Don answers,
A. Mary,

You may wish to contact the Lompoc Chamber of Commerce, Lompoc Online and Wiser Property Management and Sales These sites are all available on my web page (http://dpdon.com/). Lompoc Online has much information about Lompoc. Wiser has current rentals listed on their pages. The base will have a list of rentals. Check with me for additional rentals when you arrive. The Chamber can send you a package of information about the town..

Shopping is all over town with some major chain stores that you will like. Churches? I think there is every Church that there is located in Lompoc. Yes they are all within easy driving distance. Lompoc is a small town in a nice valley, by itself, with Santa Barbara and Santa Maria less than an hours drive away.

I just know you will like it here. Welcome. If you need more information do not hesitate to ask.
Don

Moving to Lompoc...
Q. Hi Don! well, since reading Lompoc Online, i've bought a house (escrow should close tomorrow) and am moving down from the SFBayArea.

coupla questions:
i joined the e-newsletter weeks ago, but never received one - any idea why?

is there a BB where i can post questions for other visitors to see, or do all queries go thru you? would love a place where i can freely email/communicate with other Lompoc folks. perhaps such a place exists on your site and i'm overlooking it..?

either way, my first question is: who can recommend a good carpet/flooring place? shop or independent.
including my email link is fine.
Thanks for any help,
Karen

Don answers,
A. Karen,
First it is great that you were able to purchase a place in Lompoc. Next, we have several apartments and have found Olivera's to be very satisfactory for flooring work. I do not have the address but this is not a real big town so it will be easy to find. They are in the book.

When you get here you may wish to talk with Noreen at the Chamber of Commerce. She is head of the local Rental Property Committee here in Lompoc and can assist with names of contractors that you might need. Noreen is Mrs. Pond by the way.

The Lompoc Online is not my page so I will forward your note about the e-newsletter to Bonny. I do not think she has a bulletin board page and do I know anyone that does. Perhaps Bonny might be able to post questions for you. Don't hold your breath for answers from others though.

If you wish you can contact myself or Noreen for some answers when you arrive in town. Noreen is full of information due to her activity with the Chamber of Commerce and managing the rental property.

Welcome to Lompoc,
Don

EDITOR'S NOTE: Hi Karen, and welcome to Lompoc! To answer your question about the missing newsletter, the reason you haven't received one is that I, unfortunately, haven't had time to write one lately. I've been late on quite a few website related things recently. I've even been thinking about asking for volunteers to help keep the site up and running. (Any takers?)

As for the bulletin board question, folks can either post questions in the Guestbook (see orange column) or send them to me directly. (Also see orange column.) If a question comes to me rather than to Don, I usu. post it on the "Lompoc Folks" page and link to it from the "Also in This Issue" box. (I've considered adding a real time chat room to the site, but then there's the possibility of inappropriate material being posted -- this is the Internet after all.)

I beg to differ with Don about whether you would receive an answer. Lompoc Online seems to have some very loyal readers, which is probably why the Alumni Association President, Alice Milligan, suggests that LHS alums use it to communicate with one another. (They email the webmaster -- me -- I post their message, usually on the Lompoc Folks page with a link to their email address. Other readers then communicate with them directly or email Lompoc Online for a general posting.)
Hope some of this helped! -- Bonny