Solvang School District Chief Edwards to Retire
SESD superintendent Ralph V. Edwards will retire at end of the current school year after 21 years with the district and three and a half years as superintendent. The board will hold a special session to gather input on a replacement and the Solvang PTO will elect officers at a related meeting. Edwards, a native of Iowa, served in World War II and Korea and led enrollment growth from 246 to 391 students.
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Ralph V. Edwards
Solvang Eelementary
Richard W. Christensen
Edwards
Laurel Street Music Room
Christensen
Solvang
PTO
Laurel Street
Los Olivos
Maynard Strong
Lompoc
Strong
Leslie W. Anderson
Anderson
Villisca
Iowa
Santa Ynez Valley
Camp Cooke
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Southern California
Arizona State
San Francisco State
King Merrill
4 H Club activities launch at Grange Hall meeting
Lucky Clover 4 H Club members signed for the coming year's projects and committees at the Monday meeting in Los Olivos Grange Hall. Ann Barquist Ana Lopez and Sally Jones attended the Asilomar leadership meeting September 10 11. The club will host its annual buyers barbecue at Santa Ynez Park Sunday at 1 30 p m to thank buyers at the junior livestock auction.
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Lucky Clover 4-H
Grange Hall
Los Olivos
Asilomar
Ann Barquist
Ana Lopez
Sally Jones
Santa Ynez
Cal-Pac agrees to drop suit in Santa Barbara case
Cal-Pac Recreational Inc filed in Superior Court Santa Barbara to dismiss all pending litigation against the county. The move precedes a formal request for a conditional use permit for 50 overnight campsites at Zaca Lake near Los Olivos in the Santa Ynez Valley. Cal-Pac will be represented by Philip Marking and Richard B Taylor and Associate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal-Pac Recreational, Inc
Santa Barbara
Cal-Pac
Philip Marking
Zaca Lake
Los Olivos
Santa Ynez Valley
Marking
Richard B Taylor
Frederick Kling
Candidates discuss local and national issues at Buellton dinner
Two election contenders spoke at the Santa Ynez Valley Senior Advisory Council gathering in Buellton. Daniel Sisson, a Democrat running for the 13th Congressional District, spoke on The American Revolution, while Robert C Lilley of Lompoc, a Santa Barbara County Planning Commission member, discussed Buellton mobile home park controversy. The bicentennial theme included an American flag presentation by Pedercini-Ortega Post No. 7139, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Santa Ynez Valley
Daniel Sisson
Robert C Lilley
Lompoc
Santa Barbara County
Sisson
Lilley
Santa Ynez
Guadalupe
Pedercini-Ortega
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ballroom dancing lessons start in Grange Hall
Jack Nielsen and Priscilla Dial will teach ballroom dancing for young adults and adults starting Friday October 1 at 7 30 p m in the Grange Hall Los Olivos registration via Garden House phone 688 4554 before the first lesson Lessons cover fox trot waltz tango and discotheque styles Nielsen and Dial bring extensive dance credentials with ties to Ventura Solvang and New York ballet and theater companies
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Jack Nielsen
Priscilla Dial
Grange Hall
Los Olivos
Garden House
Nielsen
The
Nielsen and Nielsen Academy
Solvang
Simon Seninoff
Ballet Assn
America
San Francisco Ballet Co
Ballet Theater
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Santa Ynez Student Named National Merit Semifinalist
Donald B. Patterson, 17, of Santa Ynez Valley High School, is among about 15,000 semifinalists in the 1977 National Merit Scholarship program. He plans to study engineering or dentistry and aims for one of 3,850 scholarships. finalists may earn $1000 or four year college awards.
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Santa Ynez Valley
David Baker
Donald B. Patterson
Valley High School
United States
Young Patterson
A. F
Pat) Patterson
Refugio Road
NMSC
Patterson
Utah
California Scholarship Federation
Valley
Bert Etling
County Doles 10 Proposals for Santa Ynez Airport Lease
The County Transportation Department received ten bids to operate Santa Ynez Airport, including bids from current operator William J. Luke and a Goleta husband wife team. Other contenders include Lompoc Aviation, Santa Ynez residents, and Calabasas firms seeking fixed base operation and maintenance leases. A county committee will screen submissions before forwarding recommendations to the Board of Supervisors.
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Dick Praul
County Transportation Department
Santa Ynez
William J. Luke
Goleta
Lompoc
John Maddock
Board of Supervisors
Luke
Santa Ynez Valley
Santa Barbara
E. Stanley Hazen
Hazen
Maddock
Lompoc Aviation
James R. Caba
R.W. Palmer
R.A. Gunst
R.H. Meinke
Los Olivos
T.J. Bodwell
C.F. Pedesky
Calabasas
R.M. Berns
Cathy Keeling Joins Lompoc Travel Center Staff
Cathy Keeling formerly of the Auto Club of Southern California becomes travel consultant at Lompoc Travel Center Inc. after a decade with AAA Santa Barbara. She attended United Airlines ticketing and tariff schools on June 1 and has joined local travel seminars. she and husband Jim Keeling recently bought a home in Lompoc and she participates in local business groups.
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Cathy Keeling
The
Auto Club of Southern California
Lompoc Travel Center Inc
AAA
Santa Barbara
Cathy
Lompoc
Jim Keeling
Automobile Club of Southern California
Junior Alpha Club
American Business Women's Association
Tumbling Classes Set This Fall in Solvang
Bruce Coleman will teach tumbling and movement for boys this fall at 6 30 p.m. on Tuesday evenings in the Veterans Memorial Building Solvang. Registration by calling Garden House at 688 4554. Coleman a Dennison University graduate affiliated with the Santa Barbara Ballet Theater says the program aims to build total body control and coordination.
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Bruce Coleman
Veterans Memorial Building
Solvang
Garden House
Learning Exchange
Coleman
Dennison University
The
Santa Barbara Ballet Theater
Wonderland comes alive at Solvang Danish Days youth theater
Dorothy Brand reports Santa Ynez Valley Youth Theater and Garden House stage a vivid Alice in Wonderland in Solvang Theaterfest. Denni Opp stars as Alice with Anna Romero as the Cheshire Cat and Joel Rohrbaugh as the White Rabbit. Diana Wordsworth and Bruce Coleman provide standout dancing while Mia Merrill accompanies. mothers assist with costumes and sets under Maria Bland’s direction. The three performances thrilled many families as Danish Days celebrated local creativity.
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Dorothy Brand
Solvang
Maria Bland
Santa Ynez
Miss Bland
Alice
Denni Opp
Tenneil
England
Cheshire Cat
Anna Romero
White Rabbit
Joel Rohrbaugh
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Debbie Weld
Cal- Pac
Raul Navarro
Buellton
King Merrill Photo
Dancing
Ventura
de Cotta Dance School
Crisis Center
Lompoc Travel Center, Inc
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Mia Merrill
Lorraine Williams
Fairy Story Fame
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