Sunbathers can bask and surfers can ride once more now that county health officials have reopened portions of Goleta Beach. On May 13, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department issued a “beach closed” notice in response to a spill of approximately 800 gallons of untreated sewage at the west end of the Goleta Beach […]
Goleta Beach re-opens after a sewage spill
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Election’s a-comin’
The June 22 special election continues to loom over election officials. Though a lawsuit may put a temporary halt on the expedited election schedule, the candidates are gearing up to make a run at the 15th District Senate seat. Four candidates have officially declared their intention to run: San Luis Obispo Republican Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee, […]
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Huseth leaves the helm at Santa Maria High School
After three years spent leading students and staff at Santa Maria High School, principal Craig Huseth has announced it’s time to “pass the reigns to someone else” come June. “It’s something I’ve gone back and forth with for a while,” Huseth told the Sun in a recent interview. “We’ve done so well in the […]
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Cotton blaze marks the beginning of the 2010 fire season
Firefighters are close to extinguishing a wildfire that started burning on May 15 five miles west of New Cuyama along Highway 166. Bureau of Land Management officials reported the Cotton Fire at 100 percent containment as of press time. More than 300 fire personnel from as far away as San Diego have been working around […]
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How do you say ‘Mango’ in Japanese?
Want to learn a new language but don’t have the time to attend a class? The Santa Maria Public Library is now offering the Mango Languages online language-learning system free of charge to all library patrons with a library card. The languages offered include Spanish, Italian, French, German, Japanese, and English for Spanish-speakers. Also offered […]
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Contractors Association officers announced
The Santa Maria Valley Contractors Association recently announced its board and officers for 2010-11. This year’s officers include Fleet Felchle of Granite Construction, president; Kristine Mollenkopf of Hardin & Coffin LLP in Santa Barbara, vice president; and Don Lahr of Lahr Industrial Welding in Santa Maria and Tami Jo Dotson of J.R. Barto Heating, Air […]
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Let the clergy serve you
Community Partners in Caring, a local nonprofit agency providing services and care to seniors, will be holding its 10th annual Clergy Waiters’ Night fundraiser on June 26. The event begins at 5 p.m. with a wine reception, hors d’oeuvres, and a silent auction. At 6 p.m., local clergy will serve dinners of filet mignon or […]
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Orthodontist purchases local practice
Local board-certified orthodontist Stacy Poole recently acquired the orthodontic practice of Kenneth Nelson, which has operated in Santa Maria for more than 50 years. Poole received her formal education and graduated with honors at the Medical College of Georgia. She’s a diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics and a member of the American Association […]
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Senior Center ushers in summer
Summer is fast approaching, and Orcutt’s Oasis Senior Center will be celebrating the season’s arrival with a day of fun on May 22. The Center’s “Day in the Sun” event will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., culminating with a tri-tip barbecue beginning at 11 a.m., compliments of the Orcutt Lions Club. Plates […]
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JIM GRAM
There aren’t too many people who can lawn bowl, and there aren’t too many of those who can lawn bowl into their older age, but Jim Gram isn’t too many people. He started lawn bowling in 1952 at the age of 19 because he thought it looked like an interesting sport. After his first year […]
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The Bleacher Bum Chronicles, Vol. V
Dear constant reader (and you first-timers), I’m writing this column from the upper deck of an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train car, barreling northward, heading home to the Central Coast from the Magic Kingdom, also known as Anaheim. As the “Big A” of Anaheim Stadium and the industrially staid Honda Center drift farther from view, I […]
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Dance
Seniors can dance and sing their way to physical health to the sounds of soothing and upbeat folklorico music with a new exercise class beginning June 1 at the Luis Oasis Senior Center. The class will be taught by instructor Lucy Herdman on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the center’s Main […]