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May 20, 2012 - Just Another Day
It's just another day in Santa Barbara. The sound of leaf blowers and barking dogs try to drown out the effervescence of the blue cloudless skies. At the Edhat office, the Edhat Dog lies in remiss, wondering why she checked the mail this morning instead of keeping to her task and bringing back the newspaper as she normally does. There was no treat for her today when she returned without the daily news. Her "just read it on Edhat!" retort did not win her any points, or get her any treats.
The Sunday newspaper is thick, filled with special ads, feature articles, and colored "funnies". We are not sure why they're called "funnies" because they rarely are. Usually you can read the whole section without a chuckle.
So, if you are looking for some real entertainment this morning, we have some treats from Edhat. The Dog is right you know. We just don't want her think that it is an excuse for shirking her daily retrieving task.
The Dog of the Week is Sir Simon, a dog surrounded by cats. The cat of the Week is P-Nut. The Non-profit of the week is Teaching Beyond Textbooks, dedicated to public education. David Powdrell reminisces about helicopter seeds, Kelsey Abkin our Teen Voice, cautions celebrities to be mindful of their impact on young people, and Robert Bernstein took a hike to Rocky Pine Ridge.
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POWDRELL: As adolescent kids growing up in rustic Carson City, Nevada, my three brothers and I spent countless
hours tossing helicopter seeds into the air, marveling at their slow descent back to earth. |
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NON-PROFIT OF THE WEEK: Teaching beyond Textbooks is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to public education in Santa
Barbara County. |
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DOG OF THE WEEK: I would like to introduce you to Sir Simon. He lives in a household of four cats and puts up with them graciously. |
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CAT OF THE WEEK: Meet P-Nut, an awesome cat in so many ways! |
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There is some sort of sea creature swimming around very close to Stearn's Wharf and near the shoreline at East Beach. Anyone know anything about this? |
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Kelsey cautions celebrities to be mindful of their influence on young people. |
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SBSO Has been counting motorcycles all weekend whos wearing colors who is not. Right now they have a group of bikers pulled over at Cachuma.. |
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A subscriber's wife found this skeleton in their yard. Anyone know what animal it was? |
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A subscriber takes a photo of a car ablaze on Patterson Ave [pic] |
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As summer approaches, Steve McGovern is seeing lots of new birds hanging around. If the birds are any indication, yellow is the popular color for summer. [pics] |
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211 armed robbery with a knife in IV. It sounds like it happened at the Bank of America ATM near Woodstock's Pizza. |
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These Edhat readers both photographed the same interesting cloud formation Friday evening. Is it a lenticular
cloud? [pics] |
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A subscriber captured this artistic picture of the famous lenticular cloud. [pic] |
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A subscriber submitted another cloud photo that looks somewhat heavenly. [pic] |
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The Aquaholic captures the many beauties of Ellwood. [pics] |
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The Ka Nai'a Outrigger Rig Run Race, a series of races sponsored by the Ka Nai'a Outrigger Canoe Club of Santa Barbara, began today at 8 AM. [pics] |
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A subscriber captures the last of the cloud [pic]. |
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Last Saturday Robert Bernstein led the Sierra Club hike to Rocky Pine Ridge, a unique area of limestone rocks and pine trees that some call "The Rock Garden." |
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A deep partial solar eclipse will begin at 5:23 p.m. and end at 7:43 p.m., according to Chuck McPartlin, outreach coordinator for the SB Astronomical Unit. |
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A subscriber visited the Wings of Freedom planes and got several shots of the planes features both inside and out. [pics] |
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Is Maverick Window and Door on Haley St. still in business? |
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Gary Lapman reports Fuel Depot gas station in Old Town Goleta has lowered their gas prices by ten cents until 5:00 tomorrow evening. |
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With all this warm, sunny weather, a reader's garden is producing a multitude of gorgeous flowers. [pics] |
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Check out this video of a group of SB artists painting a beautiful mural in Ventura. [vid] |
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Injury traffic accident at Gilbralter just North of El Cielto, a motorcyclist is down. Engine 7 and County mutual aide are responding. |
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The City of Goleta has announced a new relationship with UC Santa Barbara to encourage start up
businesses, spawned from the nearby campus, to set up shop in the "Goodland." |
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Rachel's been thinking about how often we use plastic and wondering, is
it really so fantastic? |
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Ann Phillips (1938-2012) passed away on May 14th. The family settled in Santa Maria in 1976, where Ann
worked for Montgomery Ward for many years. |
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Speaking of Stories - Speaking of Stories presents: Celebration of Stories, starring Emmy Winner Joe Spano. Great actors
performing wonderful stories, do you need anything more? (Monday, May 21, 2012) |
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