William M. Macfadyen
Founder and Publisher at Noozhawk
Santa Barbara County’s only 24/7 professional news source!
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1 week ago |
noozhawk.com | William M. Macfadyen |Noozhawk Publisher
It’s rodeo time, America, and specifically, time for the 82nd annual Santa Maria Elks Rodeo & Parade. As longtime Best of Bill readers know, each year Noozhawk sponsors a rider in the always entertaining mutton bustin’ competition, in which young buckaroos attempt to hang on to a galloping sheep three to four times their size for as long as they can.
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2 weeks ago |
noozhawk.com | William M. Macfadyen |Noozhawk Publisher
There’s no sugarcoating this. What you are about to read is grim, one of the grimmest Best of Bill columns I’ve written in a long time. But, as I tell my staff, we don’t pick the news, the news picks us. I also don’t pick what I write about in these columns, which are my own take on the Top 5 stories that our Google Analytics says you were reading over the past week. According to our WordPress analytics, there were a staggering 203,406 of you in the last seven days.
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2 weeks ago |
noozhawk.com | William M. Macfadyen |Noozhawk Publisher
On May 13, Santa Barbara County chose courage over complacency. Our county Board of Supervisors took a bold leap forward, fueled by the support of a majority of county residents, to ban new oil and drilling operations in the county and initiate a plan to phase out existing oil operations. This vote wasn’t just a policy move; it was an act grounded in science, fiscal responsibility and moral clarity. For decades, our community has paid the steep price of fossil fuel dependence.
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3 weeks ago |
noozhawk.com | William M. Macfadyen |Noozhawk Publisher
Graduation caps aren’t the only things flying through the air this time of year!While Team Noozhawk prepares to commemorate commencement ceremonies throughout Santa Barbara County, we’re also offering two very different ways to celebrate achievements both big and small.
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3 weeks ago |
noozhawk.com | William M. Macfadyen |Noozhawk Publisher
The 82nd annual Santa Maria Elks Rodeo & Parade opens May 28 and one lucky little buckaroo can get the ride of his — or her — life during the June 2 Mutton Bustin’ event, courtesy of Noozhawk. On Wednesday, we’ll draw the name of the rider who will represent Noozhawk in the event at the Elks Unocal Events Center, 4040 Highway 101 in Santa Maria. In mutton bustin’, children cling to sheep for as long as possible as the animals race around the rodeo arena trying to escape their rider’s grasp.
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