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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1976
Page
2
Thousands of students are expected as Allan Hancock College opens September 13 across nine campuses and centers including Santa Maria Main and South campuses, Lompoc, Guadalupe, Santa Ynez, and Vandenberg AFB. New facilities and services aid enrollment, with registration dates and orientations announced.
An unexplained meteor shower illuminated western skies Monday night, drawing anxious calls from northern California to Arizona. Coast Guard and sheriff departments logged numerous reports of fireballs, with Inyo County recording the only confirmed earth impact strike. Officers and witnesses described a bright ball that burst in the Sierra Nevada region.
Witnesses describe a huge bi dirigible shaped object breaking into white flame in the skies above Northern California. Police and hundreds report sighting the event as a meteor blazing across the region at speeds between 6,000 and 8,000 mph, with potential ground impact avoided.
Public notice from Santa Barbara Superior Court cites the adoption of minor Wayne Edward Taylor by William R Quisenberry. The hearing is set for 9:00 a.m. with petitioner attorney Dunlap and Melville of Lompoc. Notice dates Aug 24 31 and Sept 7 14 1976.
Lompoc Planning Commission approved Allan Hancock College's plan to use the Miguelito School site as a Lompoc campus on Olive Avenue west of V Street. The college will add rear parking with no exterior changes to the former elementary building and will open classes next month.
Terry G White 19 of 1108 E North Ave suffered a cut lip when his car reportedly crashed into a parked vehicle on the 400 block of North F Street. He refused medical attention. The report also notes a home break in at 1657 Calle Lindere with $700 in stereo gear stolen. An unidentified van attempted to scare deer with beams late Sunday night. no animals were harmed. Registration for La Purisima School runs Aug 30 to Sept 3 at 219 W Olive Ave. Allan Hancock College offers a painters and decorators apprenticeship with applications due Aug 24 in room 40 H. The Lompoc Science of Mind Club wraps a dream study series Aug 26 at 417 North 3rd St with future sessions starting Sept 16. The August County Park Commission testifies about Ellwood Pier as Mexican cultural show set Sept 9 at the Federal Correctional Institution. KMEX and Magna Verde will present Los Angeles artists. contact Teresa Moreno at KMEX. An Irish engineer and English comedian wed on a London-bound Qantas 747 six miles above Australia in a ceremony on the first-class lounge.
Cal Poly Extension will offer three aerospace courses at Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc. The topics are Aerospace Science Propulsion and Fuels and Propellants, each worth three units with a $66 registration fee. First class meets 7 p.m. Sept 28 in Room 12410 Education Office Building Vandenberg.
Veugha Proctor and Dan Duffy are credited as writer and photographer along with Adrienne McAdam and King Merrill in a Santa Ynez news feature. The piece highlights local talent and press personnel connected to the Vailey News group and Bures management.
Representatives from the Lompoc Education Association and the Federation of Teachers hold another impasse with the Lompoc Unified School District Board. The board offers a 1 percent raise and 0.6 percent fringe benefits, while teachers seek 9.65 percent pay hike and 8.4 percent more in benefits. Negotiations began last week after rival groups agreed to limited talks, aiming for a Sept. 1 salary agreement before teachers return Sept. 7.
Richard E Gribble named executive for the Mission Council of the Boy Scouts of America serving Santa Barbara County Marin Lompoc and Vandenberg AFB. He replaces Nick W Stamos who becomes Scout Council Executive of the San Francisco Bay Area Council. Gribble begins September 1 after 33 years in scouting including 12 as a professional. He comes from the Chief Seattle Council in Washington where he was director of finance and field director. Mission Council engages 6000 boys and 2500 adult volunteers in scouting programs.
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