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Honoring a football legend Family and friends honor Sam ‘Bam’ Cunningham at memorial service
State Auditor: Some state colleges spent potential student aid on COVID mitigations By MADISON HIRNEISEN THE CENTER SQUARE STAFF REPORTER
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Lynn Swann speaks as Charle’ Young looks on during a memorial service for the late Sam Cunningham at his alma mater Santa Barbara High School’s Peabody Stadium on Saturday.
(The Center Square) — Some University of California (UC) and California State Universities (CSU) did not maximize COVID19 federal relief funds, instead using money that could have gone to students, according to a new report. The report, released Thursday by the California State Auditor, reviewed the aid expenditures of six universities: UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, CSU Chico, CSU Long Beach and CSU Sonoma. After review, State Auditor Elaine Howle found that most of the campuses “did not maximize” portions of the $435 million in combined Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds, (HEERF) institutional aid to help offset the cost of the pandemic and provide financial aid to students. The HEERF money is federal tax dollars allocated by the U.S. Department of Education. The report said relief funds were not maximized in part because some campuses used HEERF funds to pay for costs that could have been reimbursed by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA). In March 2020, former President Donald Trump declared a national emergency due to COVID-19, which authorized FEMA to reimburse universities for costs associated with pandemic response. After review, Ms. Howle discovered four of the six campuses – CSU Chico, CSU Long Beach, UC Merced and UC San Diego – either spent or planned to spend about $47 million in HEERF funds that FEMA could have instead reimbursed. If these campuses had obtained FEMA reimbursement, the report says that the HEERF funds could have been used for other pandemic-related costs, such as providing additional relief aid to students. As an example, the report notes that CSU Long Beach spent $2.8 million in HEERF funds on setting up a temporary medical tent, conducting testing and administering COVID-19 vaccines – all of which were eligible for FEMA reimbursement. In addition, the university planned to spend $2.3 million of its remaining Please see FUNDS on A2
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Lynn Swann remembers the night Sam “Bam” Cunningham, the man who held the record for the most touchdowns in a Rose Bowl game, chased him through a parking lot one evening after Mr. Swann teased him. There they were, zig-zagging between cars in a parking lot at night. And here Mr. Swann was, all those decades later, talking about that Saturday from behind a podium on the 50-yard line of the Peabody Stadium field where Mr. Cunningham made the plays that got him AllAmerican honors in football. “Sam was chasing me, all 230 pounds of a fullback trying to catch this fast wide receiver,” Mr. Swann told the crowd of hundreds of people during a memorial service for this legend they loved. Many in the crowd had played with Mr. Cunningham. Mr. Swann told the audience he couldn’t outrun Mr. Cunningham, his roommate, who grabbed him that night in the parking lot. “I knew right then that if I was going to survive my experience at the University of Please see CUNNINGHAM on A5
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Milpas Holiday Parade set for Dec. 11 By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT
Samahndi Cunningham, left, Sam Cunningham’s youngest daughter, embraces the former fullback’s agent, Howard Slusher, during an emotional moment at the memorial service.
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Plans have been announced for the Milpas Holiday Parade. The 67th annual event, which is sponsored by the Santa Barbara Eastside Society, will take place Dec. 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. There will be a mandatory meeting for parade participants on Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. at the Eastside Library, 1120 E. Montecito St., in Santa Barbara. At this meeting, the parade director will explain the details of routing, timing and parade
organization, according to a news release. The parade is also looking for volunteers to be available along the parade route. Community members wishing to participate in the parade as well as volunteers should apply at www. sbeastside.org/events. To learn more about the parade, contact Tino De Guevara, Santa Barbara Eastside Society at contact@ sbeastside.org or P.O. Box 40518 Santa Barbara 93140.
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