Sure, you’ve got skills, but you could have mad skills. Dribble and shoot at the West Coast Xtreme Basketball Academy’s clinics, open to boys and girls in grades 3 through 8. The girls’ basketball clinic was held Dec. 6. The boys’ clinic starts at 2 p.m. on Dec. 13. Both clinics run for two hours, […]
Basketballers: Get to the clinic
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Cycle like you’re a pro
Can’t afford a trip to France? Never dated Sheryl Crow or Kate Hudson? Haven’t overcome a personal testicular cancer setback to become a successful professional athlete? There’s at least one way you can share something in common with cycling god Lance Armstrong: You can ride the Solvang route he’ll soon be pedaling as part of […]
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Fesler Junior High to honor first school principal with a special dedication
Students, teachers, and community members will gather on Dec. 11 at 9:15 a.m. at the Fesler Junior High School gymnasium to dedicate the basketball court to the school’s first principal, Quentin Sims. Sims’s name has also been stenciled in large letters on the gym floor near two of the entrances. Fesler Junior High School faculty […]
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Allan Hancock College’s MESA program demonstrates ‘Excelencia in Education’
Allan Hancock College’s Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program was recently recognized for its efforts to help Latino students succeed.Allan Hancock College’s MESA program demonstrates ‘Excelencia in Education’ Excelencia in Education—a national organization that identifies programs and departments that boost Latino enrollment, performance, and graduation rates—recently named MESA as a semifinalist winner for its ¡Examples […]
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Political Watch
• State Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee (R-San Luis Obispo) recently filed a statement of intent to run in the 2012 race for State Senate District 15. The seat is currently held by state Sen. Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria), whose term will end that year. Blakeslee was first elected to the State Assembly in 2004, a position […]
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Community Notebook
TUESDAY, DEC. 16 • The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has its regular meeting at 9 a.m. in the Betteravia Government Center’s Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, 511 E. Lakeside Parkway, suite 141, Santa Maria. Agendas are available at bos-agenda.sbcgov.net. • The Guadalupe Planning Commission has its regular meeting at 6 p.m. in […]
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Community Corner
The United Way held its inaugural drive-through Beans and Rice Food Drive on Dec. 9 and 10 to benefit the Salvation Army. With demand for food assistance rising faster than donated food supplies, the Food Drive helped bolster the Salvation Army’s depleted food supplies. Why rice and beans? According to the United Way, both rice […]
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Women for Agriculture gets new leaders
The Santa Maria Chapter of California Women for Agriculture recently announced its 2009 officers: Kristy Farmer, president; Kari Campbell-Bohard, first vice president; Kerri Aller, second vice president; Donna France, third vice president; Joyce Chrisman, secretary; Nancy Machut, treasurer; and Patty Vasquez, vice treasurer. Lisa Bodrogi is the immediate past president. The officers will be installed […]
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Community Bank of Santa Maria opts out of ‘bail out’
Jim Glines, CEO of Community Bank of Santa Maria, announced in late November the bank’s decision to pass on Treasury’s TARP Capital Purchase Plan—a.k.a. the “Bail Out” Plan—designed to encourage U.S. financial institutions to build capital. According to a press release, however, Community Bank of Santa Maria is well capitalized and hasn’t seen a need […]
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Need a decorative wall display?
How about some custom signage? Maybe you’re hankering for a new table top? On Dec. 1, longtime Santa Ynez Valley residents Tom and Marie Freeman launched eWoodArt.com, which allows customers to create artisan-quality wine barrel carvings over the Internet. An online tool guides users through the steps to custom carve solid oak recycled wine barrel […]
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Where have all the avocados gone?
Guacamole—and all things avocado—could soon be in high demand but hard to get, according to findings from the California Farm Bureau Federation and the California Avocado Commission. The groups reported that the 2009 avocado crop could be the industry’s lightest in 20 years. “You’d have to go back to the 1990s to see crop yields […]
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CLUBS & MEETINGS
4-H welcomes anyone interested in the group to sign up now. Find a nearby club by contacting the Santa Barbara County 4-H Office at 692-1730 or zmhughes@ucdavis.edu. ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL, INC. of SANTA MARIA, a nonprofit business and professional organization, meets the second Wednesday of each month, 6:30 p.m., in the Altrusa Theatre of the Santa […]