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Show 02002111 Rl. REYNOLDS TORACCO CO meet on Linden Avenue the first weekend in October to enjoy food, music, arts Sc crafts, and entertainment, while munching avocados. People come for the food," says Lin Graf, president of the festival and executive director of the chamber of commerce. All our food for the festival has to have avocado in it. We even have avocado ice cream. Amidst the mix of seaside and avocado, a company ld QAD software thrives as Carpinteria s largest employer. But Eric Christianson, QAD's global travel manager, admits working from his office can be tough. 1 look out over the Pacific Ocean and the Channel Islands from the bluffs of Carpinteria. I have to turn my back on the view or Id be mesmerized. We have employees who surf on their lunch break. More town abundance comes in the form ' t J i I !; of nine city parks, three county parks, and one state park all within city boundaries. I like to think of Carpinteria as a park with a community inside, as opposed to a community with parks, Roberts remarks. Among the gems in Carpi nterias crown is effort to purchase 52 the community-drive- n acres of bluff land previously held by private owners. The grassroots endeavor, comprised of every kind of donation from childrens piggy banks to sizeable personal checks raised a staggering $4 million to preserve one of the last remaining coastal open spaces between Goleta and Rincon Point. Citizens for the Bluffs got together to buy it and keep it from being developed, says Andrea Adams-Mordea volunteer. The bluffs now the to town and must be left as open belong n, space forever. Judith Hills. Stock is a freelance uriter from Granada Calif GETTING THERE,,,, Carpinteria is about 85 miles northwest of Los Angeles, off of El Camino Real (US.Hjiway 101). Coll Cotta or visit www.smokerswelcome.com toll-fre- e and web arte limited to tmokars 21 ye era of 90 or older. SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, And May Complicate Pregnancy. 15 For mg 'tar', 1 2 mg nicotine av per cigarette by FTC method more product information, visit www rjrt com |