Valley solar heating begins to pay for itself
Lompoc Valley households report fast payback from solar pool heating with Frank Nicholson noting a $1,200 install eliminated $30 monthly gas costs. City officials consider solar for municipal pool heating as prices drop and production ramps up.
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Beattie Park Skateboard Track Costly, Not Feasible Now
Lompoc Park Commission halted Beattie Park skate facility plans citing high liability costs and ongoing supervision needs. Director Jack Anderson urged delaying until other cities prove its viability and private groups could fund construction and leasing. Fourteen year old Don Grimes and friends will pursue a later petition while keeping options open.
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Jack Anderson
Beattie Park
Siminski
Anderson
Grimes
Lompoc
School Classified Employees Voting on Tentative Pact Today
Classified school employees vote today on a tentative contract agreed late last night between employees and the school board. The decision comes after a marathon session with Draza Mrvichin of the California Conciliation Service. A mass meeting at La Honda School will determine support while the board plans to finalize the agreement tomorrow morning.
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California Conciliation Service
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California School Employes Association
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CSEA
Mysterious object sighting ends without evidence in pond
Investigators could not locate any object after reports of something falling into a farmer's pond in Wakefield New Hampshire. National Guardsmen assisted at the McCarthy property while officials concluded the sightings were likely shadows from cracked ice.
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Gregory Smith
County officials urged to hold north meetings
The Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission were urged to hold regular sessions in Lom Poc and other north county communities. Supervisor Yager plans to propose moving sessions, with Chairman Fletcher supporting the idea and urging the planning commission to follow. Officials note Santa Barbara remains the county seat and stress legal and budget impacts before any move.
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First District
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Lompoc
Harrell Fletcher
Santa Maria
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Santa Barbara
First Presbyterian Forum Publishes Lompoc Trustee Race
The First Presbyterian Church will host a candidates forum on March 1 at 7 30 p.m. for nine entrants vying for two Lompoc Unified School District Board seats. Moderator The Rev. Kenneth R Boyd. Voters head to polls March 8 to elect two trustees.
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Lompoc Unified
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Ed Walsh
Carter briefed by Joint Chiefs on defenses and SALT talks
President elect Jimmy Carter and his national security team met at Blair House with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mondale and senior aides to review U S military capabilities and arms negotiations with the Soviet Union. The four hour session covered defense operations, Soviet threat assessments, and progress toward a SALT II accord amid U S cruise missile and bomber disputes.
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Theodore Sorensen
Hamilton Jordan
Democraic National
Robert Strauss
Maine
Ken Curtis
Phil Wise
Democratic National Committee
Winter storm blankets midlands with snow sleet and ice
A storm system spreads snow sleet and freezing rain across the midlands as bitter cold grips the eastern U S from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Reports cite heavy snow in Missouri ice and freezing rain from the central plains to the Mississippi Valley and multiple counties face power outages and travel disruptions.
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Washington trip funding remains uncertain for Fillmore students
A Fillmore School sixth grade class plans a bus trip to the presidential inauguration. Donations totalled 1,502 by 11 a.m., about half of the 3,000 mile trip's estimated 5,000 cost. A Friday noon deadline loomed with funds accepted through Saturday.
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Sonja Yates
Fillmore
Quander Road
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Lompoc
Washington
Lompoc Unified School District
Clarence Bloom
Greyhound
Jimmy Carter
France protests U.S. criticism over Abu Daoud release
Paris summoned the U.S. envoy to protest Washington’s dismay at a Paris Court decision freeing Abu Daoud the Palestinian guerrilla linked to the 1972 Munich massacre. France called the U.S. reaction inadmissible, signaling possible strain before President Carter’s inauguration.
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Washington
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Foreign Ministry
U.S
Samuel Gammon
State Department
Jacques de Follin
Jimmy Carter
John Trattner
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