The Last Dairy in Lompoc Valley Stays Open
Mission Belle Dairy on Santa Rita Road remains the valley’s last dairy under rivaldi brothers. Harold Banks and Steve Gregory toil from 1 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. then return at 1 p.m. to milk 210 cows twice daily. The operation spans 160 acres with leased 1500 acres for crops and pasture, and hours and split shifts burden labor.
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Harold Banks
Harold
Mission Belle
Santa Rita Road
Steve Gregory
Steve
Stéve
Larry
Lawrence) Rivaldi
Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Henry
Mission Belle Dairy
Rivaldi
Atillo
The Last Dairy of the Lompoc Valley
The three brothers built a dairy in the Lompoc Valley after dry farming years. In 1943 they poured the milking barn and by 1944 began shipping milk to Golden State in Santa Barbara. The Mission Belle Dairy now operates with quota rights, facing higher production costs and shifting market dynamics.
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Larry
Henry
Golden State
Santa Barbara
Knudsen
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara County
Los Angeles
Mission Belle
Evan
Santa Ynez
Milk Advisory Board
Lompoc Hosts Varied Local Art Shows and Classes
Lompoc artists and groups report rising interest with events at the Lompoc Library and H and H Paints. The Lompoc Art Association highlights Art Alley sales, the Traveling City Art Show, and a fall art show October 13 to 15. Nancy Gregory begins a portrait exhibit at Lompoc Savings and Loan, while Nan Gregory outlines a three step process for quick portraits. A group show at the library features former LSHS students Scott Simque Mike Henderson Sharon Ruiz and Tony Hewes in oils watercolors ceramics and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dias
LAA
Lompoc
Schultz
Nan
Lompoc Senior High School
LSHS
Scott Simque
Mike Henderson
Sharon Ruiz
Tony Hewes
Nancy) Gregory
Lompoc Vistas Exhibit At Dutchdoor Art Gallery
New Lompoc artists join the art group with Leslie Mayer and Sue Olson showing pen and ink prints and four oils by Sandra Johnson at the Dutchdoor Art Gallery. Works depict La Purisima Mission Vandenberg radar tower and Surf depot among 30 to 40 subjects. display runs through October 11 with affordable originals for sale.
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Pasadena
Paul Sharpe
Sharpe
H and
H Paints
Juan Flores
Robert Mott
Leslie Mayer
Sue Olson
Dutchdoor Art Gallery
W. Ocean
Sandra Johnson
Lompoc
Santa Ynez
la Purisima
Vandenberg
Surf
S.T
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John Evans
University of California
Larry and
Henry Rivaldi
Lompoc Arts
Linnett Shoes
City Hall
Central Coast Realty
Domenico Signorelli
Mayer
Dee Sudbury
Veterans Memorial Building
Larry Phillips
Signorelli
Kay Hackleman
H and H Paints
North H Street
John Lerch
Ann Atkinson
Ed Dahle
Viola Lee
Pismo Beach
Marion Barnett
Morro Bay
Remington
Russel
By Stan Tulledo
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