Lisa Adam remembers telling her mom when she was in her 20s that she hated sewing and she’d never do it. Her mother replied with a skeptical “OK,” and since then, Adam has sewed every day. Now, she’s made a business out of it. Adam opened Lily Stitches last year, which started as an embroidery […]
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Spotlight on: Charlotte’s Vintage Silver & Western Treasures
Charlotte Becerra, owner
Having a business is no new experience for Charlotte Becerra. She began working in retail when she was 8 years old, helping her mom in the family’s houseware stores. She started up her own business in her mother’s store when she was 12, where she sold toys and called it Charlotte’s Christmas Corner. Now, she’s […]
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Drought-tolerant plants still a wise choice for local gardens
The Central Coast doesn’t always get a lot of rain during the winter, but it consistently sees warm, dry weather come summertime. For those who have a garden to tend to, this can be problematic. Not enough water, and the plant dies. Too much time in the sun, and the plant dies. So what should […]
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Four Marian Regional Medical Center volunteers awarded ‘Volunteen’ scholarship
The Volunteen Scholarship Award recently gave $7,000 in scholarships to four local college-bound teens who volunteer at Marian Regional Medical Center. The four locals served many hours at Marian Regional Medical Center with the Volunteen program. Scholarship winner Alyssa Scannelli accumulated a total of 759 hours in the program—the most hours of any “volunteen” in […]
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Two Cuyama High School graduates land energy internships
Cuyama graduates Jazmin Ojedas and Karen Mancilla were selected to participate in this year’s summer internship program provided by energy producers. Ojedas will be interning with E&B Natural Resources while Mancilla will spend her internship with Macpherson Oil Company. E&B Natural Resources, California Resources Corporation, and Macpherson Oil Company collaborated with the California Independent Petroleum […]
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Partners in Education welcomes new board members
Partners in Education welcomed Santa Barbara City College President Anthony E. Beebe as its new board president, County Superintendent of Schools Susan Salcido as board secretary, and Terrain Consulting Principal Brian Robinson as the Computers for Families Committee chair. Formed in 1977 by local businesses and education leaders, Partners in Education helps meet the needs […]
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Hancock offers Saturday classes at Vandenberg AFB
Allan Hancock College will offer two six-week business classes taught at the Vandenberg Air Force Base Education Center for fall semester. The two classes, one for business organization and management and the other on customer service, will meet on Saturdays in the fall and count for college credit. The classes take place on base, but […]
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Hancock forms committee to review possible solutions for Campus Police Department
Allan Hancock College formed a committee consisting of six members to review options for the Allan Hancock College Campus Police Department after Hancock College Police Chief Paul Grohowski found six areas in need of immediate attention. Grohowski conducted multiple assessment reports of the police department and found inadequacies in staffing, officer backup, outdated procedures and […]
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Lompoc youth graduate Junior Police Camp
Lompoc’s Junior Police Camp saw 23 7- to 10-year-olds graduate from the program’s 2017 session. The graduates received a certificate of completion from Lompoc Police Chief Patrick Walsh and were treated to a barbecue meal at the end of the camp. The camp consisted of three training days in which the children learned about local […]
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Boys and Girls Club holds art classes with artist Henry Asencio
The Boys and Girls Club of Santa Maria Valley held a special event on June 23 featuring artist Henry Asencio delivering an hour of art instruction for members with an interest in fine art. Asencio was born in Los Angeles, but was raised in the Santa Maria Valley. Art lovers seek out his portraiture works […]
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Orcutt Academy students paint mural for hospital patients
Nine Orcutt Academy art students painted a new mural for the Marian Regional Medical Center’s terrace, a popular spot for patients and visitors. The mural was unveiled on June 16, and depicts the landscape of the Santa Maria Valley, according to a release from Dignity Health. Orcutt Academy High School’s advanced art teacher Dona Kintzi […]
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PCPA Costume Designer donates sketches to Hancock
Judy Ryerson (pictured), who designed more than 1,600 costumes for 64 PCPA productions, recently donated three boxes of costume-design sketches to Allan Hancock College. Laid out end to end, the sketches span almost three football fields, Ryerson said in a release from the college. After 30 years designing for PCPA productions, Ryerson felt like it […]