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Record Christmas Chess Tournament crowns winners and notes
The Record hosts the annual School Christmas Chess Tournament in Lompoc with 149 entrants. Cabrillo High School and Lompoc High School share top high school honors as Vance Ray wins the high school title after a dramatic finish. Junior high and elementary winners include Rajan Ayyar and Paul Kracke with multiple seventh graders leading.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Valley
Veterans Memorial
Vance Ray
Cabrillo
Ray
Bernie McGivney
Lompoc High School
Calvin Welsh
Mike McDonald
Glenn Geary
Joe Clayton
Lynn Newcomb
Aygar
Chris Picard
David Bryant
Eric Day
Mike Wapner
James Glaze
Charles Benesh
Craig Schwanke
Wapner
Glaze
Paul Kracke
Los Berros
Boris Spassky
Kracke
Ralph Leck
Ronda Farmer
Barney Foster
Sammy Norris
Leck
David Edge
Jim Slaight
Jimmy Johnston
Jerry Crandell
Curt McQueary
Don Bauman
Tom Freeman
Kathryn DeLozier
PTA
Phil Hirschler
Bernard McGivney
Kenneth L. Adam
The
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Veterans Memorial Building
Police Department