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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1974
Page
2
The Cabrillo Booster Club announced winners of its annual savings bonds drawing. Prizes went to C. E. Ewing $500 Cecil McGovern $200 Olly Greenfield $100 Fred S. Dudney Jr. $50 and D. F. Goodman $25. The club thanked all contributors supporting local youth.
Five county cities seek 100 percent of the one percent sales and use tax, up from 98, arguing the county provides no services for the tax and that sharing is unfair. The Board of Supervisors directed county counsel to draft an ordinance amendment for the Nov. 25 meeting, aiming for a July 1 start.
The Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 against a Planning Commission plan to form a grading oversight committee and require permits for new grading on slopes over 20 percent in agricultural areas. Critics cited limited seriousness and urged voluntary neighbor policing. Public Works noted problems on Camino Cielo and Santa Ynez front slope, with 20 percent of the county outside Soil Conservation District.
Marriage licenses were issued in Lompoc to Dennis Morgan Piper and Valerie Anne Christopherson both of Santa Maria. Also licensed were James Leon Kuykendall II of Keystone Heights Florida with Sandra Fish of Vandenberg Village, Ian Mahealani Meyers of Honolulu with Koreen Aldeguer of Weinanae Hawaii, Patrick Cruz and Rebecca Brandon both of Lompoc, and Billy Zeigler Jr. with Mary Ann Gregory both of Lompoc.
Closing stock quotations are furnished the Record through Lang and Co a Lompoc based firm located at 3865 F Constellation Road with contact 733 3551.
Nels Wick 87 died Monday at Vandenberg Air Force Base Hospital. Rosary service 7 p.m. tonight at Gregory McPeek Mortuary Chapel. Funeral mass 10 a.m. tomorrow at La Purisima Catholic Church. Interment at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Widow Margaret survives with step son Ralph McPeek and six grandchildren. He retired from the Army in 1946 after 30 years of service. Born 1889 in Washington. Resided 801 North F St, Lompoc.
The Santa Barbara County Civil Service Commission asks the Board of Supervisors to implement a countywide background screening program for employees and job applicants. It proposes bonding for sensitive positions and transfer screening to alert department heads to an employee’s record. The commission cites rising appeal cases and notes Sheriff Carpenter already uses background checks.
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a second six month extension for Insignis Inc to build a golf course clubhouse and related recreation on the former Duff Ranch near Solvang. The decision followed a tied planning commission vote and amid sewage concerns. The property has since sold to Cook Capital Corp of Memphis. A 141 unit housing project is also proposed on the 312 acre site. Supervisors Tunnell Beattie and Catterlin voted yes while Frost Slater opposed.
Fire of undetermined origin scorched about three acres of brushland on Figueroa Mountain north of Los Olivos this morning. U.S. Forest crews aided by county firefighters contained it with no injuries and no structures threatened. The blaze started roughly a half to three-quarters of a mile east of the Figueroa Mountain Fire Suppression Station.
Sheriff John W. Carpenter failed to secure a $76,000 contingency fund for 18 deputy slots deleted by the Board of Supervisors. With Frost absent and Slater opposed, only three votes were possible, delaying the request until Nov. 25 for further study and potential funding from contingency and salary savings.
Lompoc resident and Parks Commission member Larry Flinkingshell urged faster land division review as county supervisors called for written options from Planning, OEQ and county counsel. The 132 acre project near State Highway 246 faces delays blamed on staff backlog and limited environmental specialists.
Santa Barbara County two supervisors elect attended the weekly Board of Supervisors session in the County Administration Building. Harrell Fletcher, winner of the Fifth District seat, was introduced by retiring Curtis Tunnell as he prepares to take office January 5. Robert Kallman, Second District winner, will assume January 6, succeeding Charles F. Catterlin who did not seek reelection.
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