Fiesta schedule
‘Project Fiesta!’
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Fiesta spirit soars at Mass Fiesta horse Father Larry Gosselin delivers message of love and humor during La Misa Presidente Mass of Thanksgiving
show starts at Earl Warren By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
For the 98th year, the Santa Barbara Fiesta Stock Horse Show at the Earl Warren Showgrounds kicked off on Thursday. The event brings together the best horsemen and women from Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties as they show off their riding and roping skills.
The public is welcome to come watch competitors in the stock horse classes, which are free to attend. Today the event continues as the Fiesta Stock Horse Show and Rodeo, and it will continue through Sunday. Weekend rodeo performance tickets are available for $15-30 at sbfiestarodeo.org/ tickets. Please see HORSE SHOW on A2
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Father Larry Gosselin emphasizes the importance of family, community and love as he delivers the sermon Thursday morning during La Misa del Presidente Mass of Thanksgiving at the Santa Barbara Mission.
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Serafina Madonna with her horse Metallic Flame competes in the Buckaroo Class during the Fiesta Stock Horse Show Thursday at the Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara.
Students start their high school voyage Incoming freshmen launch rockets in Santa Maria By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Some of the audience members at Thursday’s Mass wear traditional Fiesta costumes.
Francisco Cabrera, the honorary presidente, and his wife, La Presidente Maria Cabrera, walk down the aisle at the start of the Mass.
By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR
Father Larry Gosselin felt moved by the spirit. The Fiesta spirit. That’s why he was walking down State Street the other day and told everyone he saw, “Viva la Fiesta! Viva la Fiesta!”
“I said this to tourists,” Father Gosselin told the large audience Thursday morning during his sermon at La Misa del Presidente Mass of Thanksgiving at the Santa Barbara Mission. “They looked at me, like, ‘Who is this guy?’ What is he talking about?’ ” Father Gosselin said. The mission audience laughed,
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String musicians add to the atmosphere as Mass is celebrated.
and the priest smiled. “Viva la Fiesta!” Father Gosselin said. “Viva la Fiesta!” the audience
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responded. And that was the spirit at Thursday’s Mass, a Fiesta Please see MASS on A4
Students built and launched rockets this week as part of the Rocketing Into High School 2022 Summer Experience in the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District. The free event took place Tuesday and Wednesday at Pioneer Valley High School. Lunch was provided both days. The two-day adventure featured science teachers and students exploring the wonders of science and participating in the Next Generation Science Standards Engineering Design Challenge. The experience involved students building rockets for the competition. Incoming students at Ernest Righetti High School, Pioneer Valley High School and Santa Maria High School on Wednesday launched Engineering Design Challenge Rockets during the event’s final day. “It was a really good event, the teachers were great and the kids were even better. It was a fun two days,” Rebecca Wingerden, the Righetti science teacher who coordinated the event, told the News-Press.
“We had about 40 students sign up, but we only had about 20 actually show up,” Ms. Wingerden told the News-Press. This event was started in 2019, but this is the first time that the event has been held since 2019 due to the pandemic. “It was really fun. It was a great group of teachers running the small groups building the rockets,” said Ms. Wingerden. “For this activity, I am doing all of the facilitating and coordination. It was great to see the kids and see them interact and make new friends.” The News-Press asked Ms. Wingerden about the NGSS Engineering Design Challenge. “With the state standards, which were approved in 2013, the program focuses on the inquiry model. Students focus on asking and answering questions,” she explained. “It gives students the opportunity to build and test rockets to see how far and high they can go. It’s a great way to learn. The best way to learn as far as I am concerned is by trial and error.” The group-oriented program also involves doing an engineering project design to solve problems Please see ROCKETS on A4
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Wednesday’s SUPER LOTTO: 1-10-24-25-43 Mega: 5
Thursday’s DAILY 4: 2-5-1-3
Tuesday’s MEGA MILLIONS: 10-14-25-37-63 Mega: 14
Thursday’s FANTASY 5: 2-12-16-19-38
Thursday’s DAILY DERBY: 01-11-03 Time: 1:48.33
Wednesday’s POWERBALL: 9-21-56-57-66 Meganumber: 11
Thursday’s DAILY 3: 5-7-3 / Midday 0-5-5