The C Gallery’s longtime director and curator, Connie Rohde (pictured), announced her plans to retire from the Los Alamos contemporary art gallery on Sept. 1. “As of Sept. 30, I will have stepped away, as in ‘Elvis has left the building,’” Rohde wrote in an email. “It is my greatest hope that the arts will […]
Connie Rohde announces retirement
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Lompoc taking applications for annual Christmas parade
The city of Lompoc is accepting applications to participate in the annual Lompoc Valley Children’s Christmas Season Parade. This year’s parade theme is “Winter Wonderland.” The Lompoc Valley Children’s Christmas Season Parade is scheduled for Dec 1. Entrants voted to have the best display of lights will win the Best of Lights category, which comes […]
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CORE Winery in Orcutt hosts poetry reading
“My mother turned the masa on the wooden board/one ancestral world after another spilling from her hands./This mound of flour, leavening, water, lard,/and a pinch of salt became the full moon of our history.” The words of Carla Riedel’s poem, “A Fig Is Like a Tortilla Is Like a Raven,” are filled with poignant images, […]
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Allan Hancock College Men’s Soccer starts season strong
The name of the game in soccer is control—controlling both the ball and the tempo of the game. That’s exactly what dictated the outcome of the Allan Hancock College men’s soccer team’s first game of the season against Monterey Peninsula on Aug. 25. Hancock shut out Monterey 2-0, which coach Billy Vinnedge credits to his […]
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Shifting the argument
I wish people would respond to the words coming out of my beak. It seems to be a trend that those responding to a counterargument who have nothing to stand on instead argue against something totally different. It’s called a straw man fallacy, and they teach you about that in critical thinking 101. The most […]
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I need a nap
Last week, Mavis Wanczyk became the winner of the second biggest prize in Powerball history. I don’t know who she is, but I’m ready to declare my undying love for her and pledge my total allegiance as her friend and possible receiver of designer gifts. People always ask me what I would do with that […]
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The Lompoc Pops Orchestra remembers 9/11 with music of America
The Lompoc Pops Orchestra has a longstanding tradition of performing on Mondays, and for this year’s season-opening concert, the date fell on Sept. 11. Instead of shying away from that somber day, the orchestra will perform a concert to honor everyone who was lost in the attack on the World Trade Center and also celebrate […]
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Daytripper: Hiking into the John Muir Wilderness
It’s getting hot already. I open the hatchback and stretch my legs all the way out, bare feet hanging out the back of my car in the 75-degree cool of a summer morning on the Eastern flank of the Sierra Nevada. Independence Creek trickles away as purple-pink shades of sunrise tint the barren mountains that […]
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Troy Hernandez
There’s no such thing as “snowboarding season” on the Central Coast. Sandboarding at the Guadalupe Dunes is the closest thing to the sport Allan Hancock College student Troy Hernandez has found. Hernandez, 23, lives in Nipomo, but his heart and soul reside on the slopes of Mammoth Mountain, he said. This year, snowboarding season at […]
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In defense of credit unions
In her Aug. 2 commentary (“A tax exemption that is no longer justified”), Simone Lagomarsino contends that credit unions’ tax exemption status is no longer needed. Her argument overlooks some key facts and fundamental differences between banks and credit unions. Simone says, “many credit unions are virtually indistinguishable from taxpaying community banks” because of their […]
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Immigrants come with a cost
This is in reply to the editorial written by Scott Fina titled “Politics, symbols, liberty, and immigration” (Aug. 17). After reading this rambling rather weird editorial, it is difficult to understand how the writer can think conditions today regarding immigration can be compared with conditions years ago when we needed large numbers of new immigrants. […]
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Our County Our Kids works to improve the foster system despite severe lack of resources
There are more than 400 kids rotating through the foster system each month in Santa Barbara County, but only about 175 families are accepting children. In an effort to tackle this issue, Our County Our Kids—a division of the Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services—will watch as the Righetti Warriors take on the Dos […]