

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Girls Inc. member Lupita Fuentes cuts the ribbon in celebration of new solar panels for the Carpinteria campus. The solar project is part of Girls Inc.’s campus-wide effort to reduce energydemand and upgrade the facility, including new energy-efficient lighting that was also recently installed. “We are delighted to support Girls Inc. of Carpinteria and their important mission,” said Matt Riley of Asteri Solar. “They have been an amazing partner on this project, and we look forward to reducing their operating costs with solar power.” Asteri Solar launched in 2018 to support the community through impact investing in solar for nonprofit organizations. The ribbon cutting ceremony included representatives from CEC, Girls Inc. of Carpinteria, Sun Pacific, Carpinteria Mayor Wade Nomura, and representa-

tives from the offices of Senator HannahBeth Jackson, Assemblymember Monique Limón, Congressman Salud Carbajal and Supervisor Das Williams. “Carpinteria has always been at the forefront of sustainability efforts and the newly completed solar system at Girls Inc. of Carpinteria is a great example,” said Nomura. Kadie McShirley of Supervisor Das Williams’ office applauded the organization, “We are proud to honor Girls Inc. of Carpinteria for doing their part to reduce greenhouse gases and create a sustainable future for us all.”

While Solarize Nonprofit has already identified several nonprofits for funding through the pilot, there may be additional capacity for the program. Eligible nonprofits must own their buildings or be in long-term leases and have facilities suitable for solar. Nonprofits may apply at SolarizeNonprofit.org. Girls Inc. of Carpinteria serves more than 700 girls each year, helping them navigate gender, economic and social barriers and grow into healthy, educated and independent adults. To learn more, visit girlsinc-carp.org.

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In the story “The Old Man and the Beach,” from his new collection of self-published stories titled “Clean Shorts,” local author Gary Delanoeye draws a clear-eyed portrait of sunrise on the beach at the end of Linden Avenue: “Facing out to sea at 6:30 a.m. I am looking due south. The sun rises in a clear sky to my left. It is an oddity of this California coastline, this east-west orientation, and it changes everything. It changes the weather and it changes how man and sea get along.” Experiences with at-risk youth in his career in education informed Delanoeye’s ﬁrst two novels “Checking in at the Crowbar Hotel” and “Letters from the Outs,” but “Clean Shorts” covers different slices of life with humor, insight and drama. Delanoeye writes that his story, “Old Man and the Beach” is “inspired by time spent in the mornings on the bench by the volleyball nets at the end of “Clean Shorts” by Gary Linden.” His books are available on Amazon.com Delanoeye is available on or via his website garydelanoeye.com.

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The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County will host Andreina Diaz of EyeSee Santa Barbara for a sunset photography workshop titled “Nature Photography Made Easy,” and a tour of the Rincon Bluffs Preserve on Sunday, March 31, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Diaz will share techniques for taking successful pictures at dusk, including tips on general composition, use of ﬂash and proper exposure. The workshop will also cover the topic of exposure adjustment and basic camera settings and smartphone/ iPhone features. All photographic skill levels are welcome. Advance registration is required, and the cost is $25 for adults and $10 for children 15-years-old or younger. A two-mile Rincon Bluffs loop tour will provide opportunities for workshop attendees to practice photography tips for capturing high-quality seascapes of the coastline at dusk. For more information or to register for the workshop, contact Jennifer Stroh by email at jstroh@sblandtrust.org or by phone at (805) 966-4520.

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The 2019 Channel Islands Surfboards Rincon Classic is on

By ChRisTian Beamish

For 19 years, Chris Keet, the owner of Surf Happens surf school, has run the Rincon Classic. The surf at Rincon, known as “The Queen of the Coast,” can be a bit fickle, since the point requires a swell from a westerly direction with a certain interval of seconds between waves to work properly. But when it’s breaking, the waves are world-class. Still, over a four-month waiting period, the decision for which weekend to run the Classic rests on Keet’s shoulders alone. Like an oracle to the local surfing community, Keet must judge local weather conditions and interpret swell models from weeks out to make the right call, which he inevitably and unerringly does each year. On Monday, March 18, Keet spoke about the 2019 Channel Islands Surfboards Rincon Classic, which he has determined will run Saturday and Sunday, March 23-24. Christian Beamish: The forecast has turned in your favor. Chris Keet: Things are looking up. It’s been a pretty chaotic jet stream all winter, starting in the middle of January. This forecast was looking really good two weeks ago, and then, as of five or six days ago, it was downgraded substantially. Then on Saturday night I got a text from a friend that said, “The Brownie swell is coming.” Beamish: This year, the contest is dedicated to the memory of Chris Brown? Keet: Definitely. Every year it seems the community is coming together for a reason. Last year, it was a celebration of healing (after the Thomas Fire and Jan. 9 debris flow), and this year it’s the same thing but a different kind of healing. We lost someone very near and dear to us, Chris Brown. The very first surf contest he ever did was the Rincon Classic was back in 1982 when he was 11-year-old, and the last surf contest that he did was in 2017 at the Rincon Classic. He was such a light in our community, and that light lives on in all of us, and when we all come together—there’s going to be countless stories and memories re-lived, and comradery and everyone’s going to be smiling like Brownie, and sharing in the sport that he loved and the community he loved, at the wave that he loved. Beamish: Are there new elements to the Rincon Classic this year? Keet: We’re going to be doing live interviews with people as they win their heats. We have a live webcast this year, that’s conducted with the STACT App scoring system as well. Beamish: Can you explain the STACT App scoring system? Keet: It allows people to see the scores on their phones as the contest is going on. It’s worked out through USA Surfing/usasurfing.org. We work with them for the scaffolding (for the competition site), and we were working with them for the computer scoring system in the past, but they brought in STACT App scoring as well. Beamish: How does the format work? Keet: This year we’ve added five minutes to each heat, so instead of 15-minute heats, it’s 20-minute heats, (a surfer’s) top-two waves are counted towards advancement out of a (10-wave maximum a surfer can catch). There are divisions from the Gremlins 12-and-under, all the way up to the Legends 56 plus. There

The Rincon Classic brings a world-class surf competition infrastructure to the local scene. are 10 regular divisions, as well as the Rincon Brewery Pro specialty division with the top pro surfers in the area, and the Expression Session. Beamish: Who do you have on tap for the pros this year? Keet: There are all the resident pros that can make it. We have Conner and Parker Coffin. Just like for Brownie, this was their first contest back in the day and they both happen to be in town this weekend, so we have them confirmed. We have a couple other of the larger names in the area that were on the fence, but they’re probably going to jump off the fence and into the line-up because the surf is going to be good! And back to the swell turning in our favor: you know, my friend texted me that the “Brownie” swell was coming, and then I went and looked (at the computer storm-tracking system) and they were saying decreasing swell Saturday with a little bump up Sunday—all of a sudden there was a swell Wednesday, peaking Thursday, that was straight West,

and then another swell building all day Saturday into Sunday that was even bigger. Right now, they’re saying (the swell direction) will be coming in at 290 degrees West, which is great for the Indicator (section of Rincon Point) and maybe good for the Cove. They’re calling for head-high to maybe double-overhead surf. We’ve been waiting… Beamish: What else should people know about the event this weekend? Keet: That it’s an all-ages, super fun, family-friendly event. There’s a ton of sand at the beach right now, so there will be lots of room for everyone to hang out. Come out and check out the area’s best surfers. Spend the weekend with friends and family. There will be prizes and all kinds of schwag on the beach. We’re doing beach clean-ups too, to “be green to the Queen,” which was always one of Brownie’s favorite things to say. It’s going to be a great weekend. It’s going to be an excellent way for the most anticipated event of the winter to kick off, right in the first weekend of spring.

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Beamish: Is the awards event happening at Padaro Beach Grill? Keet: The SIMA (Surf Industry Manufacturer’s Association) Classic Sunday Awards Ceremony will be Sunday night at Padaro Beach Grill (3765 Santa Claus Lane) from 6:30 to 9 p.m. We’ll be honoring all of the finalists, showcasing a slide show and video presentation honoring the Jeff White Aloha Award Inductee for 2019, Bob Haakenson (a longtime surfboard laminator in Santa Barbara). We will be launching a new perpetual trophy—the Chris Brown Eternal Stoke trophy—to someone within our community that gives back without expecting anything, just by being themselves, that shares positive energy, and always is carrying that light about them and doing good works within the community. There are those people, that just the way they are, who they are, and what they do—they’re not looking for affirmation, they’re not looking for recognition. What they’re looking for they already found, and that’s the eternal stoke.

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stephen scrafford of santa Barbara placed first in the 10K run with a time of 35:22.

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Charles Bryant of Carpinteria finished the 5K with a time of 26:24.

at the 5K youth winners’ podium, from left, are Jonah sloan (20:16), Owen Coleman (20:03) and Carter Cox (20:04).

Anna Cortes-Martinez of Carpinteria finished the 5K with a time of 25:07, placing 33rd.

Stefano Piccoletti finished the 5K with a time of 27:41.

Orchard to Ocean is a run in the sun for schools Photos by Robin KaRlsson

It was a sunny, breezy, beautiful day and bodies were on the move for the 27th annual Orchard to Ocean (O2O) fundraiser run on March 16. Hundreds of speedsters of all ages were out on the 1-kilometer fun run and 5- and 10-kilometer trails, from cross-town to the Bluffs, racing to raise money for Carpinteria Education Foundation. First-place finishers were Brad Durant, 30, of Ventura in the 5K, and Stephen Scrafford, 29, of Santa Barbara in the 10K.

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Top 10 racers

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Brad Durant

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