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Uvalde victims include cousins, best friends, honor roll students Widower of one teacher killed dies of heart attack two days later, leaving behind four children

By BETHANY BLANKLEY THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – The identities of the victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, have been made public.

INSIDE For more on the Uvalde mass shooting, see page A2.

On May 24, 18-year-old Uvalde resident Salvador Ramos entered the school and shot and killed 19 children and two fourth grade teachers.

One teacher, Irma Garcia, a mother of four, is described by her nephew as “Sweet, kind, loving.

Fun with the greatest personality.

She sacrificed herself protecting the kids in her classroom. She was a hero. She was loved by many and will truly be missed.”

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Loved ones of graduating students of Allan Hancock College cheer during Friday’s commencement in Santa Maria.

By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Families and friends cheered during an in-person commencement Friday morning on the football field of Allan Hancock College’s Santa Maria campus.

This was Hancock’s 101st graduating class with a recordbreaking 1,490 students.

They earned a total of 2,213

degrees and 959 certificates of achievement across 101 different majors.

Of the 2022 graduating class, 97% were from California, with 13 students from other states and three students from other countries. The student who had traveled the farthest was from Guam. The second farthest was from Sweden.

Additionally, 14 veterans were in the graduating class with four

in active duty or active reserve.

Two graduates were military dependents.

On Friday, more than 480 students participated in the commencement.

Jeffrey Hall, president of the Allan Hancock College Board of Trustees, congratulated the graduates on completing their studies despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I know the last couple of years

have been challenging, but you rose to the challenge. and I know that each of you is well prepared to achieve greatness after you walk across this stage today.” Mr. Hall said.

“I hope you will look back on your time here at Hancock with both fondness and pride,” he said. “I hope you will remember all those who helped you along Please see HANCOCK on A7

Maria Castillo, left, and her daughter Samantha graduate and walk the stage together during Allan Hancock College’s commencement.

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Editor’s note: This is part of a News-Press series on candidates in advance of the June 7 primary.

By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Experience matters, according to Joe Holland, who’s running for re-election as county clerkrecorder-assessor against challenger Elrawd MacLearn in the June 7 primary.

Mr. Holland has served in the position for Santa Barbara County since 2003. His work involves three primary roles: clerk/ recorder, assessor and registrar of voters.

“I have the on-the-job experience over many years leading all three divisions of the department,” Mr. Holland told the News-Press, explaining why he’s better qualified than Mr. MacLearn.

“I am also an advanced certified appraiser and a licensed real estate broker, each with the state of California,” Mr. Holland said.

“I have been a board member with the California Association of Clerks and Elections Officials since 2005 and served as president of the Association from July 2018 to July 2020. I am a certified public finance officer (CPFO) with the nationally recognized Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA).

“Additionally, I have a master’s degree in economics and a bachelor’s degree in business economics – each from UCSB.” Mr. Holland said he is proud that he has not used his position for political purposes and spoke to the major accomplishments of his office.

“For clerk/recorder, we implemented a new system that allows for the electronic recording of documents,” Mr. Holland said.

“Similarly for assessor, we have improved our system so that most documents can now be filed electronically.

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“For elections, the changes are almost too numerous to list,” he said. “Here is a partial list: Providing for Spanish as a second language in 2004, providing for ADA voting machines in 2006, conditional voter registration (same day) in 2016, providing for a safe and secure voting experience for the 2020 presidential election during a pandemic, electronic poll books in June 2022 and Voter Choice Act in November 2022.”

Mr. Holland spoke about what he has done to make elections safe, secure and transparent.

“Elections in Santa Barbara County are very safe and secure,” he said. “In 2002, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act, which provided funding for counties to purchase new voting equipment.

Many counties purchased electronic voting machines.

“In Santa Barbara, I refused to give up our paper ballots,” Mr. Holland said. “Paper ballots allow for anyone challenging the election results to call for a manual recount. In fact, under California law, we routinely recount a random selection of Please see HOLLAND on A6

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Texas public safety director: ‘Wrong decision’ not to confront Uvalde shooter sooner (The Center Square) – The commander in charge of the police response to Tuesday’s mass shooting at an Uvalde elementary school made the “wrong decision” to not send officers into adjoining classrooms to confront the gunman who shot and killed 19 children and two fourth grade teachers, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said Friday.

The chief of the Uvalde Consolidated School District Police Department, who was in charge of the initial response at Robb Elementary School, thought the shooter, 18-year-old Uvalde resident Salvador Ramos, was barricaded inside that classroom and that no other children were at risk, Mr. McCraw said.

“Obviously, based on the information we have, there were children in that classroom that were still at risk,” Mr. McCraw said. “From the benefit of hindsight where I’m sitting now, of course, it was not the right decision. It was

the wrong decision. There’s no excuse for that.”

Nineteen officers stood in a hallway outside of the classroom for more than 45 minutes before federal Border Patrol agents arrived and used a master key to open the door and kill the gunman, he said. As the officers waited in the hallway, students still in the classrooms repeatedly called 911 pleading for help.

Outside the school, parents, neighbors and others said law enforcement waited close to an hour before confronting Ramos and killing him. Videos posted online showed a chaotic scene of parents pleading with officers who remained outside to enter the school as the active shooting incident was ongoing.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott later Friday said he was livid that law enforcement provided him with some incorrect information prior to a Wednesday news conference when he updated the public on the timeline of the shooting and police response, some of which turned out to be inaccurate.

“As everybody has learned, the information that I was given turned out, in part, to be

inaccurate, and I’m absolutely livid about that,” Gov. Abbott said.

Victor Escalon, South Texas regional director in the Department of Public Safety, said at a Thursday news conference that the first officers on the scene did enter the school once they arrived but were shot at and began evacuating students and school personnel.

“Four minutes [after Ramos entered the school and began shooting students], local police departments, the Uvalde Police Department, the Independent School District Police Department are inside, making entry,” Mr. Escalon said. “They hear gunfire, they take rounds, they move back, get cover. And during that time, they approach where the suspect is at.”

After two officers were shot, Mr. Escalon said, law enforcement decided to start evacuating as many students and school personnel as they could.

About an hour after the shooting started, a tactical team from U.S. Border Patrol arrived, entered the building and killed the suspect, authorities said.

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Two days later, his uncle, Joe Garcia, Ms. Garcia’s widower, died of a heart attack. Their children became orphans within a timespan of two days.

Another teacher, Eva Mireles, had been with the school district for 17 years. Remembered as a loving mother and wife, her mother told ABC 7 News, “I never imagined this would happen especially to loved ones. …

All we can do is pray hard for our country, state, schools and especially the families of all.”

The children killed were between 8 and 11 years old.

Nevaeh Bravo, 10, was identified by a family member on Twitter.

She wrote, “Unfortunately my beautiful Nevaeh was one of the many victims from todays tragedy.

Thank you for the support and help. Rest in peace my sweet girl, you didn’t deserve this.”

Jackie Cazares, 10, and her cousin and best friend, Annabell Rodriguez, 10, were also killed.

They were part of a group of five girls, Cazares’ father told The Associated Press. “They are all gone now,” he said.

He wrote on Facebook that his “baby girl has been taken away from my family.” Annabell’s sister wrote on Facebook, “My little sister didn’t make it she’s no longer with us my poor sweet little girl. ….”

Makenna Lee Elrod,10, was also killed. On Tuesday night, her father, Brandon Elrod, told ABC News he’d been looking for her and thought “she may not be alive.”

Her sister, Kadence Elizabeth,

later tweeted, “My baby sister has finally been found in a classroom … thank you for everyone sending their love to my family and I. All I ask is that you hug your loved ones tonight and tell them you love them, you never know when you won’t have the chance to anymore.”

Jose Flores, 10, was also killed.

His uncle, Christopher Salazar, posted photos on Facebook of Jose, saying he loved and missed him.

Eliahna Garcia, 9, loved cheerleading and basketball and wanted to be a teacher, her grandfather told The Los Angeles Times. He’d raised his children in Uvalde and Eliahna spent the weekends with he and his wife.

“I’ve seen all the stuff happen in other states, hoping it doesn’t happen here. Now it has,” he said.

Uziyah Garcia, 8, was “the sweetest little boy that I’ve ever known. I’m not just saying that because he was my grandkid,” his grandfather, Manny Renfro, told the Associated Press Amerie Jo Garza had just turned 10 and got a cell phone for her birthday. She used it to call 911, but it was too late.

Angel Garza, a medical assistant, arrived at the scene and was helping students coming out of the school. He spoke to one who came out covered in blood and asked her if she’d been shot.

“I’m not hurt,” she said, “He shot my best friend,” referring to the shooter. “She’s not breathing. She was just trying to call the cops.”

Her best friend was his stepdaughter, Amerie Jo. “Thank you everyone for the prayers and help trying to find my baby. She’s been found. My little love is now flying high with the angels above. Please don’t take

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loved u dearly I’m so sorry this happen to u baby please keep my family in your prayer.”

Alithia Ramirez, 10, loved to draw, her aunt said. “I want the families to know that they’re not alone. We’re all grieving,” she said.

“My whole family is devastated.”

Her father, Ryan Ramirez, posted a photo of her on Facebook with angel wings. He told KSAT TV she wanted to be an artist and recently submitted a drawing to the “Doodle for Google” contest.

Maite Rodriguez, who’d just made honor roll, was celebrated by family members on Facebook; one said her cousin “lost her sweet baby girl in yesterday’s senseless shooting.”

Alexandria Aniyah Rubio,10, was remembered by her mother, Kimberly Mata-Rubio, who wrote on Facebook, “My beautiful, smart, Alexandria Aniyah Rubio was recognized today for All-A honor roll.

She also received the good citizen award. We told her we loved her and would pick her up after school. We had no idea this was goodbye.”

Layla Salazar, 10, had just won six races during the school’s field day, her father told the Associated Press. “She was just a whole lot of fun,” he said, adding that she liked to dance to TikTok videos.

Eliahana Cruz Torres, 10, was looking forward to her team’s final softball game before her death, KENS-TV News reported.

Rojelio Torres, 10, “was a very intelligent, hard-working and helpful person. He will be missed and never forgotten,” his aunt told KSAT News. His entire family waited almost 12 hours since the shooting to find out that he was killed, she said. “We are devastated and heartbroken.”

Spokane mom spurred to action by Texas murders

By RAELYNN RICARTE THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – A Spokane mother is circulating a petition to push for greater security measures at local schools in the wake of Tuesday’s massacre in Uvalde, Texas.

Nineteen children and two teachers were shot and killed by a lone gunman at Robb Elementary School on May 24.

A horrified Alexandra Talbot watched footage of the incident and decided she needed to do more to protect her 6-year-old son and other local children, according to KHQ News.

Ms. Talbot set up a petition on Change.org titled “Improved security for Spokane Public Schools.” Her goal was to get 200 signatures to present the petition at the SPS school board meeting on June 8.

As of Friday morning, the

number of signers was hovering near that goal.

On the site, Ms. Talbot posted that since gun regulation seems to be a “moot point” that “perhaps the focus could be on funding the implementation of metal detectors, increasing bullet proof barriers in schools, updating the emergency notification system.”

She also wants to see more training and lockdown plans for “immediate neighboring houses,” and increased security on all campuses.

Ms. Talbot’s petition will accompany a request that SPS put all of these measures in place as soon as possible.

“Something has to give, if this is all we can do to protect our babies and the amazing teachers who help them grow than we MUST. This is the reality we as a society have to deal with and it’s time to make adjustments to better protect our most precious,” Ms. Talbot wrote on Change.org.

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COVID-19 outbreak reported at Main Jail

By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Twelve inmates were diagnosed with COVID-19 Wednesday in the west housing module at the Santa Barbara County Main Jail, where visitation has been suspended.

On Friday, one additional COVID-positive inmate was detected in the jail’s east housing area.

All COVID-19 positive inmates are continuously monitored by custody staff and Wellpath medical professionals, according to the Sheriff’s Office. None of the COVID- positive inmates required hospitalization. Two inmates have been reported symptomatic, and 11 are asymptomatic.

As COVID-19 positive inmates are identified, they are moved into an area of the facility that has negative pressure cells.The remainder are placed together in small groups and isolated from other inmates and monitored by Wellpath for symptoms.

Inmates with severe symptoms or who have underlying health conditions are transported to a hospital for evaluation and treatment, although none of the inmates in this outbreak have had to be taken to a hospital.

As a result of this outbreak and after consulting with the Santa Barbara County Public Health, the Sheriff’s Office decided to suspend visitation to the Main Jail.

“We are also coordinating with the Santa

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Barbara Court and the Public Defender’s Office to adjust court appearances to minimize the spread of the virus through the movement of inmates,” Raquel Zick, the Sheriff’s Office public information officer, said in a news release.

The Sheriff’s Office has worked on a continual basis with our Wellpath and Public Health partners to address this outbreak as well as to establish and constantly re-evaluate plans for health safety within the Main Jail.

Inmates are tested when they arrive in the Sheriff’s Office’s custody and are housed separately from the general population during the initial week of their stay. They are tested again before they are moved out of the quarantine area into other areas of the facility.

The Sheriff’s Office continues to offer all three of the COVID-19 vaccines to all inmates as well as an incentive program where funding from the American Rescue Plan Act is used to award newly vaccinated inmates with $20 added to their commissary fund for full vaccination or $10 for a booster.

Additionally, Wellpath has administered more than 796 vaccinations at the Main Jail in Santa Barbara and Northern Branch Jail in Santa Maria since the beginning of the pandemic.

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Santa Barbara County reported 168 new COVID-19 cases Friday.

Of those, the highest number, 42, were in Isla Vista, according to the Public Health Department.

Elsewhere, 19 cases were in Santa Maria.

Neighboring Orcutt had nine cases.

Ten cases were reported in Lompoc and nearby Mission Hills and Vandenberg Village.

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The locations of eight cases are pending.

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a second for granted. Hug your family. Tell them you love them,” he wrote on Facebook.

Xavier Lopez was “a loving 10-year-old little boy, just enjoying life, not knowing that this tragedy was going to happen today,” his cousin, Lisa Garza, told The Associated Press. His mother, Felicha Martinez told the Washington Post,“He was funny, never serious and his smile.

That smile I will never forget. It would always cheer anyone up.”

She’d just watched him receive an honor roll certificate that morning, hours before he was killed.

Jayce Luevanos was another victim, according to a GoFundMe account. “The Cardona family is asking for any and all help both monetarily, for funeral expenses, as well as prayers for their family,” the page says.

His cousin, Jailah Nicole Silguero, 10, who loved to film TikTok videos, was also killed.

Their uncle posted pictures of them on Facebook, saying, “My babies going to miss them like crazy!!! We luv y’all so much!!! I’m just lost right now!!! Fly high my beautiful Angels!!”

Tess Marie Mata was remembered by her sister in posts on Facebook and Twitter.

“My precious angel you are loved so deeply,” her sister, Faith, tweeted. “In my eyes you are not a victim but a survivor. I love you always and past forever baby sister, may your wings soar higher then you could ever dream. …”

Miranda Mathis, 11, was also killed. Her cousin, Deanna Miller, posted a picture of her on Facebook page with angel wings, saying, “My sweet baby cousin we

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Sokhela, Sween, 4x800 relay highlights of NAIA track championships

By JACOB NORLING WESTMONT SPORTS WRITER

Wednesday night was cut short due to lightning and Thursday morning brought rain, but by the end of the day on Thursday, the Warriors were shining under the Alabama sun. Day two of the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships began with the Warriors advancing to a pair of final races, and ended with a memorable conclusion of a hardfought heptathlon.

The first race of the morning featuring Westmont was the men’s 4x800 relay, which featured Andres Leon, Jason Peterson, Adam King, and Jack Vanden Heuvel. Running in the first of three heats, the quartet posted a time of 7:35.42, which was the fastest Westmont time this season.

Unfortunately, the men finished third in their heat, and only the top-two in each heat automatically qualified for the finals. So, the Warriors were left to hold their breath and wait out the final two heats of the relay, hoping they could snag one of two final spots.

The men were able to exhale following the final heat, when they discovered they earned the eighth and final spot in tomorrow’s final.

“It was scary having to wait and see,” shared King. “We decided we didn’t really want to watch so we went and cooled down. We went out and ran and then came to get the results after. Then, of course we got excited to see our name as one of the last spots to get in.”

The Warriors, who finished second in the 4x800 at Outdoor Nationals last season, will have another chance at All-American honors when they compete in the 4x800 final at 12:15 p.m. CDT on Friday.

“It’s going to be fun tomorrow,” said King. “I think we have a better team than last year and we’re going to try and place as

high as we can. The goal is to win, and I think we can do that. If we put forward our best efforts, we’ll do great.”

Zola Sokhela, the reigning Outdoor National champion in the both 800 and 1500, has now given himself the opportunity to defend both titles. After cruising in the 1500 prelims on Wednesday, Sokhela did the same in the 800 prelims on Thursday.

The sophomore star posted a time of 1:50.94 in the 800 meter prelims, which was the fastest time of the semifinals.

“The plan was pretty similar to yesterday,” offered Sokhela.

“I wanted to control today’s race, so I went straight to the front. Yesterday, I waited a bit before making a move, but today, I wanted to ensure I was in the driver’s seat. The difference in the 800 is there’s such little margin for error, so I didn’t want to take anything for granted.

“I’m looking forward to tomorrow and I think I’m in a good position. It’s been a long season running a lot of fast times, and there’s really good competition out here. I’m ready.”

On Friday, Sokhela will defend his 1500 title at 3:10 p.m. CDT, and his 800 title at 5:00 p.m. CDT. Also competing in the 800 meter prelims for Westmont was Jason Peterson and Jack Vanden Heuvel.

Peterson posted a time of 1:56.10, and Vanden Heuvel finished the race in 1:53.60. Unfortunately for the Warriors, neither of the men qualified for Friday’s final.

The feel-good story of Thursday was not one that ended on a podium, but rather one that inspired the Warriors beyond the final results. Sophomore Lily Sween strained her left hamstring just 10 days before the beginning of Outdoor Nationals, and for most of the past week, there was doubt that Sween would be able to compete in the heptathlon.

However, Sween rehabilitated her injury and taped up her leg as best she could before giving everything she had left for the Warriors in 2022.

“When she strained her hamstring, we didn’t even think she was going to be able to start this week,” said Coach Josh Priester. “There were conversations regarding the reality that she might not start, let alone finish this week.”

The day started for Sween in the long jump, which was the event that Sween’s coaches were perhaps the most concerned about. Chatter around the stadium on Thursday said that the hope was that Sween could get off one successful jump to at least collect a score.

Sween not only made one leap, but ultimately took all three.

Biting through the pain, Sween’s second jump of the morning was recorded at 5.15m (16-10.75), which was better than four other opponents.

Then, in the javelin, Sween gave herself a chance to compete for All-American status when she recorded a season-best mark of 32.91m (107-11). Sween’s mark in the javelin was the third-best amongst competitors, and put her right on the bubble of the top-eight.

In the final leg of the heptathlon, the 800 meter run, Sween was quite literally on her last legs. After posting a time of 2:38.72, Sween finished 9th in the women’s heptathlon, one spot shy of All-American.

An exhausted Sween collapsed at the finish after emptying both her physical and emotional tank.

After a few minutes on the ground, Sween walked off the track under her own power, and took a welldeserved seat while surrounded by her coaches, teammates, and family.

Then, Sween was asked to talk about her experience.

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twenty seconds, Sween said, “I’m proud of myself,” as she held back tears. “I was in pain the whole time. It was brutal. After the first high jump on Wednesday, I thought I was going to be done for the whole week.

“To be able to finish, I’m proud of myself, but to get ninth is pretty frustrating. I worked really hard this whole year, so to be only a few points away is frustrating because I hate losing more than I like winning. However, I’m thankful I got to be here because there’s a lot of people who don’t get this opportunity.”

While Sween’s reaction in the moment was bittersweet, the reaction of Priester echoed the sentiment felt by the rest of the Warriors.

“I was thinking back on my coaching career,” began Priester, “and I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone with that type of injury this close to a major event successfully get through it. With that, she not only competed, but she was right near her lifetime best score.

“It was a gutsy effort, and she left it all on the track. She should be really proud of herself and I know we are all proud of her.

Knowing she was in pain and to see her still give herself a chance, it was a lot of fun to watch. It’ll probably take a few days for her to have this set in, and for her to realize what she gave this week.

“Right now, she feels the sting of finishing ninth, but in reality, there’s so much more to it. It was a monumental effort.”

Overall, Sween finished ninth with 4.527 points, which was just 19 points shy of her career-best mark.

Jacob Norling is the sports information assistant at Westmont College. email: sports@newspress.com

UCSB baseball takes game one over CSUB

By DANIEL MOEBUS-BOWLES UCSB SPORTS WRITER

No. 4 UCSB matched its win total from last season Thursday night, improving to 41-12, 25-3 with a 96 win over CSU Bakersfield. The Gauchos have now won four straight, eight of their last 10, and have made it through the entire Big West season undefeated in game one.

Blake Klassen was remarkable, going 4-for-5 with a double, three runs and an RBI hitting second in the lineup once again.

Kyle Johnson collected a pair of singles and an RBI and Nick Vogt knocked in three RBI. Christian Kirtley (41), Bryce Willits (39), Nick Vogt (25), Johnson (22), and Broc Mortensen (14) all extended their on-base streaks.

Cory Lewis improved to 9-0 on the season tossing five innings of work. He hung four zeros and struck out six but gave up four earned in a single inning.

Michael Rice tossed two full frames of one-run ball and allowed just two hits.

Taking the final two innings was Ryan Harvey, who allowed just two hits while striking out two on his way to his 11th save of the season. That mark is good for the fourth most in a single season in program history and ranks 15th in the nation. The Gauchos as a team now have 20 saves, the most in program history, surpassing their total from 2019 of 19.

The bats got going early and often for UCSB, as the team hung three crooked numbers in three of

Gardner named director of basketball operations SANTA BARBARA — The UCSB women’s basketball team has hired former UCLA Bruin Rhema Gardner as its new director of basketball operations.

“We’re thrilled to have Rhema join our program,” Head Coach Bonnie Hendrickson said. “She brings tremendous energy and people skills, and she relates well; all the things you’d want in that position.”

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the first four innings. Willits led off the game with a double down the left field line and came around to score the game’s first run on an RBI single by Blake Klassen. RBI singles by both Johnson and Mortensen made it a 3-0 game.

Two more scored in the top of the second with Gianni Bloom hitting a lead-off double and scoring on an RBI double by Klassen. Klassen then touched home on a sac-fly by Nick Vogt to extend the lead to 5-0.

The ‘Runners answered with a five-spot in the third to tie it, but once again the Gauchos plated three to regain the lead. A pair of walks and a single loaded the bases for Vogt, who slapped a single through the left side of the infield to score two. Then it was Kirtley taking a full count ball through the same infield hole to make it an 8-5 game.

Rice entered in the 6th for Lewis and kept the ‘Runners at bay, stranding a batter in each of his two innings to keep his team ahead.

CSUB did score one on Rice but UCSB got it right back in the top of the eighth as Klassen scored Jordan Sprinkle on a full-count single to make it 9-6.

It was the fourth hit and third RBI for the Gauchos’ DH. Harvey had another solid outing, as after allowing a lead off single in the eighth he retired the next six batters in order.

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Gauchos’ staff, Gardner was the director of basketball operations at Montana State. Before that, she also served a 2015-16 stint as an assistant coach with Cal Poly Pomona and gained experience in the corporate world with the activewear brand Carbon38.

As a student-athlete at UCLA, Gardner appeared in 78 games from 2010-14, sitting out the entire 201213 year due to injury. She became an undergraduate assistant for the Bruins in 2014-15 and graduated that same year with a degree in sociology.

Gardner hails from Upland and graduated from Ayala High School in Chino Hills.

— Michael Jorgenson, UCSB sports writer

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(The Center Square) – Don Zueger, a technician at Boeing’s Auburn, Washington plant, is suing the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union claiming it violated his right to refrain from paying for unwanted union activities.

Mr. Zueger, who resigned from the union in February, is suing based on the Supreme Court’s 1988 Communications Workers of America v. Beck decision in which the justices held unions are authorized to collect from non-members only those fees and dues necessary for the collective bargaining process.

The rights identified by the court in CWA v. Beck have since come to be known as “Beck rights.”

“The Union is violating the duty of fair representation by requiring Zueger to fund a portion of its non-chargeable political, ideological, and non-representational activities at the District and Local Lodge level,” states the lawsuit, filed on May 19 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

The lawsuit seeks to force the union to return all money demanded in violation of the Beck decision and to reduce Mr. Zueger’s future union payments in accordance with Beck.

The Center Square reached out to the union for comment on the lawsuit but received no response.

“Unions have been granted the power to impose their so-called ‘representation,’ including one-sizefits-all union contracts on nonmember workers,” Patrick Semmens, vice president of the Springfield, Virginia-based National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation that is providing Zueger free legal aid,

explained via email. “They then use this power to attempt to impose full dues on all workers, but they cannot legally require either formal union membership or payment of dues beyond what is legally allowed by the Supreme Court in Beck.”

Mr. Semmens indicated this lawsuit is not part of a plan to get another Supreme Court decision – Janus v. AFSCME in 2018 – to be read more broadly and not just limited to government unions. The Janus decision held it was unconstitutional to force public sector employees to subsidize unions.

“This case is based on the 1988 Beck decision,” he said. “While we believe no worker should be forced to pay any dues or fees to a union to get or keep a job (as the Supreme Court found for public sector employees in Janus), what the union is doing in this case violates precedent that was established long before Janus.”

NRTW played an instrumental role in the Beck decision, representing Harry Beck for 12 years in challenging the CWU’s use of his compulsory dues for political purposes all the way to the Supreme Court.

Complicating matters is the fact that Washington is not a right-to-work state, so contracts negotiated between private-sector employers and unions can require workers to pay a fee to cover the cost of collective bargaining.

A right-to-work state is a state that has enacted legislation that guarantees no individual can be forced as a condition of employment to join or pay dues or fees to a labor union.

The merits of the lawsuit are strong, according to Mr. Semmens.

“What the IAM is doing here is a clear violation of the Supreme Court’s Beck precedent, and we believe if the court properly applies existing law the union will lose,” he said.

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Continued from Page A1 precincts for each contest for every election.

“Additionally, we have disconnected our servers from the internet and have put in alarms, cameras and other physical security measures. Before, during and after every election the public, as well as the county Grand Jury, are invited in to watch the process. We often have many voters take us up on this opportunity.”

He also spoke to his plans to continue to keep elections secure and transparent.

“County Elections were designated as critical infrastructure in 2017,” Mr. Holland said. “We will continue to work with the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security as well as County Information Technology to ensure that county elections are protected from any cyber security threats.”

Mr. Holland also addressed mail-in ballots. “Vote by mail ballots have proven to be very popular and have contributed to increased voter participation across all elections by making it easier to vote. Data shows that if you mail voters a ballot 29 days before election day, they are more likely to cast their ballot.

“For elections, we are looking

to move to the Voters Choice Act model in November, which has been implemented in many counties throughout the state,” Mr. Holland said. “The VCA model will have vote centers in five locations across the county open 11 days before Election Day and will then increase to 24 vote centers open four days Friday through Election Day Tuesday.

This model will make it easier for voters and lead to increased turnout.”

He addressed how he has improved voter turnout.

“The biggest change was mailing every voter a ballot,” Mr. Holland said. “Additionally, we implemented Conditional Voter Registration, which allows a voter to register prior to Election Day and even on Election Day. Previously there was a 15-day deadline to register before Election Day. Their ballot is not counted until it is verified that they have not voted anywhere else in the state.

“We are also implementing electronic poll books that will allow poll workers to instantly verify that a voter has not already voted before issuing a ballot,” said Mr. Holland.

He also addressed the issue of voter fraud. “From time to time we catch voters who try to vote twice by signing a family member’s or roommate’s mail ballot. We typically report them to

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We check the signature on every mail ballot before it is opened.

If the signature does not match. the voter is sent a letter asking them to correct the mismatched signature.”

And he discussed the machines that count the scanned ballots.

“Before every election, for every contest, the machines are tested with test ballots in what is called a Logic and Accuracy test to be sure that the machines are working accurately. Additionally, pursuant to Election Code 15360, we manually hand count a randomly selected 1% of the precincts for every contest.

We have not seen any errors/ discrepancies when we complete this process.

“The public is welcome to come in and observe this required manual recount,” Mr. Holland said. “The machines only use paper ballots. Having only a hand count of the paper ballots would be extremely expensive and very time consuming. There have been no problems with the machines.

They are extremely accurate.

“When we manually hand count a randomly selected 1% of the precincts for every contest, as required under Election Code 15360, we have not seen any errors/ discrepancies,” Mr. Holland said.

The News-Press asked Mr. Holland how far society is from being able to vote on computers and smartphones and what the risks, cost effectiveness and security issues would be.

“In my opinion, we are nowhere near having internet voting,” Mr. Holland said.

“That is why I have always insisted on paper ballots, so that we can do a hand count if people/ candidates question the results.

We have done this many times.”

The News-Press also asked Mr. Holland about his approach to assessing property value “We assess property at fair market value upon a change in ownership or new construction as required under Proposition 13,” he said. “Once a property is assessed, it cannot be raised beyond 2% per year, unless inflation is less than 2%, or unless there is additional new construction or another change in ownership. In a falling real estate market we reduce values to fair market value each year. Then as values come back up, they can be raised to what they would have been with the 2% limit on increases.”

Lastly, Mr. Holland addressed his goals if re-elected: “I enjoy providing improved public services. Over the years, we have made tremendous improvements across each three divisions of the department, clerk/recorder, assessor and county elections.

“My goals are to continue to improve these services and provide these services effectively and efficiently with integrity and transparency in a manner that is free of politics.” email: kzehnder@newspress.com Editor’s note: The News-Press previously published a story about Mr. MacLearn, Mr. Holland’s opponent, as part of the Election 2022 series. You can find all the articles published so far in this series at newspress.com. More articles in the series will run next week.

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the way — and in true Bulldog fashion, pay that kindness forward by supporting others as you were supported.

“Never forget that you will always be a part of the Allan Hancock family,” Mr. Hall said.

Marcela Viveros, president of the Associated Student Body Government, addressed the future as she spoke to the graduates.

“Your graduation should serve as a launching point, projecting you to to wherever your future takes you,” Ms. Viveros said. “I hope you can all take this as a sign of greater achievement, as an example of how everything is truly possible when you put your mind to it.”

Dr. Roger Hall stressed the pursuit of dreams, as well as the pandemic, in his commencement address.

“As I look across you assembled, what do I see? I see people wearing funny square hats … I see dangling tassels,” Dr. Hall said. “I see hope, and I see expectation. I see the future.

“We’re counting on you, seriously … Let’s be honest. It’s hard out there. The last two years have reminded us that life is uncertain … It is often simply unfair … There is much that we cannot control …

“You as students did not give up. The class of 2022 was handed the most unplanned and unfair set of obstacles to your education,” Dr. Hall said. “But here you are.

I tip my square hat to you in admiration.”

Dr. Hall reminded the graduates that “nothing is impossible.”

“Figure out what your dream is and how you can turn it into a reality,” he said. “The only way I can see for you to do that is to work hard and to have experiences and to keep getting educated — in school or not, it does not really matter. Let life be your education. …

“The planet needs you. The environment needs you. Our republic needs you,” Dr. Hall said.

“So make your mark, graduates.

Leave one little corner of the world a better place for you having been in it.”

Dr. Kevin G. Walthers, superintendent/president of Allan Hancock College, gave graduates advice to close the commencement.

“Compared to their peers with a high school diploma, the class of 2022 is more likely to vote, and for God’s sakes, please vote,” Dr. Walthers said. “Graduates, you have earned your degrees. But let me explain to you what that means.

More than 480 students participate in Friday’s commencement.

“It means that the faculty of Allan Hancock College have observed your work, measured your talent and deemed you worthy of an associate’s degree,” he said. “Today your professors, counselors, staff and administrators are roundly affirming that you possess the inherent qualities of an educated person worthy of a degree. …

Today’s event is a celebration of accomplishment and the embodiment of what it means to be a community college graduate,” Dr. Walthers said.

“Class of 2022, I implore you to use your skill you learned at Allan Hancock College to be a force for change.” email: kzehnder@newpress.com

Graduating students of Allan Hancock College turn their tassels.

Graduates celebrate the end of commencement and the start of the next chapter of their lives.

A number of graduates personalized their caps.

These students were among the record-breaking 1,490 graduates.

KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS

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SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS

SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2022

TRAFFIC, CRIME AND FIRE BLOTTER Man arrested for attempted murder

Suspects apprehended

SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara County sheriff’s detectives have arrested a Santa Barbara man for the attempted murder of his housemate.

On Thursday at approximately 8:36 p.m., sheriff’s deputies responded to the 4800 block of San Gordiano in response to a stabbing that had just occurred.

When deputies arrived on scene, they found an adult male victim with severe wounds to his upper torso.

Deputies located the victim’s housemate, 61-year-old Alejandro Teran of Santa Barbara, outside the residence. The victim was immediately transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Sheriff’s detectives and forensics technicians responded to the scene to assist with the follow-up investigation.

Detectives learned that the victim and his roommate were allegedly involved in an altercation where Mr. Teran ultimately stabbed the victim several times in the upper torso.

Detectives arrested Mr. Teran, and he was booked at the Main Jail in Santa Barbara on suspicion of attempted murder with a bail of $1 million.

The victim remains hospitalized but is expected to survive.

SANTA MARIA — Two Lompoc men were arrested by Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies on suspicion of theft of a vehicle, attempted theft of a catalytic converter, conspiracy and assault.

Deputies were dispatched to the 1900 block of Elmwood Drive in the Tanglewood area for an alleged, attempted theft of a catalytic converter that had just occurred on Wednesday, at approximately 12:02 p.m.

When deputies arrived, they learned that the two suspects drove to the area and were allegedly attempting to saw the catalytic converter off of a separate vehicle, when the owner of the vehicle confronted them.

One of the suspects allegedly swung a collapsed scissor-jack at the victim before both victims ran into an adjacent field, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

When deputies ran the plate on the vehicle that the suspects abandoned, they found that it had been reported stolen from Lompoc earlier that day, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies set up a perimeter and requested County Air Support as well as a Sheriff’s K9 unit to assist with a search of the area for the suspects.

As members of County Air Support tracked the suspects through a field of thick, tall brush, they told them to surrender.

Sheriff’s Deputy Shane Moore deployed his K9 partner Zeke

— Katherine Zehnder

COURTESY PHOTO

Sheriff’s deputies respond to the scene of an alleged murder attempt in the 4800 block of San Gordiano.

into the brush, where one of the suspects was encountered and apprehended, He was later identified as 35-year-old Francisco Meza-Cardenas.

The second subject, later identified as 31-year-old Abel Barajas Zavala, continued to

run through the field and was apprehended shortly afterward by additional deputies in the area.

The deputies were guided to him with the assistance of County Air Support Unit Pilot Loren Courtney and Tactical Flight Officer, Special Duty Deputy Todd Lefemine.

Taking refuge in SB

Both suspects were booked at the Main Jail in Santa Barbara on suspicion of resisting arrest (misdemeanor), attempted grand theft (felony), vehicle theft (felony) and conspiracy (felony).

Mr. Meza-Cardenas was also booked on suspicion of assault

with a deadly weapon as well as two outstanding warrants. He is being held on $60,000 bail.

Mr. Zavala was released without bail pursuant to the local court’s extension of Emergency Rule 4.

— Katherine Zehnder

LOCAL FIVE-DAY FORECAST TODAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Breezy this afternoon

Sunny and breezy

Sunny; breezy in the p.m.

Sunny and pleasant

Clouds and sun; pleasant

INLAND

INLAND

INLAND

INLAND

INLAND

78 47

80 44

78 45

85 46

90 47

68 55

73 54

71 52

71 54

72 53

COASTAL

COASTAL

Pismo Beach 66/50

COASTAL

COASTAL

COASTAL

Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows.

Maricopa 85/57

Guadalupe 64/50

Santa Maria 66/50

Vandenberg 61/51

New Cuyama 81/48 Ventucopa 77/46

Los Alamos 73/47

Lompoc 64/50 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022

Buellton 73/47

Solvang 76/48

Gaviota 68/55

SANTA BARBARA 68/55 Goleta 70/54

Carpinteria 65/54 Ventura 64/55

AIR QUALITY KEY Good Moderate

Source: airnow.gov Unhealthy for SG Very Unhealthy Unhealthy Not Available

ALMANAC

Santa Barbara through 6 p.m. yesterday

TEMPERATURE High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low

68/58 69/52 95 in 1960 44 in 1987

PRECIPITATION 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest.

Month to date (normal) Season to date (normal)

0.01” 0.03” (0.39”) 10.52” (17.01”)

City Cuyama Goleta Lompoc Pismo Beach Santa Maria Santa Ynez Vandenberg Ventura

A Canada gosling takes a dip at Andree Clark Bird Refuge in Santa Barbara on Wednesday.

VOS, Hubert

Hubert Vos passed away May 15th, 2022, in Santa Barbara at his daughter Wendy’s home. He was 88 years old.

Hugh was born in France in 1933, to Marius Vos, a Dutch sculptor and a French woman, Aline Porge. Hugh came to the United States to attend Princeton University graduate studies. He stayed to work in the commodities industry in Chicago. There he met Susan Hill at a church youth outing. They married soon after. +XEHUW ZDV ÁXHQW LQ (QJOLVK 6SDQLVK DQG 3RUWXJXHVH and excelled with numbers. Hubert took a job at Swift Armour Meat Packing and Susan and Hugh moved to San Paulo Brazil where they enjoyed magical years and the birth of their daughter Wendy. Later they moved to London and had their second child, Jim. Returning to the U.S., Hugh and his family moved to St. Louis where he worked for Monsanto, and then lived in Newtown PA, Baltimore and Greenwich CT working as CFO for other companies. In 1985 Hugh and Susie moved to Santa Barbara, where he has been very active with charities and advising local businesses.

KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS

IN MEMORY CHRIS COTA 5-28-2012

On your Angelversary: I still miss you As the days and years pass I still miss you As the pain of grief softens I still miss you As new memories are made I still miss you As I smile and laugh I still miss you Today and everyday I still miss you (author unknown) Love you, my Honey. Love, Gerri

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STATE CITIES Bakersfield Barstow Big Bear Bishop Catalina Concord Escondido Eureka Fresno Los Angeles Mammoth Lakes Modesto Monterey Napa Oakland Ojai Oxnard Palm Springs Pasadena Paso Robles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Luis Obispo Santa Monica Tahoe Valley

85/60/s 91/63/pc 66/34/s 85/43/pc 62/52/pc 72/51/pc 70/57/pc 59/49/r 83/56/pc 70/58/pc 59/34/pc 78/54/pc 66/53/pc 72/46/pc 67/51/pc 72/50/s 66/55/pc 95/68/s 70/55/pc 82/48/s 76/51/pc 66/60/pc 68/53/pc 72/53/pc 70/51/s 65/58/pc 58/34/pc

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 75/46/s 77/55/s 65/47/s 70/49/s 66/45/s 80/44/s 63/50/s 68/53/s

83/65/s 74/60/t 77/64/pc 95/74/s 85/54/c 95/73/s 90/76/t 83/66/t 77/61/t 79/63/t 101/76/pc 60/51/r 80/65/s 68/51/t 59/49/r 80/63/pc

POINT ARENA TO POINT PINOS

Wind west 6-12 knots today. Wind waves 1-3 feet with a south-southwest swell 3-5 feet at 14-second intervals. Visibility clear.

POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO

Wind west 6-12 knots today. Wind waves 1-3 feet with a south-southwest swell 3-5 feet at 14-second intervals. Visibility clear.

SANTA BARBARA HARBOR TIDES Date Time High Time May 28 May 29 May 30

9:52 a.m.

9:00 p.m.

10:38 a.m.

9:27 p.m.

11:24 a.m.

9:54 p.m.

LAKE LEVELS

3.5’ 5.9’ 3.5’ 5.9’ 3.4’ 5.8’

Low

3:40 a.m.

2:37 p.m.

4:15 a.m.

3:04 p.m.

4:50 a.m.

3:32 p.m.

-0.2’ 1.9’ -0.4’ 2.2’ -0.5’ 2.4’

AT BRADBURY DAM, LAKE CACHUMA 79/55/s 85/58/s 62/30/s 80/40/s 64/52/pc 76/49/s 72/52/s 56/47/pc 80/54/s 72/57/pc 57/29/s 77/53/s 61/49/s 76/46/s 67/48/s 78/52/s 69/53/s 92/65/s 73/56/pc 83/42/s 79/52/s 67/60/pc 66/53/s 71/50/s 71/45/s 68/58/pc 57/28/s

NATIONAL CITIES Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Houston Miami Minneapolis New York City Philadelphia Phoenix Portland, Ore. St. Louis Salt Lake City Seattle Washington, D.C.

Wind west-southwest 6-12 knots today. Waves 2-4 feet with a south-southwest swell 3-5 feet at 12 seconds. Visibility clear.

TIDES

LOCAL TEMPS Today Hi/Lo/W 81/48/s 70/54/pc 66/50/pc 66/50/pc 66/50/pc 78/47/s 61/51/pc 64/55/pc

MARINE FORECAST

SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL

85/68/s 73/60/pc 87/72/pc 93/71/s 75/46/t 93/73/s 88/76/t 85/70/pc 80/64/pc 82/64/s 97/71/s 59/50/sh 87/71/pc 58/43/sh 58/48/sh 83/66/s

At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point at which water starts spilling over the dam holds 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, equivalent to the amount of water consumed annually by 10 people in an urban environment.

Storage 85,250 acre-ft.

Elevation 707.80 ft.

Evaporation (past 24 hours) 39.3 acre-ft.

Inflow 51.1 acre-ft.

State inflow 12.5 acre-ft.

Storage change from yest. +0 acre-ft.

Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

SUN AND MOON Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset

New

First

May 30

Jun 7

WORLD CITIES

Today 5:50 a.m.

8:04 p.m.

4:43 a.m.

6:44 p.m.

Full

Jun 14

Sun. 5:49 a.m.

8:05 p.m.

5:14 a.m.

7:44 p.m.

Last

Jun 20

Today Sun. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Beijing 98/75/c 84/58/pc Berlin 61/47/sh 58/46/sh Cairo 97/73/s 99/74/s Cancun 88/72/t 88/74/t London 64/47/pc 59/43/sh Mexico City 78/53/pc 79/56/c Montreal 73/55/sh 77/60/pc New Delhi 106/85/pc 106/84/pc Paris 68/45/pc 63/45/pc Rio de Janeiro 82/69/pc 85/70/s Rome 83/63/t 78/64/pc Sydney 68/53/sh 66/50/s Tokyo 78/66/s 82/68/pc W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Roots of a good education

City of Lompoc gifts tree to Hapgood School Garden Sustainability Program

COURTESY PHOTOS

The Hapgood Garden Sustainability Program at Hapgood Elementary School in Lompoc receives a tree from the city of Lompoc. The city’s Urban Forestry facilitated the planting.

By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

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he city of Lompoc presented a tree Thursday to student leaders at Hapgood Elementary School for their Hapgood Garden Sustainability Program.

The tree planting was followed by student-led garden tours for the students’ families and food preparation demonstrations by the students. The city of Lompoc Urban Forestry was on hand to facilitate the planting.

The Hapgood garden is supported by a wide array of partners including students, parents, teachers, staff, administration, the UC Cooperative Extension, Santa Barbara County Public Health, local businesses and more.

Abbi Marrs, community

At top, students and community members meet Thursday at Hapgood Elementary School’s garden.

Above, students lead tours of the garden at Hapgood Elementary School.

education specialist with CalFresh and the UC Cooperative at UCSB, oversees the program locally. The garden promotes food security by distributing more than 1,800 pounds of produce to local families and food pantries and supports the school meal program by providing fruits and vegetables for district meals.

In addition, student leaders learn lifelong skills in public speaking, food safety, nutrition, cultivating a garden and selfconfidence through empowerment.

Lompoc Mayor Jenelle Osborne gave a proclamation at the May 17 Lompoc City Council meeting in recognition of the Hapgood Garden Sustainability Program, and student leaders accepted certificates of appreciation and received Mayor Osborne’s announcement that an apricot tree would be donated to the garden.

The student leaders also gave a

lesson during the council meeting on “Pests or Pals of the Garden.”

Mayor Osborne remarked after the council meeting how impressed she was with the student leaders and their garden.

“The council and community really enjoyed the students’ lesson on ‘Pest or Pals of the Garden.’

It is exciting to hear from our youth and learn from them. We are so impressed by their love of gardening that the city wants to support their orchard with the gift of the apricot tree,” she said.

“I want to thank the UC CalFresh Education Program, all the parents and volunteers as well as the staff at Hapgood for supporting such an awesome educational experience in tending to this garden and learning and teaching how our food grows.” email: mmcmahon@newspress. com

Food was part of the discussion Thursday. The Hapgood Elementary School garden promotes food security by distributing more than 1,800 pounds of produce to local families and food pantries and supports the school meal program by providing fruits and vegetables for district meals.

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SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2022

Foundation presents scholarships to local students

T

he Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, in partnership with the Santa Barbara Foundation, honored hundreds of area students in awards ceremonies this week.

The scholarships were presented Tuesday at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria and Wednesday at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden.

The annual events recognize new and returning Scholarship Foundation recipients.

Attendees at each ceremony included students, parents, educators, and community leaders.

Scholarship Foundation Board Chair Matt Rowe and Santa Barbara Foundation Board Chair Steve Hicks were the featured speakers at both ceremonies.

The Santa Barbara Foundation contributed almost $800,000 in scholarship funds this year and is one of the Scholarship Foundation’s largest partners.

This year the Scholarship Foundation will award college and vocational scholarships totaling more than $7.7 million to 2,139 students throughout the county.

“These were our first awards ceremonies since 2019, so each was extra special. It is always inspiring to meet the students who

benefit from our assistance, and to realize that we are in a sense partners in their education,” said Scholarship Foundation President and CEO Barbara Robertson.

“Congratulations to this year’s scholarship recipients and their families.”

Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara is the nation’s largest communitybased provider of college scholarships, having cumulatively awarded more than $140 million to some 60,000 county students since its founding in 1962.

— Staff report

COURTESY PHOTOS

The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara presents awards Wednesday at the Sunken Garden at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse.

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At top, a large crowd of students attend Wednesday’s awards presentation. Center, a book award drawing was part of Wednesday’s presentation. Above, a large audience gathers Wednesday at the Sunken Garden at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse.

Shelters seek homes for pets

Local animal shelters and their nonprofit partners are looking for homes for pets.

For more information, go to these websites: • Animal Services-Lompoc, countyofsb.org/phd/animal/home. sbc.

• Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Goleta, asapcats.org.

ASAP is kitty corner to Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter in Goleta, bunssb.org.

BUNS is based at Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Companion Animal Placement

Assistance, lompoccapa.org and facebook.com/capaoflompoc.

CAPA works regularly with Animal Services-Lompoc.

• K-9 Placement & Assistance League, k-9pals.org. K-9 PALS works regularly with Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation, sbcanimalcare. org. (The foundation works regularly with the Santa Maria Animal Center.)

• Santa Barbara County Animal Services in Goleta: countyofsb.org/ phd/animal/home.sbc.

• Santa Barbara Humane (with

campuses in Goleta and Santa Maria), sbhumane.org.

• Santa Maria Animal Center, countyofsb.org/phd/animal/home. sbc. The center is part of Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society/DAWG in Buellton, syvhumane.org.

• Shadow’s Fund (a pet sanctuary in Lompoc), shadowsfund.org.

• Volunteers for Inter-Valley Animals in Lompoc: vivashelter. org.

— Dave Mason

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LIBRA — The gentle winds of change are blowing through your life at the moment, Libra.

You have a feeling of newness and an open attitude toward the world. Some outside events will be coming up in your life that give you the impression you’re advancing in a concrete manner toward a new life. You can expect to have some pleasant surprises.

SCORPIO — The idea of a turning point in one’s destiny often brings a smile to the faces of cynical people, but in your case, Scorpio, it definitely has some meaning. This turning point can take the form of a new person in your life or a key event that changes things forever.

Sometimes things that we only hear about actually happen.

SAGITTARIUS — It may be that you’ve returned deeply changed from a long voyage, Sagittarius.

Of course, we’re all changed to some extent by travel, but in your case, the change is truly profound.

You’re going to have some problems getting back into the life you had before you left. Your old life is likely to feel too limiting to you. So what are you waiting for?

Change it!

CAPRICORN — If you feel suffocated by your romantic relationships, if you feel they lack some spice or are too traditional, then why not liberate yourself? There is a feeling in the air that life is turning in a positive direction. This will help you set things up to turn even your craziest ideas into reality.

Starting today, Capricorn, you’re going to be asked to be more concrete.

AQUARIUS — During the last few months, Aquarius, it could be that you’ve met some strange people who have greatly influenced your attitude about marriage or partnership. They’ve been pushing you to get more freedom into your life. If this is indeed the case, you can feel quite sure that they’ve come under a cosmic influence.

PISCES — The last months have been very challenging - and there’s a very good chance that you no longer feel up to meeting the challenges. If you’ve been yearning to modify something in your daily life, do it now, Pisces.

The hour has come to make concrete changes. Regardless of whether the change you seek is at home or work, physical or emotional, don’t be afraid to seriously upset your life.

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HOROSCOPE ARIES — A change has occurred in our solar system, Aries, a shift that will probably be imperceptible but nonetheless profound. You have seven months to understand how this change impacts you. It will dawn on you that you feel a strong need for liberation. Perhaps you need to release yourself from the bonds of a group.

TAURUS — You mustn’t expect any enormous changes today, Taurus. However, the process you began three or four years ago will accelerate slightly. You’re changing the moorings of your identity, the ideas that make you sure of who you are. Your family, background, and education no longer count as much as your spiritual foundations.

GEMINI — The day should be fairly positive, Gemini, and you’ll begin to feel the faintest hints of a major change beginning. This new phase will last seven months.

As it progresses, you’ll find greater freedom of expression.

You can expect to shift into high gear in subjects you used to avoid. Some friction with siblings is likely to arise in the next few months.

CANCER — The solar system is shifting gears today, Cancer, and it’s liable to trigger a great transformation that will last seven months. The change will center on the means you use to fulfill yourself in terms of both your career and love life. If you feel somewhat hemmed in by your training or upbringing, you can expect to seek liberation from these inhibitions in the months to come.

LEO — It’s an excellent forecast for you, Leo! Although no specific events will occur, there is the huge promise of freedom over the next seven months. A fundamental shift is about to occur in your occupation and love life, As the months unfold, you can expect to be more visionary, more creative, and perhaps more rebellious.

VIRGO — To understand the major shift that’s taking place, Virgo, you must look at events from a lofty perspective. A slowacting liberation is gathering momentum. In the next seven months, you’ll be unable to resist the opportunity to rid yourself of some oppressive part of your past.

You’ll shed your old complexes

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The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

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Report: Federal funding flaw shortchanges Hawaii’s school nutrition programs

By KIM JARRETT THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) - The Hawaii State Department of Education is paying tens of millions of dollars to feed Hawaiian school children due to a flaw in the funding method used by the federal government, according to a report.

The authors of a report from Hawaii Appleseed, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, the Hawaii Afterschool Alliance, and Ulupono Initiative said the U.S. Department of Agriculture had not updated its funding formula since 1979.

“Because of this lack of federal funding, Hawaii’s state government has to pay between $20 and $30 million annually to keep feeding kids,” said Nicole Woo, director of research & economic policy at Hawaii Children’s Action Network. “Other school districts across the nation pay much less. This means that in Hawaii, less funding is available to cover other important education costs, like pre-K programs, afterschool programs, and better pay for teachers.”

The USDA is currently undergoing an updated analysis of its funding formula, but that will not be completed until 2025.

Hawaii’s congressional delegation sent a letter last week to the USDA calling for emergency funding.

“While we support the study’s objective to provide a comprehensive, accurate accounting of the real costs associated with producing and supplying school meals, we are concerned that the current school

meal reimbursement rate for Hawaii is not reflective of these costs, and that the state and its students are currently being negatively impacted,” they said in the letter.

The state’s farmers, who compete with commodity prices, are also affected, according to the authors of the report.

“Leaving federal dollars on the table short-changes our entire community because a portion of those funds would go to Hawaii’s food producers, with that percentage growing each year as the DOE makes progress toward its goal of 30% locally sourced meals by 2030,” said Jesse Cooke, vice president of investments and analytics with Ulupono Initiative.

Food insecurity is a significant problem in the state, according to the report’s authors. Earlier this week, Gov. David Ige agreed to extend the emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

As of April 2022, 92,903 families representing 172,464 individuals were receiving the emergency allotments, according to Ige’s emergency proclamation. The benefits amount to $18.4 million.

“Many Hawaii families continue to suffer from food insecurity as they struggle to provide food for themselves and their families because of the effects of the pandemic. This is compounded by the continued increase in the cost of living,” Gov. Ige said in a statement. “Without additional support from SNAP, families may not be able to adequately feed their families.”

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Washington state scientists to set 1,000 traps for ‘murder hornets’

By BRETT DAVIS THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – Scientists will set about 1,000 traps this year in northern Washington state as part of an effort to wipe out the Asian giant hornet, preventing the menacing insect from establishing a foothold in the state and beyond.

Asian giant hornets are the world’s largest hornets, with queens reaching up to 2 inches in length. The apex predators are considered an invasive species in North America and are well known for their aggression and ability to kill bees and other hornet species.

A small group of the Asian giant hornets can, in a matter of hours, kill an entire honey bee hive. Honey bees pollinate many of the crops in Washington’s multibillion-dollar agriculture industry.

The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, was first detected in the Pacific Northwest in 2019.

Sven-Erik Spichiger, Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) managing entomologist, said three Asian giant hornet nests were detected last year.

“All of them were within two miles of each other and very close to the Canadian border, just a little bit to the east of Blaine, Washington,” he explained during Tuesday’s virtual press conference. “And so we are still in a very tightly compact and confined area, which leads us into this season with a bit of optimism that is has not spread to multiple counties and does not appear to be throughout the rest of Whatcom County, which is really good news.”

Most traps, which help scientists find the location of nests, will be set up in northern Whatcom County adjacent to the Canadian border, Mr. Spichiger said. A few will be set in the city of Bellingham.

Attempts to capture the insects there will wane in the event no Asian giant hornets are caught.

“So long as everything continues to go negative in Bellingham, then we will be able to dial back the trapping in that area,” Mr. Spichiger said.

To cover more ground, the department encourages residents to set their own traps.

Trapping is just one part of the war against the Asian giant hornet that also includes WSDA’s “Adopt

a Wasp” program that essentially uses paper wasp nests as bait to track the spread of the invading insects.

It works like this: Starting in June, people are asked to monitor paper wasp nests on their property and report online their findings of any Asian giant hornet activity.

Efforts are also underway to determine exactly where in Asia these giant hornets came from, including determining how they are getting across the Pacific Ocean. The prevailing theory is that the insects are crossing on cargo ships.

“For that reason, we will be partnering up with researchers in both South Korea and Japan,” Mr. Spichiger said.

Stealing a page from flying insect’s playbook, Mr. Spichiger said drone technology is being enlisted to track Asian giant hornets.

“We don’t want to alarm anybody,” he quipped. “We’re not going to be spying or anything.”

He went on to say, “And so what we have done is we have partnered up with an Australian company called Wildlife Drones that makes probably the best radio telemetry tracking software as a payload for drones. And the idea is after we have tagged a hornet is to be able to get up in the air and go over some of these barriers and allow us to put a better GPS signal on that tracking tag and allow us to get to it a lot safer than we’ve been able to do in the past.”

The hornets will not be considered eradicated until the Evergreen State has gone three full years with no detections, Mr. Spichiger said.

In a public relations move of sorts, Mr. Spichiger said the Entomological Society of America is working to establish an official name for the insect, noting Asian giant hornet, or what some have dubbed the “murder hornet,” are not official names.

“WSDA will adopt whatever the Entomological Society of America eventually officially accepts,” he said.

Asian giant hornets rarely attack humans unless provoked.

The intimidating insect, however, delivers a powerful sting, which can kill a human being if a person is stung repeatedly.

An estimated 30 to 50 people die annually from Asian giant hornet stings in Japan, one of their native habitats.