Round Town • San Miguel
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an Miguel Community happenings
By Michelle Hido
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here is plenty happening in San Miguel during these hot dog days of summer! San Miguel brought back its Community Clean-Up on June 25. Thanks to a generous grant from Caltrans and the Clean California Program, the San Miguel Community Service District (SMCSD) was able to help the community get rid of 14.71 tons of large items, broken furniture, household items, and trash that couldn’t go through people’s regular trash pickup. In addition, a 40-yard roll-off was filled with scrap metal, an electronic recycling container was filled up, and 35 mattresses were dropped off for recycling.
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After coming by with their own items, a few considerate community members (like Ant’s Tractor Mowing) drove around San Miguel and collected mattresses and other items dumped by the side of the roads. It was a great day for the community, and a big thanks go out to the San Miguel CSD Utilities Department, Caltrans, San Miguel Garbage, and the good citizens of San Miguel. SMCSD and Caltrans hope to have another Clean-Up in the late fall, check the San Miguel CSD Facebook page or with the office for more information. The San Miguel Senior Center is open and offers Bingo every 2nd and 4th Friday at 6 p.m. Join them for just 50 cents a card and have some fun while getting to know the community. The Senior Center is at 601 12th Street (805) 467-3445. The San Miguel Advisory Council had their election on June 22 for five Board seats: Historian, Treasurer, Secretary, Public Relations Officer, Member at Large, and Alternate positions. Board election results are John McClure, Barbara Goodrich, Jean Hoffmann, Eric Franco, Ed Engler, and Rudy Schalk. More details and information are available on their website sanmigueladvisorycouncil.com .
For those new to the area, Advisory Councils are the community’s way to communicate our needs and concerns to the SLO County Officials and Public Agencies. Reports from the CHP, Sheriff, and County Supervisors are given, along with items that may affect the area. Community member concerns and questions are encouraged at the meetings. Meetings are on the 4th Wednesday night of the month, at 7 p.m., at the San Miguel Community Center at 256 13th Street (next to the library) and serve San Miguel’s district and rural area. A fundraiser has been created, and donations are being collected for the 15 people displaced and the homes that were damaged by a fire that happened on the 4th of July. Donations can be dropped off at the FDAV Church at 301 13th Street in San Miguel, the North County Christian Thrift Store, the Red Cross, and Paso Cares or made on the GoFundMe “A fire took their home” link gofund.me/08338bd4. Updates on the family and neighbors are also available there. Within an hour of the fire, the San Miguel community rallied together and found temporary shelter (thanks to Pastor Mike and the FDAV Church), blankets, supplies, clothing for the children and adults, food, and formula. The fire and its cause are still under investigation.
Paso Robles Press Magazine
7/20/22 5:39 PM
