By Bonny Shilton
DISASTER AT HONDA POINT
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BOOK REVIEW STIRS CONTROVERSY (See Guestbook, left)

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

LHS Class of 1964 James Shaw Memorial Fundraiser
Bring Your Neighbors, family and friends to this local fundraiser for a very worthy cause. It should be a lot of fun!! Tickets and/or Green Fees are due by Sept. 6th. Please email treasurer Judy Setliff Lougen or a committee member listed below to reserve your tickets in time.
Golf Tournament - Four Person Scramble at La Purisima Golf Course, 9 A.M.
$73.00 per person w/cart
Dinner / Auction / Dance at Lompoc Elks Lodge. Social Hour 6 PM, Dinner served 7 PM. 50/50 Raffle
Tickets $20 per person. Includes Prize Drawings.
Pre-Sale Tickets only. Questions? Email: Judy Setliff Lougen, Doug Dunlap,Grada Linebarger Pierce, Carolyn Huyck Strobel, or Jim Twyford.

Diary of a Cat
Don't miss Diary of a Cat in this installment of the Dr. Draw Companion by Bill Smith and Lynn Carlson. (Scroll down on the Dr. Draw page to read it.)

Here's what visitors Michael and Sally Leon say about the Dr. Draw Companion:
Found your Dr. Draw site and thought it was wonderful. It was better than the Sunday comics! Thanks for adding it to your web page.

Changes in Lompoc
by Blaine Miller

Hey, all... It's me again. I've been following some of the discussion(s) about the goings on in Lompoc. One of my first jobs as a youth was delivering the paper door to door in Lompoc. I saw several "first run" movies at the drive-in. I was among the first of the "putters" at the (then new Mini Golf course! Now a yard goods lot!

So many changes. It's like someone said the other day, change is inevitable, progress is optional! So whether it's the Prison expansion, outrageous gasoline prices, bridges to nowhere, or snowy plover endangerment... "something" will happen... or not.

The thing that most attracts me to Lompoc is it's diversity while maintaining some level of insulation from the negative effects of rapid expansion for economic reasons only. I was a student down at UC Irvine when that "ecologically" planned community was envisioned. That planning lost out to interests decapitating whole hilltops for tract homes, invasions of yupsters in Beamers, and the eventual bankruptcy of an entire County.

I'm headed south again (to go camping) this weekend. Now that the summer crowds have left. I too am looking forward to enjoying that quiet diversity that is Lompoc. And if I should be fortunate enough to someday make it a permanent move, I know that I too would be striving to somehow balance Lompocs' need to grow, to make progress, with the mutual goal of a quality of life that is unsurpassed.

See you around!
-- Blaine

 
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.