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February 21, 2002

Rock Top Ten

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February 21, 2002

Feb. 21, 2002 – Feb. 27, 2002

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Thursday: You may not be able to teach an old dog new tricks, but you can certainly teach a new dog old tricks. Tonight, Arts & Lectures presents the Borromeo String Quartet. The concert is at 8 at the Montecito Cou...

February 20, 2002

S.A.M. We Are

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The SB Homeless Day Center and Winter Shelter is being remodeled. It plans to move across the street from an elementary school. SB Community Academy mothers, we'll call them S.A.M., are outraged over the shelter.

February 20, 2002

Fortune Hunter

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There is buried treasure under Los Carneros. That is why road crews keep digging up sections of the street only to inexpertly patch the holes.

February 19, 2002

Golden Whining

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As I sat on my couch and knocked back another beer, I realized that I would never compete in the two-man luge.

February 15, 2002

Gratefully Guzzling

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I liken Valentine's Day to a pinkened skin rash. Cheesy candy, plastic flowers, pathetically hollow cards, bad commercials, a blinding overflow of pink and red, and way too much PDA (public displays of affection).

February 15, 2002

Feature Photo: One “Angry Vagina”

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Lauren Failla touches herself during her performance in "The Vagina Monologues" at the I.V. Theatre on Thursday evening.

February 14, 2002

Weather Dating Game

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The weathermates have attributed the weatherpet's ill temper to lack of companionship. I have decided to wield my three inches of power to make a small mammal love connection and find him a special lady.

February 14, 2002

Sports Feature Photo: Bringing It All Together

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The UCSB men's and women's basketball teams sit in third and first place in the Big West. The men are tops in the country in defensive field-goal percentage, limiting their opponents to an abysmal 36.7 percent from the f...

February 14, 2002

Feature Photo: Yeah, but does the CD player come standard?

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Santa Barbara County Fire Department shows off its new landing lights kit to the public after a night-time training drill with Mercy Air Ambulance on Wednesday near Salvar Road.

February 14, 2002

Feature Photo: Watch Your Back

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Michael "Wild Thing" Wilson of the Harlem Globetrotters showcases his hops Wednesday night in the Thunderdome, skying over referee Barry Tessy who is distracted by Trotter shenanigans under the basket. The Trotters easil...

February 14, 2002

Feb. 14, 2002 – Feb. 20, 2002

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Calendar: 2/14-2/20 Thursday: St. Valentine was a priest beheaded for performing unauthorized marriages on the church steps. Celebrate his holiday with “The Road Home,” the story of a tenderhearted romance be...

February 13, 2002

Join Us

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Apparently I am officer material.

February 12, 2002

Skidmarks and Chafing

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In terms of intensity, the life of a cabin counselor ranks up there with that of an inner-city repo man. I know. I spent the weekend chasing a rambunctious group of 12- and 13-year-old kids around camp.

February 11, 2002

Protesters Fight Ocean Protection

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Commercial and sport fishermen wearing red T-shirts lined up Friday over proposals to protect up to 34 percent of the waters around the Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara.

February 11, 2002