Rory Slikker might just be the incarnation of John Philip Sousa. With baton in hand, feet pounding to the thundering rhythms of the drumline, Slikker is feeding his passion for music—a passion just as demanding as hurdles or tossing a pigskin. When Slikker isn’t giving marching orders to the band, he plays the trombone and […]
Rory Slikker
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There’s more than one way to skate
One Way Board Shop and the Santa Maria Valley YMCA are teaming up to offer skating giveaways and cash prizes at the “Skate One Way with the Y” event on Aug. 28. Skaters of all ages, sponsored and non-sponsored, are welcome to attend and compete. Skating vendors will be on hand, along with live music […]
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Camp teaches basketball fundamentals
Offensive and defensive basketball fundamentals will be the focus of West Coast Xtreme Youth Basketball Academy’s “Back to School” mini basketball camp at St. Joseph High School on Aug. 30 and 31. Boys and girls in grades fifth through eighth are encouraged to participate. Prospective players should bring their own basketball and water. The cost […]
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Bleacher Bum Chronicles Vol. VII
It’s beginning to look a lot like that magical time of year in the sporting world I like to call “The Overlap.” It’s the window that begins with colleges and high schools getting back in session and conjuncts neatly with the start of professional football and basketball and the winding down of the baseball season. […]
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New in town
A quiet berg of antique shops, art galleries, and family-owned eateries, Los Alamos lies only slightly off the beaten path. On the sleepy main drag of Bell Street, things got a lot more animated in January, when Bedford Winery reopened its tasting room. Located next door to Café Quackenbush, the tasting room provides a friendly […]
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If you could time travel, where and when would you go?
Robert Potter retired engineer “To another planet sometime in the future, like Mars or Neptune.” Fred Perry owner, operator, and truck driver “Cowboy and Indian days—for one, there were a lot less people, and it was better than today.” Brooke Leigh Sheldon consultant/public speaker “Out in space 800 years from now.” Lisa Crowe preschool teacher […]
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Correction
In its Aug. 12 issue, the Sun used the wrong Sun Screen photo on its cover page. It should’ve been a photo from The Kids Are All Right. News Briefs is compiled by Sun staffers. Information should be sent to the Sun via fax, e-mail, or mail.
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A matter of signs
Sandwich boards in the downtown Santa Maria area are safe from extinction—at least for another year. On Aug. 17, the Santa Maria City Council voted 4-1, with Mayor Larry Lavagnino dissenting, to extend to 2011 the sunset clause on a ban against using portable advertising signs outside businesses in the city’s Downtown Specific Plan. The […]
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Union banners finally come down
Nine months. Most people recognize it as the time it takes to have a baby. In Greg Steinberger’s case, nine months was how long it took for his baby—Doc’s Bernstein’s Ice Cream Lab—to finally be rid of the banner that had been haunting it from across the street since October. The “bannering” campaign, headed by […]
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Second time’s the charm for Blakeslee
The Central Coast has a new senator. Finally. On Aug. 18, current Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee (R-San Luis Obispo) declared victory over Democrat John Laird and two other candidates in the 15th District Senate special election. Voting records from the five counties in the district—including Santa Barbara County—reported Blakeslee took approximately 48.8 percent of the vote, […]
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Political Watch 08.19
Santa Maria Valley Republicans Inc. is inviting members of the public to attend its monthly membership meeting on Aug. 22 at 5 p.m. at Ambrosia Restaurant, 122 E. Boone St., in Santa Maria. All Republican candidates for Santa Maria City Council have been invited to speak and take questions from the audience. Cost is $25, […]