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I am a third generation native of Santa Barbara County.
My family has a long history with the Santa Ynez Valley
and Buellton. My grandfather, Landon Barnes was born
in Los Olivos in 1899. He worked and lived for a time on
the old McMurry place here in Buellton. My mother and
her siblings grew up in the Valley and attended the old
Jonata School, where the library is now.
I lived in the Valley in the late sixties, attending the old
Los Olivos School and Santa Ynez High School. My
family then returned to Santa Barbara in 1969. I
graduated from Santa Barbara High School and earned
a BA and a teaching credential from UCSB. I moved to
Buellton five years ago and I am currently a teacher at
Laguna Blanca School in Santa Barbara
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