Sports fans and supporters of Allan Hancock College should be excited for the eighth annual Joe White Memorial Dinner and Auction, held on Aug. 29 by the Hancock Boosters, Inc. Sports memorabilia and one-of-a-kind auction items will be on hand. Basketball fan? You’ll want to be there. Among the items will be a basketball […]
Joe White auction promises something for everyone
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Amanda Taecker
On Aug. 16, Amanda Taecker left the Santa Maria Valley to attend CSU Fresno. She was a crucial component of Pioneer Valley’s State Champion lineup, and her move away from the area is a blow to local girls’ wrestling. Taecker’s wrestling career started three years ago when she competed alongside the Righetti High School […]
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Hancock’s new coach wants to go soft
Just a week after getting word she’d landed the job of Allan Hancock College’s new head softball coach, Scia Maumausolo arrived in town with a fresh vision for rebuilding the program from the ground up. If what she learned from playing travel ball here still holds true, she won’t have to look far […]
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Santa Maria’s changing demographics
The city of Santa Maria is becoming known as a Hispanic community throughout the Central Coast, and with the negative profiling that is associated with the illegal immigrants, the social and racial tensions are unfortunately escalating. It is getting to be whenever any negative incident occurs, the fingers point to our Hispanic community. By […]
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The search for meaning
When Samuel Takembaiyee paints in his studio, he doesn’t use an easel. He sits on the floor, paint covering his hands, his clothes. It drips from a cloth nearby while he’s totally engrossed in the process of creation. “I sit on the ground, I want to be so connected to the painting,” Takembaiyee said. […]
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If you could create a holiday what would it be?
Andrea Serafin mom/student “Something to do with babies and children. Every day is baby day at our house. We’d spend time feeding the ducks. We’d just play and have fun.” Debra Follett (right) domestic goddess “I think Pet Day would be great. I’d take my dogs to the beach and let them go crazy. There’d […]
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Political Watch 8-13
• On Aug. 5, Santa Maria City Councilwoman Hilda Zacarías—Democrat candidate for California’s 33rd Assembly District—reported raising $20,954 in campaign funds as of June 30. Zacarías has also received endorsements from current and former officials throughout the district, such as Santa Maria City Councilmember Mike Cordero, Morro Bay City Councilmember Noah Smukler, and former Lompoc […]
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Community Notebook 8-13
TUESDAY, AUG. 18 • The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has its regular meeting at 9 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, 105 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. Agendas are available at bos-agenda.sbcgov.net. • The Guadalupe Planning Commission has its regular meeting at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City […]
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Hobnobbing with Helen
Success isn’t going to their heads. Even though they’ve raised about 93 percent of the $15 million they’ve targeted for their Cornerstone Campaign, the Marian Medical Center Foundation isn’t slacking off. The foundation held its big annual fundraiser, Waiters’ Night, on Aug. 1, at Tres Hermanas Vineyard and Winery on Foxen Canyon Road. […]
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From the battlefield to the classroom
Over the past decade, paying for college—and everything that comes with that education—has become a nearly astronomical undertaking. Qualifying members of the U.S. Armed Forces, however, will no longer have to worry about the financial burden associated with a diploma. Effective this month, the Post-9/11 GI Bill will provide money for a college […]
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Give blood, maybe get a car
United Blood Services of the Central Coast recently selected three local blood donors as finalists in the 2009 Jiffy Lube Drive to Save Lives Prius Giveaway. A total of 20 finalists will be chosen before Oct. 1. And one winner will become the proud owner of a new 2010 Toyota Prius at a special ceremony […]
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Water main construction causes traffic delays on Blosser Road, Highway 166
Drivers should expect detours and delays while motoring through the intersection of Blosser Road and Main Street (Highway 166), according to a press release from the city of Santa Maria. Construction crews are almost finished with the South Blosser Road water transmission main. Traffic near Main Street and Blosser Road will be routed around […]