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Despite its own internal struggles, Isla Vista Screen Printing launches pair of community campaigns to show off pride in the 805
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Santa Maria High graduate Bryan Barriga
Overcoming the odds 16-year-old Santa Maria High graduate Bryan Santa Maria High Barriga graduate headed to Notre Dame
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Overcoming the odds By MITCHELL WHITE
NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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Documentary filmmaker Steven Barber and his wife Tamara are shown with various Apollo 11 celebratory items, including a bust of Neil Armstrong, below.
Documentary filmmaker honors Apollo 11 crew with monument at Kennedy Space Center
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