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Nostalgic Read

So nice to read that David and Marsha Karpeles are still investing in the area.

So nice
to read that David
and Marsha Karpeles
are still investing in the area and rebuilding after
the debris flow) and to see that Joan
Wells
is endorsing a candidate. Joan and Supervisor David Yager were
helpful in getting my Toro Canyon lot split approved in 1979.

David and
Marsha were acquaintances in the 1980-90s. They visited my Toro ranch for a BBQ
c 1985, and I once played Dave a couple games of chess — and lost all of them.
I heard he was a former president of the Santa Barbara Chess club and held a
Master rating. David and Marsha now sponsor the Karpeles Manuscript
Library/Museum. Nice folks all of them!