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Board recognized Paloma Creek High School for being a Model Continuat photo ion Margarita. Contributed High School 12 and 13 in Santa held on March Spartan Race
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Energy, Paso race “Every single — and the 2020 running through Community was held on in 2020, the from all of 2020 and as a vineyard MarchSchool board meeting Unified an event it’s amazing. Robles Police Department, in Atascadero a part of the place in Local racers, racers course. Contributed and come to 10, in the Eagle event took place District and North County (AUSD) photo made itsmet Thursday, Mar. the United States, to see the community a Caltrans quarterly report finally for Afterover room. being postponedparticipate You get of see; it’s after being shut Margarita their regularly Canyon board update. appearancescheduled You get to kind racers worldwide in 2020, TUSD Santa 12 here. board meeting North County that you can’t transportation initial COVID the obstacle Homeless Races. March Leah Penner handed ontoTuesday, down due something appearance after being event in Spartan The El Camino wasinheld Yamagata, 12k just MARKS March 15, at 7 the in shut coming 12 down CHRISTIANNA (ECHO) racers about By President Nelson due competed p.m. following Santa racers lockdowns. Margarita really explain to initial COVID in the 12k BEAST rganiz ation competed for Swan, and locktheirm6 p.m. Closed soroblespress.co until you O course up, every30 obstacles downs. with 30 when you walk request or Clerk Mendi a obstacles “We set the Session.and pretty BEAST with a Spartan Race letters of christianna@pa up on the course, the 50K ULTRA presented with 60 to“We Paloma Creek to go, with ON PAGE A15 set the course and By readySchool you start to see 60 obstacles. Paso Robles Trustee Ted Dubost During their the 50K ULTRA orCHRISTIANNA up, everyonefunding — one wasHigh MARKS the 10K ready CONTINUED all the racers getting recall. wasA recognized was SUPER on Black March christianna@ata March Oak 13, the 10K ready. 13, before the event to go, and pretty intent for their SANTA MARGARIT forday Everybody’s seeing locationwith 25 obstacles took being a obstacles.scaderonews.com the much the much the housing Penner read all over a Model day before the event each other, place. meeting Continuatio we ended up having requesting public comment, wasisalso 8,000 racers from went off, we endedDrive.There each other for ECHO a 1-3k kids race Spar- went off, n High Board: School. SANTA MARGARIT the first time, up at the up smaller obstacles having to pull with or a lot Principal Dr. of $444,000 a letter to the world showed it because of COVID,” of people, obviously, Libby 8,000 A — Over said on both days. one-time request ON PAGE A15 Madding gave racers who race Robles Spartan’s CONTINUED “Every Paso from all of the a presentation Head of Media, all over the world time with us, the City single time that we come froman Christhey’re seeing on all of the school’sGEOLOGYshowed up at the tine De La Rosa-Stotz, costs to their friends. event staffing Spartan theit’s amazing. You achieve- Santa It’s a really good of the 2020 to cover ments this year Margarita on March Race in Spartan Race. the community vibe as for by other get to see soon as you walk that earned 12 and 13. You get to kind thatofare not paid here. fiscal up. It’s such a The race originally Local racers, racers CONTINUED 2023 see; just to nice moment to take ON PAGE A16 was to take place something from all over thefunders forit’s2022 it all in and be that you can’t in March of 2020 United States, really explain about able to see everybody and finally made and racers worldwideyear. coming as a for the first time its participate COMMUNITY tan Race until and CEO to a Spar- after a while,” his third career in Spartan Races. you actually come. De La Rosa-Stotz ECHO President items with launchinghunter. March just the It’s said a of general explained getting hunting for unique treasure everyone back Wendy Lewis kind of feeling you get by the in one way or together experienced The geode rock is ties to history Now intrigued CONTINUED shelter had ON PAGE A16 over a another. His favorite finds are rock, Hiner consulted with since estimated to be many cost increases Santa Lucia with connected to people or events increase is a friend at the its opening. One million years old EDUCATION history alive. , a non-profit shelter has had that bring local to staffing, as the finds are Rockhounds and club minerals unique enough staff Many of Hiner’s founded in 1992 difficulties hiring promoting the The museums, Paso Robles regions services. Before displayed in local project dedicated to uncovered to cover their minerals, Paso Robleswas ECHO and spearheaded including the study of rocks, completed opening the shelter, Society the remodel. as well as in early and fossils By CAMILLE DEVAUL over 200 Area Historical projected to serve Nacitone gems, blespress.com “Benconcerned February Mendoza, who sciences camille@pasoro a 2019 report and Museum, owns u m , the natural Mendoza people based on u s e2022 formation Meat — he’s also were 224 ckwood) M with the Earth’s a — Paso ( L o also which stated there in Paso Kiwanian Historical The club —isasked PASO ROBLES me to go in Te m p l e t o n By CHRISTIANNA MARKS and geology. unhoused people first year and and treasure christianna@ata takeCalifornia more. However, the a and look of at Robles man their scaderonews.co the Museum, member kitchen, m and it Robles. During remains a Hiner has needed a lotl of of Mineralogica served 600 hunter Dale his greatest collection Federation of opening, ECHO women, with work,” saidisKiwanian is estimated to his personal ATASCADE affiliated Tony home as unearthed what men, RO Societies Villa. — At and unduplicated old volcanic at Though most of the beginning trove. 85 percent be a million-yearof the food of the year, American Federation the the and children, in Northern treasure Kiwanis a treasure is cooked in the Club rock from a ranch Paso Robles. Before Hiner was main of of Mineralogical Societies. of those from as oneAtascadero That Connect to Hiner Meals donated he worked a complete Paso Robles. 40 percent of It was explained kitchen Approximately ago, Hiner hunter, remodel from a in San for the Pasokitchen Luis formed (SLO), wasObispo Twenty years come from the the first detectives to Meals the rock As That ECHO’s clients in the lots of geode rock prep work,deep Connect. 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