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from Coastal View News • March 9, 2023

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Pool Closures: March 15, 22 and 24

The Carpinteria Community Pool will be closed on March 15, 22 and 24 for Carpinteria High School swim meetings, starting at 2:30 p.m. each day. The Carpinteria Community Pool is located at 5305 Carpinteria Ave.

W. Susanne Puentes Gemeinhardt 03/13/1947 – 10/22/2022

W. Susanne Puentes Gemeinhardt, better known and loved as Susan, Sue and Susie, passed away on Oct. 22, 2022. Her passing occurred in Mesa, AZ, under hospice care, after a long battle with melanoma. She was 75 years young.

Flagstaff Buick GMC and Team Nissan Oxnard. She was well respected by her co-workers. In her “free” time, she loved spending time with her family, cooking, sewing and scrapbooking. She enjoyed many genres of music, including music of the 60s, Jazz and Johnny Mathis. She was the number one top fan of Benise. She traveled to many cities to hear him perform.

Covid-19 numbers as of March 2

County reports one new Covid-19 death

Santa Barbara County reported one new death related to Covid-19 last week. Covid-19 cases in Santa Barbara County increased slightly, with the weekly average of PCR cases now up by 8.5%. Cases are often underreported within the county, due to the rise in at-home testing.

Covid-19 community levels still remain low within Santa Barbara County. The dominant strain of Covid-19 reported on the southern West Coast is XBB.1.5. Everyone six months and older should receive an updated bivalent booster; see more at vaccines.gov.

County seeks input for Climate Adaptation Plan

Santa Barbara County released a Climate Adaptation Plan survey late last week, asking community members who have dealt with climate hazards to provide their input. The county will use the results to develop a “stronger” Climate Adaptation Plan, according to a press release released last week.

“Our local communities are continuously being faced with new and more intense weather conditions and time and again they have demonstrated how resilient they can be,” First District Supervisor Das Williams said. “We highly encourage all residents to take this opportunity to share their thoughts, concerns, and experiences as we look to implement strategies that will benefit community members countywide.”

The survey can be found at bit.ly/SBCAdapts. See more at countyofsb.org/adaptationplan.

Sue was born in San Francisco, CA, to Rudy and Betty Puentes on March 13, 1947. She attended Carpinteria schools and graduated from Carpinteria High School in 1965. In 2013, Sue and her husband moved to Prescott Valley, AZ. She was a dedicated comptroller for many years at various car dealerships, including

Sue is survived by her husband Steven Gemeinhardt; her daughter Tiffany (Shad) Haller; her sisters Peggy Puentes and Teri (Carlos) Gonzales; her niece and nephew Nikki (Greg) Nielsen, Alejandro (Charlotte) Medina, Hollister Puentes and Hunter Nielsen and stepchildren Marian (Doug) Guy, Bo Gemeinhardt, Anna Gemeinhardt and Joanie (Timothy) Beschorner. “Mana” adored her grandchildren, Ashley (Cody), Chance, Taylor (Sam), Logan, Grace, Mason and Greylee. She will be remembered by her family and friends for her unconditional love and support, her gracious spirit and infectious laugh, and will be deeply missed by all that knew her.

A celebration of her life will be held at the Lions Park, Carpinteria, on Monday, March 13, Susie’s 76th birthday, at noon. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in her name to the Carpinteria High School Boosters Club, at P.O. Box 444, Carpinteria, CA 93014.

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Elizabeth (Betty) Webb Woodworth 08/17/1921 – 02/20/2023

Elizabeth (Betty) Webb Woodworth died of natural causes on Feb. 20, 2023, in Santa Barbara. She was born on Aug. 17, 1921, in Hamden, Connecticut to Anne Pinkney Webb and Paul Webb. She was the fifth of six children. Betty attended a junior college in Connecticut and later earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago in Library Science.

In 1939, Betty met the love of her life, Stanley Woodworth, and they married in 1943. They welcomed their first son, Stephen, in 1945, while Stan was attending Japanese Language school in Oklahoma. In 1948 the family moved to California; Stan became a language teacher at Cate School in Carpinteria, which would become Betty’s home for 68 years.

The family grew in number to five children. Betty became actively involved in the Junior League and the Music Academy of the West. In 1957, Cate School hired Betty as its first school librarian, a role she loved and the initial source of her legacy on the Cate mesa. She was an avid hiker and tennis player. She loved to play Scrabble or Backgammon, engage in social interactions and cook gourmet feasts.

Betty took up lawn bowling and played for almost 30 years. She was a regular volunteer at the Carpinteria Valley Historical Museum. She was always up for traveling opportunities. She became Cate School’s archivist after retiring from being the librarian and was a fierce champion for preserving the history of the school and its traditions. After serving for 48 years, she retired and from then until she left the mesa, at the age of 96, she was the unofficial hostess at a variety of events at the school. She was loved and admired by many at the school, both by staff and students. Among the students especially close to Betty was their Turkish Exchange student, Haluk Topaloglu, who has remained in constant contact for 50 years.

In 2016, Betty left the mesa to live in assisted living quarters in Santa Barbara. She maintained her interest in activities and games and especially music. She was 101 when she died peacefully, and she was surrounded by family, love, laughter and joy the last week of her life. Betty will be missed by all who knew her. She will be remembered for her kind and welcoming spirit.

Betty is survived by her five children, Stephen Davis Woodworth (Robin), Peter Webb Woodworth (Beverley), Susan Slade Johnston, Anne Allcott Parkford and Elizabeth Ives Hansen (Brooks). In addition, she is survived and loved by twelve grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband Stanley Davis Woodworth, her parents Paul and Anne Webb, her brothers Peter Webb and Charles Webb and her sisters Mary Webb, Helen Mulvey and Anne Haas.

Betty nourished people around her with love and kindness. A celebration of life will be held at Cate School Chapel on June 4, 2023, at 10:30 a.m., with a reception to follow. There will be a memorial mass for Betty at St Joseph’s Catholic Chapel, located at Ash Avenue and Seventh Street in Carpinteria, on March 18, 2023, at 11:30 a.m.