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For Voting us #1 Favorite For... Best Burgers & Fries & Restaurant Service “Home of the Educated Hamburger” 115 E. College Ave., #13 In The College Center Lompoc, California 93436 (805) 736-9996 Open Mon & Tues 8am - 3pm Wed - Sat 8am - 9pm Closed Sunday
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La Botte
El Toro Bronco and the Magaña family would like to thank the citizens of Lompoc that have made El Toro Bronco the favorite Mexican restaurant in the Lompoc Valley. We work hard to keep a clean and inviting restaurant that serves exceptional food made with quality ingredients. El Toro Bronco has a full liquor bar, specializing in premium Tequilas, awesome margaritas and a beautiful cantina lounge.
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Cabrillo teachers map course to new science standards School among first in state to adopt curriculum changes
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A group of students and faculty members at a Lompoc Valley high school are helping pioneer the ways in which science will soon be taught in schools around the state. The Cabrillo High School science department underwent an overhaul this summer to become one of the first in the state to adopt the Next Generation Science Standards that will soon be implemented statewide. The changes, which were introduced less than a month ago at the start of the new school year, promote more hands-on learning and allow teachers to introduce students to more robust content. Although the updated curriculum has only been in place for a few weeks, teachers at the school are excited about what’s ahead. Chris Ladwig, a science teacher at Cabrillo, said the old science standards were based on testing and essentially amounted to students memorizing lists of facts. “So unfortunately our classes had to morph to fit that, to some degree,” he said. “But now with the new standards, they get that content, but they get it in a way that teaches them how to think like scientists and do things in a way that scientists would. They get actual practices.” The changes, which are part of a threeyear process, were not accomplished easily. Ladwig and Greg Eisen, the head of the Cabrillo science department, were first introduced to the Next Generation Science Standards two years ago at a workshop in Camarillo, hosted by the Ventura County Office of Education. After seeing what was in store, they
LEN WOOD, STAFF Cabrillo High School students Maxwell Keiser, left, and Diego Torres work on a problem during an integrated science class. Below, Cabrillo High School students Johnny Foust, left, Emily Hamby and Yasmin Garcia weigh objects.
began thinking about changing Cabrillo’s approach. In the two years since, each of the other seven faculty members in the department attended similar workshops. The group then was faced with the daunting task of creating and implementing the new curriculum. Because this process hadn’t been done at any other California school — at least as far as the Cabrillo teachers could tell — the group of teachers had to collaborate and, literally, map out their own course. Ladwig said the conversion process was both a blessing and a curse. “In a way, it’s kind of a teacher’s dream to be able to design your own class from scratch exactly the way you think it should be taught,” he said, noting that Story continued on next page
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“But they got it and that was really cool,” he said. The freshmen in this year’s class will move on to a brand new Science 2 class next year and then another new course in their junior year. The hope is they will leave high school with a well-rounded background in science and be prepared for high-level science and engineering courses in college. “This group of kids, they’re gonna be kind of our pioneers,” Ladwig said. While the students are the top priority, Eisen noted that the conversion experience has been beneficial for the staff, as well. “One of the greatest things is that our whole department has just bought in and decided that we want to do this as a team,” he said. “Everybody in the department had a piece in making this whole transition, and that’s kind of rare from what I understand. There’s a lot of people who are just hesitant to do anything; they want to wait until they’re being forced to do it. “We’ve been blessed to have a very supportive district.” Eisen said he has already fielded calls from other schools in the region that are looking for advice on how to implement similar changes. That comes with being LEN WOOD, STAFF the first to try something, he noted. Science teachers Corey McIntyre and Chris Ladwig talk about the new integrated science curriculum at Cabrillo High School. “In some ways, it made our work a little harder, but at least it was our work,” he his classes spent the day talking about “With freshmen especially, we want that approach also comes with drawbacks said of leading the charge. “We weren’t — namely, having nothing to fall back on. to hook them and get them excited about electron configurations in relation to just begging or borrowing or stealing or energy and sub-energy levels — a subject science,” Ladwig said. Their work included creating their buying from somewhere else. I think that he said would never have previously been Corey McIntyre, a teacher who had own textbooks and workbooks, arranging results in a better product.” covered in a freshmen class. previously taught the earth science infrastructure updates — such as more course, said he’s already noticed that electrical sockets — within classrooms Below, Cabrillo High School student Yasmin Garcia weighs an object during an integrated science class. LEN WOOD, STAFF and labs, and acquiring new materials to students seem to be more engrossed. They will often help each other so that no fit the curriculum, such as microscopes, one gets left behind, he said. modeling kits and incubators. “For me, the student engagement is up The first group of students to more, and I think it’s because there’s no experience the new curriculum is this other choice,” McIntyre said. “It’s a lot of year’s freshman class. hands-on stuff and a lot of white-board In the past, the school had offered an activities and ‘show me you know this so earth science course for most incoming we can move on.’” freshmen. That class was mostly That is especially important given the conceptual-based and not very handsdifficulty level with the new material. on, Eisen said. Ladwig noted that he completed four That has changed with this new years at Cabrillo High School and never Science 1 class. The new course, took a physics course. Now, students according to Ladwig, is more in-depth are introduced to chemistry and biology and complex than any other freshman right away as freshman and could be class that had previously been offered at moved into a physics course as early as the school, and it also has a higher level their sophomore year. of University of California approval, so As an example of this new rigorous freshmen can start meeting their college material, Ladwig noted Thursday that requirements right away.
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Lompoc Empty Bowls ups the ante, brings in $38K for Foodbank Total take increases 15% at 13th annual event The organizers of the annual Lompoc Empty Bowls fundraiser made some changes to the event this year with the hope of increasing donations. After adding up the numbers, it appears their efforts paid off. The 13th annual event, which was held in March at the Dick DeWees Community and Senior Center, brought in about $38,000 for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the event’s organizing team. That total represents a 15-percent increase over the 2016 haul. “I am overwhelmed with gratitude at the response this year,” said Nora Wallace, who co-chaired this year’s event with Heidi Holdsambeck. “We had a huge crowd, new soups, dozens of auction and raffle items and enthusiastic support for our efforts. Every person we asked — whether it was for soup, donations, volunteerism or to buy tickets — responded with eagerness.” The lunchtime event, which was attended
by more than 550 people, allowed attendees to pick out individually crafted bowls and choose from a selection of 16 soups to pair with bread. The meal was symbolic of hearty food that the Foodbank provides for the hungry in the Lompoc Valley. The all-volunteer organizing committee had several new members and added roles for this year. In an effort to attract more attendees, the committee opted to offer a number of new soups and providers, added a raffle to give more chances for people to win and increased its volunteer crew with the addition of a large team from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Holdsambeck noted that she began volunteering with Empty Bowls several years ago as a table busser and said she was honored to be among this year’s lead organizers. “Everyone on the committee has a deep sense of love for this town and the people that live here,” she said. “Stepping in as co-chair with the amazing Nora Wallace was a little intimidating to follow the founding chairs Alice Down and Trish Jordan, but we put our heart and souls into the event. I can honestly
LEN WOOD, STAFF Patrons choose handmade bowls to fill with soup at the Empty Bowls fundraiser Wednesday in Lompoc to benefit the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County.
say that we have been blown away with the support of this community.” She later added, “It was really touching to have the military volunteers from Vandenberg Air Force Base there this year, as I am a retired lieutenant colonel from Vandenberg. I knew they would be right on task.” Wallace, who has been volunteering with the event for three years, shared a similar sentiment.
“I joined the Empty Bowls Committee largely because of my love for this community,” said Wallace, who is also the public relations coordinator at Lompoc Valley Medical Center. “We live in an agriculturally abundant region, and there is no reason anyone in our valley should be hungry, malnourished or face the insecurity of not having enough food in their pantries.
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An American Soundtrack “AMERICA REMEMBERS” – 7:30 Monday • Sept. 11, 2017 “FLAVORS OF THE HOLIDAYS” – 7:00 Sunday • Dec. 3, 2017 “GYPSIES IN THE WIND” – 7:30 Monday • April 9, 2018 “A POPS EXTRAVAGANZA” – 7:30 Monday • June 19, 2018 All concerts at First United Methodist Church
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La Purisima Mission La Purisima Mission La Purisima Mission has been
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The Tienda
Many items available for purchase are handcrafted by volunteers, and proceeds support the Park’s programs. Come buy a piece of the past to invest in the future. Guided tours are available to the public daily at 1:00 p.m. with the exception of special event days. Groups of 10 or more need to call in advance for guided tour reservation 735-2174. Tours meet and begin at the visitor center at 1:00 p.m.
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9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Closed, New Years Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
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