Lompoc Council Set for Sewer Talks and Public Hearings
The Lompoc City Council plans four routine hearings and two sewer bond related items. If voters approve the sewer bond today the council will discuss engineering services with Brown and Caldwell and cost sharing with local facilities for the wastewater system.
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Lompoc Valley
Federal Correction Institution
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Standing Ovation for Miracle Worker at Lompoc High
The audience applauded Lompoc Senior High School's The Miracle Worker with a standing ovation as opening night and remaining show dates November 8 9 10 and 11 loom. Director Larry Bowen and the set crew divide a small Little Theater stage into two fixed settings and a flexible right side area, creating crowded scenes and tense cues. Debbie Dyer as Annie and Shawn Laffoon as Helen deliver moving performances praised by critics, supported by Randy Thompson Deni Obermire and Jim Hawkins in key roles. Costumes by Stella Rodriguez and Saundra Garcia evoke the 1880s, and the production remains highly recommended despite pace issues. Curtain: 8 p.m.
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Shawn Laffoon
Dyer
Laffoon
Randy Thompson
Deni Obermire
Deni
Jim Hawkins
Stella Rodriguez
Saundra Garcia
Goleta district seeks revised state water costs
Goleta district pushes for updated Feather River water costs to inform a potential ballot on importation. The request, supported by Santa Barbara water chair John Hamilton, cites an eight month study lead time and a preliminary design from Santa Maria River to Lompoc and Lake Cachuma.
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Dick Pratl
Feather River
County Water Agency
John Hamilton
Santa Barbara City
Robert M. Edmonston
Santa Maria River
Lompoc
Lake Cachuma
Public Works
Norman Caldwell
Hamilton
Diablo Canyon
Third F111 vanishes over North Vietnam
Saigon UPI reports a U.S. F111 swing wing jet vanished early today over North Vietnam during a solo penetration mission. It is the third F111 lost since returning to operation Sept 28. Two crewmen are missing. a Navy A7 Corsair was downed nearby with the pilot missing. American jets conducted about 100 strikes in the Panhandle, including B52 missions. Seven Huey crew and passengers were forced down by weather but later rescued.
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El Camino principal backed by daily grind and care
The day in the life of El Camino School principal Jerry Schockmel shows him waking at 6 15 a m and guiding 509 students and about 20 teachers. He handles paperwork, discipline, classroom coverage, student interactions, and PTA meetings plus occasional weekends, embodying the boss role in a busy school block.
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Jerry Schockmel
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PTA Board of Directors
Nude couple seen near FCI camp spurs investigation
Officials investigated two unrelated events near the Federal Correctional Institution minimum security camp. Guards spotted a nude man and woman in the woods, who fled as approached, with no clues found and no missing detainees reported. Separately a deputy nabbed an alien under Floradale bridge who was later identified as Neftali Verdugo Monge, a former inmate. Border patrol to transport him across the border. A 17 year old from Lompoc, Joey Aguilar, suffered serious injuries in an off road bike mishap and remained in Goleta Valley Hospital ICU. Local warden declined to link the incidents and said the inquiry would continue.
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FCI
Frank Kenton
Lompoc
Joey Aguilar
South I St
Goleta Valley Hospital
Major county building projects receive environmental clearance
County environmental authorities cleared numerous large scale developments in Goleta Valley and Santa Ynez Valley for residential and commercial projects. Two Carpinteria Valley projects await Carpinteria City Council review while 10 Goleta Valley projects are held for a week pending water availability from Goleta Water District directors.
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Santa Ynez Valley
Environmental Quality Advisory Agency
Carpinteria Valley
Carpinteria City
Goleta
Daniel G. Grant
Hope Ranch
EQAA
Tip Top Ranch
Refugio Pass
G. Raymond Cornelius
Solvang
Schmandt & Lenvik
Woodstock Associates
Brinkerhoff
Funeral services pending for Chester Waibel 60
Chester Waibel died yesterday in San Diego. He was born in 1912 in Minnesota. Funeral services are pending at the McPeek Family Mortuary. further details will appear in the Record.
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Chester
Jack) Waibel
San Diego
Waibel
Minnesota
County Wage Talks Stall As Officials Pause Adjustments
County Administrative Officer Raymond D. Johnson told supervisors the office is not in a position to recommend any salary changes now for about 2,700 employees. Employee groups pressed for more than the 2 percent increases awarded to over 1,000 workers and urged a new wage formula beyond the eight‑county sample program. Johnson said negotiations with five employee groups will continue in November with a progress report due December 4. About 500 workers have petitioned for higher wages this year as the purchasing power of county staff comes under pressure.
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Raymond D. Johnson
County Employees’ Assn
Fire Fighters Union
Social Workers Union
Johnson
Assn
Zack L. Stringer
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