Roving Reporter Probes Lompoc Flower Festival Memories
The roving reporter and photographer visit Ryan Park asking locals for their most outstanding memory of the Lompoc Flower Festival. Each week they appear at a new spot with a fresh question.
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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1977
Page
2
The roving reporter and photographer visit Ryan Park asking locals for their most outstanding memory of the Lompoc Flower Festival. Each week they appear at a new spot with a fresh question.
The county planning commission gave final approval to a 23 lot subdivision on a 10 acre parcel at Calor Drive in Buellton. Access for a landlocked adjacent parcel owned by Don and Diane Ryan was arranged via highway frontage after escrow. The Buellton Water District capacity limits were noted but the project already has BCSD connections. A September 28 public hearing was scheduled to discuss future Orcutt area developments involving 31 major projects and an estimated 11 000 residents.
Mary E. Dover 83 died Tuesday in Lompoc. Rosary 7:30 tonight at Starbuck Mortuary. funeral mass 10 a.m. Friday at La Purisima Church. Burial at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Survived by husband Frank D. Sr. and 5 sons, 3 daughters, 19 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, 2 great great grandchildren. many relatives. Also a Guild meeting announced for weaving at 1112 South H St Monday 7:30 p.m. with project a 4 H harness loom.
A long list of marriage licenses issued in Lompoc and nearby towns includes Craig A Yocum and Karen Murphy both of Lompoc. Charles Jones and Erika Griesemere of Lompoc. Robert Northrop and Janeece Davis of Lompoc. Wayne Hamilton and Brenda Lee of Mission Hills. Guy Walker and Nancy Thompson of Santa Barbara. Ken Mortensen and Sunny Andersen of Solvang. Scott Berry of Minot and Janet Blaschke of Vandenberg Village. James Withrow and Tanya Guest of Lompoc. Ruben Ruiz and Gloria Trancesco of Mission Hills. Mahmoud Askari and Linda Milden of Santa Maria. Patrick Philley and Lynda Frazier of Buellton. Mark Smith of Belhaven NC and Melanie Johnson of Lompoc. Daniel Turner of Tujunga and Anne Robertson of Santa Ynez. Frederick Foster and Marilyn Hanna of Buellton. Thomas Hawk and Rachel Rader of Lompoc. Randy Mirich and Jacklyn Scofield of Lompoc. Gleaves Kenny III and Angela Rufo of Mission Hills. Bruce Anderson and Beverly Telschow of Washington and New Jersey. John Ball and Kathy Walker of Vandenberg AFB. Hawthorne Hunter and Grace Ountiveros of Vandenberg AFB. Gerald Vasquez and Theresa Cruz of Lompoc.
Two North County projects are set for consideration at the Board of Architectural Review session starting at 9 30 am in Santa Barbara. Mission Hills Baptist Church of Lompoc plans a classroom building with Frank Murayama as applicant for the project at 3635 Rucker Road about 700 feet north of Burton Mesa Road.
The Lompoc Flower Festival Committee with the Lompoc Teddy Bear citizens band group will provide traffic and festival information from Thursday 9 pm to Sunday 9 pm. Motorists can reach a Teddy Bear base or mobile unit on Channel 23 while Channels 11 14 23 handle festival communications and Channel 9 remains for emergencies.
The Santa Barbara County Employer Association and county administration failed to agree on salaries for the 1977-78 fiscal year. The county offered 7 percent, rejected by 86 percent, while the workers pressed for a flat dollar increase. The impasse was declared by Third District Supervisor William Wallace as SECEA sought a third party fact finding.
Daily record notes Sophie George obituary yesterday while Jack Schuyler of Solvang is listed as grandson. A slide show Women in Transition will be shown Friday at 10 a.m. in Lompoc County Administration Building Cypress Avenue and E Street. The event highlights women in roles from animal control to department head.
Walter Ed Duke, an off duty sheriff’s detective from Lompoc, aided CHP officer John Lopez who was shot by bandits. Duke found Lopez, gave first aid until an ambulance arrived, and Lopez remained in stable condition at a Barstow hospital.
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