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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1977
Page
5
Valley Elks invite entries for a Memorial Day event at Post Time Farms between Solvang and Buellton to honor Lori Roberts. Activities include breakfast, penning contests with a $100 purse, a $10,000 match race, rained out Mother's Day breakfast rescheduled, and a Santa Maria style barbecue starting at 12:30.
Solvang inventor Bill Shalhoob has won IAMPO approval for his Magic Pipe device, a 642 inch copper tube segment with magnets that conditions water and reduces scale. The unit, marketed in the western U S and beyond, requires no chemicals or moving parts and aims for a national rollout in hard water areas.
A potluck luncheon, memorial service, and a humorous skit plus musical entertainment highlighted the Santa Barbara County Pomona Grange gathering at Lompoc Grange Hall. 41 Grangers from Santa Barbara County and 31 from San Luis Obispo attended. Nell Shanklin introduced And the Lights Went Out. Evelyn Devere led cast from San Luis Obispo with Ralph Grayson and others. musical numbers included Whispering Hope and Red River Valley.
Ron Barrette of the County Park Dept presented a comprehensive parks master plan for the Santa Ynez Valley. Proposals include enlarging the county town park, acquiring horse-ring sites for community use, creating a 130 acre regional park at Duff Ranch, land near Fjord Drive for a Solvang community park, rearranging Nojoqui Falls picnic areas, and adding two ORV motorcycle parks north of the Santa Ynez Airport and near Buellton River. Public hearings are planned for fall with input welcome.
Summer School at Santa Ynez Valley High starts Monday June 20 and ends Friday July 29. A post session begins Tuesday Aug 2 and ends Friday Aug 26. Transportation will be provided for students in Buellton Solvang Ballard Santa Ynez and Los Olivos with routes to be announced.
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