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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1977
Page
2
Heng Chau and fellow monks of the Gold Mountain Monastery in San Francisco follow strict vows, avoiding begging and eating one daily vegetarian meal. They wake before dawn, bow and meditate, work alone, and read Sutras after sunset while avoiding social sharing with outsiders.
Heng Chau explains how two monks journey to a Western translation project while keeping their vow to bow every three steps. They adapt routes around obstacles using bike paths gutters or tracks and accept risks to avoid breaking vows. They seek peace and world understanding through travel.
Two veterans, Homer James Darby 67 and James Mulholland 85, are remembered in Masonic and military services at Lompoc Funeral Home Chapel and Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Darby, born in Texas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and died at Vandenberg AFB Hospital. Mulholland, born in Michigan, was a former Lieutenant who served in WWI and WWII and held multiple lodge and shrine memberships. Both are noted with surviving relatives and past affiliations, with burial and visitation details at Lompoc facilities.
The Kiwanis Club presents Lee Grabel the World’s Greatest Illusionist at 7 p.m. Saturday in Civic Auditorium with proceeds aiding community service funds. Illusions include the Floating Piano and Disappearing Horse. Tickets are $9 per family with no limit on children.
The State Department of Water Resources funds 12 percent of a facilities planning study to connect Mission Hills sewers to the Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. About 75 percent of the $40 000 to $50 000 cost is expected from EPA. Lompoc Utility Services Co. contributes $6,000. Step 1 covers routes, finances, and impact on bills. completion is estimated in 3 to 4 months with Steps 2 and 3 to follow.
Entry appears as second class mail in Lompoc California under court decree No 47085. The Lompoc Record is published by Lompoc Record Publications California Corporation at 115 North H Street Lompo, with Mrs A James McCollum named as publisher and president.
A county salary study aiming to address pay inequities among thousands of non management employees is unfolding amid questions from rank and file. While management received a 7 percent raise and a fall survey may trigger another, observers ask when regular employees get reviewed and how any inequities would be implemented or debated before spring talks.
Sheriff deputies arrested John Michael Martinez age 18 for petty theft burglary tools trespassing and contributing to a minor. He faced $500 bail and was taken to Lompoc Jail. Jimmie Lee Neal age 20 was bound over for assault with a deadly weapon resisting arrest and public drunkenness after a high speed chase in Lompoc. Separately burglars stole cash jewelry and tools from several homes with losses totaling thousands including a diamond ring and watches. A commission on aging set a November 2 meeting at the Valley of the Flowers club. A $308 Exxon robbery remains under investigation with two suspects described after a lookout man. A grounded 35-foot sailboat near Pt Conception prompted Coast Guard response. A bar patron damaged five windows at Tom’s Bar causing $425 in losses.
Daryl Aragon, 17, 5'5" and dark haired, was named Lompoc High's first Homecoming Monarch after wrestling teammates nominated him in protest of Title IX changes. The vote drew mixed reactions as Cabrillo High also weighed gendered limits, while Aragon praised the honor and questioned why a boy could not run for Homecoming Queen.
The Current Projects Subcommittee of the Committee meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the County Administration Building Cypress Avenue and E Street to review projects for submission to the Lompoc Advisory Committee for the County General Plan at 7 30 p m Thursday in the same location. The full committee will resume land use map deliberations for the Vandenberg Village Mission Hills Lompoc areas.
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