Twenty-five-year-old Eric Lund of Lompoc only bowls for fun, but he takes the sport seriously—even seriously enough to argue for its inclusion in the Olympics. “When you compare bowling to other sports in the Olympics, it seems like a no-brainer,” Lund told the Sun. “It’s competitive and demanding, and it takes more skill than most […]
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Lance Wallace
What better way to celebrate a birthday than to swim a mile for every candle on the cake? Santa Maria resident Lance Wallace didn’t want cake or presents for his birthday this year. Wallace turned 65 in January, and his one birthday wish was to swim a total of 65 miles before the end of […]
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Wildling Museum reaches campaign goal of $1.8 million
The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature met its campaign goal of raising $1.8 million in order to secure the purchase of the building it currently rents. The total purchase price of the building is $2.6 million. The family foundation of former Wildling board chair, Peter Adams, offered to loan the remaining $1.8 million provided […]
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Boys & Girls Club celebrates renovations with ribbon cutting
The Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting to celebrate the recent building upgrades to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Maria Valley location on Railroad Avenue in late February. Major renovations were made to the location’s gymnasium and kitchen. The general exterior of the building also got a facelift. “This […]
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Randi Robertson
More than 5,000 archers of all ages gathered in Las Vegas, Nev., in February for the 2017 Vegas Shoot competition—the largest indoor archery tournament in the world—including 15-year-old Randi Robertson of Santa Maria. Robertson, a sophomore at Pioneer Valley High School, was excited but intimidated at the same time by the amount of people at […]
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Wildling Museum receives $75,000 from Santa Barbara Foundation
The Santa Barbara Foundation donated a grant of $75,000 to the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature’s building purchase campaign. The goal of the campaign is to raise $1.8 million, which will allow the Wildling Museum to close escrow on the purchase of the current building. “Our investment in the Wildling Museum of Art and […]
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Barbershop Harmony Society hosts youth festival
The Barbershop Harmony Society welcomes local music students to join the seventh annual Youth-in-Harmony Festival in Santa Maria. The festival is exclusively for middle school, high school, and community college students. Attendees will receive free singing lessons from experienced barbershop-style veterans. The event is sponsored by various local singing organizations, including the Central Coast Chordsmen […]
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C Gallery presents pop-up show
The C Gallery offers a pop-up show March 4 through 15 titled C Gals. The exhibit features three artists who were all former students of Connie Rohde, director of the C Gallery. An opening reception for C Gals is March 4 from 4 to 6 p.m. Featured artists are Chelsea Ward, Christi Schaeffer-Belle, and Callie […]
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Local artists chosen for Pastel 100 competition
Pastel Journal chose the works of three Santa Barbara artists—Linda Mutti, Kris Buck, and Ivanie Finsvik—for the 18th annual Pastel 100 competition. Only 100 entries were selected from thousands of submissions. The competition includes five categories: landscape, portrait/figure, still life/floral, animal/wildlife, and abstract. Mutti received fifth place in the landscape category for her painting Sunrise […]
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Santa Ynez Valley Airport hosts Student Aviation Club
The Student Aviation Club at the Santa Ynez Valley Airport held its first meeting Feb. 18 and will continue to meet. The club welcomes students ages 8 to 18 for its following meetings on March 18 and April 15. Club attendees will learn about aviation and aeronautics from local pilots. Students who participate will be […]
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PVHS student named Teen Star SB finalist
Daniel Geiger, student at Pioneer Valley High School (PVHS), was named one of the top 10 finalists in the 2017 Teen Star singing competition in Santa Barbara. Geiger will compete at the competition’s finale on Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Arlington Theatre. The competition includes young singers from all over Santa Barbara County. […]
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Reading the dance floor: DJ Tim Lopez gives local weddings a musical flair
Tim Lopez, owner and founder of Modern Symphony DJ, takes wedding planning to a meticulous level—especially when it came to his own. “My wife, fiancée at the time, just took a couple steps back and said, ‘All right, go ahead, work your magic,’” Lopez told the Sun. Lopez handled his own wedding reception the same […]
