SMID marks 25 years guiding Solvang services
The Solvang Municipal Improvement District reports a quarter century of progress since its 1951 founding. Highlights include water and sewer system upgrades, a stronger fire department, street lighting, and a parking program, with ongoing park funding disputes and planned Chalk Hill Road improvements for 1977.
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Solvang
Mathiasen
SMID
Santa Barbara
Solvang Business Assn
Smid Board of Directors
Chalk Hill Road
Laurel Avenue
Elsinore Drive
Viking Hills
R and F
Nordentoft Way
Santa Ynez
Valley Ambulance Service
Veterans Memorial Building
Leslie Wilkes
Thomas G. Nielsen
Fred L. Bates
Arden T. Petersen
Ernst T. Christensen
Santa Maria Librarian to Speak at Valley BPW Dinner
Lena Peoples city librarian for Santa Maria will headline the Santa Ynez Valley Business and Professional Women's Club dinner at Grange Hall Los Olivos Thursday at 7 p.m. The talk titled Being and Caring will cover her seminars lectures and meditation work.
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Valley Bpw
Santa Maria
Lena Peoples
City of
Santa Ynez Valley
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Grange Hall
Los Olivos
Mattei
Educators attend fair at Earl Warren Showgrounds
Educators from the Santa Ynez Valley public schools join others for an educational materials fair at Earl Warren Showgrounds Thursday 3 to 9 p.m. The event showcases over 100 items including books cassettes multimedia kits reading aids slides teaching machines and workbooks sponsored by the county offices of education in Santa Barbara Ventura and San Luis Obispo and the California Educational Exhibitors Assn. Admission is free and open to the public.
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Santa Ynez Valley
Earl Warren Showgrounds
Preservation talk highlights drought data and forest policy
Four speakers at Solvang event sponsored by the Santa Ynez Valley Citizens for the General Plan discussed water availability in the Santa Ynez Valley, the need for controlled burns, and the costs of county division. Gilbert La Freniere warned pumping may outpace recharge, Ernst Christensen urged living with nature, Fritz Cahill outlined weather based prescribed burns, and Bendy White promoted progressive burn programs amid liability concerns.
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Solvang
Santa Ynez Valley
Zita Nielsen
Gilbert la Freniere
County Office of Environmental Quality
Cuyama
la Freniere
Ernst Christensen
National Parks
Bendy White
Montecito
Forest Service
Coyote
Worth Taylor Elected President of Santa Ynez Valley Lions
Worth Taylor, a retired telephone company executive, was elected president of the Santa Ynez Valley Lions Club. Officers will be installed June 23 at Pea Soup Andersen's in Buellton. Other new officers include Kurt Hoy, Bob Stephens, Bob Lewis, Russ Conant, Gene Nelson, Bob Parkinson, and Dick Shannon. District Governor Jim Moore will speak at a ladies night tonight at Pea Soup Andersen's.
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Worth Taylor
Telephone Company
The
Santa Ynez Valley Lions Club
Taylor
Pea Soup Andersen's
Buellton
Jim Moore
Resignation of Marian Edwards Ends 25-Year Teaching Career
The College District board accepted the retirement of Marian Edwards from College Elementary School after 18 years there and a total 25-year teaching career. Her husband Ralph Edwards, Solvang Elementary School District superintendent, also plans retirement. Trustees noted growing enrollment and pupil housing needs as Santa Ynez, College, and San Marcos schools report 383, 215, and unknown students respectively. The board set its annual organizational meeting for Monday April 11.
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Marian Edwards
College
College District
Edwards
Ralph V. Edwards
Solvang
Santa Ynez
College School
San Marcos
Paradise
Santa Ynez Valley Girls Seek Europe Trip Funds
Santa Ynez Valley High School girls volleyball team coached by Miss Marilyn Wheeler leads a fund raising drive to cover a Europe tour this summer. Along with 100 California athletes invited by the California Interscholastic Assn. the team aims to compete in volleyball tournaments and learn about the five visiting countries. Team members include seniors Cheryl Dailey Terry Hyduchak Diane Walker Wendy Mullins Lisa Stephenson juniors Libby Mercado Pia Mortensen and freshmen Debbi Alves Kris Preis and Michelle Syfert.
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Santa Ynez Valley High School
Marilyn Wheeler
Europe
Valley High
Cheryl Dailey
Terry Hyduchak
Diane Walker
Wendy Mullins
Lisa Stephenson
Libby Mercado
Pia Mortensen
Debbi Alves
Kris Preis
Michelle Syfert
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Valley Service
General Fund
Leishman Management Co
Roskile Road
David Harrison
Jerry McConnell
Hans Christian Andersen Park
Solvang County
Mrs. Peoples
Office of
the County Superinten
Otter
North
OW WA UD Pizza Palace
the Straw Hat Restaurant Corporation
King Merrill
Grand Canyon
Kaibab Forest
Fritz Cahill
Los Padres Forest
Cahill
Los Padres
Robert Hedlund
Lions
Kurt Hoy
Bob
Mastro
Westside
W. Ocean
Bank Americard
Lilly Cotton
VOGUE
Lois Holms
Knitting
Fabric and Yarn
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