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represents Bradley Ventures, LLC. “The
Santa Maria market has seen a steady
rebound from the recession and no
other segment of the investment
market has fared as well as the
apartment market. Rents in the area
have been increasing, so acquiring a
site that provides for new apartments
in the most desirable region of the
Santa Maria Valley was a no-brainer
for the buyer. Couple that with the
flexibility of the site’s six separate
multifamily lots, and you see that this
was a great investment.”
Year to date home sales in Orcutt
average approximately $425,000,
while sales of newer homes (houses
built within the past 10 years) average
right around $525,000. “There are
very few sites like this in Orcutt and
we expect interest from several local
and national builders,” Celmayster
said. Currently, 31 out of the 69
single-family homes are listed with
Christos Celmayster and available
for purchase.
“Where kids
c o m e f i r s t ”.
As the motto
of the Orcutt
Union School
District, these
are words that
most people
in Orcutt are
quite familiar
with. When
OUSD’s new
superintendent
Dr. Deborah Blow came across this
motto on the district website, it caught
her attention.
“I was looking for a change. I wanted
to move to a larger district,” Blow
small-town feel of Orcutt. She and her
husband enjoy a good classic car show
and Orcutt certainly has its share of
those (see page 2).
Having finally made the move, Blow
is now busy learning the lay of the land
and getting to know the OUSD staff,
teachers, principals, and other members
of the community.
“Everyone has been very welcoming,”
she shares. “I think I’m a good match
and everyone has told me that I will
love it here.”
Blow is looking forward to visiting
each school and creating a strategic plan
for the future.
Rebecca Ross Klosinksi reporting
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The purchase of Bradley Village
included a tentative approval for
single-family homes and apartments.
A 10.6-acre portion consisting of
six separate parcels allows for the
development of up to 212 residential
apartment, senior housing, and/or
condominium units. In addition to
these units, the project has approvals
for 69 single-family lots in three
separate regions of the site, plus a
3.5-acre passive park and a 44.3-acre
area for open space with a public
multi-use trail.
The current housing stock in the
area is predominantly single-family
homes with only a few apartment
projects offering rentals for Orcutt’s
30,000 residents.
“Although Orcutt is no stranger
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project is one of the last large infill by the previous owner in February of in the area in the past decade,”
commented Christos Celmayster
developments in Orcutt and is located this year for $8 million.
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explains. “But the number one thing
that attracted me to Orcutt was seeing
“Where kids come first”. That is the
most important thing. It’s what I base
all of my decisions on and I can sleep
at night knowing that.”
Blow has spent 35 years in the field of
education, first as a teacher, then as an
assistant principal, principal, assistant
superintendent, and superintendent.
She has lived with her husband in
Wyoming, Utah, and several cities
around California, including Fallbrook,
Encinitas, and San Jose.
Her path was a naturally evolving one.
Though she misses teaching, misses
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that encouraged her move up the ranks.
“It was hard to leave my principal
position, too,” she admits. “It was hard
to leave that day-to-day interaction. But
I’ve been very fortunate. I love what I
do.”
When contemplating her next step,
Blow was attracted to the Orcutt School
District’s focus on arts education,
educating the whole child and the
district's charter school.
“To me [these elements] showed that
[the district] is innovative and willing
to try things,” she says.
Blow, who describes herself as “a
bit of a workaholic”, was, of course,
also attracted to the great weather and
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The Santa Maria Model A Ford Club
is hosting the 12th Annual All Ford Car
Show in the streets of Old Town Orcutt
on Saturday, September 13. This year’s
theme is the 50th anniversary of the Ford
Mustang and will feature all types of Ford
vehicles made in the years 1903 through
2015 including street rods, customs, race
cars and originals.
At 9AM, the American Legion will
raise the American flag, featuring Britney
Grimness on trumpet and Susan McAlister
singing our National Anthem.
Live music will be provided by the
Highway 1 Country and Western Band,
and the many interesting craft shops,
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After several years of planning, work
has been nearly completed on the new
sidewalk on Clark Avenue. What was
once a narrow dirt path between Norris
Street and the Hwy 135 on-ramp is now
a paved sidewalk, complete with retaining
wall and curb.
On July 2nd, the Santa Barbara County
Public Works Department announced
that the County of Santa Barbara Board of
Supervisors awarded a contract for Clark
Avenue Safe Routes to School Sidewalk
Improvement to G. Sosa Construction,
Inc. for $182,000. A Federal Safe Routes
to School Program will fund the project.
Similar projects in Lompoc, Buellton,
and Guadalupe were also awarded
funding in 2012. A press release from
the Santa Barbara County Association of
Governments stated that “many school
district, PTAs and civic groups that
promote bicycle and pedestrian usage
participated in the process by either
submitting projects for consideration or
participating on the scoring committee.”
One of the early supporters of providing
a safer route for kids to walk to school was
OTORA president Steve LeBard, who told
the Orcutt Pioneer in 2009, “We have a
500 foot missing section of sidewalk at
the entrance of our town that has been a
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to the greater Orcutt area since the town
was established in 1904. When twenty
to thirty students are walking down this
street at the same time, many are forced
to walk in the street. The area is shaded
in the afternoon and this in an accident
waiting to happen.”
The Public Works Department conducted
a study and found that “pedestrian traffic
is steady both before and after school and
students often walk in the roadway.”
Students from Orcutt Academy and
Orcutt Junior High now have enough
space to safely walk to and from school
and the general walking public can all
enjoy a nice, safe, paved sidewalk when
traveling down Clark Avenue.
The final, small piece of sidewalk that
will connect to the 135 on-ramp should be
finished by Caltrans when they do some
improvements to the overpass, according
to Public Works’ Matt Doberteen.
The Public Works Department expressed
their thanks to “local residents, businesses,
cyclists, pedestrians, and the traveling
public for their patience and cooperation
during construction.”
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in the background as a beautiful voice
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sharing the transformative powers of
yoga.
Also a math teacher at Orcutt Academy
High School, Hubbard had always been
open with her students about how much
she enjoyed yoga and even incorporated
breathing techniques in her classroom
to help with test anxiety. Three years
ago her freshman students began to
show enough interest to prompt the
formation of a Yoga Club, which is still
going strong.
When it came time to take the next step
in her yoga life, Hubbard started training
to teach. It was during this training
that she was given an assignment on
the eight limbs of yoga (yama, niyama,
asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana,
dhyana, and samadhi) for which she
decided to write eight poems.
“Poetry has been with me longer
than yoga,” she says. “I’ve been writing
forever.”
The idea of combining poetry and yoga
stored itself in Hubbard’s mind and
when she was throwing around names
for her new business, Poetry & Prose
came to the surface.
“It was a chance for me to combine
two things I love,” she explains. “I used
to only write poetry when I was feeling
inspired, but now I find that [the act of]
writing can inspire me as well.”
Hubbard composes a new poem for
each session to support her themes,
which have included Opening and
Releasing, Illuminate, Being Present,
and Breath for Energy. She bases these
themes on things that are resonating
for her at the time and coordinates the
poems and music playlists around them.
“I’ve gotten really good feedback,” she
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Orcutt Schools Update
Feeling at Home in Orcutt
Dr. Debbie Blow, Superintendent, OUSD
Since coming on board as superintendent
of the Orcutt Union School District I’ve been
telling everyone how blessed I feel to be part
of the Orcutt community. My excitement
stems from my strong sense that this district
is a perfect fit for me, given both my personal
and professional background. In this, my
first Orcutt Pioneer column, I would like
to share a bit about why I’m so pleased to
be here.
Personally, I feel at home in Orcutt. The
rural, open nature of the Central Coast
has similarities with where I come from:
a ranch in southeastern Wyoming. I grew
up on a family-owned and operated cattle
ranch, riding horses, working cattle, raising
a large garden, and assisting in the meal
preparation for brandings, cattle trails,
and other ranch events. This lifestyle was
not unlike those who live on the ranches
and farms of the Santa Maria Valley and
surrounding communities. Much about
ranch life – not being afraid of hard work,
looking out for others, listening more than
talking –is deeply embedded in me, as it is
in many folks in this area.
As a girl, I attended a one-room schoolhouse
from kindergarten through eighth grade and
then a small, 360-student high school. This
allows me to be able to relate to the students
who attend our district’s rural campuses in
Casmalia and Los Alamos, and our smaller
high school.
Orcutt’s longstanding commitment to
the visual and performing arts also strikes
a chord with me. When I was a child, my
mother was so passionate about the arts
that she drove my brother and me from our
ranch to Wheatland, Wyoming (a drive of 25
mile each way!), for weekly piano lessons.
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horn, became a member of the marching
band, and loved playing at concerts, football
games, and other school events. Due to
this, I majored in music at the University
of Wyoming.
As an adult, I have continued to be
involved in the arts. I was a music teacher,
led bands and choirs, and directed musical
performances. During my educational career
in California I have also been involved at
the state level in Visual and Performing
Arts Steering Committee work. I am,
therefore, enthused about being involved
with our Orcutt Children’s Arts Foundation.
Sometime in the future, I hope to sit in with
the district band’s French Horn section!
Professionally, I also feel at home here.
Our proximity to a military base is familiar
to me. For a time, I taught and was an
administrator in the Fallbrook Union School
District, which adjoins the Camp Pendleton
Marine Corp Base. Two of the schools at
which I worked were located on the base.
It is an honor to assist military families …
a duty that we in Orcutt happily undertake
when we teach the students of those serving
our country at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
I am also well versed in the world of
charter schools. In the district where I most
recently was superintendent, the Cambrian
School District near San Jose, four of the five
schools were district-run charter schools –
just like Orcutt’s charter school, the Orcutt
Academy. I strongly believe that charter
schools provide positive options in public
education for students and families.
A close-knit school district has always
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All of the school districts I have been part
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and Cambrian school districts – have been
smaller, community-oriented places that
feel like a family.
For all of these reasons, when I learned
about the opportunity to work in Orcutt,
I was intrigued. I visited this area, and the
more I learned about it, the more I knew
that this would be a perfect fit for me.
Then, the clincher was the district’s motto of
“Where a Dedicated Staff Means Kids Come
First.” Making children the No. 1 priority
is “true north” for me, so when I saw that
motto, I knew I wanted to be here. I am so
appreciative that the members of the Orcutt
Union School District Board of Trustees
have put their trust in me.
This school year, I will be working on
getting to know the staff, families, and
schools of this wonderful district. But I
also will focus on getting to know this
community. For my husband and me,
the first step was moving to Orcutt. We
are already marveling at how friendly and
hospitable the good folks of Orcutt and the
Santa Maria Valley are.
In the weeks and months to come, I hope
to meet a good number of you. You are
valued stakeholders in our school district,
and I will work to invite your input and
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Poetry
continued from page 3
Hubbard brings her traveling studio
to Waller Park several Sunday mornings
a month. Each one incorporates asana
(movement), pranayama (breath work),
mudra (hand positions), and mantra
(sound). Classes are free to attend,
though donations are accepted, and are
appropriate for any level of experience.
“The benefits of yoga really go beyond
the physical to the mental,” she says. “It’s
about creating habits of mind and body
and taking time to ground, center, and
focus. It’s great for strength and balance
and flexibility, but it also provides a sense
of comfort and inner peace.”
In addition to Pose @ the Park,
Hubbard is beginning a new session
at Tree Top Yoga called “40 Days of
Unfolding” beginning September 5th.
Classes will take place Friday evenings
for five weeks and include daily poetry
readings and meditations.
“I’m excited about this one!” she says.
“It’s something different. Everyone
will get a journal with forty questions.
They’ll come up with a goal, something
that they want to see happen in their
lives.”
To find out more about her classes,
or to read samples of Jenya Hubbard’s
poetry visit www.poetryandpose.com.
Rebecca Ross Klosinski reporting
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Animal Blessing, October 4, 2014 Saturday 10:00 A.M. A short service and individual animal
blessing will be performed by Pastor Greg Kintzi
at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 4380 Orcutt Road.
937-3905. This service and blessing will be on the
back patio of our church.
HEALTHY WEIGHT LOSS CLASS: Are you
interested in permanent, healthy weight loss?
Do you want to lose weight naturally by focusing
on eating delicious natural foods? This class
will cover menu planning, emotional eating,
environmental influences that can affect weight
loss, detoxification, exercise plans, support group,
thyroid health, and much more!! You do not have
to be a senior or a member of the Oasis Center to
attend. Healthy snacks and beverages provided.
Meets every Tuesday at 1:00pm. 308-3610.
MONTHLY OR WEEKLY EVENTS
All-America City Quilt Guild meets at the Orcutt
Christian Church, 204 Patterson Road on the
second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm.
Info: www.santamariaquilters.com or 937-3477.
American Legion Post 534 Breakfast 8-11am on
the first Sunday of each month. Public invited.
145 W. Clark Ave.
All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast at OASIS Senior
Center, 420 East Soares, Old Orcutt on the second
Saturday of each month 8 – 10 am:. Adults $5.00,
Children under 10: $3.00
ARK Tennis Lessons for third through eighth
graders. Info: Coach Patrick Ortiz 934-9911.
CAMPING LOVE OF ADVENTURE IS A NONPROFIT CAMPING CLUB FOR SINGLE SENIORS
& ADULTS. WE HAVE MONTHLY CAMPOUTS
TO VARIOUS CENTRAL COAST & CENTRAL
VALLEY. WE ARE NOT A DATING CLUB, BUT
DO OFFER FRIENDSHIP TO ALL WIDOWS,
WIDOWERS, DIVORCED AND SINGLE PERSONS
AND INCLUDING SOME WHOSE PARTNER
MAY BE INCAPACITATED OR DOESN’T ENJOY
CAMPING. DUES ARE $15.00 YEAR, WHICH
INCLUDES A MONTHLY NEWS LETTER. PLEASE
CONTACT ELAINE 680-7419 FOR MORE
INFORMATION
Celebrate Recovery meets every Friday night in
Pacific Christian Center's Palmer Hall located at
3435 Santa Maria Way. Dinner is at 6:15 for a $4
donation, Large Group Meeting starts at 7pm,
Small Group Meeting at 8:00 and Crosstalk Cafe
at 8:40. This meeting is not just for addiction but
for everyone with a hurt, habit or hangup!
Central Coast Chordsmen invites those who
would like to sing or would like to learn to
participate with them. Call 937-7960 for
information.
Central Coast Corvette Club meets on the first
Thursday of the month at Merrill Garden, 1350
N. Suey Road, in the first floor Wellness Center
established 1978
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at 7:00 pm. Corvette owners and enthusiasts are
welcome. Call Mike for information at 934-3948.
CENTRAL COAST SAMS RV GROUP meets the
3rd Tuesday of each month for a 3 day "camput".
We enjoy planned tours, good food and fellowship
at local campgrounds within 100 miles of the
Central Coast. We welcome new members.
Contact Faye Cardoza 805-481-1047.
Coastal Valleys Marine Corps League 1340 and
their monthly meeting on the fourth Tuesday of
the month. It is held at Veteran's Memorial Bldg at
313 W Tunnell in Santa Maria on the 4th Tuesday
of the month at 7 PM.
Crestwood Christian Fellowship welcomes all
to attend our Sunday service at 9:30 AM. We are a
non-denominational church with an all volunteer
staff. We seek to save the lost by spreading the
Good News of Jesus AND take care of those in
need in our community. 1265 W McCoy, 9257500
Central Coast Computer Club 4Cs Knollwood
Village Country Club, 4012 So. Bradley. Systems
“SIG” starts at 5:45pm Word & Windows “SIG”
at 6 PM Business meeting at 7 PM. on the third
Tuesday of each month. Visitors are welcome.
Compassionate Friends is a self-help group
for bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings.
Meets on the third Tuesday of each month,
7-8:30pm. Church of Christ 795 E. Foster Rd.
Info: 922-5222
Central Coast Gardeners meet at the Luis
OASIS Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., on the
third Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. from
September through May. Guests are welcome.
Info: Dorothy 934-8325.
Coastal Voices is looking for singers to join us!
Rehearsals are held Mondays, 7 PM, at St. Andrew
United Methodist Church, 3945 S. Bradley Rd.,
Santa Maria. A love of singing and the willingness
to work hard and learn beautiful music is the
only requirement. Check our website at http://
www.coastalvoices.info/. Singers can contact us
at [email protected] or call 937-5827 for
additional information.
Cub Scout Pack 91 is always looking for new
boys between 1st and 5th grade. Scouting teaches
young boys about their community, citizenship,
service to others, and outdoor adventure. To learn
more about us visit www.pack91orcutt.org or call
us at 253-CUBS.
Free exercise classes are held at Oak Knolls
Haven (4845 So Bradley Rd) on Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 10AM. The leader of these classes,
Blanca Ponce, is a certified exercise instructor with
the Arthritis Foundation. For further information,
please call 934-2027.
Foster a Future! Pathway Family Services is
a faith based foster family agency that places
children in certified homes and offers support
to those who want to become foster parents. We
offer free training and monetary compensation
for qualified families. For more information call
(805)-739-1111.
Families with special needs members support
group sponsored by Special Needs Network
meets the second Tuesday of the month at 12
noon at Cafe Noir in the Palmer Room, at 1555
S. Broadway, Santa Maria. For more information,
call Diana Gard 937-8756
Family Fun Night 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Last Friday
of the month @ Unity Church, 1165 Stubblefield,
Orcutt.Bring games and food to share. (805)
937-3025.
Four-Part Barbershop Harmony for Women who
love to sing. For additional information, call 805736-7572. We love to sing for special occasions.
Rehearsals on Thursday nights, 6:45PM, Lutheran
Church of Our Savior, 4725 S. Bradley Rd..
Friendship Club of Santa Maria Valley meets at
noon on the second Wednesday of the month at
local restaurants. The Club offers opportunities
for women to participate in varied activities.
937-6320
Growing Grounds Farm Stand open Thursdays
from 12 pm to 6 pm. Come and enjoy fresh
vegetables, flowers and plants. We are located on
the corner of Foster Rd and California. For more
information call 934-2182.
Healing Grief Class, an 8 week support class
for the newly bereaved held 5 times a year (Tues
10:00 to 12:00 at Marian Residence) and a Grief
Recovery Support Group every Tues. 3:00 to 4:30
at Marian West, 505 E. Plaza Drive in Santa Maria.
Info on either group: Marian Hospice at 739-3830
Join the Cub Scouts! Pack 93 of Orcutt
Camping, hiking, lots of outdoor activities. Family
oriented pack. Siblings are invited! Join the fun of
the most exciting Cub Scout pack around. Contact
Cubmaster Paul Rodarte at 478-3538 or for more
information check out Pack 93's website: www.
lospadrespack93.com
Join us for the Epic: A Journey Through Church
History in Room 2-Parish Community Center,
Monday evening, 7:30-9:00pm. For more
information contact Trent Benedetti, 922-4881,
[email protected] or Steve Stanley, 9371353, [email protected].
50 Plus Club members, guests meet at St. Louis
de Montfort Parish Hall, 5095 Harp Rd, Second
Thursday each month, 11:30 am for fellowship
and Catered Lunch $8.00. Call for reservation,
Irene 934-2511
Habitat for Humanity’s “RE-STORE” is open to
the public and sells recycled building materials
from construction sites and business donations.
Doors, windows, cabinets, lights, tubs, sinks,
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and lighting fixtures (some are new or nearly
new) are sold at 50% or less of retail. Habitat
for Humanity also accept donations. Located at
2039 Preisker Lane, Santa Maria. Check website
for store hours.
Hearthstone Educators -Christian support group
for home educators. Meeting for those considering
homeschooling on the second Thursday of each
month at 7 p.m. Call Cheryl Kliewer for more
information (937-7099)
Heritage Church 4799 S. Bradley Rd. 934-2635
CONNECTIONS-every Wednesday except 5th
Wednesday of the month: Delicious Dinner at
6pm (first time free...then $3 pp) followed by
Bible Study for all ages. All are welcome. Out
by 8pm.
Job’s Daughters is an organization for young
women ages 10 - 20 that teaches leadership,
self-confidence, fundraising and philanthropic
activities, friendship and respect for people and
cultures and has over 20,000 members in the USA;
Canada; Australia; the Philippines and Brazil.
For a girl to qualify, she must have a Masonic
relationship. Assistance is offered to identify the
Masonic relationship. Info: Pat Cuthbertson,
Bethel Guardian, at 937-0838.
KINCARES, Inc. Grandparents Raising
Grandchildren, Kin Raising Kin. Resource,
Training Education & Support Group Meetings
held at the OasisSenior Center, second & fourth
Wednesdays each month. RSVP at 452-2896.
Ladies of American Legion Auxiliary meeting,
Post 534 on the third Wednesday of each month
in Old Orcutt at the Post.
Los Padres Artist Guild Meeting, OASIS Senior
Center, 420 E. Soares, Old Orcutt on the second
Friday of each month at 7:30 pm. Info: 937-9750.
Everyone welcome.
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present yourself! Improve your presentation skills
and expand leadership skills in a friendly, helpful
environment. Nina Toastmasters meet every
Thursday from 12 noon to 1:15pm. We meet at
1st American Title Co, 411 E Betteravia (corner of
Miller). Guests welcome!
MOMS Club of Orcutt is a chapter of the MOMS
Club International and is dedicated to supporting
moms who are looking for exciting and fun
things to do with their small children. Find us
on Facebook at MOMS Club of Orcutt or email
[email protected]
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The Natural History Museum of Santa Maria
presents LIVE! At the Museum on the first Saturday
of every month. Live family oriented program
which feature animals and plants of interest to our
community. NatureBabies story time is held on
the last Friday of each month, a Museum docent
presents an preschool story time which includes a
free book to each attending child.
Natural History Museum Santa Maria 412 South
McClelland, Santa Maria. 614-0806 Hours: Wed
and Friday Noon-3PM Saturday 11-4PM Free
Admission. Donations gratefully accepted. The
Museum offers free school tours.
Newcomers Club - Santa Maria Valley women’s
group meets monthly for lunch, coffee, special
events and to have fun. Join us! Call Barbara
Chappell 614-6800.
Oasis General Grievers Support Group meets
Wednesdays from 2pm to 3:30pm, starting Sept.
3rd, 2008, at 420 Soares Ave. All grievers are
welcome and encouraged to join, there is no
charge. There will be qualified and knowledgeable
grief counselors leading the group. Info: 9379750. Good Grief, is still meeting at Luis Oasis
Senior Center , at 420 Soares Ave. , Old Orcutt, CA.
“Good Grief” meets on Thursday, from 1:30pm to
3pm. This group is more suitable for people who
are not newly bereaved. Through sharing stories
and laughter, and sometimes tears, we try to help
you put your life back together after the loss of
your spouse.
Orcutt/Santa Maria Stock Investment Club meets
every Monday at 9:00 am in the Santa Maria Elks
Lodge building. Learn about and discuss stock
market investing. All investors and potential
investors are welcome. Call Jim Speer at 805-9341164 for information
Orcutt Area Advisory Group. Mid-State Bank
and Trust, 1110 East Clark Avenue on the fourth
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Dear Editor:
I enjoyed your newspaper when I had
a nice breakfast at one of the restaurants
in "Old Town" Orcutt.
I grew up in Los Alamos. We used to
come to Orcutt to visit friends we met
at Santa Maria High School and the
Presbyterian Church. The OPC minister
was also in charge of our church in Los
Alamos. Two churches! What a job!
Now, I substitute teach in the
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AND
It's a wonderful school district. After I
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Thank you very much and please keep
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