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CONTENTS April 2013

volume 12 number 12

A Monthly Look at Life in our Remarkable Community

Feature S tories

22 Earth Day

28 Paso People

• Celebrate Earth Day: Take A Sledgehammer To Your Hard Drive • Earth Day Food & Wine Festival • Irrigation System Maintenance and Scheduling: The Key to Efficient Landscape Watering

26 WWW5 - Special Open House Planned for Estrella Warbirds and Woodland Auto Display

• Warbirds Wings & Wheels 5 Features 250 Custom Vehicles Alongside Vintage Military Aircraft and Equipment • Noted Custom Car Creator, ‘Bones’ Noteboom Coming to WWW5

42 Round Town

Departments

Hoofbeat Calendar and Trail Tales

55 City of Paso Robles Library

10 Education

and Recreation

• 11 Super Spring Break Activities • County Buses Display Youth Art in Motion • Youth Notes • Western Association of Schools and Colleges Commends Paso Robles High School Recommends Accreditation • Theme for 2013 Dreamweavers: ‘Once Upon A Time’ • ‘Let It Be’ Live Music and Dance Returns to TPAC • Boys & Girls Club Enrolling for Summer • Paderewski Festival to Present ‘Love Strings Eternal’

• Family Care Network Offers Practical Support to Young Adults • Caring for Cancer and Offering Wellness to Our Community • County Perspective - a column by Bruce Curtis • Wine 4 Paws Celebrates 5th Year • San Miguel Reflections - a column by Lynne Schmitz • Templeton Performing Arts Center Announces New Schedule

52 Hoofbeat By Dorothy Rogers

• Life in Oak Park is Evolving and Improving • Paso’s Quaquicentennial Update - We have a Great Logo Contest Winner...

• Paso Robles: Meet Two New Guys Helping to Keep Our City Safe • Don’t Miss the 3rd Pioneer Pearls on April 26 • Paso Robles Rotary Presents 17th Wine Country Classic • At The Library • Steve Cass Honored as March Roblan • Sign Up For Idler’s Mom & Apple Pie Contest • This ‘N’ That - A Collection of ‘Stuff ’ • Downtown Planters Get Beautified

Cool stuff to do for the month ahead!

56 Business

• The New Borjon Auto Center is Taking Shape • Wallace Home Medical Supplies: ‘Our Priority is YOU...Now in a New Location • Sancho’s on Spring Developing New Directions • What’s Happening on Main Street?

• Hard Work - Dedication - Practice...

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60 Time & Place

Where to find just about anything and everything to do in April

An Open Letter from Trustees of the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District

63 Last Word On the cover: Celebrate Earth Day 2013: Take a Sledgehammer To Your Hard Drive, by Chris Weygandt Alba.

Paso Robles Magazine (PRM) © 2013, is owned and published by Bob Chute. No part of this periodical may be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written consent from Paso Robles Magazine.

PRM is published monthly and distributed FREE to every residence and business, including rural addresses, in Paso Robles, Templeton, Shandon, Bradley and San Miguel (zip codes 93426, 93446, 93451, 93461 and 93465).

Postage paid at Paso Robles, CA 93446. PRM is also available for our visitors through local restaurants, Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce, North County Transportation Center, and other high traffic tourist-oriented locations.

Annual subscriptions to PRM, mailed to areas beyond the described distribution areas, are available for $18 per year (for orders outside U.S., add $10 postage). Mailing address: P.O. Box 3996, Paso Robles, CA 93447. Phone: (805) 239-1533, Fax (805) 239-1263, e-mail: prmagazine@charter.net. Find us on the web at www.pasoroblesmagazine.com For advertising inquiries and rates, story ideas and submissions, contact Bob Chute at any of the above numbers. In town drop point for photos, letters, press releases, etc. at Dutch Maytag Home Appliance Center, 1501 Riverside.

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Just a Earth Day 2013 is April 22 Thought your green cart. Everything in the be distributed to children and fami- has given up some of its manicured

By Bob Chute

We have a couple stories encouraging you to get involved in Earth Day Recycling and being Water Wise in your landscaping...as well as exploring how to have fun at the Earth Day Food and Wine Festival on April 20 at Pomar Junction Winery.

I thought Chris Weygandt Alba’s story, Celebrate Earth Day: Take a Sledgehammer To Your Hard Drive, on page 22, was too much fun not to feature on our cover this month to bring special attention to the importance of Recycling.

And we are blessed to have a company in our area, Paso Robles Waste & Recycle, at the forefront of the national recycling effort. It’s actually quite easy, as their slogan states: “‘When in doubt, recycle it!’ Their website explains: “When you place any item in our recycling can it will be sorted by a recycling processor that will determine the type of material. If you’re not sure of the type of material, but it seems reasonable that it would be recyclable, please place it in the recycling cart. Please do not place any recycling or garbage in

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Happy 1st Birthday to Hailey Paige Lopez of San Diego, the first grandchild of Steve and PRM’s Pam Osborn.

The National Day of Prayer Tuesday May 2, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Paso Robles City Park The Paso Robles Ministerial Association is sponsoring a Day of Prayer in the City Park. Beginning with a time of musical praise and worship at 7 a.m. at the Gazebo, there will be stations set up in the Park at which people may pray throughout the day. Each station will have a focus (Government, Church, Military, Family, Education, Media, and Business) and people are encouraged to come join other members of our community as we lift up our Country in prayer. We will also close the day with a time of corporate worship.

For more information, contact: Janine Kramer, danjanprayer@gmail. com. 712-9172.

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Do NOT Commingle: Hazardous waste of any kind, Carbon paper or photographs, Window glass, Mirrors, Light bulbs, Fluorescent light bulbs, Computers, Electronics, Needles/SHARPS or Trash.

Martin Resorts I received a press release from Martin Resorts describing their efforts at recycling guest room soap and shampoo, rather than tossing after one use.

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Seriously... Partnering with Orlando-based social enterprise Clean the World (www.cleantheworld. org), the employees at the five SLO County Martin Resort Hotels “collect and recycle soap, shampoos, conditioners, lotions and gels to help fight the global spread of preventable diseases.

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EDUCATION & YOUTH

Want to learn to play a round of golf?

The First Tee program is first rate and geared for beginners through experienced youth players. Students learn to putt, chip and drive the ball while working on character building with some excellent role models. Equipment is provided and parents can register on the first day of class or on-line at www.firstteecentralcoast.com. If you have questions contact Lead Coach Billy Gibbs at 219-0060 or Education Director Bart Ellerbroek at 237-1053.

YMCA Spring Camp April 1 - 5, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Grades K - 6, Centennial Park What could be more fun than field trips, gymnastics, art, cooking, crafts ,sports, science, friends and fun? Sign up for just a few days or for the entire camp! Camp includes a.m. and p.m. snacks. Cost is only $32 per day.

To register call Jeri at 237-0845.

Paso Robles Children’s Museum 623 13th Street, Paso Robles Head over to the Paso Robles Children’s Museum during Spring Break for some fun family time. Special Spring Break activities are being planned now and are guaranteed to be a hit. Special art and science activities are included with the regular price of admission. For additional information call 238-7432 or go to www.pasokids.org.

Association. The event is free. Don’t 434-0792 for information or register wait as there is a limit of 20 students at the Centennial Park Office. per class. Participants may only sign up Cowboy and Cowgirl Camp for one session.

Harris Stage Lines - Full day and Junior Tennis League partial day camps and individual Family and Youth Tennis Lessons, programs Centennial Park Tennis Courts Want to learn about the Old West and Want a fun family activity this Spring how to take care of a horse? Join the Break? Join tennis Coach John Sie- crew at Harris Stage Lines for their mens for the fundamentals of tennis. annual spring day camps. Kids will Spring Break Art Classes April 3, 4, and 5, 2 to 4 p.m., Paso He will even let you borrow a racket have a chance to get western in a safe to get you started. These fast-paced, and educational manner. Activities inRobles Library Conference Room Young artists ages 8-12 are invited fun lessons will get you hooked. Par- clude horsemanship, draft horse care to hone their skills thanks to the art- ents can join in alongside their children and driving, trick roping and showist volunteers of the Paso Robles Art for a healthy and fun workout. Call manship. For information on specific dates and times call 237-1860.

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Batter Up! 2125-A Vanderlip Court, Paso Robles, Paso Robles Sports Academy Softball and baseball players will want to take advantage of some extra practice and coaching during Spring Break. Agility, accuracy, nutrition, and individualized athletic plans are all part of the program at Paso Robles Sports Academy. Call 610-7672 for information on classes or to sign up.

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Work Ranch Horse Camp Work Ranch, Hog Canyon Road, San Miguel Wow, experience life on a really working ranch! Bring your own horse or First Tee Central Coast use one of theirs. Learn horsemanship Youth Golf Program, Tuesdays, skills while making new friends, trail beginning April 10, The Links Golf Please see SPRING BREAK page 12 Course

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County Buses display Youth Art in Motion

By Val Poalillo Studios on the Park, in partnership with the Regional Transit Authority of San Luis Obispo County (RTA), proudly unveiled their “Youth Art In Motion” project in March. Selected RTA buses are displaying original youth art. This is the first public art project of its kind in the region. The collaboration features various colorful original art images by Studios on the Park’s youth art group known as Artists Re-Imagining Color (ARC). Dozens of community members including RTA executives Amy Wyatt & Geoff Straw, Pismo Beach Mayor Shelly Higginbotham, and Paso Robles City Councilman Fred Strong were in attendance to support the talented ARC members and view their creative work at the unveiling ceremony. The participating artists: Patrick Keating (20), Chris Love (18), Natalie Nicolay (12), Kyler Olson (19), Beth Reninger (20), Jacob Scotti (20) and Kit Toevs (19) worked with project advisor

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and artist Henry A J Ramos to create imaginative designs of the Central Coast’s most iconic landmarks.

The county-serving buses carrying the new youth art works operate as part of RTA’s regional fleet, bringing art into the daily lives of passengers and passersby. The first cycle of “Youth Art In Motion” decals will be on display through Summer 2013.

The ARC group originally formed as the STUDIOS ON THE PARK Teen Art Group. It is an active community of teens and young adults who lead and participated in a broad range of private and public art projects. ARC meets weekly on Saturday afternoons to pursue creative projects of the group’s choosing.

Through these projects STUDIOS ON THE PARK aims to support positive youth civic engagement and arts education, under the advisement of artist and Studios board member Ramos. Since its inception in 2009, the group has supported the creative development and

improve their baseball skills while having fun! Campers grouped by age and ability. Instruction provided by Indian’s Head Coach Dan Marple, his Indians’ coaching staff, and North Youth Baseball Camp County Indians’ players. in Templeton Registration, release forms The North County Indians and payment must be rewill be holding a Youth Camp spring clinic on Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m. ceived by April 2, cost is $60. to 1 p.m. at Vineyard Athletic Park in For details, North County Indians Templeton. The Youth Camp is limited at: 835-6135 www.northcountyindito 75 players ages 8 to 13. Campers will ans.com receive a North County Indians’ t-shirt. Online Auction fundraiser A great way for kids of all ages to An online auction fundraiser will be

Right: RTA bus displays Youth Art in Motion artwork.

Below: ARC Artists share the glory with RTA Executive Geoff Straw during unveiling ceremony.

expression of nearly 40 young people ages 15-22 (some of them troubled by family, school and law enforcement challenges) throughout Paso Robles and the region. In partnership with community institutions, the group’s work has principally produced large scale mural projects on contemporary social and community themes, including promoting inter-group tolerance, and championing public safety. Participating area teens and young adults represent our region’s held for Templeton Middle School from Tuesday, April 16 at 8 a.m. through Thursday, April 25 at 8 p.m. Bid at your convenience from any computer, anytime during the ten-day auction for local attractions and events, fine jewelry and apparel, hotel packages and more!

100% of proceeds benefit Templeton Middle School students through athletics and academic programs. Postauction reception at Booker Vineyard on Sunday, April 28, 4:30-6:30pm.

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broad range of racial, ethnic, class and geographical realities. Their successful engagement in these series of projects underscores the need for more significant local support for positive youth art activities and more structured efforts to engage young people in regional civic affairs and cross-cultural exchanges.

STUDIOS ON THE PARK was founded in December of 2007 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a creative, educational, and transformational experience to enhance understanding and appreciation of the visual arts. bidding.com. Click the “Auctions” tab, then “Templeton Middle School PTO.” For info, call 459-2549.

Once Upon a Mattress The Paso High Theatre Company presents Once Upon a Mattress, a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer and book

by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer on April 19, 20, 26 and 27 at 7:30 p.m. and April 21 and 29 at 2 p.m. at Paso Robles High School

Please see YOUTH NOTES page 14

Estrella Warbird Museum, Rios Caledonia Adobe or Camp Roberts Historical Museum. Did you know we have three of California’s historical Missions within an hour of Paso Robles? Mission San Antonio, Mission San Miguel and Mission San Luis Obispo all offer an insight Heaven Can Wait Horse into the history of our area. The wildSpring Break Dramarama! flowers at Mission San Antonio should Sanctuary April 1-5, 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., be in full bloom at Spring Break this Independence Ranch, Paso Robles Centennial Park Banquet Room A Visit a Museum or Mission year. For specific information and hours A great way to spend Spring Break. Stu- Love Horses? Want to meet, greet, dents will learn a variety of theatre tech- groom and walk horses? This unique Looking for a fun and educational family of operation go to www.slomuseums.org niques including clowning, movement, second-home for neglected and abused activity? Check out the Pioneer Museum, or www.missionsanantonio.net.

SPRING BREAK from page 10 riding, gymkhana fun, working cattle and more. Separate camps for girls and boys. Call Kelly Work for further details, 467-3362.

voice and speech, stage combat, improvisation and fun theatre games. Professional actress Kerry Mayling brings her enthusiasm and experience to each class.

Questions? Call 237-9708 or register on-line at www.prcity.com/recreation

equines offers educational and fun opportunities to learn more about horses for family members of all ages. Familes are encouraged to attend to get to know the program and learn more about equine body language and safety skills.

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Western Association of Schools and Colleges Commends Paso Robles High School

By Judy Bedell Recommends Accreditation • A way to manage change through regular assessment, planning, implementing, monitoring and reassessment • Assists a school/district in establishing its priority areas for improvement as a result of the perpetual accreditation cycle that includes • School self-assessment of the current educational program for students • Insight and perspective from the visiting committee • Regular school staff assessment of progress through the intervening years between full self-studies.

In addition, colleges and universities examine transcripts to determine if student applicants attended accredited high schools and in order to qualify for a Cal Grant, one must graduate from a WASC accredited high school.

Rest assured Paso Robles High School is in good standing. In fact, one of the comments made during the final report was “The uniform, unvaried opinion was – “It is a great school!

We love it!”

After eating at Vic’s Café and visiting downtown Paso Robles, the WASC visitation team met with the students, parents, staff and district personnel that Sunday afternoon to get a

flavor of Bearcat Pride.

“We could probably write a report from this meeting,” said reviewer Ms. Janice Bowen, retired student advisor and visiting WASC team member.

“We don’t usually get this many people willing to come out on a Sunday and tell us about their school.”

However, the Sunday afternoon meeting was just the beginning of a two-day visit that ran from 7:55 am to well after 4:30 and looked at every aspect of Paso Robles High School life.

Classroom visits, custodian interviews, teacher focus groups, and a review of the school’s Site Plan left the visiting team of six independent educational team members with a great impression.

Out of the visitation came a recommendation for continued accreditation and an action plan to address any areas of need or improvement that were noted.

Interesting enough, one of the comments made by the team was “you need to find ways to increase communication with the community because you really have a lot of great things going on at this school.”

Paso Robles High School has a National Science Teacher of the Year teaching physics, one of the top Skills

USA programs in California, a high percentage of scholar athletes on all varsity athletic teams, four choir concerts a year, an annual Global Environmental Options trip to Zion Park, visual and performing arts programs, and more,and more and more, they are right.

Paso Robles High School received many commendations including: • A faculty that is highly motivated and dedicated to creating outstanding educational experiences in all classrooms and in all programs.

• The Visiting Committee is greatly impressed by the quality and variety of Career and Technical Education and vocational program at Paso Robles High School. The school not only has outstanding academic programs, but their vocational and career ed programs approach remarkable.

• There exists an amazing and diverse extra- and co curricular program of activities available for students.

As with many California schools, Paso Robles High School will continue to work to make sure subgroups of their school population (e.g.English language learners and low-socioeconomic learners) meet the high standards that the school has for all students.

If you would like a complete copy of the WASC accreditation report, please contact Principal Randy Nelson at 7691500.

Way to go Bearcats!

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Bearcat Serenade The Paso Robles Performing Arts Center, 801 Niblick High School Band Road in Paso Robles.

Backers proudly presents the Tickets $12 Adults, $10 Students/ Bearcat Serenade at Pear Valley Seniors, will be available at www. Winery, 4900 Union Rd., Paso prhsdrama.com Robles, on Saturday, April 20. Doors Once Upon a open 6 - 9 p.m. Enjoy a night of Mattress opened food by Berry Hill Bistro, wine by off-Broadway in Pear Valley Winery, and beautiful May 1959, and music by the PRHS Jazz Ensemble then moved to and Percussion group. Tickets are Broadway. The play was written as $50. Funds raised will help sustain an adaptation of the Hans Christian the band program for the coming Andersen fairy tale The Princess and year. Contact Lisa at 237-9264 for the Pea. ticket information.

“Kids Say the Funniest Things” fundraiser at Trinity Lutheran School Trinity Lutheran School is planning their biggest fundraiser of the year - the 13th-annual dinner and auction happening on Friday, May 3 at 5:30 p.m. at the Paso Robles Inn Grand Ballroom. This year’s event celebrates the theme, “Kids Say the Funniest Things.”

“We decided on a lighthearted theme to which everyone could relate honoring the whimsical and imaginative spirit that children bring to daily life,” said Trinity Lutheran School

Principal Jane Fairbank. The evening will feature a no-host beverage reception; silent auction; and seated dining before moving into the live auction segment of the program.

Fairbank explained that proceeds will support a broad range of school enhancements, such as new equipment, that will aid in student learning.

Tickets are $55 per person and may be purchased through April 26.

For event tickets and more information, contact Trinity Lutheran School at 238-0335 or visit www.trinity pasoschool.org.

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On Sunday, February 24th, while family members and friends might have been kicking back at the beach or hanging out at home, a group of Paso Robles High School students, parents, and faculty members gathered in the school library to begin meeting with a visitation team from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

WASC accreditation is an ongoing six-year cycle of quality review whereby schools demonstrate the capacity, commitment, and competence to support high-quality student learning and ongoing school improvement.

Why Accreditation? According to the WASC website the reasons are many: • Certification to the public that the school is a trustworthy institution of learning • Validates the integrity of a school’s program and student transcripts • Fosters improvement of the school’s programs and operations to support student learning • Assures a school community that the school’s purposes are appropriate and being accomplished through a viable educational program

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6th annual show at Templeton Performing Arts Center

Theme for 2013 DreamWeaver : ‘Once Upon a Time’

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By Melissa Chavez A cast of more than 80 acrobats, singers, dancers, and actors will bring the audience on an adventure through America’s timeless fairytales when DreamWeaver performs at Templeton Performing Arts Center. Shows are scheduled for Friday, April 26, at 7pm, on Saturday, April 27, at 2pm and 6pm, and on Sunday, April 28, at 2pm.

The theme for this year’s production is “Once Upon a Time.” Memorable tales, both new and traditional, will serve as an inspiration for the performance medley. They include Little Red Riding Hood, Disney’s Mulan and Aladdin. A variety of acts will be featured, utilizing dazzling costuming and imaginative set designs. The musical fantasy incorporates singing, dancing, and theatre with wolves, warriors, pixies, a fairy queen, an evil queen and a popular jester.

Central Coast Dance Foundation is coproducing the performances together with sponsoring local media outlets.

The co-directors of DreamWeaver are June Greenwalt and Bob Woodard. Special guest artists Brenda Hamilton and Tonia Holt will return to perform with aerial silks and aerial cubes. Hamilton and Holt were more recently seen nationwide on 2012’s Dancing with the Stars and the CMT Awards.

“We look forward to coming back to perform in DreamWeaver,” says Hamilton.

“It truly is the Central Coast’s version of Cirque du Soleil.”

Local talent will be strongly featured in DreamWeaver. The cast includes thirteenyear-old Suzanne Belton (“Dreamer”).

A Paso Robles native, Belton is an honor student at Lewis Middle School who is currently training at Artistry in Motion in Paso Robles. Belton has danced in The Nutcracker Ballet, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, and has performed in DreamWeaver since its inception. Kasey RalstonCook (“Jasmine,” “Swan” and “Warrior”), a Templeton High School senior, is an alumnus of many local dance productions and an Elite Dancer with Artistry in Motion. She will soon bid adieu to her 15-year dance experience in the fall for double major course work at Arizona State University and The Barrett Honors College. Natalie Petti (“Evil Queen”), a senior at Paso Robles High School, intends to further her education and pursue a lifelong career in dance. Petti looks forward to eventually auditioning for Broadway shows and Cirque Du Soleil.

Allie Giroux (“Fairy Queen,”“Swan,” and “Indian Princess”), a tenth-grader at Paso Robles High School, was cast as the lead in the 2011 DreamWeaver. Giroux has been

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awarded “Miss Dance” for the 2013 KAR (Kids Artistic Revue) and “Miss Showbiz for 2013, earning the highest point award for two solo performances. She recently won the title of “Breakout Dancer” at the NUVO Dance Competition in Santa Clara.

Erin Kellogg (“Butterfly Queen,” “Swan”), a senior and Dance Show participant at Templeton High School, has danced since age three. Kellogg has recently been accepted to San Francisco State University and California State University, San Marcos.

The idea for DreamWeaver originated from the mind of Jesus Solorio. The successful Paso Robles dance alumnus and So You Think You Can Dance Top 20 finalist conceptualized and directed a 2008 production in Paso Robles called DreamCatchers.

Taking cues from his circus background, Solorio literally looked to the sky for inspiration to create a show that was reminiscent of Cirque du Soleil. As in the inaugural production, in which Solorio fused the talents of local performers and special guests, innovative ideas are always incorporated into subsequent seasons.

Tickets for DreamWeaver are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors, children and adults.

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Live band to feature songs of The Fab Four

‘Let It Be’ live music and dance returns to TPAC

By Melissa Chavez If you missed it last year, you might want to make your reservations now.

By popular demand, Let It Be is returning for four shows at Templeton Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available for three evening shows, April 18-20, with all performances at 7:30pm. A matinee show is also available on Sunday, April 20, beginning at 2pm. In addition, a special Dress Rehearsal performance will be presented to students and invitees from selected youth outreach programs in the area.

Through creative movement, Let It Be utilizes The Beatles song catalog to tell a journey set in the 1960s of personal and societal transformation that expands from naïveté to consciousness. The story arc similarly parallels the evolution of the Fab Four and their wide exploration of music genres. Selections from a generation of The Beatles’ beloved modern music pieces are paired with choreographic styles, resulting in a memorable experience permeated with emotion.

Let It Be is co-produced by North County Dance and Performing Arts Foundation (NCDPAF) and Class Act Dance. Originally

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conceived as a rock ballet by Chered to the 2012 Ambassayle Armstrong, Artistic Director dors to China Tour, where at Class Act Dance, her goal, she she collaborated with her said, is to “provide performers Chinese peers in in our community oppordance instructunities to participate in tion and cultural major theatrical producenrichment. Many local tions. We’re featuring dance fans are familiar with dancers from ages five to 85, Farrer’s lead roles, including from first-timers to pre-profesThe Nutcracker, the 2012 sional talent.” production of Let It Be and Through the cooperative efforts her involvement in Paso of NCDPAF and Class Act Dance, Robles High School Cheer over 65 performers have been cast and Dance teams. Her taland five choreographers are lendents have also earned her ing their talents to the producnumerous summer ballet tion. They include Cheryle program scholarships.

Armstrong, Amy Wescom, An assemblage of loMolly Comin, Melinda HartPhoto: Jimmy De cally-known musicians will Photography man and Ryan Beck. provide live music for the Cast in the lead role of “Jude,” performance. “It’s a story about love Ryan Beck is a professional dancer, and life as told though events we’ve choreographer and instructor at all lived through at some point,” says Ryan’s American Dance studio in Musical Director Terry Cline. “It’s San Luis Obispo. Locally popular an honor to work alongside the taland classically trained ballet dancers ent in the band.” The aptly dubbed will lend support, as well. Brianna “Let-It-Be-tles” include: Ronny ApLong has been cast as “Prudence” poldt (drummer/vocals), Michael and Chelsea Farrer will perform as Barry (guitar, keyboard, vocals), Josh “Rita.” Following a national audition Feldman (bass, keyboard, vocals), tour, Long was recently chosen as Del Gomes (clarinet, keyboard) and one of 34 dancers who were accept- Terry Cline (guitars, vocals).

Directing sound and lighting is Bill Gaines Audio. In addition to major music festivals, Gaines’ credits include audio-visual support for pop and rock bands, including Berlin and Incubus, and Sunset Magazine’s “Savor the Central Coast.”

Cline credits the music of “John, Paul, George and Ringo – still inspiring us today,” and Beatles fans worldwide would surely agree. But right here on the Central Coast, many may find that a large cast of dancers spanning eight decades just as remarkable.

“The response to last year’s production was off the charts, so we’re thrilled to be bringing the show back one more time,” says Cline.

“It’s a major production in every way. We’ve brought together some of the top talent in the community to guarantee a good time will be had by all.” Tickets may be purchased online at brownpapertickets. com/event/342017. The cost for adults (13-64) is $25. The cost for children (ages 1-12) and seniors 65+ are $19. Nominal online service fees apply per ticket, but with no additional charges for will-call.

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PR Boys & Girls Club Enrolling for Summer

By Val Poalillo Jeremy Perales is the new Director of Operations and Programs Director of the Boys & Girls Club of North San Luis Obispo County. He has been connected with the organization since he was a young boy. “I actually attended the Boys & Girls Club when I was in the fifth grade in Lodi, California back when it was just the Boys Club. I learned of the Boys & Girls Club here in Paso after I graduated High School. They used to have concerts in this building and then in 2009 I saw an ad on Craigslist and I applied and the rest is history!”

Recently the club held a Dr. Seuss celebration. Jeremy describes, “For me, Dr. Seuss Day was great on so many levels. Our kids really had a great time going around in groups and being read to, then making hats like the one in Cat in the Hat, eating green eggs and ham for snack and then winning prizes and receiving candy for participating. Another reason it was great for me is because we have an awesome staff that was able to work together and be organized to make this day happen. I was in the kitchen a majority of the time

Above: Boys & Girls Club attendees enjoy a Dr.Seuss Day reading.

Right: Jeremy Perales

cooking the green eggs and ham and I knew without a doubt that our staff was doing a great job keeping everything running so smoothly. The other thing that I loved about Dr. Seuss Day was that it happened because of the contributions of many: Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority from Cal Poly, Food Bank, Kohls, Michaels, Staples, Key Club from PRHS donating prizes and treats for the kids.

When asked what your biggest challenge as director is; Jeremy responded, “I would have to say our biggest challenge is finances. We do not receive financial support from the government which means we are always faced with the challenge of raising our

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own funds. CEO Allen Reese and Kyle Beal-Womack are in charge of fundraising efforts to support the Boys & Girls Club. Without them the club would run out of money to keep the doors open. As it is, the fees for the club have gone up but are still a great deal. “There has been a little negative feedback but that’s to be expected anytime you raise prices.

When we take the time to listen to their concerns and then explain why the prices are the way they are, a majority of them seem to understand our reasoning.

We are aware of the impact that increase pricing might put on a family, which is why we’ve started to get the word out now, so they can have a few months to plan accordingly. The fact of the matter is we are open 48 days this summer, 10.5 hours each day and need at least three staff on the floor at all times and even a higher amount during the afternoon which can really add up quickly on our end.

Our goal is for us to break even on summer so we can continue to offer the low price of $20 for after school care the rest of the year.”

“My greatest joy is knowing that on any given day, we could have a huge impact on the life of one of our children whether it be through helping them learn how to do their homework, teaching them new skills through one of our classes or engaging in a conversation while playing a game during free time. I was playing foosball with three of our kids and my teammate was a fifth grade girl. We were losing 5 to 1 and I kept reminding her to stay positive and don’t give up, it’s not over until they have 10 points so as long as we are still playing, we can come back and win, which we did. The next day I thanked her for being my partner and she told me that we won because of me, I told her to stay positive and not give up, and she did, so we were able to come back and win. If she can take that lesson with her wherever she goes and apply it when times are tough then we have done our job.”

For more information stop by the club, adjacent to Flamson Middle School, at 600 26th Street in Paso Robles, call 239-3659 or on line at bgca.org.

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Fundraisers to benefit Paderewski Festival Youth Exchange

Paderewski Festival to present ‘Love Strings Eternal’

By Melissa Chavez The Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles is hosting an extended weekend of three piano performances on April 26, 27 and 28. Proceeds of the concerts will benefit The Festival’s Youth Exchange Program to Poland. The featured artist for all three performances is Marek Żebrowski. He will perform selections of Romantic Piano Quintets by Hummel and Debussy with expert musical support

by Upstream Ensemble.

A native of Poznań, Poland, Mr. Żebrowski is a world-class concert pianist and composer. His playing demonstrates nimble precision, intuition and outstanding musicality.

He is also a featured solo performer and collaborator in symphony halls around the globe. An instructor at prestigious universities, he holds lectures, supplies guidance to chamber ensembles and orchestras, and provides musical scoring for groundbreaking independent filmmakers.

Currently, the Steinway Artist is the Director of the Polish Music Center at the Thornton School of Music at USC. He is recognized as a leading historian on the life of concert pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski and has authored Paderewski in California.

Word of the success of the Paderewski Festival has spread, not only in Paso Robles, but throughout California and Poland. To lend support of the Paderewski Festival fundraising efforts on the Central Coast, the first of three concerts will take place on Friday, April 26 at the home of Helena and Stanley Kolodziey in Beverly Hills, beginning at 7:30 pm. A wine reception, concert and dessert will be served.

The cost is $75 per person.

The second concert will take place at two locations in Paso Robles. On Saturday, April 27, beginning at 4pm, a high tea and concert will be held at the home of Ken and Marilyn Rid-

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The resurgence of the Paderewski intensive study and concert performFestival has been especially ben- ing. Proceeds from the “Love Strings eficial for budding young classi- Eternal” concert series will enable cal pianists of the Central Coast. the Paderewski Youth Exchange Every year, the most talented young Program to pay transportation costs artists emerge to earn their place as for three students and their chaperone finalists in the Paderewski Youth to visit Poland for a ten-day immersion Piano Competition. in master classes, touring and concert In addition to performances at Kasna Dolna and the distinction Jagiellonian University in Krakow. It of winning and is the involvement of the community Above: Marek Zebrowski performing at the in these fundraising efforts that helps & Poznan Philharmonic 2.

Gala Concerts ensure that this musical education and Photo by Mr. Antoni Hoffmann held in November, cultural exchange may continue to enthe young winners rich our youth and keep Paderewski’s receive cash schol- music alive at home and abroad. arship and per- To learn more about the Paso Robles forming opportu- Paderewski Festival or to reserve your Left: The view from the Riding estate. nities, including tickets, visit www.paderwskifest.com, Right: Participants at last year’s possibilities for e-mail tickets@paderewskifest.com or Paderewski event at Cass Winery. travel abroad for call 769-4622. ing. The serene surrounds atop the estate is situated in the oak-studded Adelaida region, and a limitless pool gives way to a view that is nothing short of spectacular. Stretching below

By Melissa Chavez the home’s shaded terrace is rancho The Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles has announced that a 19thland once owned by concert pianist century piano played by Ignacy Jan Paderewski will be relocated from Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Over 300 the Polish Consulate in Vancouver to Paso Robles, where it will fill the acres of neighboring Halter Ranch Ballroom in Paso Robles with notes of his own compositions.

Vineyard and Tablas Creek Vineyard The bestowal comes at the decision by the Paderewski Heritage Comparcels also provide a harvest season mittee, which searched six years for locations in which to consider placpatchwork extending over two miles ing the hand-carved rosewood weber grand piano. Originally part of below. Fruits from those vines plus Paderewski’s 1907-1908 concert tour of North America, the instrument Zinfandel and Rhone grapes from was later placed on the 16th floor of the Polish Consulate for safekeepKen and Marilyn’s own 25-acre La ing. More recently, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in Vista Vineyards are outsourced to November that the Vancouver Consulate would be relocating its offices a number of award-winning Paso in May 2013 to Edmonton.

Robles wineries. The cost is $75.

Marek Żebrowski, Artistic Director of the Paderewski Festival in The third concert will be held Paso Robles, traveled to Vancouver to examine the piano firsthand. He on Sunday, April 28, at 2pm in the approached the Paderewski Heritage Committee with an offer to supply Barrel Room at Cass Wines in Paso a permanent home in Paso Robles, where Paderewski’s legacy is given Robles. A no-host wine reception much esteem. After much deliberation, the piano would not be housed will precede the concert. The cost in Vancouver or shipped to Poland. It was decided that famous antique is $25 per person. Cass Wines is would instead find its home and renewed function as “an ambassador of known for not only great wines, Polish culture in Paso Robles.” but for its faithful support of the The piano is expected to receive a warm welcome in Paso Robles this Paderewski Festival in Barrel Room month (April). Much to the delight of Paderewski fans in the Central performances. Among the most Coast, there will have been one more keepsake to add to Paso Robles’ highly attended of the Festival, growing collection of historical Paderewski memorabilia. reservations are full every year.

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My first job on a national magazine was called “Fact Checker” – I had to verify that every printed word in every issue was both correctly spelled and true.

The work was good training for a journalist whose job, in the words of a late British newspaper tycoon, is “to explain to others what he personally does not understand.”

waste could be safely recycled, in fact only 20-25 percent actually is. The vast majority — 75 percent — is tossed by someone into the weekly trash container and ends up in landfills, where toxic materials disperse into the soil, water table, and air.

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Now for the good news

I’m proud to report that I successfully beat a computer with a sledgehammer last month, in honor of Earth Day 2013.

This year, a worldwide Earth Day campaign focuses on “e-waste,” rallying everyone to recycle our household electronic garbage responsibly. As a journalist assigned to explain things I know nothing about, I was the perfect guinea pig: I personally do not understand electronics, and a boatload of old electronics has lived in my garage since the last century.

A billion acts of kindness

April 22 is the 43rd anniversary of the first Earth Day in 1970, when 20 million Americans achieved a rare political feat. On April 22, 1970, Republicans and Democrats from all social backgrounds suddenly realized they shared common values, and they took to the streets to protest against toxic dumps, oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, pesticides, the loss of wilderness, and the extinction of wildlife.

April 22 has expanded into the largest civic observance in the world.

More than one billion people have participated in Earth Day activities through a unifying body called the Earth Day Network, which aims to energize people with an awe-inspiring idea: The action of a single person reverberates around the planet.

Using an online pledge tool, the network launched “A Billion Acts of Green” in 2010, hoping to inspire one billion personal acts of Earth Day kindness around the world. Anyone can participate by visiting www.earth-

day.org/takeaction and pledging to take a personal environmental action.

Recycling e-waste is one of them. By March 17, 2013, people had committed one billion, thirty million acts for planet Earth. I, with my sledgehammer, was one of them.

E-waste is illegal

E-waste is the informal name for electronic products at the end of their “useful life.” It is illegal in California to dump the following products in your regular garbage bin and send them off to a landfill: tube-type and flat panel televisions and computers, laptops, monitors, computer central processing units, printers, scanners, copiers, fax machines, VCRs, PDAs, stereos, radios, microwave ovens, cordless phones, cell phones, and telephone answering machines.

The least of the environmental concerns is that a computer monitor will take several thousand years to decompose in a landfill. Of far greater threat is that many of the materials found in electronic devices are extremely haz-

ardous – such toxins as mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic, and beryllium, plus brominated flame retardants that create some of the most toxic substances known to man when they themselves are burned, as trash tends to do in landfills. Many of the toxic bits and pieces are elements that never disappear or never break down, accumulating somewhere in the surrounding ecosystem.

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control has tested many electronic devices and found they contain concentrations of lead and copper high enough to make them hazardous waste when their owners dump them in the garbage. In 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made e-waste one of the top six global environmental priorities, right up there with carbon emissions.

Each year, the United States alone produces up to 50 million tons of ewaste. Although 80 percent of that

I’m not the only person in town who hoards old electronic equipment because I don’t know what to do with my malfunctioning cell phones, digital camera, printer/scanner, and desktop PC with both flat and fat monitors.

So I called Vanessa at Paso Robles Waste and asked her what to do.

She told me the good news: Paso Robles Waste partners with a county e-waste specialist to provide free local electronic-product recycling.

“We collect it here at the office,” she said. “There’s a pallet outside the front door, and you drop it off between eight and five during the week. We collect it in a trailer and the county comes and handles it from there. Or on Saturdays from eleven to three, the Paso Robles landfill will collect it and the county will take it from there.”

I asked Vanessa what to do about the personal information stored on my old computer’s hard drive. I’ve heard that data is recoverable even from a wiped hard drive.

“Physically remove the hard drive and destroy it at home,” she said.

“Break it in half and stick it in the ewaste.”

Easier said than done. Not knowing how to break into my computer or spot a hard drive among the hardware, I Googled “remove + destroy hard drive” and watched a few YouTube videos. Armed with that and a Phillips screwdriver, an hour later I was in the driveway with the sledgehammer, pulverizing a very-hardy hard drive.

I found a silver platter within that looked like it might contain my private life, and I beat the snot out of it.

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By Chuck Desmond This month marks the 7th annual Earth Day Food & Wine Festival on Saturday, April 20, sponsored by Central Coast Vineyard Team (CCVT).

It’s one of the most anticipated “gotta go to this” events in our area.

CCVT, headed by Kris Beal, the Executive Director, becomes more and more important every year. The local (SLO, Santa Barbara, Monterey) counties’ wine industry fuels our economy. Each year as the drive to excellence, as well as the competition for a better product from the wineries escalates, so does the absolute necessity of protecting our natural resources. CCVT leads that mission statement. Sustainability in land, water, chemical usage, energy, and workers’ protection are at the top of the list. Cooperation between the farmers (grape growers) and the producers (wineries) make this pos-

sible and at the same time, they raise Junction Vineyard and Winery, 5036 awareness while providing better wine South El Pomar Road in Templeton. to us as consumers.

The grand day is Saturday, April 20, and starting at 1 p.m. for premier admission and 2 p.m. for General Admission, this is a most-superb time to taste wine from 40 wineries and nosh on goodies at 40 food booths.

Demos on using worms, solar energy, container gardening and other interesting events will take place. The ever-popular falconer will be in attendance again as well. Music is provided by the Gypsy Souls and dancing is always encouraged. Over 1300 people are expected and reserved tickets are still available.

Here’s how to get involved and more importantly, what With that in mind, CCVT to do to be part of the day’s event. hosts a grand party once a year to #1 of course is to log onto www. both celebrate their work and suc- earthdayfoodandwine.com to get the cess as well as raise funds for this complete details. non-profit operation to continue #2 is a secret tip! Get there early. its work.

The event ends at 5 p.m. and the last The Earth Day Food & Wine Fes- thing you want to say is, “But I didn’t tival 2013 will again be held at Pomar get to!”

#3 Get your tickets right now. Tickets are $40 pp for designated drivers who get the same wine glass as everyone else but can only use it for water! $75 is for general admission and a $115 ticket gets you in the extra early hour to beat the rush! Want to save a few bucks? Buy tickets at the Clayhouse tasting room downtown or at Pomar Junction and save $15 per ticket! #4 With over 1000 folks gathering at once, parking of course needs to be addressed. Get an advanced parking permit and you can park on-site.

Best of all is to take the Luxury Coach busses. Their schedules and pick-up spots are on line.

To show how serious these folks are about sustainability, this year’s goal is no more than 2 pounds of trash at the end of the day! That means that virtually everything used to serve food is compostable or recyclable! Trays, utensils – the whole works. No water bottles either. Use your logo, keepsake glass! Paso Robles Roll-Off and Gorilla Gardeners (Morro Bay) are taking care to see that trash is virtually

Tenborg of CEC Electronic Waste Recycling in the South County.

“We’ll pick it up and bring it to our recycling facility here to dismantle it,” Mr. Tenborg said. “Over 90 percent of it, the plastic and metals, will be recycled. Three to five percent of it, at most, are wood components and only wood goes to the landfill.

The rest is recycled.”

I thanked him and then factchecked what he said on CEC’s website and on the state’s Integrated Waste Management Board website.

Mr. Tenborg neglected to mention that his company received the New

Best E-Waste Program Award from the state board.

So man your screwdrivers, hoist your sledgehammers, and lighten your load of electronic garbage for Earth Day.

“Would you call that overkill?” I asked.

The “Fact Checker” in me required “Yes,” they said. “No one is going corroboration of the evidence. With to recover anything from that hard battered platter and hard-drive hous- drive.” ing in hand, to OfficeMax I zipped I gave thanks and zipped across and sought out Tech Support. I found town to the Paso Robles Waste oftwo wizards performing surgery in a fice. There was indeed a pallet outcell and I displayed the goods. side the front door. On it I laid my “Have I destroyed my hard drive?” cardboard box of electronic waste I asked. from the last century.

They were amused. “Yes.” I went home feeling agreeably en “Should I break it in half or soak it lightened and called the county Intein salt water for a week?” I asked. grated Waste Management Authority They looked at me as if I were to confirm what would happen next speaking Finnish. to my e-waste. I was routed to Charles

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By Keith Larson Water Conservation Manager City of Paso Robles klarson@prcity.com Spring is a beautiful time of year on our Central Coast. In April, we begin working in our yards to get our landscapes growing and looking good. It’s also when we start irrigating, as our plants begin a new cycle of growth. This is a great time to give your irrigation system a tune-up to fix problems caused by the winter freeze and make needed adjustments. Make sure your system is working at peak efficiency this season and not wasting water, try these basic tune-up steps: Irrigation Maintenance Basics

1. Turn on your system and look for geysers! Fix or replace broken spray heads and drip emitters.

2. Look for sunken and tilted heads that misdirect the spray (a common problem). Dig out and straighten the heads, or add an extension to the bottom of the head to raise it to the proper height.

3. Trim plants that block spray from getting to the target area.

5. Dry spots on the lawn can indicate poor sprinkler coverage or problems with heads. If you still have dry spots after performing maintenance, water brown spots by hand instead of increasing sprinkler run times.

5. If you have a clogged head, unscrew the top of the head and clean the plastic debris screen.

6. Turn on your drip lines and walk each line, checking and repairing leaks. Make sure each drip emitter is flowing water.

Unclog or replace clogged emitters.

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sprinklers and drip lines.

3. The number of minutes per station needed each water day depends on your sprinkler head output, head spacing or coverage, and the microclimate of your yard. Start in the spring with 5-7 minutes per station on water days. Increase from there as needed for your situation and as the summer weather heats up.

(Note: Rotary heads require greater run times) 4. To avoid water runoff on steep slopes, break the total minutes applied on water days into 2 or three short sprinkler runs.

5. Learn the features of your timer to enable you to adjust watering

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By Bob Chute The Warbirds Wings and Wheels 5, sponsored by Firestone Walker Brewing Company, includes an Open House extravaganza, featuring a Classic and Vintage Car Show, set for Saturday, May 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Museum, 4251 Dry Creek Road in Paso Robles.

There is no cost to enjoy the day’s line up of activities for the Family Fun Day with 250 cars and specialty vehicles parked among military aircraft and equipment on display vying for 1st Place Class Awards in 22 classes and Best of Show. Special Guest, renowned Concept Car Builder Jim ‘Bones’ Noteboom, of SoCal will be displaying his latest creation, a ’49 Cadillac Phantom Wagon (see sidebar interview), and his son, Kutty Noteboom, is bringing 3 or 4 of his custom motorcycles from his Hippie Killer Garage in SoCal. As of press time, organizers were still confirming arrangements for additional very special vehicles to be displayed at WWW5.

Free Fun Family Activities Free tours for the day of the Estrella Warbirds Museum and Woodland Auto Display and the kids can experience cool stuff to do while Firestone Walker will be pouring their selection of brews for the adults. Wine, sodas and water will also be available along with a variety of palate pleasers in the new food court with time appropriate music spun by a DJ alongside vendors displaying auto-related items.

The newly completed Hind Pavilion Grand Entrance with an expanded gift shop and displays will be open to the public. The display includes a F18 training simulator and an early war years Yanks trainer.

In 2009 the museum welcomed the addition of the Woodland Auto Display featuring an extensive display of classic cars, vintage era cars, Sprints and Midgets, Indy cars, NASCAR, and motorcycles

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The Woodland Auto Display Perpetual Trophy will be awarded with each future Warbirds Wings and Wheels car show. The 2012 Woodland Auto Display Choice of Show Award Winner, a 1947 Triumph 1800 Roadster (2+2), owned by Junie and Gary Cooper, of Ventura, CA, will be on display in the Woodland Automobile Display Building during the show. Their names are engraved on the perpetual trophy which is currently on display.

Who will be the winner for 2013?

This will be strictly a best “Choice of Show” award as deemed by the Woodland Automotive Display staff, and have nothing to do with any other judging. The winner’s completed a 2400 sg. ft. addition name and basic information of the with new cars and artwork bring- vehicle will be engraved on one of the ing this display area to an impressive trophy plaques and will remain on the 10,000 sq. ft. with something for perpetual trophy in the Woodland Auto Display Building. In addition, everyone to enjoy.

They are currently working on the winner will also receive a smaller additional special displays dur- trophy to take home. ing WWW5. Among them, (just a hint)... first Honda 750 to win a Dirt Track Nationals points race, Joey Brown’s Shell Yamaha, Eric Vaughn’s Bonneville land speed record bike, plus more!

Drawings to Win Cool Stuff Two Special Drawings will be held during the day: (1) Tour for 4 to Jay Leno’s Big Dog Garage - tickets $5 ea. or 5 for $20. (2) One hour flight in C47, they’ll be drawing 12 names for 12 winners. Tickets $5 each or 5 for $20. Winners do not have to be present to win. Contact Estrella Warbirds Museum for pre-show ticket sales.

Also available the day of the car How to Enter YOUR Car show will be rides in a T34 trainer To enter your car in the show airplane for $200 per ride, and rides go to www.ewarbirds.org and click in a P51 Mustang from the Planes on the car show link for further of Fame Museum in Chino, Ca for information or stop by the mu$1200 which includes a one year Pa- seum and pick up an entry form. tron Family membership to Estrella All entries will receive a goody bag, tee shirt, poster and a picture of Warbirds Museum. their car with a plane as they enChoice of Show Perpetual ter the museum. Vehicle parkTrophy This award was initiated at ing begins at 7 a.m. and ends at Warbirds, Wings & Wheels 4, 2012. 9:45 a.m. the day of the event. along with an impressive display of art work, memorabilia and an automotive research library. The Woodland Auto Display recently

Judging is 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The Awards ceremony begins at 3 p.m. All vehicles are to remain in the display area until the Awards Ceremony has ended. Questions, call 227-0440.

“2013 marks the 5th Warbirds Wings and Wheels event,” according to the Warbirds website. “The show has continued to grow each year. It has taken a different approach to the normal car show. It is not specialized in a single type of car. In 2013, there are over 20 classes! You will find classic cars featured next to a modern military fighter jet, or a Porsche by a Toyota or even a speed boat or two tractors! We’ve had US National Champion Tractor Pullers display their wares plus local racing legends to the likes of Parnelli Jones, plus many more. The event continues to be a major draw for Estrella Warbirds Museum. It has always been produced by volunteers. We’d like to keep it that way - a great draw and plenty of family fun!”

The museum is located by the Paso Robles Airport at 4251A Dry Creek Road, normal hours it is open Thursday through Sunday and Monday Holidays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For additional information, call (805) 227-0440 or www. ewarbirds.org.

Estrella Warbirds Museum is dedicated to the restoration and preservation of military aircraft, vehicles and the memorabilia of those who used and maintained them. Their approach is not to glorify conflict, but rather to make future generations aware of the fact our way of life does not come without sacrifice. Estrella Warbirds Museum is a non-profit under the provisions of sections 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code, tax ID number is: 77-0324714. All proceeds from the car show go to help preserve, maintain and expand their displays for future generations to enjoy.

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By Bob Chute At the invitation of Dick Woodland, of the Woodland Auto Display, Jim ‘Bones’ Noteboom will be displaying his latest custom creation, a 1949 Cadillac Phantom Wagon (yes, you are correct, none were created by the manufacturer), at the Warbirds Wings & Wheels 5 Open House Car Show on Saturday, May 11.

Bones, a member of the Legends of Rod & Custom Hall of Fame, began in his late teens in the 1950s crafting concept cars and trucks in Southern California and to date has created over 80 custom cars, trucks, hot rods, motorcycles and boats. He has received numerous Best of Show Awards and been featured in articles and appeared on the cover of dozens of national car magazines over his 60 plus year career.

I was able to connect with the customizer by phone at his shop in Hemet in late February, the day before he was heading to the Detroit Autorama, to display the same ’49 Cadillac he’s bringing to Paso.

Paso Robles Magazine: How many car shows a year do you attend?

BONES: A minimum of 5 or 6 indoors and another 6 outdoors.

PRM: I read on your website that you started building cars in your teens and had built 15 by the time you were 24.

BONES: Yeah, I’ve been into cars for a long time. I would imagine I’ve built at least 80 cars.

PRM: What first got you started?

BONES: I grew up in Bellflower, an area known for cruising.

When I was about 14 years old

I’d ride my bike to the local hangout, The Clock, to check out the cars.

Then I got my first car, a 50 Chevy hardtop, and worked on it. I’ve always wanted a car that was as good as or better than others. I have an ego about cars. I’ve always wanted to be different.

PRM: How many national magazines have written about your creations, and how many have been featured on covers?

BONES: Probably a minimum of 10 covers and articles...probably about 30.

PRM: I was curious, how often do you get a revelation for a car you want to create versus someone coming to you with an idea for you to develop?

BONES: I have a friend, Steve Stanford, a great artist and a real car guy. I’ll get with him and share some ideas in my head with him and usually in an hour or so he can rough something out...then I’ll take it home, study it, and see if that’s what I want to do with it.

PRM: Wow, that’s cool. I bet it’s nothing like the Overhaulin’ TV show where they crank out a car in 7 days!

BONES: No, nothing like that.

The Cadillac you’re looking at took about a year and half.

PRM: After you build something like this Cadillac Phantom Wagon...once it’s finished, do you just set it aside then take it to car shows? Do you have a museum full of your cars or do you sell them off or what?

BONES: What drives me is the designing and building. I like

seeing the finished product and enjoying it for about a year or two then selling it and starting another one. I don’t hang on to anything.

PRM: Kind of like an entrepreneur starting businesses?

BONES: Yeah, I’ve always been able to come up with designs. In the late 60s I quit cars for awhile and got into boats... ran a top fuel hydro for almost 10 years. When I got done with the boat I had a guy driving for me at the time that ran into a situation that got him a lot of money and I told him to come see me and buy everything I had. I was done. I’ve only been back twice in the last 30 years. Then I got back into creating the cars.

PRM: And the ’49 Cad is your latest one...and it’s a station wagon, that’s not a norm.

BONES: I like to be different, they’re all hand built. The last 10 years I’ve been creating custom station wagons I come up with, about two a year, from scratch. These are cars they never made.

PRM: I understand your son, Kutty, owner of Hippy Killer Garage in SoCal, is also coming to WWW5 in Paso with custom motorcycles he builds.

BONES: Yeah, he’ll bring three or four bikes. That Hippy Killer name came from a song and he’s built four for me.

PRM: I enjoy watching car auctions and I notice over the last few years it’s not just the pristine totally stock cars with matching numbers being auctioned off...I’ve seen some hot rods and customs being sold. Have you ever had any of your cars auctioned off?

BONES: Yeah, I’ve sold a couple with Mecum Auctions. I took two to Mecum to auction at the GoodGuys show in Scottsdale and Scott Pruett bought a Buick woody I had done. He didn’t want it to run through the auction so I talked to the auctioneer, Scott paid him some money and got it in the parking lot...easier all the way around.

PRM: I have to ask, where did the nickname ‘Bones’ come from?

BONES: Got it when I moved to the Bay Area in ’64, a guy came up from Orange County and we worked side by side for about 5 years and he started calling me Bones. I only weighed about 135 pounds at 32 years old.

PRM: Well, Bones, thanks for spending some time with me, I look forward to meeting you at the Warbirds Wings & Wheels 5 Car Show.

BONES: Looking forward to it, I’ve been there three or four times. It’s a great show, I like the atmosphere with the cars and planes together. We’ll probably come up on Friday and stay with Dick and Claudia [Woodland] and then take the car over in the morning and park it where ever they want it.

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PASO PEOPLE

“I know it will take time to see a difference here at Oak Park because it was so bad – but it’s different now and we hope the new housing will change the image.”

Executive Director Armando Corella

Life in Oak Park is evolving and improving

By Bob Chute In last month’s Paso Robles Magazine I described the long awaited groundbreaking signifying phase one of Oak Park Redevelopment, a four-phase program to provide 300 affordable homes replacing the 148 deteriorated housing units dating from 1942, built for enlisted men and women serving at Camp Roberts. In the 1950s the apartments were converted to low income housing to serve the needs of Paso Robles families.

While speaking during that ground breaking Armando Corella struck me as an individual truly concerned about the Oak Park image and one totally committed to improving the residents’ quality of life. I met with him during February to discuss where Oak Park has been and where it is today...

Oak Park is 25 acres located in northern Paso Robles, bounded by 28th to 34th Streets and Park to Pine Streets. A murder that occurred in February in the northern area of our city actually occurred west of the “Oak Park area.”

But, I would hazard a guess that most residents of Paso Robles for many years have believed the “Oak Park area” is a scary, unsafe gang-infested place to visit and one synonymous with crime. Armando Corella has spent the last four years working to change that impression...and he has made significant progress.

Armando first got involved with Oak Park in 1998 while working for the County as a Social Worker serving all of Paso Robles, “I counseled pregnant and parenting teens, mostly males. When I did have girls on my caseload, it was in combination with the father.

My introduction to Oak Park was one of my supervisors telling me to ‘make certain you don’t go into Oak Park after dark because of the crime and gangs. It’s a very dangerous place’.”

But Armando continued to go into the area to assist young clients and in 2000 got involved in the Oak Park soccer league with 48 children, ages 9-12, on 4 teams.

“This was a way for the kids to find an alternative to the crime infecting the area.” The following year,

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Paso Robles Housing Authority Board of Commissioners participating in the official ground breaking of Phase 1 of the Oak Park Project include, from left: tenant commissioner Sherryl Bragg, commissioners Cliff Smith, Chairman Dick Willhoit, Steve Sylvester, Bob Fonarow, Sheri Goforth, Executive Director Armando Corella, Project Manager Dave Cooke, and CEO of the Monterey County Housing Authority Starla Warren.

the Oak Park Housing Authority invested $38,000 on the installation of a fenced playing field within the housing complex and the league immediately doubled in size.

Armando continued to be involved in various roles in Oak Park over several years and then, in 2008, Executive Director Gene Bergman, soon to retire, lobbied him to take his position as director. “I really didn’t want to do it, but Gene finally talked me into it.

I have no regrets, but at that point I didn’t realize what I was getting myself into.”

What he discovered was sobering.

“There was rampant ignoring of the lease provisions. Leases stated drinking was only allowed in homes or in back yards, yet there was a lot of alcohol parties and loud music just about every weekend and there were block parties prior to my arrival. Noise was a problem - many playing loud music and disrespecting their neighbor’s right to a peaceful enjoyment of their unit.

My reaction to the first block party, once I was director, was to shut it down and send a notice to all tenants with the specific provision in the lease that prohibited such activity. The next time it happened, that tenant got evicted. It hasn’t happened since. ”

And so much more, “We found gang activity, several instances of drugs, human trafficking, and subletting was out of control with many units housing extra unauthorized people.

“And the residents were afraid to report their neighbors for fear of retaliation.”

It was overwhelming.

“But after I took this position I asked myself, ‘Do I see what is going on and do nothing or do I want to do something about it?’ We began giving warnings as a strategy implemented in fairness to tall the tenants because they were used to the lease not being enforced. Unless they are a health and safety threat to others, then they are given a mandatory three day eviction. So, we began to enforce the lease provisions and things began to change through a collaborative effort of staff and the residents of this community.

“At that point the gangs ran the streets...today we haven’t even had any tagging on Oak Park property in over two years! The gangs are still here, but they are choosing not to claim Oak Park as their turf. I can’t really explain it. Respect.

“We have had nearly 50 evictions in the last four years for non-compliance with the lease.

Some have appealed but we have not lost once. Social nuisances have been forced to move away. I have many tenants coming to me now and telling me ‘I didn’t know it could be like this here. I like this.’

Now we are a community watching out for our own, policing ourselves with violators being reported anonymously with no fear of retaliation.”

“Armando has done wonderful work to get rid of the unfavorable elements in the Oak Park area,” said Robert Burton, Acting Chief of Police for the Paso Robles Police Department.

“He has developed a wonderful relationship with the police department, always reaching out to us in partnership. He has the same philosophy we have - we can’t do this alone. We have partnered in bringing groups together through programs addressing the criminal element in Oak Park and resolving issues.

The PRPD formerly had a satellite office within the Oak Park area, the cost of which was split between the city and the housing authority.

That went away during budget cuts the last few years, “But even though we haven’t had that presence, we continue to have a good working relationship with Armando and the residents. I applaud his efforts, he has done a great job.”

And that soccer league that started with 48 children in 2000 now has 40 teams with over 400 kids playing...with many participating in the league from all over Paso without regard to race.

“Before, no one out of this area would come for fear of violence, now they come to learn,” said Armando. “We have a league with games being played here as well as Bauer Speck and the Boys & Girls Club. The coaches are all volunteers and all are committed to the kids, to the spirit of competition to help structure proper social behavior...it’s not about winning, but setting a good example for the kids and the parents. It’s taken a long time to get here but it is so gratifying to see it playing out in our community.”

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We have the City’s 125th logo!

By Chuck Desmond After 35 logo submissions and over 600 votes from the community, the logo for the El Paso de Robles Quasquicentennial yearlong celebration has been chosen!

No longer will you read these updates and see an empty box in the center of the column! This new logo you see will now highlight these monthly updates.

Paso’s grand year-long birthday party to celebrate 125 years as an incorporated city has been in the preparation stages for a number of months. On March 11 of 2014 El Paso de Robles turns 125.

In order to have a focal point, we needed a logo and after two months of leaving it open to all area citizens to submit their concepts, we are pleased to announce Jan Wolfinger is our winner. Jan wins the cash prize of $1500 for the design on this page that voters and judges felt best captured the history and spirit of Paso to represent and present our last 125 years.

“Combining public input with a final nod from local marketing experts pointed to a clear winner: a polished yet whimsical design that expresses the key values we celebrate as Paso Roblans,” says Julie Dahlen, chair of the 125th Anniversary planning committee. “The warm color palette evokes our hospitality and rich agricultural history, while

the contemporary image of an oak the next 20 months! Imagine every tree indicates an appreciation for spaghetti feed, store opening, sportthe past while embracing the future. ing event, wine extravaganza, crab Count the oak leaves, and you’ll feast, charitable auction, food pairing, note there are 125, representing chili cook-off – and all the rest. Each tied with the spirit of each proud year.”

Paso that all of our “It’s a real honor residents and trilto have my delions of visitors can sign chosen,” said relate to.

Wolfinger. “I think Some things are the 125 leaves on the now on the schedule tree reflects how the for the year. At both community comes the beginning and together. I wanted to close of 2014, there keep it simple with will be a gala and earthtone colors renoisy celebration in flecting the rich wine the City Park. Mid and ag region. It was March is the official like giving birth, a lot of thought went into Jan Wolfinger with her winning logo birthday of Paso so a birthday party on the process.” during an announcement at the historic Carnegie Library.

March 11 will take To all who submitted a logo design, we want place in the park with music and to thank you...it’s your spirit that cupcakes. A special Quasquicentennial Flag for the City is being drives Paso!

The committee has been working planned and official challenge coins steadily to make this a celebration will soon be available. Pins, teefor the record books. What started shirts, hats, tote bags and more will as a handful of dedicated folks, has begin to flow in a few months. grown to over 30. Sub committees Local wines and beer branded have been formed, volunteers have for a year with the special logo?

It could happen. Keepsake wine joined, events are being planned.

Now, for any event you might be glasses might go right along with planning to hold in 2014, you can tie them and of course, notepads for this 125th logo into your own event’s businesses and the absolutely necpromotion. You’ll receive timely rec- essary, gotta-have-it recipe book ognition right here in this column for featuring local family recipes from

the generations gone by and much more.

How will you keep track of it all? Well, the official Paso 125th wall calendar is the solution. Each month will feature historical photos from each decade since 1889.

All events scheduled when the calendar goes to print will clearly be highlighted. With pride in our city, wouldn’t it be great to look at each month and learn a little of Paso’s history from right there on the kitchen wall! And in every store and business as well!

We expect to have these for sale by the end of August. 2014 may seem like an eternity from now but the days are moving quickly.

As a business, service club, school, religious entity, you have to get yourselves involved. It’s up to you to join in! We’ll need calendar submissions by the of July.

Ready to get involved? Contact Julie at 237-3993 or Shonna at 227-7236 or Chuck at 237-2046 or CDESConsult@yahoo.com and we’ll steer you right where you need to go.

- Bob Chute contributed to this article.

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They love it, they often don’t want to leave at the end of the day.”

An after school YMCA program is also available for kindergarten to 5th grade, with many YouthWorks students acting as mentors. A preschool program is planned as part of the new development.

“We have a vision for the long

term,” said Armando. “And others are buying into it. Rabobank donated $15,000 last year for YouthWorks and Wells Fargo has donated $17,500 the last two years to employ tenants struggling with rent. These funds have helped tremendously in changing the social culture of Oak Park and have allowed us to help the community

to help our youth realize they can indeed make a difference with their lives.”

It would appear the new pride developing in the area, coinciding with the Oak Park Redevelopment four-phase program providing 300 affordable homes replacing the 148 deteriorated housing units, that better days are indeed ahead.

The Housing Authority also has YouthWorks providing a variety of year round activities for children ages 6th grade to high school and beyond, “this is a by invitation program. The kids have to show they are worthy to be involved. If they do well they are given more and

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PASO P EOPLE Chuck goes on a ride-a-long with the PRPD

Paso Robles: Meet two new guys helping to keep our city safe

By Chuck Desmond A couple months back, yours truly did an update on the Paso PD since it had been awhile since we‘d heard much news. At the end of that column I said I was going to do another ride-along to focus more on what these great police officers do for us. Lt. Tim Murphy set it up and I got to spend 4 1⁄2 hours in the middle of a Saturday night with our two newest patrolmen. With each of them, I rode for about two hours and each patrolled one side of Paso with The Mighty Salinas as the dividing line.

Residents of El Paso de Robles, say hello to Jeremy Petlachi and Josh Hermanson. Jeremy is the younger of the two at age 24. He joined the PD in April of 2012.

Josh is 30 and he started work a month later. This brings the total of uniformed police personnel to 30 – plus our one K-9 dog. Robert Burton remains the Acting Chief.

Jeremy came from the Central Valley. He says that as “A Pastor’s Kid” it was always his goal to help people and make a difference.

To that end, he got his BA from Fresno Pacific College in Social Work. One thing led to another and soon he decided that being a policeman would fit his goal just perfectly. 22 weeks at police academy for a solid 8 hours a day

of training, and he was ready to be hired. Jeremy hoped it would be here. It was. For good measure, Jeremy is completely fluent in Spanish and often is called upon for hearings or other situations that require a bi-lingual police person.

academy and a hope that Paso would be where the offer would come from. Again, it did.

Once hired, they rode with seasoned and veteran officers until they were ready to fly on their own.

Now they share the nightshift with

Josh Hermanson and Jeremy Petlachi, Paso’s newest officers.

Lt. Tim Murphy and Acting Chief Robert Burton, right.

Josh came to police work differently. His family is from the Salinas / Monterey area. With some Sonoma State education and a full time job, his mom asked him to help out in the family business, which is Real Estate, when his dad became very ill. Real Estate dropped off and Josh needed to support his wife and new child.

Clients who were in the sheriffs’ department thought he’d make an excellent policeman and encouraged him to explore it. The more he looked, the more it seemed like a match. Same scenario: off to the

three other officers working three 12-hour shifts and one 8-hour shift per week. Each has his own patrol car and each, in a very short time, has been “hardened up a bit.”

They wear a 40-caliber Glock on their hip plus carry a “stun-gun,” handcuffs, a baton, pepper spray, a cadre of radios, and armored clothing. For additional protection, there is a 12 gauge shotgun and a long-barrel rifle in the car as well.

I should also mention that Josh and Jeremy have advanced skills in various martial arts. Don’t get on the wrong side of that!

As we rode, and one by one incidents popped up, the most immediate thing I noticed was how the officers have one another’s back.

In my 4-hour tour, a fair number of “stops” were made. Within seemingly seconds of a “pull-over” at least one other unit showed up.

None of our officers “is out there alone.” Great teamwork! From my front-seat view through the nitetime panorama of the windshield, this was comforting. From the perspective of those pulled over (whether in a vehicle or on foot) we all know how intimidating it is.

Safety for us as citizens and safety for each other is the Top A #1 concern and it shows.

So, here I was on a typical Paso Saturday midnight run before Super Bowl and the weather was nice.

Here’s some of what they checked out while I tried to write my notes.

Paso Robles 2013 Concerts in the Park Series The City of Paso Robles, REC Foundation and J. Lohr Vineyards and Wines announce the 2013 Concerts in the Park Summer Series line-up.

June 14: Damon Castillo Band June 24: Ruckus June 28: Northstar Session July 5: Air Force Band of the Golden West July 12: Small Kicks July 19: Guy Budd & Inga Swearingen August 2: Paisanos Band August 9: JD Project August 16: Monte Mills August 23: Incendio Sponsors for the FREE summer concert series are still being sought. For more information on sponsoring this well-attended, annual community event in the Downtown City Park, contact Lynda Holt, 237-3987.

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• A potential “snatch and run” where kids too young to drink have a watcher in the parking lot while another breaks the attention inside and another grabs the beer and they run.

• Cars with faulty equipment – taillights and headlights out and license plates missing. Hint – fix your vehicles – they’ll nab ya and while it’s only a “fix-it-citation” it’s still a pain!

• Guys sleeping on the sidewalk and in cars in parking lots.

• Domestic disputes and possible child endangerment.

• Gang members harassing others and the obligatory tavern fights at closing time appear to be a norm.

• Teenagers egging houses is just stupid but, it happens. Parents, pass the message – be a teen ager but don’t be a fool!

Before 2 a.m. when the bars close, the officers begin a heavy presence of cruising and being visible. “We want to get the revelers home safely and keep the cars from driving on the sidewalks or weaving all over.

Don’t injure anyone – yourself included! Party all you want but be smart when it’s time to head home.”

A Drunk & Disorderly or DUI is not a fun way to end an evening!

Both Jeremy and Josh said their best ally is conversation. They have no citation quota to fill and no axe to grind. Everything is about safety and protection.

Drugs? Of course. From kids to soccer moms, it’s real. Drugs fuel most real crimes – break-ins of homes and cars and all levels of violence. Both Josh and Jeremy have chased people through the parks, have wrestled more violent ones to the ground, scoured under the 101 bridge for molesters and seen corpses of those who OD’d. Tragic but real.

My fellow Roblans – these two men are a real asset to our community. While there isn’t a single person who doesn’t slow down when he spots a patrol car and never wants to see those lights come behind us or have the million-watt flashlight in our face, at some level, all of us know that we are safer because of Paso’s police presence. Josh and Jeremy are indeed First Responders who will continue to get better on our behalf. To the recruiters at the PD who hired them, from my viewpoint, you did well!

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Pioneer Pearls - don’t miss this Elegant Dinner Dance

By Chuck Desmond Board President, Paso Robles Pioneer Museum The Grand Ballroom of the Paso Robles Inn is the place to be on Friday, April 26 for Pioneer Pearls, the 3rd gala dinner dance fundraiser presented by the Pioneer Museum.

The doors will open at 5 p.m. just as the corks come out of the champagne bottles. The evening promises great music, super food, a veritable cornucopia of silent auction items, and plenty of adult and soft beverages.

A few seats are still available and if you have a group of 8, we can add

a table. Now that the hot weather hasn’t yet arrived nor have wedding and graduation seasons begun, treat yourselves to a party and a rousing great time! All of the proceeds go to support what is clearly “One of the best museums in the entire West!”

Paso’s very own Lynda Holt will be the MC for the evening. The Usual Suspects, an 8-piece Central Coast Dance Band will be playing music from the 50s through the 90s that we all know and love and can dance to – and that’s their mission for the night!

The dinner features three entrees from a succulent steak prepared like Prime Rib to a Salmon plate to die for or a Vegetarian’s delight as well.

Appetizers will be passed during the San Antonio Champagne cocktail hour. Wines from J.Lohr, Rotta, Mitchella, Vina Robles and others will be at the tables for you all evening long.

To allow for as much dance time as possible, there will be NO LIVE AUCTION but the Pioneer Pearls committee has over 130 unique silent auction items including places to stay,

Paso Robles Rotary presents 17th Wine Country Classic Now is the time to sign up for the 17th Annual Paso Robles Rotary Club’s Wine Country Classic to be played on Saturday, April 27 at the Paso Robles Golf Course. The day will begin with an 8:30 a.m. Shotgun Start in a Scramble Format.

There will be awards for 1st and 2nd Low Net Team and Prizes for Closest to the Pin, Longest Drive and $10,000 for a Hole-In-One on the #17 hole. The day will wrap up with an awards BBQ and all participants will receive a Gift Bag with a bottle of Derby Wine and a Golf Shirt. Entry forms are

available at the Paso Robles Golf Course.

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Ah, and then there are the drawing items! Buy half of a playing card and if the other half that is drawn matches yours, you win! Other very nice surprises are planned for the evening.

Everything is included in the price of $100 per ticket. Call Chuck at 237-2046 or email to CDESConsult@yahoo.com. You’ll have a wonderful time – guaranteed!

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PASO P EOPLE Meteorites coming to the Library The Paso Robles City Library invites the public to enjoy a worldclass collection of meteorites and tektites during the month of April.

Sponsored by the Santa Lucia Rockhounds, three main classes of meteorites – Irons, Pallasites, and Stony Meteorites – along with several different types of tektites and impactities will be on display.

Interest in meteorites has been very high due to the explosion of the Chelyabinsk Meteor over Russia on February 15th of this year, where the concussive blast from the meteor damaged over 7,000 buildings and injured over 1400 people.

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The Paso Robles City Library is located at 1000 Spring Street and is open Monday – Friday 10-8, and Scott to Display living in Mexico and Costa Rica, Saturday 10-5. For more information in April and visiting other countries. She on library programs, call 237-3870 or According to Joan taught for several years, then re- visit www.prcity.com/library.

Scott, being an artist turned to school to receive a B.F.A. National Volunteer Week is an adventure – find- in sculpture/mixed media at the This year, National Volunteer Week ing materials, choosing University of New Mexico. She is April 21- 27. It was established in colors, and develop- has lived in Creston, surrounded 1974 by President Richard Nixon to ing a painting to its finished state. by oak trees and deer, for the last recognize those who seek out imagiSome paintings reflect what one ac- several years. native ways to engage in their comtually sees and others are built from Storytime munities and who demonstrate to the remembered and combined views The Paso Robles City Library in- nation that collective power fosters and images. But it is the addition of vites the public to enjoy an evening positive transformation. imagination, emotions, and memories of stories with volunteer storyteller For more information on volunthat help a painting “speak” to the in- Tony Wallace on Thursday, April teer opportunities with the City, visit dividual viewer.

25, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Children www.prcity.com/services/volunteer or Scott’s background includes may wear pajamas and should bring contact Volunteer Coordinator Sutravels with her biologist husband, an adult to snuggle with! zanne Robitaille, 237-3870.

Library Gift Shop announces Spring Book Sale

By Erin McGee The Friends of the Paso Robles Library Gift Shop will be holding their Spring Book Sale this month.

Members Only Early Bird Sale Day is April 25 from 1-7 p.m. and the General Public Sale Days are set for April 26 from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. and April 27 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

For as little as $10 a year memberships are available and will allow you

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to attend the Early Bird Day at the yearly book sales. Memberships may be purchased on the Early Bird Sale Day to be admitted on April 25.

The Paso Robles Friends of the Library Gift Shop is a volunteer organization and is entirely dependent on the time and efforts contributed by generous volunteers. The shop carries a carefully curated collection of fine gifts

including jewelry, cards, toys, scarves, plus books, videos, and magazines.

The Friends Gift Shop is a nonprofit store contributing all proceeds to the Paso Robles Public Library for things like the Children’s Summer Reading Program, Black Gold Inter-library Loans, Online Databases, and Maintenance of the Aquarium. Friends contributed $35,000 last year to the Paso Robles

Public Library for their various activities. This was accomplished through the running of the gift shop, their twice yearly book sales, individual memberships, and occasional events.

To learn more about gift shop and membership programs, contact Paso Robles Gift Shop Friends of the Library, Erin McGee, Publicity Chairperson. The shop is located in the library lobby, 1000 Spring Street, Paso Robles, 237-3870, PasoRoblesLibraryFriends.org.

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Steve Cass honored as March Roblan

Steve Cass, owner of Cass Winery, was honored as the March Roblan of the Month during the Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce March Membership Mixer, hosted by the historic Park Ballroom. Wine was poured by Adelaida Cellars with special music performed by the Irish Celtic Band, with special guest Johnny Connolly from Dublin, Ireland.

Before founding Cass Winery, Steve worked at Charles Schwab for 20 years in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York. Steve and his wife of 31 years, Alice, moved to Paso Robles in

2002. They have two children, Bryan, who now works in their winery, and Kristen, who is selling wine for a distributor in SoCal. On their first trip to Paso, New Year’s weekend of 1999, they fell in love with the area, its rolling hills, vineyards, wineries, the town square, everything. It did not take very long to settle on the property where they now live and work on Paso’s east side. Their vineyard was planted in 2001, and they opened the winery in 2005.

munity he helped to form a Board of Directors and re-started the Festival.

During the summer of The Festival has been a fun and 2006 Steve was approached educational experience for them, inby the Director of the Polish cluding the Cultural Exchange with Music Center in Los Ange- Poland, the piano competition, and les, to host a classical concert all of the concerts have provided a featuring compositions by Jan unique opportunity to meet talented Ignace Paderewski. Alice is and inspiring people from all walks of Polish and she plays piano , so life. Steve says he has enjoyed workit seemed a great fit with the business ing with city officials on projects such and their personal lives. They soon as the Paderewski statue, and feel learned about his history as a property blessed to get to know so many civic owner, grower, winemaker, politician, minded citizens. and humanitarian. They also learned For more information about the about the Paderewski Festival and its Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce, roots in Paso Robles. call the Chamber office at 238-0506 With much support from the com- or pasorobleschamber.com.

Sign up now for Idler’s Mom & Apple Pie Contest Moms, preheat your ovens and rev up your rolling pins.

Idler’s Appliances is searching for the next awardwinning apple pie during the 29th annual Mom & Apple Pie contest that begins in April and culminates at the SLO Home Show on May 4, 2013. Contestants can sign up at any Idler’s Appliances store.

Local celebrity judges will taste their way through the preliminary rounds. The first round begins Saturday, April 20 at Idler’s Appliances

in Paso Robles and a second round takes place on Saturday, April 27 at Idler’s in San Luis Obispo. For the first time ever, the Idler’s Mom & Apple Pie Finals will take place at the SLO Home Show at the Alex Madonna Expo Center.

“We are really excited to be partnering with the SLO Home Show for this signature event. We are certain the attendees will thoroughly enjoy our historic Mom and Apple Pie event,” said Don Idler of Idler’s

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Celtic Concert on April 12 A Celtic Concert will be held at Hesperia Hall, 51602 Hesperia Hall Road, Bradley (BrysonHesperia area), on Friday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. Celtic traditions and contemporary music by LITHA, world class musicians Scottish duo Aaron Jones and Claire Mann, and German duo Gudrun Walther and Juergen Treuz in their American concert tour. Donations requested. For information, contact Lois Lindley, 472-9556.

Let’s dance in Templeton Ballroom/Swing dancing has returned to North County in a big way. The dance will be held the second Friday of the month through July at the American Legion Hall, corner of 8th & Main in Templeton, beginning Friday, April 12 from 7 - 9:30 p.m. Music will be provided by DJ Jerry Craig for your dancing pleasure. Admission is $10 per person. No alcohol will be allowed. For more information call Diane at 238-7987 or email templetondance@gmail.com.

“An Affair to Remember” Fashion Show & Luncheon Back by Demand!

What fashion show serves up scrumptious delights to usher in spring styles? It’s the Templeton Community Library Association’s 4th Annual “An Affair to Remember” Fashion Show and Luncheon, back by popular demand. Don’t miss this event which benefits the Building Fund for a new Templeton Community Library. The show will be Saturday, April 13.

McPhee’s Grill on Main Street in Templeton is the setting for this crowd pleasing show and three course lunch

by Chef-owner Ian McPhee, who is again lending his generous support to the Library Project. Guests will feast their eyes on lovely local models wearing colorful current fashions from local stores. Kelly Long from Kelly’s Casuals will moderate.

Tickets ($35 each) may be purchased at the Templeton Community Services District Office, at 420 Crocker Street. To reserve tables and order tickets which can be held at the door contact Carla Wilhoit (434-1535) or Marcea Peterson (434-0069).

Spring Tea With Style PEARLS Ministries presents an afternoon tea on Saturday, April 27, 2 to 4 p.m., including finger foods; a fashion show modeling affordable spring/summer styles from Earthly

Treasure in Paso Robles; and a silent auction offering a variety of items and services from local businesses at Paso Robles Community Church, 2706 Spring Street in Paso Robles. The event is free, call ahead to reserve a space, 227-4850.

PEARLS Ministries, a Christian non-profit organization, partnering with Paso Robles Community Church and Earthly Teasures, raisiing funds to reach out to families, ex-inmates, and inmates.

Wild, Wild West Casino Night Support the youth of Paso Robles at the Paso Robles Youth Sports Council’s Wild, Wild West Casino Night Barbeque Dinner Fundraiser on Saturday, April 27 at 6 p.m. at Centennial Park in Paso Robles. Forty-five dollars gets y’all a tri-tip dinner, two drink tickets, entry into the casino and chips for gambling. The evening will also include music and tons of great raffle prizes.

Tickets are available at Paso Robles Ford, Paso Robles Chevrolet, Prudential Hallmark Realty, or by calling 227-0155. You can also purchase tickets on-line at www.PRYSC.org.

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Downtown planters get beautified isting planters were cleaned out and then readied for black and white sage and white yarrow plants,” said Eliana de Leon from Main Street Association. “These draught tolerant plants only require weekly watering until summer time, and then will grow into lovely bushes within a year. Gregg Ellis also informed all involved on the proper

way to plant donated iris and daffodil bulbs, (with their heads up). The flowers will provide lovely yellow and purple colors around the bushes for all to enjoy!”

Volunteers involved included the Class of Liberty High School GreenWorks class; Greg Ellis from One Cool Earth; Angela Robinson, Abigail Lopez, Tom Flynn from Paso Robles Lions Club; Genevieve De La Rosa, Michael Silva from Paso Robles Leos Club; Carolyn Dildine and Eliana de Leon from Main Street Association; and the

Independent School Program (they will be watering the planters for the next few months).

Paso Robles Pioneer Museum and Park 2010 Riverside with free park • Thursday, April 18, 9 a.m. to 12 ing. A special exhibit includes 1353 noon - California Manor, 10165 El lb Meteorite PLUS 400 lb Jade Camino Real, Atascadero Nugget Exhibit Dealers. Gems & • Wednesday, April 24, 9 a.m. - 12 Jewelry, Silent Auction - Treasure noon - Paso Robles Senior Center, Hunt, Country Store will be featured 270 Scott St., Paso Robles along with a BBQ by Native Sons of For more information contact San Miguel. For more information, Community Action Partnership Adult contact Kimnoyes@gmail.com or Wellness and Prevention Screening, slrockhounds.org 1030 Southwood Drive, San Luis Annual AAUW Home Tour Obispo, phone 544-2484 ext.1. set for May 11 FREE Rock & Gem Show The annual AAUW (American The Santa Lucia Rockhounds Association of University Women) present their 22nd Annual Rock, Home Tour this year is set for May Gem & Mineral Show on May 4 11, featuring homes of various design and 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the and interest to many. In addition to

beautiful homes, be prepared for fine art, landscaping and an automobile collection. Proceeds for the tour go to local graduating senior scholarships and returning women students. Save the date, it is the day before Mother’s Day on Saturday, from 12 noon to 4 p.m Tickets will be available at Blenders downtown Paso Robles or thru members. Question, contact Marty Diffley at 440-2078.

Groups invited to participate in 5th Annual Paso Robles Festival of the Arts The City of Paso Robles once again will join forces with Studios on the Park for the 5th Annual Paso Robles Festival of the Arts – a Memorial

Day Weekend celebration of the visual, environmental, and performing arts in downtown City Park.

Volunteer opportunities abound and many are perfect for service organizations, businesses, and church groups looking for fun ways to serve the community – event set-up, Festival greeting, artists assistance, merchandise and ticket selling, interactive art activities for children, and more.

Opportunities are limited so apply soon! The easy online volunteer application is at www.pasoartfestival.com For more information about volunteer opportunities at this art-filled extravaganza, contact Suzanne, 2373870.

Several groups combined efforts in early March to improve the brick planters on Park Street in Downtown Paso Robles.

The Paso Robles Main Street Association, Paso Robles Lions Club and Paso Robles Leos as well as Liberty High School’s GreenWorks class and One Cool Earth all made a difference.

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By Melissa Chavez When foster children turn 18 years of age, where do they go? Statistics show that as many as half become homeless. A significant number also get into trouble and end up in the merry-go-round of the prison system.

Family Care Network CEO Jim Roberts witnessed this years ago as a probation officer. His experience remains a vivid memory: “In many counties, foster youths were often bused to the local homeless shelter. I remember almost loading one girl on the bus, but she had nowhere to go. Fortunately, her foster mom took her back home and allowed the girl to live there.”

Such defining moments fortified Roberts’ resolve back in 1987 to provide foster care services to youths coming of age who lack the skills and resources to survive on their own.

Family Care Network, Inc. (FCNI) offers 17 distinct programs in five service divisions. They include Therapeutic Foster Care, Family Support Services, Transitional Age Youth Services, Early Intervention and Prevention Services, and CommunityLinked Services.

FCNI’s most recent statistics demonstrated impressive numbers in its efficacy and volunteer involvement: All programs average a 92 percent success rate while spending less than 11 percent of its funds on administrative costs. On average, 148 employees have worked monthly to supplant 88 available foster care families throughout San Luis Obispo (35) and Santa Barbara (53) counties.

Paid and unpaid staff members have been equipped with 17,615 training hours, while 630 volunteers worked 16,428 hours in over the past year by working with clients, agency events or helping around the office. FCNI’s 2,198 individual donors and local

merchants also contributed financial support.

“Family Care Network is tightly partnered with the Department of Social Services (DSS),” says Roberts. “It’s really a collaborative effort that includes the Mental Health Department, as well progress. We can also as the Probation Departuse a broader coalition ment. We work so closely of community support together and maximize houstoward apartment seting to make sure more are up, purchasing school Jim Roberts, CEO of being served. They (DSS) are Family Care Network, Inc. books, vocationalthe gatekeeper. All referrals educational colleges for Transitional Housing programs and so forth. To start this enterprise, go through DSS, and it works really we can take youths and teach them well.” An inter-agency placement skills for supportable income and do committee includes representatives the training, because employment is from all applicable agencies, including somewhat limited. If they’re college schools and other providers. bound, they can also learn skills.”

One of the unique relational One of the means FCNI possessdevelopments of DSS is the Tran- es, says Roberts, is a publicly marsitional Age Youth Financial As- ketable resource: The Life Book. “It’s sistance Program for ages 16-21. a neat tool for transitional age youth Among its offerings, such as mental that walks through, step-by-step, health, substance abuse recovery ser- life skill development with all these vices and independent living skills, different activities for their physical it allows for cross-savings in other and emotional health. You can find it programs, including college prep and online through eBooks or Amazon. vocational training. “The program com, or you can get it from us. Anyhas helped over 70 kids enroll in col- one with children can benefit from lege,” emphasizes Roberts, “and was this. Representatives from Orange featured at the California Welfare County even spent a day with us to Directors Association (CWDA).” A learn how we do things.” nonprofit organization, CWDA rep- How can the public help? “We resents human service directors from need practical help at our facility and 58 counties throughout California. by doing work and painting projects Its mission is “to promote a human at and in apartments that we own,” services system that encourages self- prompts Roberts. “It’s a labor of love sufficiency of families and communi- activity that’s really helpful to the ties, and protects vulnerable children youths. They can see adults who are and adults from abuse or neglect.” helping and not in a negative con “This is a great example of a fu- text. If someone really feels passionture trend and it’s been a dream of ate, they can help by donating to the mine for a long time,” says Roberts. building fund and by making contri“We can maximize revenues to add butions. Goods, services and quality services that aren’t available to other items are also needed to help young funding streams and transfer the adults set up apartments.”

Through creative financing, FCNI has purchased six apartments through the California Department of Housing, located in Atascadero (1) and San Luis Obispo (2), and the remainder in Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach and Santa Maria, says Roberts. “It’s a grant/loan arrangement in that we can use them for so many years for transitional housing, and then the debt is forgiven, which helps offset any rate increases. The goal is to rehabilitate the properties, so we need the community’s help in addition to the forty to fifty transitional age youth in our programs.

“Our mission is helping kids. We can all do this by volunteering to mentor them, help them learn something and by imparting wisdom.

There are tons of opportunities, such as inviting a kid to your worksite.

It’s these sorts of efforts that provide permanent, lifelong impacts to young people.”

Roberts’ final advice to prospective volunteers is straight-forward “Do you have a passionate interest to serve? Then allow that to be seen by our youth.”

Family Care Network fundraising events

All events are open to the public.

Proceeds directly benefit children and families served by Family Care Network, Inc. Miracle Miles for Kids on April 27, 2013: 10k walk/run from Morro Rock to Cayucos Pier.

Taste of the Central Coast, SLO County on August 18, 2013: Fine good and wine tasting event at Monarch Dunes includes a live/ silent auction.

Taste of the Central Coast, SB County on November 13, 2013: Fine food and wine tasting event at Bacara Resort and Spa includes a live/silent auction.

Visit www.FCNI.org to learn more about how to assist area youth.

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Caring for Cancer and Offering Wellness to our Community

By Millie Drum One Day, One Night, One Community – ONE FIGHT The 24 Hour Relay for Life of Paso Robles is June 22 and 23 at River Oaks Hot Springs. Cancer survivors are our guests and the reason we walk the track for 24 hours. Fundraising through the American Cancer Society offers hope for an eventual cure for cancer. We’re getting closer every day. To form a team, join a team, purchase a luminaria, donate, sponsor and learn more about Paso’s relay, log on to www.relayforlife.org/pasoroblesca.

Dedicate a Luminaria – Celebrate a survivor.

Remember those we’ve lost The candle lit bags that line the track symbolize someone special that has been touched by cancer. By purchasing a luminaria, you can honor a memory and celebrate survivorship. Bags can be purchased on Saturday or in advance at the website. It’s easy to get involved.

Once you experience Relay, believe me, it will change your life!

Thank you Team Idler’s!

Don Idler and his dedicated staff, led by Mike Patrick, has been the most loyal corporate sponsor and participant for many years. Idler’s is hosting an evening with a festive Mardi Gras theme on April 13 at 5:30 at Idler’s Appliances. Party goers will enjoy Cajun and Creole food prepared by Bon Temp Creole Café in SLO and 10th Street Basque Café of San Miguel, music by Hot Club of SLO and a carnival with bounce house for the kids.

Tickets are $15 (under 12 free) at the door or in advance at the store, 2361 Theatre Drive in Paso Robles.

The Cancer Support Community The free programs offered by the Cancer Support Community in April touch on four ways to cope with a cancer diagnosis: exercise, nutrition, meditation and working through emotional issues. Light exercise can reduce fatigue, develop balance and restore vital quality of life. Good nutrition is the medicine that fights cancer. Meditation and counseling heals the emotional body so the heal-

ing of the physical body can follow. A cancer diagnosis changes everything.

The Cancer Support Community offers hope and resources to individuals, families, friends and caregivers that have been faced with its challenges.

Visit 614 13th Street, Paso Robles, call 238-4411 and visit www.twcccc. org. Refer to the calendar of events in our Time & Place section of this issue.

Food is Medicine in the fight against cancer Nationally acclaimed author, speaker, teacher and chef Rebecca Katz will be appearing on the Central Coast to benefit The Wellness Kitchen and Resource Center at their spring fundraiser.

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Flavor Recipes for Cancer Survivors and Beyond and One Bite at a Time: Nourishing Recipes for Cancer Survivors and their Friends. Books will be available for signing. Stephanie Austin of Wellness by Mother Nature will present “Making Sense of Nutrition.”

Rebecca teaches patients, physicians, nurses and wellness professionals to use flavor and nutrition in their treatment options; dedicating to transforming lives through nutritional science and the culinary arts.

She’s spoken at Stanford University’s Cancer Institute and John Hopkins Medicine.

The event takes place at the Morro Bay Community Center, 1001 Kennedy Way in Morro Bay. Lunch will be selections from Rebecca’s cookbooks prepared by The Wellness Kitchen. Raffle for kitchen tools, food related DVDs and Rebecca’s cookbooks. Tickets ($60 advance/$75 at the door) are available at The Wellness Kitchen, 1255 Las Tablas Road in Templeton, on line at TheWKRC.org and 4341800. Proceeds benefit The Wellness Kitchen and Resource Center to further food programs and nutritional education throughout SLO County.

Another inevitability is moving sixth-graders to middle school. Paso Robles and Templeton are already there, now it’s Atascadero’s turn. Pushing sixth grade students ahead, seen as a cost cutting move, has not gotten a unanimous passing grade from parents.

Atascadero parent Dan Chapman, whose son will soon enter sixth grade, expresses concerns about safety and well-being. Will the social environment of middle school have toxic effects on younger students?

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Santa Rosa Academic Academy will Bursting: Our infrastructure is attend Atascadero Jr. High. not keeping pace with demand, says a Christian Academy say they have Out for Summer: San Luis new county report set for review by received a handful of new students Coastal schools, the largest district in supervisors. In fact, our roads, schools, from families fleeing the 6th to 8th the county, is testing the water with water and wastewater treatment caa one-year suspension of its summer pacities are strained, to put it mildly. grade middle school model.

“Certainly we have some parents school program, again for cost-cutting The annual Resource Management Report was rolled out for the board, who are concerned about the change reasons. happening a little bit sooner,” said The current plan is to end elemen- March 12th and it wasn’t a bouquet Atascadero Unified School superin- tary and middle school summer pro- of roses. tendent Deborah Bowers. “They have grams, while retaining a handful of “Our county’s cities, unincorporated communities and rural areas face very valid concerns, but once they hear high school classes. and understand what is being undertaken, the kinds of support we have in “Our county’s cities, unincorporated place, then their comfort level will go communities and rural areas face serious up.”

San Luis Coastal Schools once had resource and costly infrastructure challenges” a 6th to 8th middle school program As some of us who were ourselves serious resource and costly infrabut dropped it.

Bowers doesn’t volunteer informa- less than diligent students in our structure challenges,” is the opening tion about the financial motivations younger years, remedial classes were salvo and the report goes on to say for moving 6th graders into middle de-rigueur, an opportunity to bone the county isn’t making the best use of school, preferring to view the shift as a up on the algebra formulas we slept water options like Lake Nacimiento through during the regular school year. and the state water project. policy decision.

“Back in August 2012 our school School officials admit the loss will hurt Both short and long-term chalboard voted to a middle school con- students, but the change is just for one lenges are involved, says the report, cept, after a year and a half of study,” year, while officials measure whether advising county officials not only to carefully plan for future infrastructure Bowers discloses, “and grade six to the closure helped or hurt. eight was recommended after that re- SLCUSD officials aren’t thrilled needs, but to also work out the fundabout losing summer students and ing to pay for it. search.”

The board approved the change, programs but the cost savings could The county actually has a plan to but it will be implemented gradually be significant: last year, 1,250 ele- do just that, thoughtfully including until 2017, when new classroom space mentary and secondary students took a three Roman numeral system to will be available. Until then, only 6th summer classes, costing the district gauge severity, so officials can pick the road improvements and water delivery graders from Monterey Road and over $214,000.

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solutions that are most urgent. Level I means there is a need, but plenty of lead-time to plan solutions. The report says the county doesn’t want to ever get to Level III, which means the resource is completely maxed-out.

Here’s where we stand: Every community in the North County, except for Templeton and Atascadero, have reached a Level III alert; they are at or beyond capacity; those cities are still at a Level I alert.

The 148-page report leaves no room for complacency; in Templeton, for instance, water consumption has increased by close to 20% from 2011 to 2012.

Road-wise, we are a bit better off; improvements at Vineyard Drive have cut traffic delays and rush hour ramp slowdowns, but overall, the best the Hwy 101 corridor can muster is a solid “D” grade, and no, that’s not good.

The report is available to the public.

Employment Up: Also a bit of a good news/bad news story, county unemployment has dropped from 2011’s final rate of 8.6% to a current 7.3%, however, joblessness has been stuck at that number for three months.

Still, a 12% improvement is nothing to sneeze at, unless you happen to remember that joblessness was as low as 3.7% in 2006. That fact is cold, hard porcelain to all of us.

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Wine 4 Paws celebrates 5th Year

By Chuck Desmond One thing is an absolute “for sure” in El Paso de Robles. No matter what else is happening for the good or the bad of the state of the world, WE LOVE OUR DOGS! And with that preamble, how can it be ever more fitting than to step back and realize that this is already the 5th year for one of our area’s favorite fundraisers – WINE 4 PAWS! Begun in 2009 by the effervescent Sarah Tomasetti, who, with her husband and co-partner, Steve, fell in love with our local wine and thought there might be a way to combine that experience with the love of their own dogs. Sarah thought, “How about if wineries took just one weekend a year and raised money from donations left in counter-top jars and kicked in a portion of their profits from sales and tastings? It might work.

Darn near every tasting room has a ‘winery dog’ laying in the sun with one eye open while greeting visitors and keeping a watch over things. Woods Humane Society certainly needs the help so let’s give it a shot.”

Little did she realize what would happen – nor that it would fold in cats as well. Turns out there are a lot of those furballs curled up in baskets in tasting room windows that most of us think are merely decorations - until we notice the tail swishing!

The idea was planted and slowly emerged and then blossomed.

First year: 35 tasting rooms signed up. Last year, almost 70 and this year there are over 75! Each year, this weekend event is geared toward the protection, medical aspects and adoption of the animals.

It’s all about them from those who are the only ones who can do

anything to help - people who care and people who vote with their hearts and their wallets. The stunning fact is that $80,000 has been raised for Woods in the past four years!

This year WINE 4 PAWS will be April 13 and 14. With the spring weather having arrived, the BBQ’s are beginning to be fired up and get-togethers are being planned.

Gotta have wine, right? Can’t foodpair tri-tip with lemonade! So use this weekend to go wine tasting and stock up on some of your favorites.

Tasting rooms from Santa Maria to San Miguel have jumped in again with their support. They get it!

In various different methods, tasting fees or percentages of purchases will be donated to the cause.

You’re going to go anyway and you’re going to buy for sure. So, do it this weekend and make a difference in the lives of those furry friends who count on us. It’s the same amount of money but the side-benefit is huge! So simple; so easy; so heart-warming!

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Above, Sarah and Steve Tomasetti created Wine $ Paws in 2009 with the encouragement of Amigo, right, in his event t-shirt.

Chili’s in Paso is donating 15% of your purchase if you mention Wine 4 Paws that weekend!

Cloud Star Natural Pet Products is a company that makes natural treats and is a huge supporter.

Holiday Inn Express in Paso is giving a room discount for weekend stays and The Black Oak is making a donation from every room reservation during the weekend.

Nice indeed. Thank You to these great firms!

To help you along, there is a printable map and passport at www.wine4paws.com or on the Facebook page or pick one up at the first winery you visit. Get your passport stamped and when it’s filled, you are eligible for one of the many prizes that have been donated.

Woods Humane Society is a locally-owned, non-profit animal welfare organization. It is located on Kansas Street in SLO and began in 2005. In 2006, a full spay and neuter clinic became operational. Each year, literally hundreds of animals are helped through the charity of the surrounding communities and the tremendous hard work of Sarah and her team of dedicated volunteers.

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San Miguel Forward Collaborative Making a Difference the town, encouraging devel- build-out. The core of the town inviting shops and cafes that San Miguel inopers to be aware of and plan to was rezoned some years ago and would draw tourists as well as

Reflections

By Lynne Schmitz

Positive people move forward with energy and vision.

Their motivation comes from a couple of old-fashioned ideas.

One is that if enough people get involved in a project and work hard together, their goals will be achieved. Another is, “the squeaky wheel gets the grease.”

Put it all together and it’s a plan of action that is happening in San Miguel. A new group, San Miguel Forward Collaborative, is working with County planner Michael Conger to update the Community Design Plan. The original Community Design Plan was created in 2001 under the direction of Planner John Hand in a series of workshops attended by a broad cross-section of the community.

The intent was to set standards and guidelines for development

enhance its historical character zoning is being revisited, prinwhen they build. There have cipally in areas that are useful been a few updates over the for retail and some mixed uses years, notably in 2003.

– downtown, 10th and K Street In the past ten years, several along Highway 101 and a few classes of Cal Poly students have nearby outlying areas. created plans for the community Geographically, the town of based on holding workshops and San Miguel is not very large and studying the county-generated is hemmed by the freeway, the plans. Planning has centered on Salinas River and Camp Robthe town core, going north from erts. In the past few years, the the Caledonia Adobe to 16th county has installed a drainage Street and east from the High- system downtown from 11th to way 101 corridor to the river. 14th Street, installed new sideThis area encompasses the busi- walks and streetscape in those ness district which is principally blocks and is in the process on Mission Street from 11th to of extending sidewalks 16th. Based on these plans, and streetscape from San Miguel Forward Col11th Street to Fr. laborative is considerReginald Park just ing where growth north of Mission should take place, San Miguel. if there are enough

Some of the sites designated ideas coming from for development the first meetings in the years ahead of the Collaborative and prioritizinclude encouraging sites for later discoversanmiguel.com ing an increase in

locals, a historical tour of the town (which is in the works), and historical designation of some of the older buildings and gateway signage (also in the works).

The Collaborative is comprised of some old-timers, some long-timers and some new-comers. All of them are people who bloom where they are planted and work to make their chosen community a place that is appealing and welcoming. In San Miguel, and in your own home community, it can be so rewarding to be a part of the energy and excitement of a job well done.

If you are planted in San Miguel, you’re welcome to help us grow with the San Miguel Forward Collaborative. The next meeting is Monday, April 8 at 7 p.m. at the CSD office. For information, call Laverne Buckman at 467-3467, get up-todate on discoversanmiguel.com or just show up.

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Templeton Performing Arts Center announces new schedule

The Templeton Unified School District (TUSD) and the Templeton Chamber of Commerce (TCOC) have formed a partnership to bring live performances to the Templeton Performing Arts Center (TPAC), located at Templeton High School.

The first event, “A Tribute to Sinatra.” was held March 30 and five additional programs are planned through September.

All performances will begin at 7 p.m. and tickets will be $15 in advance, $20 at the door, and can be purchased at the chamber office, 524 S. Main Street, Templeton 434-1789, berdette@templetonchamber. com or at Matt’s Music at 211 S. Main Street 237-0054.

Berdette Robison, Executive Director at TCOC and the liaison for this venture, is pleased to announce the five remaining performances for this season:

• May 4 “Unf inished Business”~ One of San Luis Obispo’s favorite and most entertaining 1960’s rock & roll bands.

• June 29 - “Rick Jarrett” ~ An American Country songwriter and artist.

• July 27 - Disney’s “Moulan” ~ Directed by Justin Thielman.

This Disney classic will feature local students and volunteers.

Students and kids tickets will be $10 in advance and $15 at the door.

• August 24 - “The King of Cool” ~ An evening with the music and musings of the Rat Pack. The cast includes Chad Stevens, KPRL radio and one of the central coast’s favorites; Bobby Horn; Steve McAndrew; and Brett Mitchell, music director.

• September 21 - “Broadway Then and Now” ~ A musical journey through the history of

Broadway music from the days of Jerome Kern to Stephen Sondheim.

The evening will be a magnificent contribution to the Great American Songbook, directed by Steven Tosh.

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Hoofbeat

By Dorothy Rogers When the Central Coast turns green, it seems a tangible reminder of renewed hope and fresh opportunities. We continue to pray for showers of blessing as we watch the hay crops try to develop. Foals are born, fill out and test their wobbly legs in joyful play under the watchful eye of their mothers.

Horsemen’s Re-Union You can feel it.

Excitement is building in Paso for the Second Annual Horsemen’s ReUnion set for April 15-20. Twenty-one of the world’s top colt starters gather and share at the Paso Events Center.

Chances are that you have heard of some of the participants. Perhaps you are curious about the others.

Entries from the US include: Martin & Wade Black, Chris Cox, Craig Cameron, Trevor Carter, rodeo legend Larry Mahan, Buster McLaury, Pat Parelli, Kyla Prunty Rianda, our own Ed Robertson and Caleb Twisselman and Thomas Saunders V. Canada sends Jonathan Field and Mike Sears.

Australia’s contributors are Rob Leach, Ken May and Ron Wall. Israel is initially represented by Shlomik Raziel.

David Alonso joins us from Mexico.

Juan A. Vendrell brings the old world

to us from Spain while Antoine Cloux adds to the mix from Switzerland.

There will be time to ask questions, take photos and ask for autographs.

If that isn’t enough for you, the champions and judges who will emcee the event will share a wealth of experience with you in their commentary. Kelly Barker, our own Bill Enk, Russell Dilday and Bobby Ingersoll will keep the pace moving.

Spectators coming from across the West will have an opportunity to observe nuances of approach in how more than forty colts are started in one place during the week. Pick out your favorites and bid at the auction Saturday. Martin Black and Chris Cox as well as Rowly and Cathie Twisselman have worked hard to give you a selection that could fit your needs from the Madonna Inn Horses or those consigned from three well known ranches from the southwest. Select more mature horses will also be consigned.

More than 70 vendors are being corralled for the Horsemen’s Marketplace.

Art, gear, knives, clothing, ranch/travel equipment, animal health products and clinician-promoted training aids will be available to buy.

Visit with couples who have started family businesses like Sue and Billy Ruiz with Cowboy Flavors. Wonderful locals Robert Heely and Dawn Patterson will also be busy tempting you with their chuckwagon savories. Harris Stage Lines

life. The exuberance of youth with original songs as well as the tried and true is found in the song list of Adrian. Dave Ellis will perform a variety of music.

He’s been a student of Pat Parelli for a quarter of a century. We have heard a rumor that national finalist, John Wayne Schultz may drop in, too. Perennial favorite and local icon, Monte Mills will turn toe tapping to all out dancing with his Lucky Horseshoe Band for the clos“Maybe I can trust this human.” 40+ horses and 21 colt starters will gather for ing party. the Horsemen’s Re-Union at the Paso Tickets are good for any day of the Events Center this month. week. They are available at the gate or will display vehicles from their collection online with special pricing for seniors, stuincluding their stagecoach. Debby and dents and groups. Don’t miss this chance Tom will share about their customized right at home that some folks are having events and experiences as well as training to cross continents and oceans to attend. It for you and your horses. Wine tasting takes a community to stage an event such opportunities will be found daily: Cass, as this, so consider becoming involved.

Western Winds, Ruby Shoes, and Vin- Volunteers are still needed. There are two tage Cowboy Winery will pour. shifts so fill out an application found at You’re in for a treat if you get your www.horsemensreuion.com. tickets right away. J Parsons will open Color of Spring Thursday night’s concert. Always a fa- Find original art never before seen in vorite, Dave Stamey headlines bringing public April 5-7 at the SLO Cattlemen’s his unique blend of horses, humor, his- Western Art Show/Sale at the Events tory. He’s just recorded a new live album Center. This year the show will be dediat Ranch and Reata Roadhouse. cated to the late founder of the event, Friday finds Western Wishes benefit- Larry Bees. ting from a portion of the dinner tickets Bronzes, sculpture, paintings, graphwith concert and live auction. Help to ite and other mediums with reflect the make Western Wishes come true for artist’s individual interpretation of the children and young adults of the west- West. Friday evening is an excuse to put ern lifestyle who are faced with adver- on your best western, socialize and see sity. Waddie Mitchell brings the fun and Please see HOOFBEAT page 53 poetry from classics and his own pen to

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HOOFBEAT from page 52 the new pieces first for a $20 ticket. The artists will be available to visit. Saturday and Sunday donations are happily taken, but the show is free. Don’t miss the Cattlemen’s always delicious BBQ for $10 a plate mid day on the weekend.

Cowboy Academy The V6 Ranch in Parkfield is the host for an all breed Cowboy Academy April 10-14 directed by world renowned Sheila Varian and sponsored by the Arabian Horse Association. Sheila and friends will share and Have your ranch’s or club’s events listed for free by sending data plus contact to us: info@calclassics.net at least by the first week of the month PRIOR to publication.

April Mar. 1-3 Winter Horse Trials, Twin Rivers, Mar. 28-31 V6 Dude Ranch Weekend, April 1-3 Miller’s Eq. Spring Break Camp, 235-3834, April 1-4 CA Draft Horse & Eqpmt.

Sale, Tulare Fairgrounds, 215 Martin Luther King Ave., auction, demos, clinics, art, horses, ponies, mules, antiques, www.californiadrafthorseauction.com Wayne Whittemore 559-284-6505 April 1-5 California Ranch Experience Photography Workshop, V6 Ranch, Parkfield, www.parkfield.com April 1-5 Harris Stagelines Spring

ride with participants. Bring your own horse or rent one of the ranch’s for your adventure. Great food and new friends can be enjoyed while gaining skills and experience. www.parkfield.com.

The Annual Spring Fling at Varian Arabians will not be held this year in favor of a hands on clinic with Sheila and friends at her ranch in Arroyo Grande. The ground and saddle sessions with a hands on approach sold out immediately, but auditors are welcome. Contact www.varianarabians. com for details.

Dry River April 20 MacDonald Performance Training hosts a Dry River Reining Club Show for all breeds at 6955 Estrella Road in San Miguel. The fun begins at 9 a.m. with a variety of classes including trail and boxing. The comfortable, family atmosphere lends itself to learning and fun with friends. Want to ease into showing? Consider volunteering. Contact Tye (423-4450) for details as to how to get involved.

Jump Into Spring Twin Rivers is the venue for the

Horse Day Camp, choose 1/2 or full days, beg. to adv., work ponies thru drafts, ride, drive, care, what it take to own a horse, 5995 N. River Rd., Paso, Tom or Debby 237-1860 April 5-7 23rd SLO Cattlemen’s Western Art Show & Sale, Paso Events Center, all new original art, meet 50 artisans, featured artist is Glynnis Miller, Fri. 5-9 p.m. reception $20, free admission Sat. 10-5 p.m., Sun. 10-3:30 p.m., BBQ lunch $10/plate, separate ltd. ed. prints available, more info Dee 423-1319 April 5-7 Longrider Overnight Trail Ride, fun for members only, join for location & details, jphawes@charter.com April 6 Adventures with Horses, Heaven Can Wait, also April 16, San Miguel, 9:30 a.m. to noon, ages 5-12, sturdy closed shoes, in conjunction with

Paso Rec., $25/child, $15 additional sibling, $10 second sibling, horse manners, safety skills, read aloud, round pen activities, body language, grooming, requires closed-toed sturdy shoes, register www.prcity.com/recreation April 6 CCCAHA Members Ride, TBA, www.cccaha.org April 7 Bryson Hesperia Cattle Club Free Calf Sorting, 1 hr. N. of Paso in Monterey Co, 1 p.m., Ranch Calf Sorting, covered arena, official size pens, beginners welcome, have fun & learn cattle work, Jay Brown 472 9664 or Brown1375@aol.com for directions & info. 1st Sun. of ea. month.

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Spring Horse Trials April 11-14 at 8715 North River Road. The Young Event Horse Qualifier bring on new competitors. The Three Day Event and Horse Trials is now one of the biggest in the western US. Bring a chair, your camera and a hat since admission is free.

Congratulations to Cindy RamirezSmith (after a six year hiatus from eventing) and “Carina HGF,” in their debut outing at the USEA sanctioned three day event at Twin Rivers Horse Trials in March. They took first in the Senior Beginner Novice division.

April 10-14 V6 AHA Cowboy Academy, all breeds, Sheila Varian, www. parkfield.com April 11 Young Event Horse Qualifier, Twin Rivers, 8715 N. River Rd., Andrea 235-0412 April 11-14 Spring Horse Trials & Three Day Event, Twin Rivers, 8715 N. River Rd., Andrea 235-0412, April 12-14 APHA & All Breed Show, Bakersfield, 2 judges, Gladys Gilbertson 238-1929, blygilb@gmail.com April 13 CGA District 14A (rain date Ap. 27), Santa Margarita Railhead Arena, sign up 8 a.m., ride 9 a.m., Margo Abatti 467-3535 or Vicky Womble 438-3954 April 15-20 Horsemen’s Re-Union, Events Center, compare colt starting Please see HOOFBEAT page 54

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April 16 Adventures with Horses, Heaven Can Wait, San Miguel, 9:30 a.m. to noon, ages 5-12, sturdy closed shoes, in conjunction with Paso Rec., $25/child, $15 additional sibling, $10 second sibling, horse manners, safety skills, read aloud, round pen activities, body language, grooming, register www. prcity.com/recreation April 16 Show Driving Clinic, Oak Run Farm, 8450 Happy Camp Rd., Moorpark, 9 a.m., Whip’R Snappers Driving Society, Patricia Demers 661722-2010, carpediemfarm@aol.com, www.whiprsnappers.com April 18-21 V6 Ranch Cattle Drive, www.parkfield.com April 20 Dry River Reining Club Show, MacDonald Performance Training, 6955 Estrella Rd., San Miguel, 9 a.m. start, variety of classes, family atmosphere, Tye 423-4450 April 20 CGA District 14B, Paloma Creek Arena, Halcon & Viejo Camino Rds., Atascadero, day show sign up 8 a.m., ride 9 a.m., Margo Abatti 4673535 or Wes Womble 438-3954

Trail Tales: Lopez Lake Trail View: Lopez Lake, surrounding hills, birds, deer & bald eagle sightings possible Access: Hwy.101 Grand Ave. exit, Arroyo Grande. Turn E towards mtns. thru town.

Turn R on Huasna Rd. become Lopez Dr. Lopez Dr. approx. 10 mi. Road ends at entrance to Lopez Lake. From SLO, take shortcut following Orcutt Rd. S to Lopez Dr. Ask directions to equestrian parking.

Follow the main rd. thru camp sites past Mustang Water Slides. Park trailers on R side rd. before locked gate day use.

Several trails & Black Bear Horse Camp.

Important: Turnaround area at gate not big.

2 horse trailers Fees: Day use $9 plus $3.50 per animal.

Call main office re. camping fees & reservations, busy weekends full, make camping reservations EARLY Rated: Easy to difficult Time Factor: Variable Trail: Trails from camps (behind the locked gate vary in length. Most have climbs. Duna Vista Loop 7.2 miles very popular, multi-use Feet: Suggest shoes gravel first mi. Duna Vista Trail. Good ft. may be OK. Dogs: On leash in camp & leash on trails Camp: Campground: Black Bear Horse Camp closest to Duna Vista. Call for reservations.

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20 corrals, water spigots, BBQ facilities, port-apotties & tables Overnight: Yes in campground, ask about backcountry info

April 20 Ray Berta Clinic, Carmel Valley Saddle Club Arena, 85 E. Garzas Rd., fee includes lunch, 9-4 p.m., learn to work with your horse more fully, ask about cattle clinics, www.rayberta.com April 21 Miller’s Hunter Schooling Show, SLO, 235-3834 April 21 CA Jr. Cowboys Assoc. Rodeo, Whitney Ranch, Exeter, Michelle or Rocky Steagall 559-876-1892, www. cjca.us April 22-May 1 Springtime Camp/ Ride Lake San Antonio, 74255 San Antonio Rd., Bradley, Leanne & Doug Campbell, 646-7026, 472-2311 April 23 4th Annual James Pickens Jr. Roping, Tejon Ranch, Lebeck, Pro/Am, April 26-28 Atascadero Horsemen’s Club Trail Ride & Camp, members only.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS & PROGRAMS BRUSHMARKS TEEN ART COMPETITION Grades 6 – 12 may submit paintings or drawings to the Library on Monday, April 29. Small entry fee. Questions? Call Suzanne, 237-3870.

FIRST TEE JUNIOR GOLF PROGRAM Paso Robles Golf Club 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Tuesdays, April 9 – June 4 Thursdays, April 11 – June 6 Ages 7 - 17 learn basic golf and life skills, and rules and etiquette of the game while focusing on interpersonal and self-management skills. $100/session. Scholarships available.

Questions? Call Mike, 431-7615.

TACO BELL TRACK MEET Saturday, May 4 Events include running, softball throw, and long jump for grades K - 5. Please pre-register through schools in April – just $10 per athlete! Questions? Call 237-3988.

ART AT THE LIBRARY ARTIST OF THE MONTH: JOAN SCOTT

Being an artist is an adventure for Joan as she finds materials, chooses colors and develops a painting to its finished state hoping that her paintings will “speak” to the individual viewer.

LIBRARY SPRING BREAK ART CLASSES April 3, 4 & 5 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

The talented artists of the Paso Robles Art Association will conduct a series of free art classes for children ages 8 - 12. Classes limited to 20 students per day. Please pre-register at the Library.

RECREATIONAL CLASSES ACTING CLASSES FOR ADULTS! “STAGESTRUCK” April 9 – May 21, Tuesdays 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Try something new, exciting, challenging, and confidence building! Kerry has a way of bringing out the best in everyone in a safe, interactive environment. No experience necessary just come with a good sense of humor and an open mind.

Great for improving public speaking skills as well. Questions? Call Kerry, 2379708.

AQUA FITNESS Great multi-level monthly AQUA FIT classes in warm-water indoor pool. Questions? Call Robin, 712-1422. AQUA AEROBICS in the outdoor pool at noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Questions?

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BALLET - INTRODUCTION Wednesdays, 2:45 – 3:45 p.m.

Delightful environment in which children, ages 6 – 8, express themselves while learning beginning ballet moves. Questions? Call Tiffany, 674-8432.

CREATIVE DANCE Wednesdays, 2:00 – 2:45 p.m.

Children learn simple ballet moves with a creative twist. Fun atmosphere for ages 3 – 5. Questions? Call Tiffany, 674-8432.

DOG TRAINING: BEGINNING Tuesdays, April 16 – May 21, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Thursdays, April 25 – May 30 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Have a well-mannered family companion for life! Kathy will cover how to correct common problem behaviors from a dog’s viewpoint. $87/session. Questions? Call Kathy, 237-9985.

DRAMARAMA ACTING CLASSES & CAMP Camp: April 1 – 5, 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Class: April 9 – May 21, Tuesdays, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Students, ages 8 – 12, learn basic acting skills through theatre games, scene work, clowning and more. Questions? Call Kerry, 237-9708.

HEAVEN CAN WAIT HORSE SANCTUARY – A ONE-OF-A-KIND EXPERIENCE! Saturday, April 6, 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Children, ages 6 – 12, will also greet and groom a horse or donkey of their choosing and learn about grooming, feeding, understanding body language, and best practice safety skills. $25/child – discounts for siblings. Go to www.HeavenCanWait.us or call 368-5702.

HUNTER EDUCATION May 8, 9, 14, 15, & 16, 6: 00 – 9:00 p.m.

Course covers wildlife management, safe firearms handling, sportsmanship, conservation laws, and outdoor ethics. Ages: 10 & older suggested. $20 class fee & $2 supply fee. Questions? Call Dennis, 226-9834.

KIDZ LOVE SOCCER Spring Classes: April 9 – June 4 Great recreational classes that include skill demonstrations, fun games, and instructional scrimmages in a fun, safe, non-competitive environment. $102 - $112 per child.

VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE April 15 – May 23 Register as a team by Friday, April 5 for this great league that offers women’s and coed opportunities. $306/team. Questions? Call Malia, 703-4345.

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Paso Robles Buick GMC Dealer

The new Borjon Auto Center is taking shape

By Bob Chute Exciting things are happening at Borjon Auto Center, formerly known as Golden Hills Auto Center, your local Buick GMC dealer serving San Luis Obispo County, located at 2345 Golden Hill Road in Paso Robles.

Construction has been underway for a few weeks now and the dealership transformation is on track to be completed in 182 days.

“This is going to be great when it’s completed,” said owner Mark Borjon (pronounced boar-hone) giving a tour of the construction site and proudly showing off the finished project renderings.

“We’re rebuilding everything, a larger and more comfortable showroom with more customer amenities. We’ve expanded the service and parts departments in line to stock more parts and provide more bays to meet the increasing service needs and we’ll probably be adding 10 employees with 6 additional technicians.”

The dealership currently employs 50 in all departments.

This is a whole new GM direction for their GMC and Buick dealerships, “It will have a brighter, more open feel but still maintain our local Paso Robles personality.”

Borjon is proud that over 75% of the subs involved in the project are local workers. Over 800 square feet

Left: Construction is underway at the new Borjon auto Center.

Left: Owner Mark Borjon with this daughter, General Mangager Jennifer BorjonWescom.

Below left: The Borjon family photo with Mark and Sheila Borjon, and daughter Stephanie, right, along with daughter Jennifer, and husband, Jason Wescom with their daughters.

of upgrades have been added.

The new facade is aligning with other GM dealers, “The idea is to look like we’re part of a team, the colors, tile and layouts of the showroom, service and parts departments will be comparable to dealerships in other areas but we’ve kept our local flavor in it...we insisted on that to keep it comfortable for our community,” added Mark’s daughter, and General Manager Jennifer Borjon-Wescom.

Mark Borjon has been involved with GM since the ‘80s when he worked at Rancho Grande in San Luis Obispo along with Fred Roy. They purchased Wallace GMC

Truck together in 1991 on the north side of Highway 46 East where Mark handled the sales side and Fred the service and parts. They moved to the current location in 1995 and renamed the dealership Golden Hills Auto Center.

Fred retired about two years ago and Mark had been considering a name change, “I could have kept the name but I want our local customers to realize my family and I are here for the long term...our name on the building says that. I have no intention to ever sell. I’ve been here for over 20 years and raised my daughters, Jennifer and Stephanie to help with the business, and plan to eventually put my grandchildren to work here as well.

We all learned the business from the ground up, the old school way of doing business with trust on a

hand shake. My girls were washing cars on the lot in high school.”

“I’ve been involved in every department, except for service,” said Jennifer. “I’ve worked the parts department and many roles in the office including bookkeeping. I’ve handled new and used sales and wholesaled vehicles. I’ve earned my badge and learned the benefits and struggles of a family owned business.

“Now, recently my 11 year old daughter was on the lot checking VIN numbers to match our inventory,” added Jennifer.

“Knowing this belongs to family makes you want to put more into it...to build on what Dad has accomplished to this point. It makes me proud to be part of this and it was an all-time high moment for me when Dad decided to change the name...my family owns it!’

“We recognize our local clientele are why we’re here and we want to honor them in all we do.”

GMC Truck sales are their main staple, “We are known by our trucks. We will have over 120 in stock at any one time - gas and diesel - and sell many out of the area, even out of the state...many to several generations. Borjon carries a selection of competitively priced GMC trucks and SUVs including Please see BORJON page 57

Wallace Home Medical Supplies

‘Our Priority is YOU...now in a new location!’

By Millie Drum Medical supplies aren’t just for the aging population. At some point, people of all ages will need some kind of product whether it’s wound care or a brace for an athletic injury. With the leadership of owner Trago Wallace since March 2004, Wallace Home Medical Supplies has offered the newest technology and products in the home medical supply industry to Paso Robles and neighboring communities.

With the new, 3200 square foot location, WHMS is now positioned to better serve local customers as well as become a destination for customers from South County and beyond. Trago adds, “We have

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more than tripled our former space.

The business has grown dramatically since 2011, especially with new customers from South County. We are the only resource in the county that offers the full gamut of supplies from wound care to oxygen; especially convenient when a doctor orders an in-home hospital bed and mobility products for patients. We can do it all.”

To serve the increasing elderly

population, there are more products than ever that offer comfort and secure mobility. The staff is trained to select the best product for each mobility or health care need. A full selection of mobility products includes scooters, walkers, canes, crutches and lift chairs. Other categories of supplies not age-specific include wound care, orthopedic, podiatry, bathroom safety products and oxygen therapy.

The new location also includes a

private fitting room for mastectomy fittings by Kathy Griffith. Her specialized training includes proper measurement, selecting and fitting the best product based on the various types of mastectomies. She adds, “It does my heart good to make our clients feel beautiful again.”

With the commitment of “Our Priority is You” combined with the pride of old-fashioned customer service, the newest products on the market and a new location, Wallace Home Medical Supplies is the largest, most complete resource for home health care in the county. Visit 549 10th Street in Paso Robles, call 238-3935 or visit them on the web, www.wallacehms.com.

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Sancho’s on Spring developing new directions

By Bob Chute During tough economic times the ones that survive in business - and continue to grow - are those that realize the importance of adapting to changing times, being flexible, and are willing to get creative and change.

Case in point Señor Sancho’s Mexican Restaurant.

They have been a Paso Robles icon for 23 years on the West Side at 2927 Spring Street, and added an Eastside location at 1902 Creston Road, 15 years back. Competition has increased dramatically over the years as Mexican Restaurants have seemed to sprout on most every corner of our community.

The owners of Sancho’s have noticed the clientele patronizing each location has developed differing likes and dislikes, as our community has grown and evolved.

“We see distinct local palates in two restaurants in two areas of town and we realized we need to take them in two different directions to meet the needs of our clientele,” said Marianne Leyva, who has taken over the Spring Street location.

“It’s hard to be all things to all people. It’s just a matter of fine tuning a concept that has worked for 23 years...our strengths have been the consistency of great tasting food and great service in a fun atmosphere.”

Both locations have family regulars but that has developed into the main focus at Creston Road, while Spring Street has families but, in addition, far more young adults going to and from the lake, the oil fields and Camp Roberts. They serve more tourists as well with their proximity to Highway 101, “we have travelers who have become regulars from all over the country,” said Marianne.

“We now have two separate restaurants with two separate crews, Jeff White is serving as General Manager full time at Spring Street.

I’ve changed the name to Sancho’s on Spring with a new look logo and in the process of updating the decor, giving it a fresh look with painting and larger TVs. We’re adding several items to the menus, including Chile Colorado and new and different styles of beans, plus more surprises. We have the best of California Mexican Cuisine and we’re always trying new things. We’re adding more home style recipes with different flavors without straying too far from our base.

“We play to our strengths, I am blessed with employees that have stuck around,” said Marianne. “We have 25 working here and Jeff has been with me for 15 years and Andrea - Server Extraordinaire - for 15 years. “ “We’re also expanding our catering, that’s my responsibility,” added Jeff.

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The commercial lot will be reopening with a GM Business Elite designation, one of very few in the country, meaning they have met certain criteria as a commercial dealer and will offer a variety of utility beds, dump beds and others.

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“Our career tracks are similar,” said Marianne. “It’s been a great 30 plus year ride for me.

I dropped out of college because I really enjoyed working in a restaurant, then, after a few years started my own. Jeff was going to Cal Poly while working for me, liked it, then went full time...and we’re not done yet, just developing new directions.

Owner Marianne Leyva and General Manager Jeff White. “We’re also going to get more involved in the community ness, for example I’ve served lunch at plus add more theme days, like our Zurn over 40 times. There is so much popular Taco Tuesdays, Two Fajipotential in what we’re setting out to tas for $20 Wednesdays, and Beer do...with the restaurant and the ca- Pong Thursday nights (8:30 p.m. tering. It’s been great working with to ?) while expanding our offerings Marianne, our visions are similar, our for the popular Sunday Brunch interests complement one another, at Spring Street only - giving it a and she gives me enough autonomy whole new look,” said Marianne. to do what I believe needs to be done. “We are a part of the fabric of this This is my home, Sancho’s is family. I community - we touch lives, they started here and now my kids, nieces touch ours - that’s the best part of and nephews have worked here. This all this, the interaction with our is the next phase of my career, I’m clientele.” going into a shock and awe phase to Sancho’s on Spring for lunch and bring more people in. But it is also dinner, as well as a full bar, open at rewarding to see many of the same 11 a.m. Monday to Saturday and 9 people coming to the restaurant 15 a.m. on Sundays, 2927 Spring Street years later.” in Paso Robles, phone 237-1508. ventory of work ready vehicles for whatever the job requires. We have trained sales consultants that will work with you to make sure you get the truck or van your business needs - equipped right to work right.

“Our commitment to serving your business doesn’t stop when you drive off with your truck or van. Our technicians have the training, tools and equipment to service your business vehicle, to get you back on the road and serving your customers.”

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Borjon Auto Center will offer the refreshed Buick lines including LaCrosse, Enclave, Regal, Verano and Encore. “Buick has a whole new look these days,” adds Jennifer. “The older generation reputation for Buick is changing dramatically. It’s a wonderful car, I encourage everyone to experience it for themselves.

I drive an Enclave and love it.”

Borjon Auto Center is located at 2345 Golden Hill Road in Paso Robles, at the intersection of Highway 46 East and Golden Hill, phone 835-4417, on the web at borjonautocenter.com

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What’s happening on Main Street?

By Chris Weygandt Alba

The big project downtown, aside from the new restroom complex underway next to the Carnegie Library, is the remodel of the former A & R Furniture building on the corner of 12th and Pine streets.

When completed (estimated to be early summer), the project’s striking new edifice will echo the former magnificence of the building’s heyday, when it was the stately Alexander Hotel. The brick two-story structure, built in 1888

by Alexander Stowell for $7,000 on a lot that cost $2,000, housed hotel rooms on the second floor and at street level, a restaurant, barber shop, hardware store and the town’s first refrigerated meat market.

In 1915, the ground floor became a co-op business called the Mercantile, offering groceries, meats, and hardware.

With the upper story removed in 1937, the Mercantile was an icon in the downtown for most of the century, boasting hardware, housewares, ready-to-wear, furniture, confections, and an air-propelled system that transported customers’ money and orders to the cashier and accountants.

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As it did in its heyday, the building will again house multiple businesses with separate storefronts, including retailers and a restaurant. Artisan will transplant its restaurant from 14th and Park, providing outdoor parkside seating, while Firefly Gallery will move from its present location at 13th and Park, joining newcomer General Store Paso Robles, where customers will find local products for home and pantry.

The former A & R Furniture building at 12th and Pine began life as the Alexander Hotel, built in 1888 by Alexander Stowell for a total of $9,000 including the land.

Meanwhile, right now you can visit a new co-op business called the Mercantile at 811 13th St., where 25 local artisans have set up shop as Meadow Muffins Mercantile & Artisan Cooperative.

The co-op features handmade local products and project classes for adults

and children. You’ll find hand-tooled leather goods, furniture, linens and soft goods in Alexander Henry fabrics, artisan edibles like cabernet jelly, pickled beets and other confections, baby gifts, barbecue “smoking beans,” artistic greeting cards, and basketry created with Western lariat rope, as well as jewelry, rustic art and décor, and artisan olive-oil skin-care products.

On a recent afternoon tour of the shop, artist Julie Whitechapel laughingly pointed out the co-op’s namesake – a popular handmade garden creation made of “meadow muffins” seeded with wildflowers such as poppies –and the co-op’s innovative “birdnesting balls” to hang in the garden, providing birds with strands of soft alpaca hair for their springtime nests.

In the spacious downstairs area, Julie said, “As spring develops, we plan to offer a greater variety of art project classes for adults and children, both single class and series type, as we did in February with handmade cards, hammered-metal earrings, and succulent arrangements.”

Meadow Muffins is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (3 p.m. on Sundays). You can call Julie (4233632) or Karen (423-6408) for more information.

Profitable Spring Cleaning: If you’re eyeing your home with the notion that this is the year you’ll sift your collection of goods, take note: You can convert those goodies to cash.

April brings Main Street’s popular Recycled Treasures & Vintage Sidecar Rendezvous event. It covers every category of collectibles from antiques to new handcrafted products, and on Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the City Park will be filled with them, plus a display of vintage motorcycles and sidecars.

If you have collectibles or crafts to sell, you can call now for space (238-4103; $55 per 15-foot-square space).

While you’re exploring downtown, be sure to visit the Carnegie Historic Library to see the stunning 19th-century portraits from the Historical Society’s astonishing new collection of historic glass-plate negatives.

“Shared Histories: R.J. Arnold’s Portraits of the Central Coast” offers the first public glimpse of a local treasure: the restored and newly printed work of early California portrait photographer Richard J. Arnold. The exhibit will last through April, and the library is open daily except Monday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Sunday 11 a.m.).

For more information, call the Main Street office at 238-4103, send an email to info@pasoroblesdowntown.org, or visit 835 12th Street, via “Norma’s Way,” the alley behind the building.

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Hard Work – Dedication – Practice

Designs School of Cosmetology

By Millie Drum The beauty business is thriving and enrollment at the Designs School of Cosmetology is increasing due to the promise of a lucrative career that can begin after only 11 months of training.

“From there, the earning potential is unlimited,” said owner Sharon Skinner. In 1997, Sharon opened the first school on 24th Street in Paso Robles.

Her goal was to become a nationally accredited school so that her qualifying students could receive financial aid with loans and grants.

The new location of “Designs,” in the River Oaks Center in Paso Robles, brings a new renewed level of professionalism to the staff and students seeking a career in the salon and spa industry. The large LEED (Leader-

ship in Energy and Environmental Design) certified building is divided into classrooms, offices and an open area for stylist stations. The state-ofthe-art 7,100 square foot facility valued the surrounding outdoor environment while providing a healthy energy-efficient interior for its occupants. Sharon reflects, “Wes Willhoit and his team at Estrella Associates have created an extraordinary learning environment that also supports our salon services to the public. It’s exciting to move into a space that is elegant and ideally suited to our needs. I couldn’t be happier. We have video ports for the big screen TVs for online and YouTube training seminars.”

Sharon’s son Kyle Balsdon manages the daily operation of this school while her son Jason manages the branch in

Chamber’s Business Expo set for April 23 The Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce is proud to host one of the largest Business Expos on the Central Coast on Tuesday, April 23 from

Pleasanton, California.

Sharon adds, “We hope to provide education to students from Santa Barbara to Salinas, Our proximity to Cuesta College also makes the new location very attractive.” www.designs Visit school.edu for monthly start dates, information on financial aid and career placement for alumni, recent graduates, and current students. Visit DSC at 2727 Buena Vista Drive near Cuesta College North County Campus in Paso Robles.

Call 237-8575.

Left, Kyle Balsdon and DSC students, and right, hands-on manicure practice.

Standing from left, Skin care instructor and esthetician Mary Marinez and DSC owner Sharon Skinner in the classroom.

The 2013 Business Expo will feature over 120 exhibitors showcasing a variety of products, goods and services.

Enjoy samples from your favorite restaurants, caterers and wineries. Kick off the spring season by showing off your 4 to 7 p.m. at the Paso Robles Event wares for consumers to enjoy. Door Center, Commercial Building #2. prizes, raffles, fun and excitement, The event is free to the public. and exhibitor prizes will be awarded

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Business participation is an opportunity that cannot be missed to discover new innovative technology, network with business professionals and establish new contacts.

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Walk, 5K vineyard walk, 9am-12noon, 4900 Union Road, Paso Robles, 237-8884, winecountryheartwalk.com. Benefits the American Heart Association.

9 • Seminar – Pelvic Prolapse Solutions, 5:30-7pm, presented by Dr. Lauren Prewitt, D.O., Twin Cities Hospital, twincitieshospital.com.

11 • FREE Class - Healing Energy and Essential Oils – The Integration presented

by Dawn Hankins. 6 to 8 pm, The Natural Alternative, 1213 Pine Street, Paso Robles, Call 237-8290 to reserve a seat, naturalalthernativenc.com.

13 & 14 • 5th Annual Wine 4 Paws Benefit, events at 70 wineries throughout the county to raise funds for Woods Humane Society. Visit Wine4paws.com to print map and passport to wineries.

13 • Relay for Life Benefit at Idler’s Appliances, Melanoma Mardi Gras, 5:30 to 8:30pm. Proceeds go to American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Paso Robles. Relayforlife.org/pasoroblesca. Food by Bon Temps Creole Café and 10th Street Basque Café, beer and wine, silent auction, music by Hot Club of SLO. Bounce house and minicarnival, Tickets $15 (kids under 12 free) at any Idler’s location, 2361 Theatre Drive, Paso Robles. 238-6020.

13 • Olive Oil Tasting & Pairing Seminar, 2pm $30/person, $15/La Famiglia. Le Vigne Winery, 5115 Buena Vista Drive, Paso Robles. 227-4000, levignewinery.com.

13 & 14 • Wine Library Party and Olive Oil Tasting, 11am to 5pm, taste reserve library wines with gourmet bites, $10/person, $5/La famiglia. Le Vigne Winery, 5115 Buena Vista Drive, Paso Robles. 227-4000,

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APRIL 1 - 30 • Photography exhibit – Shared Histories – RJ Arnold’s Portraits of the Central Coast. Vintage images from glass plate negatives depicting the diversity of the citizens. Curated by Anthony Lepore. Carnegie Library, City Park Paso Robles. Open Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 10-4, Sunday 11-4.

2 & 23 • 2 Weeks to Optimal Health – Get Well and Stay Well Naturally – Presented by Dr. Martha and Paula Vetter. Discover your vitality again! Informational meetings at 5:30, Natural Health Solutions, 1051 Las Tablas Rd., Templeton. Only 20 participants per session. RSVP 434-0288, drmarthacare. com, profoundwellness.com.

5 • Almond Country Quilters Guild, Social time 6:30 pm. 7:00 p.m. Joy Lily (www.joy-lily.com) will speak “Be a Carefree Quilter.” General meeting to follow. Masonic Lodge, 2607 Traffic Way, Atascadero.

Change in meeting place April only. almondcountryquilters.org.

6 & 7 • Symphony of the Vines Concert featuring pianist Torsten Juul-Borre, Shumann & Prokofiev. Trinity Lutheran Church. April 6 at 7:30 pm, April 7 at 3:30 p.m. 940 Creston Road, Paso Robles.

238-3702. juul-borre.com, symphonyofthe vines.org.

7 • 3rd Annual Union Road Winery Heart

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14 • John Denver Tribute Concert featuring Ted Vigil, 2:30pm, Trinity Lutheran Church, 940 Creston Road, Paso Robles. $20 each or season tickets for $55 and family discounts. nslocca.org, 239-2770.

16-25 • Online Auction fundraiser for Templeton Middle School- Tuesday, April 16, 8 a.m. through Thursday, April 25, 8 p.m. Bid at your convenience from any computer, anytime during the tenday auction. Local attractions and events, fine jewelry and apparel, hotel packages and more! 100% of proceeds benefit Templeton Middle School students through athletics and academic programs. Post-auction reception at Booker Vineyard on Sunday, April 28, 4:30-6:30 p.m. 2640 Anderson Rd, Paso Robles.

To register, visit www.Benefitbidding .com. Click the “Auctions” tab, then “Templeton Middle School PTO”. Info: 459-2549.

16 • FREE Seminar Body Transformation: Safe, Effective Fat Loss that WORKS! 5:30-6:30, presented by Paula Vetter, RN, FNP-C., profoundwellness.com. Donation to the Wellness Kitchen and Resource Center. RSVP to Paula@ProfoundWellness.com, 330-8150340, TheWKRC.org, 1255 Las Tablas Road, Templeton 434-1800.

19 • PR Chamber Women in Business – “How to Run in Heels” – a self defense class, Kennedy Club Fitness, 5:30-7:00pm, $20 Chamber members, $25 non-members, 500 South River Road, Paso Robles. Proceeds benefit WIB scholarships, 238-0506.

20 • Earth Day Food & Wine - Pomar Junction Winery and Vineyard, 1-5pm, 200 purveyors of sustainably produced food and wine, 5036 South El Pomar, Templeton, tickets earthdayfoodandwine. com, 466-2288.

20-27 • Jazz on the Vine at D’Anbino’s Vineyards & Cellars, 2-4:30pm, 9 piece group and vocalist Steve McCann perform contemporary jazz and big band standards.

Free admission. Enjoy D’Anbino’s wine and music in a nightclub setting. Located near the Train Station, 710 Pine Street, Paso Robles, danbino.com.

22 • Earth Day 22 • Community Quilt Exhibit – Deadline for entries. North County Community Quilt Exhibit, May 11 to July 31, Carnegie Library, Paso Robles City Park. Local quilters, quilting groups, collectors and families are invited to display quilts in this Spring exhibit. Contact Diane Cassidy 434-8300, dcassidy2x@yahoo.com.

23 • Business Expo, Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce. 4-7 pm, PR Event Center on Riverside, over 120 exhibitors, 238-0506.

23 • North County Newcomers – Reservation deadline is 8 p.m. for May 1 luncheon at The Loading Chute, 6350 Webster Road, Creston. Social hour 11am, lunch at noon, $20. northcountynewcomers.com.

25 • The Soul Kitchen - The Wellness Kitchen by day, the Soul Kitchen by night. 6-8 pm, live music, food, wine tasting, donation at the door. 1255 Las Tablas Road, Templeton, 434-1800, TheWKRC.org.

25-27 • Spring Book Sale, Friends of the Paso Robles Library. 4/25 Members only

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27 • Vintage Sidecar Rendezvous, Antique Motorcycles and Antiques, 9am -3pm. Paso Robles City Park. Sponsored

by Main Street Association. 238-4103, pasoroblesdowntown.org.

27 • Wild Wild West Casino Night BBQ Fundraiser for the PR Youth Sports Council, 6 pm at Centennial Park, 600 Nickerson, Paso Robles. Silent auction, raffle, casino games, BBQ dinner. prysc.org, 227-0155.

28 • Hesperia Hall Chicken Barbecue and White Elephant Auction will be held on Sunday April 28, with food served 11 am2 pm and Auction 1:30-4 pm; there will be live music and homemade desserts. Driving

directions and all Hall activities are available on their web site hesperiahall.org On-Going Robles Inn Steakhouse & Cattlemen’s Lounge, 1103 Spring St., 226-4925. Steakhouse: Prime Rib Wednesdays! Cattlemen’s Lounge: Happy Hour, 4-6 pm, cocktail and menu specials; Monday Industry Night, 6-9 pm, 20% off for all professionals; Wednesday Locals Appreciation Night Happy Hour 4-CLOSE, Friday Ladies Night, 7-10pm, 1⁄2 off drink specials; Saturday Night $5 Drink Specials, 8-12 pm; Friday & Saturday, 9:30-11:30pm: 4/5-4/6 Rough House, 4/12-4/13 Julie and the Bad Dogs, 4/19-4/20 The Bob Santa Cruz Band, 4/26-4/27 Ballistic Cats.

PASO ROBLES EVENT CENTER Paso Robles Event Center, 2198 Riverside Ave. Unless otherwise noted, call 239-0655 or email mail@midstatefair.com for information.

5-7 • Cattleman’s Western Art Show and Sale, 472-9100, cattlemans westernartshow.com.

7 • Bird Mart, Exotic birds, supplies, resources, Roy Cruickshank, 239-3633.

13 -14, 27-28 • Central Coast Motorcycle Training, Main Parking Lot. Register with Cheryl Johnson, 226-8015, ccmrtrider.com.

14 – 21 • Horseman’s Reunion – Horsemen from 6 countries come together with 40 colts, roping, cow working, cowboy poetry, music, trade show, chuck wagon cook-off and horse sale. horsemansreunion.com.

23 • Business Expo – Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce, 238-0506, pasorobles chamber.com.

27 • CA Deer Association Dinner and Auction, caldeer.com/central-coast, Ryan Smith, 423-5929.

28 • Mock Rock, call office for information.

May 4, 5 • Central Coast Gun Show, 461-6726, ccgunshows.com.

May 4, 5 • 3 Speckled Hens Antique and Old Stuff Show, ThreeSpeckledHens.com.

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13 • Spring Fundraiser with Rebecca Katz, nationally acclaimed author, speaker and chef, 10 am – 3pm, cooking demonstration, luncheon, book signing.

Making Sense of Nutrition lecture by Stephanie Austin. Katz is the author of cookbooks, The Longevity Kitchen and The Cancer Fighting Kitchen.

Morro Bay Community Center, 1001 Kennedy Way, Morro Bay. $60 advance, $75 at the door. Tickets: TheWKRC.org, call 434-1800 or visit the Kitchen.

25 • The Soul Kitchen – Music, food and wine, 6 to 8pm. Donations at the door.

Classes by Nancy Walker, Therapeutic Natural Chef 5 • 3-Way Cooking Series – Mushrooms, 10 – 11am.

10 • Therapeutic Nutrition and Cooking for Individuals with Cancer, 5:30 -7:30.

Fridays – FREE Spanish Cooking Classes interpreted by Patty Herrera.

4/12 – calcium, 4/19 – Salt, 4/26 – Fats, 5/3 – Sweets. 10am – 12pm, Paso Robles Veterans Building, 240 Scott Street, RSVP to the Hearst Cancer Resource Center, 542-6234.

27 • Hands-On Cooking, Latin American dishes, 10am-2pm.

Classes by Stephanie Austin, Holistic Health Practitioner, RSVP wellnessbymothernature.com. 996-0279.

18 • Eat Gluten-free for an Emotional Change Part 2, 5:30 – 7:30.

26 • Stress Free Dietary Support for your Adrenals, 5:30 – 7pm.

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DIRECTORY of LOCAL those HOUSES of WORSHIP churches/synagogues who have not yet responded to the request

The following listing of area churches/synagogues is provided free of charge as a community service by Adelaide Inn and Paso Robles Magazine.

Our goal is to have this become a complete listing of places of worship located in Paso Robles, Templeton, San Miguel and Shandon. For Apostolic Assembly of the Faith of Christ Jesus 2706 Spring St., Paso Robles Bilingual Services: Wed & Fri, 7 p.m., Sunday 12 Noon Pastor Miguel Alvarado (805) 610-2930 Bethel Lutheran Church 295 Old County Rd., Templeton Service: 9:30 a.m.

Pastor Russ Gordon Pastor Amy Beveridge (805) 434-1329 Bridge Christian Curch Currently meeting at Centennial Park Banquet Room 600 Nickerson Dr., Paso Robles Service: 9:30 a.m.

Pastor Tim Mensing 805-975-7178 Calvary Chapel Paso Robles 1615 Commerce Way, Paso Robles Service: 9:30 a.m.

Pastor Aaron Newman (805) 239-4295 Celebration Worship Center-PCOG 988 Vineyard Drive, Templeton Pastor Roy Spinks Services: 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

(805) 434-2424 Central Coast Center for Spiritual Living 689 Crocker St., Templeton Service: 10 a.m.

Rev. Dr. Don and Rev. LaVonne Welsh (805) 434-9447 Christian Life Center 1744 Oak St., Paso Robles Service: 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Pastor Don Smith (805) 238-3366 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1020 Creston Rd., Paso Robles Service: 8:30 a.m. Bishop Brian Kerr Service: 1:00 p.m. Bishop Mark Goforth (805) 238-4216, 238-4214, 238-4217 Congregation Ohr Tzafon 2605 Traffic Way, Atascadero Service: Fridays, 7:30 p.m.

Rabbi Janice Mehring (805) 466-0329 Covenant Presbyterian Church 1450 Golden Hill Rd., Paso Robles Service: 9:30 a.m.

Pastor Dan Katches (805) 238-6927 Cowboy Church Ride For the Brand Ministry Templeton Livestock Market Sale Barn Main St., Templeton Service: Thursdays, 7 p.m.

Pastor Mike Mosby (805) 463-2455

Dayspring Full Gospel 1101 Riverside, Paso Robles Services: 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Pastor Harry Balson (805) 239-3273 Family Praise & Worship 206 5th St., Templeton Service: 10 a.m.

Pastor Vern H. Haynes Jr. (805) 975-8594 Family Worship Center 616 Creston Rd., Paso Robles Service: 10 a.m.

Pastor Patrick Sheean (805) 239-4809 First Baptist Church 1645 Park St., Paso Robles Pastor Michael R. Garman Services: 9 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

(805) 238-4419 Christian Science Society 17th & Chestnut Streets, Paso Robles Service: 10 a.m.

(805) 239-1361 First Mennonite Church 2343 Park St. Paso Robles Service: 11 a.m.

Pastor Romero (805) 238-2445 First Missionary Baptist Church of Paso Robles Corner of 3rd & Olive Streets Service: 11 a.m.

Pastor Jeff Barger (805) 239-8756 First Presbyterian Church of Templeton 610 S. Main St., Templeton Service: 10 a.m.

Reverend Charlie Little (805) 434-1921 Fuente de Agua Viva 1521 Oak St, Paso Robles Service: Thursday: 7 p.m. and Sunday: 3 p.m.

Pastor Jorge Alvarez (805) 714-3827 Grace Baptist Church 535 Creston Rd., Paso Robles Service: 10 a.m.

Pastor Kelsey Pietsch (805) 238-3549 Harvest Bible Church At PRBC Building, 2206 Golden Hill Rd., Paso Robles Service: Saturdays, 6 p.m (805) 239-7703 Heritage Village Church At the Senior Center, Heritage Ranch Service: 11 a.m.

Pastor Ed Bedrosian (805) 238-9240 Highlands Church Corner S. River and Niblick, 215 Oak Hill, Paso Robles Services: Sunday: 8:30, 9:45 & 11:00 a.m.

Pastor Sean Martin (805) 226-5800

for information and would like to be included in this directory, please email your name, address, phone, service times and pastor’s/rabbi’s name to Paso Robles Magazine at: prmagazine@charter.net

All worship service times listed are for Sundays, unless noted otherwise:

Lake Way Country Church/Ministries Meeting at Cappy Culver Elementary School, 11011 Heritage Loop Rd. Service: 1 p.m. Sunday Pastors: Rodger & Julie Coale (805) 423-4095 Life Community Church 3770 Ruth Way, Templeton Service: 9:30 a.m.

Pastor Keith Newsome (805) 434-5040 Life Worth Living Church of God 620 – 17th St., Paso Robles Service: 11 a.m.

Pastor Jim Wilde (805) 238-0978 Lighthouse Community Church 301 13th St. San Miguel Services: 9:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.

Pastor John Wheat (805) 467-3636 Live Oak 1521 Oak St., Paso Robles Service: 10 a.m.

Pastor John Kaiser (805) 238-0575 Living Waters Christian Fellowship 2085 Gateway Dr., Heritage Ranch Service: 9:30 a.m.

Pastor Steve and Christina Boggan (805) 239-1716 Methodist Ministries Meeting at 1005 Railroad St. at 10th St. Service: 10:30 a.m.

For information call 238-2006 Mid State Baptist Church 1749 Ramada Dr., Paso Robles Services: Sundays, 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Pastor Bruce Fore (805) 238-2281 Mission San Miguel Parish 775 Misssion Street, San Miguel Weekday Mass: 8 a.m.

Weekend Mass: Saturday: 9 a.m. & 5 p.m. (Vigil) Sunday: 7 a.m., 11 a.m., 6 p.m. (Spanish) Fr. Ignatius DeGroot, OFM (805) 467-2131 New Day Center 530 12th St., Paso Robles English Service: 10 a.m.

Pastor Brad Alford Hispanic Service: 2 p.m.

Pastor Vincente Salmeron (805) 239-9998 New Life Church of Paso Robles Meeting at Holiday Inn Express 2455 Riverside Ave., Paso Robles Pastor Randy Bunch (805) 769-8120

Niblick Road Baptist Church 1145 Niblick Rd., Paso Robles Services: 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Christopher Cole (805) 238-4614 North County Christian Fellowship 421 9th St. , Paso Robles Service: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Steve Calagna (805) 239-3325 Oak Shores Christian Fellowship 2727 Turkey Cove, at the Clubhouse, Oak Shores Service: 8:30 a.m.

Pastor Ed Bedrosian (805) 238-9240 Paso Robles Bible Church 2206 Golden Hill Rd., Paso Robles Service: 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Dave Rusco Pastor Mark Wheeler (805) 226-9670 Paso Robles Church of the Nazarene Meeting at the Paso Robles Youth Arts Foundation 3201 Spring St., Paso Robles Service: 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Brent Wylie (805) 238-4300 Paso Robles Community Church 2706 Spring St, Paso Robles Service: 9 a.m.

Pastor Shawn Penn (805) 239-4771 Plymouth Congregational Church, UCC Thirteenth and Oak Streets, Paso Robles Service: 10 a.m.

Pastor Steven Mabry (805) 238-3321 Second Baptist Church 1937 Riverside Ave. Service: 11 a.m.

Pastors: Rueben Tate, Gary Jordon (805) 238-2011 Shandon Assembly of God 420 Mesa Grande, Shandon Service: 10:30 a.m.

Hispanic Service: 4 p.m.

Pastor Ted Hunt (805) 239-3138 Shandon United Methodist Church 105 Second Street, Shandon Service 9:30 a.m.

Pastor Terry Hanauer (805) 238-3134

St. James Episcopal Church 1335 Oak, Paso Robles Services: 8 a.m. (Rite I), 10:00 a.m. (Rite II) The Rev. Mary K. Morrison, Rector (805) 238-0819 St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church 820 Creston Rd., Paso Robles Weekday Mass: M-S, 7 a.m.

Weekend Masses: Saturday - 5 p.m. (Vigil) Sunday - 8 a.m., 10 a.m. (Family Mass) 12:30 p.m. (Spanish) 5 p.m. (Teen) & 7 p.m. (Spanish) Father Roberto Vera (805) 238-2218 Templeton Assembly of God 925 Bennett Way, Templeton Service: 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Jeff Saylor (805) 434-2616 Templeton Hills Seventh-day Adventist Church 930 Templeton Hills Rd., Templeton Service: Saturday 9:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Ivor Myers (805) 226-8080 The Revival Center 3850 Ramada Dr., Ste. A-3, Paso Robles Service: 10 a.m.

Pastor Gabe Abdelaziz (805) 434-5170 The Rock Church 616 Creston Rd., Paso Robles Service: 11 a.m. Saturday Pastors Ed & Char Barger (661) 587-7625 Trinity Lutheran Church 940 Creston Rd., Paso Robles Contemporary Service: 9 a.m.

Traditional Service: 10:45 a.m.

Sr. Pastor Dan Rowe (805) 238-3702 True Life Christian Fellowship Lockwood/Jolon Road, across from the school in Lockwood Service: 9:30 a.m.

Pastor Erick Reinstedt (805) 472-9325 Truth Tabernacle 915 Creston Rd., Paso Robles Services: 9 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Pastor David Webb (805) 423-3135 Vineyard Church of Christ 601 So. Main St., Templeton Service: 10 a.m.

Evangelist: Steve Orduno (805) 226-9122 Vintage Community Church 692 Peterson Ranch Road, Templeton Services: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Coaches: Aaron Porter, Dayn Mansfield (805) 543-0943

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Paso Robles Magazine, April 2013

Paso Robles Schools:

We also know that a strong school district is vital for the future of any community, especially Paso Robles.

Both teachers and classified have responded to our year of progress and our proposals by voting to give with all of our employees, students non-student days for teachers. and parents. Schools closed and, as a In order to make up the financial our Superintendent, Dr. Kathleen result, staff wasn’t paid or required to shortfall the restoration of furlough McNamara, votes of no-confidence. work those days, although many did. days would cause and maintain ad- To blame the budget and program Students missed class and staff lost equate reserves for the required three cuts the district has been forced salary, effectively taking a 6.48% or year period, the Board proposed a to make on any one individual is more pay cut. Although this was a 4.86% reduction to the teacher salary intellectually dishonest. The real blame and focus for the budget cuts drastic step, it was necessary. The al- schedule. ternative choice of continued spend- Yes, we know that this isn’t great should be on the tens of millions of ing would have effectively paved the news, but it eliminates the furlough dollars of state funding reductions road for the state to take over the days that the community and teach- that our district has suffered the district within a few months. We ers told us were so detrimental and past five years. thank everybody for their deep sac- brings the instructional days back We ask that you read the facts, rifice and know we could not have up to 180 days. Additionally, in the attend school board meetings and done this without the collective event that we receive the additional learn more about the wonderful effort of the entire community to $4.5 million dollars that the teacher’s things going on in this district. We make it work. union executive director has stated educate over 6,600 students every Our goal is to keep this district will be directed to Paso Robles year and there are thousands of sucsolvent, not only for this school year, schools, the Board has offered to re- cess stories waiting to be told. Let’s but for the future. We do not want open salary negotiations. Unfortu- focus on the positive progress we’ve to go back to the previous financial nately, the state has proven that we made. Progress should unite us. Let’s ways and have to endure this dire can’t trust their budget figures until have calm and considered discussion, situation again. To achieve financial we actually receive the funding. At not rhetoric and grand-standing. stability and obtain a Positive Certi- this date, no school district in the Let’s work in a collaborative manner fication, we still need to keep a rein state knows how much funding they to move us into Positive Certificaon spending and not deficit spend. will receive as no budget has been tion. We thank our teachers, staff and In our latest round of negotiations approved by the legislature. To com- the community for its support. Our with the teacher’s union, they have pound the uncertainty, the Governor paramount goal – our mission – is to demanded that all furlough days be has proposed a completely new type provide an exemplary education to removed and full pay be reinstated. of funding formula for the public all of our students.

This would be not only impossible, schools and no one knows exactly how that would work and what the Respectfully, but reckless.

After a recent series of four town- effect would be. hall style meetings with teachers, We’ve been met with comments The Trustees of the Paso Robles Joint staff, and the community, there was that we are “insulting” the teachers Unified School District, one common theme: Students need with a “slap in the face” and “how to be back in school. The Board took do you sleep at night.” The truth is, President Katy Griffin this to heart and came back to the we don’t sleep well. Why? Because Board Member Chris Bausch, Clerk bargaining table. The Board autho- these are tough decisions. Our kids rized restoring instructional days go to school in the district and our Board Member Jay Packer to the full 180 student instructional relatives, friends, and neighbors Board Member Field Gibson days. In addition, two teacher prepa- work in the district. We know that Board Member Dave Lambert ration days were added to the exist- in this recession that everyone is Board Member Joan Summers ing one day to provide a total of three suffering, not just school employees. Board Member Joel Peterson

An Open Letter

March 6, 2013 The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District has faced some serious challenges over the past two years. The Board of Trustees had to take serious steps to regain our financial footing with the County Board of Education and the State of California. Together, with our teachers, staff, students, and parents, the district made deep sacrifices to advance us from a Negative Certification in December 2011 to a Qualified Certification in January 2013.

With over 90% of our operating budget going to pay for wages and benefits, the decisions that needed to be made were tough decisions.

We have worked, and continue to work, on resolving three main issues.

The three issues are an inadequate reserve for economic uncertainties, a structural deficit caused by years of over-spending, and a significant cash flow problem created by the State’s ongoing deferral of paying the money they owe the district. In the fall of 2011, it was determined that we needed to reduce our expenditures by at least 6% per year to stave off a state take-over.

Together, we corrected our financial course largely by taking furlough days. Following a similar model implemented three years ago by the California state employees, and also by many of our local cities, the two employee unions (Certificated and Classified) agreed to furlough days.

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