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Cynthia Lambert

Cynthia Lambert writes about the South County for The Tribune. Reach her at 805-781-7929.

Gayle Cuddy

Gayle Cuddy writes South County Beat on alternating Wednesdays. Reach her at 805-489-1026.

Kids leave their mark on Dana Elementary School in Nipomo

Melody Alcala rolls paint onto Carly Billinger's hand so she can put her hand print on the 6th grade mural at Dana Elementary School.

One by one, some of the sixth-grade students at Dana Elementary in Nipomo stepped forward to have their right hands covered in light green or yellow paint.

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AGHS students get their education into gear

When 17-year-old Austin Greene got his first car he “didn’t know the distributor from the alternator.” He enrolled in the automotive technology program at Arroyo Grande High School as a junior, which gives him the chance to work on his car and learn.
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Couple looking for Good Samaritan who saved their Pismo trip in 1991

Dana Nance was scanning old photos when he found a few that jogged his memory of an incident that could have ruined a trip to California but instead left him and his wife with enduring gratitude for the actions of a stranger.
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Husband-and-wife musicians bring history of the blues to local schools

Valerie Johnson and Albert Ingram, aka Valerie Johnson and Al B Blue, sing and play around San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. They perform blues, jazz, Dixieland, gospel, swing, and rock ‘n’ roll.
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Arroyo Grande and SLO students pump funds into clean-water effort for Lifewater International

For a few moments Tuesday morning, 9-year-old Tessa Lewis balanced a 40-pound jug of dirty water in her arms and then tried to imagine carrying it for two miles or more.
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A.G. Woman’s Club has been supporting South County for 75 years

The Woman’s Club of Arroyo Grande began in the 1930s when local women began getting together in their living rooms, talking about their families, children and local happenings.
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Director wants Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center to become a destination

Executive director Doug Jenzen hopes to incorporate more technology, new and updated exhibits and other events to give people a reason to frequent the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center.
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Local circle of women reach out

Friendship Bridge is a nonprofit organization that helps women and their families create their own solutions to poverty in Guatemala. Women receive small, renewable loans to start or enhance a small business, such as weaving, animal husbandry or growing and selling vegetables.
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Local Boy Scouts raise money to keep Camp French running

About four miles down Upper Lopez Canyon Road, a narrow, steep and bumpy route over patched pavement, Camp Mabel French comes into view.
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Find out how sponges grow at The Luffa Farm in Nipomo

Many people think luffas are sponges that come from the sea. Not so! Luffas are in fact a kind of squash that grow on a farm. We have our very own luffa farm nestled in the western hills of Nipomo.
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Two South County residents in need of bone marrow donors

It wasn’t until some of Randy Salmon’s coworkers and customers started telling him that he looked pale and tired that the Nipomo resident decided he’d better go to the doctor. “I had no clue at all that I was sick,” said Salmon, 59, a host at Jocko’s ...