Year: 2006

An American Adam in the Big Eden
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An American Adam in the Big Eden

It’s Tuesday morning, and Frank Goss has invited a thousand people to the Saturday night opening of his big new contemporary-art exhibition space on East Anapamu Street. That’s just five days away, and the cavernous former home of the Odd Fellows and the Book Den is still literally roaring with the sounds of multiple power tools and teams of men at work. As we enter, stepping over orange extension cords snaking this way and that, scores of electricians, carpenters, and painters swarm around us, and a fragrant polish shimmers on the expansive, raw stone floors. Goss could be concerned about his impending deadline, but you would never know it from his manner.

Ray Strong 1905-2006
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Ray Strong 1905-2006

On July 4, we learned that Ray Strong had died the previous night. At 101 years old and growing, Ray was still, until very recently, painting up a storm in his studio alongside the Kawea River near the entrance to Sequoia National Park. He had mastered once again the High Sierra clouds and was content in his rustic environment with his daughter Barbara and regular visits that connected him to his beloved Santa Barbara.

Pauline Kirkpatrick Abbe 1928-2006
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Pauline Kirkpatrick Abbe 1928-2006

My mother, Pauline Kirkpatrick Abbe, spent 20 happy years in Santa Barbara, though she never intended to live here. In 1982, my father, Justice Richard W. Abbe, had served as Superior Court judge in Shasta County for 18 years, and was hoping for an appointment to the California Court of Appeal in the last days of Jerry Brown’s governorship. When he learned that the vacancy on the Sacramento bench had been filled, he dealt with the disappointment in his usual way: by taking an early morning run along the Sacramento River in Redding.

Angry Poodle:The Poodle Barks Again
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Angry Poodle:The Poodle Barks Again

This year’s long, hot, crazy summer just got a lot hotter and crazier, and promises only to get hotter still. This Thursday morning, News-Press reporter Scott Hadly, a well-respected and well-liked eight-year veteran of the embattled newsroom, announced his resignation.

Coming Up Poppies
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Coming Up Poppies

Natalie Rossington won first place in the category Color Digital Teen

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SPORTS GARDEN IN I.V.:

Soccer players and organic gardeners may peacefully coexist in Estero Park after all, thanks to a few creative neighbors. The kitchen-table sketches presented by Pegeen Soutar and her cohorts were greeted with enthusiasm not only by those intent on saving Estero Park’s 30-year-old organic gardens, but by soccer jersey-clad members of the public welcoming a multipurpose field suitable for soccer.

By Shannon Kelley

Weenie Peeps

Hot Dog Eating Contest at the Doghouse

When is a wiener just a wiener? And when is the measure of a man determined by how many wieners he can eat in 10 minutes? When the wieners in question are of the pork-product variety and the men are competing at The Doghouse’s First Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest, of course. (What were you thinking? Pervert 🙂

By Martha Sadler

Girlz II Women

Affirm Keeps Teenagers on the Straight & Narrow

Girls are the fastest growing segment of the juvenile justice system, according to recent national statistics, but a small local program called Affirm is leading the way to doing something about that. Not just any old thing: The program has so far kept teenage girls on probation from re-offending. It is the brainchild of Jennifer Rothman and Mariah Messer, both recent college graduates with degrees in anthropology-Rothman’s from UC Berkeley, and Messer’s from UCSB-who met while walking their dogs at Elings Park. Most of the 16 girls with whom they have worked came to the attention of the juvenile court system via Santa Barbara County’s truancy program. All have spent time in juvenile hall, and all have been in the system for at least two years.

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LOCAL WINERIES FEEL THE HEAT:

One of the finer points of the global warming debate is whether wine grapes will lose their spot as the county’s number-one crop if the warming continues. A study published in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences used computer projections of California’s climate changes through 2100 to predict that, among other things, global warming will impair wine grape production “except in cool coastal vineyards.”

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Pedal Power

The results of the second annual Santa Barbara Team Bike Challenge are in, with the Raytheon Vision Systems (RVS) Chain Gang (Bryan Kean, Andy Gin, Mindy Stark, Amanda Kirby, and captain Cherie Topper) taking home top honors. The earth-friendly, feel-good event, sponsored by SBCAG’s Traffic Solutions, inspired 1,100 participants to leave their car keys behind and take to their bicycles for the entire month of June; all riders combined logged a total of 129,685 miles.

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