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Dos Pueblos campus confirmed to be safe
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When talking about the pier his book is based on, Mr. Bottoms said, “The pier was my babysitter. Everybody kept an eye on everybody,” which seems to foster a sense of community.
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Fishing is the center of Mr. Bottoms story, and he believes fishing and life share general principles, like patience and kindness.
“Kindness is really important — that goes for everything!” Mr. Bottoms told the News-Press. “Kindness to strangers is really important, and that’s one of the values I wanted to put in the book.”
Further, he explained that his family and fishing comrades, mentioned in the back of the book, were inspiring to him.
“They mentored me, they were really gentle with me. You try to keep that (kindness) with you when you grow up.”
His book takes place in one day, and covers every detail — from the “endless laughter of the gulls” to the “soupy, misty fog” over the pier. Mr. Bottoms hopes to revitalize his readers’ childhoods with a story of his own.
Mr. Bottom said he wants this story to stimulate people’s childhoods.
“I want people to read it and see if any memories were woken up in their mind when they were a kid … I want children to read it and go, ‘Wow, that really happened!’ ”
Mr. Bottoms story covers the small details in one’s childhood that typically falls through the
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By CALEB BEEGHLY NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT
The recent environmental assessment at Dos Pueblos High School concluded that there are no health concerns, confirming preliminary analysis conducted by Santa Barbara County Public Health in February.
Geosyntec gathered and examined air and soil samples from outside and inside the Goleta school.
Geosyntec also tested for electromagnetic fields and radon. email: cbeeghly@newspress.com
In addition to this, the California Cancer Registry said it could not find a common link or cluster of cases among the cancer staff report.
Dr. Hilda Maldonado, superintendent of the Santa Barbara Unified School District, expressed gratitude to all involved and emphasized the district’s commitment to staff and student safety.
