Come fall, Hands4Others co-founder Spencer Dusebout hopes to have several new Water4One clubs at high schools up and down the Central Coast. The newly formed clubs would organize fundraising events in their respective communities to pay for the installation of lifesaving water purification systems in villages throughout Central America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Dusebout and […]
The gift of water
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Have you seen any good movies, plays, or television shows lately?
Don Short heavy equipment operator “Saw The Lone Ranger recently, had mixed feelings about it. I’ve also been watching Duck Dynasty, which is hilarious.” Cierra Lacasse student “The new season of Pretty Little Liars has been really good, but I can’t think of much else I’ve seen recently.” Kirsten Garbers part-time student, part-time instructional assistant […]
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Crossing the line
Fences have been cut. Yards have been trampled. Locals have walked out of their homes to find strangers hiking past, oblivious—maybe even uncaring—to the fact that in their wanderings, they’ve strayed from legitimate public paths and onto someone’s private property. Rice Ranch boasts miles of trails open to hikers and cyclists, but the open space’s […]
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Political Watch 8/8/13
Thanks to the passage of Proposition 39, an estimated $450 million will go to California schools in the upcoming year to pay for energy efficiency and clean energy projects, including approximately $7.8 million for local schools in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Additionally, nearly $50 million will be provided to fund energy projects at […]
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Lompoc Library Foundation offers ‘Concerts on the Library Lawn’
The Lompoc Library Foundation has been offering a concert series every year since 2007 as a gift to the community that’s given the small nonprofit so much support. The “Concerts on the Library Lawn” always feature three consecutive concerts in August that bring fun, relaxing music to the patch of grass outside of the library. […]
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Railroad author signs book at Goleta Depot
The South Coast Railroad Museum at the Goleta Depot will play host to author and historian Henry E. Bender, Jr., for a book signing event on Aug. 17 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the museum at 300 N. Los Carneros Road, Goleta. In his book Southern Pacific Lines Standard-Design Depots, Bender details historic railroad […]
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Fun for all ages
Michael’s Arts and Crafts presents arts and crafts events for kids, including a “Free Family Craft Time Event” Aug. 10. A “Kids Club Bookmark Event” is Aug. 17 from 10 a.m. to noon. Each event runs from 10 a.m. to noon in half-hour sessions at Michael’s Art and Crafts, 1934 S. Broadway, Santa Maria. More […]
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Celebrate local films
The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival presents “SLO County on the Silver Screen,” a film screening series celebrating films shot and made locally, as part of the festival’s 20th anniversary. A screening of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1923 silent production of The Ten Commandments, which was filmed in the Guadalupe Dunes, will be screened on […]
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Lompoc Civic Theatre needs actors
The Lompoc Civic Theatre is holding a casting call for an original play by Paul Allen Thornton titled Audition for Murder. The play is set to run in October; the auditions will happen Aug. 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. at the Stone Pine Hall, 210 South H St., Lompoc. The play calls for seven […]
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Eyes on the sky
It’s not every day pilots invite people to come over and shoot at their planes, but the Tri Valley Modelers are doing just that. True, they may not be sitting in the craft they’re piloting, but they’re maneuvering them nonetheless. And they’re so confident in their skills that they’re inviting locals to come try their […]
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Garbage no more
Even a single piece of trash has ramifications, whether the careless litterer thinks so or not. An environment cluttered with foreign objects, be they single-use plastics or tin cans, isn’t in its purest state. But two Guadalupe nonprofits are providing a home for an exhibit that makes use of such discarded waste, transforming it into […]
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She loves them yeah, yeah, yeah
It’s all my parents’ fault,” I imagine I’ll say to medics after fainting, 1965 Shea Stadium style, when Paul McCartney sings the first few words of The Beatles’ hit Something. I wouldn’t tell them how I only stopped short of rushing the stage because the thought of a 40-year-old mom of four clamoring toward a […]