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PARTLY SUNNY AND PLEASANT 77 • 57 FORECAST, B6 | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 | santamariatimes.com A SPECIAL REPORT | PART 1 McCain tributes echo with criticism of Trump

LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON — John Mc- Cain’s daughter and two former presidents led a public rebuke of President Donald Trump’s divi- sive politics at the late senator’s memorial service Saturday in a call for a return to civility among the nation’s leaders. The nearly three-hour service at the Washington National Ca- thedral was a remarkable show of defi ance against a president Mc- Cain openly defi ed in life as the antithesis of the American spirit LEN WOOD PHOTOS, STAFF of service to something greater Richard Smith, a prospective Lompoc cannabis business owner, looks at the property he has secured in the 300 block of North Second Street. than any individual. Standing near McCain’s fl ag-draped casket and with Trump’s daughter in the audi- ence, Meghan McCain delivered a broadside against the uninvited president without mentioning his name. “We gather here to mourn the passing of American great- ‘Thorough ness — the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifi ce he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who lived lives of comfort and privilege while he su ered and served,” she said, her voice fi rst choking back tears. Then, it rose in anger. “The America of John Mc- Cain,” she added, with a ref- erence to Trump’s trademark process’ phrase, “has no need to be made Lompoc cannabis applicants, city o cials navigate new terrain great again because America was always great.” WILLIS JACOBSON The audience of Washington [email protected] power players erupted in ap- When Kaleb Asfaha decided plause. last year to start his own com- Trump has dismissed the idea pany and transition into Cal- that McCain, a prisoner of war in ifornia’s burgeoning cannabis GREEN Vietnam, was a hero. The pres- industry, the former Bay Ar- ident made clear he resented ea-based pharmaceutical chem- ist wasn’t sure where he would RUSH Please see MCCAIN, Page A5 open up shop. It was on the recommendation IN THE 805? of a friend that Asfaha decided to explore Lompoc, a town that he was familiar with through his had approved and issued four Santa Maria undergraduate studies at UCSB. licenses, as of Aug. 28, though The more Asfaha researched no businesses have opened in the area his confi dence grew the city. Times digitizes that Lompoc, which since Jan. 1 Although some of the appli- has adopted cannabis ordinances cants have indicated they would on par with Los Angeles and San like to see a faster turnaround archives Bernardino as some of the most Lompoc City Manager Jim Throop works in his o ce on Monday. The from submission to verdict, sev- permissive in the state, would be city had approved and issued four licenses, as of Aug. 28, though no eral said they are pleased with More than a century the perfect place for his cannabis businesses have opened in the city. the process and the level of ser- of local history at testing lab. vice provided by the city as they “Everybody’s just been really Asfaha is among 17 applicants nabis-related business licenses navigate the uncharted path. your fingertips welcoming,” he said of his expe- who have submitted paperwork since March 1, when the appli- riences working with the city. to the city of Lompoc for can- cation period opened. The city Please see PROCESS, Page A7 On Feb. 8, 1937, Santa Maria saw some of its worst fl ooding in decades, and the Santa Maria Daily Times was there telling the story. About the series “Flood carries out a section of A waiting Cannabis permits, Suey Bridge,” the one-column, As California ushered in recreational sales of three-deck headline reads, fol- licensing slow to start cannabis in January, lowed by “Old Iron Bridge on we launched a series Main Highway Put into Use as game Pavement Floods.” spotlighting related Few applications for cultivation permits issues ranging from land The story goes on to say that Santa Barbara County use to law enforcement the highest water in two decades as expiration nears for state licenses on the Central Coast. surged down the Santa Maria has received no testing Eight months later, we’re River, caused by snowmelt and MIKE HODGSON ditional use permit; none had looking at where we are rain on the upper reaches of the lab applications mhodgson@leecentralcoastnews. been approved. Sisquoc and from the Cuyama com now, with a focus on As a result, the workload an- licenses, permits, testing River and tributaries. It rose so GINA KIM Although more than 1,000 ticipated after the Jan. 1 legal- and taxation, in a two- rapidly that it covered the road [email protected] state-issued temporary canna- ization of recreational canna- part series. in four to fi ve feet of water in a As the cannabis industry fi nds bis licenses are active in Santa bis in California has not been matter of hours. its footing in Santa Barbara Barbara County — the highest as heavy as anticipated when Included in the Times’ cover- County, one thing that’s missing number in the state — fears that county o cials were hammer- NEXT SUNDAY: age of the fl ood was the tale of is local testing labs — facilities an ensuing deluge of county per- ing out cannabis control ordi- Lompoc voters “three lads,” A.S. Vanstone, J.A. that provide processes required mit applications would inundate nances and trying to estimate to decide Maxwell and Chas Myers, who by the state as of July 1 to ensure sta have so far been unfounded. how much sta time it would cannabis tax turned over in a car as a result marijuana products meet certain As of Aug. 27, the county take to implement the new reg- measure of the rain and spent the night standards. was processing just nine ap- ulations. Cannabis contributions to as guests at the Santa Maria Inn plications for land use permits county coffers uncertain Please see TESTING, Page A7 and one application for a con- Please see PERMITS, Page A6 Please see ARCHIVES, Page A5

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LOS ANGELES‌ JONATHAN J. COOPER AND SOPHIA BOLLAG Mayor mulls Ohio swing, 2020 run‌ Associated Press‌ Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who is considering a ‌SACRAMENTO — Law- 2020 White House run, is planning a string of appearances makers voted to give a re- in the battleground state of Ohio next week. prieve to Pacific Gas & Elec- His scheduled stops on the three-day swing beginning tric Co., take steps toward Thursday include Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus. reducing years of secrecy The two-term Democrat intends to work with party vol- surrounding police miscon- unteers to rally voters in advance of the November elections, duct and push back school and he’ll also speak at a fundraiser for Ohio Sen. Sherrod start times in the frenzied Brown. final hours of the two-year A statement Saturday says Garcetti wants to hear from legislative session. residents and mayors “about the challenges they face and The Assembly and Senate ... how we can work together.” adjourned for the year shortly The 47-year-old mayor would face long odds of winning before midnight Friday af- the party nomination. He’s already visited the important ter passing one of the most presidential election states of Iowa and New Hampshire. contentious bills lawmakers Garcetti plans a decision on his candidacy by March. confronted. They sent Gov. Jerry Brown MORENO VALLEY‌ a measure allowing power RICH PEDRONCELLI, ASSOCIATED PRESS‌ companies to raise electric Ethan Gabriel, the son of Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, gets into the action of 4 killed in freeway racing crash‌ bills to cover the cost of law- the day as he takes over his father’s microphone Friday during the Assembly session in The California Highway Patrol says four people have died suits from last year’s deadly Sacramento, Calif. Ethan was celebrating his fourth birthday Friday and his father brought after a car overturned on a Southern California freeway. wildfires, even if the utility is him to the Assembly for the last day of the legislative session. KCAL-TV says three cars were racing on the westbound found to have behaved neg- State Route 60 in Moreno Valley at around 7:30 p.m. Friday ligently. have caused unprecedented both legislative chambers, Advocates hope stream- when one vehicle went out of control, hit a guardrail and Even many of the lawmak- levels of death and property where surprised lawmak- lining the management of struck a concrete median before overturning. ers who voted for it said they damage in the past three ers and their aides snapped the Western grid would help Authorities say two people were flung from the car and had misgivings but believed years. The bill also would photos and, in the Senate, integrate more renewables, two others died inside. A fifth person is hospitalized with it was necessary to prevent require investor-owned demanded a speech. allowing California to off- serious injuries. financial ruin for PG&E. utilities — including PG&E, The Democratic governor load surplus solar power Moreno Valley is about 70 miles east of downtown Los The company is poten- Southern California Edison called it “the most powerful during sunny afternoons Angeles. tially on the hook for billions and San Diego Gas & Electric legislative session in the last and import wind energy of dollars if its equipment is — to harden their equipment few years.” from other states when the LOTTERIES ultimately blamed for wild- so it’s less likely to cause fires. The governor will also get sun isn’t shining. fires that destroyed thou- It would make it easier, in the final say on a bill that Critics say California Daily 3 Mega Millions (Friday) sands of homes in Northern some circumstances, to do would bar middle and high would be foolish to give up „„ Midday: 6-1-9. Evening: „„ 07-18-29-32-45, Mega California wine country last prescribed burns, clear dead schools from starting be- the unique control it has 0-4-7 Ball: 17, Megaplier: 3. October, the most expensive trees and brush, log trees and fore 8:30 a.m., a response over its grid operator, espe- Daily 4 Estimated jackpot: $167 fire storm in state history. build firebreaks. It includes to research showing later cially when President Donald „„ 9-9-1-9 million “This is about protecting $200 million a year for those start times make children Trump is looking to expand Daily Derby Powerball ratepayers, not helping util- purposes. healthier by letting them get opportunities for coal plants „„ 1st:4 Big Ben-2nd:7 Eure- „„ 11-54-55-61-66, ities,” said Sen. Bill Dodd, a Lawmakers also voted to more sleep. More than 80 and California is looking to ka-3rd:6 Whirl Win, Race „„ Powerball: 9, Napa Democrat who helped lift some of the secrecy sur- percent of California middle shed coal from the grid. Time: 1:46.44. „„ Power Play: 3. craft the legislation. “The rounding reports on shoot- and high schools start before “It is imperative that a re- „„ Estimated jackpot: „„ Estimated jackpot: $90 fact of the matter is ratepay- ings and other uses of force 8:30 a.m. gional grid is created at the $412,000. million ers would be hurt in a utility by police. They sent Brown Rural schools would be ex- earliest possible date,” Brown Fantasy 5 SuperLotto Plus bankruptcy.” a measure allowing the re- empt from the mandate. said in a statement. „„ 09-10-18-29-36. „„ 12-14-27-29-37, The move has infuriated lease of records when police The measure passed nar- A last-minute effort to „„ Estimated jackpot: „„ Mega Ball: 3. ratepayer advocates, who are found to have improperly rowly in both chambers fol- create more state oversight $184,000 „„ Estimated jackpot: $29 warned that the measure used force or discharged a lowing a debate that did not of a project by Cadiz Inc. to million puts the utility on the hook firearm, committed sexual adhere to party lines. pump water from under the for damages that haven’t assault on the job or been “This is the single most Mojave Desert died in a Sen- even been gauged yet. dishonest in their official cost-effective thing we can ate committee. “Without a doubt the cost duties. do to improve high school A plan to raise taxes to of our changing climate will Another bill would require graduation rates,” Assembly- pay for modernizing the 911 be a shared one,” said Assem- police to release body camera man Jay Obernolte, R-Hes- emergency dispatch system blyman Marc Levine, D-San footage within 45 days of a peria, said. also fell one vote short in Rafael. “But the costs we’re shooting causing death or A few things failed, in- the Senate when Republi- 3200 Skyway Drive , P.O. 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Broadway, Santa Maria • 805.925.0860 • 7am-9pm Daily 00 1 Santa Maria Times Sunday, September 2, 2018 | A3 NATION&WORLD DIGEST NORTH AMERICAN TRADE ‌Stabbings were alleged terrorism AMSTERDAM — A 19-year- old Afghan citizen had a “ter- Canada gets warning rorist motive” for allegedly stab- bing two Americans at the main Trump says northern day, and exclude all sides, a win-win-win outcome But Freeland couldn’t break an train station in Amsterdam, city Canada. Also, is achievable. Canada, of course, impasse in four days of negotia- authorities said Saturday. neighbor ‘will be out’ Congress must will only sign a deal which is good tions with U.S. Trade Representa- Amsterdam police shot and approve any re- for Canada.” tive Robert Lighthizer. American wounded the suspect after the unless agreement ‘fair’ write of the North Trump notified Congress on and Canadian negotiators will re- stabbings Friday at Central American Free Friday that he plans to sign an turn to negotiations Wednesday. Station. The local government LUIS ALONSO LUGO, Trade Agreement agreement in 90 days with Mex- The talks had taken an odd turn said hours later it appeared the PAUL WISEMAN AND ROB GILLIES and might refuse ico to replace NAFTA and hopes for the worse Friday over news people injured weren’t targeted Associated Press‌ Freeland to endorse a deal Canada can brought on board, too. that Trump had told Bloomberg for a specific reason, but added ‌WASHINGTON — President that leaves long- Congress would have to approve News that he wasn’t willing to that investigators did not rule Donald Trump warned Canada time ally Canada on the sidelines. any agreement. make any concessions to Canada. out terror as an aim or any other on Saturday that it “will be out” Talks to keep Canada in the “There is no political neces- The 24-year-old NAFTA tore possibilities. of a revised North American trade trade bloc are to resume this com- sity to keep Canada in the new down most trade barriers divid- The wounded Americans were agreement unless it’s “fair” to the ing week as Washington and Ot- NAFTA deal. If we don’t make ing the United States, Mexico recovering in a hospital Saturday United States, and he threatened tawa try to break a deadlock over a fair deal for the U.S. after de- and Canada. Trade between the from what police termed serious to scrap the current deal should issues such as Canada’s dairy cades of abuse, Canada will be three countries surged. But many but not life-threatening injuries. Congress “interfere” with the market and U.S. efforts to shield out,” Trump tweeted. “Congress manufacturers responded to the The suspect, who was identified negotiations. drug companies from generic should not interfere w/ these ne- agreement by moving factories only as Jawed S. in line with pri- “There is no political necessity competition. gotiations or I will simply termi- south of the border to take ad- vacy rules in the Netherlands, to keep Canada in the new NAFTA “As we’ve said all week, we’re nate NAFTA entirely & we will be vantage of low Mexican wages, also remained hospitalized. deal,” Trump said in one of a series working toward a modernized far better off...” then shipping goods north to the of tweets as he visited his Virginia NAFTA that is good for the mid- A U.S.-Mexico deal sealed on United States and Canada. golf club. dle class and people working hard Monday excluded Canada. Free- Trump has charged that the State court orders But it’s not clear whether the to join it,” said Adam Austen, a land then hurried to Washington deal wiped out American factory Trump administration has the spokesman for Canadian For- for talks aimed at preserving Can- jobs. He has pledged to negotiate Kobach grand jury authority to strike a deal with just eign Minister Chrystia Freeland. ada’s membership in the regional a better deal or withdraw from TOPEKA, Kan. — A grand jury Mexico, as it announced Mon- “With good will and flexibility on trade agreement. NAFTA. must be convened to investigate whether Republican gubernato- rial candidate and Kansas Secre- tary of State Kris Kobach inten- tionally failed to register voters in 2016, the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled. The court’s one-page opinion was released Friday and offered no explanation for the ruling, which addressed Kobach’s ap- peal of a lower court’s order to summon the grand jury, the Lawrence Journal-World re- ported. The high court’s ruling stemmed from a petition filed in 2016 by Steven Davis, a Law- rence resident who accused Ko- bach of choosing not to process online voter registrations and preventing qualified residents from voting in the 2016 election. Kansas is one of six states that allow citizens to request grand juries through petitions.

BRIEFLY ROBOCALLS: Racist phone calls mocking Florida’s black Dem- ocratic gubernatorial nominee appear to be from a white su- premacist podcast that has also taken credit for inflammatory JENS MEYER, ASSOCIATED PRESS‌ robocalls in Iowa and California. In the recorded calls, someone GERMAN POLICE HALT ANTI-MIGRATION PROTEST MARCH falsely identifying himself as Police in eastern Germany halted an anti-migration protest march that emboldened far-right activists started Saturday, hoping it would launch Andrew Gillum speaks in a rac- a nationwide movement capable of challenging the political establishment. A trio of nationalist groups held separate daytime rallies in the city ist, old-time minstrel dialect of Chemnitz over the Aug. 26 killing of a German citizen, allegedly by migrants from Syria and Iraq. The two largest groups also organized a joint while asking voters for their nighttime march, thinking a broader force might emerge from the display of unity and take hold. Above, demonstrators hold photos of people they support. claim have been killed by migrants during a demonstration Saturday in Chemnitz, eastern Germany. DEADLY CRASH: Indiana State Police say four people, includ- ing a child, died in a wrong-way driver crash on Interstate 90. RUSSIA PROBE Police say the crash early Satur- day in Gary killed the 25-year- old driver of a Toyota SUV that was traveling west in the east- bound lanes of the highway with Former aide suggests assent no headlights on as well as three people in a Jeep. Trump campaign aide to plead even though that was not true. became the Trump administra- Court filing: Trump guilty and cooperate with pros- That professor, Joseph Mifsud, tion’s attorney general. YEMEN: A Saudi-led coalition ‘nodded with approval’ ecutors. The revelation that he’d would later tell him that individ- Sessions, however, told the fighting Yemen’s Shiite rebels been told by a professor during the uals in Moscow possessed “dirt” House Judiciary Committee last expressed on Saturday its regret about Putin meeting campaign that Russia had “dirt” on Clinton. November that he resisted the and pledged to hold to account on Democrat Hillary Clinton in When Papadopoulos returned idea of any Russia meeting. those responsible for “mistakes” ERIC TUCKER the form of emails helped trig- to Washington, he was “eager The inclusion of details about in a deadly airstrike it carried Associated Press‌ ger the FBI’s counterintelligence to show his value to the cam- that meeting by defense lawyers out last month. At least 51 peo- ‌WASHINGTON — President investigation in July 2016 into paign” and “witnessed his career seems intended to show that Pa- ple, including 40 children, were Donald Trump “nodded with potential coordination between skyrocketing to unimaginable padopoulos provided the Mueller killed and 79 were wounded. approval” at the suggestion of a Russia and the Trump campaign. heights.” At a March 31 meet- team with valuable insight about meeting with Russian President The 16-page defense memo ing of Trump’s national security Trump campaign operations, even FUNERAL: Six white caskets were Vladimir Putin, according to a filed late Friday paints Papado- adviser, Papadopoulos proposed though prosecutors have said in arranged in a semi-circle during court filing that seeks leniency poulos as an eager-to-please that he could leverage his new- their own sentencing memo that the funeral for six of the 10 chil- for a former campaign aide who campaign aide who was in over found Russian connections to ar- he did not provide “substantial dren who died in Chicago’s worst lied to the FBI. his head, and aims to counter the range a meeting between Trump assistance to them.” fire in over a decade. The funeral Lawyers for George Papado- prosecution’s narrative that Pap- and Putin. Defense lawyers acknowledge held Saturday at Our Lady of Te- poulos are seeking probation, adopoulos’s deception irreparably “While some in the room re- that Papadopoulos “lied, min- peyac Catholic Church honored saying the foreign policy adviser damaged the investigation. buffed George’s offer, Mr. Trump imized, and omitted material five siblings and a cousin killed misled agents during a January The defense lawyers say Papa- nodded with approval and de- facts” to the FBI about his foreign in the Aug. 28 apartment fire. In- 2017 interview not to harm an in- dopoulos was hired by the cam- ferred to Mr. Sessions who ap- contacts, including about when he vestigators say the fire started in vestigation but rather to “save his paign in March 2016 despite hav- peared to like the idea and stated had learned from Mifsud that the the rear of the apartment build- professional aspirations and pre- ing no experience with Russian or that the campaign should look Russians had dirt on Clinton. ing during a sleepover. The cause serve a perhaps misguided loyalty U.S. diplomacy. That month, he into it,” defense lawyers wrote. “Out of loyalty to the new pres- is under investigation. to his master.” traveled to Italy and connected That language is a reference to Jeff ident and his desire to be part of Papadopoulos is a pivotal figure with a London-based professor Sessions, who at the time was a the administration, he hoisted SYRIA: A string of powerful in special counsel Robert Muel- who introduced him to a woman Republican senator from Alabama himself upon his own petard,” blasts from the direction of a ler’s investigation as the first described as a niece of Putin’s and key campaign aide and later they wrote. military airport in Damascus lit up the skies and shook the capital city in the early morn- ing hours today, residents and state TV reported. The state- Palestinians denounce US ending refugee funds run Al-Ikhbariya TV station reported, citing an unnamed ating table as it says it is preparing jections and last week cut $200 ministration doing? They are military source, that the explo- Ceasing funding a Mideast peace initiative. million in development aid to pre-empting, prejudging issues sions did not come from inside called attack on people; The announcement raised new the Palestinians. Friday’s deci- reserved for permanent status,” the airport but from a nearby questions about the viability of sion cut an additional $300 mil- said Saeb Erekat, the chief Pal- munitions depot. Israel bias alleged any future U.S. peace plan. Pres- lion to the United Nations Relief estinian negotiator. ident Donald Trump’s Mideast and Works Agency, which serves UNRWA was established af- NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING: Po- JOSEF FEDERMAN team, led by his adviser and son millions of Palestinian refugees ter the war surrounding Israel’s lice say a 28-year-old woman Associated Press‌ in law Jared Kushner, have been and their descendants across the establishment in 1948 to aid the was fatally shot and seven ‌JERUSALEM — The Palestin- working on their plan for about a region. 700,000 Palestinians who fled men wounded during an event ians on Saturday condemned the year and a half but have not said The Palestinians say these or were forced from their homes. featuring local rap artists at U.S. decision to end its decades of when it will be made public. steps are aimed at imposing out- Today, it provides education, a Cleveland nightclub. A po- funding for the U.N. agency for The Palestinians accuse the comes for two of the most sensi- health care and social services to lice spokeswoman said officers Palestinian refugees, calling it an U.S. of being unfairly biased in tive issues in the conflict — the some 5 million Palestinians in the were called to Club X-Rated, attack on the Palestinian people favor of Israel, citing a series of fate of contested Jerusalem and West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well near downtown, around 1 a.m. and accusing the Trump admin- steps by the White House. Trump the plight of Palestinian refugees as Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. The Saturday. istration of trying to remove sen- has recognized Jerusalem as Isra- — without negotiations. agency is also a major employer in 00 1 — Associated Press sitive core issues from the negoti- el’s capital over Palestinian ob- “What is the American ad- the Palestinian areas. A4 | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 SANTA MARIA TIMES EDITORIAL

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OUR VIEW Channel that flash of anger he fi rst Sunday in September signals the approach of fall for some, for millions of others it’s the countdown to the start Tof the NFL season, which happens Thursday evening when the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles host the Atlanta Falcons. Many Americans are probably wondering what will happen when the traditional national anthem is played to start the game, despite the fact that NFL owners in May unanimously approved a new national anthem policy that requires players to stand if they are on the fi eld during the performance, but gives them the option to remain in the locker room. The focus of today’s editorial, however, is on the U.S. Open pro GUEST COMMENTARY tennis tournament in New York, a major event that still has a few days to play out to determine champions. Not to put too fi ne a point on it, but after watching the top men and women players in the world compete, we have to say some- thing is missing — adult behavior. Not one, but two world No.1 players revealed their dark sides at Making community the tournament, starting with the top-ranked player on the wom- en’s side, Simona Halep of Romania, who was shown on world- wide TV smashing her racquet after misplaying a point. The racquet-smashing didn’t seem to perk up Ms. Halep. A few minutes later she became the very fi rst No.1-ranked player to lose partnerships in the fi rst round of the U.S. Open. Really embarrassing. A couple of days later, the world’s No.1 male player Novak ne of our goals at Allan centered on the principle that the year. Aspiring “makers” Djokovic of Serbia was observed by TV viewers losing a point early Hancock College is to everyone has the capacity and can check out new 3-D print- in a match, turning to the sideline and smashing his racquet into Ochange the odds for our ability to make something from ers, explore machining tools or uselessness. community by removing bar- start to fi nish. visit welding labs as part of the Now, every player in every sport has had such moments on the riers that prevent academic The project is directed by program. court or on the fi eld, and many, if not all of them experience a success. Robert Mabry, a faculty mem- Participants quickly under- similar fi t-throwing episode. Some of them later apologize, fully We are proud ber in Hancock’s career educa- stand the limitless possibilities aware that kids are watching, and that their behavior is something of the recogni- tion program. His energy is in- of being a maker and develop you really don’t want your children to copy. tion we receive fectious and seemingly endless, hands-on, real-world skills. Emotional displays in the heat of battle are not unusual. In fact, for events such but the collaboration would The Makerspace collabora- sometimes they do fi re up the puckish player. But such outbursts as Friday Night never have gone forward with- tion is making a di erence in are not lost on kids. They see their hero acting up, and say to Science, Bulldog out the leadership and vision our community. The Discov- themselves, hey, maybe if I act up maybe I can be a world No. 1. KEVIN Bound, Career of Santa Maria City Librarian ery Museum — now with its Perhaps, but that would be totally missing the point of com- WALTHERS Exploration Day Mary Housel and former Dis- new director, Nancy Gastelum petition. There is another teachable moment here, one that to and the Founda- covery Museum Director Chris — introduces students to con- us makes a lot of sense, and could be a great help to those less tion’s Scholarship Slaughter. Their work is widely cepts that lead them to greater fortunate than the multi-millionaires who throw those temper Awards Banquet. These pro- recognized in the Makerspace achievement. Mary Housel en- tantrums. grams and events show that our movement, ultimately resulting sures that the city library serves Racquet-smasher Djokovic, for example, became the fi rst tennis faculty and sta are committed in an invitation to present at an as an educational access point player to earn $100 million in prize money two years ago, and it’s to helping students succeed and international summit held this for everyone in the community, been spiking ever since. Simona Halep has so far this year earned are willing to go the extra mile. past summer at Stanford Uni- and the faculty and sta at Al- more than $6.2 million in prize money. In the same way, they show how versity. lan Hancock College provide With those deep pockets, what’s a few $200 racquets smashed important it is to have commu- Our community’s Maker- pathways to a transfer univer- in fi ts of pique? The sponsoring racquet company provides them nity partners willing to lend a space program is introducing a sity and high-paying careers for anyway. hand. new generation to the concepts our students. The problem is, Djokovic and Halep aren’t the only racquet One of our partnerships you of entrepreneurship, creative We all must work together destroyers. Some pro players will go through a dozen or more in may not have heard about — construction and critical think- to build the future of northern a tournament, somehow blaming the equipment for their skills unless you have kids — is the ing. Funded through a grant Santa Barbara County. The defi ciency. Central Coast Makerspace from the California Community Makerspace collaboration is a We have a suggestion for pro tennis players. Instead of de- Collaboration, which enables College system, the Makerspace tangible example of what can stroying racquets, embarrassing yourselves and planting seeds students of all ages to explore, program is a great example of happen when we combine our of destructiveness in young minds, why not donate the racquet create and connect in creative how our community works to- strengths to change the odds you believe is the o ender to a local youth tennis program, some ways that show the pathway gether to change the odds. for the next generation. of whose participants can’t a ord even a used $10 racquet. If that to high-wage and in-demand In addition to events at the idea doesn’t appeal to you, ra e your autographed racquets o on careers. The maker culture Discovery Museum and Santa Kevin G. Walthers is superinten- eBay or some other social-media platform, then donate the pro- encourages innovation, entre- Maria Library, the college hosts dent/president of Allan Hancock ceeds to your favorite charity. preneurship and job creation Makerspace events throughout College. A perfect wedding of sportsmanship and paying it forward.

Editorial Policy MALLARD FILLMORE BRUCE TINSLEY The Santa Maria Times encourages readers to express their opin- ions. Letters should be no longer than 300 words and must include the author’s full name, address, and daytime phone number. They may be edited for length, clarity and o ensiveness, and we reserve the right to run longer letters on a case-by-case basis. Thank you letters will be accepted without a list of individual contributors. Email: [email protected] Fax: (805) 928-5657 Mail: P.O. Box 400, Santa Maria, CA 93456-0400 John Lankford, editorial writer, can be reached by email at jlank- ford65@aol.com

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WEEK IN REVIEW VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO VIEW MORE WEEK IN REVIEW CONTENT IN THE NEWS IN THE NEWS Senator, war hero Trump warns McCain dies at 81 of Dem ‘violence’ Sen. John McCain, who President Donald Trump faced down his captors in urged evangelical leaders a Vietnam prisoner of war this week to get out the vote camp with jut-jawed defi- ahead of the upcoming mid- ance and later turned his re- term elections and warned of bellious streak into a 35-year “violence” by opponents if political career that took him they fail. to Congress and the Republi- Trump made the dire warn- can presidential nomination, ing at a White House dinner died last weekend after bat- Monday evening attended by tling brain cancer for more dozens of conservative Chris- than a year. He was 81. tian pastors, ministers and McCain was a fearless and supporters. outspoken voice on policy and Trump was stressing the politics to the end, unswerv- stakes in November when he ing in his defense of demo- warned that, if Democrats win, cratic values and unflinching they “will overturn everything in his criticism of his fellow that we’ve done and they’ll do Republican, President Don- it quickly and violently,” ac- ald Trump. cording to attendees and au- He was elected to the Sen- dio of his closed-door remarks ate from Arizona six times but PAUL SANCYA, ASSOCIATED PRESS‌ obtained by media outlets, in- twice thwarted in seeking the cluding The New York Times. presidency. The week was A WEEK OF FAREWELLS FOR FRANKLIN He specifically mentioned spent honoring the former Well-wishers leave hand-written notes Wednesday on boards outside the Charles H. Wright Museum of African self-described antifa, or an- presidential candidate and American History during a public visitation for Aretha Franklin in Detroit. The regal presence Franklin exuded ti-fascist groups, describing war hero in Arizona, Wash- in life was captured at her viewing this week, with the late Queen of Soul in a gold-plated casket dressed them as “violent people.” ington and around the world. completely in red, including high-heeled pumps, proving, as one person put it, that she was a “diva to the end.” Mourners poured into the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History on Tuesday to pay FLORIDA GOVERNOR: Racism FEDERAL WORKERS: Presi- their final respects to Franklin, who diedA ug. 16 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76. The two-day viewing immediately became an issue dent Donald Trump has told was part of a week of commemorations for the legend, who was laid to rest Friday. in the Florida governor’s race Congress he is canceling a pay Wednesday as both nominees raise that most civilian federal made predictions: Democrat employees were due to receive Andrew Gillum said voters ar- in January, citing budgetary BIG NUMBER THE WATER COOLER en’t looking for a misogynist, constraints. Trump informed racist or bigot, while Repub- House and Senate leaders of The new offi- KANYE APOLOGY: Kanye West CRAZY RICH: The opening week- lican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis his decision in a letter sent 2,975 cial death toll apologized Wednesday on a end for “Crazy Rich Asians” said voters shouldn’t “mon- Thursday. from last year’s Hurricane Chicago radio station for call- was historic. Its second week- key this up” by choosing his Maria, according to the gov- ing slavery a “choice.” “I don’t end was even more impressive. African-American opponent. SEX ABUSE: A committee cre- ernor of Puerto Rico. The know if I properly apologized for The romantic comedy slid just 6 ated by the Catholic Church original death toll had been how that slave comment made percent from its chart-topping TECH ATTACK: President Don- specifically to prevent sex- listed at 64. people feel, so I want to take this debut to again lead the box office ald Trump on Tuesday ac- ual misconduct by clergy on moment right now to say that with $25 million in ticket sales. cused Google and other U.S. Tuesday issued a damning HE SAID ... I’m sorry for hurting, I’m sorry Drops of close to 50 percent are tech companies of rigging assessment of the failings to for the one-two effect of the common for wide releases. search results about him “so stem the abuse, calling it an I don’t mind a good MAGA hat into the slave com- that almost all stories & news “evil” caused by “a loss of fight. For reasons ment,” West told 107.5 WGCI ‘ROSEANNE’ SPINOFF: In an in- is BAD.” He offered no evi- moral leadership.” known only to God, I’ve had radio in his hometown. terview this week, John Good- dence of bias. quite a few tough ones in my man said he wasn’t sure how FLORIDA SHOOTING: A gun- “life. But  I learned an import- LOUIS C.K.: Comedian Louis this fall’s “Roseanne” spinoff, TOP COUNSEL: White House man opened fire last Sun- ant lesson along the way: In C.K. returned to the stage last titled “The Conners,” will be counsel Don McGahn will be day at an online video game the end, it matters less that week for apparently the first structured. But he guessed that leaving in the fall after the tournament as it was being you can fight. What you fight time after he admitted to en- his character will be “mopey and expected Senate confirma- livestreamed from a mall in for is the real test.” gaging in sexual misconduct. sad” because his wife has died. tion vote for Supreme Court Jacksonville, Florida, killing — John McCain during He made an unannounced ap- Goodman played husband Dan nominee Brett Kavanaugh, two people and then fatally a Sept 4, 2008, speech pearance last Sunday night at Conner to Roseanne Barr’s char- President Donald Trump said shooting himself in a rampage at the Republican the Comedy Cellar in New York acter on the original “Roseanne” Wednesday. that wounded several others. National Convention City’s Greenwich Village. and last season’s revival. — Associated Press

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McCain’s thumbs-down “giving thanks to the fact vote last year that sank the that they were alive.” Republican attempt to repeal As the flood water re- national health care. And ceded, the Times covered he only marked McCain’s the clean-up, and most passing on Aug. 25 with tra- of the aftermath has been ditional presidential actions preserved on microfilm or after he came under fire from yellowing bound copies of the American Legion. newspapers. Trump chose to head But now the details, to his Virginia golf course and nearly every other lo- during Saturday’s service cal historic event can be and tweeted his grievances accessed without rolls of against the FBI and NAFTA microfilm or musty, brittle throughout the day. In newspapers. The Santa Maria Times one missive, he misspelled Quite possibly the single was there when Michael former President Barack largest local history publi- Jackson was acquitted of Obama’s first name. He sent cation in our region hap- 10 felony charges at Santa Ivanka Trump, her husband pened in the past month Maria Superior Court on Jared Kushner, Defense Sec- PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS, ASSOCIATED PRESS‌ as thousands of pages of June 13, 2005. retary James Mattis and oth- The choir sings at a memorial service Saturday for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at Washington the Santa Maria Times ers to the service to represent National Cathedral in Washington. McCain died Aug. 25 from brain cancer at age 81. were digitized through a international events rang- the administration. partnership project with ing from the fall of the stock McCain asked Obama, a Cain broke down as opera Newspapers.com. market, to the end of World Democrat, and George W. singer Renee Fleming sang Through a subscrip- War II, the sinking of the Bush, a Republican, to speak “Danny Boy,” at the request tion service, anyone with Titanic and the resignation at his memorial service and of the music-loving late a password and an inter- of Richard M. Nixon. they gave personal testi- senator. net connection can view a The digitized Santa Ma- mony that overcoming ri- The service was the last completely searchable on- ria Times newspapers will valries and partisan politics public event in Washing- line digital archive of Santa help more people access was not only possible but ton, where McCain lived and Maria, and our region’s history regardless of where good for the country. Both worked over four decades, history. Lee Enterprises, they are, and serve as a men had denied McCain’s and part of McCain’s five- which owns the Times, also starting point and journal presidential aspirations. day, cross-country funeral has a similar agreement of local history. Now it’s all But they spoke of reconcil- procession. He died Aug. 25 that is digitizing its sister available at your fingertips. ing with him during personal at age 81. Lee Central Coast News- To access the Times’ moments afterward, and, McCain had long urged papers — the Santa Ynez archives, set up your sub- as Bush said, “the rivalry the Senate and the polar- Valley News and Lompoc scription at santamaria- melted away.” ized nation to recognize the Record. times.com/archives. For In separate eulogies, humanity even in bitter po- In addition to local his- more information call Obama and Bush also de- litical opponents. tory, the archives feature Managing Editor Marga livered pushback to Trump PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS, ASSOCIATED PRESS‌ “We weaken our greatness most major national and Cooley at 805-739-2143. that was more subtle than Meghan McCain speaks at a memorial service for her father, when we confuse our patri- Meghan McCain’s but un- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Saturday at Washington otism with tribal rivalries mistakable nonetheless. National Cathedral in Washington. that have sown resentment Obama spoke of the long and hatred and violence in talks he and McCain had on us to be bigger than that. come as a whisper over our all the corners of the globe,” Breakfast almost weekly in the Oval He called on us to be better shoulder — we are better McCain wrote in his fare- Open Office and the senator’s un- than that.” than this, America is better well letter to the nation, read 7 Days Lunch derstanding that America’s Bush said one of the great than this,” Bush said. posthumously by a long- Dinner security and influence came gifts in his life was becom- Washington’s past and time aide. “We weaken it not from “our ability to bend ing friends with his former present political elite bore when we hide behind walls, others to our will” but uni- White House rival. He said witness. Among those in the rather than tear them down, Serving our Award Winning versal values of rule of law they would in later years front row at the cathedral when we doubt the power of and human rights. recall their political battles were Michelle Obama, Laura our ideals, rather than trust Homecooked Meals since 1959 “So much of our politics, like former football players Bush, Bill and Hillary Clin- them to be the great force Biscuits and Gravy • Fresh Hashbrowns our public life, our public remembering the big game. ton, as well as Dick Cheney for change they have always discourse can seem small But mostly Bush recalled and Al Gore. been.” Famous Tri-Tip Sandwiches and mean and petty, traf- a champion for the “for- McCain’s motorcade McCain is to be buried Full Variety of Mexican & Italian dishes ficking in bombast and in- gotten people” at home and arrived from the Capitol, today at his alma mater, the sult and phony controversies abroad whose legacy will where he laid in state over- U.S. Naval Academy, next Giant Fluffy Omelettes and manufactured outrage,” serve as a reminder, even in night, and the procession to his best friend from the Mouthwatering Pancakes & Waffles Obama said in a not-so- times of doubt, of the power made a stop at the Vietnam Class of 1958, Adm. Chuck veiled nod to Trump. “It’s a of America as more than a Veterans Memorial, where Larson. Betteravia Road at the 101 Freeway politics that pretends to be physical place but a “carrier McCain’s wife, Cindy, “Back,” McCain wrote on brave and tough but in fact of human aspirations.” placed a wreath. the last page of his recent 922-3553 00 1 is born in fear. John called “John’s voice will always At the cathedral, Mrs. Mc- memoir, “where it began.” A6 | Sunday, September 2, 2018 FROM THE FRONT PAGE/NATION Santa Maria tiMeS Aretha’s lack of a will could make things rocky for heirs

ANDREW DALTON singer’s attorneys says he with me about estate plan- Aretha Franklin’s friend Franklin maintained own- Among Franklin’s more Associated Press urged her repeatedly over ning but would not sign the Ron Moten, a Michigan ership of the songs she wrote tangible assets are several LOS ANGELES — Aretha the years to draft one. documents.” businessman, gave the four and did well by them, Wil- pieces of property in the Franklin was so hard-nosed “I tried to convince her Papers fi led in Michigan’s sons some guidance in his son says, though of her ma- Detroit area that according in her business dealings that that she should do not just a Oakland County court last speech at Friday’s funeral. jor hits, “Think” is the only to tax assessors’ estimates she demanded to be paid in will but a trust while she was week by David J. Bennett, “Remember your family, one that’s her own compo- are worth at least $2 million, cash before performing. Her still alive,” says Don Wilson, the lawyer who worked most and friends that have been sition. She also wrote some with a market value that heirs won’t have it so sim- a Los Angeles lawyer who closely with Franklin, lay out with you for years,” Moten lesser hits, such as “Rock could easily be twice that. ple. worked on entertainment the few known basics: told the men. “Because you Steady.” Once the value is es- Though she lived to 76 and matters for Franklin for She was not married and are about to meet a lot of Though her records were tablished — a process that was terminally ill with pan- nearly 30 years. “She never left four sons, ages 48 to 63: people who will now want to played millions of times, could take years — the IRS creatic cancer, the Queen of told me, ‘No, I don’t want to Clarence Franklin, Edward be your new best friend. You she earned little in radio will take any back taxes Soul died without a will. do one.’ She understood the Franklin, Kecalf Franklin will also meet some people royalties from smashes like Franklin owed, then will As her four sons and other need. It just didn’t seem to and Ted White Jr. Clarence, that will have the best in- 1967’s “Respect” because tax her estate at 40 percent family members move on be something she got around Aretha’s eldest, is incapac- vestments in the world for such payments go over- for any assets beyond $11.2 from Friday’s funeral in De- t o .” itated and is represented by you. My advice? Go slow, be whelmingly to the song’s million. troit, they’re left with the Laura Zwicker, an attor- a guardian. And a niece of careful and be smart.” author, not the performer. Kenneth Abdo, an attor- potentially tall task of fi nd- ney who specializes in estate hers has accepted the role The documents make In the case of “Respect,” the ney who specializes in pro- ing out how many millions planning but is not affi liated of executor. no mention of the value of royalties go to the estate of bate law and has worked on she was worth, and divvying with the Franklin estate, Under Michigan law, as Franklin’s estate. The fi g- Otis Redding, even though the estate of Prince, who it up, a process that could says she sees it happen all in most states, the sons will ure almost certainly runs the song owes nearly all its also died without a will, says take years and is likely to too often in her work. equally divide their moth- into the tens of millions, popularity to Franklin. the IRS will conduct an au- play out in public. “People don’t like to er’s assets in the absence but there will probably be “I would imagine she dit of her holdings. Estate law experts ex- face their own mortality,” of a will, and so far no signs widely varying estimates as probably felt she was enti- Wilson, her entertain- pressed surprise but not Zwicker says. “I had a client of confl ict have emerged her attorneys seek to down- tled to more, but probably ment attorney, says she shock that a wealthy per- who had a $70 million real among family members. play her wealth for tax pur- received more than a lot of would not have wanted to son like Franklin would put estate portfolio who had Bennett did not respond to poses and the IRS tries to artists from the time, es- see her fi nances publicly off making a will until it was had end-stage diabetes. He phone and email messages maximize the amount for pecially African-American aired: “She was a private too late. At least one of the had plenty of conversations seeking comment. its own reasons. artists,” Wilson says. person.”

Permits Applications for cannabis operation What’s allowed where What’s in a permits in Santa Barbara County From A1 If you want to know what m-1, m-2 — Outdoor, mixed- name? . type of cannabis operations light and indoor cultivation, 166 1 Would a cola by any other “It’s lighter than what 166 could be located in unin- nursery, distribution, volatile we expected because the . corporated areas near you, and nonvolatile manufactur- name taste as sweet? Guadalupe . Cuyama Coastal Commission has not Santa Maria Tepusquet here’s what’s allowed in the ing, testing, retail (m-1 only) 1 Canyon Cultivation Here are some of the more reviewed the ordinances for Orcutt various zones: . m-rp — Indoor cultivation, unique names for companies the Coastal Zone,” said Steve 101 1 2 aG-1 — Outdoor, mixed-light nursery, nonvolatile manu- holding state temporary Mason, assistant director of and indoor cultivation, nurs- facturing, testing, distribu- cannabis licenses in Santa the County Planning and barbara County, according to Vandenberg . ery, distribution, volatile and tion Development Department, Village Los Alamos Cultivation . Cultivation nonvolatile manufacturing state databases: where cannabis businesses Lompoc. mu, Cm-La, Ot-r-LC, Ot-r-SC start the process of becom- Buellton. 1 aG-2 — Outdoor, mixed-light — nonvolatile manufacturing,  ednigma 1  mr. nice Guy ing legal operators. 3 154 and indoor cultivation, nurs- retail Mason indicated the fl ow 2 ery, distribution, volatile and  Lion eye pI — no activity  Hog Honey of applications could pick up Gaviota Nursery nonvolatile manufacturing 101 once the California Coastal Cultivation SC — nonvolatile manufactur-  Canna rios Cultivation . C-1, C-2, C-3 — testing, retail  Orbiter blooms Commission certifi es the Goleta Santa. ing, retail Barbara county’s cannabis ordi- SOURCE: SB County CS — retail  Orgynamite nances and operators in the  busy bee Organics Coastal Zone feel confi dent mit applications that have cannabis operators who are  Central Coast Chronic about getting a permit. been submitted from among using them are reluctant to Cannabis in the county  twisted roots The trickle could also those operators, two are submit a use permit appli-  terp City Here’s a snapshot of cannabis 1 — Fewest temporary state become a fl ood as cannabis from the Buellton area, two cation.  Kelly dog in Santa barbara County as of licenses held by a company business owners realize their are from Los Alamos, three But most of the consulta-  mediedible aug. 27: (18 companies)* temporary state licenses are are from the Lompoc area, tions have been with oper-  Jolly Farms about to expire, and they one is from Cuyama and ators from the Carpinteria 1,058 — Currently active state 9 — applications for land use  Herbal angels have to get through the one is from Goleta, Bozan- area who can’t apply for temporary licenses permits  ultra Flowers county process before they ich said. permits because the Coastal  ranch Hand 100 to 120 — Companies 1 — applications for condi- can apply for annual state The single application Commission has not certi-  Scintilla currently holding temporary tional use permits licenses. for a conditional use permit fi ed the county’s cannabis state licenses Once a cannabis business is from the Tepusquet area ordinances for the Coastal 0 — use permits approved license expires will face con- obtains a land use or condi- where, like Cebada Can- Zone. 300 — acres under cannabis siderable liability. 0 — County business licenses tional use permit from Plan- yon near Lompoc, the more The lack of Coastal Com- cultivation “It will be unlicensed and issued ning and Development, the stringent permit is required, mission certifi cation is also subject to enforcement ac- 199 — most temporary state owner can apply for a county Bozanich said. why retail permits are on * based on state databases; tion,” Bozanich said. “It’s licenses held by a company (1 business license from the All of the applications hold, Bozanich said. all other statistics from highly likely there would be company)* County Treasurer-Tax Col- are for cultivation except In approving county can- county criminal exposure if they’re lector’s Offi ce. the one from Goleta, which nabis ordinances, the Board growing large amounts With both of those in is for a nursery-only oper- of Supervisors decided a nich said. state license before Dec. 31 without any license. hand, the owner can then ation. No one has applied maximum of fi ve retail op- But that doesn’t mean the do have the option of apply- “Even civil and environ- apply for an annual state li- yet for manufacturing, dis- erations will be allowed in county is through with its ing for a 90-day extension mental fi nes can be up to cense. tribution, testing or retail the county, with no more outreach. Offi cials are plan- on their temporary licenses. $100 per plant per day, for However, without both permits. than two allowed in any su- ning to hold a licensing in- “But at the end of that example if their grow is too county and state licenses, However, Bozanich said pervisorial district, and re- formation meeting Monday, 90-day extension, that (li- large in size — if they have a the cannabis business is about 35 cannabis opera- tail permits will be allocated Sept. 17, in hopes of moder- cense) goes away,” Bozanich permit for half an acre and out of compliance and fac- tors have had planner con- through a random drawing. ating that potential wave of said. they’re growing fi ve acres,” ing criminal as well as civil sultations, sort of an in- Bozanich said it wouldn’t permit applications. That’s why county offi - he said. consequences. termediate step allowing a be fair to exclude Coastal The meeting will take cials don’t want temporary “Anything more than six cannabis business owner to Zone applicants from the place from 3 to 5 p.m. in license holders to delay ap- plants is not personal, it’s Initial steps get his ducks in a row before drawing just because the the Supervisors Hearing plying for use permits. commercial under the law.” Somewhere between 100 submitting a permit appli- ordinances haven’t been Room on the fourth fl oor of “We’d have a heck of a Mason said money for and 120 business entities cation. certifi ed, so the drawing the County Administration time processing all the per- code enforcement was re- hold the 1,058 active tem- Some of the consultations won’t be held until after the Building at 105 E. Anapamu mits before they expire,” leased July 1, and the Plan- porary marijuana licenses have been with cultivators Coastal Commission issues St. in Santa Barbara. Bozanich said. “We really ning and Development De- in the county, said Dennis growing cannabis in hoop an approval. “It’s so the county can do need people to, if they partment has been working Bozanich, deputy county houses. inform the industry about continue in cultivation, in with the Sheriff ’s and Dis- executive offi cer. Because the county has Next steps what our expectations are particular, to get a permit.” trict Attorney’s offi ces to That’s down from earlier yet to come up with a re- County offi cials are es- over getting their permit That’s especially critical review the ordinances, map this year. vised ordinance for the long, sentially fi nished tinkering applications in,” Bozanich for those cultivating in hoop out an enforcement plan “We were up to 1,350,” curved hoop structures used with cannabis ordinances. said of the meeting. houses in the North County. and assemble a team. Bozanich said. to shade crops and regulate “We don’t want to go The state’s temporary li- “The time to start their “Complaints have been Of the nine land use per- temperature and moisture, changing anything,” Boza- censes will expire Dec. 31, nursery is January-Febru- fairly modest,” Mason said. and the Legislature is trying ary, with the idea of get- “The complaints about odor to come up with a way to al- ting plants in the ground have been reduced. That low operations to continue by March,” Bozanich said. could be from the climate after that date. “They have to have all this or from odor control. We’re labor day • monday, sept. 3, 2018 That hadn’t happened, permit and license process not sure.” however, as of Aug. 31, the completed by then. He said the county is still last day either house could “Those (who need) con- getting complaints from pass a bill. ditional use permits — that Tepusquet residents east of residential If a cannabis business takes some eff ort,” he added. Santa Maria, and a few from owner obtains a tempo- “That can take six, nine, 12 the Lompoc Hills. rary state license Dec. 1, the months with the appeal pe- “Generally, it’s the same business can operate for a riod.” ones,” he added. trash Collection full 120 days, which will take Initially, the team won’t it beyond the Dec. 31 expi- Missed steps be going out to conduct in- ration date, but the owner A cannabis business that spections, looking for vio- & Closures can’t obtain an extension, fails to obtain a county use lations. Bozanich said. permit, county business “Our approach to … en- city of santa maria residents Cannabis businesses that license and state annual li- forcement is going after the have applied for an annual cense before its temporary ones that are a danger, the n No trash/recycling collection or street sweeping ones too close to a school,” Mason said. on Monday, September 3, 2018. Bozanich said the team is n Residential collection services occur one day later than usual. investigating operations in several locations in various n Place residential containers outside by 6:30 a.m. parts of the county, giving the highest priority to those closures operating without licenses. “Given the current en- n The Santa Maria Regional Landfill will be closed on Monday, vironment with all the September 3. changes going on, we’re investigating whether they n City administrative offices will be closed on Monday, September 3. might have had a license before,” he said. “At sites www.cityofsantamaria.org where they may have had a temporary license, we’re making sure the cleanup is done and all other require- ments are met. “Our purpose is to try to get people to comply,” Bozanich added. “The good news is, people want to re- main compliant, for the most QUESTIONS? CALL (805) 925-0951 EXT. 7270 00 part.” 1 Santa Maria Times FROM THE FRONT PAGE Sunday, September 2, 2018 | A7 Process From A1

“They’ve been pretty helpful from the various departments we’ve dealt with,” said Richard Smith, another applicant, of his experiences dealing with city staff. “They’ve been pretty good about getting information for prospec- tive businesses that want to open.” Getting the green One of the biggest hurdles for Lompoc-area applicants, as in other regions of the state, has been the cost. Depending on the type of license being sought, which impacts the complexity of the application, the fees to even begin the process could run into the tens of thou- sands of dollars. The city is requiring an initial deposit of $11,900 per application, plus $1,100 per applicant and per each person listed in the primary section of the application. Those funds, according to the city, are used to pay all initial and annual fees to cover the city’s costs for processing, reviewing and audit- ing the licenses. Asfaha, as one example, said he paid about $14,000 when he sub- mitted his application, which is LEN WOOD PHOTOS, STAFF‌ still pending, to open Merso Labs Richard Smith, a prospective Lompoc cannabis business owner, looks at the property he has secured in the 300 block of North Second Street. on West Laurel Avenue. “I think the high fee will make it of detail.” difficult for businesses that want Asfaha said he used his phar- to start out small,” he said. “If you maceutical background to his have a $100,000 budget and then advantage. He noted that he was 15 percent of it goes to a fee, it’s go- accustomed to meeting the strin- ing to make it hard to make ends gent regulations of the U.S. Food meet for a business.” and Drug Administration, so he Still, Asfaha acknowledged that took that same approach with his the high fees could be a good thing new business and tailored it to because they’ll likely weed out less cannabis. serious applicants, as well as make “We wanted to make sure it was room for larger businesses, which all clean and crisp and that every in turn could employ more people base was covered,” he said. and contribute more to the local “It’s kind of a much easier tran- economy. sition going from something super Smith, a Lompoc native who regulated,” he added. “Cannabis is has already been running his still regulated, but it’s a little less CropLand Health medical can- (than pharmaceuticals).” nabis delivery collective, said he Neither Asfaha nor Smith have exhausted all of his savings to get been issued a license from the city, the ball rolling on the first of two but both are confident their busi- cannabis licenses that he plans to nesses will be operational before seek from the city. The first, for a the end of the year. retail dispensary, has already set Asfaha — who commended the him back about $13,000. He in- work of the city and his local real tends to seek a second license for Richard Smith, a Lompoc native who has already been running his CropLand Health medical cannabis delivery estate agent in helping him secure distribution. collective, said he exhausted all of his savings to get the ball rolling on the first of two cannabis licenses he a location — said that much of the “It’s costly if you want to be plans to seek from the city. confusion that can occur during thorough and make sure you’re the licensing process comes from covering all the regulations,” he „„A dispensary at 805 W. Lau- to the city to ensure that it meets ‘Thorough process’ the newness of the industry and said. “I’m not a lawyer, and some rel Ave., issued to Victor Manuel the necessary requirements before Getting through the city’s appli- that it’s regulated by the state of the things the state provides, Sanchez Jr. receiving final approval from the cation process is not only an ex- while being outlawed federally. you have to interpret them. So The average length of time the city manager. pensive endeavor but it can also be “I think what’s made this pro- yeah, it’s a team effort with myself, city has taken to process applica- An applicant who is denied a li- labor intensive. cess more difficult than anything lawyers and consultants. tions has been about four months, cense due to noncompliance after The city’s standard application is the federal prohibition,” he “Luckily our town doesn’t re- according to Samantha Scroggin, that third stage will have a 10-day is 18 pages, and at least some of the said. “That has such a long chain quire excess regulations beyond the city’s public information of- period in which to file an appeal completed applications are being of effects, even down to the local what the state requires, so the state ficer. with the city clerk’s office. returned in binders. level. I think the city has done a process should be much easier.” “We have streamlined the appli- Some of those currently in the The application includes back- lot to help, and even the zoning cation process to move as quickly application process have com- ground info on the applicant, for testing facilities is much more Navigating a new course as possible, while ensuring thor- mended the assistance received which covers things like where open than just industrial areas for The use and planned business oughness and accuracy,” Scroggin from various city departments, they’re from and information cultivators and manufacturers. locations for the four licenses said. “If there are omissions in particularly from the city clerk’s about other businesses or busi- “The big downfall,” he said, “is that have been approved in Lom- submitted materials, or clarifica- office and the planning and police ness interests they might have, as the four-month turnaround for poc are: tion is needed, more time might be departments. well as detailed questions about our application. That’s kind of „„A medical and adult-use re- necessary.” Still, a couple of complaints have the proposed cannabis business, tough. I hope they can speed that tail store and vape/smoke lounge The city lists a three-stage li- centered on the lengthy period such as an overview of business along.” that will also be able to offer on- cense application process. between submittal and approval/ operations including odor-abate- More information about the city site consumption and deliveries, at The first stage involves an initial denial, as well as the lack of infor- ment plans. of Lompoc’s commercial cannabis 1101 E. Ocean Ave., issued to Todd review by city staff, the payment of mation offered during that time. “You’re basically having to de- regulations can be found on the Mitchell; fees, and environmental reviews, if “We don’t know where we’re at velop all of your processes in ad- city’s cannabis resource page at „„A medical and adult-use re- necessary. with the consultants; it’s kind of vance of your business,” Smith www.cityoflompoc.com/services/ tail store and delivery service at During the second stage, the like a black hole once it gets there,” said. “Normally, startups are do- city-clerk/commercial-canna- 423 W. Ocean Ave., issued to David city works in partnership with Smith said in late August, about six ing that as they’re starting up and bis-business-in-lompoc. Macfarlane; SCI Consulting Group, a firm that weeks after submitting his first ap- developing and are going through „„A medical and adult-use re- offers cannabis-related consulting plication. “If they have questions a trial-and-error phase. We have Willis Jacobson covers the city of tail store and delivery service at services, to review the application about your application, I guess to put it all down on paper first Lompoc for Lee Central Coast 1017 E. Ocean Ave., Unit A, issued and verify its accuracy. they reach out to you.” before we do any of it in action. Newspapers. Follow him on Twitter to Mehran Mike Agazaryan; and Lastly, the application goes back It’s a thorough process with a lot @WJacobsonLR.

ing the product. erty to set up labs, but there’s not economic perspective,” Bozanich cerned,” Asfaha said. “There’s also Testing Some local cultivators in the too much property that’s appro- explained. no other testing lab in existence to From A1 county have begun doing their priate for labs or distribution cen- compete with, so Lompoc was per- own preliminary in-house test- ters, which would work better in Merso Labs a first?‌ fect.” That won’t likely be the case ing to check THC levels, Bozanich industrial areas,” Bozanich said. Lompoc is on track to be the During his experience as a sci- for long, however, as a handful of said, but once any item enters a lab, “There’s not too much space in first city in Santa Barbara County entific consultant for two cannabis hopefuls work to capitalize on the products have to be relabeled with South County, but thankfully cities to have a testing facility. cultivators in Santa Barbara County, potentially lucrative Central Coast whatever accurate THC/CBD con- like Lompoc and Goleta are great for Kaleb Asfaha, CEO of Merso Asfaha learned from his clients that cannabis testing market. tents were found. labs, and they’re allowing labs.” Labs Inc. (Marijuana Enterprise many labs in Los Angeles and the “Testing and distribution are in- Research and Service Organiza- Bay area have a longer turnaround extricably linked and the reason is Where can Bridging the bottleneck‌ tion), recently submitted an ap- time because much of their testing because every single manufacturer they locate?‌ Until a lab opens in the county, plication to the city to establish a for certain pesticides and heavy or cultivator has to sell their product cannabis products that need to testing lab in an existing structure metals was being outsourced to to a licensed distributor,” said Santa The county has agreed that test- be tested will have to be shipped at an old farming facility located other counties. Many labs don’t Barbara County Assistant Executive ing facilities will be allowed on most to places like Indio, Simi Valley or in the 1200 block of West Laurel know how to test for certain con- Officer Dennis Bozanich. “This is properties zoned for commercial Northern California. Avenue. taminants in pot, “as the science of why we’re working to establish a and industrial use in unincorpo- Success of the local cannabis in- If all goes well with the permit cannabis is testing is still in its fetal few distribution centers and testing rated areas, according to Jackie dustry is contingent upon both labs process, Asfaha hopes to open stage and is so new. labs in the county because they go Campbell, supervisor for the coun- and distribution centers opening in Merso as a fully functional, well- “That means businesses would hand in hand as far as pumping the ty’s Planning and Development de- the county, Bozanich said. oiled machine by Dec. 1, at the same wait up to two weeks to get their local cannabis economy here, and partment. When testing labs become in- time permanent state testing reg- samples back,” Asfaha said. “It Santa Barbara (County) is definitely But while the county is com- undated with samples waiting to ulations are enacted “so our local changes hands twice. Heavy metal going to grow.” municating with several people be tested, products are embargoed growers and manufacturers can testing only takes about two hours.” To date, the state has issued li- about lab construction, there have until it’s their turn to go under the get their products quicker to the Asfaha said Merso will only test censes to 33 laboratories statewide been no applications submitted to microscope. The time to wait for stores,” he said. products for a licensed business, since July 1, according to Aaron build testing labs. Furthermore, testing is the key difference be- Asfaha, a former Bay Area-based and won’t test restricted pot prod- Francis of the Bureau of Cannabis the amount of industrial and com- tween profit and loss, Bozanich pharmaceutical chemist, origi- ucts, like cannabis-infused meat, Control. mercially zoned lands in unincor- said. nally had plans to open Merso in dairy, alcohol or anything banned They’re important because dis- porated areas is limited, according “Think of it this way — look at Sonoma County, a dream that was by the state. tributors must provide a random to Campbell. wine distributors … they go out destroyed last year when wildfires He is encouraging local busi- sample of every product, whether She pointed out that labs and and sell their brand, whether it’s on burned a small industrial park in nesses to test with local labs once it’s a flower or an edible, to a test- distribution centers won’t be built menus or restaurants or at grocery Santa Rosa where he hoped to build they open, instead of relying on ing lab. The product is embargoed in residential or agricultural zones stores, they have to sell whatever a lab. Asfaha discovered Santa Bar- carrier services, and said he plans until it passes each test and the lack but, rather, will be in industrial products they have,” Bozanich said. bara County after a friend told him to hire exclusively local employees of access to labs creates a backlog commercial parks, most of which “Products need to take up space on that “it has the potential of becom- — whether they’re students from that affects how quickly stores can are found in North County. the shelf and generate sales, that’s ing the next pot mecca of Califor- UCSB, Cal Poly, Cuesta College, be restocked. There are some unincorporated how business works. Pot distribu- nia,” because of its great farming Santa Barbara City College and The state requires each facility areas like Isla Vista, Summerland tors have to think the same way.” weather, generations of farmers and Hancock College, or other local to test for THC, CBD levels, syn- or Orcutt, for example, that have The more licensed testing facil- agricultural soil. scientists. thetic chemicals, pesticides and small areas of commercial zoning ities open in the county, “the less “Lompoc has all those benefits, “The more we keep it local in the other compounds; if any product that could support a testing lab, idle time for pot to be embargoed from little taxes, great climate and county that’s about to break out big receives negative results, business Campbell said. — we want to be super-efficient, so much cheaper than the Bay Area in the pot market, the better our 00 1 owners are responsible for destroy- “I’ve got folks looking for prop- coming from purely an objective, as far as commercial rent is con- economy will be,” Asfaha said. A8 | Sunday, September 2, 2018 NEWS Santa Maria Times As elections approach so do increased fears of meddling FRANK BAJAK point to Russia’s continued This combination of 2017-2018 photos assess the risks of what we AND ADAM GELLER efforts to interfere in U.S. shows from left, a Facebook posting don’t know. Associated Press‌ politics, which Moscow from a group named “Being Patriotic” ‌Nearly a year after Rus- officially denies. There is attributed to Russian agents by the ILLINOIS INCIDENT sian government hackers no clear evidence, experts U.S. House Intelligence Committee; In mid-2016, hackers got meddled in the 2016 U.S. said, of Kremlin efforts spe- Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill into Illinois’ voter regis- election, researchers at cifically designed to disrupt of Missouri whose campaign was tration database. Special cybersecurity firm Trend elections in November. targeted by Russian hackers; and counsel Robert Mueller’s Micro zeroed in on a new Still, “we fully realize that voting machines in Chicago after indictment of a dozen Rus- sign of trouble: a group of we are just one click away of hackers found a way into the voter sian intelligence agents suspect websites. the keyboard from a similar registration database at the Illinois this July said the hackers The sites mimicked a situation repeating itself,” State Board of Elections in mid-2016. had stolen information on portal for U.S. senators Dan Coats, the director of ASSOCIATED PRESS‌ 500,000 voters. and their staffs. Emails to national intelligence, said It is the most notable Senate users urged them to in July. major disruption now, pre- election cycle. Trump’s re- Congress has not delivered case of foreign tampering reset their passwords — an Michael McFaul, archi- ferring to keep his powder cent decision eliminating any legislation to combat with U.S. election systems apparent attempt to steal tect of the Obama admin- dry for the 2020 presiden- the White House cyberse- election interference or dis- made public. There has them. istration’s Russia policy, tial contest. curity coordinator’s post information. been no evidence of efforts The attempt to infiltrate has said he believes Russian Experts said it is too late confirmed his lack of in- But there is time to take to change voter information the Senate network and President Vladimir Putin to safeguard U.S. voting terest in countering Rus- stock of interference that or tamper with voting ma- others reported recently perceives little benefit in systems and campaigns this sian meddling, critics say. has come to light — and to chines, but experts caution hackers might have planted unseen malware in systems that could be triggered later. “My unofficial opinion is that we’re kind of fooling ourselves if we don’t think that they tried to at least RENFROW AUTO GROUP make a pass at all 50 states,” said Christopher Krebs, the santamariamazda.com santamarianissan.com undersecretary for critical infrastructure at the De- partment of Homeland Se- On Battles Rd & Bradley! curity. Before the 2016 general election, Russian agents sent spear-phishing emails to 122 state and local elec- tions officials who were customers of election soft- ware vendor VR Systems. At least 21 state systems were probed by the same Rus- sian unit, officials said. But SANTA MARIA FORD federal officials have moved santamariaford.com • 805.925.2445 slowly to share intelligence. As of mid-August, 92 state 805.925.0077 1035 E. Battles Rd, Santa Maria election officials had been given clearances. Much of the machinery 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500hd used to collect and tabulate votes is antiquated, built by a handful of unregulated and secretive vendors, the NOW outdated software highly $11,999 vulnerable to attacks, re- searchers say. “If someone was able to 9382T/141907 compromise even a handful 805.925.0077 of voting machines I think 1001 E. 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But in late July, Face- $16,946 book shut down ReSisters’ NOW account and 31 others that $24,374 researchers said echoed 9159T/348220 Russian troll operations be- 15018P/693755 fore the 2016 election. Since 2016, we’ve learned 2015 linColn MKC FWd much more about social 2016 Toyota media infiltration. 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Lakeside Parkway, in position of those opposed to the pression and improving 911 emer- City o cials estimate the in- week, to help Santa Maria-area Santa Maria. The forums are free, increase, and Russ Mengel will gency medical response times to creased tax increment would raise voters make informed choices in and no reservations are needed. represent the opinions of those providing programs for at-risk around $18 million per year. the Nov. 6 General Election. Co-sponsors for all the forums in favor of the proposal. youth and preventing fl oods Stated uses for the revenues re- Forums will cover Santa Maria’s are the Fund for Santa Barbara, Each panelist also will have an through river levee repair. main virtually the same, but the Measure U and the races for two the Santa Maria Times, the Area opportunity to answer written It was later expanded to include increased tax increment is aimed City Council seats and the 35th Agency on Aging and the Santa questions from the audience. support for code enforcement, at helping the city face looming State Assembly seat and will be Maria-Lompoc NAACP, a League In 2012, city voters approved recreation programs, parks main- budget defi cits, including an $8.5 facilitated and timed by members of Women Voters spokeswoman the initial Measure U, which en- tenance and the public library. of the League of Women Voters. said. acted an additional one-quarter In addition, the measure spec- Please see FORUM, Page B3

YOUR CENTRAL COAST Something fishy in the estuary ast Sunday, Melissa Jenna Godsey along with her Lhusband Michael and their two beautiful children, Ellie and Graham, walked the Bob Jones Trail and noticed hundreds of fi sh by the bridge that crosses the es- tuary of San Luis JOHN Obispo Creek by LINDSEY the Avila Beach Golf Resort. FRANK COWAN PHOTOS, CONTRIBUTOR “They were all About 24 members of the Santa Maria Swim Club join other runners at the start of the 10K run as part of the Tour and Taste of the Valley run, schooled together and didn’t bike ride and tasting festival Saturday in Old Town Orcutt. look like any fi sh we’d seen in the creek before. Do you have any idea what they might be?” she asked on Twitter. Not only has Melissa inquired about this, but others also have Event combines food, also. Since I didn’t know, I sent an email to Freddy Otte, San Luis Obispo city biologist. He wrote: “I too have received many calls about the big schools of fi sh found in the estuary of San Luis Obispo Creek. The people wine, running, biking are concerned about them being steelhead and worried about the Tour and Taste Girls Club of the Santa Maria water quality or that they may Valley. be trapped. Upon investigation, benefits Boys and Since the Boys and Girls Club they turned out to be striped took over hosting the event from mullet (Mugil cephalus). It is Girls Clubs the Santa Maria Valley YMCA, great that so many members of the organization has raised be- the public were concerned since GINA KIM tween $300,000 and $400,000 steelhead are protected under the [email protected] in the last decade. Endangered Species Act.” “Every step closer was just “We usually average about Otte also told me that Pacifi c one step closer to the fi nish line” $30,000 to $40,000 each year lamprey were found in the wa- was all that went through Santa we host this, so we hope to break tershed in 2017 after a 10-year Maria Swim Club athlete Alaska that today,” Deming said. absence. Jebens’ mind Saturday morning “It’s great timing to have it “These are indicator species as she ran the 10K race with her on Labor Day weekend, because that need to be highlighted and fellow teammates and best friend people who don’t leave town or celebrated as they document Rachel Carlson as part of the an- travel into town can come try the holistic ecological res- nual Tour and Taste of the Valley out our local vintners, winer- toration the City of San Luis at Orcutt Union Plaza. ies, craft beer and eateries,” he Obispo and many other stake- Hosted by the Boys and Girls Five of the 11 riders from Vivid Financial Management Company of said. “We have Costa de Oro, holders, like PG&E, have un- Club of the Santa Maria Valley, Orcutt wait for their fellow riders after completing the 100K ride at Ca del Gravino, Presqu’ile, Old dertaken over the past number the trifecta event included a 5K the 10th annual Tour and Taste of the Valley run, bike ride and tasting Town Mexican Cafe and Hancock of years,” Otte said. or 10K run, a 50K or 100K bike festival Saturday in Old Town Orcutt. College is also here pouring their ride around the Santa Maria Val- wines they made on campus.” Please see LINDSEY, Page B3 ley and food, beer, wine tasting The distance swimmer said member: Pain is only temporary.” Hosting the fundraiser is im- and live music. participating in distance running The Tour and Taste of the Val- portant because a huge common Although too young to par- helps give her more endurance, ley proceeds will support nine misconception out there is the COUNTY LINES ticipate in the tasting part of the lung capacity and push through club sites — seven in Santa Maria idea that the Boys and Girls Club festivities, swim club members long races both on land and in the and two in Guadalupe. Revenue is a government-funded agency, SANTA MARIA signed up for the 10K race be- water. comes from registration fees for which isn’t true, Deming said. cause their coach said it was a All along the route, Jebens and each bike ride and run, along “We’re locally funded by the Police investigating perfect way to condition [and] Carlson inspired each other. with wine-tasting tickets. generosity of the people that live homicide near “get us back into shape for the “I tried to pace o of her, but “Every penny from the pro- and work in our communities,” new season and do a team-build- if I fell back a little bit, Alaska ceeds goes straight to these kids he said. “If it weren’t for events Sunrise, Bradley ing activity together,” Jebens would encourage me to keep on right here in town,” said Jeremy said. going,” Carlson said. “I had to re- Deming, CEO of the Boys and Please see EVENT, Page B3 Santa Maria Police are investi- gating a homicide that occurred early Saturday morning. Just before 1 a.m., police were dispatched to the area of Sunrise Lompoc Valley Republican Drive and Bradley Road for mul- tiple calls of shots fi red. Upon arrival, o cers found an Women Federated holds adult male su ering from pos- sible gunshot and stab wounds. Life-saving measures were per- Stand Up for Trump rally formed, however, the victim was pronounced dead on scene, po- GINA KIM his lawyer Michael Cohen, and lice said. [email protected] the ongoing Mueller investiga- Santa Maria Police detectives About 25 people gathered tion, “we just see what the pres- were notifi ed and are conducting at the corner of Central and H ident is dealing with lately, so an investigation. streets in Lompoc on Saturday we want to show support during Pending notifi cation to next of to rally in support of President di cult times where he doesn’t kin, the victim’s identity is not Trump. see or hear positive things very being released at this time. Hosted by the Lompoc Valley often,” Pohlman said. The incident marks the fourth Republican Women Federated, “Not that he’ll necessarily homicide of the year in Santa the point of the Stand Up for see what’s going on personally, Maria. Trump event was to hopefully but we want the community to Anyone with information is unite all political parties to- know we’re backing full support asked to call Detective Andrew gether across the aisle, rather for him,” said Pohlman, who Brice at 805-928-3781, ext. 1261, than “staying so divisive,” said further noted that she hopes the dispatch at 805-928-3781, ext. Carla Pohlman, publicity o cer rally will invite the public to join 2278, or the Santa Maria Police for the organization. the Lompoc Valley Republican tip line at 805-928-3781, ext. BILL MORSON, CONTRIBUTOR Given the national media at- Women Federated. 2677. Jonnie Donars, left, and Anita Dwyer show their support for the tention to the legal battles in- The group meets once a month president during the Stand Up for Trump rally Saturday on the corner volving Trump’s former cam- 00 1 Please see COUNTY, Page B2 of H Street and Central Avenue in Lompoc. paign chair Paul Manafort and Please see RALLY, Page B3 B2 | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 SANTA MARIA TIMES

YOUR WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT A Catalina Eddy is forecast to develop on Sunday into Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Tuesday which will produce decreasing northwesterly This Week’s PG&E winds and the marine layer to deepen and move further Santa Maria Temperatures inland during the night and morning hours with pockets Safety Tip of fog and drizzle throughout the coastal 56/78 57/78 57/78 57/77 57/79 58/77 58/77 regions of San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Ynez Temperatures Santa Barbara Counties. Overall, high tem- At PG&E, the safety of our cus- peratures will range between the high 80s 55/90 55/89 55/91 55/89 55/90 56/92 56/91 tomers and employees is our to low-90s in the Santa Ynez Valley and mid 70s in the coastal valleys. The beaches Lompoc Temperatures top priority. Never, ever touch a will mostly remain in the 60s. 56/75 56/75 56/75 57/74 57/75 58/73 58/73 downed power line or go near JOHN This benign weather pattern will last one. Power lines are not insulated LINDSEY through Thursday as the Central Coast like power cords. Always assume remains positioned between low pressure Seawater Temperatures Seawater temperatures Intake will range between 52 and 56 degrees through Sunday. over the Pacifi c Northwest and high pres- the power line is live. Visit www. sure o the Southern California coast. pge.com for safety tips regarding An upper-level trough of low pressure will move through Surf Report electrical lines. the Central Coast later on Friday. This system will create a steep pressure gradient along the California coastline. This A 5- to 7-foot northwesterly (310-degree, deep-water) sea and swell, with a 5- to pressure gradient will produce strong to gale-force (25 9-second period, is forecast on Sunday. John Lindsey is Pacifi c Gas and to 38 mph) northwesterly winds along the shoreline and A 4- to 6-foot northwesterly (300-degree, deep-water) swell, with an 8- to Electric Co.’s Diablo Canyon Power minimum amounts of marine low clouds on Friday into 11-second period, is forecast along the Central Coast on Monday into Tuesday, Plant marine meteorologist and next Sunday. decreasing to 3 to 5 feet, with an 8- to 11-second period, Wednesday into Thursday. a media relations representative. Email him at pgeweather@pge. Increasing northwesterly winds on Friday will generate a 4- to 6-foot north- westerly (310-degree, deep-water) sea and swell, with 5- to 9-second period, on Friday com or follow him on Twitter @ into next Sunday. PGE_John.

County Skoal! Solvang unveils public artwork From B1 LOS ALAMOS Giant beer stein Tourists pose for pictures Four injured in planted in with “The Golden Stein,” multivehicle crash First Street median a new public artwork in the on Hwy. 101 MIKE HODGSON median of First Four persons were hospitalized [email protected] Street between following a multivehicle crash A sculpture depicting a giant Copenhagen that closed one of the southbound beer stein was “unveiled” Friday Drive and Oak lanes of Highway 101 near Los Al- by the city of Solvang in the me- Street in Solvang. amos early Saturday morning. dian that once held a giant oak LEN WOOD, STAFF At about 6:01 a.m., Santa Bar- tree on First Street. bara County Fire responded to a City o cials were joined by a report of a crash at the Los Alamos small group of people from the o -ramp, said County Fire Capt. business, tourism and art worlds Dave Zaniboni. to celebrate the placement of When engines arrived, they “The Golden Stein” just south found that the crash involved seven of Molle Way. vehicles, with one of them towing O cials planned to really un- a trailer. According to Zaniboni, a veil the sculpture by pulling away high-speed vehicle was swerving a sheet covering it, but as they in and out of tra c, causing all waited for people to gather for Amused tourists wasted no art available for public viewing The oak had become diseased, vehicles to crash. Four patients the 4 p.m. event, the wind kept time posing for photos with the by loaning pieces to educational dropped a large limb and was complained of minor injuries, and blowing the sheet away, so they big stein, while curious locals institutions and other appropri- deemed by an arborist to be a were transported via two Amer- dispensed with that tradition. stood nearby to appraise and ate organizations and agencies in public safety hazard, although ican Medical Response ambu- Instead, Mayor Jim Richard- debate its artistic merits. addition to nurturing emerging its sister oak in a median farther lances to Marian Regional Medical son gave a short talk about “The Standing more than 6 feet tall, contemporary artists through an south is still healthy. Center in Santa Maria. Golden Stein” and why it was the European-style beer stein artist-in-residence program. Council members agreed to The majority of the vehicles there to the group lining the was created by the late artist Solvang City Council members plant a new oak tree in the me- sustained major damages. One sidewalk before some of them Morris Squire and is on loan to decided to place a piece of public dian, but since it could be 10 to southbound lane was shut down headed to a reception at the Co- the city by the Morris B. Squire art in the median after a towering 20 years before it matures, they while the roadway was cleared. penhagen Sausage Garden a few Foundation, located at his estate oak tree that stood at that loca- decided a sculpture would pro- The California Highway Patrol dozen yards away between Molle in Santa Barbara. tion more than 100 years had to vide a focal point in the mean- is investigating the cause of the and Copenhagen Drive. The foundation makes Squire’s be removed last year. time. incident.

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invited guests to its events. the rally, Pohlman said, “We PROPERTY Rally “Honestly, we just want just realized the country From B1 to see more unity in our and our president have been TAX-DEFAULT political discourse and going through tough times. (DELINQUENT) LIST for lunch and often holds process, Pohlman said. We hope both Democrats charity events to raise “We want people to start and Republicans can see us Made pursuantp to Section 3371, Revenue and Taxation Code money for Lompoc and working together to make out there and understand Cabrillo High schools to this country better. We, that we want to be united.” I, Harry E. Hagen, Santa Barbara County Treasurer-Tax Collector, State of Califor- donate to their music and as an organization, are so nia, certify that: drama departments. It also proud of the president for Gina Kim covers crime and focuses on encouraging the his accomplishments with courts for Santa Maria Times. The real properties listed below were declared to be in tax default at 12:01 a.m.on public to register to vote, the economy.” Follow her on Twitter @ July 1, 2015, by operation of law pursuant to Revenue & Taxation Code Section and welcomes men to be Regarding the timing of gina_k210 3436. The declaration of default was due to non-payment of the total amount due for the taxes, assessments and other charges levied in the fiscal year 2014-2015 that were a lien on the listed real property. cock College, said giving Now, we can treat our- Tax-defaulted real property may be redeemed by payment of all unpaid taxes and Event back to the Boys and Girls selves to as much pinot as assessments, together with the additional penalties and fees, as prescribed by law, or From B1 Club was a vital cause, be- we want.” it may be redeemed under an installment plan of redemption. cause as a kid she always Wolter joked, “I’m defi- like this, and our esteemed played youth sports like nitely coming back next The amount to redeem, including all penalties and fees, as of September 2018, is donors and sponsors, we basketball here, so giving year and honestly Mom, shown opposite the parcel number and next to the name of the assessee. couldn’t operate.” back to where she came I’m probably going to run it Deming added, “The from felt “awesome.” without you.” All information concerning redemption of tax-defaulted property will be furnished, 2,000 kids we serve in the “I’d have to say, 51’s off Sponsors of the 2018 Tour upon request, by Harry E. Hagen, Treasurer-Tax Collector, at the office locations community every year come to a great start,” said Co- and Taste of the Valley in- listed below: from a variety of back- peland, who donned a shirt cluded Ogden Wealth Man- grounds and circumstances, that read “I make POUR agement and Planning Ser- Santa Barbara: County Administration Building so we want to support them decisions” printed over a vices, Red Dog Management 105 E. Anapamu Street, Room 109 any way we can.” red-sequined wine glass. Inc., Pacific Premier Bank, Telephone: (805) 568-2920 Santa Maria resident It was Wolter’s first time the Mexican Ladies Social Kenna Wolter brought her participating in the Tour Club, Rooney’s Irish Pub, Santa Maria: Betteravia Government Center mother Erinn Copeland to and Taste of the Valley race, Rabobank, Vivid Financial 511 E. Lakeside Parkway the 5K race, which they ran but Copeland’s second. Last Management and the Santa Telephone: (805) 346-8330 together for Copeland’s 51st year, she did the 10K race. Maria Valley Chamber of birthday on Saturday, be- “I thought I was going to Commerce. fore treating themselves to die last year — it was so hot,” Or if Mailed: P.O. Box 579, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0579 “excellent, guilt-free wine,” Copeland said. Gina Kim covers crime and Pay on the internet: www.sbtaxes.org Wolter said. “My daughter’s my per- courts for Santa Maria Times. Wolter, who attended a sonal trainer, so she pushed Follow her on Twitter @ local high school and Han- me throughout the race. gina_k210 PARCEL NUMBERING SYSTEM EXPLANATION

The Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN), when used to describe property in this list, of the world. They are October through January. refers to the assessor’s map book, the map page, the block on the map (if applicable), Lindsey usually caught by nets or To signal the possible start and the individual parcel on the map page or in the block. The assessor’s maps and From B1 farmed. The fillets of these of the migration to their further explanation of the parcel numbering system are available in the assessor’s fish are typically fried, but spawning grounds, I will office. Striped mullet are found can also be smoked, baked be on the Dave Congalton worldwide in coastal trop- or canned. Their roe (eggs) Show on KVEC Radio from Property tax-defaulted on July 1, 2015, for the taxes, assessments and other charges ical, subtropical and tem- are salted, dried and often 4 to 5 p.m. Friday for the for the fiscal year 2014-2015: perate zones waters like compressed by hand. “Guess the First Day of Central California and go Around this time of Rain Contest.” by numerous names like year, big schools of mullet Call 805-543-8830 flathead, common, black, gather in estuaries and during the show and ASSESSOR’S ASSESSEE NAME AMOUNT bully, grey or sea mullet. near the mouths of creeks predict the first day the PARCEL NUMBER TO REDEEM Adult fish can reach and rivers waiting and Central Coast will receive 001-321-011 MENDOZA LOUIS V/ADRIANNA $ 8,780.12 about 20 inches in length preparing for their migra- at least 1 inch of rain over 011-280-001 HALSTEAD PROPERTIES, LLC $ 8,821.02 and weigh around 3 tion to the deep waters of a 24-hour period at any 017-182-001 SIMPSON RAY F JR/KAY FRANCIS TTEES $ 3,313.84 pounds. They are blu- their spawning grounds calibrated rain gauge in 031-234-006 MAC NEVIN BRUNHILDE $ 13,816.54 ish-gray/olive-green on many miles away from the the region, such as Cal 031-323-006 MACIAS, ROXANA G $ 8,905.14 top and become silver coastline. The females can Poly, the Santa Maria or 031-382-017 THEIS, ALMA R $ 26,901.10 along their sides with six spread up to seven mil- San Luis Obispo airports 031-590-008 RICARDEZ, RICARDO $ 30,003.47 to seven black horizontal lion eggs on the ocean’s or even Rocky Butte. The 041-092-028 MIKUTTA PETER J $ 9,623.30 bars but with no apparent bottom. After hatching, winner will receive a Pa- 043-251-031 ALVARADO, JOSE M $ 997.48 lateral line. Like salmon the young mullet return cific Gas and Electric Co. 053-081-011 GG CALLE LAURELES, LLC $ 71,235.06 and steelhead, they are to their coastal locations umbrella and flashlight 069-650-011 WOKWORLD FZE $ 43,035.06 euryhaline, which means to grow into adulthood. that can be used during 073-620-018 BLAKE, FELICE DAWANA $ 22,397.77 they can acclimate to Their average lifespan is storms. This year’s contest 077-073-015 SUCHAN, CAROL J LIVING TRUST 2/5/99 $ 4,926.35 different levels of sa- about five years; however, is sponsored by the Farm 077-080-021 ANDERSON, KATHERINE $ 35,234.22 linity. They primarily mullet over 10 years old Supply Company. 079-342-002 JIMENEZ, SANDRA K $ 15,946.24 feed on different types have been found. 085-150-009 CLEAR HORIZON, LLC $ 118,498.14 of algae, zooplankton, It’s believed that the John Lindsey is Pacific Gas 085-291-007 LINDE, HASSO $ 9,788.45 bottom-dwelling organ- passage of storms, rains and Electric Co.’s Diablo 087-053-006 ROMERO, RONALD $ 16,271.12 isms and small inverte- and storm runoff, cooler Canyon Power Plant marine 087-082-006 HECKES, ROBERT $ 11,223.67 brates. They don’t have seawater temperatures and meteorologist and a media 087-082-011 NAVARRO, MARTIN $ 360.22 the mouthparts to cut up lower atmospheric pres- relations representative. 089-271-025 VILLELA CRUZ ANGELICA $ 2,006.88 larger prey. sure trigger gatherings and Email him at pgeweather@ 089-390-006 VILLELA CRUZ ANGELICA $ 1,180.93 They are also an im- soon after migration to pge.com or follow him on 091-053-006 RANFT, STERLING $ 19,719.30 portant food in many parts the deep waters from late Twitter @PGE_John. 093-040-027 FISHER JAY FARMS INC $ 44,808.38 097-021-027 ARMSTEAD WILLIE B/EMMA R $ 1,925.51 097-102-003 WHITE, ERNEST & PHYLLIS FAMILY TRUST $ 3,444.12 trustee who was elected to He believes health care 097-184-024 BOONE WILLIAM E/MARY P $ 1,986.47 Forum office in November 2016 should be a right, not a priv- 097-242-009 HAYES, VERSIE L $ 3,351.57 From B1 after former Assemblyman ilege, and the state should 099-110-009 MINNIES NORA ANN $ 6,963.40 Katcho Achadjian termed improve access to affordable 099-110-018 MINNIES NORA ANN $ 16,169.16 million General Fund short- out. post-secondary education 099-120-004 MINNIES NORA ANN $ 3,506.00 fall in 2018-19 fiscal year. Ostrander is a hay farmer and vocational studies in 099-120-006 MINNIES NORA ANN $ 1,042.80 If approved by voters, the who served as a legislative high schools and commu- 099-120-010 MINNIES NORA ANN $ 2,153.56 overall sales tax rate in the consultant at the local, nity colleges and provide a 099-120-012 MINNIES NORA ANN $ 1,938.16 city would rise to 8.75 per- state and federal levels and universal preschool. 099-282-010 MORIARTY, KERRY $ 5,998.83 cent. decided to enter the race 103-200-067 THOMAS CALIFORNIA INVESTMENTS $ 3,187.84 to demonstrate the way Santa Maria City 107-820-051 MOORE, KAREN G 2002 TRUST $ 15,473.14 35th Assembly he believes all campaigns Council‌ 111-510-062 LOPEZ, TOMAS SEPARATE PROPERTY $ 11,211.12 District‌ should be run. TRUST 10/22/15 As assemblyman, Cun- The third forum on Oct. 115-063-007 ZAVALA, JESUS $ 139.16 The second forum on ningham has promoted lo- 11 will give residents a look 115-173-013 MULTI-TRADE ENTERPRISES $ 2,006.80 Sept. 12 will bring together cal economic development at Santa Maria City Council 117-261-009 LEAL, TODD CHRISTOPHER $ 2,602.46 the candidates for the 35th through small-business candidates, with the Santa 117-540-010 MILES, ORETA SUE $ 8,481.36 State Assembly District owners, pushed for im- Maria Valley Chamber of 119-202-013 ACEVES, HUGO MACHUCA $ 11,796.06 seat, with the Santa Maria proved safety on highways Commerce an additional 119-223-008 GROSE, EDWARD L 2003 TRUST 2/21/03 $ 4,152.88 Valley and Lompoc Valley 41 and 46 and sought to co-sponsor. 119-281-005 ALLIANI, DARLENE $ 2,223.34 chambers of commerce as reverse the rise of human Three candidates are 119-295-010 PONCE, SALVADOR $ 7,462.00 additional co-sponsors. trafficking and gang crimes. hoping to represent Dis- 121-021-011 LOPEZ, TOMAS SEPARATE PROPERTY $ 7,456.90 Republican incumbent He has advocated stron- trict 3 — dermatologist TRUST 10/22/15 Jordan Cunningham and ger background checks and Councilman Michael 121-073-004 TREINER LETA TRUSTEE (for) TREINER $ 3,813.18 Democratic challenger Bill for ride-share drivers and Moats, grocery store man- LETA LIV TR 12-7-94 Ostrander will have the sought to insulate the Cen- ager Raymond Acosta and 121-163-003 CHAVEZ, ISIDRO B $ 13,501.04 opportunity to introduce tral Coast economy from Planned Parenthood de- 123-053-005 MADAMBA, VAL L $ 5,442.58 themselves and their plat- the future closure of Diablo velopment manager Gloria forms, respond to ques- Canyon Power Plant. Soto. 125-035-001 KOPCHO, KENNETH/SYLVIA D $ 6,275.36 tions from the audience Ostrander is a longtime Seeking to represent Dis- 125-035-002 DOUGLAS FAMILY TRUST $ 10,026.12 posed by the League of advocate for campaign fi- trict 4 are incumbent Etta 125-262-003 FEDERICO, PATRICIA ANNE $ 1,141.74 Women Voters moderator nance reform who is run- Waterfield and challenger 125-271-006 FELDPOUCH ORVAL D/MARGUERITE $ 2,556.16 and then sum up their po- ning on what he says is a Raphael Guttierez, a de- 128-073-002 GILL, MARK STUART $ 46,613.24 sitions. nonpartisan platform that fense lawyer. 128-082-007 GORMAN, MARGARET A $ 6,242.76 Cunningham is a former would improve residents’ This marks the first year 131-020-027 RUSSELL CLAUDIA J $ 7,811.20 prosecutor and Templeton lives at both the state and council members will be 139-174-005 YEH, DAVID $ 22,548.24 Unified School Districtlocal level. elected by district since the 139-174-027 YEH, DAVID $ 29,547.44 former at-large election 139-174-028 YEH, DAVID $ 33,729.18 system was eliminated and 147-090-030 MOORE, ROBIN $ 1,144.96 Come Enjoy Come the new district boundaries 149-063-002 FANCHER, BRIAN LEE $ 3,183.87 UNDER $12 Our EnclosedOur were finalized in May 2017. 149-140-029 FOOTHILL FARMS OF CUYAMA, LLC $ 12,316.50 DiNNERs Patio Dining Patio Councilman Jack Boysen 149-140-031 FOOTHILL FARMS OF CUYAMA, LLC $ 37,106.07 GoodnessHomemade Made Goodness to Order Made to Order is technically the District 149-263-004 LIEBAU, KEVIN L $ 1,180.62 3 incumbent, as he lives 149-263-005 LIEBAU, KEVIN L $ 1,180.62 Open7DaysaWeek•6amto9pm within that district and his 153-010-021 PARADISE COMMUNITY FARM, INC $ 14,675.08 Servedwithyourchoiceof2sides&GarlicCheeseBreadorHomemadeBiscuit term ends this year, but he Seasoned Fries • Cole Slaw • Mashed Potatoes • Fresh Fruit Mix chose not to seek re-elec- Fettucine Alfredo • Vegetable of the Day • Baked Potato (Served after 4pm) tion. BraisedPotRoastofBeef $11.50 Roasted Turkey $11.99 Moats, whose term Oven Roasted in traditional style and topped Slowroastedhandcarvedturkeybreasttopped doesn’t expire until 2020, I certify, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct. withheartypotroastgravy. withturkeygravy.Servedwithasideof cranberry sauce. also lives in District 3 and Old Fashioned Meatloaf $10.99 Chopped Sirloin $11.50 chose to seek election to HARRY E. HAGEN, CPA GroundBeef&PorkSausagecombinedwith with sautéed onions and mushrooms topped herbs & spices, slow baked and topped with that seat. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR withrichbrowngravy. rich brown gravy. Council members to rep- Hickory Smoked Ham Steak $11.99 Boneless Pork Chops $11.99 Ham steak grilled and served with resent District 1 and Dis- Executed at Santa Barbara, County of Santa Barbara, California on August 21, Pork Chops dipped in homestyle breading then cinnamon apples trict 2, as well as the mayor, grilled to perfection. Served with cinnamon 2018. Liver, Bacon & Onions $11.50 will be chosen in the 2020 Published in the Santa Maria Times on September 02, September 09, & September apples. Grilled liver topped with crisp bacon & sautéed onions. election. 16, 2018. Chicken Tenders $11.99 All white meat chicken strips breaded and crispy Filet of Whitefish $11.99 The mayor will continue fried. Served with honey mustard dressing. Sautéed in lemon butter and served with to be elected at-large by tartar sauce. -AddSouporSaladtoanyEntreeforonly$1.50 voters throughout the city. 00 1 726 S. Broadway, Santa Maria • 805.739.8895 B4 | Sunday, September 2, 2018 NATION Santa Maria Times THE COST OF COLLEGE Why students should help pay Financial contributions can lead to better grades LIZ WESTON | NerdWallet Current interest rates recently heard from the parents of yet another high school senior who turned Federal student loans (fixed) Idown a huge scholarship from a good Interest rates for the 2018-19 school year: college to attend her “dream school,” Undergraduate 5.05 percent which of course has lousy financial aid. Now her parents are scrambling, trying Graduate 6.60 percent to figure out how to pay for it. PLUS 7.60 percent This madness must end. Asking teenagers to pay the whole cost Private student loans of a four-year college degree probably Interest rates can be lower than federal isn’t realistic or smart. Kids may be cut off rates, but approval for the lowest rates from financial aid, since need-based help requires excellent credit. is largely based on the parents’ resources. The debt they accumulate may be Fixed 5.25 to 14.59 percent crippling, and students who try to pay Variable 3.69 to 12.99 percent for school entirely on their own are more likely to drop out. Refinanced student loans But the open bar approach isn’t wise, You can save money by refinancing with a either. Setting limits and requiring a kid private lender at a lower interest rate. Both to pay at least part of the cost can actu- federal loans and private loans are eligible. ally lead to better grades while protecting parents’ finances. Fixed 3.09 to 8.69 percent The sticker price to attend many pri- Variable 2.49 to 8.17 percent vate universities now exceeds $70,000 per year, including tuition, room, board, Source: NerdWallet books and fees. Most college educations cost much less, of course: The net aver- Put limits on your borrowing age cost, after scholarships and grants are Parents often want to spare their kids taken into account, was $15,367 last year, from student loans, but the kids are the according to student lender Sallie Mae. ones benefiting from the education, and Many families aren’t prepared for the ex- they have many more years ahead of them pense: About four out of 10 parents aren’t to pay off the debt. saving for college. Among those who are, Having student loans typically isn’t a the average amount saved is $18,135, Sallie huge hardship. Mae found. The high cost of college and the Students can borrow up to $31,000 in low rate of savings has led to a whole lot of federal student loans for their undergradu- debt: $1.5 trillion in student loans, at last ate degrees, including $5,500 for their first count. Although the typical college grad- year. uate has a manageable level of education The typical college graduate can easily debt, it’s easy to borrow far more than a pay that back within 10 years. student, or a parent, can comfortably repay. A rule of thumb for students: Don’t bor- Given these realities, parents should set row more in total than you expect to earn Make sure your kid has skin in the game clear boundaries about how much they’ll in your first year out of school. The more financial help parents offer, the more likely college students are to graduate, pay for college. Parents usually have access to PLUS fed- according to a 2013 study by Laura Hamilton, a sociology professor at the University eral education loans, but those have higher of California, Merced. At the same time, students’ grade-point averages decreased as Get an estimate of costs rates and less generous repayment plans. parental support increased. Start with the Department of Educa- Parents and students should be wary of us- Having loans didn’t help grades, but scholarships, work-study and grants did. Some tion’s FAFSA4caster, an online tool that ing private student loans, since those typ- studies have found that working less than 20 hours per week while in college is asso- predicts your “expected family contri- ically come with variable rates and fewer ciated with better grades. So even parents who can afford to give their kids a full ride bution” based largely on parental income consumer protections. might insist they at least get a job. and assets. Enter the cost of a college to Parents also may be able to borrow Most parents, though, should be sending a different message: “Honey, we can afford see roughly how much need-based aid to against their home equity or retirement to contribute this much to college. If you want to spend more, you’ll have to come up expect. funds. with the difference on your own.” Follow that with a discussion of the impact excessive Once families have the financial aid fig- A rule of thumb for parents: Don’t bor- debt could have on their futures. ure, parents can add in the amount they row more than you can pay off before you Have this conversation long before college applications are due. It will be a much want to contribute (or borrow) to deter- retire, while still saving enough for that more wrenching discussion later, when the student has her heart set on the dream mine how much they can help. retirement. school that would be a nightmare for the family’s finances.

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For example, ratio of about 24 percent, mean- investment, they can’t grow for companies remained strong and know that if, say, Visa stock rises maybe the company is suddenly ing that the company has plenty of you in a great one. with bright futures. If you don’t by $10, you can just divide 10 by facing strong competition. room to increase that payout. Apple the divisor and learn that the DJIA have the confidence to remain invested in individual companies, is committed to its shareholders, will rise by about 67.81 points (10 consider just socking money away having announced a $100 billion divided by 0.14748071991788 in a low-fee broad-market index share repurchase program in the equals 67.805). Name That Company fund, such as one that tracks second quarter of 2018. *** the S&P 500. Whether you’re looking for a I trace my roots back to Novo Nordisk was recently company with earnings, cash on the What are “orphan drugs” in 1993, when two Circuit City trading around $47.50 per share. balance sheet or a wide competitive Qthe pharmaceutical world? It’s facing pricing pressures for its moat, Apple fits the bill. (The Mot- — T.B., Hattiesburg, Mississippi executives formed me to diver- diabetes drugs and investor opin- ley Fool has recommended Apple The U.S. Food & Drug sify the company’s operations. ions about it are mixed. Its future and owns shares of it as well as the following options on it: long January Administration has an Orphan I was envisioned as a company has promise, though, and The A Motley Fool has recommended it. 2020 $150 calls and short January Drug Designation program, offer- with a massive inventory of cars 2020 $155 calls.) ing incentives for companies to offered at a then-revolutionary develop drugs to treat, diagnose or “no-haggling” price. 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© 2018 THE MOTLEY FOOL/DIST. BY ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION 8/30 00 1 Santa Maria Times OBITUARIES/NATION Sunday, September 2, 2018 | B5 BUSINESS | HIGHER EDUCATION TRADEMARK WARS Big colleges fiercely protect their brands COLLIN BINKLEY | Associated Press‌ ever get between a university and its trademarks. That’s the lesson dozens of people learn every year when ‌Nthey unwittingly provoke the wrath of big universities and the lawyers they hire to protect their mascots, slogans and logos. Records gathered by The Associated Press show that some major universities send their lawyers after even slight perceived threats to their brands, sending flurries of letters threatening legal action or trying to block new trademarks deemed too close to their own. COURTESY KIRK DUKE Schools say they’re only defending themselves from merchandise Duke University blocked a wine counterfeiters and others looking to exploit their brands for personal company from getting a trademark gain. But some legal experts say it often amounts to trademark bul- on its own name, Duke’s Folly. lying, a term used when bigger institutions use aggressive tactics to overpower their opponents in seemingly frivolous disputes. Duke ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press reviewed dozens of disputes detailed in Duke this year blocked a small records obtained from universities and from the U.S. Patent and T exas A&M’s nickname for its sports fans, “The 12th Man,” is trademarked. California wine company from get- Trademark Office. Here’s a look at a few of them: ting a trademark on its own name, Texas A&M Duke’s Folly. In a legal filing with In 2016, Texas A&M University asked federal trademark officials the federal trademark office, Duke University of Minnesota to cancel a trademark that its own alumni association had reg- argued that the name “deceptively istered for the slogan “We Are The Aggie Network.” The school, Youth basketball organizers in and falsely” implied an official tie which owns several trademarks related to its Aggies nickname, Minneapolis had to rename a small to the North Carolina institution argued that it was the “true and rightful owner” of the phrase and tournament called the Spring Jam in and would cause confusion among that the alumni group never had permission to register it. After 2014 after the University of Minne- consumers. The family, named pressing the case for months, the school reached a deal allowing sota objected. In a letter, the school the Dukes, disagrees. Kirk Duke, a the group to keep the slogan. The same year, Texas A&M forced a said it owned a trademark for its company spokesman, said it’s “ab- man in nearby Bellaire, Texas, to halt his plans to produce a beer own Spring Jam, an annual festival, surd” to think the Duke’s Folly wine called 12th Can. The school said it was too similar to 12th Man, the and worried the tournament would would be confused with Duke Uni- school’s trademarked nickname for its sports fans. Records pro- cause confusion with it. versity. But rather than risk a costly vided by A&M show it paid $6,000 to buy trademark rights “and When the University of Tennes- ASSOCIATED PRESS legal battle, the family agreed to a other considerations” from the man, Erik Nolte. Neither side see tried getting trademarks for Minnesota mascot Goldy Gopher settlement requiring it to drop would provide further details about the deal. then-football coach Butch Jones’ gestures to the crowd in 2015 the trademark claim and slogan “Brick By Brick” in 2014, the during a basketball game. In 2017, tweak the name of the com- University of Minnesota sent its a liquor company was ordered to pany, to Dukes’ Folly. lawyers to stop it. In a letter, they stop using the word Goldy. Separately, the school is also North noted that Minnesota’s coach, Jerry trying to block trademarks for Carolina Kill, had been using the slogan for years and ordered Tennessee to stop a Seattle restaurant chain called State’s mascot, using it immediately. More than a year later, the schools signed an agree- Duke’s Chowder House (the own- Mr. Wuf ment allowing both to use the phrase on merchandise and advertise- er’s name is Duke), a Chicago ments, but only if it’s accompanied by their respective school colors. metal band called Devils (the AP PHOTO Last year, Minnesota also ordered the new British liquor company school’s sports teams are named Goldy Gin to stop using the word Goldy and abandon its trademark the Blue Devils) and a boxing applications for the name. The problem? Minnesota’s mascot is equipment company that wants Goldy Gopher, and the school said consumers would think Goldy rights to “Put Up Your Dukes” (the Gin products were licensed by the university. owner’s last name is Dukes).

North Carolina State N.C. State calls its sports teams the Wolfpack — and won’t let businesses to stop using the name. In 2016, it went anybody else do the same. Armed with a trademark of the nickname, after a convenience store in Raleigh, North Carolina, the university has forced at least two other schools to stop using it, called the Wolfpack Mini Mart, which has since closed. Last including New York’s Keuka College, which now uses the Wolves year, it ordered California beer maker Golden Road Brewing to stop nickname, and Loyola University New Orleans, which simply shifted advertising its wolf-themed beers as the “Wolf Pack.” to the Wolf Pack. Federal records show both sides reached a settlement, but neither Records provided by NC State show it has also pressured several would provide details. NY alternative paper Village Voice shuts down he told staff members. The combative, left-leaning professional writing life and it in a state of perpetual peril. Groundbreaking Eight of the Voice’s 18 remain- paper became known for its brash where I met brilliant writers — He tried to stem the paper’s weekly going out of ing staffers were laid off. Others political reporting and its cover- and many friends — too numerous losses by giving up print publica- stayed behind to digitize its print age of music and theater. It also to mention.” tion last summer and publishing business after 63 years archive so that future generations became a powerful advocate for Cartoonist Jules Feiffer’s jag- online only — a step that removed can read it. New York’s gay community. ged, satirical comic strip ran in the the Voice from the sidewalk boxes KAREN MATTHEWS News editor Neil deMause said It won three Pulitzers, for edito- Voice form 1956 through 1997. His that were a fixture on New York Associated Press‌ staffers were more saddened than rial cartooning and feature writing obsessions included psychoanal- street corners for generations. ‌NEW YORK — The Village shocked by the news. in the 1980s and for international ysis, sex and the manifold urban It failed to stop the financial Voice, the Pulitzer Prize-winning “It’s 2018 and we’re all aware of reporting in 2000 for a series on anxieties of Cold War America. bleeding. alternative weekly known for its the state of the journalism indus- AIDS in Africa. “As a longtime reader and fan “In recent years, the Voice has muckraking investigations, ex- try,” said deMause, 52, who started The Voice nurtured such tal- of the Voice even more than as been subject to the increasingly haustive arts criticism, naughty reading the Voice as a teenager in ents as jazz maven and civil lib- a writer and editor, I am deeply harsh economic realities facing personal ads and neurosis-laden the 1980s. ertarian Nat Hentoff; investigative saddened that we won’t have the those creating journalism and cartoons, is going out of business The Voice was the country’s first reporter Wayne Barrett, whose Voice’s voice anymore,” deMause written media,” Barbey wrote. after 63 years. alternative newsweekly, founded targets included Mayor Rudolph said. “It’s a huge, huge loss.” “Like many others in publishing, Its publisher, Peter Barbey, an- in Greenwich Village in 1955 by a Giuliani and Donald Trump; and Barbey, also president of The we were continually optimistic nounced Friday that the paper is group that included writer Nor- culture writers such as Manohla Reading Eagle newspaper in Penn- that relief was around the next ceasing publication altogether man Mailer. It once had a weekly Dargis, now a film critic for The sylvania, bought the Voice in 2015 corner. Where stability for our because of financial problems, a circulation of 250,000 copies and New York Times. in an attempt to save it following a business is, we do not know yet. year after it stopped circulating was home to some of New York’s “This is a tragedy, and it hurts series of ownership changes, staff The only thing that is clear now in print and went to digital-only. best investigative journalists and my heart,” Dargis wrote on Twit- departures and losses in reader- is that we have not reached that “Today is kind of a sucky day,” music writers. ter. “This is where I started my ship and advertising that had left destination.” Campbell Soup Co. to sell international, fresh units ‌CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Camp- Interim CEO Keith McLough- that many families are seeking in U.S. trade policy that increased industry. As major food makers bell Soup Co. plans to focus on its lin also said the board is still open foods they consider healthier costs. Earlier this year, Commerce struggle to increase sales, they’ve core snacks and soup business in to evaluating other strategic op- and less processed. It had been Secretary Wilbur Ross famously come under pressure from inves- North America and sell its inter- tions for the company. trying to modernize by acquir- held up a can of Campbell’s soup tors to boost profits through cost national business and pay down The planned sales will leave ing brands it said were more in in a CNBC interview to make the cuts, mergers and acquisitions. debt. Campbell Soup with brands like line with changing tastes, such as case that the Trump administra- Camden, New Jersey-based The moves announced Thurs- Pepperidge Farm and Snyder’s of Bolthouse Farms. But it has now tion’s steel and aluminum tariffs Campbell said it’s working ur- day follow a review it began in Hanover, which it acquired ear- put up that brand for sale as well were “no big deal.” gently to complete all the moves May, when Campbell also an- lier this year to help move into a as manufacturing operations in Campbell has said it expects by next July. Assuming they are nounced the retirement of then- faster-growing business. Indonesia and Malaysia and its steel and aluminum costs to rise, completed on schedule, the com- CEO Denise Morrison, as it faces Campbell has been wrestling business in Hong Kong and Ja- pushing its overall costs higher. pany expects fiscal 2019 earnings changing food trends and poten- with declining soup and juice pan. The company’s planned divest- per share of $2.40 to $2.50 on an tially costly tariffs on aluminum sales in a market crowded with The company also has faced ments are the latest shift in the adjusted basis, down from $2.87 and steel. competitors at the same time headwinds due to recent changes reconfiguration of the U.S. food per share this year.

OBITUARIES Cecilia T. Marquez Papa John’s founder files suit against company June 15, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS company’s biggest share- tion from the harm caused by to scrub Schnatter’s image ‌Cecilia (Ceci) T. Marquez passed away on June 15th, 2018 ‌NEW YORK — The founder holder and has said his res- his inappropriate words,” the from its marketing materi- in Santa Maria, CA. She was born in El Paso, Tx. In 1941 and of Papa John’s has filed a law- ignation was a mistake. company said. “He continues als as it tries to distance itself grew up in Guadalupe, CA. She is survived by her loving hus- suit against the company, its The complaint filed Thurs- to make reckless allegations from the man who founded band of 58 years, George, her son George Jr. (San Diego) and board of directors and CEO in day is sealed. But a statement in his attempt to regain con- the chain in 1984. Late last daughter Anita Fontaine (San Francisco). In addition, she is the latest twist in the drama from Schnatter’s representa- trol and serve his own inter- year, Schnatter stepped survived by her brother Mercy Ramos, Jr. (Terry’s) and sis- surrounding the pizza chain. tives says the lawsuit claims ests.” down as CEO after blaming ter Rebecca Ramos and many loving nephews and nieces. John Schnatter filed the CEO Steve Ritchie and the The lawsuit is the second disappointing sales on the She began her professional life as a cosmetologist and lawsuit in Delaware’s Court board of Papa John’s Inter- filed by Schnatter in the NFL’s handling of player later returned to college to earn a Masters of Social Work of Chancery asking the court national Inc. are harming the court in Delaware, where protests during the national degree. She touched many lives and spread kindness and to help stop what he sees as company by “their repeated, Papa John’s is incorporated. anthem. love wherever she went. She retired after suffering a mas- irreparable harm being done and ongoing, breaches of the He is also suing to gain ac- The chain’s business, sive stroke. That did not slow her mission of bestowing com- to the company. duties of loyalty and care” cess to the company’s books meanwhile, has suffered passion and love to everyone she met. She will be missed. Schnatter resigned in July owed the company. and records in a complaint amid its public spat with its A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday Septem- as Papa John’s chairman amid Papa John’s said it will fight where he accuses the com- founder. In July, Papa John’s ber 8th from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Waller Park 3107 Orcutt a report that he used a racial Schnatter’s lawsuit, which it pany of treating him in an slashed its sales outlook for R oad, in Santa Maria, area 3. A mass will be dedicated to her slur during a media training said is without merit. “unexplained and heavy- the year after reporting a on Friday September 7th at 5:30 p.m. at St. Louis de Mont- session. But he remains the “John Schnatter will do handed way.” third straight quarter of sales 00 1 fort Catholic Church 1190 E. Clark Avenue in Santa Maria. Louisville, Kentucky-based anything to distract atten- Papa John’s has moved declines in North America. B6 | Sunday, September 2, 2018 WEATHER Santa Maria Times

LABOR DAY | BY THE NUMBERS

AMERICA AT WORK Popular professions 7 things you probably don’t know about the holiday How many workers? There are 162.9 million people age 16 and over in the nation’s labor force as of July. The beginning Evolution 162.9 million Here’s a look at the top occupations by 1 The idea first became public 4 The holiday has evolved over The number of people age 16 and older number of employees: in 1882. In September 1882, the the years. In the late 19th century, in the nation’s labor force as of July unions of New York City decided to have celebrations focused on huge parades in Largest occupations, May 2017 Employees a parade to celebrate their members be- urban areas. Now the holiday is a wider Salaries for full-time, year-round Retail salespersons ing in unions and to show support for all celebration that honors organized labor workers in the second quarter of 2018: 4,442,090 unions. At least 20,000 people were at the with fewer parades but more activities. Combined food preparation and parade, and the workers had to give up a $959 $780 serving workers, including fast food day’s pay to attend. Fashion Median male Median female 3,576,220 5 Can you wear white after Labor weekly earnings weekly earnings States first Day? This old tradition goes back Cashiers 2 The New York parade inspired to the late Victorian era, where it was a $61,497 3,564,920 other unions. Other regions fashion faux pas to wear any white cloth- Median household income as of May Oce clerks, general started having their own parades, and by ing after the summer officially ended on Source: Census.gov 2,967,620 1887, Oregon, Massachusetts, New York, Labor Day. Registered nurses New Jersey and Colorado made Labor Day Are you paid enough? a state holiday. Food 2,906,840 Labor Day is the unofficial end Americans’ views on their pay over the 6 past decade Customer service representatives National holiday of hot dog season. The National 2,767,790 3 President Grover Cleveland Hot Dog and Sausage Council says that Paid about right Underpaid Overpaid helped make Labor Day a na- between Memorial Day and Labor Day, Laborers and freight, stock and material movers tional holiday. After violence related to Americans will eat 7 billion hot dogs. August 2008 August 2018 2,711,320 the Pullman railroad strike, Cleveland 3% 5% Waiters and waitresses and lawmakers in Washington wanted a Union members According to the Bureau of 2,584,220 federal holiday to celebrate labor. Cleve- 7 land signed an act in 1894 establishing the Labor Statistics, there were 14.6 Secretaries and administrative assistants* federal holiday; most states had already million union members in the work force 46% 50% 2,254,820 passed laws establishing a Labor Day hol- in 2014. There were 17.7 million in 1983. 51% 43% General and operations managers iday by that point. Sen. James Henderson The National Education Association is the Kyle of South Dakota introduced S. 730 biggest union today with about 3 million 2,212,200 to make Labor Day a federal legal holiday members, including inactive and lifetime *Except legal, medical and executive on the first Monday of September. It was members. Note: Sampling error is 5% Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Department of Labor, Constitution Center Tribune News Service graphic approved on June 28, 1894. Source: Gallup Tribune News Service graphic

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Paso Robles ALMANAC San Simeon 91/53 REGIONAL WEATHER CALIFORNIA Statistics through 4 p.m. yesterday. Santa 71/56 Atascadero Central Coast: Areas of low clouds early today; otherwise, Today Mon. 85/55 mostly sunny at the coast. Mostly sunny in the inland valleys. City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W TEMPERATURES Lompoc Maria Cayucos High 65° 72° Santa Ynez Valley: Humid today with areas of low clouds, then Bakersfi eld 97 69 s 99 71 s 72/56 San Luis Obispo sun. Partly cloudy tonight. Mostly sunny and humid tomorrow. Barstow 100 71 s 99 69 s Low 56° 56° Morro Bay Normal high 74° 74° 78/56 Cuyama Valley: Mostly sunny today. Clear tonight. Mostly Bishop 96 51 s 95 53 s 70/57 Weldon 97 64 s 96 63 s Normal low 56° 54° Pismo Beach sunny tomorrow. Plenty of sunshine Tuesday. Port San Luis Santa Barbara County South Coast: Areas of low clouds, Death Valley 111 87 s 108 82 s PRECIPITATION (in inches) 72/57 73/56 Edwards AFB 98 65 s 98 66 s 24 hours ending 4 p.m. 0.00 0.00 then sun today. 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Temperatures Lompoc Santa Ynez Buellton Mount Shasta 89 49 s 88 50 s are today’s highs and 72/56 86/57 tonight’s lows. 78/57 Oakland 73 57 pc 74 57 pc Solvang Ojai Santa Clarita Palm Springs 103 79 s 101 77 s Palmdale 97 66 s 97 66 s 6 7 84/57 84/59 89/62 4 Santa Paula Redding 104 64 s 102 63 s 0 1 1 Forecasts and graphics provided Goleta 83/62 San Fernando Ridgecrest 101 70 s 100 67 s by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 75/61 Santa Barbara Simi Valley Sacramento 94 58 s 93 59 s 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 74/60 85/63 86/62 Burbank San Diego 76 69 pc 78 70 pc The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ Ventura San Francisco 73 56 pc 75 56 pc number, the greater the need for eye and skin MARINE FORECAST 75/64 Thousand Oaks 84/63 protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 San Jose 85 60 pc 84 61 s Very High; 11+ Extreme. Point Piedras to Point Arquello and out 60 Nautical Miles: Oxnard 82/64 Los Angeles Santa Cruz 72 57 pc 73 57 pc Wind from the northwest at 8-16 knots today. Wind waves 5-9 75/63 83/65 Santa Rosa 86 53 pc 83 52 pc feet with a northwest swell 6-10 feet at 9-second intervals. Santa S. Lake Tahoe 80 43 s 80 41 s TIDES Visibility clear. Malibu Monica Stockton 96 59 s 94 59 s Tides for Central Coast, Port San Luis East Santa Barbara Channel: Wind from the south-southwest 75/66 79/67 Ukiah 99 55 s 98 56 s Low Ht. High Ht. at 4-8 knots today. Wind waves 4-7 feet with a south swell 4-7 Vallejo 82 56 pc 83 56 s Today 8:55 a.m. 2.4 4:03 a.m. 3.4 feet at 11-second intervals. Visibility generally clear. Ventura 75 64 pc 75 64 pc 11:11 p.m. 1.0 3:38 p.m. 5.1 Yosemite 86 56 s 85 55 s Monday 10:06 a.m. 2.7 5:48 a.m. 3.4 ------4:44 p.m. 5.3 Tuesday 12:23 a.m. 0.5 7:10 a.m. 3.6 NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES WORLD CITIES 11:28 a.m. 2.8 5:52 p.m. 5.6 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Today Mon. Today Mon. Wednesday 1:23 a.m. 0.0 8:07 a.m. 4.0 -10s Temperature bands are highs for the day. 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have a couple of favorite rec- books, knuckle down and add Basic Finger Jell-O‌ For the screwdriver, use orange Back-to-school juice and vodka. For the daiquiri, ipes that can do double duty, one or more authority figures to „„ 5 envelopes Knox or other plain frozen daiquiri mix and rum. For Chocolate Frosting‌ and this is the perfect time to our lives. gelatin ‌I the margarita, margarita mix and „„ 1 small pkg. chocolate chips spread the word. One goes from With that in mind, here are „„ 2 c. cold water or fruit juice, any „„ ¼ c. water childish to adult with a couple of two treats to take the sting out of tequila. Sprinkle lightly with salt be- flavor „„ 1 egg, well beaten additions, while the other is sure a new school year. fore serving. „„ T wo 6-oz. pkgs. Jell-O, any flavor „„ 1 tsp. vanilla to please the child in all of us. First, I tweaked finger Jell-O. 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Remove from heat heartedly when school starts. bag frosting is guaranteed to atin to hot mixture and stir until Jell-O. and while chocolate is still hot, beat in Oh, and about that. I’m still on never, ever stick to waxed paper well-blended. Pour into a 13-by-9- Now for the icing. This is truly the egg — chocolate will cook the egg. Add the academic calendar that says and has a second application inch glass baking dish and refriger- one to use if you want to put cup- vanilla and salt, then butter bit by bit school starts the day after Labor that sends kids over the top. ate until set, 1 to 2 hours. Cut into cakes in your child’s lunch. It does and continue beating until butter melts Day. Not anymore. By Labor Day, Make basic finger Jell-O for cubes to serve. not stick to waxed paper or plastic and mixture is smooth. Stir in sugar my grandkids will have been in the kids, then move on to the wrap. and mix until well-blended. Add more school nearly one whole month. adult version — homemade Adult Versions‌ It’s a large recipe and for my liquid or powdered sugar as necessary. Why stick kids in a stuffy, Jell-O shots, which are, as a bo- „„ Screwdriver: 2 c. orange juice double-treat trick, use leftovers This is a basic recipe that I’ve hot classroom during the last, nus, quick and easy to fix. and vodka, mixed for graham cracker sandwiches. added to. In place of water you can dog days of summer? August „„ D aiquiri: 2 c. daiquiri mix and Spread between two crackers. It’s use strong coffee for a mocha taste. has always signaled the end of Santa Ynez Valley resident Elaine rum, mixed delightful. Add chopped nuts or Also, frosting will be quite soft at summer, freedom and fun. It’s Revelle can be reached at thewood- „„ Margarita: 2 c. margarita mix colorful sprinkles and it’s party first, then it will set but won’t get September when we hit the [email protected]. and tequila, mixed fare. hard. SUNDAY ASTROGRAPH COMMUNITY CALENDAR ‌Stick to basics and follow through with SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Find a way exaggerate or make a big deal out of demonstrative about the way you want your plans. Completing unfinished busi- to settle a dispute without overreacting. something unless you are prepared to to see things unfold. Include loved ones ‌If you have an item to list in this cal- ness will help clear the way to greater Listen to suggestions and consider options suffer the consequences. Do your best to in your plans. endar, email it two weeks in advance stability. Look at what’s available and that encourage working as a team player stick to the truth. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Time spent to [email protected] or examine how you can use what you al- to achieve positive results. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Share your honing your skills and putting in extra hours mail to Calendar, P.O. Box 400, Santa ready have to get where you want to go. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Some- stories and memories with old friends, will pay off. Don’t leave anything to chance Maria CA 93456. R ecycling and saving will be your ticket one will use information that you share relatives and youngsters. An offer some- or let anyone interfere in your plans. Ro- to success. against you. Don’t trust anyone who is try- one makes isn’t likely to be as wonderful mance is in the stars. EVENTS, FUNDRAISERS‌ VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Listen to ing to butter you up or sell you something as you may think. Don’t rely on hearsay. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You’ll make The Santa Maria Recreation and your heart, not to what others try to tell using high-pressure tactics. Don’t exagger- Collect an old debt. an impression and a difference if you lend Parks Department and Santa Maria you. Trust in your intuition and experience ate; truth matters. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Personal im- a helping hand. Share your opinions, but Valley Senior Club will present “Boo- to help you reach your destination. Spiri- CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Change provements, sharing with a loved one and not your personal data. Now is not the time gie on Down,” featuring the Riptide Big tual growth will change your life. whatever isn’t working for you. Put an end making plans that will enhance your per- to be gullible or too trusting. Band, with vocalist Bob Nations and a LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Stay focused to problems that can’t be solved. Be pre- sonal life are favored. Refuse to let some- LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Slow down, take special performance by the In Time on what’s important and make changes pared to walk away from situations that one’s negativity or demands ruin your day. your time and don’t act on impulse, emo- T rio, on Sunday, Sept. 23, from 1:30 to that will improve your domestic life. Dis- are not healthy emotionally, physically TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Let your tions or hearsay. Look inward and size up 4 p.m. at the Elwin Mussell Senior Cen- cuss problems openly and make fair sug- or financially. emotions fuel the fire. If you want to what you can do to improve the way you ter, 510 Park Ave., in Santa Maria. The gestions. Strive for equality and peace. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Don’t get something done, be passionate and look or live. dance, which is free, will kick off this year’s Active Aging Week. Event info: MONDAY ASTROGRAPH Call 805-925-0951, ext. 2207. Band info: Contact Judy at 775-813-5186 or visit ‌Now is the time to explore new avenues, SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Keep things AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Socialize plans into motion. Set goals and make the Riptidebb.com or Riptide Big Band on to broaden your outlook, skills and knowl- moving forward. Take one step at a time and and discuss your intentions. Personal or changes necessary to clear the way for what Facebook. edge and to set high standards. Make it your be innovative when dealing with situations physical changes will make you feel good you want to see happen. The Santa Maria High School Class mission to find the most efficient way to- ex that require special attention. Let others about your life, appearance and the endeav- GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Put your heart of 1963 is planning its 55th reunion the cel and achieve peace, happiness and the pay for their own mistakes. ors you are about to embark on. and soul into personal improvements. Take weekend of Sept. 14-16. There will be a success you desire. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Don’t PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Emotional better care of your physical needs and use Friday evening welcome reception at VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Bring about give in to emotional blackmail. If some- deception will interfere with an important re- your intelligence when dealing with matters the Santa Maria Inn, a Saturday bar- change. Don’t let someone else take control one wants something from you, consider lationship. Stick to the truth and bring about that could affect your home environment. becue gathering at Pioneer Park and a if you want things done your way. Take the whether it’s worth your while before you positive change that will enrich your life. A part- CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Look for an Sunday morning brunch at the Radisson initiative and make choices that will bene- oblige. Strive for equality in partnerships. nership will end up being quite prosperous. opportunity to get ahead by using the skills Hotel. “Missing” graduates at listed at fit you instead of appeasing someone else. R omance is highlighted. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Talk about and knowledge you enjoy using most. If you visit http://smhs1963.tripod.com. Pric- LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Take better CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Go over your feelings and what you want to see hap- flaunt your attributes, someone will notice ing, information: Contact Joanne Isle care of yourself emotionally and physically. personal papers, investments and contracts. pen. Working alongside a loved one will en- and offer help. Hopkins at [email protected]. Dead- Steer clear of anyone putting too much Refuse to let a change made by someone else hance your life and encourage you to try LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Take the initiative line for registration is Aug. 28. pressure on you. Look inward and focus on lead to an argument or disrupt your plans. harder to make things better. and bring about physical changes that will spiritual growth, educational pursuits and A steadfast approach to finishing what you TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You can make you happy. 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HEART OF THE VALLEY When the P-38 Lightning flew above Santa Maria alifornia bore witness to II bases on the West Coast. some of the most traumatic The Santa Maria Air Field was Cstateside events that hap- placed under the command of pened after Pearl Harbor was the Fourth Air Force, which had bombed on Dec. 7, 1941. The state been activated on December 18, was racked from north to south 1940, as one of the four original with near-panic conditions as pre-World War II numbered air tens of thousands of its citizens forces with a mission of air de- expected similar fense of the southwestern U.S. attacks anytime. and lower Midwest regions. After True or not, fear World War II began, its primary took hold resulting mission became the organization in coastal cities and training of combat units prior being blacked out. to their deployment to overseas Radio stations combat air forces. SHIRLEY went o the air, Original plans for the air base CONTRERAS commercial airlin- were to train B-25 bomber pilots ers were grounded for the war e ort, but those plans and ships were or- were scrapped in December of dered to stay in port. 1942 when it was discovered that These, and many other mea- the runways and taxi strips were sures, were seen to be absolutely not strong enough to support necessary by the U.S. Army com- the massive weight of the heavy manders because at the time of the bombers. Instead, the new air Pearl Harbor invasion, the Army base was used for the training Air Force in California consisted of service groups to support the of only 16 modern fi ghter planes Army Air force activities overseas with little emphasis on fl ying. available to defend the entire state. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS, SANTA MARIA VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY In December of 1941, the U.S. When it became apparent that States found itself fi ghting a war the fi eld was being wasted as an P-38 fi ghters fl y over the Santa Maria Valley during World War II. on two continents. air service command, and aircraft Strategic planning was not only maintenance instruction was the aircraft developed by Lockheed for necessary, but had to be made fast. only aircraft-specifi c program the U.S. Army Air Corps, was the In early 1942, the Army Corps underway, the fi eld was trans- preferred aircraft of American’s of Engineers, which planned ferred to the Fourth Air Force in top aces. It could do anything! to open an airfi eld to provide September of 1943. Some of its uses were for inter- training for B-25 bomber pilots, Thirteen enlisted men com- ception, dive-bombing, ground at- purchased 160 acres land in Santa pleted the military aspect of tack, night fi ghting and evacuation Maria from the Toy family at $79 running the base, and the 45 civil missions. It had distinctive twin per acre. By the time building be- service employees included fi ve booms, and a central nacelle con- gan, the Army had acquired about stenographers, with the remain- taining a cockpit and armament. 3,600 acres, located about 4 miles ing 40 being used for the base’s The P-38 was the only Ameri- southwest of the city. repair and maintenance needs. can fi ghter aircraft in large-scale Because of its strategic loca- Along with the Fourth Air Force production throughout American tion, the property was consid- came the Lockheed P-38 Light- involvement in the war that began ered to be ideal for the training ning, appropriately named by the with the attack on Pearl Harbor of bombardment groups prior to Germans as “the forked-tailed and ended with the surrender of overseas duty. devil,” and by the Japanese as Japan in 1945. With Col. Robin A. Day in com- “two planes with one pilot.” At the end of the war, orders for mand, the Santa Maria Army Air Had it not been for the arrival of 1,887 more P-38 Lightnings were Field was o cially activated upon the P-38 Lighting, one of the pre- canceled. direct orders from Washington mier aircraft of World War II, the From late 1943 to Sept. 2, 1945, on May 2, 1942, just short of fi ve Santa Maria Air Field would prob- when World War II o cially months after the bombing of ably have had a lackluster history. ended, 633 new P-38 pilots had After bombers were determined to be too heavy for runways, the Army Pearl Harbor. It was said to have The P-38, a World War II-era graduated from training at the Airfi eld became the fi nal training site for P38 Lightning fi ghter groups on been one of the largest World War American piston-engine fi ghter Santa Maria Army Air Field. Sept. 16, 1943.

Growing Grounds Farm in Santa Ma- All America City Quilt Guild: Meets Duplicate Bridge: Meets 12:30 p.m. Lompoc Filipino-American Club: Meets Calendar ria: Open noon to dusk Thursdays at 820 the second Wednesday of the month ex- Mondays, Alpha Club, 704 E. Ocean Ave.; once a month at various locations and W. Foster Road. Fresh organic produce, From C2 cept March and July at Gloria Dei Lutheran Wednesday, at Heritage Oaks Community times. Info: Marlene, 740-2000. fl owers and nursery plants all grown with- Church, 4380 Orcutt Road. Friendship so- Room, 300 Burton Mesa Blvd.; 6:30 p.m. Central Coast Armenian Association: The North Santa Barbara County out pesticides are sold. Proceeds benefi t cial at 6 p.m., meeting at 6:30 p.m. Info: Thursdays, Heritage Oaks Community Be added to mailing list to receive informa- Manufactured Homeowners Team and Transitions Mental Health Association. 937-4024. Room, 300 Burton Mesa Blvd., Vandenberg tion on the annual dinner, church services, Casa Grande Mobile Estates HOA are host- Info: 934-2182 or https://www.facebook. American Sewing Guild Central Coast Village. Info and partnerships: 733-1264 social events and more. Info: 542-0318. ing a candidates’ forum and ice cream com/Growing-Grounds-Farm-Santa-Ma- Chapter: Meets the third Tuesday of the for Mondays, or 736-1986 for Wednesdays. Society of Military Widows, Central social at their next general meeting. The ria-130192483741378/ month at Mesa Dunes Mobile Home Es- Business Network International: Meets Coast Chapter: Find support and get in- free event, open to the public, begins at Downtown Fridays: A weekly farmers tates Community Center, 765 Mesa View 8 a.m. Tuesdays, IHOP Restaurant, 202 Nich- formation regarding survivor benefits. 1:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, in the Casa market, from 5 to 8 p.m. Fridays in the Fal- Drive, Arroyo Grande. Hospitality begins olson Ave., Santa Maria. Info: 937-6153. Info: 937-0940. Grande Mobile Estates clubhouse. NSB- las parking lot on South Broadway. Event at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting from 6:45 Noon Time Rotary Club of Santa Ma- Democratic Headquarters: 11 a.m. MHT has invited November general elec- features live music, beer and wine tent to 8:30 p.m. Info: http://www.coastasg.org. ria: Meets 12:10 p.m. Tuesdays, Santa Ma- to 2 p.m. weekdays, except holidays, 327 tion candidates for Congressional District and 80 booths, including 25 food vendors Alzheimer’s Association caregiver ria Inn, 801 S. Broadway, Santa Maria. E. Plaza Drive, Suite 2, Santa Maria. Info: 24, California State Assembly District 35, and a certifi ed farmers produce section. support groups: Meet 10:30 a.m. to noon, Info: 922-6657. 349-2708. and Santa Maria City Council Districts 3 Presented by the city of Santa Maria and third Tuesday of each month, Merrill Gar- Lompoc Cribbage Club: Meets 5:30 p.m. Korean Veterans, Chapter 184: Invites and 4. Each candidate, or their represen- Santa Maria Police Department. dens, 1350 Suey Road, Santa Maria, 310- Tuesdays, Mi Amore Pizza and Pasta, 1321 veterans who served on the Korean pen- tative, will be given equal time to speak to The Guadalupe Historic Jail of 1926: 4102; 6 to 7:30 p.m., fi rst Wednesday of North H St., Lompoc. Info: Pat O’Neil, insula at any time, to its monthly meet- the audience, primarily addressing areas Open the last Sunday of the month from each month, Luis Oasis Senior Center, 420 588-2194. ing, the second Monday of each month of interest to manufactured homeowners. 1 to 3 p.m. Location: 4541 9th St., Guada- Soares Ave., Orcutt, 354-5326; more op- Santa Maria Lawn Bowling Club: Meets at 6 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Casa Grande Mobile Home Park is located lupe. Info: 343-5901 or 343-1223. tions, Alzheimer’s Association’s California 9:30 a.m. to noon Tuesdays to Saturdays, hall, 200 E. Battles Rd. in Santa Maria. at 519 W. Taylor St. in Santa Maria. Info: The Santa Maria Valley Railway His- Central Chapter, 892-4259. 420 S. McClelland. Info and free lessons Info: 895-4581 or 934-3249. Contact Jamie at 805-478-8356. torical Museum: Features historical rail- Central Coast Woodturners: Meet on by appointment: 929-2466. The American Legion Post 371: Meets Santa Maria Coin Club will hold a coin way equipment of a locomotive, boxcar, the second Saturday of the month at the Toastmasters Club 89: Meets 7 to regularly at 1025 Guadalupe St. in Guada- and collectibles show Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. caboose and a speeder on display with Odd Fellows Hall (back entrance) at 520 8:30 p.m. second and fouth Tuesdays of lupe. Info: 343-2737. to 3 p.m. at Elwin Mussell Senior Center, layouts and artifacts in the boxcar. Do- the month, Bethel Lutheran Church, 624 E. Dana St., San Luis Obispo. Meetings start KID’S CORNER 510 E. Park Ave., Santa Maria. Admission cents are available for information. This at 9 a.m. Woodturners of all capabilities Camino Collegio, Santa Maria. Info: 886-6343. is free. The show will have coins, casino display was developed in conjunction with are welcome. Info: 478-6370 or gngpaes@ Lompoc Kiwanis: Noon luncheon meet- The Santa Maria Valley Discovery chips, beanies and sports cards. New col- the Santa Maria City Parks and Recreation sbcglobal.net ing Tuesdays, Elks Lodge, 905 E. Ocean Museum: “Science Saturday,” a program lectors, experienced collectors and junior Department. Museum hours are the sec- Retired Public Employees’ Associ- Ave., Lompoc. Guests welcome. Info: An- featuring STEM inspired experiments, ac- collectors are all invited. Bring coins for ond and fourth Saturdays of the month ation: Meets at noon on the third Tues- dra Campbell, 735-5055, or email campan- tivities and demonstrations. The museum free appraisals. Info: 805-937-1250. from noon to 4 p.m. Location: Behind the day of the month at Santa Maria Ter- [email protected]. is located at 705 S. McClelland St., Santa UC Master Gardeners of San Luis Santa Maria Transit Center, 500 E. Boone race, 1405 E Main St. Lunch is available. Lompoc Valley Model Railroad Histor- Maria. Info: 928-8414 or www.smvdiscov- Obispo County is recruiting volunteers St. Info: http://www.smvrhm.com/. All retired public employees are eligible ical Society: Meets 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays erymuseum.com. for its spring training program. An informa- Santa Maria Elks Lodge No. 1538: Bingo to join. Dues are $4.50 per month. Info: and Fridays, 428 North I St. Info: 733-2534. Boys and Girls Club of the Santa Ma- tional meeting will be held Monday, Sept. is played 6 p.m. Tuesdays in a smoke-free Herbert Bolton, 925-5521 or hlboltonje3@ Job’s Daughters Bethel 339: Masonic ria Valley: 2 to 6 p.m. Monday through 10, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the University of Cal- environment, 1309 N. Bradley Road, Santa gmail.com. Family Center, 700 Lakeview Drive, Santa Friday, 901 N. Railroad Ave., Santa Maria. ifornia Cooperative Extension Auditorium, Annual membership is $20. Info: 922-7763. Maria. All proceeds go to charity. Cost: $15. Altrusa International of the Central Maria. Info: Raina Chambers, 478-4193 or 2156 Sierra Way, in San Luis Obispo. The Info: 922-1538. Coast: Meets at noon on the second and [email protected]. meeting will cover volunteer opportunities, FOR ANIMALS The Orcutt Mineral Society: Meets at fourth Mondays of the month. Info and Santa Maria Noontimers Lions: Noon the application process, fees, and training Catalyst for Cats: Needs volunteers 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month meeting location: 805-835-7627 or visit luncheon meeting Wednesdays, Den- schedule. Beginning Jan. 8 through May 28, to help reduce the number of unwanted (except June and December) at at the Oa- www.altrusaofthecentralcoast.org. ny’s, 1019 E. Main St., Santa Maria. Info: experts from the fi eld will teach weekly kittens born in Santa Barbara County by sis Senior Center, 420 Soares in Orcutt. Altrusa International of Santa Ma- 406-9989. classes on Tuesdays afternoons for three Info: Facebook or call Sylvia at 481-0923. fostering kittens, feeding feral cat colonies ria: Meets on the second Wednesday of The Lompoc Film Club meets at the and a half. New recruits will learn the ba- Bingo is and trapping cats and bringing them to be Fraternal Order of Eagles: the month at 6:30 p.m. at 1650 E. Clark Northside Shopping Center’s LaunchPad at sics of horticulture and gardening includ- played noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and neutered or spayed. A special request goes Ave. Info: 352-0026 or email stevens280@ 1010 N. H St. each Saturday. Doors open at ing pest management and sustainable land- 5 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, 668 S. College, out for a seamstress to make covers out of comcast.net. 6:45 p.m. showings at 7. No charge; dona- scape practices. Info: Visit ucanr.org/sites/ Santa Maria. Walk-in format. Info: 345- heavy material, like canvas, for traps and Altrusa International Golden Valley tions accepted for refreshments. mgslo or call 805-781-5939. 0231 or 478-2782. cages. Wish list items include monetary do- Inc.: Meets on the second Thursday of the The Santa Maria Japanese Commu- The SLO Skiers, a local nonprofi t sports Boys and Girls Club of Santa Maria Meets every fourth nations, canvas, double-sized sheets and month at 6:30 p.m. at 420 S. McClelland nity Center (SMJCC): and social club for adults, will hold its next Valley: Bingo is played 6 to 10 p.m. Fridays, Sunday of the month at 1 p.m. at the Ga- large containers. Info: 685-1563. St. Info: Contact Kathy Telleria at 805-925- monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 5. 901 N. Railroad Ave., Santa Maria. Drop-in kuen for potluck dinners or dining out at Central Coast SPCA: Helps abused, 9411 or email [email protected]. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the SLO Elks format. All games pay 75 percent and spe- local restaurants. Info: 264-0986. abandoned or neglected animals and needs Kiwanis Club of Orcutt: 7 a.m. break- Club, 222 Elks Lane, in San Luis Obispo. A cials pay 100 percent. Info: 922-7163. ACBL Sanctioned Duplicate Bridge: temporary foster homes for dogs, puppies, fast meetings on the second and third social hour with food and drink starts at 6 Catholic Charities Thrift Store: Hours 12:30 p.m. Thursdays, Pismo Beach Veter- cats and kittens until they are healed and/ Wednesdays of the month at Jack’s in pm. Meetings are free and membership is are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to ans’ Hall, 780 Bello Street, Pismo Beach. or socialized and put up for adoption. Info: Old Orcutt. Contact: Juvie Rodriguez at only $40 per year. Activities are held year 3 p.m. Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: 541-8001. Jeannine, 937-1766. 801-5068 round including hiking, biking, camping and Thursday and Friday. The store, located Nina Toastmasters Club 80: Meets Santa Barbara County Animal Ser- Central Coast Corvette Club: Open parties. Info: Call 805-528-3194. at 605 West Main St., in Santa Maria, is Noon to 1:15 p.m. Thursdays, First American vices: 548 W. Foster Road, Santa Maria, to Corvette owners and enthusiasts. Our The “Candlelight Tours” event at La closed Saturday through Monday. Title, Community Room, 411 E. Betteravia needs foster homes. If you and your fam- meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the fi rst Purisima Mission is scheduled for 6 to Road, Suite 100, Santa Maria. Info: 310-3071. ily love animals and would like to give the Thursday of the month at Merrill Gardens, 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, and tickets are MEETINGS Santa Maria Elks Lodge No. 1538: creatures that come into the shelter a bet- on sale. This walking tour from scene to Santa Maria Sunrisers Lions Club: Wellness Center, 1350 N. Suey Road, Santa Meets 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Elks Lodge, ter start in life, Animal Services needs you. scene at the mission by the light of the Meets at 7:15 a.m. on the fi rst and third Maria. Need more info: call Mike at 934- 1309 N. Bradley Road, Santa Maria. Info: They especially need helpers who can pro- moon and candlelight will take visitors Wednesday of the month at Moxie Cafe, 3948 or Lorri at 481-7545. 937-2304. vide a quiet place for an injured animal to back to the 1820s to observe the mission 1317 W. McCoy Ave. All are welcome. Info: The Orcutt Lions Club: Meets the fi rst Santa Maria Noontime Kiwanis: Meets recover. Info: Stacy, 934-6981. people in a typical night of activity. Tickets Call Don at 720-4898. and third Wednesdays of the month at the noon Thursdays, Minami Community Center, Shadow’s Fund: Dedicated to the res- for the event and mission-style meal are Santa Maria Coin Club: Meets at 7 p.m. Orcutt Lions Club, 126 South Broadway at 600 W. Enos, Santa Maria. Info: 922-0856. cue, rehabilitation and rehoming of shel- $40 per person and are limited to those 6 the third Wednesday of the month at the Clark Avenue in Old Orcutt. Doors open Lompoc Valley of the Flowers Toast- ter dogs, specializing in pit bulls, seniors years and older. To purchase a ticket on- Elwin Mussell Senior Center, 510 Park Ave. at 6:30 p.m. for socializing; the meeting master Club: Meets 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. and other high risk dogs, needs volun- line, visit www.lapurisimamission.org. To in Santa Maria. Coin collectors of all ages starts at 7. Meetings are open to the public. Thursdays, Bethany Lutheran Church, 135 teers in the Lompoc area to walk dogs, purchase by mail, send a check marked are invited. Bring coins for free apprais- Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2521: South E Street. Info: 733-3948. help at adoption events, post fl yers and “Candlelight” payable to Prelado de los als. Yearly dues are $20 single, $25 fam- Meets on the fi rst Tuesday of the month Rotary Club of Vandenberg Village: more. Info: 735-3165, email info@shad- Tesoros to La Purisima Mission State His- ily. Info: 937-3158. at 7 p.m. at The Veterans of Foreign Wars Meets 6:45 a.m. Fridays, Calvary Baptist owsfund.org. toric Park, 2295 Purisima Road, Lompoc CA Californians for Green Nuclear Power Hall, 200 E. Battles Rd. in Santa Maria. Church, 3355 Constellation Road. Info: Volunteers for Inter-Valley Animals 93436. Information: Call 805-733-3713 or “Friends of Diablo Canyon”: Meets the Info: 925-5215 Gene Pritchett, 735-7763. (VIVA): 133 North D St., Lompoc, oper- visit the above website. Proceeds from the fi rst and third Tuesday of every month at Al-Anon: Meets 7 to 8:30 p.m. Mon- Scrabble Players: 1 to 4 p.m. Fridays, ates a no-kill cat shelter and foster-un- event help to support educational programs 10 a.m. at the Co ee Bean, 345 Five Cities days, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 2800 Oak Knolls Haven, 4845 S. Bradley Road, til-adopted dog program. They need vol- and the animals at La Purisima Mission. Drive, Pismo Beach. CGNP advocates for Harris Grade Road, Lompoc. Info: Irene, Orcutt. Info: 934-0885. unteers to sit with cats at a Petsmart or safe, reliable, low-cost, carbon-free nuclear 736-0613; 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, 119 Fun Bugs of Santa Maria: Monthly his- PetCo booth on weekends, clean a room or ONGOING power and to Keep Diablo Canyon Open. North D St. Info: Peg, 733-1237. torical driving tours of our beautiful Cen- patio, wash food dishes and litter boxes, pet United Blood Services: 10 a.m. to Interested parties are welcome. Please go Santa Maria Duplicate Bridge Unit tral Coast. Open to street legal Manx style and groom cats and provide foster homes 6 p.m. Mondays; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednes- to our website [email protected]. #543: Meets at noon Mondays and Fri- buggies/Baja bugs. No dues, no board of for dogs and kittens. Donations of Purina days and Thursdays; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fri- Lompoc EAA Chapter 275 Antique Air- days and noon the fourth Saturday of directors, no president, just family fun and Cat Chow (blue or green bags), bleach, days; and by appointment Sundays for craft Display Day: Experimental and an- each month. Games held at Merrill Gar- an enjoyable learning experience about dish soap, paper towels, dryer sheets and platelet donations only, Santa Maria Blood tique aircraft is on display the third Satur- dens, Building 1350 Activity Theater, our local area. Info about next trip: Con- trash bags are needed. Adoptions are held 00 Center, 1770 S. Broadway. Closed Tuesdays. day of the month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 1350 Suey Rd., Santa Maria. For info tact Stephanie Maly at 805-260-2768 or 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays or by appointment. 1 Info and to schedule a donation: 928-2546. Admission is free. call: 938-0772. [email protected]. Info: 735-6741. C4 | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 ADVICE/PUZZLES SANTA MARIA TIMES

DEAR ABBY TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Sunday, Sept. 2, the 245th day of 2018. There are 120 Phone calls made on the run out of days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in His- tory: On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan for- mally surrendered in ceremonies boredom deeply o ensive to friend aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. EAR ABBY: May I say what the recipient feels or wants However, I agree that it’s insensi- of mine posted online: “There’s On this date: something about people to say, the conversation is ended. tive and, because it bothered you, a reason the rearview mirror is In 1864, during the Civil War, D who call “friends” or others To be clear: I do not have a I hope you made your feelings so small and the windshield is so Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s they haven’t talked to recently reputation of talking too much or known. I’m glad you wrote be- large. It’s because where you’re forces occupied Atlanta. while they’re extending phone conversations. cause it happens often, I suspect, headed is much more important In 1944, during World War II, driving to an ap- Talkativeness on my part was not and not just to you. than where you’ve been.” Navy pilot Lt. (jg) George Herbert pointment or other a reason for this behavior. I feel if DEAR ABBY: Life hasn’t been Now, when a sad memory Walker Bush was shot down by errand, only to someone wants to talk to me and easy for me. I taught in inner-city comes to mind, I say to myself, Japanese forces as he completed abruptly end the respects me as an individual, the schools for 35 years and lost three “big windshield; small rearview a bombing run over the Bonin conversation when conversation should be a MU- life partners who were addicted to mirror,” let go of the unwanted Islands. (Bush was rescued by the destination is TUAL interaction — not some- alcohol and drugs before they died thought and move on. This has the crew of the submarine USS JEANNE reached? Two peo- thing crammed into the caller’s of AIDS. Out of necessity, I had to been benefi cial for my well-being, Finback; his two crew members, PHILLIPS ple have done this schedule. I’d rather the person carry on with my professional life and I hope it will be for others. — however, died.) to me recently. One not call than treat me like a sec- while struggling with my unfor- DESERT JACK Ten years ago: Republicans was an old friend ond-class citizen. — WANTING tunate personal life. DEAR JACK: I’m glad you assailed Barack Obama as the I hadn’t seen in 13 years. As soon TO CATCH UP I’m happily retired now and shared this. Clinging to loss and most liberal, least experienced as the destination was reached, I DEAR WANTING: My mother living a wonderful life in Palm sadness isn’t healthy for anyone. White House nominee in history heard an abrupt, “Well, I’m here used to complain to me about the Springs. But sometimes I fi nd my- Sometimes we need to remind at their convention in St. Paul, ... talk to ya later!” Click! same thing when another relative self starting to dwell on unhappy ourselves to keep the past behind Minnesota, and enthusiastically I think it’s incredibly rude. It’s did it with her. (“I’m home now, memories from my past. When it us rather than let it clutter up our extolled their own man, John Mc- as if the recipient of the call is gotta go!”) I don’t think people happens, I have found an e ective present. Thank you for sharing Cain, as ready to lead the nation. merely an afterthought to alleviate who do this mean to be rude; they coping method. It came from a your coping method. I, too, hope One year ago: President Don- boredom while driving. No matter may simply be overscheduled. simple mantra a former student it will help readers. ald Trump visited with survivors of Hurricane Harvey, touring a Houston shelter housing hun- SUDOKU CRYPTOGRAMS | BY MYLES MELLOR dreds of displaced people and meeting with emergency re- HOW TO PLAY: sponders in Lake Charles, Lou- Solve the puz- There’s something fishy going on isiana; it was Trump’s second zle by entering visit to the region in the wake of numbers into 1. JGX BIC PRYG YZ PKMMX BMF YOBIE BMF the storm. the grids so Today’s Birthdays: Former that each row, QIRVVRBME? QCTBKYC EGCX YJRO RM YTGZZVY! Sen. Alan K. Simpson, R-Wyo., is column, and 87. Pro and College Football Hall of 3 by 3 block 2. IORY TOVQ LNJQ GWKZR D TWJ DEA MTOEATX Famer Terry Bradshaw is 70. Ac- of cells, each tor Mark Harmon is 67. Interna- contain every IWTTWG JYQZ DKWNEA MQLDNRQ JYQX’KQ YWWVQA tional Tennis Hall of Famer Jimmy number from Connors is 66. Actress Linda Purl 1 through 9. WE JYQZ! is 63. Pro Football Hall of Famer Each puzzle Eric Dickerson is 58. Actor Keanu has only one Reeves is 54. International Boxing solution. 3. UFCCKIX UFDWUC DLOWA JZWKU EIOLUKJW EKCZ- Hall of Famer Lennox Lewis is 53. Actress Salma Hayek is 52. Ac- JCIUAKXWC! tor-comedian Katt Williams is 45.

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DEAR ABBY TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Monday, Sept. 3, the Woman wonders when to mention implants 246th day of 2018. There are 119 days left in the year. This is Labor EAR ABBY: I have been in Now that this relationship is ing him would be better than feel- let her continue doing it. Was Day. a relationship with a very serious, I wonder if I need to tell ing guilty that you didn’t. I wrong to ask her to stop? The Today’s Highlight in History: D special man who is fi ve years my guy. If he leaves after I tell him, DEAR ABBY: I was at a sold- show began at 9:15 p.m. and, On Sept. 3, 1939, Britain, France, younger. We met on an online then I guess he wasn’t The One. I’d out performance recently, seated while not inappropriate, wasn’t Australia and New Zealand declared dating site and have been seeing prefer not to say anything. I’ve had next to a family with two young geared toward entertaining war on Germany, two days after the each other for several years. We the implants so long, I feel they are daughters. The youngest daughter kids. I’m not surprised she got Nazi invasion of Poland; in a radio are well suited for part of me, not something foreign had on LED light-up shoes that bored, but her light-up shoes address, Britain’s King George VI each other and very in my body. I am afraid he may would fl ash and blink whenever were ruining my experience, and said, “With God’s help, we shall much in love. We have an altered opinion of my body she stomped her feet. her parents were doing noth- prevail.” The same day, a German have now decided after I tell him. Please advise. — She quietly watched the fi rst ing about it. How could I have U-boat torpedoed and sank the to live together, OLD, BUT NOT DEAD half of the show, but got restless handled the situation better? — British liner SS Athenia some 250 with the possibility DEAR O.B.N.D.: If you really during the second half and began DISTRACTED IN THE EAST miles o the Irish coast, killing of marriage if it believe he’d leave you after several stomping her feet to watch the DEAR DISTRACTED: You more than 100 out of the 1,400 or JEANNE won’t jeopardize years together because you told lights, which was extremely did nothing wrong. You couldn’t so people on board. PHILLIPS our retirement in- him you have breast implants, distracting in the dark venue. I have handled the situation bet- On this date: comes. then he REALLY isn’t the man for gently asked if she would please ter than you did. The child’s In 1609, English explorer Henry My dilemma is you. I think you should level with stop and thanked her when she father was out of line for using Hudson and his crew aboard the I have breast implants. I had the him, because if one of the implants obliged, just as I would have done vulgarity, which was uncalled Half Moon entered present-day surgery 20 years ago when I was should need an “adjustment” or if she were my own daughter. for. Rather than leave the per- New York Harbor and began sail- newly widowed and about to start replacement, he will fi nd out then A few minutes later, the family formance, all the parents had to ing up the river that now bears his dating again. I never told any of and may resent the fact that you got up and left. On the way out, do was keep reinforcing the idea name. (They reached present-day the men I dated, and I don’t believe hadn’t told him. If you two are her father said to me, “About my of being considerate to the other Albany before turning back.) anyone suspected. My breasts look happy together — and it appears daughter’s shoes? She’s (exple- audience members — a lesson that In 1783, representatives of the and feel natural and they have en- you are — I seriously doubt it will tive) 4!” in a tone that suggested would serve their daughter well in United States and Britain signed hanced my love life tremendously. create a wedge between you. Tell- I should have kept quiet and the future. the Treaty of Paris, which o cially ended the Revolutionary War. In 1943, Allied forces invaded It- aly during World War II, the same BRIDGE HINTS FROM HELOISE day Italian o cials signed a secret armistice with the Allies. In 1970, legendary football coach IF HE IS GOOD, Vince Lombardi, 57, died in Wash- Reader’s cake on thin icing ington, D.C. YOU MUST BE In 1978, Pope John Paul I was Editor’s note: Starting today, ipe calls for lemon zest or grated installed as the 264th ponti of the Hints from Heloise will run in this lemon peel, I manage to turn Roman Catholic Church. BETTER space on Sundays, Wednesdays and it into mush! What am I doing In 1995, the online auction site Fridays. The Ask the Doctors col- wrong? — Rosalinda N., Jupiter, eBay was founded in San Jose by We have all heard the expres- umn, which has been reduced to three Fla. Pierre Omidyar under the name sion: “The best defense is a good days a week, will run here on Tues- Rosalinda, freeze your lemon or “AuctionWeb.” o ense.” In a battle, perhaps; but days, Thursdays and Saturdays. orange peel before trying to grate In 1999, a French judge closed a at the bridge table, usually the ear Heloise: My CAKE IC- it. This really simplifi es the task. two-year inquiry into the car crash best defense comes from count- ING is usually just too thin — Heloise that killed Princess Diana, dismiss- ing high-card points — our sub- Dwhen I make it from scratch. CRYING IN OHIO ing all charges against nine photog- ject this week. How can I correct Dear Heloise: How can I keep raphers and a press motorcyclist, To start, here is a deal that this problem? — onions from making me cry when and concluding the accident was might look familiar. What should Brooke H., Sea- I’m cutting them? — Lillian B., caused by an inebriated driver. happen in four spades after West ford, Del. Brunswick, Ohio In 2003, Paul Hill, a former leads the heart king? Brooke, just add Lillian, the best way is to keep minister who said he murdered an North’s three-heart cue-bid a little more pow- those onions refrigerated until you abortion doctor and his bodyguard showed spade support and at dered sugar until need to cut them. The cooler the to save the lives of unborn babies, least game-invitational values, However, West should have HELOISE you get the con- onion, the fewer the tears. Or try was executed in Florida by injec- an overbid with a nine-loser adopted a di erent line of de- sistency you want. keeping your mouth tightly closed tion, becoming the fi rst person put hand. South’s jump to game was fense -- what? And speaking of while cutting them. Some of my to death in the United States for an- also aggressive, but he thought If he believes that South will cakes, the following letter has an- readers have suggested cutting or ti-abortion violence. he would benefi t from the auc- draw the right conclusion about other cake question! — Heloise peeling onions under cold run- Ten years ago: Alaska Gov. tion, which proved correct last the spade king (and perhaps even CRUMBLING CAKES ning water. — Heloise Sarah Palin, John McCain’s choice week, but less so today! if he doesn’t), West should cash Dear Heloise: My cake al- STORING SHARP KNIVES of running mate, roused delegates In my previous column, South the club ace at trick three, then ways seems dry and crumbles too Dear Heloise: I have some at the Republican National Con- had the spade eight and East lead the heart two. He hopes easily. Any hints on how to get a very expensive, and very sharp, vention in St. Paul, Minn., as she the six. Then, after two rounds that East can and will ru with moist cake? — Nicole R., Dal- kitchen knives that I don’t want belittled Democrat Barack Obama of hearts and a diamond shift, the spade eight, which e ects an hart, Texas to just toss in a drawer. How can I and praised the GOP nominee. South knew that West had the uppercut and promotes a trump Nicole, add two additional store them properly to keep them Baseball’s fi rst use of instant replay spade king. East had passed over trick for the defense to defeat the tablespoons of oil to your cake sharp? — Valerie K., Preston, backed an onfi eld call of a home run his partner’s opening bid and had contract. mix, and crumbling shouldn’t Idaho for Alex Rodriguez during the ninth already produced the heart ace, Why cash the club ace fi rst? be a problem. But be sure not to Valerie, there are magnetic inning of a New York Yankees game so he couldn’t also have the spade Just in case South has a single- overbake, either. For unique cake strips today that keep knives sep- against the Tampa Bay Rays. (The king. South cashed his spade ace ton club and can make a loser-on- recipes and cake-baking hints, arated and close at hand, or you Yankees won the game, 8-4.) and dropped West’s king to make loser play when East ru s with the order my four-page Heloise’s also could take an empty co ee Five years ago: Ariel Castro, his contract. spade eight. Cake Recipes by sending $3 and can, fi ll it with rice and store your who’d held three women captive in a long, self-addressed, stamped knives blade down in the rice. — his Cleveland home for nearly a de- (71 cents) envelope to: Heloise/ Heloise cade before one escaped and alerted CELEBRITY CIPHER Cakes, P.O. Box 795001, San An- BLEACHING THE authorities, was found hanged in his tonio, TX 78279-5001. Or you can KITCHEN SINK prison cell, a suicide. order it online at www.Heloise. Dear Heloise: I like to fi ll my One year ago: North Korea com. FYI: To avoid lumpy cake sink with water and bleach and carried out its sixth and strongest mix, add the water to the bowl let it sit for a few minutes to clean nuclear test, detonating what it said fi rst, then the cake mix. — Hel- it. The results are very nice, and it was a hydrogen bomb. oise doesn’t seem to damage my sink Today’s Birthdays: Actress CITRUS PEEL like an abrasive cleaner would. — Pauline Collins is 78. Rock sing- Dear Heloise: When a rec- Jean D., Coeur d’Alene, Idaho er-musician Al Jardine is 76. Ac- tress Valerie Perrine is 75. Rock gui- tarist Steve Jones (The Sex Pistols) SUDOKU is 63. Actor Costas Mandylor is 53. Actor Charlie Sheen is 53. Dance- HOW TO PLAY: rock musician Redfoo is 43. Blue- Solve the puz- grass musician Darren Nicholson zle by entering (Balsam Range) is 35. Actor Garrett numbers into Hedlund is 34. Olympic gold medal NEA CROSSWORD the grids so snowboarder Shaun White is 32. that each row, ACROSS money 59 Univ. degree 28 Mideast VIP column, and 1 Evergreen 31 Gripped 29 Furnished 3 by 3 block TODAY’S THOUGHT 4 Eatery 32 Kitten’s cry DOWN 31 Where the heart of cells, each 8 Ka-pow! 34 Archaeological 1 Arizona city is contain every 11 Small music mak- site 2 Just scraped by 33 NBA coach -- Un- “It is awfully number from ers 35 Guide a raft 3 Put on seld important to know 13 Slippery -- -- eel 36 Trig function 4 Prickly fl ora 35 Tie print 1 through 9. 14 Italian writer 37 Japanese mat 5 Tempe inst. 36 Not blatant Each puzzle what is and what is not 15 Lunch, e.g. 39 Mi s 6 Groovy 38 Quaker word has only one your business.” 16 Where Havana is 40 Scurry 7 Put into law 39 Barbarian solution. 17 Letter before 41 Well-worn pencil 8 Road shoulder 41 Dressed to the -- Gertrude Stein, sigma 42 Follows the rules 9 Tooth problem 42 Verse forms American author (1874-1946) 18 Floating 45 Aim 10 Secure a ship 43 String tie 20 One with poten- 49 Fawn’s mom 12 Negligible 44 Cartoon shrieks tial 50 Rangy 19 Diet no-no 46 Wyatt the 22 Moo goo -- pan 53 Animal’s den 21 Switch positions lawman 23 Everest or K2 54 Broad-antlered 23 Denver’s altitude 47 Near 24 Anything what- deer 24 Assistance 48 Marched along ever 55 Alleviate 25 Ounce or inch 51 Paris water THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME 27 Heavy-duty 56 Cogito -- sum 26 Billion, as a pre- 52 Inquire by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek PREVIOUS DAY’S engine 57 Plea at sea fi x Unscramble these four Jumbles, SOLUTIONS 30 -- -- for the 58 Hearty laughs 27 Knish place one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. OZAKO

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00 1 SANTA MARIA TIMES FOOD SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 | C7 SPEEDY STIR-FRIES Add unique flavors with pork, five spices

LINDA GASSENHEIMER Tribune News Service of the market. Five-spice powder gives this  Slice all vegetables in a food stir-fry its intriguing taste. The processor fi tted with a thin slicing fl avors delicately glaze the in- blade. gredients. The spice is a pungent Countdown: mixture of star anise, cinnamon,  Make rice. cloves, fennel seed and Szechwan  Prepare all ingredients. peppercorns. You can use it to add  Make Five Spice Stir-Fry. a di erent fl avor to other rice or Shopping List: vegetable dishes. To buy: ½ pound pork ten- The dish has several ingredi- derloin, 1 medium red bell pep- ents, but once they’re assembled per, 1 small jar Chinese fi ve-spice they take only a few minutes to powder, 1 small package slivered cook. This stir-fry takes only 6 almonds, 1 package microwave- to 7 minutes once in the wok. You able brown rice, 1 container sliced can even prepare the ingredients baby bello mushrooms, 1 package the night before for a quick dinner frozen corn kernels, 1 jar minced the next day. garlic, 1 package sliced carrots,1 Helpful Hints: small bottle low-sodium soy  Minced garlic can be found in sauce and 1 small bottle rice wine the produce section. Four crushed vinegar. STEVE KLISE, AMERICA’S TEST garlic cloves can be used instead. Staples: onion, cornstarch, fat- KITCHEN  Chinese fi ve-spice powder free, low-sodium chicken broth, can be found in the spice section canola oil, salt and black pepper- or sometimes in the ethnic section corns. Chicken, broccoli mix only takes a few minutes to complete AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN To save on time, use precut a 12-inch nonstick skillet with a Five-spice pork stir-fry Quick-cooking stir-fries are broccoli fl orets rather than fuss- tight-fi tting lid for this recipe. Yield: 2 servings a natural choice for weeknight ing with a whole head of broc- Note that you’ll need ½ cup of For sauce: dinners. This one combines coli. For a crisp-tender texture basil, so shop accordingly. Long-  ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon fat-free, easy-prep ingredients with a lev- and bright green color, we steam grain white, basmati, or Texmati low-sodium chicken broth, di- eled-up sauce made from Asian the broccoli slightly in the skillet rice can be substituted for the vided use pantry staples. before sauteing it. You will need jasmine rice.  1 ½ tablespoons rice wine vin- egar Stir-fried chicken and broccoli with herbs and scallion rice  1 teaspoon Chinese fi ve-spice powder Servings: 4; Start to fi nish: 45 minutes  2 teaspoons minced garlic Ingredients  1 tablespoon low-salt, soy sauce  1 ½ cups jasmine rice  1 tablespoon fresh ginger  1 red bell pepper For stir-fry:  Salt and pepper  ½ cup fresh basil  1 pound boneless, skinless  1 tablespoon slivered almonds  ¼ cup oyster sauce  ¼ cup fresh mint chicken breasts  2 teaspoons canola oil LINDA GASSENHEIMER, TNS  1 tablespoon rice vinegar  4 scallions  2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon  ½ cup sliced onion golden, about 20 seconds. Set aside  1 tablespoon chili-garlic sauce  12 ounces broccoli fl orets vegetable oil  ½ cup sliced red bell pepper on a plate. Add oil to wok and heat Directions  ½ cup sliced carrots over high heat until smoking. Add Rinse rice in fi ne-mesh strainer until water runs clear. until no longer pink, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer  ½ pound pork tenderloin, cut Bring rice, 2 ¼ cups water, and ¼ teaspoon salt to sim- to plate. Add 1 tablespoon oil to now-empty skillet and into ½-inch cubes onion, red bell pepper, and carrots, and stir-fry 3 minutes. Add pork, mer in large saucepan over medium heat. Reduce heat increase heat to high. Add broccoli and cook for 30 sec-  ½ cup sliced baby bello mush- to low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid onds. Add ¹⁄ cup water, cover, and reduce heat to me- rooms mushrooms and corn and to stir-fry ³ 2 minutes more. Add salt and pepper is absorbed, 16 to 18 minutes. Remove pot from heat, dium. Steam broccoli until just tender, about 2 minutes.  1 cup frozen corn kernels to taste. Transfer to a bowl. lay clean folded dish towel underneath lid, and let sit for Uncover broccoli, stir in bell pepper, and cook until  Salt and freshly ground black 10 minutes. While rice cooks, whisk 2 tablespoons water, vegetables are tender and most of liquid has evapo- pepper Add broth mixture to the wok and boil 1 minute. Stir cornstarch into the oyster sauce, vinegar, and chili-garlic sauce together in rated, about 3 minutes. Push vegetables to sides of skil-  ½ teaspoon cornstarch small bowl; set aside. Peel and grate 1 tablespoon ginger. let. Add remaining 1 teaspoon oil and ginger to center remaining 1 tablespoon broth, and Chop ½ cup basil and ¼ cup mint. Slice scallions thin. and cook, mashing ginger into pan, until fragrant, about Directions add to the wok. Boil to thicken sauce, Cut broccoli fl orets into 1-inch pieces. Stem and seed 30 seconds. Return cooked chicken, with any accumu- Mix ¼ cup chicken broth, vinegar, about 30 seconds. Remove wok from bell pepper, then slice thin. Trim chicken, slice each lated juices, to skillet and toss to combine. Stir in oyster fi ve-spice powder, garlic, and soy heat. Add stir-fried ingredients and breast in half lengthwise, then slice crosswise ¼ inch sauce mixture and simmer until slightly thickened, about sauce together. Set aside. Heat a wok toss to coat with sauce. Serve with thick. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet 1 minute. O heat, stir in basil and mint. Flu rice with or large nonstick skillet over high rice and sprinkle almonds on top. over medium-high heat until shimmering. Cook chicken fork and stir in scallions. Serve stir-fry over rice. heat. Add almonds and toss until Recipe by Linda Gassenheimer Discover the blessing of pimento cheese

KATIE WORKMAN | Associated Press If pimento cheese is already part of your life, then you are blessed for sure. If not, get ready for life to get a little bit better. And get ready for one of the best burgers of your life. It’s dangerous ground for a Yankee like me to start messing around with a Southern recipe like pimento cheese. This may well not be how you (or your mom or grandma) make it. But I’ve done a bit of research now, and a bit of testing, and I humbly submit JOE KELLER, this version for your consideration. AMERICA’S Don’t use pre-grated cheese for this — freshly grated cheese tastes better and makes TEST KITCHEN the mixture adhere together better. Talented Southern chef Gri Day shared his secret ingredient with me: He uses a splash of bourbon in his pimento cheese, and that little trick really seems to add some depth and extra fl avor to my version as well. If you don’t have smoked paprika on hand, you can sub in regular paprika, or just skip it. Easy 7-layer dip embraces Burgers with pimento cheese spread Servings: 6; Start to fi nish: 45 minutes (this doesn’t include the minimum one day of re- bold, Southwestern flavors frigeration for the pimento cheese) AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN 2 teaspoons lime juice, chili powder, and Pimento cheese spread: Use your fi ngers to make an indentation in the To create the ultimate version of this ¹⁄8 teaspoon salt in food processor until  ½ cup mayonnaise middle of each patty about 1 to 1-½ inches wide appealing dip with bold Southwestern mixture resembles chunky paste, about 15  3 ounces cream cheese, softened and about ½-inch deep. The burgers will swell fl avors and a simple, no-fuss technique, pulses. Spread bean mixture evenly over  2 tablespoons minced red onion a bit during cooking, and therefore end up fl at, we distilled every layer down to its es- bottom of 8-inch square baking dish or  1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce not rounded (which would make any toppings sential fl avors and designed our recipe 1-quart glass bowl. Wipe out food proces-  1 teaspoon bourbon slide o ). to emphasize those elements. sor, add sour cream and 2 ½ cups pepper  ½ teaspoon Sriracha or other hot sauce, Preheat a grill to medium-high. Grill the Jack, and pulse until smooth, about 15 or to taste burgers for about 4 minutes on each side, or Ultimate seven-layer dip pulses. Spread sour cream mixture evenly  ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika until they are cooked as you like them. The Servings: 8-10 over bean layer. Top evenly with remaining  Large pinch cayenne pepper FDA recommends an internal temperature of Start to fi nish: 45 minutes 1 ½ cups pepper Jack, followed by guaca-  ½ pound grated sharp cheddar cheese 160 degrees F for cooked ground meat, but mole and, fi nally, drained tomato mixture.  1 7-ounce jar pimentos, drained and you may decide di erently. Ingredients  4 large tomatoes,  1 (15-ounce) can Sprinkle with sliced scallion greens before minced Place each burger on the bottom of a bun, serving.  Kosher salt to taste top the burger with a generous spoonful (about cored, seeded black beans, and chopped fi ne drained but not Burgers: a heaping tablespoon) of pimento cheese, and  2 jalapeño chiles, rinsed Guacamole  1-½ pounds ground chuck (about 80/20) let everyone top with the tomatoes, onions and stemmed, seeded  2 garlic cloves,  3 ripe avocados  2 tablespoons  1 teaspoon Kosher salt, or to taste lettuce as they please. and minced minced  ¼ cup chopped fi nely chopped  ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper, or to  3 tablespoons  ¾ teaspoon chili fresh cilantro onion taste CHEYENNE COHEN, minced fresh ci- powder  1 jalapeño chili,  2 garlic cloves,  6 hamburger buns, to serve, toasted if ASSOCIATED PRESS lantro  1 ½ cups sour stemmed, seeded minced desired  6 scallions (2 cream and minced  Salt  Sliced tomatoes, onions and lettuce to minced; 4, green  1 pound pepper  2 tablespoons  ½ teaspoon serve (optional) parts only, sliced Jack cheese, lime juice ground cumin Directions thin) shredded (4 Directions In a mixing bowl, combine the mayonnaise,  2 tablespoons cups) Halve 1 avocado, remove pit, and scoop cream cheese, onion, Worcestershire sauce, plus 2 teaspoons  3 cups guaca- fl esh into medium bowl. Add cilantro, jala- bourbon, Sriracha, smoked paprika and cay- lime juice (2 mole (recipe peño, onion, lime juice, garlic, ¾ teaspoon enne. Stir in the cheddar cheese and pimentos, limes) follows) salt, and cumin and mash with potato season with salt to taste, and add more hot  Salt masher (or fork) until mostly smooth. Halve sauce if desired. Pack into a container and Directions and pit remaining two avocados. Carefully refrigerate for at least one day, and up Toss tomatoes, jalapeños, cilantro, make ½-inch crosshatch incisions in fl esh to seven. minced scallions, 2 tablespoons lime juice, with butter knife, cutting down to but not Place the ground beef in a large and ¹⁄8 teaspoon salt in bowl. Let stand until through skin. Insert spoon between skin and bowl. Season with salt and pepper and tomatoes begin to soften, about 30 min- fl esh, gently scoop out avocado cubes, and use your hands to mix in the seasonings. utes. Strain through fi ne-mesh strainer, add to mashed mixture. Gently mash until Form all of the meat into six equal-size discard liquid, and return to bowl. Mean- mixture is well combined but still coarse. patties, making the edges as neat as you can. 00 while, pulse black beans, garlic, remaining Season with salt to taste. Serve. 1 C8 | Sunday, September 2, 2018 Santa Maria Times

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GREAT GRASSES Purple mums paired with Try these ornamental grasses fl amegrass (Miscanthus in your yard for eye-catching sinensis var. purpurascens) create a fabulous pink-and-purple (and low-maintenance) combination in this New York drama. Cut grasses back garden that’s still going strong as annually in late winter and temperatures dip in fall. divide large clumps every two or three years.

SILVERGRASS Miscanthus sinensis ‘Cosmopolitan’, Zones 5–9, 6–7 feet tall, full sun. Creamy, striped leaves complement Natural silky tassels in fall. BLACK MONDOGRASS Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’, Zones 6–9, 8 inches tall, full to part sun. This front-of-border plant contrasts with nearly any plant. TEXTURESEasy-care ornamental grasses bring welcome contrast and year-round interest to a country landscape.

written by LUKE MILLER • photography by MATTHEW BENSON

hen she and her acquisition led to another. And another. Joan sets her grasses apart with garden husband, Don, moved Joan now has a collection of about structures and mowed or mulched paths. to a rural home in 30 species and cultivars of ornamental Companion plants, such as Ligularia, western New York, grasses ranging from a diminutive 6-inch- Helianthus, Rudbeckia, Echinacea, Joan Mariea was tall ‘Elijah Blue’ fescue to a 12-foot-tall hydrangea, anemone, aster, and mum, also FLAMEGRASS Wfaced with the opportunity—and Japanese silvergrass. “I love growing break up the mass of foliage. Bulbs carry Miscanthus sinensis var. challenge—of selecting grasses because they are quite easy the show in spring as grasses emerge. purpurascens, Zones 4–9, 3–4 feet tall, plants for their acreage. to care for and aren’t plagued by “On a design level, grasses are versatile,” full sun. Feathery plumes complement “I barely knew the insects or diseases,” she says. Joan says of the plants she relies on for orange-red fall foliage. difference between “Another huge factor for us season-long interest. “With the right an annual and a is they are deer-resistant. combinations, you can achieve a formal, perennial,” she Living in the country with elegant look or a natural, whimsical look.” says. “I had a lot this much to care for, it is a As she’s gardened, Joan has also learned of trial and error relief in the fall not to have the value of soil amendments. They’ve over the years, but to worry about protecting saved her garden repeatedly over the I think that is one them from deer or freezing years. When she began gardening, Joan of the best ways Joan temperatures in the winter.” quickly discovered the pitfalls of planting Mariea to learn.” Grasses provide long-lasting in heavy clay soil; during her first planting One thing Joan impact, arising in spring, growing forays, many plants languished or died. learned early on was rapidly in summer, and peaking in fall. Fortunately, a nearby dairy farmer the value of ornamental grasses. “I just Then they add winter interest when other offered to sell her as much compost got totally hooked on them before they plants have disappeared beneath the snow. and cow manure as she could use. The were cool, before anyone knew what they Other than being cut back in early spring amending continues to this day. “You were,” she says. Her first purchase was and some dividing every few years, grasses can have the most beautiful plants in YOUR BEST LIFE Pick up a copy of Living the zebragrass, which captivated her with its require little maintenance. As a gardening the world,” she says, “but if they are not ® Country Life magazine today at striped, wispy habit and pretty seed heads. newbie, Joan did a lot of experimenting as put into good soil, it will only lead to TheMeredithStore.com or find a As with many burgeoning hobbies, one she planted. disappointment and frustration.” copy wherever magazines are sold.

TEST KITCHEN RECIPE Make P.F. Chang’s lettuce wraps at home SUSAN SELASKY pact curly leaves. Not all stores Detroit Free Press‌ Spicy Asian Lettuce Wraps‌ In a medium bowl, whisk hoisin sauce, soy sauce, wa- carry them. ter and chili-garlic sauce together in large bowl; set aside. ‌Popular Asian eatery P.F. The leaves of Little Gem Serves: 4/Prep time: 15 minutes/Total time: 45 minutes In a food processor pulse the pork until it’s just coarsely Chang’s has been celebrating have a slightly sweet flavor and „„ You can substitute one minced clove of garlic and ¼ chopped, about 5 to 10 pulses. Do this in two batches if its 25th birthday. they’re crunchy — but not fall- teaspoon of cayenne pepper for the Asian chili-garlic your food processor is small. The lettuce wraps are argu- apart crunchy like whole heads sauce. Make sure the pork tenderloin (or whatever In a large nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over me- ably one of the most popular of iceberg can be. protein you are using) is well chilled. This will keep it dium-high heat. Add the pork and cook until no longer pink, and best-loved dishes at P.F. Another lettuce I came across from turning to mush in the food processor. about 4 minutes. Transfer pork to bowl with hoisin mixture. Chang’s. They consist of sea- recently is a smaller version of „„ ¼ cup hoisin sauce Stir to combine. „„ 3 Tbsp. reduced-sodium soy sauce In the same skillet, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil soned ground chicken that’s romaine. These are about half over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add the bell pep- scooped into crunchy iceberg the size of romaine hearts, and „„ 2 Tbsp. water „„ 1 Tbsp. chili paste (Sambal Oelek) or chili-garlic sauce, per and water chestnuts. Cook until bell pepper softens, lettuce and topped with crispy they’re sold three to a package or to taste about 3 minutes. Add ginger and cook until fragrant, about bean thread noodles. Wrap and for about $3. „„ 1 pork tenderloin (16 ounces), well-chilled, trimmed 30 seconds. Add pork mixture to skillet, bring to simmer, eat. Smaller varieties of lettuce and cut into 1-inch chunks and heat through, about 1 minute. Transfer to serving dish. The chain won’t give out are ideal for wraps. If you’re „„ 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil, divided In small bowl mix together the sauce ingredients, ad- the recipe, of course, but it’s watching your carbohydrate „„ 1 large red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded and cut into justing to taste. If you want it spicy, add more chili paste. fairly simple to replicate. Most intake and omitting bread, ¼-inch pieces To serve, spoon pork mixture into lettuce leaves. Serve copycat recipes I’ve seen call for they’re a fine for making sand- „„ One 8-oz. can water chestnuts, drained and chopped with the sauce on the side for drizzling over pork. mixing the ground chicken with wiches. They also make ter- „„ 1 Tbsp. fresh ginger, grated Cook’s note: To make the cilantro slaw, in a medium bowl mix together purchased broccoli-slaw mix with ½ cup sliced chopped mushrooms and wa- rific holders for appetizers like „„ 1 head of Bibb lettuce, leaves separated Serving Sauce green onion, ½ cup chopped cilantro leaves and about ⅓ ter chestnuts, but you can make shrimp cocktail. cup mint leaves. Double the sauce mixture from above and the wraps however you like. Today’s lettuce-wrap recipe „„ 2 Tbsp. reduced-sodium soy sauce drizzle it over the slaw, toss to coat. Top the lettuce wraps P.F. Chang’s uses iceberg features pork tenderloin. But „„ 1 tsp. sugar with the slaw. lettuce, but my preference is to you can use chicken or make „„ 1 Tbsp. canola oil Nutritional information per serving: 365 calories (40 use either the softer Bibb let- it with all vegetables. It also „„ 1 Tbsp. sesame oil, optional percent from fat), 16 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 20 g carbo- tuce or the Little Gem romaine works with beef and shrimp. „„ 1 to 2 tsp. Asian chili paste hydrates, 34 g protein, 932 mg sodium, 90 mg cholesterol, „„ 1 Tbsp. rice vinegar variety. The Little Gem are You’ll need to adjust the cook- 3 g fiber. — Adapted from Cook’s Country magazine, May „„ Cilantro-Mint Slaw (optional), see note 2013 issue 00 small lettuce heads with com- ing times accordingly. 1 SPORTS Sunday, September 2, 2018 | santamariatimes.com | SECTION D Ventura sweeps Big Ditch Invitational KENNY CRESS meet was the season-opener for her won with time to spare in [email protected]‌ many, if not all, of the squads 12:53.08. Ventura senior Char- ‌The Ventura varsity cross that competed there. The top 10 lie Hammel finished second in country program had a big day finishers in each varsity and fro- 12:57.49. Saturday. sh-soph race earned medals. Arroyo Grande senior Cooper Both of the Cougars’ varsity Ventura junior Madeleine Limon was the only area varsity teams won at the Greg DeNike Locher led a 1-3-4 finish for the runner who medaled. Limon fin- Big Ditch Invitational that took Cougars in the varsity girls race. ished ninth in the boys race. place at Talley Fields on the out- Locher won in 15:11.21, well ahead Righetti junior Fabricio De La skirts of Arroyo Grande. Ventura’s of runner-up Brooklyn Gonsalves Cruz and Cabrillo junior Makayla girls beat second-place Alta Loma of Alta Loma, who finished in Pablo finished just out of the 21-50 and Ventura’s boys bested 15:58.64. medals. De La Cruz wound up 11th runner-up Paso Robles 43-51. “I believe this is the first time in the varsity boys race. Pablo fin- The meet was re-named the I’ve won a varsity race,” Locher ished 12th in the varsity girls race. Greg DeNike Big Ditch Invita- said. “I ran this course the last “This was my first varsity tional several years ago in honor two years, as a freshman and a race,” said Pablo. “I wish I could of the late Greg DeNike who was sophomore, and it was good to have gotten into the top 10 here a veteran cross country coach at come back. because I was in the top 10 the Arroyo Grande High School. De- “This is a great course to start previous two years (in the fro- F RanK MATA, CONTRIBUTED PHOTO‌ Nike also coached boys basketball (the season) on.” sh-soph race). I was satisfied with Members of the Orcutt Academy boys cross country team pose for a at Pioneer Valley and Righetti. The boys varsity race was closer my time, though.” photo before Saturday’s Greg DeNike Big Ditch Invitational cross country Runners competed on a some- than the girls’, but Bakersfield race at Arroyo Grande’s Talley Fields. what hilly 4K loop course. The Stockdale junior Adham Ma- Please see DeNIKE, Page D4 Poly opens with loss at N.D. State ERIC W. BURDICK Contributor‌ ‌FARGO, N.D. — Lance Dunn scored three touchdowns in the first half and No. 1 North Dakota State turned a 28-3 halftime lead into a 49-3 victory over Cal Poly in the 2018 season opener for both football teams Saturday afternoon in the Fargodome. Dunn ran 35, 1 and 12 yards in the opening 30 minutes of play and Bruce Anderson added a 10-yard scoring run as the Bison raced to a 25-point halftime lead. Cal Poly, which scored its only points in the first half on a ca- reer-long 50-yard field goal by Casey Sublette midway through the first quarter, was held out of the end zone for the second straight game. The Mustangs were shut out for the first time in over 20 years in last year’s finale at Northern Colorado. Mustang senior fullback Joe Protheroe, who missed the final nine games of the 2017 season due to an injury, scampered 57 LNE WOOD, STAFF‌ yards on 12 carries to open his final campaign as a Mustang. Herminio Plata, the head groundskeeper at Monarch Dunes Golf Course in Nipomo, will be working the Ryder Cup near Paris in September. Broc Mortensen added 22 yards on just three trips. Senior quarterback Khaleel Jenkins, who played just the first five games a year ago due to an injury, added seven yards on 15 Plata to work Ryder Cup trips and completed two of five passes for 60 yards, both to J.J. Groundskeeper 20 of us will be joining other team. He said he had no idea he said. “There were five questions Koski, before suffering another volunteers at the Ryder Cup. We would ever get to work at the Ry- and I answered them in a manner, injury — the same left knee but preps for Paris could be filling in the greens. We der Cup. I guess, that the selection com- a different type of injury — mid- could be mowing tees, rolling Earlier this year, Plata said, he mittee liked. way through the third quarter. KENNY CRESS greens, breaking in bunkers. We was the assistant superintendent “The gentleman from the se- [email protected]‌ could be doing anything. at Monarch Dunes (he said he’s lection committee who called Please see POLY, Page D4 ‌Herminio Plata has helped “An event like this is similar to the superintendent now) when, and told me I had been picked oversee operations at the the U.S. Open, where you could Plata said, then-Monarch Dunes said the answers I gave were ex- Monarch Dunes golf course in have more than 100 volunteers. superintendent Tom Elliott sug- actly what they were looking for.” Nipomo since the course’s in- You could see 10 mowers mow- gested he go through the appli- said his application for a pass- ception in 2006. ing the fairways at Augusta Na- cation process for a Ryder Cup port was, by coincidence, ideal Cutdown day From Sept. 23-30, he will be tional (site of the Masters Tour- volunteer spot. timing. working somewhere else. nament).” “In reality, it was because of “About two months prior to Plata will be one of the vol- The Ryder Cup takes place bi- Tom Elliott that I applied,” said applying (for a volunteer slot unteers working at the 42nd ennially, and pits golf teams from the current Monarch Dunes su- at the Ryder Cup), I applied for in the NFL annual Ryder Cup which takes the United States and Europe perintendent, “Without Tom El- my passport. I had no idea at the place Sept. 27-30 at the Alba- against each other. liott, I never would have applied. time I would be applying to be a RG3 still a Raven, tros Course of Le Golf National When the volunteers are there, “You think, ‘With all those ap- volunteer at the Ryder Cup. in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, “We’ll be working two shifts,” plicants, they’re never going to “When the selection com- AJ McCarron France, a suburb of Paris. said Plata. “We’ll work in the pick me.’” mittee notified me, they had sent to Oakland “I was one of 10 (greenskeep- morning, be off from about Still, thanks to Elliott’s prod- three questions,” said Plata. ers) selected from our (group), 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., then work from ding, Plata went after the dream “’Are you available (during Ryder ASSOCIATED PRESS nine from the United States, one about 3 to about 7 or 8, after all when he applied last March. Cup week)? Do you have a valid ‌RG3 is staying put while AJ is from Canada,” Plata said recently the golfers are through.” Now, he’s going to be living the passport? Can you get yourself switching coasts. at Monarch Dunes. Plata is an area soccer referee dream. to New York?’” Robert Griffin III, the 2012 “We’ll be joining 10 from the and has a daughter, Karina Plata, The application process “was NFL Offensive Rookie of the European Association, Also, the who plays for the St. Joseph golf basically a questionnaire,” Plata Please see GOLF, Page D4 Year whose career has been disrupted by injuries since that season, remained with Baltimore as the Ravens cut their roster to the league maximum of 53 Federer ‘unreal’ in US Open win over Kyrgios on Saturday. He’ll likely be the third-string quarterback behind HOWARD FENDRICH wizardry with eyes wide open Joe Flacco and first-round draft Associated Press‌ and mouth agape. pick Lamar Jackson, but he still ‌NEW YORK — The most piv- “A special one, no doubt about has a job. otal part of Roger Federer’s U.S. it,” declared Federer, who put it AJ McCarron, who signed with Open victory over Nick Kyrgios, up there among his greatest hits, Buffalo as a free agent after four both men agreed, came all of 17 which, considering who we’re years as a backup QB in Cincin- minutes in, when the 20-time talking about, is certainly saying nati, was traded by the Bills to major champion was serving at something. Oakland. The Raiders also closed 3-all, love-40 and got out of the Much was made of Kyrgios’ a deal with Chicago to send star jam. previous match, in which chair pass rusher Khalil Mack to the The most spectacular part? umpire Mohamed Lahyani Bears for a slew of draft picks, That was, anyone who saw it climbed out of his seat to have a including two first-rounders. surely would agree, the on- chat with the 23-year-old player Mack held out for the entire a-full-sprint, drop-shot-re- about whether he was giving his offseason and preseason, seeking trieving, flick-from-a-few- best effort while trailing by a set a new, long-term contract rather inches-off-the-ground, fore- and a break. Kyrgios went on to than play under the final year of hand-around-the-net-post, win; Lahyani was chastised by his rookie deal that would have jaw-dropping winner that Fed- the U.S. Tennis Association for earned him $13.8 million. erer conjured up close to the breaching “protocol” but al- Mack and the Bears agreed to conclusion of the 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 lowed to continue officiating at a six-year, $141 million exten- tour de force in the third round the tournament. ASSOCIATED PRESS‌ sion that guarantees $90 million. Saturday. This time, of course, Roger Federer returns a shot to Nick Kyrgios during Saturday’s third “Almost unreal,” said Kyrgios, round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Federer won in 00 1 Please see CUTS, Page D4 who admired the bit of racket Please see US OPEN, Page D4 straight sets, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5. D2 | Sunday, September 2, 2018 Santa Maria Times Late eagle gives Simpson Boston lead DOUG FERGUSON putter for a 63 and was one shot Ten players were assured of their Webb Simpson reacts Associated Press‌ behind, along with Justin Rose seasons ending by missing the cut, after his eagle on ‌NORTON, Mass. – The putt (67). Tommy Fleetwood made it which means they will not finish the 18th hole to end is one that Webb Simpson never a trio of Englishman near the top among the top 70 to advance to Saturday’s second round practices enough. He wasn’t sure with his 65, leaving him three shots the third event in the FedEx Cup of the Dell Technologies it even required his putter. behind. playoffs next week outside Phil- Championship golf He worked it to perfection. Tiger Woods got into the act, adelphia. tournament at TPC From just over 70 feet away off too. Simpson, who won The Players Boston in Norton, Mass. the green on the par-5 18th, Simp- Woods came close to bogey only Championship in a landslide in Simpson’s 8-under 63 son rolled in an eagle putt for an once, making a 12-foot par putt on May, is at No. 9 and already assured gave him a one shot lead 8-under 63 to take a one-shot the par-3 11th hole, and gave him- of being among the top 30 in the heading into Sunday’s lead Saturday at the halfway point self ample opportunities in his Tour Championship. third round. of the Dell Technologies Champi- round of 66. It was an important Jordan Spieth showed signs of ASSOCIATED PRESS‌ onship. day to move forward, with con- getting on track, despite opening “You just kind of laugh at those ditions ripe for scoring, though with two straight bogeys. He ran off behind. too embarrassed to be seen in a golf because you’re not trying to make he still was seven shots behind four birdies in a five-hole stretch Hatton is riding a hot streak with store shopping for a new putter, them. You’re just trying to get Simpson. after making the turn, saved par his $149 putter that he bought even if not many in Paramus, New them close,” Simpson said. “I’ve got some work to do still,” from a bunker on the other and had last week before the final round at Jersey, would have recognized him. A gorgeous Saturday in New En- Woods said. a 67 to be in the large group at five Ridgewood Country Club. His caddie headed to a Golf gland allowed for low scoring at the Simpson was at 11-under 131, shots behind. Well, the putter his caddie Galaxy store, using a video app so TPC Boston. worth little more than pole posi- Dustin Johnson, the world’s bought. Hatton wanted to shake up Hatton could look at the options. Tyrrell Hatton of England had tion going into the final two days No. 1 player, missed several birdie his short game, but the equipment “Obviously, he made a good eight birdies with his store-bought before the Labor Day finish. chances and shot 69. He was six trucks had already left, and he was choice,” Hatton said.

SPORTSWIRE Keselowski wins Darlington after Santa Maria High golf fundraiser‌ Santa Maria High School is hosting a fundraiser golf tour- nament on Sept. 22 at Santa Maria Country Club Harvick and Chastain wreck The tournament benefits both the boys and girls golf programs at Santa Maria. The price for entry is $125 and Driver takes 1st final 35 laps. Cole Custer at Chastain’s stall to yell at Ryan Newman, Erik Jones, includes golf, cart, prizes and lunch. was second and Tyler his crew before moving be- Joey Logano, Kurt Busch There will also be a chance to win a new car for a hole- victory of any Reddick was third. Denny hind the wall and out of the and William Byron round- in-one. Those interested in playing can contact Santa Maria Hamlin, who was the race’s race. ing out the top 10. coach Jay Cheney for more information at (805) 925-2567 kind at track defending champion and Harvick and Chastain ext. 3523 or via email at [email protected]. won the pole for Sunday will see each other again NHRA: Salinas is PETE IACOBELLI night’s Southern 500, was Sunday in the Southern Top Fuel leader Associated Press‌ fourth. 500. Harvick is starting 39th annual YMCA ‘Fun'raiser‌ ‌DARLINGTON, S.C. — “This is such a huge 22nd and Chastain 33rd. INDIANAPOLIS — Mike The Santa Maria Valley YMCA is getting ready for its 39th Brad Keselowski won his confidence booster,” Kes- Keselowski will start 13th Salinas remained he Top annual “Fun”raiser golf tournament. first race at Darlington in elowski said. in Sunday’s race, filled with Fuel leader Saturday in the The “Fun”raiser will be held Friday, Sept. 28, at the a very Dar- Keselowski had a second a bit more enthusiasm and Chevrolet Performance Santa Maria Country Club. lington way. and two thirds in 15 com- belief after the win. U.S. Nationals, at Lucas Oil The four-person scramble tournament begins with a Kesel- bined Xfinity and Monster Raceway. shotgun start at 12 p.m. with champions crowned in both owski came Energy NASCAR Cup Series Hamlin wins Salinas had a 3.756-sec- the low gross (no handicaps) and low net (with handicaps out on top races at Darlington. Southern 500 Polo ond run at 321.04 mph figured in) divisions. in the Xfin- Keselowski saw the two during the first round of The Helicopter Golf Ball drop will be held at 5 p.m. with ity race here leaders tangle, went low DARLINGTON, S.C. — qualifying Friday in his an awards banquet and auction to follow. Saturday and got through. Denny Hamlin’s winning Scrappers Metal Racing The entry fee is $175 and includes one entry to the golf Keselowski after lead- “You could see it com- touch at Darlington con- dragster. ball drop. Additional balls are available for $25 apiece. ers Ross ing,” Keselowski said. “I’m tinued Saturday as the two- J.R. Todd led in Funny Tickets for the dinner and auction are available for $30. Chastain and Kevin Harvick just glad we came out on time Southern 500 cham- Car, Tanner Gray in Pro To sign up or get more details, call Cathy Otero at (805) wrecked 37 laps from the t o p .” pion won the pole to try to Stock, and Eddie Krawiec 937-8521 or send an email to [email protected]. end in an incident where the Chastain and Harvick defend his title. Hamlin had in Pro Stock Motorcycle. 2014 NASCAR champion were side by side in pass- a fast lap of 173.571 mph to Defending event winner drove into Chastain’s pit ing a lapped car 110 laps in win his first pole at Darling- Todd had a 3.910 at 325.45 CENTRAL COAST‌ SPORTS stall to complain and then when it appeared Harvick ton. in a Toyota Camry on Fri- Sunday‌ pointedly said his 25-year- forced Chastain briefly Kyle Larson was second day that stood through both „„ Tennis: 40th annual Santa Maria Tennis Open, semifinals, old colleague was too inex- into the wall. As Chastain and defending Monster session Saturday. Gray had Santa Maria Country Club, 9 a.m. perienced and wreckless to moved down the track, he Energy NASCAR Cup Series a 6.603 at 208.68 in a Chev- Monday‌ drive at this level. clipped Harvick’s rear and champion Martin Truex Jr. rolet Camaro, and Krawiec „„ T ennis:40th annual Santa Maria Tennis Open, finals, Santa Keselowski easily got sent him spinning up the will start third. ran a 6.825 at 197.02 on a Maria Country Club, 9 a.m. around the wreck and could track. An angry Harvick Alex Bowman was fourth, Harley-Davidson — also not be caught as he led the went into the pits, stopping followed by Kyle Busch, both from Friday. RADIO‌ Sunday‌ Miami 3 3½ (46½) LSU Kebin Kinsley, 4.092, 274.61. 18. Lex Joon, broke. 3. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 173.204. Baseball: Arizona at L.A. Dodgers (1280 AM) 12 p.m. CROSS COUNTRY ‌MONDAY Funny Car‌ 4. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 173.155. Baseball: L.A. Angels at Houston (1280 AM) Follows at FLORIDA ST 6½ 7 (55) Va.Tech 5. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 173.064. Greg DeNike Big Ditch Classic 1. J.R. Todd, Toyota Camry, 3.910, 325.45. 2. Bob 6. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 172.832. Monday‌ ‌Talley Fields, Arroyo Grande, 4K ‌NFL Tasca III, Ford Mustang, 3.928, 322.65. 3. Matt Hagan, 7. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 172.511. ‌THURSDAY Baseball: Boston at Atlanta (1280 AM) 9:30 a.m. Girls Dodge Charger, 3.943, 324.05. 4. Tommy Johnson Jr., 8. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 172.505. FAVORITE OPEN NOW O/U DOG‌ Charger, 3.948, 320.36. 5. Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, at PHILADELPHIA 5½ 2½ (45) Atlanta 9. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford, 172.336. Baseball: N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers (1280 AM) 4 p.m. Team results: 1. Ventura 21; 2. Alta Loma 50; 3. 3.952, 319.60. 6. Courtney Force, Chevy Camaro, 10. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet, 172.245. Paso Robles 88; 4. Bakersfield Stockdale 108; 5. ‌Sunday 9/9 3.959, 325.69. 7. Shawn Langdon, Camry, 3.961, 11. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 171.381. Morro Bay 133; 6. Cabrillo 146; 7. Righetti 147; Orcutt Pitt. 6½ 5½ (46½) at CLEVELAND 325.22. 8. John Force, Camaro, 4.003, 320.89. 9. 12. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, 170.030. TELEVISION‌ Academy, Pioneer Valley, no score. at MINNESOTA 5 6 (46) San Fran. Cruz Pedregon, Camry, 4.006, 316.08. 10. Robert 13. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 172.790. Individual results (top 10 medal) 1. Madeline at INDIANAPOLIS 1½ 3 (47) Cinn. Hight, Camaro, 4.010, 301.27. 11. Jack Beckman, 14. (21) Paul Menard, Ford, 172.517. Locher (V) 15:11.21; 2. Brooklyn Gonsalves (Alta at BALTIMORE 3 7 (41) Buffalo Charger, 4.021, 313.51. 12. Ron Capps, Charger, 15. (6) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 172.475. Sunday‌ Loma) 15:58.64; 3. Samantha Prehn (V) 16:07.67; Jack. 3 3 (43½) at NY GIANTS 4.101, 308.71. 13. Del Worsham, Camry, 4.103, 16. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 172.408. AUTO RACING‌ 4. Alisann Tolosa (V) 16:17.99; 5. Sofia Castaneda at NEW ORLEANS 7 9½ (49½) Tampa 261.32. 14. Bob Bode, Charger, 4.663, 180.28. 15. 17. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 172.263. (Alta Loma) 16:26.99; 6. Cassidy Hubert (V) 16:27.33; at NEW ENGLAND 6½ 6½ (51) Houston Jonnie Lindberg, Mustang, 5.043, 151.58. 16. Jim 18. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 172.034. Formula One, Italian Grand Prix, at Monza, Italy (ESPN2) 6:05 a.m. Tenn. 1½ 1 (45½) at MIAMI 7. Rita Soriano (V) 16:28.02; 8. Pamela Bowen (Alta Campbell, Charger, 5.414, 137.36. Not Qualified: 17. 19. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 171.818. IndyCar, Grand Prix of Portland, at Portland, Ore. (NBCSN) Loma) 16:31.80; 9. Jasmine Rangel (PR) 16:35.33; 10. at LA CHARGERS 3 3 (47½) Kan.City Terry Haddock, 6.008, 111.77. 18. Justin Schriefer, at DENVER 1 3 (42) Seattle 20. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 171.734. Julianna Garcia (V) 16:42.64; 12. Makayla Pablo (C); 6.526, 89.12. 21. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 171.566. 12 p.m. 16. Mackenzie Webb (OA). at CAROLINA 2½ 2½ (43) Dallas at ARIZONA PK PK (44) Wash. Pro Stock‌ 22. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 171.542. NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Series, Bojangles’ Southern at GREEN BAY 8 8 (47½) Chicago 23. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 170.691. 1. Tanner Gray, Chevy Camaro, 6.603, 208.68. 2. 500, at Darlington, S.C. (NBCSN) 3 p.m. ODDS ‌Monday 9/10 24. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 170.572. Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.621, 208.75. 3. Bo Butner, 25. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 172.917. COLLEGE FOOTBALL‌ ‌Pregame.com Line at DETROIT 6½ 6½ (44) NY Jets Camaro, 6.621, 208.17. 4. Erica Enders, Camaro, 26. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, 172.881. LA Rams 1 3½ (49½) at OAKLAND 6.623, 206.99. 5. Chris McGaha, Camaro, 6.624, 27. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 172.614. Prairie View vs. NC Central, at Atlanta (ESPN2) 9 a.m. ‌Major League Baseball Updated odds available at Pregame.com 208.94. 6. Jeg Coughlin, Camaro, 6.627, 207.56. 7. 28. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 172.293. Miami vs. LSU, at Arlington, Texas (ABC) 4:30 p.m. ‌SUNDAY Vincent Nobile, Camaro, 6.628, 208.04. 8. Jason 29. (95) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 172.034. Line, Camaro, 6.629, 208.91. 9. Alex Laughlin, Dodge DRAG RACING‌ ‌National League AUTO RACING 30. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 171.812. FAVORITE LINE DOG LINE‌ Dart, 6.629, 207.62. 10. Deric Kramer, Camaro, 31. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 170.637. NHRA, U.S. Nationals, qualifying, at Indianapolis at WASHINGTON -105 Milwaukee -105 6.634, 208.30. 11. Drew Skillman, Camaro, 6.648, 32. (52) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 170.430. at PHILADELPHIA -143 Chicago +133 ‌NHRA Qualifying 208.23. 12. Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.653, 207.72. Saturday‌ 33. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 169.994. (same-day tape) (FS1) 1 p.m. at ST. LOUIS -172 Cinn. +160 13. Fernando Cuadra, Camaro, 6.661, 202.00. 14. At Lucas Oil Raceway‌ 34. (72) Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 169.042. New York -145 at SAN FRANCISCO +135 Kenny Delco, Camaro, 6.682, 207.37. 15. Steve NHRA, U.S. Nationals, qualifying, at Indianapolis Brownsburg, Ind.‌ 35. (00) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 167.665. at L.A. -150 Arizona +140 Graham, Camaro, 6.706, 206.54. 16. John Gaydosh (same-day tape) (FS1) 7 p.m. Colorado -144 at SAN DIEGO +134 ‌Qualifying will continue Sunday for 36. (66) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 163.822. Monday’s final eliminations. Jr, Camaro, 6.718, 205.91. Not Qualified: 17. Alan 37. (51) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 163.713. at ATLANTA -148 Pitt. +138 Prusiensky, 6.725, 204.01. 18. Val Smeland, 6.763, GOLF‌ ‌American League Top Fuel‌ 38. (99) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 160.381. 205.22. 19. Shane Tucker, 6.775, 203.34. 20. Charlie 39. (23) Joey Gase, Toyota, 154.734. European PGA Tour, Made In Denmark, final round, at NEW YORK -235 Detroit +215 Westcott Jr., 6.832, 202.15. Boston -174 at CHICAGO +162 1. Mike Salinas, 3.756 seconds, 321.04 mph. 2. Clay 40. (96) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Toyota, 0.000. at Aarhus, Denmark (GOLF) 3:30 a.m. at KANSAS CITY -105 Balt. -105 Millican, 3.762, 323.81. 3. Antron Brown, 3.772, Pro Stock Motorcycle‌ 325.22. 4. Scott Palmer, 3.791, 327.90. 5. Leah PGA Tour, Dell Technologies Championship, third round, at TEXAS OFF Minn. OFF 1. Eddie Krawiec, Harley-Davidson, 6.825, 197.02. 2. at OAKLAND -150 Seattle +140 Pritchett, 3.797, 323.50. 6. Tony Schumacher, 3.801, TENNIS Chip Ellis, Harley-Davidson, 6.831, 197.48. 3. Hector at CLEVELAND OFF Tampa OFF 328.14. 7. T.J. Zizzo, 3.812, 321.27. 8. Blake Alexander, }at Boston (GOLF) 10 a.m. at HOUSTON -174 L.A. +162 3.815, 311.41. 9. Billy Torrence, 3.822, 324.20. 10. Arana Jr, 6.839, 198.32. 4. Matt Smith, Victory, US Open Results Web.com Tour, DAP Championship, final round, ‌Interleague Doug Kalitta, 3.824, 305.77. 11. Steve Torrence, 6.850, 196.47. 5. LE Tonglet, Suzuki, 6.858, 196.73. ‌NEW YORK (AP) — Results Saturday from the atFF MIAMI O Toronto OFF 3.826, 328.22. 12. Pat Dakin, 3.835, 323.04. 13. 6. Andrew Hines, Harley-Davidson, 6.866, 195.11. U.S. Open at USTA Billie Jean King National at Beachwood, Ohio (GOLF) 12 p.m. Terry McMillen, 3.836, 323.35. 14. Brittany Force, 7. Mark Paquette, Buell, 6.893, 194.13. 8. Hector Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses): ‌College Football Arana, 6.926, 195.62. 9. Steve Johnson, Suzuki, PGA Tour, Dell Technologies Championship, third round, 3.836, 318.62. 15. Wayne Newby, 3.887, 310.27. 16. Men’s Singles‌ ‌SUNDAY Richie Crampton, 3.889, 317.42. Not Qualified: 17. 6.932, 193.54. 10. Joey Gladstone, Victory, 6.937, at Boston (NBC) 12 p.m. FAVORITE OPEN NOW O/U DOG‌ 194.07. 11. Ryan Oehler, Buell, 6.940, 193.93. 12. ‌Third Round Scotty Pollacheck, Suzuki, 6.940, 193.02. 13. Jerry David Goffin (10), Belgium, def. Jan-Lennard Struff, Champions Tour, Shaw Charity Classic, final round, Savoie, Suzuki, 6.941, 195.22. 14. Karen Stoffer, Germany, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (4). at Calgary, Alberta (GOLF) 2 p.m. Suzuki, 6.941, 192.74. 15. Jim Underdahl, Suzuki, Kei Nishikori (21), Japan, def. Diego Schwartzman 6.949, 193.27. 16. Angie Smith, Buell, 6.952, 191.02. (13), Argentina, 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1. LPGA Tour, Cambia Portland Classic, final round, Not Qualified: 17. Angelle Sampey, 6.977, 193.21. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Alexander at Portland, Ore. (GOLF) 4 p.m. 18. Kelly Clontz, 6.992, 191.43. 19. Ron Tornow, Zverev (4), Germany, 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-1, 6-3. 7.039, 189.92. 20. Odolph Daniels, 7.182, 186.48. Novak Djokovic (6), Serbia, def. Richard Gasquet HORSE RACING‌ 21. Andie Rawlings, 7.501, 171.18. 22. Wendell (26), France, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. Saratoga Live, Priores Stakes, at Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (FS2) AUG 30 - SEP 9 Daniels, 15.777, 58.07. Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Lucas Pouille (17), France, SOLVANG FESTIVAL THEATER 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5). 12 p.m. ‌NASCAR Monster Energy — John Millman, Australia, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL‌ Bojangles’ Southern Kazakhstan, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia (TBS) 10:30 a.m. 500 Lineup Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Nick Kyrgios A COMEDY. Saturday; Race: Sunday‌ (30), Australia, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers (SNLA) 1 p.m. At Darlington Raceway‌ Women’s Singles‌ A DRAMA. Darlington, S.C.‌ L.A. Angels at Houston (ESPN) 5 p.m. Lap length: 1.5 miles‌ ‌Third Round SOCCER‌ A ROMANCE. (Car number in parentheses)‌ Carla Suarez-Navarro (30), Spain, def. Caroline 1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 173.571 mph. Garcia (6), France, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Premier League, Cardiff City vs.A rsenal (NBCSN) 5:30 a.m. A MYSTERY. 2. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 173.411. Maria Sharapova (22), Russia, def. Jelena Ostapenko Bundesliga, Leipzig vs. Fortuna Dusseldorf (FS1) 6:30 a.m. Premier League, Watford vs. Tottenham (NBCSN) 8 a.m. Bundesliga, Schalke vs. Hertha Berlin (FS1) 9 a.m. MLS, Atlanta United at D.C. United (FS1) 4:30 p.m. TENNIS‌ U.S. Open, round of 16, at New York (ESPN) 8 a.m. U.S. Open, round of 16, at New York (ESPN2) 4 p.m. Tom Stoppard’s TRACK & FIELD‌ IAAF Diamond League, Final, at Zurich and AG Memorial Van Damme, at Brussels (taped) (NBC) 10 a.m. WNBA‌ Playoffs, SemifinalsB ( est-of-5 series), Game 4 (if necessary), Atlanta at team TBA (ESPN2) 12 p.m. or 2 p.m. Playoffs, SemifinalsB ( est-of-5 series), Game 4 (if necessary), Seattle at team TBA (ESPON2) 12 p.m. or 2 p.m. Monday‌ COLLEGE FOOTBALL‌ Virginia Tech at Florida St. (ESPN) 5 p.m. DRAG RACING‌ TICKETS 922-8313 | BOX OFFICE 12:30-7PM WED-SUN | PCPA.ORG NHRA, U.S. Nationals, finals, at Indianapolis (FS1) 8 a.m. 00 NHRA, U.S. Nationals, finals, at Indianapolis (FOX) 10 a.m. 1 Santa Maria Times BASEBALL Sunday, September 2, 2018 | D3

AMERICAN LEAGUE SATURDAY’S GAMES

East W L Pct GB WC L10 Str Home Away‌ inning, giving Kansas City a Boston 94 43 .686 — — 6-4 W-1 48-18 46-25 back-and-forth 5-4 victory New York 86 50 .632 7½ — 7-3 W-2 48-23 38-27 over Baltimore at home. Tampa Bay 72 63 .533 21 8½ 8-2 W-1 41-24 31-39 Toronto 61 74 .452 32 19½ 5-5 L-1 34-33 27-41 RAYS 5, INDIANS 3: Blake Baltimore 40 96 .294 53½ 41 3-7 L-2 24-44 16-52 Snell moved into a tie for Central W L Pct GB WC L10 Str Home Away‌ the major league lead with Cleveland 77 58 .570 — — 4-6 L-1 42-26 35-32 his 17th win as Tampa Bay Minnesota 63 72 .467 14 17½ 3-7 L-1 39-29 24-43 beat Cleveland on the road. Chicago 54 82 .397 23½ 27 6-4 L-1 26-42 28-40 Snell (17-5) allowed two Detroit 54 82 .397 23½ 27 2-8 L-2 34-34 20-48 runs in 62/3 innings. Tampa Kansas City 44 91 .326 33 36½ 6-4 W-4 24-45 20-46 Bay scored four in the sixth West W L Pct GB WC L10 Str Home Away‌ to take the lead, with Matt Houston 83 53 .610 — — 7-3 W-1 36-32 47-21 Duffy tying the game with a Oakland 81 55 .596 2 — 5-5 W-1 40-27 41-28 two-run double. Seattle 75 60 .556 7½ 5½ 4-6 L-1 38-28 37-32 Los Angeles 66 70 .485 17 15 3-7 L-1 34-34 32-36 ASTROS 7, ANGELS 3: Tyler Texas 59 77 .434 24 22 3-7 W-1 30-41 29-36 White hit a go-ahead, two- run double in Houston’s ‌Friday’s results five-run eighth inning as N.Y. Yankees 7, Detroit 5 Chicago White Sox 6, Boston 1 Cleveland 3, Tampa Bay 0 L.A. Angels 3, Houston 0 the Astros rallied past Los Toronto 6, Miami 5 Kansas City 9, Baltimore 2 Angeles at home. Carlos Minnesota 10, Texas 7 Oakland 7, Seattle 5 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS Correa tied the game with run-scoring single in the ‌Saturday’s results Houston’s Carlos Correa (1) celebrates the home run by Alex Bregman against the Los N.Y. Yankees 2, Detroit 1 Tampa Bay 5, Cleveland 3 Angeles Angels on Saturday in Houston. eighth, and Houston added Boston 6, Chicago White Sox 1 Kansas City 5, Baltimore 4 two more runs on a Los An- Houston 7, L.A. Angels 3 Texas 7, Minnesota 4 METS 2, GIANTS 1 (11 IN- es-clearing double in his home. geles error. Miami 6, Toronto 3 Seattle at Oakland, (n) NINGS): Steven Matz struck first game in three weeks, CUBS 7, PHILLIES 1: Kyle RANGERS 7, TWINS 4: Ron- ‌Today’s games out a career-high 11 batters Wei-Yin Chen pitched eight Hendricks pitched six ald Guzman hit a a three- Detroit (Boyd 8-12) at N.Y. Yankees (Lynn 8-9), 10:05 a.m. and New York went on to strong innings and Miami strong innings, Javier Baez run home run and Nomar Toronto (Gaviglio 3-7) at Miami (Lopez 2-4), 10:10 a.m. beat host San Francisco in beat Toronto at home. Boston (Johnson 4-3) at Chicago White Sox (Shields 5-15), 11:10 p.m. notched his NL-leading Mazara added a solo shot in 11 innings. Wilmer Flores Baltimore (Hess 3-8) at Kansas City (Lopez 0-4), 11:15 p.m. RED SOX 6, WHITE SOX 1: 99th RBI and star third Texas’ four-run second in- doubled to lead off the 11th, Minnesota (TBD) at Texas (Colon 7-11), 12:05 p.m. Eduardo Rodriguez struck baseman Kris Bryant dou- ning, and the Rangers held Seattle (Hernandez 8-12) at Oakland (Jackson 4-3), 1:05 p.m. and scored on Todd Frazier’s out 12 in 52/3 innings in his bled and had two hits in his off Minnesota to win at Tampa Bay (TBD) at Cleveland (Carrasco 16-7), 1:10 p.m. fly ball to left. L.A. Angels (Ohtani 4-1) at Houston (Cole 12-5), 5:05 p.m. return from an ankle in- return from the disabled list home. Texas hit four home YANKEES 2, TIGERS 1: Ma- jury, leading Boston over to lead Chicago to a win at runs, with Adrian Beltre and NATIONAL LEAGUE sahiro Tanaka pitched seven Chicago on the road. Jackie Philadelphia. Roughned Odor also adding strong innings for his first Bradley Jr., Ian Kinsler and REDS 4, CARDINALS 0: Luis solo shots. win since July, rookie Gley- Eduardo Nunez homered East W L Pct GB WC L10 Str Home Away‌ Castillo and two relievers DODGERS 3, DIAMOND- ber Torres hit a two-run for Boston. Atlanta 75 60 .556 — — 5-5 W-1 36-31 39-29 combined on a two-hitter BACKS 2: Matt Kemp hit a homer and New York beat Philadelphia 72 63 .533 3 3½ 4-6 L-1 43-25 29-38 BRAVES 5, PIRATES 3: Fred- to lead Cincinnati to a win three-run home run in the Washington 67 68 .496 8 8½ 5-5 L-2 33-32 34-36 Detroit at Yankee Stadium. die Freeman hit a tiebreak- at St. Louis. Eugenio Suarez bottom of the eighth inning, New York 60 75 .444 15 15½ 5-5 W-1 28-40 32-35 The Yankees got only two ing, RBI single in the four- doubled in two in Cincinna- rallying Los Angeles past Miami 54 82 .397 21½ 22 4-6 W-1 32-39 22-43 hits, but won for the 11th ti’s three-run fourth. run eighth inning, and NL visiting Arizona. The win Central W L Pct GB WC L10 Str Home Away‌ time in 15 games. Chicago 80 55 .593 — — 8-2 W-1 44-24 36-31 East-leading Atlanta ral- ROYALS 5, ORIOLES 4: Whit helped L.A. tie Arizona for Milwaukee 76 60 .559 4½ — 7-3 W-3 40-26 36-34 MARLINS 6, BLUE JAYS 3: lied to snap a three-game Merrifield hit a two-run ho- the top spot in the NL West. St. Louis 76 60 .559 4½ — 7-3 L-1 37-30 39-30 Martin Prado hit a bas- skid and beat Pittsburgh at mer with one out in the ninth — Associated Press, mlb.com Pittsburgh 66 70 .485 14½ 10 3-7 L-1 35-34 31-36 Cincinnati 58 78 .426 22½ 18 2-8 W-1 32-37 26-41 BOX SCORES West W L Pct GB WC L10 Str Home Away‌ Arizona 74 62 .544 — — 4-6 L-2 35-31 39-31 ‌Yankees 2, Tigers 1 ‌White Sox 6, Red Sox 1 ‌Astros 7, Angels 3 ‌Rays 5, Indians 3 Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Los Angeles 74 62 .544 — 2 7-3 W-2 37-34 37-28 Mahtook lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .219 Betts rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .341 Calhoun rf 3 1 1 3 1 2 .227 Wendle 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .296 Adduci 1b 4 0 2 0 0 2 .293 Benintendi lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .291 Fletcher 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .279 Duffy 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .297 Colorado 73 62 .541 ½ 2½ 5-5 W-1 34-30 39-32 Castellanos rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .291 Martinez dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .333 Trout dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .307 Choi dh 5 0 3 0 0 1 .273 San Francisco 68 69 .496 6½ 8½ 6-4 L-1 39-29 29-40 Martinez dh 3 0 0 1 0 0 .251 Bogaerts ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .281 Upton lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .265 Pham lf-cf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .252 Goodrum 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .234 Nunez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Cowart lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .131 Kiermaier cf 3 0 1 1 0 2 .198 San Diego 54 84 .391 21 23 4-6 L-1 27-44 27-40 Rodriguez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Swihart 1b-c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Simmons ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .296 Gomez rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Candelario ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Kinsler 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .250 Fernandez 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .261 Adames ss 2 0 1 0 2 1 .254 Greiner c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .221 Leon c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Ward 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .200 Bauers 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .202 ‌Friday’s results Jones cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .207 Moreland ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Arcia c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .246 Sucre c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Milwaukee 4, Washington 1 St. Louis 12, Cincinnati 5 Lugo 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Bradley Jr. cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Young Jr. cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .230 Lowe rf-lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .231 Totals 33 1 9 1 1 8‌ Totals 30 1 5 1 2 6‌ Totals 31 3 4 3 3 14‌ Totals 37 5 13 5 3 8‌ Philadelphia 2, Chicago Cubs 1, 10 inn. L.A. Dodgers 3, Arizona 2 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Toronto 6, Miami 5 San Diego 7, Colorado 0 McCutchen rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .254 Sanchez 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .249 Springer cf-rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 .251 Lindor ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .284 Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 2 San Francisco 7, N.Y. Mets 0 Stanton dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .273 Delmonico lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Altuve 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .323 Brantley lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .305 Hicks cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .252 LaMarre lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Bregman 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .290 Ramirez 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .288 Andujar 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .297 Garcia rf 4 2 3 1 1 0 .239 Correa ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .250 Encarnacion 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .234 ‌Saturday’s results Sanchez c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Palka dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .237 White dh 4 1 1 2 0 1 .308 Diaz dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .296 N.Y. Mets 2, San Francisco 1, 11 inn. Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 0 Torres ss-2b 3 1 1 2 0 2 .282 Moncada 2b 4 1 2 2 0 2 .223 Reddick rf-lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .243 Guyer cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .191 Voit 1b 1 0 0 0 2 1 .298 Davidson 1b 4 1 3 3 0 0 .233 Gonzalez 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .248 Kipnis ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .229 Chicago Cubs 7, Philadelphia 1 Colorado 4, San Diego 2 Walker 2b-1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Anderson ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .247 McCann c 3 0 0 1 0 0 .203 Cabrera rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .282 Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 3 Milwaukee at Washington, (n) Gardner lf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .239 Smith c 3 0 2 0 1 0 .281 Kemp lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .285 Gomes c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .257 Miami 6, Toronto 3 L.A. Dodgers 3, Arizona 2 Totals 26 2 2 2 5 10‌ Engel cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .238 Totals 32 7 8 5 1 4‌ Gonzalez 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Detroit 100 000 000 — 1 9 1‌ Totals 36 6 14 6 2 10‌ Los Angeles 030 000 000 — 3 4 4‌ Alonso ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245 ‌Today’s games New York 000 020 00x — 2 2 0‌ Boston 000 000 010 — 1 5 0‌ Houston 001 001 05x — 7 8 0‌ Totals 34 3 9 3 2 10‌ Toronto (Gaviglio 3-7) at Miami (Lopez 2-4), 10:10 a.m. E — Goodrum (12). LOB — Detroit 8, New York Chicago 300 000 30x — 6 14 0‌ E — Upton (4), Arcia 2 (2), Young Jr. (1). LOB Tampa Bay 000 004 001 — 5 13 2‌ 6. 2B — Greiner (5). HR — Torres (22), off LOB — Boston 6, Chicago 10. 2B — Kinsler — Los Angeles 4, Houston 4. 2B — White (6), Cleveland 020 000 001 — 3 9 0‌ Chicago Cubs (Lester 14-5) at Philadelphia (Nola 15-3), 10:35 a.m. Norris. RBIs — Martinez (48), Torres 2 (64). (23), Sanchez (27), Garcia 2 (11), Smith (4). Gonzalez (22). HR — Calhoun (18), off James; 2B — Wendle (20), Duffy (19), Choi 2 (11), Milwaukee (Guerra 6-9) at Washington (Scherzer 16-6), 10:35 a.m. SB — Jones (10), Wade (1). SF — Martinez. HR — Benintendi (16), off Minaya; Moncada Bregman (26), off Pena. RBIs — Calhoun 3 Pham (14), Bauers (17), Cabrera (11), Gomes Cincinnati (DeSclafani 7-4) at St. Louis (Weaver 7-11), 11:15 a.m. S — Rodriguez. LIDP — Sanchez. DP — Detroit (17), off Eovaldi; Davidson (19), off Thornburg. (54), Bregman (87), Correa (60), White 2 (29), (22). HR — Lowe (2), off Tomlin; Kipnis (14), off 1; New York 1. RBIs — Benintendi (77), Garcia (38), Moncada 2 McCann (18). SB — Fletcher (2). SF — McCann. Roe. RBIs — Duffy 2 (37), Pham (48), Kiermaier N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-3) at San Francisco (Stratton 9-7), 1:05 p.m. Detroit IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ (55), Davidson 3 (54). CS — Betts (6), Kinsler (7). Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ (21), Lowe (9), Cabrera (29), Gomes (41), Kipnis 1 Arizona (Buchholz 7-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 6-4), 1:10 p.m. Norris, L, 0-3 4 /3 1 2 2 1 7 5.49 Boston IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ Pena 7 5 2 1 0 3 4.19 (57). SB — Brantley 2 (10), Encarnacion (3). 2 2 VerHagen /3 0 0 0 2 0 4.99 Eovaldi, L, 5-7 2 3 3 3 0 0 4.35 Bedrosian, L, 5-4, BS, 7-8 /3 2 3 2 0 1 3.59 CS — Adames (4), Guyer (1). DP — Tampa Bay Colorado (Freeland 12-7) at San Diego (Nix 2-2), 1:10 p.m. 1 1 Farmer 1 /3 1 0 0 1 1 4.77 Pomeranz 4 7 0 0 0 6 5.54 Robles /3 1 2 0 1 0 4.11 2; Cleveland 1. 2 Pittsburgh (Nova 7-9) at Atlanta (Teheran 9-7), 2:05 p.m. Stumpf /3 0 0 0 0 1 5.68 Thornburg 1 3 3 3 2 3 5.31 Houston IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ 2 Alcantara 1 0 0 0 1 1 2.82 Workman 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.45 James 5 3 3 3 3 9 5.40 Snell, W, 17-5 6 /3 8 2 1 1 9 2.02 1 1 New York IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ Chicago IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ Peacock 1 /3 0 0 0 0 2 3.05 Alvarado, H, 27 /3 0 0 0 1 0 2.22 2 Tanaka, W, 10-5 7 7 1 1 1 6 3.83 Kopech 3 1 0 0 1 1 0.82 Sipp 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.20 Roe, H, 25 1 /3 1 1 1 0 1 3.77 2 1 AROUND THE MAJORS Holder, H, 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.12 Covey, W, 5-12 3 3 0 0 1 3 5.61 Smith, W, 5-1 /3 1 0 0 0 1 3.20 Kolarek, S, 2-3 /3 0 0 0 0 0 3.91 Betances, S, 2-4 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.54 Minaya, H, 7 2 1 1 1 0 2 4.19 Osuna 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.63 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ 1 Inherited runners-scored — Stumpf 1-0. Hamilton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 T — 3:16. Att. — 41,622 Bieber, L, 8-3 5 /3 9 4 4 0 4 4.66 1 HBP — VerHagen (McCutchen). Eovaldi pitched to 0 batter in the 3rd. Olson /3 1 0 0 1 1 6.33 Yankees activate Sanchez from DL 1 T — 3:00. Att. — 42,816 Covey pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Cimber /3 0 0 0 0 0 3.57 ‌Royals 5, Orioles 4 2 Inherited runners-scored — Minaya 1-0. HBP Perez /3 0 0 0 0 1 1.08 The New York Yankees activated catcher Gary San- Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ 1 — Kopech 2 (Betts,Leon), Eovaldi (Sanchez), Mullins cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Otero /3 0 0 0 0 0 5.62 chez from the 10-day disabled list Saturday, adding ‌Mets 2, Giants 1 Pomeranz (Palka). Edwards 1 1 0 0 2 1 0.00 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Villar 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Tomlin 1 2 1 1 0 1 6.83 Rosario ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .249 T — 2:53. Att. — 23,625 Mancini dh 4 1 2 1 0 1 .243 him to the roster along with the newly acquired An- Alvarado pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Flores 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .271 Jones rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .286 3:13. 31,816 drew McCutchen and shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria, Bruce 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .218 ‌Rockies 4, Padres 2 Davis 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .173 T — Att. — who was acquired right before the waiver deadline late Frazier 3b 3 0 0 1 1 2 .227 Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Beckham ss 4 1 4 2 0 0 .227 Conforto lf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .232 Blackmon cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .276 Nunez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .231 ‌Rangers 7, Twins 4 Friday night from Pittsburgh. Jackson cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .275 LeMahieu 2b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .273 Andreoli lf 2 0 0 1 1 1 .212 Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Nimmo rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .267 Arenado 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .302 Wynns c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .267 Mauer 1b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .278 Meanwhile, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman Nido c 4 0 2 1 0 1 .170 Story ss 4 2 2 1 0 2 .292 Totals 36 4 13 4 1 7‌ Forsythe 2b 4 0 3 1 0 0 .247 said that it is not guaranteed that closer Aroldis Chap- Matz p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .075 Holliday lf 2 0 2 1 2 0 .412 Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Polanco ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 McNeil ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .317 Gonzalez rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .287 Merrifield lf 5 1 2 2 0 2 .311 Sano 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .202 man (knee) will return this season. Totals 37 2 7 2 3 10‌ Desmond 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .230 Gordon dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Kepler rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .227 “The timeline is tougher because the season is now San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Wolters c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Dozier 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .228 Garver c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Hernandez cf 5 0 0 0 0 3 .246 Dahl ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .264 O’Hearn 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .260 Astudillo c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 only a month left to go,” Cashman said. “We’re hopeful Slater rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .282 Gray p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .065 Mondesi ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Cave cf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .263 Longoria 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .244 McMahon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Goodwin cf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .267 Austin dh 3 0 1 1 1 2 .238 but I can’t tell you with any level of confidence one way Hundley c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .232 Iannetta c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Herrera 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .231 Grossman lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .256 or the other.” Belt 1b 4 0 0 0 0 4 .261 Totals 36 4 10 4 2 9‌ Phillips rf 3 2 2 1 1 0 .198 Totals 33 4 8 3 2 6‌ Pence lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .217 San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Gallagher c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .233 Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Hanson ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .260 Jankowski cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Totals 34 5 10 5 2 8‌ Choo lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .275 Panik 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .245 Urias 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Baltimore 010 100 020 — 4 13 1‌ Odor 2b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .268 Holland p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .064 Myers 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .259 Kansas City 000 102 002 — 5 10 0‌ Andrus ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Donaldson to man third for Indians Shaw ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hosmer 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .253 Mazara rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .263 CLEVELAND — While the Indians aren’t making Blanco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Renfroe lf 4 2 2 2 0 0 .259 One out when winning run scored. Beltre dh 4 1 1 1 0 1 .271 Totals 35 1 3 1 2 16‌ Reyes rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .254 E — Bundy (1). LOB — Baltimore 7, Kansas City Profar 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .254 known their plans for newly acquired Josh Donaldson Hedges c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .239 7. 2B — Beckham (15), Goodwin (3), Phillips (4). Gallo cf-lf 2 1 0 0 1 2 .207 New York 000 010 000 01 — 2 7 1‌ HR — Beckham (10), off Fillmyer; Mancini (21), San Francisco 000 100 000 00 — 1 3 0‌ Galvis ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .239 Guzman 1b 2 1 1 3 1 0 .235 as he returns from injury, they do know where he will Erlin p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .222 off Hammel; Phillips (2), off Bundy; Merrifield Kiner-Falefa c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264 play when he’s healthy. E — Rosario (12). LOB — New York 6, San Spangenberg ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 (11), off Givens. RBIs — Mancini (50), Beckham Totals 30 7 5 6 3 7‌ Francisco 4. 2B — Flores (25), Nido (2). 3B Totals 34 2 7 2 1 4‌ 2 (29), Andreoli (1), Merrifield 2 (50), Goodwin Donaldson will play third when he returns, with the — Rosario (7). HR — Longoria (15), off Matz. (17), Herrera (18), Phillips (11). SB — Villar Minnesota 110 010 010 — 4 8 2‌ RBIs — Frazier (53), Nido (4), Longoria (46). Colorado 000 301 000 — 4 10 0‌ (23), Herrera (2), Phillips (1). SF — Andreoli. Texas 040 110 10x — 7 5 0‌ Indians moving All-Star Jose Ramirez to second and SB — Frazier (9), Pence (4). SF — Frazier. S — San Diego 010 100 000 — 2 7 0‌ S — Gallagher. DP — Baltimore 1; Kansas City 2. 2B — Mauer (23), Forsythe (15), Cave (11). Holland. DP — New York 1; San Francisco 1. LOB — Colorado 7, San Diego 6. 2B — Arenado Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ HR — Cave (9), off Gallardo; Mazara (18), off pushing Jason Kipnis into the outfield. 1 New York IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ (28), Story (37), Myers (17), Hedges (11). HR — Bundy 5 /3 8 3 3 1 8 5.36 Berrios; Guzman (14), off Berrios; Beltre (8), off 2 Matz 7 3 1 1 1 11 4.20 Le Mahieu (13), off Erlin; Renfroe (18), off Gray; Castro 1 /3 0 0 0 0 0 4.18 Berrios; Odor (18), off Drake. RBIs — Forsythe Lugo 2 0 0 0 0 2 2.80 R enfroe (19), off Gray. RBIs — LeMahieu (47), Fry, H, 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.84 (23), Cave (29), Austin (34), Odor (61), Mazara BRIEFLY 1 Blevins, W, 2-2 1 0 0 0 1 2 3.75 Story (86), Holliday (2), Desmond (77), Renfroe Givens, L, 0-7 /3 1 2 2 1 0 4.76 (65), Beltre (48), Guzman 3 (52). DP — Texas 2. DODGERS: Los Angeles acquired third baseman David Gsellman, S, 9-15 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.77 2 (56). SB — Blackmon (10). DP — San Diego 1. Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ Colorado IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ Fillmyer 7 9 2 2 1 6 4.01 Berrios, L, 11-10 4 3 5 5 3 6 3.92 2 Freese from Pittsburgh just ahead of Friday’s midnight Holland 6 4 1 1 3 3 3.56 Gray, W, 11-7 6 7 2 2 1 1 4.70 Hammel 1 3 2 2 0 1 6.02 Vasquez /3 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 waiver trade deadline. Freese hit .282 with 42 RBIs for Dyson 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.74 Oberg, H, 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.70 Newberry, W, 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.18 Busenitz 1 /3 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 Melancon 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.73 Ottavino, H, 29 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.05 T — 2:56. Att. — 15,358 Drake 1 1 1 1 0 0 5.98 the Pirates. Smith 1 0 0 0 0 2 1.76 Davis, S, 37-43 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.72 Reed 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.70 Moronta 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.08 San Diego IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ Texas IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ 1 ‌Braves 5, Pirates 3 Strickland, L, 3-4 1 1 1 1 0 1 3.03 Erlin, L, 3-5 5 /3 7 4 4 1 7 3.87 Gallardo, W, 8-3 5 6 3 3 1 1 5.97 RED SOX: Boston activated left-hander Eduardo Ro- 2 Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ 2 T — 2:56. Att. — 38,875 Maton 1 /3 1 0 0 0 1 3.95 Curtis, H, 1 /3 0 0 0 1 0 1.74 Marte cf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .281 1 driguez, catcher Christian Vazquez and knuckleballer Wick 1 2 0 0 1 1 0.00 Frazier 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .281 Sadzeck, H, 1 /3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Stock 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.15 Polanco rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .246 Springs, H, 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.55 Steven Wright from the 10-day disabled list. ‌Cubs 7, Phillies 1 2:42. 35,779 Martin 1 2 1 1 0 1 4.72 Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ T — Att. — Cervelli c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Leclerc, S, 8-12 1 0 0 0 0 2 1.78 Murphy 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .302 Dickerson lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .293 Gallardo pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. Bote ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .256 Bell 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .258 ‌Reds 4, Cardinals 0 2:52. 32,175 MARINERS: Seattle activated left-handed starter James Baez ss-2b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .298 Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Moran 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .275 T — Att. — Paxton from the 10-day disabled list. Rizzo 1b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .277 Hamilton cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .241 Newman ss 3 1 0 0 0 1 .111 Zobrist rf-2b-lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .310 Peraza ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .287 Archer p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 ‌Marlins 6, Blue Jays 3 — Associated Press Bryant 3b 4 1 2 0 0 2 .279 Votto 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .283 Harrison ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Schwarber lf 3 0 1 2 0 1 .239 Gennett 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .318 Totals 32 3 5 3 0 6‌ Gurriel Jr. ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 .292 Russell ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Suarez 3b 4 0 2 2 0 1 .296 Atlanta AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Travis 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .234 STAT OF THE DAY Caratini c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .246 Schebler rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .272 Acuna lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .291 Smoak 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .251 Hendricks p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .058 Ervin lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .282 Inciarte cf 4 1 0 0 0 1 .257 Grichuk rf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .243 Almora ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Barnhart c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .254 F.Freeman 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .308 Pillar cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Happ cf-rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .236 Castillo p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .122 Markakis rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .305 Martin 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .195 Totals 37 7 11 6 1 9‌ Williams rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Camargo 3b 3 0 0 1 0 2 .276 Jansen c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Totals 34 4 10 4 1 7‌ Culberson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Hernandez lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .240 Santana 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .225 St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Flowers c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .227 Estrada p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hoskins lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .251 Carpenter 3b 3 0 1 0 1 2 .275 Swanson ss 3 2 2 1 0 1 .246 Diaz ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Herrera cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .267 Molina c 2 0 0 0 2 1 .270 Gausman p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .067 Morales ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 W.Ramos c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .309 Martinez rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .311 Reed ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Totals 31 3 5 3 0 7‌ Williams rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .263 Adams 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .249 Duda ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .243 Miami AB R H BI BB SO Avg.‌ Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .262 O’Neill lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .260 1-Adams pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .235 Riddle ss 3 2 2 0 1 0 .231 Franco 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .268 DeJong ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .230 Totals 31 5 6 4 1 10‌ Brinson cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .187 Eflin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .108 Bader cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .274 Pittsburgh 000 021 000 — 3 5 1‌ Realmuto c 3 2 2 1 1 0 .288 Quinn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .357 Munoz 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .274 Atlanta 000 001 04x — 5 6 1‌ Anderson 3b 2 1 0 2 1 0 .277 Florimon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Poncedeleon p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Prado 1b 4 0 1 3 0 1 .244 Hernandez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Ross p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .175 E — Polanco (2), Culberson (5). LOB — Pittsburgh Dean lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Totals 32 1 6 1 2 7‌ Garcia ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 3, Atlanta 4. 2B — Marte (24), F.Freeman (36), Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Totals 29 0 2 0 4 14‌ Swanson (23), Duda (13). HR — Polanco (22), Sierra rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .177 Chicago 202 000 102 — 7 11 0‌ off Gausman; Swanson (14), off Kela. RBIs Philadelphia 000 100 000 — 1 6 2‌ Cincinnati 000 300 100 — 4 10 0‌ Chen p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .143 — Marte 2 (61), Polanco (76), Acuna (49), Totals 30 6 9 6 3 2‌ E — Cabrera (6), Davis (2). LOB — Chicago 5, St. Louis 000 000 000 — 0 2 0‌ F.Freeman (82), Camargo (65), Swanson (54). Philadelphia 6. 2B — Murphy (12), Zobrist LOB — Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 6. 2B — Peraza SB — Frazier (1), Inciarte (25). CS — Cervelli Toronto 000 100 002 — 3 5 0‌ (24), Bryant (22), Bote (6), Santana (24). 3B (27), Votto (25), Suarez (22), Schebler (18). (3). SF — Camargo. Miami 101 040 00x — 6 9 0‌ — Schwarber (2). HR — Happ (14), off E.Ramos. RBIs — Votto (56), Suarez 2 (98), Barnhart Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ 2B — Travis (10), Riddle (8), Prado (9). HR — RBIs — Baez (99), Zobrist (51), Schwarber 2 (41). SB — Carpenter (3). S — Castillo. Archer 6 2 1 1 1 5 4.56 Smoak (23), off Guerrero; Realmuto (18), off (56), Happ (37), Bote (26), Williams (50). LIDP — Williams. DP — St. Louis 2. Rodriguez, H, 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 2.79 Estrada. RBIs — Smoak 2 (70), Grichuk (48), 1 CS — Baez (8). S — Hendricks. DP — Chicago 1. Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ Kela, L, 3-4, BS, 2-26 /3 3 4 4 0 1 3.35 Realmuto (68), Anderson 2 (58), Prado 3 (18). 2 2 New York Yankees reliever Dellin Betances Chicago IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ Castillo, W, 8-11 6 /3 2 0 0 2 11 4.83 Crick /3 1 0 0 0 1 2.45 SF — Grichuk, Anderson. S — Chen. LIDP — Hendricks, W, 11-10 6 6 1 1 2 4 3.77 Hernandez 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.55 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ Sierra. DP — Toronto 1. struck out Detroit’s Jeimer Candelario to start 1 100 Chavez 2 0 0 0 0 3 2.76 Iglesias 1 /3 0 0 0 1 3 2.52 Gausman 6 5 3 1 0 4 3.78 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ 2 1 Rosario 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.15 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ S.Freeman /3 0 0 0 0 1 4.87 Estrada, L, 7-11 4 /3 8 6 6 3 1 5.43 the ninth inning Saturday for his 100th strikeout this 1 2 2 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ Poncedeleon, L, 0-1 3 /3 5 3 3 1 4 2.88 Carle /3 0 0 0 0 0 3.11 Barnes /3 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 2 2 season. Betances is the first reliever in Major League Eflin, L, 9-6 5 7 4 3 1 4 4.05 Ross 4 /3 4 1 1 0 3 4.11 Venters, W, 3-1 /3 0 0 0 0 0 2.36 Guerrieri 2 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 Avilan 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.70 Webb 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.61 Minter, S, 12-14 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.06 Fernandez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 history to record at least 100 strikeouts in five straight E.Ramos 1 1 1 1 0 2 2.19 Inherited runners-scored — Hernandez 1-0, Inherited runners-scored — Crick 1-1. HBP Miami IP H R ER BB SO ERA‌ seasons. Davis 2 3 2 0 0 2 3.81 Iglesias 1-0, Ross 3-0. — Gausman (Cervelli). WP — Kela. Chen, W, 6-9 8 3 1 1 0 7 4.64 00 T — 2:41. Att. — 33,040 T — 2:55. Att. — 46,368 T — 2:53. Att. — 33,705 Guerrero 1 2 2 2 0 0 5.02 1 — Associated Press T — 2:37. Att. — 11,174 D4 | Sunday, September 2, 2018 SPORTS Santa Maria Times

the general manager (Minas Ka- Golf loosian).” From D1 Plata said he has been involved with golf course supervision since Plata said the committee will he graduated from Cal Poly in pay for the flight from New York 1998. to Paris. “I was an assistant superinten- “When I told the (Monarch dent at Sonoma, at Monterey Bay, Dunes) ownership I had been se- those places,” he said. “I was born lected, they said, ‘Don’t worry in Carmel.” about getting to New York. We’ll Does he ever play golf with take care of that.’” daughter Karina? Plata said, “That was definitely “When I have time,” Plata said an indication of how supportive with a smile. “I’m kind of a work- ownership has been, including aholic.”

end of his rookie contract. Cuts The Bills chose not to hold From D1 onto receiver Corey Coleman, who has been a disappoint- That makes him the highest ment since the Browns made paid defensive player in league him the 15th overall selection history one day after Rams de- two years ago. Buffalo traded a fensive tackle Aaron Donald, seventh-round pick in 2020 for the 2017 Defensive Player of him. the Year, signed a six-year, $135 million deal, with $87 million Released veterans guaranteed. Brian Robison and Terence Among the intriguing players Newman were released by Min- let go were Dallas kicker Dan nesota. Bailey, Chiefs cornerback Da- Robison was about to begin vid Amerson, Ravens receiver his 12th season with the team. Breshad Perriman, Bengals de- Newman, the oldest defensive JOE BAILEY PHOTOS, STAFF‌ fensive end Michael Johnson, player in the NFL, will retire Cal Poly quarterback Khaleel Jenkins holds the ball while working on drills during practice on Aug. 3 that opened Texans receiver Braxton Miller and immediately join the coach- the team’s fall camp ahead of the season-opening game at No. 1 ranked North Dakota State. On Saturday, Jenkins and guard Davis Quessenberry, ing staff — three days before his completed two of five passes for 60 yards before leaving the game win an injury in CalP oly’s 49-3 loss. and Steelers quarterback Landry 40th birthday. Jones. Robison, who’s tied for ninth in Vikings history with 60 career Quarterbacks sacks, was the longest-tenured Poly Griffin signed a one-year player on the team. Drafted in From D1 deal with the Ravens in April the fourth round in 2007, he after sitting out the entire 2017 spent six of his 11 years with the His backup, Jake Jeffrey, con- season. He was Washington’s Vikings as a full-time starter. nected on three of five passes for first-round choice in 2012, sec- Danielle Hunter moved ahead of 51 yards while Kyle Reid com- ond overall, and led the Redskins him on the depth chart in 2017, pleted his only pass attempt, a to the playoffs that year before and for the second straight off- 14-yarder to Quenton Harrison. things went sour. season Robison took a pay cut to North Dakota State four-year “There’s no doubt that you return in 2018. starting quarterback Easton Stick want Robert Griffin on your The Bengals released John- left the game late in the third team,” coach John Harbaugh son, a 10th-year defensive end, quarter after completing four of said after the final preseason although it could be a temporary nine passes for 48 yards and di- game. “He makes our quarter- separation. Johnson becomes a recting the Bison running attach back room better and stronger. free agent and could re-sign to six touchdowns and 325 yards He’s a very good quarterback. with Cincinnati for less money. in less than 45 minutes of play. He He looks like a starter to me. He Johnson has played all but one scored one of those touchdowns has been a starter. Certainly a of his nine seasons with Cincin- himself on a nine-yard run two backup in this league, without nati. He led the defensive line minutes into the third period. question. I mean, that’s not even with 49 tackles and five sacks Stick’s backup, Holden Hotch- close. I would like to have him on last season. kiss, added a 12-yard scoring run the team, we’ll just have to see The Chiefs released under- in the fourth period and Ander- how the math works.” performing cornerback Amer- son scored his second touchdown It worked. son, who signed a $2.25 million of the game on an 86-yard romp. In Pittsburgh, Josh Dobbs’ free-agent deal this past offsea- Anderson finished with 185 impressive preseason cost Jones son. Amerson was released by yards on just 11 carries, averaging his job. The Steelers kept Dobbs the Raiders before signing with 16.8 yards per carry. and rookie Mason Rudolph as Kansas City, where he was ex- Cal Poly’s best chance for a the primary backups to Ben pected to solidify the secondary touchdown came early in the Roethlisberger. Dobbs made after the trade of Marcus Peters final quarter as Matt Shotwell Cal Poly slotback Broc Mortensen runs with the ball after catching a pass significant strides in his sec- to the Rams. But he was often recovered a North Dakota State during practice on Aug. 3. Mortensen ran for 22 yards on three carries ond training camp and ended burned in preseason games. fumble at the Bison 7-yard line. during Saturday’s 49-3 loss at No. 1 North Dakota State. the preseason by throwing for a Reid, however, was sacked twice touchdown and running for an- Leaving Houston and the Bison defense held. ball two more minutes than the Cal Poly will play its next two other in a victory over Carolina. Miller, a third-round pick in North Dakota State produced Bison. The Mustangs rushed for games inside Alex G. Spanos Sta- Jones had been 3-2 as a starter 2016, who was twice selected Big advantages of 22-10 in first 82 yards and passed for 125 while dium, hosting Weber State next in five pro seasons, with eight Ten offensive player of the year downs and 512-207 in total of- the Bison accumulated 458 yards Saturday at 6:05 p.m. and Ivy touchdowns and seven inter- as a quarterback at Ohio State fense. Cal Poly won the time of on the ground and 54 through the League member Brown on Friday, ceptions. before transitioning to receiver possession battle, holding the air. Sept. 14, at 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati put veteran Matt after an injury, couldn’t make Barkley (knee) on injured re- the Texans. He saw limited ac- serve, leaving Jeff Driskel as the tion in two seasons with 34 re- backup to Andy Dalton heading ceptions for 261 yards and two to change myself too much, but I her three Grand into the season. touchdowns in 21 games. US Open could definitely take away things Slam trophies, Also released was guard David From D1 he does in certain situations. He’s was seeded No. Failed draft picks Quessenberry, a 2013 draft pick the ultimate role model to anyone 4, and joins No. The Ravens parted with Per- who spent years fighting cancer Kyrgios received no sort of coun- who wants to play.” 1 Simona Halep riman, the team’s first-round before overcoming the disease to sel during the match other than The No. 2-seeded Federer and No. 2 Caro- pick in 2015. He managed just make his NFL debut last season. all the muttering, at various vol- moved into the fourth round at line Wozniacki 43 catches for 576 yards and He spent most of last season on umes, he directed at himself. He Flushing Meadows for the 17th in making Week three touchdowns over 27 career the practice squad before being doesn’t have a coach and won- consecutive time. He’s won five 1 exits — all in Cibulkova games. It marked the first time elevated to the active roster and dered aloud, during the latest in titles at the U.S Open, although matches played in franchise history the Ravens playing in Houston’s last two a long line of news conferences the last arrived a decade ago. on the new Louis Armstrong cut a first-round pick before the games in 2017. that sound more like therapy Next is what shapes up as a Stadium. sessions, whether he should add mismatch, facing 55th-ranked No. 6 Caroline Garcia and No. one — or perhaps someone who John Millman, who never before 13 Kiki Bertens also lost, while could help with the mental aspect has made it this far at any Grand 2017 runner-up Madison Keys of the game. Slam tournament. came back to beat Aleksandra Federer alluded to one particu- “He’s the best that’s played the Krunic 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. larly questionable choice Kyrgios game, in my opinion,” said Mill- The outcome of Federer vs. made at 5-all, 40-15 in the final man, who practiced with Federer Kyrgios might very well have set, when he went for a drop shot ahead of the grass-court portion been decided in the very early that found the net instead of sim- of this season. “I’ve got a lot of going. ply hitting a normal forehand into respect for Roger.” In the seventh game, Federer the open court. Win that, and Federer could faced a total of four break points. “Clearly,” Federer said, “when find himself in a quarterfinal On the first three, Kyrgios missed you play that way and you lose, against 13-time major title win- a shot. On the fourth, Federer it’s always, like, you feel like he’s ner Novak Djokovic, who faced snapped off a forehand win- so much to blame. But that’s just Richard Gasquet in the third ner. The game then continued how he plays.” round later Saturday. That match through five additional deuces Clearly. began after Maria Sharapova de- and Federer held. Turned out The contrast between Kyrgios’ feated No. 10 seed Jelena Osta- Kyrgios would not muster an- mindset and Federer’s was not penko 6-3, 6-2 to start the night other break chance. lost on the talented, if tempera- session in Arthur Ashe Stadium. “He loosened up straightaway mental, Australian. In earlier women’s action, there after that. He started playing “We’re two very different char- was a series of surprises, high- some shots that we all know he acters. Just the way he goes about lighted by Wimbledon champion can make. All the pressure was ASSOCIATED PRESS‌ things, I could take a leaf out of and No. 4 seed Angelique Ker- off him. He’s an unbelievable Oakland Raiders defensive end Khalil Mack (52) rushes against the his book. The way he behaves on ber’s 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 loss to No. 29 front-runner,” Kyrgios said. Indianapolis Colts during a Dec. 24, 2016, game in Oakland. The Chicago court. His demeanor,” the 30th- Dominika Cibulkova. Kerber, who “When he gets in front, there’s Bears acquired Mack from the Raiders on Saturday in a massive trade seeded Kyrgios said. “I don’t want counts the 2016 U.S. Open among not much you can do.” that sends two first-round draft picks to Oakland.

Williams for Orcutt Academy Grande to the boys frosh-soph ner couldn’t finish because of the Section power. DeNike (23rd), Adam Wilson for Cabrillo team title. Munoz won in 13:44.33. heat, so we didn’t have enough The Eagles moved from the From D1 (24th) and Ramses Valencia for The Eagles scored 54 points. runners to score.” Southern Section to the Central Pioneer Valley (28th). Alta Loma won the frosh-soph Michele Marceleno finished Section themselves this year. Pablo finished in 17:13.55 Sat- None of the area squads were girls championship with 54 points. 43rd for the Bulldogs. Alondra Sisters Delanie and Peyton urday. among the varsity team leaders. Cardoza placed 48th and Luisa Dunkle each won their respective Orcutt Academy senior Mack- Nipomo freshman Katie Slover Ventura Invitational Chavarria wound up 52nd. singles matches. They paired for a enzie Webb placed in the top 20 was a winner in her first high (Friday)‌ “I was very happy with the ef- doubles win. Devan Doud won at in the varsity girls race with a school race. She took the fro- fort,” said Quintana. No. 6 singles for the Eagles. 16th-place finish. Some of the sh-soph girls race in 15:40.08. Sujey Montano was the top other top individuals for area girls “The course was definitely finisher for the Hancock College GIRLS TENNIS (FRIDAY)‌ Moment of silence‌ teams included Emma Johnson challenging, but I enjoyed it,” she women in this 5K race. She fin- A moment of silence was held for Arroyo Grande (24th), Cris- said. ished 12th. Times for the Hancock Clovis North 5, before the Santa Ynez-Santa Ma- tiana Flores for Righetti (26th) “I feel like I strive on the up- runners were unavailable. Arroyo Grande 4‌ ria football game at Santa Maria’s and Ashley Santiago for Pioneer hills and that’s where I make up “We were very happy with Su- Ralph Baldiviez Stadium Friday Valley (47th). ground. But I like flat courses, jey’s result,” said Hancock coach Playing on the road, the Eagles night in honor of the late Joe Mc- Some top individual finishers t o o .” Louie Quintana. (5-1) didn’t quite have enough Neal. McNeal was a coach at Santa 00 for area boys teams included Zach Jonathan Munoz led Arroyo “Unfortunately, our fifth run- against the perennial CIF Central Maria. 1 SANTA MARIA TIMES COLLEGE FOOTBALL SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 | D5 No. 9 Auburn scores late, beats No. 6 Washington ATLANTA — The Auburn Tigers had down on their opening possession of the some bad memories from their last two Chick-fi l-A Kicko Game but missing a trips to Atlanta. surprise two-point conversion. They headed home from this one feeling Jarrett Stidham got Auburn rolling with a whole lot better. a 12-yard pass to Chandler Cox on third- With a performance that didn’t earn a and-9. Then, facing third-and-7 deep in bunch of style points but will look awfully Washington territory, Auburn handed o good on the resume, No. 9 Auburn rallied inside to Whitlow, who knocked over a for a 21-16 victory over No. 6 Washington Washington safety as he barreled into the when Jatarvious Whitlow ran 10 yards for end zone to cap a 10-play, 76-yard drive. a touchdown with 6 minutes, 15 seconds Washington drove to the Auburn 37 with remaining Saturday. plenty of time to pull o the comeback, but “We talked about overcoming adversity,” Myles Gaskin was thrown for a 3-yard loss Tigers coach Gus Malzahn said. “Last sea- and Browning was left running for his life on son we didn’t win hardly any close games. the Huskies’ last two o ensive plays. Big Kat We knew this game was going to come Bryant sacked the quarterback for another down to the end.” 3-yard setback, and safety Smoke Monday The Tigers closed last season with back- fi nished it o with a blitz that forced Brown- to-back losses at Mercedes-Benz Stadium ing to just fl ing the ball away, resulting in an — fi rst to Georgia in the Southeastern Con- intentional grounding penalty. ference championship game, then to Cen- “We’re not into moral victories,” Brown- tral Florida in the Peach Bowl. ing said. “We came here to win, and we JOHN BAZEMORE, ASSOCIATED PRESS They were facing another disappoint- didn’t.” Auburn tight end Sal Cannella (80) makes a catch for a touchdown as Washington defensive ment, trailing 16-15 after scoring a touch- — Associated Press backs Jordan Miller (23) and JoJo McIntosh (14) defend in the fi rst half Saturday in Atlanta. HOW 1 2 3 4 5 NO. 1 ALABAMA 51 (1-0) NO. 2 CLEMSON 48 (1-0), NO. 3 GEORGIA 45 (1-0), NO. 4 WISCONSIN 34 (1-0), NO. 5 OHIO STATE 77 (1-0), VS. LOUISVILLE 14 (0-1) FURMAN 7 (0-1) AUSTIN PEAY 0 (0-1) W. KENTUCKY 3 (0-1) OREGON STATE 31 (0-1) THE Alabama quarterback Tua Freshman quarterback The lopsided score and Heisman Trophy hopeful The absence of suspended Tagovailoa got the starting Trevor Lawrence threw for 90-degree heat led fans to Jonathan Taylor scored on OSU coach Urban Meyer nod over Jalen Hurts and the three touchdowns and the leave early and coaches to two long touchdown runs, seemed to mean little. QB TOP 25 Tide quickly built a big lead Tigers scored on all fi ve of agree to shorten the fourth and the Badgers rolled to a Dwayne Haskins Jr. had a re- in a late Saturday game. his drives before he left. quarter to 10 minutes. home win Friday night. cord day, throwing for 5 TDs. FARED NEXT: Arkansas State NEXT: at Texas A&M NEXT: at South Carolina NEXT: New Mexico NEXT: Rutgers.

NO. 9 AUBURN 21 (1-0), NO. 6 WASHINGTON 16 (0-1) | The Huskies will have to over- NO. 16 TCU 55 (1-0), SOUTHERN U. 7 (0-1) | The Horned Frogs held their opponent to come an early blemish on their record to get into the playo mix. NEXT: North Dakota seven points or less for the seventh time in their last 15 games. NEXT: at SMU

NO. 7 OKLAHOMA 63 (1-0), FLORIDA ATLANTIC 14 (0-1) | QB Kyler Murray passed for 209 NO. 17 WEST VIRGINIA 40 (1-0), TENNESSEE 14 (0-1) | Will Grier started his Heisman yards and two TDs as the Sooners built a 42-0 halftime lead. NEXT: UCLA campaign o well, throwing for 429 yards and fi ve TDs. NEXT: Youngstown State NO. 8 MIAMI (0-0) VS. NO. 25 LSU (0-0) | Miami D-lineman and Louisiana native Gerald NO. 18 MISSISSIPPI STATE (0-0) VS. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (0-0) | MSU was rolling to a Willis will lead the Hurricanes against LSU today. NEXT: Savannah State win late Saturday without suspended QB Nick Fitzgerald. NEXT: at Kansas State

NO. 9 AUBURN 21 (1-0), NO. 6 WASHINGTON 16 (0-1) | The Tigers’ postseason resume NO. 19 FLORIDA STATE (0-0) VS. NO. 20 VIRGINIA TECH (0-0) | Florida State opens the got a big boost in the fi rst game of the season. NEXT: Alabama State Willie Taggart Era against a conference foe Monday at home. NEXT: Samford

NO. 10 PENN STATE 45 (1-0), APPALACHIAN STATE 38, OT (0-1) | The Nittany Lions needed NO. 20 VIRGINIA TECH (0-0) AT NO. 19 FLORIDA STATE (0-0) | Virginia Tech coach Jus- an Amani Oruwariye OT interception to seal a home win. NEXT: at Pittsburgh tin Fuente is 3-0 against Willie Taggert as a head coach. NEXT: William & Mary

NO. 11 MICHIGAN STATE 38 (1-0), UTAH STATE 31 (0-1) | Connor Heyward scored his sec- NO. 21 UCF 56 (1-0), CONNECTICUT 17 (0-1) | The Knights o ense looked very similar to ond TD with 2 minutes left to help the Spartans survive. NEXT: at Arizona State the one that helped them go undefeated last season. NEXT: South Carolina State

NO. 12 NOTRE DAME 24 (1-0), NO. 14 MICHIGAN 17 (0-1) | The Fighting Irish scored fast NO. 22 BOISE STATE 56 (1-0), TROY 20 (0-1) | The Broncos looked sharp on the road, with on their fi rst two drives and never looked back NEXT: Ball State heavy pressure on defense and big plays on o ense. NEXT: Connecticut

NO. 13 STANFORD 31 (1-0), SAN DIEGO STATE 10 (0-1) | Record-setting RB Bryce Love was MARYLAND 34 (1-0), NO. 23 TEXAS 29 (0-1) | Maryland and interim coach Matt Can- held to just 29 yards, but Stanford still rolled. NEXT: Southern California ada scored an emotional upset in fi rst game since death of OL Jordan McNair. NEXT: Tulsa

NO. 12 NOTRE DAME 24 (1-0), NO. 14 MICHIGAN 17 (0-1) | The Wolverines lost to a ranked NO. 24 OREGON 58 (1-0), BOWLING GREEN 24 (0-1) | The Ducks scored 30 points in the team on the road for the 17th consecutive time. NEXT: Western Michigan second quarter and got new coach Mario Cristobal a win. NEXT: Portland State

NO. 15 SOUTHERN CAL 43 (1-0), UNLV 21 (0-1) | JT Daniels, just the second USC freshman NO. 25 LSU (0-0) VS. NO. 8 MIAMI (0-0) | Ohio State transfer QB Joe Burrow will make to start at QB in a season opener, threw for 282 yards. NEXT: at SMU his fi rst start for the Tigers on Sunday. NEXT: Southeastern Louisiana

MAJOR COLLEGE SCORES & STANDINGS NOTES AMERICAN ATHLETIC California , North Carolina  Cincinnati , UCLA  Maryland honors EAST CONF ALL Oregon , Bowling Green  Cincinnati - - TCU’s UTSA at Arizona State, late Saturday UCF - - BYU at Arizona, late Saturday teammate who died South Florida - - Shawn East Carolina - - Robinson The Maryland football team paid Temple - - SOUTHEASTERN Connecticut - - EAST CONF ALL tribute to o ensive lineman Jordan WEST CONF ALL Florida - - McNair, who col- Houston - - Georgia - - Memphis - - Kentucky - - lapsed on the practice Tulsa - - Missouri - - fi eld on May 29 and Navy - - South Carolina - - SMU - - Vanderbilt - - died two weeks later Tulane - - Tennessee - - Thursday’s results WEST CONF ALL of heatstroke, by lin- UCF , Connecticut  Arkansas - - ing up with 10 players Wake Forest , Tulane , OT Auburn - - Saturday’s results Mississippi - - on their fi rst o ensive Houston , Rice  Texas A&M - - play Saturday. Mary- Villanova , Temple  Alabama - - North Carolina AT&T at East Carolina, LSU - - McNair land waited for a delay postponed Mississippi State - - of game to be called, South Florida , Elon  Thursday’s result Memphis , Mercer  Texas A&M , Northwestern State  and Texas declined the penalty in a Cincinnati , UCLA  Saturday’s results Tulsa , Central Arkansas  South Carolina , Coastal Carolina  show of sportsmanship. North Texas , SMU  Mississippi , Texas Tech  Maryland players wore a sticker Navy at Hawaii, late Saturday Georgia , Austin Peay  Auburn , Washington  No. 79 on their helmets and emerged ATLANTIC COAST West Virginia , Tennessee  from the tunnel with one of his former Kentucky , Central Michigan  ATLANTIC CONF ALL AP PHOTO Missouri , UT-Martin  teammates carrying a red fl ag, also Boston College - - Saturday’s stars Arkansas , Eastern Illinois  Clemson - - Stephen F. Austin at Mississippi State, late emblazoned with McNair’s number. NC State - - Saturday Syracuse - - Shawn Robinson, TCU, QB: Robinson threw touchdowns to three di erent Florida , Charleston Southern  Wake Forest - - Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt, late Florida State - - receivers and ran for two more scores while playing just the fi rst half as No. 16 Saturday Louisville - - Severe weather causes TCU opened the season with a win over Southern University. Alabama vs. Louisville, late Saturday COASTAL CONF ALL Today’s game Duke - - LSU vs. Miami at Arlington, Texas Georgia Tech - - Dwayne Haskins Jr, Ohio State, QB: Haskins was 22 for 30 for 313 yards delays, cancellations Pittsburgh - - while throwing fi ve touchdown passes in the Buckeyes’ win. The fi ve touch- Virginia - - SUN BELT Memorial Stadium was evacuated Miami - - downs and 313 yards gained set new records for a fi rst-time Ohio State starter. EAST CONF ALL because of a severe thunderstorm Virginia Tech - - Georgia State - - North Carolina - - two hours after the Akron-Nebraska Jeshaun Jones, Fr., Maryland, WR: The freshman receiver accounted for Georgia Southern - - Thursday’s result Appalachian State - - Wake Forest , Tulane , OT game went into a lightning delay on three touchdowns — one passing, one rushing and one receiving — and 121 to- Coastal Carolina - - Friday’s results Troy - - Saturday night. The game was later Syracuse , Western Michigan  tal yards in the Terrapins’ 34-29 victory over Texas. Duke , Army  WEST CONF ALL canceled. Saturday’s results UL Monroe - - Bad weather has caused delays Clemson , Furman  Wisconsin - - UTSA at Arizona State, late Saturday Wyoming - - Arkansas State - - NC State , James Madison  Nebraska - - Air Force - - Louisiana - - across the country on the fi rst ma- South Alabama - - Georgia Tech , Alcorn State  Purdue - - INDEPENDENTS New Mexico - - Boston College , Massachusetts  Thursday’s result Utah State - - Texas State - - jor day of the college football season. Pittsburgh , Albany  Minnesota , New Mexico State  SCHOOL ALL Colorado State - - Thursday’s result There were delays for games at Ohio California , North Carolina  Northwestern , Purdue  Massachusetts - WEST CONF ALL Georgia State , Kennesaw State  Virgina , Richmond  Friday’s results Liberty - Hawaii - - UL Monroe , Southeastern Louisiana  State, Maryland, the Air Force Acad- Louisville vs. Alabama, late Saturday Michigan State , Utah State  BYU - Nevada - - Saturday’s results emy in Colorado and the West Virgin- Today’s game Wisconsin , Western Kentucky  Army - Fresno State - - South Carolina , Coastal Carolina  Miami vs. LSU at Arlington, Texas Saturday’s results Notre Dame - San Diego State - - Rutgers , Texas State  ia-Tennessee game played in Charlotte, Monday’s game Ohio State , Oregon State  New Mexico State - San Jose State - - Penn State , Appalachian State , OT Virginia Tech at Florida State Illinois , Kent State  Thursday’s result UNLV - - Boise State , Troy  North Carolina. North Carolina A&T Rutgers , Texas State  Minnesota , New Mexico State  Thursday’s result Georgia Southern , South Carolina and East Carolina’s season-opening Maryland , Texas  Friday’s results UC Davis , San Jose State  State  BIG 12 Penn State , Appalachian State , OT Duke , Army  Friday’s results Grambling State at Louisiana-Lafayette, game in Greenville, South Carolina, SCHOOL CONF ALL Iowa , Northern Illinois  Saturday’s results Michigan State , Utah State  late Saturday Oklahoma - - Indiana , Florida International  Boston College , Massachusetts  Stanford , San Diego State  Southeast Missouri State at Arkansas was postponed until Sunday. Oklahoma State - - Notre Dame , Michigan  Liberty , Old Dominion  Nevada , Portland State  State, late Saturday TCU - - Akron at Nebraska, postponed Notre Dame , Michigan  Colorado , Colorado State  Louisiana Tech , South Alabama  West Virginia - - BYU at Arizona, late Saturday Saturday’s results Kansas State - - MID-AMERICAN Air Force , Stony Brook  Saturday’s other results NC State’s Bryant OK Baylor - - CONFERENCE USA EAST CONF ALL Washington State , Wyoming  Iowa State - - EAST CONF ALL Buffalo - - Southern California , UNLV  East Kansas - - Marshall - - Ohio - - Boise State , Troy  Lehigh , St. Francis (Pa.)  after being carted o Texas - - Charlotte - - Akron - - Incarnate Word at New Mexico, late Colgate , Holy Cross  Texas Tech - - Middle Tenn. - - Bowling Green - - Saturday Georgetown , Marist,  North Carolina State defensive Thursday’s result FIU - - Kent State - - Idaho at Fresno State, late Saturday Duquesne , Lock Haven  Oklahoma State , Missouri State  FAU - - Miami (Ohio) - - Navy at Hawaii, late Saturday Bryant , New Haven  lineman Eurndraus Bryant appeared Saturday’s results Old Dominion - - WEST CONF ALL William & Mary , Bucknell  to be OK after he was carted o the Oklahoma , FAU  W. Kentucky - - Ball State - - Sacred Heart , Lafayette  TCU , Southern U.  WEST CONF ALL Eastern Michigan - - PAC-12 South fi eld and taken to a nearby hospital for Mississippi , Texas Tech  UAB - - Toledo - - NORTH CONF ALL Jacksonville , St. Augustine’s  Maryland , Texas  Louisiana Tech - - Western Michigan - - California - - Florida A&M , Fort Valley St.  precautionary X-rays during the fi rst West Virginia , Tennessee  North Texas - - Central Michigan - - Stanford - - Alabama St. , Tuskegee , OT half Saturday against James Madison. Nicholls State , Kansas  (OT) Rice - - Northern Illinois - - Washington State - - Gardner-Webb , Limestone  Kansas State , South Dakota  Southern Miss - - Thursday’s result Oregon - - Hampton , Shaw  – The Associated Press Abilene Christian at Baylor, late Saturday UTEP - - Ball State , Central Connecticut  Oregon State - - Norfolk State , Virginia State  South Dakota State at Iowa State, UTSA - - Friday’s results Washington - - W. Carolina , Newberry  postponed Thursday’s result Eastern Michigan , Monmouth  SOUTH CONF ALL Wofford , The Citadel  THE NUMBER UAB , Savannah State  Syracuse , Western Michigan  Colorado - - Alabama A&M , Miles  BIG TEN Friday’s results Saturday’s results Southern Cal - - Towson , Morgan State  Wisconsin , Western Kentucky  Illinois , Kent Sate  Utah - - Tennessee St. , Bethune-Cookman  Ohio State’s sea- EAST CONF ALL Saturday’s results Ohio , Howard  Arizona - - Stetson , Point (Ga.)  Indiana - - Oklahoma , FAU  Kentucky , Central Michigan  Arizona State - - ETSU , Mars Hill  son-opening vic- Maryland - - Houston , Rice  Iowa , Northern Illinois  UCLA - - Midwest Michigan State - - Marshall , Miami (Ohio)  Buffalo , Deleware State  Thursday’s result Dayton , Robert Morris  tory over Oregon Butler , Youngstown State  899 Ohio State - - Liberty , Old Dominion  Marshall , Miami (Ohio)  Utah , Weber State  State was the program’s 899th victory Penn State - - Louisiana Tech , South Alabama  Toledo , VMI  Friday’s results N. Dakota St. , Cal Poly  Rutgers - - Indiana , Florida International  Oregon , Bowling Green  Stanford , San Diego State  Illinois St. , St. Xavier  in its history. It is now one win away Michigan - - Southern Mississippi , Jackson State  Akron at Nebraska, postponed Colorado , Colorado State  Southwest from joining Michigan as the only WEST CONF ALL North Texas , SMU  Saturday’s results Lamar , Kentucky Christian  Northwestern - - Northern Arizona , UTEP  Ohio State , Oregon State  Far West programs in major college football Illinois - - Fordham at Charlotte, late Saturday MOUNTAIN WEST Auburn , Washington  E. Washington , Cent. Washington  00 Iowa - - Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt, late MOUNTAIN CONF ALL Washington State , Wyoming  McNeese St. , N. Colorado  history with 900 wins. 1 Minnesota - - Saturday Boise State - - Southern California , UNLV  San Diego , W. New Mexico  — ESPN Stats & Info D6 | Sunday, September 2, 2018 Santa Maria Times

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