THE SANTA MARIA PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY presents a benefit concert featuring actor-composer Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. July 12 at 2 p.m. at the Unity Chapel of Light, 1165 Stubblefield Road, Santa Maria. Cost is $20. Info: 925-0412 or 736-9365. WORTH THE DRIVE THE SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY BAND performs a Twilight Concert July 10 at 7 […]
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SPECIAL EVENTS
THE LOMPOC HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION presents the sixth annual Show and Shine Car Show July 12 at Ryon Park, Lompoc. Registration is at 8 a.m., judging from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Cost is $35 to register. Info: 736-4567. THE FRIENDS OF THE NIPOMO LIBRARY present a “Gigantic Book Sale” July 12 from 10 […]
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They can make you faster, stronger, less likely to flail arms while running
In sports, there are two distinct categories of play: the season and the off-season. It’s the off-season when Eliseo Munoz and John Malinowski really shine. Munoz and Malinowski are athletic trainers. They’re also friends and colleagues (both work full time at Sim’s Physical Therapy). But here’s where it gets exciting: In their scant free time, […]
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Sign up for Santa Maria Summer Sports Experience camp
The City of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department is offering weekly sports camps starting now through Aug. 1. The Summer Sports Experience camps meet from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. At the camps, boys and girls, ages 6 to 12 will be introduced to a variety of sports, such as soccer, […]
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Marshallia Ranch sees golfers in the swing
The Junior All-Star at Marshallia Ranch golf tournament came to a conclusion with no Central Coast athletes in the top spots, but with plenty of good rounds played. Patrick Grimes of Palo Alto took his first ever American Junior Golf Association win with a tournament total of 2-over-par 118. Yueer Cindy Feng of Orlando, Fla., […]
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Athlete of the Week
Rachael Wahl approached her first time at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Neb., feeling only a bit tense. With 10,000 people in the stands gazing at her, it would be hard for this member of the Santa Maria Swim Club to rid herself of the butterflies in her stomach. Fortunately, this swimmer wanted […]
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What sort of incentives would lure you to buy a house?
Jeff Hendrickson farmer “No down payment.” Elizabeth Beyea flower and succulent vendor “The location and size, such as the square footage and the yard. Also, carpet versus hardwood floors. I like hardwood.” Dave Connuely professional fruit salesman “Just to be a homeowner. It’s the greatest investment you can make.” Terri Castrellon cashier “If prices in […]
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Get smart about oil
Lois Capps needs to get past her 1969 oil spill mentality and embrace modern technology and science. Energy and oil are for everyone, not only for the elite who fly to Washington weekly on planes using oil. Our economy needs the oil. With increased drilling, prices will decrease because the oil producing counties will no […]
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Communism flourishes in environmentalism
How has communism flourished in so many countries? Two philosophers, Georg Hegel and Karl Marx, in the mid-19th century decided that the working man did not have any choice when working for his employer, and had to accept whatever demands his employer made of him. In subsequent years, unscrupulous politicians used this philosophy to gain […]
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You call those stories ‘winners’?
Once again, your selection of winners of the 55 Fiction contest (July 3) is the same old schlock. If you received 863 entries, why did you have to use the same few authors multiple times? Your editorial blurb claims that “you just can’t dispute the instinctive, irrational glow that quality reading material produces.” It’s too […]
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Stand up for cattle and health
It’s time we all took our heads out of the sand. As most of us have known for a long time, the meat industry does not stand up to the rigid standards it is supposed to, and there are loopholes in those standards. The Humane Society has been documenting abuse of laws and abuse of […]
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Avoid animal fat for health reasons
The June 12 issue of the Santa Maria Sun featured an extensive article on beef production (“Here’s the beef”), including a reference to cholesterol and a claim that the American Heart Association “has determined that cholesterol is controlled by hereditary factors and genetics.” This is only part of the story and is very misleading. A […]
