The Santa Maria Valley YMCA, Friends of Waller Park, and the Santa Maria Breakfast Rotary are teaming up to bring Family Day to Waller Park once again. The event has been happening each year for more than 35 years and draws more than 5,000 people a year to the park. In addition to vendors, this […]
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Emission regulations classes offered in Lompoc
During the month of August, Allan Hancock College is offering two free courses at the college’s Lompoc Valley center. The college and the Central California Environmental Training Center are offering the classes in collaboration with the California Air Resources Board. Fundamentals of Enforcement, or “Smoke School,” is a three-day course that provides a basic overview […]
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Fighting back for literacy
The United Way Power Reading program strikes again with an awards ceremony on Aug. 2 that will reward Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley students who made strides in the literacy program this summer. The City of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department partnered with the United Way and Fighting Back Santa Maria to meet the […]
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Algebra Academy boosts student math skills
A partnership between Cal Poly and Santa Maria High School boosted the math skills of 20 students from the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District during a weeklong algebra camp that ended on July 26. Students from Santa Maria and Pioneer Valley high schools participated. They were given mind-teasing math problems and guided to […]
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Allan Hancock College gets new student reps
Two new student representatives will take the helm as Allan Hancock College begins a new school year. Peter Gonzalez, 20, from Santa Maria, was elected as the Associated Student Body president in spring 2013. Gonzalez will serve until spring 2014. Lauren Kueffler, 19, from Nipomo, was sworn in as the new student trustee on the […]
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Leadership camp ceremony honors foster teens
Nine foster teenagers who dedicated most of their summer to LEGIT—Leaders Establishing Great Ideas for Tomorrow—were awarded for their hard work at a ceremony in Santa Maria on June 19. The Santa Barbara County Education Office’s Transitional Youth Services program organized the leadership camp, but the attending teenagers gave the camp its name and helped […]
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First 5 calls for input from community
First 5 Santa Barbara County is holding a series of meetings to gain information from the community about what services are needed for children from birth to 5 years old. The First 5 commission will use information gleaned from the meetings as it gets started on the strategic plan for the next three years. The […]
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Santa Maria High student takes top honors at Santa Barbara County Fair
Josh Mendez of the Santa Maria High School Future Farmers of America wins Round Robin Showmanship award
Josh Mendez of the Santa Maria High School Future Farmers of America club won the Round Robin Showmanship award, and showed the Supreme Champion Meat Goat and the Reserve Champion Market Sheep at the recent Santa Barbara County Fair. The round robin is an event that requires exhibitors to show pigs, cows, sheep, and goats. […]
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Foodbank receives big grants from Walmart
Grogan Park was a busy place on July 11. Children were playing on the jungle gym, eating, and cycle-blending smoothies, and near the park’s community center, the Walmart Foundation awarded two grants totaling $120,000 to the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County. Of that money, $45,000 will specifically go to the Food Bank’s Picnic in […]
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A place to find books
Altrusa International, Inc. of the Central Coast will be giving away free children’s and adult books during its annual Festival of Books this summer. The event is held from noon to 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoons upstairs in the Town Center Mall in Santa Maria. This year’s festival will have three more events, July 28 […]
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Celebrating the power of reading
Guadalupe Summer Academy students were awarded for their accomplishments in the United Way Power Reading program on July 11 with certificates, gift cards, school supplies for next year, and root beer floats. One hundred students from fourth through eighth grades enrolled in the United Way program at Mary Buren Elementary School this summer as a […]
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Youth workforce orientations will be held weekly
Just for the summer, Santa Barbara County Youth Workforce is holding weekly orientations to introduce its program to young people from 17 to 21 years old. Coupled with that orientation is an introduction to the Youth Employment Opportunity Program, which helps young adults from 15 to 25 years old. Both programs are designed to help […]