Magical MURALS BUS TOUR

On Wednesday the 18th, the Lompoc Valley Mural Society's, Gene Stevens, will announce and describe Lompoc's murals on a bus tour. Barbeque luncheon afterwards at La Purisima Mission, then return to the Chamber of Commerce. The bus will leave PROMPTLY at 11.30 from the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday the 18th. The tour takes about two hours including lunch. The cost is only $15.00 which pays for the luncheon and the bus. For more information, call Noreen Pond at 733-4785!
Learn more at the North County Rentals website

Lom-What?

What do you call someone who wants you to THINK he/she is from Lompoc? A Lomposter!

What do you call a native sea crustacean? A Lomster!

I could go on, but the pain is getting in the lower Lombar area!

-- Thanks to Caltrans Rail Division's, Dick Friedman :-) , who says,
[commercial] Perhaps it will encourage some of your viewers to try the Amtrak train and bus services out of Lompoc!!! [end commercial]

Why wait? Check out the QuickRAIL Plan-A-Trip webpage. It calculates the best route between any two California Amtrak stations and gives a full itinerary as well!

Central Coast Photo Tour
Tour the Central Coast from your desktop! Photographer Debbie Stock's California Beaches website features a map of the Central Coast and links to cities from San Simeon to Solvang (including Lompoc, of course.) Quick-loading photography and concise, telling prose capture the essence of the area. A great resource for trip-planning, or just for fun. VISIT CALIFORNIA BEACHES

 
Hello Lompoc!
by Blaine Miller

Wow! What a beautiful weekend I just had! In the ongoing saga of my search for acreage and a living in Lompoc, I have come to a few conclusions. Number One, this area is truly a warm and friendly place to be! Two, that Number One is a closely guarded "privilege"!

I was visiting again this weekend and the same sense of a gentle, easy going "community" was everywhere. And a sense of pride and ownership in keeping it that way! I felt some of the concerns that must alternately pull at Lompoc. The need for growth, development, "guided management" of the economy. As well as a strong feeling of preservation and desire to guard the locale from "outsiders" who might try and degrade it.

I know I have come to feel the same way! Seeing the beautiful red-orange sunset across the Valley through the last sprinkles and rolling clouds Friday evening was breathtaking. The human side of me was both pleased and relieved. Pleased at having another experience to share with others... and thankful that those "others" weren't stacked up on the Purisima hillsides as they are in Orange County and San Francisco Bay!

So I guess the question is: How do you find balance between the two needs? IS there such a thing? I dunno! I'm trying to find it on a smaller scale myself! Lompoc has the serenity and peace I crave. I just need to find a place there for my worldly skills to fit in!

I do consider it a privilege to enjoy my time in Lompoc, not a right. One that I sincerely hope to enjoy more of!

Thanks for sharing!
-- Blaine

Relive Lompoc's Early Days of Flight
Check out Croxford's Gift to Lompoc by Lompoc author, Jon Picciuolo in Grand Times, a unique weekly Internet magazine for seniors.

Here's a quote to pique your interest:
Circling low, popping and sputtering, a flimsy flying machine buzzed the dusty streets. When it bumped to a landing in a nearby field, the whole town rushed to meet it.

Out of the front cockpit stepped Celite Company's manager, A. H. Krieger, who had hired the plane for an aerial tour of his firm's mountain quarries near Lompoc. And from the rear cockpit climbed Lieutenant Frank Croxford, the dashing pilot who would shepherd little Lompoc into the age of aviation.

Read the whole story on the Grand Times website.

By Bonny Shilton
DISASTER AT HONDA POINT
(The Lompoc Online Review also appears in Karen Shorette's Chatterbox newsletter.) Visit The Chatterbox website

BOOK REVIEW STIRS CONTROVERSY (See Guestbook, left)

Link to Stan Golowski's informative POINT HONDA MEMORIAL website.

 
Internet Access for $7.92/month!
If you're an adult student or school employee in SB County, or if you have school-aged children, you can get low-cost internet access through the Santa Barbara County Education Office! For $95/year ($7.92/month), and a one-time set-up fee of $15, you'll get dial-up access and e-mail. That's less than 1/2 the cost of commercial providers. SBCEO subscriber, Laura Miranda, says she is a very satisfied customer. "I think it's a great service!"
Visit the SBCEO home page or call 964-4710.