To address school absenteeism and the H1N1 virus (more often referred to as swine flu), the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department is offering parents some health tips. According to a press release from the county, healthy children can attend school even if there’s a sick parent or sibling at home. However, at the […]
Santa Barbara County, schools team up to protect students from swine flu
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Stop, collaborate, and listen
Nonprofit leaders will learn how to better navigate rough financial waters during the Nonprofit Support Center’s seventh annual Lompoc Collaboration Faire on Nov. 19. The theme of the event is “taking care during challenging times” and features networking sessions and guest speakers. Ron Gallo, CEO of the Santa Barbara Foundation, will discuss new approaches […]
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Join Beauty Connection’s first-year festivities
To celebrate its one-year anniversary, staffers at Beauty Connection are holding a series of events to show their appreciation to the community and clients. The salon will hold a Ladies Night on Nov. 12 from 4 to 8 p.m. with Bare Escentuals’ representatives and wine tasting from Kenneth Volk Winery. On Nov. 13, from […]
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Grab a cup o’ Joe
Santa Maria’s longest-standing locally owned coffee shop, Coffee and Company, has changed ownership, just in time for its 24th birthday. First-time business owner Candice Merás took over from the shop’s previous owner, Veronica Castenallos, in October. Merás, a 24-year-old master barista, perfected her craft working coffee in Santa Maria since she was 20. […]
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Make your kid an honorary Bulldog
There are now openings for infants and children ages three months to five years old at Allan Hancock College’s Children’s Center Lab School. Located on Hancock’s Santa Maria campus, the school is designed to provide for children a diverse, nurturing, developmentally appropriate, and culturally inclusive environment, according to a press release from the college. […]
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This ancient plant is beating the ‘War on Drugs’
California seized 4.4 million marijuana plants this year—a new record. The street value of this “crop” is estimated at $17.8 billion. The time has come to legalize and tax its sale. Let’s face it, the so-called expensive “War on Drugs” has failed with this ancient plant grown since the start of civilization.
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This isn’t what we want
My God, do we miss President George W. Bush. What we have now is not our kind of America. What we want is prosperity, not socialism!
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The United States doesn’t have the best car
Going green with the wrong technology will always put you in the red. Look at green hybrid buses that will not haul the passengers up a hill purchased by federal and state money and administrated by people who have no glue. Members of the Mercedes Benz Club of America recently toured the Mercedes factory […]
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Here’s how to truly end terrorist threats
Lives and finances depend on President Obama’s careful analyses and procedures concerning the war in Afghanistan, and he must consider the will of the people. With so many demands on his time, thank goodness he is taking the necessary deliberations. Ever since we used our own weapons of massive destruction—the nuclear bombs ending the […]
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We will always remember this celebration
I was recently honored, yet humbled, by the effort put forth by our Santa Maria firefighters in recognizing my tenure as their fire chief, with a retirement celebration held on Oct. 16. My family and many friends—along with co-workers, community leaders, and several fire service colleagues—were treated to a first-class event that included the Central […]
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How much are we paying for people who don’t pay?
One thing that was conspicuously absent from the Nov. 5 cover article, “Underinsured and overstretched,” was the effect of the illegal aliens in this county on the hospital. I would assume that, considering all the pregnant illegals walking around the streets of Santa Maria, they are having their babies at Marian. How many actually pay […]
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Alumni get their game on at Santa Maria High
Santa Maria High School’s basketball stars past and present will be on hand for the school’s inaugural alumni basketball game at Wilson Gym on Nov. 20. The event is a doubleheader with the junior varsity team playing at 6 p.m. against a team of Santa Maria High staffers, including Terry Butler, a former Allan […]