As you make your way into the children’s theater at the Santa Maria Public Library, a look outside might convince you you’re in another world: children at play with bugs of all sorts decorating the wall directly across from the theater. Artist Glenda Stevens’ newest mural for the library was made possible with a donation […]
Bugs, kids, and books
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New perspectives
Artists are always looking for means of invention, exploring untapped frontiers in search of the original. Then again, sometimes what’s old is new again. In the latest exhibition at the Betteravia Gallery, photographers explore early, low-tech photographic methods to express themselves. The Santa Barbara County Arts Commission will present Iron and Plastic: Alternative Photography, curated […]
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Political Watch 6-4
• After testifying in May before the Citizens Compensation Commission, which voted to reduce California legislators’ salaries by 18 percent, Sen. Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria) immediately sent a letter to State Controller John Chiang asking that he be paid the new salary effective June 1. “Of all the cuts that are being discussed right now, […]
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Community Notebook 6-4
MONDAY, JUNE 8 • The Santa Maria City Block Grants Advisory Committee has its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall Conference Room, 110 E. Cook St., Santa Maria. TUESDAY, JUNE 9 • The Guadalupe City Council has its regular meeting at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 918 Obispo […]
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Hobnobbing With Helen
Addamo Vineyard Texas Hold ’em Hold ’em or fold ’em? That was the big question at a Texas Hold ’em Poker Tournament held on May 23 at the Addamo Estates Vineyards Grand Ballroom. With its marble floors, sweeping staircases, and crystal chandelier, the Grand Ballroom is the most elegant of settings for any event, let […]
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Do good works
In recognition of National Public Works Week, Santa Barbara County Public Works Department will present an exhibit entitled “Revitalize, Reinvest, Renew,” in keeping with this year’s national theme of infrastructure renewal, revitalization, and reinvestment. Instituted as a public education campaign by the American Public Works Association (APWA) in 1960, National Public Works Week calls attention […]
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Show us the money
Funding from the federal government’s economic stimulus plan is beginning to trickle in and Santa Maria residents will be some of the state’s biggest beneficiaries. Of the $46 million pegged for much-needed repairs to six miles of the city’s levee system, $41.6 million will be paid for by money granted from the American Recovery and […]
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The budget game
When California voters rejected all but one of the Legislature’s six budget-balancing propositions last month, the state’s teachers knew more cuts to education were inevitable. Not long after most of the propositions, including the three affecting education spending, failed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released his May revisions to the budget plan. According to the California Department […]
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Something to celebrate
Class has only been in session for a year at Orcutt Academy, but the charter school is already proving itself academically. According to a press release from the Orcutt Union School District, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges recently notified Orcutt Academy that it received the highest accreditation status possible for a first-year school. […]
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Local child-care providers ‘Spruce Up For Kids’
A total of 59 Santa Barbara County family child-care providers participated in the 9th annual Spruce Up For Kids Day on May 30. The child-care providers received small grants through the First 5 Santa Barbara County-funded Spruce Up For Kids Project to enhance the quality of their child-care programs. The participating child-care programs provided 30 […]
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Getting to know you
Motionz owner George Majoue talks to a local eighth-grader during Orcutt Union School District’s community interview session on May 29. The interviews are developed and scheduled by the district’s junior high school English teachers to help the students feel more comfortable in a professional setting. The students are asked to present a portfolio chronicling their […]
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Local realtor wins award
Realtor Gary Gracia of Keller Williams Central Coast Realty was named the company’s Regional Impact Award recipient for 2008. The award is given to one realtor in the company’s California central and southern region. It recognizes the realty associate who made the most significant impact to the market through building profit share, recruiting top associates, […]
