Candidates take out papers for Santa Barbara elections
Two rival candidates for marshal Patrick O'Brien and Michael Devaney filed papers as the June Primary opened. Assembly race contender Kenneth Palmer again filed, along with three county supervisor hopefuls Lyn Rue McClurg Richard Duprey and Gerald Firestone. Incumbent constable Leonard Chapman also filed for reelection.
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Patrick O’brien
Michael Devaney
Santa Barbara
Lyn Rue McClurg
Goleta Valley
Richard Duprey
UC Santa Barbara
Isla Vista
Gerald Firestone
Duprey
George Hobbs
Santa Maria
Curtis Tunnell
Hobbs
Tunnell
Leonard Chapman
Guadalupe
Board approves architect fee boost for Lompoc county building
The Board of Supervisors approved paying Pierre Claeyssens 25000 for a county building project in Lompoc. Public Works Director Norman Caldwell backed the increase from 10000 due to expanded plans raising total cost from 275000 to 378000. Caldwell called the 6.6 percent fee modest and said the county will monitor changes.
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Board of Supervisors
Pierre Claeyssens
Lompoc
Public Works
Norman Caldwell
Caldwell
AIA
County
Frank Drum
Los Alamos
John Bastanchury
Buellton
Superintendent Promotes Classroom-Based Idea Transmission
The interview discusses how to implement education reforms through encouragement and strong school-level engagement. Wegner emphasizes spending time in schools, dialog with staff, and being where the action is to shape practice in classrooms tomorrow.
California Freeways Safer Now Than 1909 Horse Era
State Director of Public Works James A. Moe told the Comstock Club there were 26 million harness and draft horses in 1909 and they traveled 13 billion miles, with 3,850 fatalities. He compared this to today’s freeway safety, claiming a much lower fatality rate per 100 million miles of travel in California.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
James A. Moe
Comstock Club
Moe
Commissioner Selection Sparks Farm Bureau Debate
Hunt described the county commission selection process and a written letter that criticized ecologists as cultists. He defended Clyde as a trusted commissioner while stressing environment policy and pollution control as statewide concerns alongside economics and farm technology for farmer survival.
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Hunt
Farm Bureau
Cummings
Clyde
Bureau
County welfare costs to be cut by forty four thousand monthly
Welfare Director Arthur W. Nelson told the Board of Supervisors that new state law lowering adulthood to 18 for several aid programs will reduce county welfare costs by about 44 000 dollars per month starting April 1. The measure shifts responsibilities and increases county general relief expenses, with adjusted AFDC and foster care payments and more county work project positions planned.
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Board of Supervisors
Arthur W. Nelson
Nelson
County Probation Department
AFDC
Welfare Department
Santa Barbara High School
Dos Pueblos
la Cuesta
San Marcos
Santa Ynez
Righetti
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara City College
Allan Hancock College
Supervisors Approve 46 Preserve Applications
The Board of Supervisors approved 46 of 56 agricultural preserve applications on Monday with nine continued to Feb 22 or 29 and one denied. Preserves approved span districts including Yonemura Nursery, Vedder Co., Williams Brown, Marvin, Lawson, M Coli, Hancock, Tepusquet Vineyards, Crocker Bank, Union Sugar Co and others.
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Board of Supervisors
Yonemura Nursery
Vedder Co
Williams-Brown, Marvin
Ota and
McCloskey
San Jose Creek Ranch
Goleta Valley
E. O. Easton
S.D.E. Corp
S.D. Eckert
Hopson
Chillingsworth
Lawson
M. Coli
Hancock
R. Tognazzini
Skou
Guggia
Russell
Marian Trust
Mahoney
Diaz
J. Minami
Sheehy
de Bernardi
Goodchild
Tepusquet Vineyards
Crocker National Bank
Coli, Guler, Inc
Union Sugar Co
Calderon
E Rodrigues
M. Rodrigues
J. Pereira
P Pereira
F. Pereira
Wickenden
Fesler
Weather snapshot shows cold wave and scattered precipitation
Early today the Midwest faced snow and fog hampering travel while extreme north central Minnesota and northeastern North Dakota were under cold wave warnings. The South enjoyed mild weather as northwest coastal regions saw rain and inland snow. An Atlantic storm moved out to sea and Gulf and Pacific air kept South temperatures above normal. Early temps ranged from 6 below zero in Fargo to 72 in Key West.
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Midwest
Atlantic
Minnesota
North Dakota
National Weather Service
County panel to screen architects for Santa Barbara laundry project
County supervisors named a three member committee of Raymond D. Johnson, an Administrative Officer, to screen architects for the proposed $80,000 Santa Barbara General Hospital laundry. Board director Curtis Tunnell urged prioritizing the north county juvenile hall project over the laundry. Both projects have been moved down the list in recent years. Public works
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Santa Barbara General Hospital
Curtis Tunnell
North County
Raymond D. Johnson
Public Works
Norman Caldwell
Laundry Safety Debate and Renovation Plan Considered
Hospital Administrator John Quinn and Supervisor Daniel G Grant discussed the county laundry's condition. They noted the aging 1917 dairy-barn facility housing a big mangle at 18 years old and debated replacing it or contracting laundry work while planning an architect study and capital outlay reviews.
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John Quinn
Daniel G. Grant
Easien Grant
Tunnell
Caldwell
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Bank of America
Edward McMillan
Wegner
Ng Commissioner
Government Employees Corporation of California
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GEICO
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