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16 coming home to finney Where stood relics of the old drilling heydays of Summerland, corroding warehouses and miles of broken pipes, Summerland’s Finney streets are now a pocket neighborhood of elegant Nantucket-style homes and classic beach cottages. Guarded by access over the railroad tracks and beyond a wall of green, coming home to the Finney views is enhanced by 14 select spots on the serene California coastline.
28 the man with the golden pen Dan Siegle began his illustration career in the Golden
Age of comic books, feature length cartoons and comic book versions of Walt Disney movies. Today, the 88-year-old still enjoys hitting the drawing board. He drew the Hopalong Cassidy comic strip in the 1950s and now, coming full circle, is inking a new Hopalong graphic novel among other works in progress. A super man in his own right, this Carpinterian’s pen, ink, and drawing board have aged to perfection.
38 Kids on the farm Carpinteria High School’s Future Farmers of
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America program is so popular, students come to campus seven days a week. The local organization is recognized as a leader in the state, and Carpinteria’s curriculum includes raising livestock, field crops, greenhouse plants and flowers, and leadership councils. Innovation in the works, the tractor restoration program takes old, rusty buckets of bolts from the fields and restores them to shiny new glory—sowing the seeds for tomorrow’s mechanics.
50 the road most traveled Take a look in the rearview mirror on a vintage trek
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down the Old Coast Highway, and you’ll find the Pacific Coast trail leads right down memory lane on Carpinteria Avenue. The transition from the ’30s to current day Carpinteria is what California’s auto history is all about. From the very early days of the motoring to the recently proposed widening of 101, seaside Carpinteria has earned its famous moniker “world’s safest beach.” Day trip destination and vacation escape, Carpinteria draws over one million visitors each year.
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