Base officer collects toy soldiers bridging past and present
Capt. Michael C Bauman of Van Denberg AFB preserves a 400 piece lead soldiers series from Crusades to WWII, painting and trading pieces since college. He notes most items predate 1930, values a British horse artillery set at 30 dollars, and continues expanding his collection while balancing family life and a Minuteman role. A separate theft report notes a lawn mower and edger valued at 150 dollars stolen from 921 E Lemon Ave Lompoc between March 31 and Thursday.
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Michael C. Bauman
Minuteman
Vandenberg Afb
Bauman
Hobby
Los Angeles
Air Force
Dallas
Texas
East Texas State University
Vandenberg
Minuteman Missile School
Ghanate Afb
Til
Fred Henderson Mitchell
Lemon Ave
Lompoc
County schools set elections across 26 districts
All 26 county districts plan trustee elections on April 15, with contests in 18 districts for 66 board seats. A total of 120 candidates filed, including 41 incumbents. Three districts also vote on budget or tax increases: College School District Santa Ynez Valley, Orcutt Union School District, and Cuyama Joint Union School District.
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College School District
Santa Ynez Valley
Orcutt Union School District
Cuyama Joint Union School District
County seeks federal halt to offshore oil drilling
County Counsel George P. Kadinz filed a petition in U S District Court Los Angeles seeking to stop offshore oil operations in the Santa Barbara Channel. A county spokesman outlined the move Friday as the county pursues federal court action.
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George P. Kadinz
U.S. District Court
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara Channel
County plans two agricultural preserve hearings in Buellton Los Alamos
The County Planning Commission will hold public hearings on April 9 in Santa Barbara on rezoning 2324 acres west of Highway 101 for an agricultural preserve by California Diamite and Asphalt Corp. and on 388 acres near Los Alamos by Joseph and Henry Contaglia. Also listed are two other preserves, all starting at 1 45 p.m.
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County Planning Commission
California Diamite and Asphalt Corp
Highway 101
Buellton
Commission
County Engineering Building
Santa Barbara
Joseph and
Henry Contaglia
Los Alamos
Youth wounded in accidental gun discharge in Lompoc
A 19 year old Lompoc youth, Marvin Ray Hartsfield, was shot in the right shoulder when a handgun thought to be unloaded discharged during a gathering after a hunting trip. Casarez and Henderson, both present, told police the incident was accidental and Hartsfield was treated at Lompoc Hospital. one shell remained in the chamber.
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Lompoc
Marvin Ray Hartsfield
Third St
Lompoc Hospital
Joe Leon Casarez
S. N St
Robert Steven Henderson
Chestnut Ave
Hartsfield
Casarez
Thompson to Retire. Peterson Named to Succeed
UPI reports U.S. Ambassador to Finland Tyler Thompson will return to Washington to retire after 38 years in the Foreign Service. Val Peterson, former Nebraska governor, has been named to succeed the 61 year old diplomat Thompson.
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Helsinki
UPI
Tyler Thompson
U.S
Finland
Washington
Foreign Service
Val Peterson
Nebraska
Thompson
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Tain
Toa
Jonn
Christ Cam
Cela
Vandenberg Village
By Bob Barnes
Gibson
Refrig
Freezer
Loos
Murrays
Ocean Ave
LOCK
America
Regent
Buellton Preserve
Lompoc Valley
U.S. Supreme Court
Marvin Levine
Kading
Secretary of the Interior
Interior Department
Levine
Congress
Interior
Hickel
Humble, Mobil
Phillips
DeWayne Holmdahl
Holmdahl Bob Gaston
China
LOS
Angeles
Lompoc Airport
For
Lompoc—Re
Lompoc Record Newspaper
Carrier Boys
Ronald Giffen
Harry Giffen
Orilla
Mission Hills
Ronald
Lompoc Junior High
Patrick Green
Richard Green
W. Apple
Pat
Philip Green
Philip
Lompoc Senior High
Boy Scouts and
Future Farmers of America
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