Santa Barbara News-Press: October 28, 2020

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On the road again

Educator right at home in Gaviota Dr. Lois Peterson becomes new superintendent/principal - A3

Our 165th Year

Former Westmont soccer star Maddi Berthoud takes her talents to Italy - A7

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Dodgers win the World Series Team takes home first championship in more than three decades

By GERRY FALL

Rays for 7 2/3 innings, with Julio Urias getting the final seven outs — four of which came by way of the strikeout. The Dodgers didn’t do much, offensively, but what they did was good enough. They scored two runs in the sixth inning on a wild pitch and a fielder’s choice, and Mookie Betts finished the scoring with a solo home run in the

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The wait is over. After 32 years without a World Series title, the Dodgers ended that long drought on Tuesday night with a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 6 in Arlington, Texas. L.A.’s bullpen was the story of the contest, shutting out the

bottom of the eighth. In a curious move, Rays manager Kevin Cash took out his starter, Blake Snell, after the veteran lefty gave up a lead-off single to Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes in the sixth. It was just the second hit Snell allowed to go along with nine strikeouts to that point. “I’m not exactly sure why, I’m not going to ask any questions,” Betts

said when asked about the move to remove Snell from the game. “He was pitching a great game. … They made the pitching change, and that seems like all we needed.” It was a move that backfired on Cash after his hard-throwing reliever, Nick Anderson, gave up a double to Betts, uncorked a wild pitch that scored Barnes, and gave up the second run on a fielder’s

Happy 100th

choice ground out to first by World Series MVP Corey Seagar. Rays’ rookie Randy Arozarena homered in the first to give his team a 1-0 lead before the Dodgers finally broke through in the sixth. It’s L.A.’s first World Series title since 1988 and the franchise’s seventh. The Dodgers had to come back in the National League Championship Series when they were down three

games to one to Atlanta. After winning three straight to close out the Braves, the Dodgers won the final two games against Tampa Bay to win the World Series. Tampa Bay has played in two World Series — this season and in 2008. The Rays lost both times. email: gfall@newspress.com

Masked and Mighty Coalition of healthcare providers and educators launch mask campaign

Samarkand parade honors Peggy Hayes on her birthday

By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Residents of Santa Barbara County are going to see more than just holiday lights brightening up the community this year. A coalition of the top health care providers and educators countywide announced the launch of the Masked and Mighty campaign on Tuesday in a virtual press conference via Zoom. The campaign aims to “save lives, reduce the transmission of COVID-19, reopen businesses and schools and maintain access to health care.” The partners hope to

accomplish this through robust, positive messaging through advertising, “powering up Santa Barbara County” and providing educational materials for parents and educators. Coalition members include: County of Santa Barbara, Sansum Clinic, Cottage Health, CenCal Health, Central Coast Medical Association, Lompoc Valley Medical Center, Lompoc Valley Pediatric Care Center, Marian Regional Medical Center, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara County Promotores Network, Santa Barbara Please see masks on A8

A ballot box outside the Anacapa St. side of the Santa Barbara County Administration building.

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101,000 ballots returned in Santa Barbara County thus far By JOSH GREGA NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

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Former Santa Barbara County Courthouse docent Peggy Hayes celebrated her 100th birthday Tuesday and was thrown a car parade by her retirement community, Covenant Living at the Samarkand.

By JOSH GREGA

This is one of the many decorated cars in the car parade held for newly turned centenarian Peggy Hayes.

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Covenant Living at the Samarkand retirement community celebrated the 100th birthday of one of its residents with a car parade Tuesday morning. Shortly after 10:30 a.m., former Santa Barbara County Courthouse volunteer docent Peggy Hayes took her seat at a balloon-decorated throne in front of the senior living center, greeted by her friends and a line of cars decorated with birthday messages. After the car parade made two gos around the Santa Barbara community’s looping entrance, the residents sang “Happy Birthday” to Ms. Hayes, and she expressed her gratitude to them for holding such a celebration. She told her friends that she was “overwhelmed” by the gesture. Please see 100 on A8 FOLLOW US ON

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As of Tuesday afternoon, there were 101,000 ballots returned in Santa Barbara County. In an interview with the NewsPress, Santa Barbara County Clerk, Recorder, Assessor and Registrar of Voters Joe Holland said the most surprising thing about the ballots returned thus far is that a majority, 55,000, have been sent in through ballot drop boxes rather than vote by mail, which has been used to cast 46,000 ballots. “It’s pretty amazing. These drop boxes have turned out to be very popular,” he said. There are currently 30 voter drop boxes in Santa Barbara County and their locations can be found online at countyofsb.org/ care/elections. Roughly 55,000 of the returned ballots thus far have been Democrat, 24,000 Republican, and 19,000 have had no party preference. There is also a handful that are scattered among

different parties. Mr. Holland said there has been a fair increase in Santa Barbara County’s registered voters, growing from 227,000 in March to more than 235,000 registered voters now. “Not a huge increase, but you’ve gotta remember that people can still register to vote now up through Election Day,” Mr. Holland remarked. 400 of the ballots returned to County Elections as of Monday were missing signatures and 200 ballots had signatures that didn’t match those on their corresponding voter registrations. To those individuals, County Elections will send letters detailing how to correct the missing or unmatching signatures. In addition to the 30 drop boxes, starting Saturday, Oct. 31, County Elections will open 35 in-person voting locations. These will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day. email: jgrega@newspress.com

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Classified............... A6 Life.................... A3-4 Obituaries............. A8

Saturday’s SUPER LOTTO: 8-20-22-34-35 Meganumber: 3

Tuesday’s DAILY 4: 8-2-8-8

Tuesday’s MEGA MILLIONS: 6-13-34-46-62 Meganumber: 1

Tuesday’s FANTASY 5: 4-18-19-31-35

Tuesday’s DAILY DERBY: 02-03-06 Time: 1:41.00

Saturday’s POWERBALL: 18-20-27-45-65 Meganumber: 6

Soduku................. A5 Weather................ A8

Tuesday’s DAILY 3: 9-2-9 / Sunday’s Midday 1-2-4


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