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Terry Brown and her four-legged pal Cassie know that a short walk down a dirt path on the Carpinteria Bluffs yields crowd-free basking in the sun. The pair harvested some vitamin d on the afternoon of Feb. 13, when sunny skies brought unseasonable heat to the West Coast. The weekend’s warmth lured many locals out of doors for the type of play that flouted the current calendar page. More photos of local recreation can be found on pages 12 and 13.
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At left, Warrior boys soccer player Oscar Trujillo battles with Cate player Iman Fardghassemi in the recent 1-1 tie between the Tri-Valley League co-champions. Cate edged the Warriors in the season series but both finished with 8-11 TVL records. Cate enters playoffs as the TVL top seed and Carpinteria High School gets the second spot from the league in the CIF Division 4 playoffs. Cate hosts Saugus at 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20, and the Warriors host Centennial (Compton) at 5 p.m. the same day.
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From left, Lion Jeff Moorhouse congratulates Deputy Dave Maupin for earning the 2014 Public Service Officer Award.
Lions laud Deputy Maupin
Pictured, from left, are Lowell Milken of the Milken Family Foundation, Canalino School Principal Jamie Persoon, CUSD Interim Superintendent Jeff Chancer, teacher Brandon Sportel, CUSD School Board President Andy Sheaffer and California State Superintendent Tom Torlakson.
Canalino teacher honored with Milken Educator Award
Brandon Sportel earns prestigious recognition and $25,000
The Carpinteria Lions Club honored Deputy Dave Maupin of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s DepartBY PETER DUGRÉ ment with its 2014 Public Service Officer Award. Maupin, who works out of the Carpinteria Substation, was nominated by Sergeant Garret Te Slaa for his excellent Canalino School teacher Brandon Sportel said service to the community. “Deputy Maupin continues he was nervous going to school on April 8. He was to excel at his ability to identify and proactively seek tasked with playing guitar during the school song out and intervene in on-going criminal activity. During for an assembly featuring special guest California 2014, his ability to self-initiate contact with criminal susSuperintendent of Public Schools Tom Torlakson. pects has no doubt prevented dozens if not hundreds of The event would be big, the state’s top educator in Carpinterians from becoming victims of crime,” stated a room packed with representatives of the school, Sergeant Te Slaa. school district and City of Carpinteria. Shortly after At age 2, Maupin was adopted by a Las Vegas couple theSWING assembly began, another special guest, Lowell BILL and moved to the United States from Malaysia. He Milken of the Milken Family Foundation, took the Carpinteria High School pole vaulter Jimmy clearsarea 11 feet, inches to win the event grew up in Graves the Las Vegas then 8earned a degree microphone. There was a secret reason the assembly in a dual meet against Fillmore High School on April 9. Carpinteria Valley Memorial Stadium in Computer Information Systems from Cal Lutheran had been called, Milken said, and after a cleverly nd will be a track and field mecca over the nextinmonth starting with this weekend’s Russell University Thousand Oaks in 2002. After a few years102 BY LEA craftedBOYD build up, he divulged that Sportel had been as ainfithe refighter Forestry Division, Maupin Cup, the longest running track meet state.with The the meet on Saturday, April 18, features selected for the Milken Educator Award, a prize of thefrom Santathroughout Barbara Sheriff’s Office in 2005 work- an influx hundreds of the top small-school joined athletes California and promises $25,000, also known as “The Oscars of Teaching.” Goleta, Carpinteria, in Court will Services of sporting families to Carpinteria ing for in the afternoon. The stadium alsoand be back home toThe the After FiretheBoard unanimously voted announcement, a thrilled Sportel was to Carpinteria, which he considers the best area work Santa Barbara County Championship, Tri-Valley League Championship andtoCIF Prelims.thrust For into the spotlight. He said, “I came in with on May 19 to release Chief Mike Mingee He currently serves more track and field news, turn to in. Sports on page 15. as a deputy and field training nerves ... nothing compares to the way I feel now.” officer and aspires to one day become a sergeant. from his employment contract with the The Milken Family Foundation had identifi ed Lion and longtime chair of the Public Service Officer Sportel as a deserving teacher through its search, Award program, Jeff Moorhouse said, “I am very im-Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protecand according to Milken the award “is not a lifetime pressed with Deputy Maupin, his professionalism, histion District a year before its close. The achievement award. We’re looking for individuals dedication to the job and his commitment to his family. early in their career with the potential to accomplish Carpinteria is very lucky to have Deputy Maupin serv-fire chief’s departure, effective Aug. 1, ing our community!” came on the heels of the settlement of a
even greater things.” Sportel is a special education teacher for kindergarten through fifth-graders in Carpinteria Unified School District, where he has worked for 10 years. He was also recently awarded as a Carpinteria Valley Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year for 2014. In his comments, Sportel shared the glory. He works with “the most loving and caring people,” he said, and “Those are the type of people I need to work with in order to accomplish what I want to do.” The students, as well, he said, keep him fresh. “I’m always surprised and am always learning from my students.” An integral part of the award is the assembly and exposure, meant to draw attention to educators as deserving and influential individuals. “I believe that teachers and principals have the most important job in our country,” Milken said. “We celebrate sports figures and entertainers ... but the teaching profession has not been part of that celebration. I find that very odd. Greatness in education should be recognized too.”
Mingee to step down as fire chief
lawsuit brought on by three firefighters against the chief as well as a failed bond election to fund new fire stations. DOBBINS The two-story office building at 5464 Carpinteria Ave. could be home to an assisted living facility soon.will leave with a $150,000 Mingee severance payment, which was negotiated when he was hired in 2007. In a inprepared statement he read Steadfast Senior Living has set its sights on conproperty include the addition of new windows the verting the office building between Casitas Plaza and building, construction of a trellis to cover an outdoor aloud during the fire board meeting, Carpinteria Creek into a 76-bed licensed Residential dining area and outdoor amenities such as garden, Care Facility for the Elderly. Plans, which are in the walking paths, courtyard patios and Mingee sitting areas. said that plans to leave the city’s preliminary review stage, are to demolish strucOne portion of the building, referred to in plans as district early have been in the works turally unnecessary interior walls in order to construct the Memory Wing, would include 19 beds and have since last September. He told Coastal 70 living units with private bathrooms throughout the its own secured outdoor area. The remaining 57 beds two-story, 51,539 square foot building. would be in the assisted living area. View News that he is “not being forced On April 16, the Architectural Review Board will Plans call for a reduction of parking spaces on the out” the lawsuit, though his deciconsider the plans, which include adding a covered site from 187 to 176, still far more than the 80by required porch area to create a more easily accessible entrance by the city for such a use. sion to leave early assisted in settling to the facility. Other proposed changes to the 4.1-acre the lawsuit. He declined to comment further on the lawsuit. The suit, filed in November 2013, alleged that Mingee and the fire district failed to act in the interest of firefighter safety and retaliated against the plaintiffs, Christopher Blair, Han Domini and Michael Hayek, when they raised safety concerns. Mingee told CVN that he stands by his initial claims that the allegations in the lawsuit are false. The Santa Barbara Independent reported this week that Mingee’s early departure from the district is a direct result of the settlement. The lawsuit was settled outside of court, and the parties involved have been asked not to speak on the terms. CVN does not have details on the settlement. At the board meeting, Mingee said he had been “kind of beat up at bit in the
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City to consider 76-bed rest home
Mike Mingee’s last day as CSFPD Fire Chief will be July 31. the wrong pond here; this is no scandalous issue.” Measure Z, which aimed to raise $10.65 million for a new fire station in Summerland and a remodeled Carpinteria station, failed to obtain the two-thirds voter approval necessary to pass in the May 5 election. The bond measure and station plans were of great importance to Mingee, who said he is disappointed by the outcome. “I’m convinced that the Board will continue to seek a solution to this critical issue,” he stated. The lawsuit alleged misconduct by Mingee starting in 2012 after Blair was hired as a battalion chief. Blair began reporting concerns over unsafe workplace conditions and health and safety violations, which Mingee failed to act
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Judy Mulford lofts her bid number in support of scholarships at the Carpinteria Boys & Girls Club during the club’s annual dinner and auction on the evening of May 16. Mulford and hundreds of other supporters of the local youth-serving organization contributed to the nearly $100,000 raised over the course of the