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Sam Cunningham graduated in 1969, Bruce Cunningham in 1979, Randall Cunningham in 1981 and Anthony Cunningham in 1973. When I heard about this announcement of the Cunningham Track in particular, I got chills because I was a classmate of Sam Cunningham, and you will not find a kinder, more modest but talented man around, school board president Kate Ford said. I have a few claims to fame in my life, but one that I hold very dear is that I had a locker next to Sam Cunningham. So there was always lots of good things happening around the lockers.
The Peabody Tunnel will be called the Hutton Parker Foundation Tunnel.
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The partnering restaurants Uncorked Wine Tasting & Kitchen and Shalhoob’s Funk Zone Patio offered hot family-sized meals available for pickup. Grassini Family Vineyards with the Shalhoob’s Funk Zone Patio Dine and Donate Event donated a beautiful wine selection.
On Feb. 11, the SBAOR C.O.R.E Committee presented a check of $20,000 to the COVID-19 Joint Task Force.
Thomas Schultheis, committee chair and SBAOR past president, shared the following: “While COVID-19 required us to pivot from our normal fundraising methods, we were fortunate enough to launch our Dine & Donate fundraiser series, which turned out to be a great success.
By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
January 31, 2021
| 9:30 p.m.
The fluid COVID-19 reopening guidelines and ever-changing restrictions have wreaked havoc on the small business community throughout Santa Barbara County, but local organizations have stepped up to act as a lifeline to help them in their time of need.
The Santa Barbara Better Together Fund is one example of how community organizations came together to lend a hand to struggling small businesses. The fund has already donated more than $1 million to 150 small businesses.
The fund, a partnership of Deckers Brands and the Santa Barbara Foundation, was created to “help small businesses thrive and prosper in times of turmoil,” said Tanner Begin, the fund’s public relations and marketing coordinator.
By Barry Punzal, Noozhawk Sports Editor |
@NoozhawkSports
| 7:48 p.m.
Thanks to a hefty donation from an NFL player, the empty space under the grandstand at the renovated Peabody Stadium at Santa Barbara High School will be transformed into a workout gym with state-of-the-art equipment.
A foundation started by Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler is donating $104,000 to build the training facility.
The Austin Ekeler Foundation has partnered with Santa Barbara’s Hutton Parker Foundation, Sonos, the locally headquartered wireless audio systems company, and Perform Better, a functional training, rehabilitation and sports performance firm, to make the project possible.
“I’ve always used working out as a means to self-improvement, which has ultimately led me to where I am today,” Ekeler said in a video posted on Twitter. “With this gym, I’m hoping to help hundreds, even thousands, of young kids develop confidence, improve their health and achieve thei