OCAF has always been in the business of raising money to promote the arts in Orcutt-area schools. This summer the nonprofit decided to take a different approach and use the arts to fund the arts. OCAF will introduce Orcutt Arts Academy as a way to provide students with an advanced art experience while also raising […]
School of art
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After all, 55 Fiction is a contest!
Julie spotted a fly and began to salivate. She hopped a bit closer to it, and—zap!—she snapped it up with her long tongue. After all, Julie is a frog. There are a number of formulas that writers of the world’s shortest stories have adopted over the years since New Times and Sun founder Steve Moss […]
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The Walkabout
My wife mentioned that we needed some exercise. Due to an ever-increasing waistline (mine, not hers—I will never discuss her waistline unless I’m trying to commit suicide by lecture), my wife decided that we should spend our evenings walking. I had once heard of this thing, walking. I remember it as a phase in my […]
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If you were bitten by something radioactive and gained its power, what would you want it to be?
Omar Ceballos student “Super strength, so I can be stronger than anyone else.” Josh Santos student “Invisibility, so I can be sneaky [and] go wherever.” Luis Carbajal student “Psychic powers, so I can control people.” Jaime Meraz student “To be able to fly. I can get anywhere easily—and no more gas.”
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Austin Ruskauff
Austin Ruskauff may not have his driver’s license yet, but he knows a thing or two about sitting behind the wheel and going fast. Since 2005, the 16-year-old has regularly raced at the Santa Maria Speedway. He began driving go-karts on asphalt, but this year, he’s graduated to the adult hobby stock class. It’s a […]
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Grounds for celebration
Whether you call it a gentleman’s game or simply “hockey on horseback,” the traditional sport of polo has a long and illustrious history on the Central Coast. In fact, this year marks the 100th anniversary of the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club (SBPRC), considered by polo players around the world to be one of […]
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What’s on Deck?
Thursday, May 12 Boys’ Volleyball CIF Southern Section Prelims—SoCal Regionals TBA Baseball Mission College Prep @ Santa Ynez 4 p.m. Righetti @ Pioneer Valley 4 p.m. Girls’ Softball Paso Robles @ Righetti 4 p.m. Arroyo Grande @ St. Joseph 4 p.m. San Luis Obispo @ Pioneer Valley 4 p.m. Track CIF Southern Section Prelims TBA […]
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Is your child a LEGO maniac?
Need a cool place to send the kids over summer break? The Santa Maria Valley YMCA is offering arts and crafts, field trips, specialty camps, swimming, and more for children all summer long. One of the Y’s specialty camps is the two-week LEGO camp, open to kids ages 5 to 12. Designed by engineers, the […]
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Look where Reaganomics brought us
Thank you, thank you, Jim Duenow (“Beware of the soulless corporations,” April 28). Someone finally has put the whole damnable corporate position into eloquent full view. I am tearing out this piece for my own use in telling people what I see and what I believe to be the truth abut corporations. If Reaganomics had […]
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It had to be Coastal Voices
World War I had ended, the Great Depression hadn’t started yet, and the United States was enjoying a general burst of prosperity and happiness. That national feeling poured out in song—hundreds of songs, in fact. They’re some of the most memorable and timeless tunes around, and they’re the inspiration behind Coastal Voices’ upcoming concert, “Roaring […]
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‘Like’ it or not
When Evansville, Indiana-based philosophy professor Dr. Anthony Beavers spoke at Cal Poly in 2009, it was to share his optimistic view of what social media—and Facebook in particular—could mean for the next generation. Hailing it as “a wonderfully open world of information exchange,” Beavers saw it as a platform to immediately exchange news, opinions, and […]
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All’s well?
The ocean looked remarkably clear the week of a recent hot spell. Waves reached out and pulled back against the sand in rhythmic succession. Avid beachcombers suggest that in two to five years, those waves will stretch onto West Coast beaches and leave behind broken and waterlogged wreckage from the recent tsunami in Japan. That’s […]
