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To passers-by on Highway 154, Dunn School may be best known for its nickname, the Earwigs, which often shows up among the most unusual high school nicknames in the country.
But Anthony Dunn, an Oxford-educated Englishman with experience at Midland and Laguna Blanca schools, had loftier goals when he founded the Santa Ynez Valley school — which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
The school marked the occasion with special events on the weekend of April 26-27.
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Last year in the CIF playoffs Viewpoint High of Calabasas defeated Santa Ynez 13-5 on their way to a Division IV title. They lost all but three of their players —but instead of rebuilding — the Patriots re-loaded.
Viewpoint eliminated the Pirates in a CIF Division IV quarterfinal 14-4 on Tuesday afternoon at the Santa Ynez tennis complex.
“We got beat by a better team,” laughed Santa Ynez coach Larry Popkin. “They beat us 13-5 last year and I don’t see much difference this year.
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In the wonderful tradition of teen horror flicks comes this week’s film “Prom Night,” filled with vague violence and altogether too-perfect mid-20s actors playing high-schoolers. Amidst a sorry handful of films this last weekend, “Prom Night” was the lesser of many crude evils such as “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” and “Harold & Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay.” The weekend seemed an anomaly compared to the upcoming releases in May such as “Iron Man,” “The Chronicles of Narnia” and “Indiana Jones.” Enough about the timing; on to “Prom Night.”
Donna Keppel is a senior at Bridgeport High who witnessed her parents’ brutal murder at the hands of an obsessed teacher; obsessed, that is, with Donna. The psychopath was of course “locked up for good,” and, of course, he escapes just in time to prey upon Donna on the night of her senior prom. Now, if we’re supposed to believe Donna, played by Brittany Snow, is a senior, I want to go to her high school. I mean come on, Scott Porter, the actor playing her date (also a senior in high school) is 28 years old.
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