Sue's Place aids breast cancer research
Sue's Place in Lompoc is helping find a cure for breast cancer by donating $1 to breast cancer research and awareness every time a customer tries on a pair of jeans at the store during October.
Customers can try on jeans or cords from French Dressing, Mu Jeans, Christopher Blue, Graff, Bill Blast, Alfred Dunner or Not Your Daughter's Jeans.
Sue's Place is located at 101 N. H St. and is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Hitching Post opens BBQ2You
The Ostini family has opened its newest business, Hitching Post Products/BBQ2You.
Family members said steak, lobster, ribs, artichokes and other specialties of the Hitching Post restaurant will be barbecued, then flash-frozen and shipped by second-day air to any location in the United States.
The brainchild of co-owner Stacey (Ostini) Mosti, daughter of restaurant owner Bill Ostini, the business was launched after three years of planning and test marketing.
Longtime customers who have moved away from the Santa Maria Valley have tried the products in Texas, Illinois, Indiana and Florida and say it's like eating their favorite foods at the restaurant.
Mosti said most mail-order steak businesses ship raw products, but BBQ2You foods are prepared the same as at the restaurant by the same cooks.
For more information, contact co-owner Terri Stricklin at 937-6151
or terri2@ix.netcom.com.
Fontaine earns presidential award
Remi Fontaine, a real estate broker with Avalar California Real Estate and Mortgage Network in Santa Ynez, recently completed more than 100 hours of service with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff Volunteer Team to qualify for the Presidential Volunteer Service Award.
Fontaine said the award is given by President George W. Bush to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding volunteer service and civic participation.
The SVT program is a community-based crime-prevention program based on a cooperative effort between citizen volunteers and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department.
The program is designed to reduce local crime, increase patrol coverage and reduce Sheriff's Department workloads.
All volunteers must first complete the Sheriff Citizens Academy, then attend all training sessions as required by the SVT coordinator.
For more information about the SVT program, visit
www.sbsheriff.org/volunteerteam.
Fontaine can be reached at 693-4083 or
Remi@AvalarCalifornia.biz.
Online Traveling Tot Magazine launched
Santa Maria-based niche dot com company VS Enterprises has announced the launch of The Traveling Tot
Magazine.com, a comprehensive online magazine dedicated to quality family travel.
The idea behind the new site,
www.TheTravelingTotMagazine.com, came from the lack of a single online resource for those who travel with little ones to gather relevant yet entertaining information to make their journey more successful.
The Traveling Tot
Magazine.com offers advice, links and reviews to make every trip feel like luxury - whether flying first class or coach, said a company spokesman.
Information is gathered through a network of celebrity contacts, experts in the field and international correspondents. Each issue includes a celebrity guest author offering insight into balancing family and the jet-set lifestyle.
September's issue features a humorous exclusive article by Scott Baio documenting his journey from teen heartthrob to his role as dad.
Libera named manager of Rabobank in Buellton
Brian Libera has been appointed vice president and branch manager at the Rabobank N.A. branch in Buellton, said Jeff Paul, regional president.
As branch manager, Libera oversees the daily operations and personal and commercial lending activities at the bank's branch at 61 W. Highway 246. He can be reached at 688-5571.
Before joining Rabobank, Libera spent six years with Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, most recently as assistant vice president and relationship manager.
A longtime Santa Ynez Valley resident, Libera is a graduate of Leadership Santa Barbara County and a member of the Solvang Breakfast Rotary Club, where he is a Paul Harris Fellow.
-- From staff reports
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