Community Bank of Santa Maria released its first quarter earnings report for 2010, reporting an increase in total deposits, loans, and net profit. Community Bank CEO Jim Glines reported the bank’s total deposits were up 10.86 percent from the same period a year ago. Total deposits rose from $114,189,324 to $126,592,412 from the first quarter […]
Community Bank reports quarterly growth
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Coast Hills names new board
Coast Hills Federal Credit Union recently announced the results of the bank’s 2010 Board of Directors election at its annual meeting in Santa Maria. Chuck Scheithauer of Santa Maria, Shirleen Sladek of Santa Maria, and Pete Reed of Atascadero were re-elected to three-year terms. Hugh Rafferty of Santa Maria was re-elected to a one-year term. […]
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Marian receives STEMI designation
Santa Barbara County’s Emergency Medical Services Agency recently awarded Marian Medical Center with a STEMI Center designation, certifying the hospital is specially equipped to treat sudden heart attacks caused by coronary artery blockage. The title became effective on April 12. Requirements considered for STEMI designation included quick response time, licensure as a cardiac catheterization laboratory, […]
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Help make someone’s wish come true
Children in countries all over the world will be crossing their fingers on April 29 as part of World Wish Day. The month of April also marks the 30th anniversary of the wish that inspired the creation of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Since then, more than 240,000 kids around the globe have had their greatest wishes […]
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Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos receive a national grant for historical restoration
History will soon be fully restored at the Dana Adobe in the Nipomo Mesa, thanks to an almost $331,000 grant from the California Cultural and Historical Endowment. The adobe was one of only 21 sites statewide to receive an award, according to an announcement from the Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos. The money will be used […]
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Hear a song
C Gallery in Los Alamos will feature Kady Fleckenstein in its Sing To Me acoustic vocal concert on April 24 at 8 p.m. The show, titled This Is How Love Goes, will trace a relationship’s ebb and flow through opera, blues, and some beloved standards. Fleckenstein draws on covers by Crystal Gale, Eva Cassidy, a […]
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Student work comes to life
There will be a public performance—primarily for educators, teachers, and school administrators—of My Life = Art: PCPA in the Schools at 6:30 p.m. on April 27. The show is based on writing from Lompoc High School students, working with help from a PCPA artist in residence. The performance is free to the public, and is […]
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Look both ways for music
The Lompoc Concert Association will present “INTERSECTION” in concert on April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 925 N. F St. in Lompoc. Violinist Laura Frautschi, cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper, and pianist John Novacek formed INTERSECTION in 1998. The group’s numerous recordings have been best-sellers in Asia and have topped the classical […]
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Have wicked good fun with The Kitchen Witches
I’ve never been a fan of reality-based television shows, so I thought seeing a play based on the premise of a “reality cooking show” would be a tricky assignment. But the tricks were ultimately played on me. Directed by Marian C. Stave, the award-winning French Canadian comedic play, The Kitchen Witches, proved to be a […]
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Send in your best answer
All this fuss about Sarah Palin’s speaking fees and demands raises an existential question: What is the point of CSU Stanislaus?
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Get a hobby, Nell
“Noisy hoards of fossil fueled machines that speed down a public beach … .” First, I believe it was the safety of the children: Off-road vehicles were endangering children who were at the beach. Next, it was the number of people killed at the Dunes, one or two per year—people needed to be stopped from […]
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Closing dunes to riders would bring more revenue
I have lived on the Central Coast for more than 30 years and heard the arguments for and against the ATV riders on the dunes. What prompts me to write now is the ridiculous notion that if we finally close the dunes to these outsiders (Fresno/Central Valley rats) our towns would turn into ghost towns […]