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Have you heard about the project to preserve some really old newspapers which date all the way back to the late 1800s. The Lompoc Journal and the Lompoc Review's tattered and disintegrating pages are stored in the Lompoc Public Library's basement. The Library and the Lompoc Valley Historical Society are trying to raise appox. $7,200 to transfer the papers to microfilm, and then digitize them for internet access. “Most people don’t know they exist,” said Historical Society President Karen Paaske. Paaske said that the pages of the old papers are easy to tear and she estimated that they may survive only 10 to 15 years — if no one uses them. From a Lompoc Record artical dated October 16, 2011. In the past year the society has collected about a third of the money needed. I want to raise the remaining $4,000+ by October. I believe if just 10% of our population donates a dollar these precious resources can be preserved for another generation. I am going to walk around Lompoc and let people and businesses know about this worthy indeavour. I think that there are at least 4,000 of you in this town that could afford a buck for the "Perservation of our history". So Lompoc cash-in your penny jar; go through your sofa cushins; whip a greenback from your wallet or just send a check to P.O.Box 88; Lompoc, CA 93436 make sure you make it out to the Lompoc Valley Historical Society. If you need more information you can contact the Lompoc Valley Historical Society by calling (805)735-4626 or drop by the Spanne house at "L" and Walnut on a Monday or Thursday morning. The Lompoc Public Library has flyers on display by the microfilm viewer.