Ambulance subsidies cut threat to Santa Ynez Valley
County supervisors voted to end $72,000 yearly subsidies for ambulance firms in Santa Barbara Santa Maria and Lompoc raising fear of service cuts in the Santa Ynez Valley by July 1 A telephone poll of law enforcement medical and business leaders shows heavy disapproval Lt Richard Dzamba Buellton CHP calls the move inconsiderate and potentially disastrous for response times Sgt Jack Delagrave Sheriff substation Solvang notes concern over out of town ambulances delivering delays
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Ambulance Service Debate Heats in Santa Ynez Valley
Community leaders and residents clash over cutting ambulance subsidies as Solvang swells with summer visitors to as many as 50 000 people daily. Hospital officials urge local, full time or paramedic support while proposing the hospital run its own ambulance service with Joe Fudda overseeing operations.
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Betty Jamieson
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Santa Ynez Valley Hospital
Santa Ynez Valley
Jamieson
Jerry McConnell
Solvang Lutheran Home
Valley Hospital
McConnell
van Valin
Joe Fudda
Santa Barbara
Ambulance subsidy may be saved with county plan
At a Solvang session, Jess Moore of the Solvang Business Association urged keeping a subsidy for ambulance service. He left with hope that by July 1 the County Emergency Medical Care Services Committee might propose an alternative solution to ensure valley ambulance coverage.
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Solvang Business Assn
Moore
Light agenda at SMID board meeting in Solvang
Solvang Municipal Improvement District directors meet at 7 in the municipal center to discuss county actions that cut ambulance subsidy payments and may end ambulance service in the Santa Ynez Valley. They will review a strongly worded letter to the supervisors and consider finances for Chalk Hill Road and a proposed consolidated wastewater project.
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County Transportation Dept
Chalk Hill Road
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Grange chicken dinner tradition ends in Santa Ynez Valley
The Santa Ynez Valley Grange discontinues its first Sunday monthly home style chicken dinners at Grange Hall Los Olivos after 1962 to present. Ballard group to hold potluck Friday 6 30 p m at Ballard School and Ballard Improvement and Protective Association sponsoring. Members say the work load led to the end. future events by Grange will be catered on reservation basis. Hortense Freeman 688 4083 listed for inquiries.
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