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The Nova Scotia Supreme Court held that a regulation which sets a maximum value for milk quota was intra vires and valid as being a lawful exercise of statutory authority
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Dairy Farmers – Powers under legislation – Milk quotas – Legislation – Validity of legislation – Ultra vires – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation
Taylor v. Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia, [2010] N.S.J. No. 624, 2010 NSSC 436, Nova Scotia Supreme Court, November 25, 2010, P.J. Duncan J.
The applicants are dairy farmers in Nova Scotia who objected to certain regulations enacted by their governing body, the respondent Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia ("DFNS"). The regulations in question, the Total Production Quota Regulations, N.S. Reg. 225/2009 ("the Regulations") cap the price for the exchange of saleable milk quota at a maximum value that is below the value currently being obtained in trading on the quota exchange. The applicants sought a declaration that the Regulations were ultra vires and invalid.
The court first considered whether the Regulations were a proper exercise of authority delegated by the legislature. The court noted that the Regulations were enacted pursuant to the Dairy Industry Act, which establishes a Natural Products Marketing Council. The Dairy Industry Act grants the Council regulatory authority over natural products generally and has the specific authority to make regulations with respect to quota. The court further noted that the Dairy Industry Act also provides the Council with the statutory authority to delegate its powers to the DFNS. Here, those powers have been so delegated by way of the Delegation of Powers to Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations and the resulting Regulation was valid.
The court next considered the applicants' alternative argument that milk quota is "property" and that the legislative scheme mandates expropriation of that property without compensation and without statutory authority to do so. This argument was also rejected by the court, which held that although saleable milk quota has value and is an important component in the financing of investment in the diary industry, it does not have the character of "property" capable of a defacto expropriation. Moreover, there was no expropriation because there was no property that had been transferred to the state.
The court concluded that the Regulations were intra vires and valid as being a lawful exercise of legislative authority delegated to the DFNS by the Natural Products Marketing Council pursuant to the Dairy Industry Act.
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In this episode, Kelly and I meet with Brad Dearden, Associate Professor of Geography at UMF. If you think being a geography professor means you sit around drawing maps with colored pencils all day, you really need to listen to this to find out what they really do. Adventures in Nepal, Guatemala, China, and more. Geography professors are much closer to Indiana Jones than they have any right to be.
These podcasts started as a lark to talk about the library and have a fun time, but I'm learning so much about our faculty here at UMF and the research they're all up to. I'm so glad we have a chance to highlight it, bit by bit.


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Dawgs with Style: Mask edition
Nadia Issa poses in her coordinated outfit and mask. Photos by Xan Korman.
JA'SIA WARD | STAFF REPORTER | jrward1@butler.edu
Nadia Issa, a junior economics and finance double major and full time Instagram influencer, styles masks as accessories to incorporate them into her signature bold and elegant looks. Interviewed for a non-COVID Dawgs with Style two years ago, Issa's modest and elegant style has been complemented by accessorizing with masks.
The Butler Collegian: What does your style say about you?
Nadia Issa: When you first look at me, you get the idea that I'm a Muslim because I cover my hair with a hijab. I try to make it fun and colorful because I know a lot of people would perceive Muslims as wearing all black. I'm different.
TBC: How has your fashion evolved in the past year? Did you have to get more creative when masks became necessary?
NI: I did have to get creative. I went out to the store and found some masks that matched my wardrobe. I try to color coordinate my looks which can be hard, but I would say I'm managing.
TBC: Where do you get your masks from?
NI: Etsy! There's a lot of local small businesses that make unique handmade masks. I think they are very cute and unique. They make your outfit shine more than if you were to just wear the regular blue masks.
TBC: What are your favorite colors or patterns to incorporate into your looks, and how can you include masks?
NI: I don't like patterns and I rarely wear them, but when I do, I make sure it's one pattern per outfit. I don't like mismatching different patterns. Therefore, when it came to wearing masks, it was hard in the beginning. At first, I didn't have as many masks as I do now, so it was hard to coordinate them with every outfit. When purchasing my masks, I wanted them to function as an accessory. Just like you would wear a necklace with an outfit, I wanted the mask to be the accent piece.
TBC: Who are some of your favorite fashion icons that you have seen incorporate masks into their looks during the Covid-19 pandemic?
NI: My favorite fashion icon is my mom. That's where I get my style from. She is a big fashionista! If you think I'm fashionable, she's on a whole new level. She gets everything custom made. We are African, so my mom will get African clothes made and she will have the same fabric the outfit is made out of incorporated into the mask. She will wear a patterned dress with a matching mask, then wear a solid color hijab and it looks amazing!
TBC: You radiate confidence and elegance, what are some tips to radiate this energy while wearing a mask?
NI: Self-confidence and self-love is something you can have even if your face is covered completely. If you are confident in yourself and your abilities and who you are; you walk differently, you talk differently, the world gets a different energy from you. I always tell people that confidence is not something you just sit there and wait for. You've got to take action to figure out why you are not confident right now. When you figure that out, work on it! When you're confident everything just fits in.
TBC: What is your advice for people who may be afraid to wear certain colors, patterns or accessories?
NI: Do you! There is always going to be someone who disagrees with you or doesn't like the way you look or dress. The minute you start to notice negativity, you will always find negativity. You need to be able to block out everything and say, "this is me," regardless of what others may think.
TBC: In one of your Instagram posts, you state that you love when your outfits look cohesive and well put together. How do you look cohesive and well put together with a mask on?
NI: I incorporate masks as my primary accessory. I wear a hijab, so I am already wearing a lot of stuff. To look cohesive, I don't want to have too much going on. Instead of looking at my mask as fabric, I look at it as jewelry. I like to incorporate masks that have jewels and rhinestones.
TBC: People feel like it's harder now more than ever to express themselves and their feelings because half of their face is covered when interacting with others. How do you express yourself and what you are feeling through fashion?
NI: I used to think about how I was going to express myself through what I was wearing a lot, but now it comes naturally. What I hope my fashion is representing is no matter the chaos that's going on in the world, I can still be that light that reminds others to stop for a minute and smile. I use fashion to keep myself uplifted.
TBC: Why is fashion important to you?
NI: It's a way to express my individuality. I feel like I live in a world that defines me or who I am before they even see me. I make it a point to walk into a room and redefine any preconceived notion of who people think I am. I want people to look at me and want to get to know me for who I really am.
Many Butler students are looking for ways to incorporate masks into their everyday looks. Junior theater major, Vicki Turner, and junior piano performance major, Claire Porter, are Butler students who sell masks on campus.
Turner offers masks in a variety of patterns, such as checkered and cheetah print, and sells them starting at five dollars. Not only are the masks cute and affordable, but they are also sustainable.
"You can also reuse them and they're washable. Since you're going to need to have one on anyway, you might as well like it and have a cute one that you want to wear," Turner said.
Porter started making masks two months ago since the surgical blue masks didn't fit her face right, as well as to encourage her piano students that wearing masks can be a way to express themselves.
"I wanted [fabric masks] partially because they were cute, but also because I teach piano, so I wanted to show my students that they could make this fun because they really hated to wear them," Porter said.
Porter offers various boho style masks, starting at six dollars. Both students will personalize masks for a slightly higher price.
Porter and Turner can both be reached via Instagram direct message @claireportermusic and @vicster.turner, as well as through their Butler emails. Buying masks made by Butler students is a good way to add personality to your looks while supporting your peers as well as the environment.
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Home Government Politics The Establishment Strikes Back, Biden Wins Michigan
The Establishment Strikes Back, Biden Wins Michigan
Richard Franklin
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Joe Biden continued his impressive comback on Tuesday, racking up a key win in Michigan in a nomination race that is now essentially a two way contest between the former vice president and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Sanders had beaten Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Michigan primary, but this year Biden handily defeated Sanders in the Wolverine State, increasing his delegate lead and steadily marching onto the eventual presidential nomination. It has been extremely rare for a candidate that did not place first or second in the Iowa caucuses to go on to win the nomination, but this year's debacle in Iowa and Biden's strong performance in South Carolina may have set the stage for his comeback.
Both candidates plan to debate on Sunday, albeit without a live audience, as concerns of spreading of coronavirus has caused many public appearances and rallies to be canceled. Biden campaigned in Michigan riding on claims that he helped to save the auto industry along with President Obama in 2008. The reality is much more complex, as the emergency bailout was actually approved by George W. Bush, and the bailout carried over into the Obama administration, which expanded the funds available to the industry. Now, reports are emerging that Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden was involved in a fund that received $130 million in funds from the federal government's TALF program, a distressed debt program linked to the auto bailout for which Joe Biden is claiming credit.
I put my faith in Michigan in the depths of the Great Recession — and if you believe, as I do, that our greatest days still lie ahead, I hope that you'll put your faith in Team Joe tomorrow. https://t.co/OvL5KU2Vap
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Home » Facebook » What A Nice Story to Wake Up To! High Country Rising Tide's Kristin Owen on Democracy Now this morning talking about the Dept. of Interior occupation which resulted in 21 arrests.
What A Nice Story to Wake Up To! High Country Rising Tide's Kristin Owen on Democracy Now this morning talking about the Dept. of Interior occupation which resulted in 21 arrests.
By Rising Tide North America April 19, 2011 April 19, 2011 Facebook
21 Arrested At Interior Department Sit-In
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In Washington, D.C., 21 protesters were arrested Monday for staging a sit-in at the headquarters of the Department of Interior. The protesters were calling for the abolition of offshore oil drilling, coal mining and tar sands extraction. Kristen Owen of High Country Rising Tide in Wyoming was among
« " And the young people inside have said that they have had enough of that, and they don't have the corporate campaign contributions to battle in other ways against the fossil fuel industry, but they have the commitment to take a stand here."
Kalamazoo stepping up for the Day of Action to End Extraction. »


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Ms. Pipes will speak about the Trojan Horse of health care for all. Prior to becoming president of PRI in 1991, she was assistant director of the Fraser Institute, based in Vancouver, Canada. Ms. Pipes addresses national and international audiences on health care. She was interviewed on the Fox News show "Life, Liberty and Levin" on Medicare for All, that was seen by 1.5 million viewers on the first showing, ABC's "20/20"; CNN; FOX News; NBC "Nightly News"; FOX Business Network; "The O'Reilly Factor," FOX News' "Your World with Neil Cavuto," "The Today Show;" "Kudlow & Company on CNBC; MSNBC;"Dateline;" "Politically Incorrect;" "The Dennis Miller Show," and other prominent programs.


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Today in MH17 updates, rebels alter the plane debris, Ukraine claims Russian officials personally pushed the missile deployment button, and victims finally make their way home to the Netherlands.
Ukraine's director of informational security, Vitaly Nayda, has said he is certain that a "Russian officer personally pushed the button to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17." Not surprisingly, Kremlin continues to deny any involvement, even as evidence piles up.
While tensions between Russia and the rest of the world mount over the investigation of the MH17 flight, yesterday some progress was made. The bodies have started to be transported to government-controlled areas Dutch investigators are working to transfer the bodies to coffins in Kharkiv, then get them onto a military plane home.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said he hopes the first plane carrying bodies will arrive on Wednesday. An Australian plane will also arrive in Ukraine to take bodies from the processing facility to Holland.
Thus far, 282 bodies are waiting to be processed and 16 people remain missing. This is an improvement as well, as for sometime, as many as 38 bodies were missing. These 38 had been taken to a Donetsk morgue by the separatists. Speculation arose that these 38 bodies had particular missile fragments or shrapnel damage, which is why the separatists wanted to process them first and in a different facility. The Ukrainian government has also said 87 "body fragments" have been found, however, testing must be done to link them back to the victims.
While Malaysia was finally able to recover the black boxes from the rebels at the crash site, investigators at the site have determined other evidence has been "significantly altered." Michael Bociurkiw, a spokesperson for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, has said large pieces of the front of the plane have been cut away. Investigators have seen power tools on the site, used to cut into the fuselage. Rebels said their reasoning was to move the large plane pieces in order to retrieve bodies. However, OSCE said the cuts made were "very invasive."


Off-The-Shelf (OTS) software parts are the cornerstone of contemporary systems, as well as safety-important ones. However, the dependability of OTS elements is uncertain thanks to the lack of source code, design artifacts and check cases, since only their binary code is equipped. Fault injection in elements' binary code could be a answer to understand the risks posed by buggy OTS parts. In this Project, we have a tendency to consider the problem of the accurate mutation of binary code for fault injection purposes. Fault injection emulates bugs in high-level programming constructs (assignments, expressions, perform calls, ...) by mutating their translation in binary code. But, the semantic gap between the supply code and its binary translation usually leads to inaccurate mutations. We propose Faultprog, a scientific approach for testing the accuracy of binary mutation tools. Faultprog automatically generates synthetic programs employing a stochastic grammar, and mutates both their binary code with the tool underneath check, and their supply code as reference for comparisons. Moreover, we have a tendency to present a case study on a business binary mutation tool, where Faultprog was adopted to identify code patterns and compiler optimizations that affect its mutation accuracy.


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David Goldblatt's The Age of Football shows the game's global power
There are two great lies told about football: that it is only a game, and that it shouldn't mix with politics. The Age of Football exposes…
By Jonathan Wilson
Marcelo Bielsa: football's philosopher king
The manager as messiah: Jürgen Klopp's mission for Liverpool
The secrets of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola's success
The fall of the dark angel: José Mourinho's "anti-football" philosophy
At the African Cup of Nation, football is overshadowed by political unrest
In Gabon, the current political football is the sport itself.
How Ray Parlour straddled a culture clash in English football
Although he won three Premier League titles and four FA Cups with Arsenal, Ray Parlour was capped only ten times…
Trust the tinkerman: the fall and rise of Claudio Ranieri
The Leicester City manager's sharp tactical brain has emerged from behind the quirks and the cashmere.
What a victory cannot change
Politics and pragmatism after the Copa América.
While Europe celebrates, the rest of the world will miss Blatter
Sepp Blatter is a consummate politician who took advantage of a shifting world order and Fifa's history.
Letter from Equatorial Guinea: forget human rights – here comes the football
When Morocco withdrew from hosting the African Cup of Nations, citing Ebola fears, Equatorial Guinea stepped in. But at what cost?
After the final, the streets of Copacabana ran with urine and the bars ran out of beer
Jonathan Wilson's Brazil Notebook.
After the World Cup final, the streets of Copacabana ran with urine and the bars ran out of beer
Even amid the camper vans and the seemingly anarchic raucousness of the beach, Sepp Blatter reigns supreme.


Charles Leonard (Lennie) Davis, age 17, Wakefield, Nebraska continues to write short entries in his pocket-size diary. Lennie's words are in bold black.
Went out riding in afternoon with Frankie Weaver.
Since Lennie often mentions his "wheel" (bicycle), I'm thinking they went bicycle riding. It's possible, of course, that he's speaking of a horse. But since he often mentions the bike, I'm betting on the bike. Lennie's friend, Frankie, is 15 years old.
According to the 1900 census for Wakefield, Dixon County, Nebraska, Frank's parents are Noah and Margaret Weaver. The Wakefield Journal a year previous mentioned Noah in a short one-liner...."Noah Weaver is now sending out notices to tax payers to "whack up". Don't be offended if you get one." According to the census, Noah is a wagonmaker. The 1896 History of Dixon County, Nebraska, also names Noah as a wagonmaker. He must have been on some county board if he were sending out tax notices. Noah Weaver's brother Issac (Frankie's uncle) lived next door.
America has captured 9 ships to Spain's one.
Seeded down the yard at home.
George S is to be baptised tonight.
There will be a social at Weavers tonight.
Went to JOGT. Elected officers.
Received word that Mrs. Swartz was dead.
reports: "Dixon County was visited with two young tornados between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
The western vein struck the county at Charley Johnson's on the Cedar county line, destroying his barn and blowing the house off the foundation. It then destroyed O. B. Severson's house and moved his barn, shook up W. D. Blatchford's barns and house, granaries and machinery. It then demolished the two Norwegian Lutheran churches at Lime Grove and N. C. Jacobson's barn. N. Johnson's house was unroofed. Ole Severson had everything swept away. Ole Halvorson lost his barn as did Ben Benson. Ole Severson and his wife were quite severely injured, though not fatally.
The southwest vein was hardly as severe as the western. It demolished two schoolhouses southwest of here, then dropped down at Thomas O'Toole's, completely destroying all out buildings, farm machinery, grain, etc., and almost wrecked his dwelling. It then struck Peter Nelson's and lifted the house, dropping it a number of steps away onto a cave into which the family had gathered. It then gave Andy Spellacy a call, destroying a house and all outbuildings including barns and granaries. Near here it drove a 2 x 4 studding through a basswood tree about 8 inches in diameter. The studding can now be seen in the tree.
The two twisters traveled in a northeastern direction, doing damage in South Dakota and Iowa."
The Ponca Newspaper reported the same storm with the following story.
Later reports than the above gives definitely the names of the parties and the damage they suffered....Ed Luther a mail carrier between Newcastle and Limegrove, was caught by the storm and lifted from his cart over a fence and the mail sack was carried nearly a mile away.
At Elk Point, SD, three houses were destroyed, three cows killed and John I. Johnson was carried about 200 yards from a building by the wind and picked up dead with his head nearly severed from his body. It is next heard of at Canton, SD, but no damage was reported done. Two children were killed at Sheldon, Ia., and a large number of buildings were laid waste."
Scott, I googled JOGT but did not find much info online. I believe it was a junior organization within the Odd Fellows.
You can click on the names of the newspapers...that will take you to a website wherein someone has posted isolated items from those papers.


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I found an error with my code; I can now read the data. Thank you for your prompt reply.
However, it appears to be Bayer sensor mosaic data; does libraw do conversion to adjusted, de-mosaiced 16-bit image data? Or is that something I am expected to do from the bayer mosaic data?
I have not done a black level subtraction, inasmuch as that would dim the image even more.
Good to know. Is there an example somewhere that shows how to do that in a step by step manner?
What I would like is to be able to load an image from the raw file as the camera generally would have the user see it using the user's white balance and so on, exposed as they see it on the camera's preview. Ideally, it would be ready to view and do further adjustments to if desired.
resulted in a deep red image. Not correct at all.
...I can, with a serious gaussian blur and a window and level adjustment, turn it into something close to what it should be.
So I'm still missing something.
So it doesn't look properly white balanced at all. What am I missing?
You can also save DNG from ACR or Lightroom, but using a converter over an original file is the cleaner way.
If you have some camera profile in ACR / Lr active other than Adobe Standard it may also boost lightness.


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Last night, I sat incredulous as I watched the joint chiefs of the military sit absolutely stone-faced and grim as President Obama reiterated his commitment to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, their hands kept firmly and defiantly in their laps as most around them applauded.
The time for other gay soldiers serving now to be able to say this openly is not whenever you feel comfortable, because judging from your faces that time may never come. As with any real, honest, and substantial change that has ever come, the time for this is right now.
In 1999, at 17, I entered the United States Army from a small town in Ohio, needing to find both a way in life and a way to finance the college education I so desperately needed to rise above my lower-middle class roots. My burgeoning sexuality was but a small thought in my mind, not really knowing what "gay" was, let alone whether it really described me, but that question would be answered in my mind during my formative years, which just so happened to be spent in the U.S. Army.
Now, I'm a gay veteran who risked my life for this country many times over during my time spent deployed in Iraq in 2003, and seeing their faces made my angry. It made me angry that no matter what I say or do, my service and that of many more like me is continually ignored by the dinosaurs that would be more than happy to keep DADT around forever if they had their way. They constantly make unfounded and unreliable responses about what ending it will "do" to the military, as if our military is weak enough to crumble at the very admission of homosexuality by any within its ranks. Forgive me for co-opting their slogan, but I think being "Army Strong" should be enough to handle a few gay soldiers serving openly.
Having been an out gay man for the past 6 years following my service has allowed me to realize I couldn't have been more wrong about myself. I'm not worthless. My sexuality isn't "deviant," nor is it some secret shame that needs to be hidden so that the military establishment can continue to delude themselves into thinking they're doing the right thing by keeping military "values" firmly in line with something out of the 50's. To those "leaders," gay veterans aren't your dirty little secret anymore. We're not going to shut up, or go away, or stop shouting until those like us who currently serve are able to scream as loud as we are without the threat of disciplinary action. Thank you to President Obama for seeing this and acknowledging it, and shame on the alleged leaders of our military for continuing to remain so blind and so willfully ignorant.
Rob Smith is a freelance writer and veteran of the U.S. Army. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Advertising and Sociology from Syracuse University. His work has appeared on AfterElton.com and in USA Today, and he is currently working on a memoir detailing his time spent in the Army. Smith currently resides in New York City.


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Access and review legal documents such as Court filings and hearing transcripts?
How do I access and review legal documents such as Court filings and hearing transcripts?
Court filings and Court hearing transcripts can be accessed from the Legal main page. From there, you can also access all other legal related documents, including but not limited to the 1978 Judgment and the 2012 Restated Judgment, Peace and Peace II Agreements, and Rules and Regulations.
From the Legal page, you have a variety of links you can navigate to. Among those links are Court Filings and Court Hearing Transcripts. Click on the appropriate link and it'll lead you to that page which will have a list of all documents and their links. This list will be in reverse chronological order, putting the most recent at top.
For convenience, the list of documents may be filtered by year. Simply navigate to the top of the list and you'll find a dropdown field. From that dropdown field, select the year of your choice and then click Apply.
If you need assitance or cannot find the document you're seeking, you may contact us by phone, email, Contact Us form, or submitting a Request for Information.
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Access and review future or past meeting minutes, staff reports, and agendas?
How do I access and review future or past meeting minutes, staff reports, and agendas?
Meeting minutes, staff reports, and agendas for Watermaster's standard monthly meetings can be found in the meeting packages. In addition, meeting minutes and agendas can be found as standalone documents from the Meetings home page which also acts as the agenda management platform, conforming to California's Brown Act.
In the Meetings page, you'll first come to direct access of agendas for upcoming or recently held standard meetings. Directly below the agendas, you'll have direct access to the corresponding meeting packages unless they are special meetings.
Links that will lead you to a specific committee may be found at the bottom of the Meetings page.
Watermaster Board, Advisory Committee, and Pool Committees will default to the current meeting but you may also look up past meeting documents from their respective pages. On the Pool Committee Meetings page, you'll first see the upcoming or recently held meetings by all three pools. And at the bottom of this page is a link to each of the three Pool Committee's archived meeting documents.
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Find current party representatives and their voting power, including pooling plans and rules & regs?
How do I find current party representatives and their voting power, including pooling plans and rules & regs?
Click on Organization dropdown button and a dropdown menu will appear. From there, select either Advisory Committee or Pool Committees to go to the page where the information can be found.
Within the Advisory Committee page, you'll find who the current Chair person is, links to the Advisory Committee roster, volume vote basis of the Advisory Committee, and its Rules & Regulations.
The Pool Committees page will show the current Pool committee chair, link to the representative roster, Rules & Regulations, and pooling plans of each of the three Pools as well as the volume vote basis of the Overlying (Non-Agricultural) and Appropriative Pools. The Overlying (Agricultural) Pool does not use volume vote.
Click on the link below to go to the Organization page.
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Access latest and past technical reports from various sub-committees?
How do I access latest and past technical reports from various sub-committees?
Technical reports may be found on the Engineering Reports page. To arrive at this page, simply click on Reports from the navigation bar at the top of the page to actuate the dropdown menu. From the dropdown, select Engineering and that will take to the Engineering Reports page.
The first set of reports you'll see on the Engineering Reports page are:
The Chino Optimum Basin Management Program State of the Basin Report
OBMP Semi-Annual Staff Status Report
Ground-Level Monitoring Committee Annual Report
Prado Basin Habitat Sustainability Committee Annual Report
These first four reports are linked to the most recent report within their respective category.
The next section is the archive of routinely produced reports, separated by category/committee. In addition to the four described above, there are:
Maximum Benefit Reports
Streamflow Monitoring Reports
Each of these links will provide you with a popup, listing all the documents from that particular reporting.
Finally the bottom section of the Engineering Reports page displays other reports and/or documents that are not produced on a regular basis.
The link below will take you to the Engineering Reports page. If you're looking for a particular report that is not shown on this page, you may contact us for assitance via the Contact Us form.
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View current budget and assessments, and review stored water account balances?
How do I view current budget and assessments, and review stored water account balances?
Watermaster routinely approves a budget in May every year and is posted once it's approved. The budget sometime gets amended and if it does, it will be reposted immediately following its approval. This budget is accessible in two locations throughout this website. First location is on the homepage under "Quick Links" tile, and the second is on the Finance Reports page.
The Assessment Package is published annually and is based on the approved budget and the total assessable production from the Basin in the preceding fiscal year. Similar to the budget, the latest Assessment Pakcage may be found on the homepage as well as the Finance Reports page. However, you may also access past Assessment Packages from the bottom of the Finance Reports page. The stored water account balances may be found in the Assessment Packages.
The use of the terms "fiscal year", "production year", and "assessment year" have led to some confusion over time. "Production year" refers to the time period from July 1 through June 30 in a given year where activites have occurred. "Assessment year" refers to the next 12 months following the "production year" when the budget (based on the "production year") is utilized. Both terms describe the same period as a "fiscal year" however it is more descriptive to use either "production" or "assessment" year depending on the context.
You may also access the Finance Reports page by clicking on the button below. You'll also find the Financial Audit Report in the Finance Reports page.
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Import Watermaster Calendar into my Microsoft Outlook?
How do I import Watermaster Calendar into my Microsoft Outlook?
You may find directions on how to import the Watermaster Calendar into your Outlook on the Watermaster Calendar page. You may access this page in two ways; from the home page, simply click on Watermaster Calendar located at the bottom of the Meetings tile; or if your on another page other than the home page, simply click on the Calendar button located at the navigation bar at the top of the page.
Once you're in the Watermaster Calendar page, you'll see two buttons just above the calendar called "ICS File" and "RSS Feed". Next to those two buttons is a "?" to the right. Clicking on the "?" will display a dialog window, giving you two options to choose from; instruction to subscribe to an RSS feed and instruction to import an ICS file. Click on the "ICS File" and the instruction to import the calendar will display.
The two instructions available from these links will also have the option to print, making the directions easier to follow rather than resizing/minimizing windows on you device's screen.
For convenience, the link to the Watermaster Calendar is provided below.
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Watermaster Staff
The Watermaster staff, headed by the General Manager, conducts day-to-day business and technical activities of Watermaster. Watermaster also engages the services of consultants for special projects in areas where specialized expertise is necessary.
Questions or comments regarding Watermaster and its activities should be directed to the General Manager.
Peter Kavounas, PE
pkavounas@cbwm.org
Peter Kavounas' Bio
Peter Kavounas has served as the General Manager of Chino Basin Watermaster since 2012. Mr. Kavounas has over 35 years of experience and has previously worked for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as the Eastern Sierra Environmental Issues Manager, and for the City of Glendale's Water and Power Department as the Assistant General Manager-Water Services. Mr. Kavounas was elected to the Castaic Lake Water Agency Board of Directors in 1998 and served for fifteen years holding various positions including the office of Board President.
Mr. Kavounas has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota, a Master of Engineering-Structural from UC Berkeley, and a Master of Science-Water Resources from USC. He is also a graduate of Leadership Southern California Class XII, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of California.
As the General Manager Mr. Kavounas oversees all aspects of the organization: meeting obligations to the Judgment and other Court Orders, implementation of the Optimum Basin Management Program, compliance with all regulatory requirements, and business practices.
Mr. Kavounas enjoys running, nature, and reading.
Joseph S. Joswiak, MBA
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Joseph S. Joswiak's Bio
Joseph S. Joswiak joined Chino Basin Watermaster as the Chief Financial Officer on April 5, 2010. Mr. Joswiak has worked in both the public and private sectors and has a diversified career in finance and administration with more than 35+ years in the manufacturing, transportation, banking, professional services and hospital management industries. Prior to joining Chino Basin Watermaster, Mr. Joswiak was the Financial Services Manager/Assistant Treasurer for Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., a former Fortune 500 company and the nation's leading producer of manufactured housing and recreational vehicles. He was also the Vice President of Finance and Administration for Cofiroute USA, formerly California Private Transportation Company (CPTC), which owned and operated the highly acclaimed 91 Express Lanes - the world's first fully automated toll highway. Mr. Joswiak's past professional affiliations include management positions with Notting America, Inc.; CU Cooperative Systems, Inc.; California Credit Union League; Care Enterprises, Inc.; and Sony Corporation. Additionally, he served four years in the United States Navy assigned to the Naval Support Force Antarctica, which included deployments "on the ice" at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Mr. Joswiak earned an MBA from the University of Redlands, and received his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration/Accounting from California State University, Fullerton.
As the Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Joswiak provides leadership, coordination and administration of all functional activities and policies related to running the day-to-day business of Watermaster which includes accounting, finance, treasury, payroll, budgeting, financial reporting, auditing, human resources, risk management, IT services, and administrative functions.
Mr. Joswiak enjoys spending time with his family and grandchildren on their camping trips, fishing and boating activities at Lake Tahoe, adventures to Disneyland, and being a member of SoCal Patriot Guard Riders.
Edgar Tellez Foster, PhD
Water Resources Management and Planning Director
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Edgar Tellez Foster's Bio
Edgar Tellez Foster joined Chino Basin Watermaster on November 8, 2016. Mr. Tellez Foster has devoted his time to conducting research relating to the economics of groundwater and energy subsidies. He has several academic publications involving economic modeling of aquifers in California and Mexico.
Mr. Tellez Foster has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, a Master of Science in Environmental Sciences from the University of California, Riverside and a Doctorate degree in Environmental and Natural Resources Economics and Policy from the University of California, Riverside.
As the Water Resources Management and Planning Director, Edgar is in charge of analysis of the various projects overseen by Chino Basin Watermaster. He provides analytic expertise in issues related to groundwater quality, management and economics of groundwater.
Edgar is a passionate former rower, and also enjoys traveling and skiing.
Anna Truong Nelson, CAP, OM, TA
Director of Administration
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Anna Truong Nelson's Bio
Anna Nelson joined Chino Basin Watermaster on December 4, 2013. Prior to joining Watermaster, she worked at HMC Architects providing executive level support and administration to the Interior Architecture department. She was the Administrative Manager for Masco Contractor Services, St. Nicholas School, and Culligan Water.
Anna has a vocational certificate in business administration, holds the Certified Administrative Professional, Organizational Management, and Technology Applications (CAP, OM, TA) specialty certificates from the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP), and is a commissioned State of California notary public.
As Director of Administration, Anna is responsible for the management of all administrative functions of the Watermaster which includes leading the administrative team to successfully support all meetings and workshops. Her duties also include managing commitments/obligations arising from the Judgment, contracts management, and facilities/vendor oversight.
Anna enjoys spending time with her family and likes to stay active by running, biking, and occasional hiking.
Justin Nakano, MPA
Water Resources Technical Manager
jnakano@cbwm.org
Justin Nakano's Bio
Justin Nakano has been with Chino Basin Watermaster since February 14, 2005.
Justin graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 2003, with a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Analysis and Design and a Minor in Japanese Language and Literature. In 2010 he received his Masters in Public Administration from Cal State Northridge. Since 2016, Justin has served on the Water Commission for the City of Glendora, advising the City Council on policies and programs related to the City's water.
As a Water Resources Technical Manager, Justin's duties include: coordinating the planning and construction of capital improvement projects, monitoring and maintenance of recharge basins, gathering and processing of transducer data, water level updates to the production database, water quality sampling, and providing direct supervision to the Field Operations Specialists with various duties. Justin also represents Watermaster at various conservation efforts such as the Santa Ana River Sucker Task Force and the Landscape Water Conservation Fair.
Justin enjoys spending time with family, travel, playing basketball, and obstacle course races.
Data Services and Judgment Reporting Manager
franky@cbwm.org
Frank Yoo's Bio
Frank Yoo joined Watermaster in February 2005. Before joining Watermaster, he worked for Wildermuth Environmental Inc. as a Field Technician. Prior to his career in the water field, he operated his family business as the Owner, Assistant Manager, Accounting, Logistics, and IT Support.
Frank has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geographic Information Systems from the California Polytechnic University, Pomona.
As the Data Services and Judgment Reporting Manager, some of his duties include preparing the annual assessment package, processing water production data, validating land use conversion and voluntary agreement requests, managing geographic data to be used in maps and analysis, maintaining Watermaster's website, programming and maintaining relational databases for record keeping and analysis, and fulfilling data requests from parties outside of Watermaster.
Frank enjoys working with his hands, whether it's improving his home, tending to his yard, building computers, or working in his garage. He also enjoys various outdoor activities such as fishing.
Ruby Favela Quintero
Administrative Analyst
rfavelaquintero@cbwm.org
Ruby Favela Quintero's Bio
Ruby Favela Quintero has worked for Watermaster since October 26, 2021.
She holds a vocational certificate from Nevada Training Corporation, Las Vegas, NV.
As the Administrative Analyst, Mrs. Ruby Favela Quintero works closely with the CFO and Director of Administration and is responsible for the day-to-day routine activities of the accounting department including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, financial reporting, insurances, assistance with the annual budget, annual financial audit, and the annual assessment package preparation. She is responsible for maintaining the records contained within Watermaster's document management system, as well as filing legal documents with the Court and administrative support as needed.
Ruby enjoys spending time with her family, playing tennis, off-roading, glamping, nature walks, and hiking.
Alonso Jurado
Senior Field Operations Specialist
ajurado@cbwm.org
Alonso Jurado's Bio
Alonso Jurado joined Chino Basin Watermaster on October 2, 2018. Alonso has operated in the utilities industry for the past 14 years, starting with his time in the U.S. Navy as an Interior Communications Electrician. Alonso successfully completed three deployments and was part of the electrical maintenance division collaborating with multiple departments to maintain, troubleshoot, and repair electrical equipment onboard naval ships.
After four years of honorable service, Alonso continued his career with the City of Long Beach where he worked alongside the gas and water departments gathering and processing data on gas and water meters. After working as a meter reader for a short period of time, Alonso was promoted to Field Supervisor. During this time, he managed the day to day operations of a successful meter reading project.
As the Senior Field Operations Specialist, Alonso's duties include ground water quality monitoring, retrieving transducer data, water meter reading and various field tasks related to the Watermaster.
Alonso enjoys spending time with family and friends. He also enjoys boating, camping, ziplining and any adventurous activity. Lastly, he is also a big sports fan and enjoys attending live sporting events.
David Huynh
dhuynh@cbwm.org
David Huynh's Bio
David Huynh joined Chino Basin Watermaster on October 2, 2018. Prior to joining Watermaster, he worked for Blaine Tech Services, Inc. as a Field Technician. David was also a Laboratory Intern with Orange County Public Health Water Quality Laboratory and helped conduct bacteriological testing of surface and ground water samples. While attending college, he interned for Orange County Coastkeeper and participated in environmental advocacy projects such as eel grass restoration, beach clean ups, and plastic bag ban implementation.
David graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth System Science and a specialization in Hydrology.
As a Senior Field Operations Specialist, David's duties include: groundwater quality monitoring, retrieving transducer data, water meter reading and various other field tasks to help Watermaster fulfill the judgement.
David enjoys camping, fishing, and strumming away on his six-string guitar.
Alexandria Moore
Executive Assistant I - Board Clerk
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Alexandria Moore's Bio
Alexandria Moore joined Chino Basin Watermaster on October 4, 2022. Prior to joining Watermaster, she worked as a Talent Acquisition Manager where she provided resources to client and candidate relations. Alexandria has had extensive administrative background supporting Executive Leadership.
As the Executive Assistant and Board Clerk, and under the general supervision of the Director of Administration, her duties include creating minutes, agendas, and meeting packages, providing administrative support to the General Manager, Board Members, and stakeholders, and to ensure overall productive meetings as the Recording Secretary.
Alexandria enjoys spending time with her family, taking trips to the beach, and doing home improvement DIY projects.
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February 6, 2019 / 7:35 AM / 5 months ago
SocGen sells majority stake in its Moldova unit to OTP Bank
The logo of the French bank Societe Generale is seen in front of the bank's headquarters building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS (Reuters) - French bank Societe Generale has agreed to sell its bank in Moldova to Hungary's OTP Bank, as SocGen continues its retreat from parts of eastern Europe while OTP gradually increases its presence in the region.
SocGen holds a majority stake in Mobiasbanca Societe Generale in the country and expects to close the transaction in the coming months.
SocGen did not disclose the amount of the transaction, although it said the sale would have a 28 million euros ($31.89 million) negative effect on its fourth quarter earnings. The amount was already included in the 240 million exceptional charge announced on Jan. 17.
The transaction will lift SocGen's core equity tier one ratio by 1 basis point, the bank said.
Last year, the French bank had already agreed to sell its banks in Albania, Bulgaria and Serbia to OTP.
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Q: Fixing an SQL where statement that is ugly and confusing I am directly querying the back-end MS SQL Server for a software package. The key field (vehicle number) is defined as alpha though we are entering numeric value in the field. There is only one exception to this, we place an "R" before the number when the vehicle is being retired (which means we sold it or the vehicle is junked). Assuming the users do this right, we should not run into a problem using this method. (Right or wrong isn't the issue here)
Fast forward to now. I am trying to query a subset of these vehicle numbers (800 - 899) for some special processing. By doing a range of '800' to '899' we also get 80, 81, etc. If I cast the vehicle number into an INT, I should be able to get the right range. Except that these "R" vehicles are kicking me in the butt now.
I have tried where vehicleId not like 'R%' and cast(vehicleId as int) between 800 and 899 however, I get a casting error on one of these "R" vehicles.
What does work is where vehicleId not between '800' and '899' and cast(vehicleId as int) between 800 and 899', but I feel there has to be a better way and less confusing way.
I have also tried other variations with HAVING and a sub-query all producing a casting error.

A: This should do the trick although its untested:
where cast(replace(vehicleId,'R','') as int) between 800 and 899

A: Use the _ operator instead of the % operator:
WHERE vehicleId LIKE 'R8__' OR vehicleId LIKE '8__'

You may also combine them like so:
WHERE vehicleId LIKE '%8__'

A: There is no guarantee that the optimizer will execute these in the right order (there's currently no short-circuit evaluation in SQL):
where vehicleId not like 'R%' and cast(vehicleId as int) between 800 and 899

So the cast can fail.
Try this:
WHERE
    CASE
        WHEN vehicleId NOT LIKE 'R%' THEN
            CAST(vehicleId as int)
        ELSE
            0
    END BETWEEN 800 AND 899

A: How about this:
WHERE vehicleId BETWEEN '800' and '899' AND LEN(vehicleId) = 3

Not perfectly clean, but it would eliminate the two character matches.

A: OK your problem is you are trying to do a math sort on a string field.
try something like using a derived table to first exclude the nonnumerics and tehn cast the resultant data to int
select * from
(select * from mytable where vehicleId not like 'R%')a
where cast(vehicleId as int) between 800 and 900

Well that didn't work, you could try
    select * from
    (select * from mytable where isnumeric(vehicleId)=0)a
    where cast(vehicleId as int) between 800 and 900
There are some issues with isnumeric, but if it works you could write an isint() function and use that instead.

A: where 1=
(
    case
        when
            vehicleId like 'R%' then 0
        else
            (case when cast(vehicleId as int) between 800 and 899 then 1 else 0 end)
    end
)

A: I'm not sure if you wish to include the 'R%' records and whether the range of vehicleIds is variable or not, but this might help.
WHERE vehicleId LIKE '8[0-9][0-9]'
OR vehicleId LIKE 'R8[0-9][0-9]'

If the range is a variable then you may want something like this.
WHERE CASE WHEN vehicleId LIKE 'R%' THEN CAST(SUBSTRING(vehicleId,2,99) AS INT)
    WHEN vehicleId LIKE '[0-9][0-9][0-9]' THEN CAST(vehicleId AS INT)
    END BETWEEN 800 AND 899

A: I do somthing like this when I'm dealing with things like this...
DECLARE @Autos Table  (
ID varchar(100)
)

Insert into @Autos (ID) values ('R1')
Insert into @Autos (ID) values ('2')
Insert into @Autos (ID) values ('3')
Insert into @Autos (ID) values ('R4')
Insert into @Autos (ID) values ('5')
Insert into @Autos (ID) values ('R52')
Insert into @Autos (ID) values ('53')
Insert into @Autos (ID) values ('R8')

Select * from @Autos
Where cast(REPLACE(ID, 'R', '0') as integer) between 2 and 55
and ID not like 'R%'

Output is,
ID
---
2
3
5
53

--Kris

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The Ellwood Special
By Tom Modugno on July 2, 2016 • ( 8 Comments )
Have you ever noticed there's a street off Hollister Avenue in western Goleta called Ellwood Station Road?
You may not have, because there's not much on it and it goes pretty much nowhere. But in the late 1800's this road led to a very important train station, and the end of the coastal railroad route for more than a decade.
Goleta in the 1880's was a small agricultural village. Pretty isolated from the modern world. If you wanted to take a trip out of town, it was either by stagecoach or steamship.
But a big change was coming up the coast in the form of steam engine locomotives. The Southern Pacific Company, nicknamed "the Espee", was on a mission to have a coastal line throughout California. The iron horse would put an end to the era of steamship and stagecoach transportation.
The Espee crews were working hard to build the Coastal Route from Los Angeles to San Francisco and things really picked up in Goleta when the railroad reached it in 1887. Suddenly the little farm town had much easier access to the rapidly expanding cities in Southern California. Due to financial woes for Southern Pacific and a downturn in the economy, the connection to the biggest city in California, San Francisco, would be delayed until early 1901.
The tracks from the north ended on the coast near Lompoc at Surf and the tracks from the south ended in Goleta. That gap that separated the north from the south existed for 14 years and it's often referred to as the Ellwood Gap.
This first railroad followed a different path through Goleta until 1901, when it was changed to where it is today. The green highlights today's train tracks and the red shows the original route of the old railroad. It entered Goleta via Hope Ranch on what is now Vieja Drive, and followed the contour of the land along the More Mesa.
Following the route of the old railroad feels like you're traveling back in time.
While Vieja Drive is mostly closed to through traffic today, it can be viewed from Modoc Road. It's not hard to imagine an old steam engine chugging through the oaks and around this bend.
The tracks then skirted along the northern edge of the More Mesa. The route still exists today as a beautiful trail alongside Atascadero Creek.
From the mesa, it crossed the lowlands near the slough on a half mile long trestle, high enough for farmers to drive their wagons under. Local boys would make a game of grabbing on to the trestle when driving underneath and see who could hang on the longest. Today that trestle would be below ground level, due to the repeated flooding of Goleta's creeks leaving tons of sediment across the swampy area.
The tracks led to the first Goleta train station, located at what today is 450 Ward Drive.
A second station was located where La Patera and Hollister Avenues meet. From there it continued west, connecting with the modern route at Bishop Ranch just before Glenn Annie.
Shortly thereafter, the tracks veered to the north and then back to the south, following what is today Tuolumne Drive, and coming to an end at the Ellwood Station, where a turntable was built, shown by the X.
Today, the location of the turntable is the Padre Shopping Center.
There are no photos of the Elwood turntable, but this is how it looked. It was pretty basic, and the train had to be spun around manually. Sometimes local kids would get the "privilege" of helping the crew push the Ellwood turntable around to point the train back to Santa Barbara.
The short stretch of road between Calle Real and Toulumne, north of the freeway, also still carries the name Ellwood Station Road.
In order to maintain its right of way through all the private properties it traversed, the Espee had to run a regular weekly train from Santa Barbara to Ellwood and it was nicknamed, the "Ellwood Special". The "Special" was just a baggage car and a couple of rickety wooden daycoaches and it rarely went more than twenty miles an hour. It ran every Saturday for 25 cents and local kids made a game of stealing rides. Other less daring kids would get a free ride by bribing the crew with baskets of local goods like apples, persimmons, oranges and walnuts.
The Espee made a little money from the Goleta line, hauling produce out and farming equipment in, but their biggest customer by far was the Alcatraz Asphaltum Company. Alcatraz operated an asphalt mine near today's UCSB lagoon from 1890 to 1898. Chunks of solidified tar were loaded onto horse drawn wagons and delivered to the train station at Hollister and La Patera. Once on the Southern Pacific line, the Goleta asphalt was distributed all around the country.
Perhaps the biggest victim of the Coastal Route stalling at Ellwood was an ambitious developer named John Williams. He had a dream of building an entire town and resort called Naples and it all hinged on the influx of tourists arriving via the new railroad line connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco. Williams took four partners, all executives with the Southern Pacific Railroad, and they guaranteed him the completion of the coastline route would be within a year. His Naples project might have been a grand success if the line had been completed on schedule, but it wasn't meant to be. His money ran out, as did his health, and he passed away before the train ever passed through his property on the Gaviota Coast.
The 80-mile gap between Surf and Ellwood was finally closed with the last spike being driven in on December 28, 1900.
The Ellwood Special changed Goleta and exposed it to new technology, but it was all but forgotten when the gap was filled in. The turntable was dismantled and the Espee laid new tracks on the modern route. New stations were built, the new trains went faster and travelers could flow freely from the north and the south and throughout the United States.
A new depot was built near the location of the roundabout and labeled the Elwood Station, with one L, until it was corrected around 1911. Ellwood became just another one of the hundreds of tiny stops on the way to the big cities.
This survey map from 1920 shows the location of the Ellwood Station.
This aerial photo from 1928 shows the Ellwood Station and just below it a train pulled off on the side track. The station was decommissioned in 1936 and the depot building was demolished sometime after that.
Today, the only reminder we have of what made Ellwood Special are a couple of little street signs…
Sources: Loren Nicholson, Wikipedia, Santa Barbara Museum Historical Society, Historical Society of MC and Sandra Thurlow, Santa Barbara County, Michael Ripley, Justin Ruhge, Walker Tompkins, Russell Ruiz, South Coast Railroad Museum, and special thanks to Gary B. Coombs.
Tagged as: California history Ellwood Ellwood Special Ellwood Station Ellwood Station Road Gaviota Coast Glen Annie Goleta Goleta California Goleta Depot Goleta history Goleta slough Goleta trains Goleta Valley Historic Goleta Hollister Avenue More Mesa Old Town Goleta Padre Shopping Center Santa Barbara history Southern Pacific Rail Road The Espee Tom Modugno
Goleta Union School
Justin Carroll says:
Another great trip into local history – thanks Tom.
John Ryan says:
Tom-I'm a lifelong Goleta resident and railroad enthusiast. Your history of the 1887 right of way was very informative. It inspired me to do a little research of my own. I'm 100% sure I've found the last piece of the old line remaining in the city of Goleta. If you're interested, you may contact me. Thanks for all of your great articles.
Alex McDavid says:
Thank you (again) for such interesting and informative history. I didn't know any of it until now, but when I lived in El Encanto Heights in the early/mid 60s, I caught the school bus to Isla Vista Elementary School at the corner where the turntable once was. Across the street, on that one block between Calle Real and Alpine, was the most fabulous undeveloped natural playground. It had an area with trees and fallen logs, another right next to it with dirt mounds with large holes that we thought of as caves, and a natural pond that we put a little flat wooden raft on. We neighborhood boys would play our version of "Cowboys and Indians" and we'd divide up sides saying "We get the woods" or "We get the dirt." I SO wish I had even one picture of that amazing natural playground. My family moved from that tract at the very end of 1965 and I don't think it was much later that that area was turned into another tract of homes.
Annie McCausland says:
When was the Ellwood Station demolished?
That's a good question. I can't find any mention of that, but I examined some aerial photos and while it's hard to be sure, I think it was the late 1940's. If you any more info I'd love to hear it…
Susan Sullivan says:
Did you know that DPHS was almost named Ellwood Mesa High? It took a very dedicated community group to change it.
Did not know that!
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