Moving from being a panther to a cougar, graduating senior Chad De La Guerra has a bright future ahead of him. The Pioneer Valley High School graduate will be playing for College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, where he hopes to make the starting lineup for the Canyon Cougars. This achievement is due to […]
MALORY ENSOR
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Destination: Figueroa Mountain
Find nature for the indoor soul
I am not a hiker. I’ll admit that. When I was a child, hiking was seen as the glue that holds every good family together, and my family believed in serious amounts of Elmers, because every Sunday my dad would pile us in the car and drive us to some new nature walk, hiking trail, […]
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Exercise in the airwaves
Commercials. Bubblegum pop songs. Commercials. Static. Ads. It’s hard to find substance on the radio, but if it’s 6 p.m. on a Wednesday night, you might be in luck. Turn to ESPN 1280 and you’ll hear Ryan Foran, the founder of “Living the Run” radio show and website, and co-host and Olympian Paul Terek discussing […]
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Libraries among the endangered species
With the recent closure of B. Dalton Bookseller and Waldenbooks, bookstores are becoming harder and harder to find, and readers are turning to amazon.com and other online sources to purchase books. Students in search of “Farewell to Manzanar” and “A Separate Peace” and other required reading for schools are driving as far as San Luis […]
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Danny Lauer
The ground shakes and the engine roars, an angry machine begging to be set loose. The cars line up at the start, waiting for that green flag to signal the beginning of a fast-paced event. This adrenalin fueled, heart-pounding sport could only be racing—a competition that sends cars flying around a dirt track at speeds […]
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Get the stats on honored grads at Allan Hancock College
On Aug. 2, Allan Hancock College announced that 214 graduates from high schools in the Santa Maria Valley were named to the Deans Honors List for the spring 2011 semester, including 77 named to the Special Honors List. The college reports that, of the 214 graduates, 85 came from Righetti High School, 59 from Pioneer […]
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Women’s Fund donates $30,000 to youth leadership program
The young women of Santa Barbara County can put on their dancing shoes and kick up their heels. They have a lot of reasons to celebrate. To be exact, they have 30,000 reasons. On Aug. 10, the Women’s Fund of Northern Santa Barbara County will donate $30,000 to the new Teen Court project, which sponsors […]
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Not just a drop in the bucket
While the good things in life are free, Santa Maria residents have to account for all the things that still cost money. In times of economic recession, especially, going without to save money is more and more common, but if you can’t spare a dime, why spare a drop of water? A simple leaky faucet […]
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LUKAS SHECKHERD
There’s water everywhere, splashing in your eyes and mouth while your teammates scramble to get organized. This may sound similar to a Navy Seal operation, but it’s just a regular day for water polo player Lukas Sheckherd. Sheckherd, an up-and-coming water polo star, took up the sport as a hobby in elementary school. “I saw […]
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Cooking up something special
Arroyo Grande High School has something delicious cooking in the kitchen, and it’s all thanks to Rosa’s Italian Restaurant. The award-winning restaurant and its Executive Chef Doug MacMillan donated $5,400 to the Lucia Mar Unified School District Regional Occupational Program (ROP) Culinary Arts Program, with $3,738 going to the ROP program at Arroyo Grande High […]
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Vacancy opens on Lucia Mar Board of Education
The Lucia Mar Unified School District Board of Education is only as good as the people who serve on it, and, effective July 18, the board will be accepting applications to fill a vacancy due to the resignation of Tiffany Alcantara. After her change of residency to Oceano, Alcantara submitted her resignation in compliance with […]
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Half a million dollars should expand local school-based health care
For San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara County, it feels like it’s Christmas in July. Community Health Centers of the Central Coast (CHC) was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, included in the Affordable Care Act. This money will benefit the expansion of school-based health care services for uninsured […]