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TEACHER APPRECIATION

PRJUSD awardees, from left, Maggie Tatman, Mario Holland, Erika Tidwell, Justin Pickard, and Anthony Overton. Right, vehicle parade celebrates awardees on Friday. Photo by Nicholas Mattson

Parking Lot Parade Celebrates District Awardees Dozens of vehicles showed up to the PRJUSD office in support

By NICHOLAS MATTSON nic@pasoroblespress.com

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n Friday, the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District held a noontime appreciation parade for five district awardees, and dozens of decorated vehicles rode through the parking lot of the district office in a ruckus of celebration.

Music blasted, with supporters circling the parking lot with cheers and signage celebrating the employees for about 30 warm afternoon minutes.

Anthony Overton, Maggie Tatman, Mario Holland, Erika Tidwell, and Justin Pickard received the physically distanced congratulations.

teacher of the year Justin Pickard, Paso Robles High School PRJUSD Bio: Justin Pickard has been leading and taking the PRHS Welding programs to new heights for the last decade. Under his direction, students have won countless local, state, and national competitions. Justin is continuously committed to the growth of the program. He promotes the trades through numerous community events engaging his students in philanthropic opportunities. Justin not only teaches our Bearcats the job skills for success beyond high school but truly instills the character traits we hope to see in all of our Bearcats. Written grants for over 50,000 for our welding program. He is smart, hardworking, and a role model for kids.

“SkillsUSA and FFA — competition welding in general — is a big part of my

professional life,” Pickard said. “It also rolls into a lot of my personal life as well.”

Pickard’s devotion to the student welding program at PRHS is a year-round commitment to students.

“When we start as early as November, sometimes October, we are preparing for competitions,” Pickard said, “and to see that progression in students from monthto-month and year-to-year, it is one of the most rewarding things I can do.”

Before the closures due to COVID-19, the SkillsUSA team at PRHS was on a roll.

In the Region 2 Conference, 104 students won 74 medals and were poised to advance to the state competition in April. That all changed.

“We made it through the regional compe-

tition for SkillsUSA in February and felt really good,” Pickard said. “We had a lot of kids that came back with gold or silver medals.”

In mid-March, schools shut down alongside a majority of businesses and events.

“At the time of the closure it was a rapidfire of everything shutting down, and when [SkillsUSA] nationals said we are done this year, it was a real eye-opener,” Pickard said.

“To have to tell those really driven students that there was nothing we could do, it was a really hard message to send out.”

The PRHS welding program provides a professional pathway for students through the Career Technical Education program, and for many of the students, it is more than a high school elective.

CITY COUNCIL

Testing Positive, Reopening, and Parking in Paso Paso Robles City Council discusses current circumstances

By CAMILLE DEVAUL For the Paso Robles Press

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n Tuesday, May 5, Paso Robles City Council members held the City Council meeting, which streamed live on YouTube.

To no one’s surprise, the current COVID-19 Pandemic took over the meeting’s topics.

Paso Robles Fire Chief, Jonathan Stornetta, provided an update on the current COVID-19 situation in Paso Robles.

Since their last city council meeting on April 21, San Luis Obispo County has seen an additional 70 cases. The majority of the SLO County positive cases have come from the Paso Robles area. All 72 positive cases in Paso Robles account for regions within the 93446 area code. Currently,

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there were 18 active cases within Paso Robles city limits, not counting the four additional cases since Tuesday.

Despite these numbers, Stornetta reports, “The latest data indicates that 95% of us still have not been infected”.

Still, to reduce exposure, Stornetta says, “I urge all residents to continue wearing cloth face covering when you go out in public and use social distancing and disinfect often.”

The fire department has seen an increase in emergency calls related to COVID-19. Currently, 11% of their calls are related to COVID-19 in Paso Robles alone.

Paso Robles has been selected as a CA OptumServe testing sight, located at the Paso Robles Veterans Hall, 240 Scott Street. By appointment only, residents can be tested for COVID-19.

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Monday, May 4, was the first-day testing opened at the location. On the first day, 124 individuals were tested. The facility can test a total of 132 people per day. Test result turnaround time is 48-72 hours versus some private labs that can take up to five days. No word yet on how many of those individuals tested positive.

The test available is only to determine if the patient currently has COVID19 and does not test for COVID antibodies.

Insurance information will be collected when you register, but there will be no copay required. The State of California will pay for your test if you do not have health insurance, but a driver’s license or ID card is required.

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“It is a passion what I do, and a passion what those kids do,” Pickard said. “Whenever anyone signs up to be a competitive welder, we have a discussion that we are there for the purpose of being the best. It doesn’t have to be said every time, because they want to be the best, get a medal, and move on in the competition.”

Pickard said there was a lot of interest from students to enter the Mid-State Fair competition, with 70 students attending the information meeting in October.

“We could have potentially had 70 projects at the Mid-State Fair this year, showcasing what these students have learned in the program,” Pickard said.

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COMMUNITY

Main Street Sets Tentative Date for Festival Lavender and Olive festivals planned as a single day event

By HAYLEY MATTSON hayley@pasoroblespress.com PASO ROBLES — With the warm summer months approaching, events that we look forward to year after year are forced to be canceled or best-case scenario, postponed, as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Paso Robles Downtown Main Street Association, one of the pillars in our community, is having to take a hard look at their calendar of events and make difficult decisions as we continue to move forward.

As with many of our long-standing organizations, they are no stranger to walking through hard economic

times and natural disasters. The incredible team, along with the Board of Directors of Main Street, organize several events throughout the year that help support and showcase small businesses and farmers both near and far.

Included in these events previously scheduled for 2020 are the 17th Annual Paso Robles Olive Festival that was scheduled to be held on May 2 and the 12th Annual Central Coast Lavender Festival, which was planned for July 11. The Paso Robles Main Street’s Board of Directors and the committee chairs came together and made the prudent decision to combine the Central Coast Lavender Festival with the Paso Robles Olive Festival, as a special event for this year with hopes to be held in late August.

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COVID-19 PATIENT RELEASE

Sierra Vista Celebrates COVID-19 Patient Discharge STAFF REPORT

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rontline personnel and staff at Tenet Health Central Coast’s Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center celebrated the discharge from its COVID19-dedicated ICU (Intensive Care Unit) of a patient who they helped recover from the virus. Nurses and staff lined the hallway as he was discharged and cheered him on with balloons, applause, and the song “Don’t Stop Believing.” The patient wanted to share a few words with the public before being reunited with his family. “Thanks to everybody here, they did a great job,” said the patient. “I would like to say, seriously, to anybody who is getting sick: don’t do what I did and wait. I’m sure waiting an extra day or two cost me a week or two.”

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PASO ROBLES CITY LIBRARY NEWS

Paso Robles Book Club Resumes with Virtual Meetings

City Library group takes on ‘Troublesome Creek’ STAFF REPORT

The Paso Robles City Library is pleased to resume its popular monthly book group discussion meeting on Thursday, May 21, 7 to 8 p.m. through Zoom, a video communications platform that allows participants to chat in real time. This month’s title, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, by Kim Michele Richardson, is available in both eBook and audiobook formats through the Library’s free digital resource, hoopla. Public access to the Zoom meeting is available only through registering for the class and registration is required for each participant. There

is no charge for accessing Zoom or attending the class.

In 1936, tucked deep into the woods of Troublesome Creek, Kentucky, blue-skinned, nineteen-year-old Cussy Carter, the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry, has joined the Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and become a librarian, riding across slippery creek beds and up treacherous mountains on her faithful mule to deliver books and other reading material to the impoverished hill people of Eastern Kentucky.

Inspired by the true and historical blueskinned people of Kentucky and the brave

and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse library service, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek showcases an atmospheric, fascinating, and important footnote of Kentucky history that should be prized and preserved.

Register for the Library’s first virtual Book Group meeting and learn more about this story of hope and heartbreak, raw courage and strength splintered with poverty and oppression, and one woman’s chances beyond the darkly hollows.

Library staff is on hand to answer account and reference inquiries Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 805-2373870 or email Library@prcity.com.

COUNTY TESTING SITES

COVID-19 Testing Site Open in Paso Robles Partnership with State expands test capacity for SLO County STAFF REPORT

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The Veterans Memorial Building in Paso Robles doubles as the North SLO County COVID-19 test site, open weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.. Photo by Nicholas Mattson

he County of San Luis Obispo collaborated with the State of California and local cities to expand testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

“More testing is absolutely essential to understanding the local epidemiology of this disease,” said Dr. Penny Borenstein, San Luis Obispo County Health Officer. “This partnership is an important step in the right direction.”

Testing is underway and available by appointment only, Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Paso Robles Veterans Hall, 240 Scott St in Paso Robles, and Ramona Garden Community Center, 993 Ramona Ave in Grover Beach. Appointments will require residents to walk into the facility (not drive through) and will generally take about five minutes.

The following persons are currently eligible to be tested: • Healthcare workers and first responders • 65 and older or any age with chronic medical conditions • Residents or employees of congregate care living facilities

• Persons in essential occupations which includes utilities, grocery, food supply, and public employees • Any persons exhibiting one or more symptoms of COVID-19 Registration for appointments. The online registration link can be found on emergencySLO.org/statetesting or you can register by phone at 888-634-1123.

The test is provided free of charge, and the state will provide the testing materials and health care staff to conduct the tests. The tests will determine whether individuals are currently infected with the virus that causes COVID-19; it is not an antibody test to determine whether they have ever been infected. The County will be evaluating testing capability each week with the goal to make testing available to all community members.

For updates and questions on COVID-19 in SLO County, visit ReadySLO.org or call the recorded Public Health Information Line at (805) 788-2903, or staffed phone assistance center at (805) 543- 2444, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends.

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Two Local Restaurateurs PPPower Through Economic stimulus packages deliver for employees and patrons

By MEGAN OLSHEFSKI

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s we come upon the conclusion of the second month of our COVID-19 induced lockdown, meeting friends and family for a meal or drinks seems a distant memory. The lockdown forced restaurants to close their doors for dine-in meals and caused a chain-reaction of brainstorming takeout ideas and loan paperwork for local restaurateurs. Included among them are locals Eric Peterson and Donovan Schmit.

Peterson opened his first restaurant, Guest House Grill, in the recession-wrought year — 2008. Pushing through the year, he expanded his restaurant business, North County Restaurant Group, which now includes: Street Side Ale House & Eatery, Comfort American Kitchen, Country Touch Cafe, Jack’s Bar and Grill, and Touch of Paso.

No stranger to tough times, Peterson took the mentality and grit he developed in 2008 to push himself and his team through the COVID-19 lockdown, which could not have come at a worse time for a restaurant owner — days before St. Patrick’s Day. Usually, the most profitable day of the year for restaurants and bars, this St. Patrick’s Day became one he will likely not forget for the rest of his career.

“It happened really quickly,” Peterson said. “St. Paddy’s day is my frame of reference. Friday was busy, and people were starting to hear about [the lockdown] … Sunday was when things really started to slow down.”

By Monday, lockdown orders forced restaurants to seize serving alcohol — to prevent gatherings of St. Patrick celebrants on Tuesday. “[Our restaurants] went from a full-fledged Saturday,” Peterson said, “[then] by Monday, we were doing 25% of what we do… we stayed open on St Paddy’s Day even though we could not sell alcohol.”

The next day, Wednesday, Eric was forced to lay off his entire staff of nearly 200 individuals and close his restaurants’ doors. The day off allowed Eric and his team to regroup and brainstorm, resulting in reopening the following day with about 5 to 10 percent of their staff for takeout only.

Co-owner of Fish Gaucho and Pappy McGregor’s, Schmit experienced a similar St. Patrick’s day to Peterson but took an alternative approach to the lockdown.

A restaurant owner for nineteen-years with his cousin and business partner, Troy Larkin, Schmit knows St. Patrick’s Day is the busiest day of the year for his restaurants. Hearing of the lockdown, he hoped it would happen after the holiday. Sadly, orders forced Donovan to furlough his staff and close his restaurant doors, but he remained hopeful they would reopen after two weeks.

Anticipation for a shorter lockdown led Donovan to wait on initiating any takeout service and instead rode out the two weeks on the restaurants’ savings.

With this anticipation, he offered his staff to take home any

food they wanted from the kitchens and turned off the lights. As the two weeks looked to turn into three, then four weeks, Schmit applied for the Paycheck Protection Program loan.

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a loan introduced with the Coronavirus Stimulus Bill, which grants small businesses the means to keep their employees on their payrolls and cover business expenses. Both Schmit and Peterson applied for the PPP loan in what they recount as a frenzy of paperwork and top-notch collaborative effort with their bankers.

We are eager to get back to work, see our employees and customers, and serve the community again. ~ Eric Peterson Adding to the stress of the process was the knowledge they were competing with other small businesses for a fixed amount of money.

When both restaurateurs found out they were accepted for the loan, a weight was lifted from their shoulders. Schmit recounts how the agony of waiting seven to ten days from application to the first deposit turned to surprise when he found out they would receive the full amount they hoped for, “…we were shocked we got it all.”

For Schmit’s restaurants — Fish Gaucho and Pappy McGregor’s — the PPP loan covered two-and-a-half months of payroll expenses, rent, and utilities. His relief in knowing his over-100 employees were taken care of is evident in his voice as he stated:

“once we got the loan, the stress of money stopped.”

When Peterson received word on his approval for the PPP, he felt a similar relief to Schmit. For Peterson, the PPP is “The only reason [the restaurants are] staying alive ... because we were lucky enough to get the PPP.” noting the restaurants’ high rents with their street-front property.

Today, Peterson’s restaurants are operating purely with pick-up or delivery only, with fewer than half his employees back to work.

He hopes they will return to running full-force with his full staff in the near future.

In the meantime, his restaurants rearranged to meet social-distancing standards, with staff wearing masks made by Atascadero’s Sew Fun and utilizing sanitation products made by local distilleries.

The switch to takeout-only means the dishes are replaced with high-quality to-go boxes (to ensure one’s fries do not arrive soggy), and mason jars now hold to-go cocktails.

Peterson feels like they have found their “new groove” and when asked what the silver lining of the entire experience has been for him, he said,” We always talked about the ‘Amazon-Age’ with everything delivered to your doorstep … and [we] always talked about online orders … this forced us to do that, and this is something we will do forever. I think especially for the next 12 to 18 months, until whenever.”

With the PPP loan in hand, Schmit plans to initiate takeout-only this week as the County issues guidelines for the anticipated new lock-down-lifting phases. He awaits further rules and news from the County and will adhere to social-distancing regulations on masks, gloves, signs, and sanitation stations.

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limited menu to allow an eager Donovan to refill his kitchens with food and re-employ his prep staff and cooks. He hopes to re-employ his entire team in the near future and maintains an open line of communication with them on any updates.

Schmit stated the hardest part of the lockdown has been the unknown that comes with the “waiting game” and knowing he can only re-employ half of his work-force as his restaurants can only operate at half their potential, “We want to bring everyone back,” Schmit said. “[The difficulty is] how do we remain profitable to have enough business coming through the door to keep everybody?” Even with his concerns for the unknown, he presented confidence.

“We should be able to weather the storm for however many months it takes us to get back to full steam,” Schmit said.

The brunt of the storm will pass for both gentlemen as they look ahead to the upcoming weeks, months, and years.

Schmit remains optimistic for the future and knows things will settle into a new normal.

“I believe we are in a fortunate area that once we are able to open, this is an area that should thrive quicker than other areas,” Schmit said, “with the amount of wine tourism and coastal traffic.”

Peterson echoed Schmit’s optimism, reflecting his experience with the community during the lockdown.

“We are eager to get back to work, see our employees and customers, and serve the community again,” Peterson said. “Seeing the community come out, the support of our customers has been really genuine; the whole community has been really positive about this.”

Regardless of what the storm brings, the two restaurateurs and their teams are eager to continue their service to the community, just as the community is eager to return to their tables.

Fish Gaucho head chef prepares sashimi grade fish. Photo courtesy of Fish Gaucho

Executive Chef Martin Beckett’s stand proudly out front of the Pappy McGregor’s Paso location.

Photo courtesy of Pappy McGregor’s

Bacon-wrapped jalapeños. Photo courtesy of Annie Hock

Street Side Ale House owners Trevor LaSalle, left, and Eric Peterson. Photos courtesy of Annie Hock

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One Day at a Time

still going to the office and the boys still going to school, but as we all know, that is not the case.

So how are we doing, how are we all doing?

A few weeks ago, my husband and I, along with our Layout Design Editor Mike Michaud, put together eight print publications in two weeks.

This is not a new thing for us, but it should be done with at least four additional staff, but that is not the case today. It was hard, it is still hard, but as we prepared for those approaching deadlines, HAYLEY MATTSON knowing all that needed to be done and that we CO-PUBLISHER still needed to homeschool as well, I made the s I watch the sunrise from my home decision that my boys were going to take the office, I stop and take a moment to week off for “vacation.” appreciate the beauty in the first rays of Our boys are seven and five, and part of every light that start to bring the world to life. These family decision we make. We let them know days I notice joy and happiness in the little where we are and why we do what we do. They things, which I know were always there, but I did understand deadlines and conference calls, picknot make a conscious effort to pause and appreci- ing up and dropping of magazines and newsate them as much as I do today. papers, and going to events. When we go on Owning and running a business in any econworkcations, they know that we do some work omy has its challenges; however, doing it in the and some play and they are a part of the team midst of an economic health crisis is one for the that makes it all come together. So, as we walk record books. It would be one thing, however, if through this, it has been no different. we were having to walk through this all while They are really wonderful kids; they love us,

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they love us all being together and they love being home. They love that they have a space in our office that is theirs along with their own workspace for school. They love building LEGO, so our family room has every bucket out that they own. They build and pick up at least 5 times a day, and they love to show us what they came up with next. “Mom, I built this from my brain,” Mirac will say to be at least a few times a day (which he knows is my favorite). I could do better for him; he is seven, but then I remind myself he will be okay, and we are doing the best we can with what we have.

When I hear them laugh, squeal with excitement, play outside in the water, and run down the hall yelling our names, my heart smiles. We try our hardest to give them a safe and loving environment, and even though they have walked through this difficult time with us, we hope that when they look back and remember how we all worked together to get through this. The family breakfast, lunch, and dinners, the games nights, movie nights with chocolate and popcorn, and all the LEGO building. I know they will also remember the Zoom classes, play dates on Face-

time, wearing facemasks when we go out, washing our hands over and over again and that this was the time of the “virus” as they call it.

These last two months have been some of the hardest we have ever endured, but we have done it as a family with the amazing team we have still on staff and the incredible support of our advertisers and vendors.

What if this is exactly what we needed to walk through for all of us to grow and become better humans? More connected. More gentle and kind with one another, more loving and thoughtful. And what if our boys’ generation makes the world better because of it, and what they have learned. What if all our generations are better because of it?

For us, this has changed everything. How we look at business, our team, our systems. Our family dynamic, marriage, and how we function, communicate, and love one another. We have walked through it together, we will continue to walk through it together, and my hope for myself is to continue to be open to learning the lessons from this and know that we did it together, one day at a time.

Newsom Loses Transparency, Unity It Brought

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alifornians have shown with great clarity during the coronavirus pandemic that if they’re convinced something needs to be done, they’ll cheerfully do it even when it’s uncomfortable and terribly expensive.

So when Gov. Gavin Newsom in a mid-March first-in-the-nation move ordered most of this huge state’s citizenry to stay home in a quasi-quarantine condition in hopes of limiting the spread of the virus, they complied, with few exceptions.

But now, with far less ambient panic in California’s air, there are cracks in that united front.

Demonstrators in places as diverse as San Diego, Newport Beach and Sacramento have turned out in respectable numbers demanding an end to the

lockdown. It’s true, some of those demonstrations are orchestrated by ultra-conservative national organizations.

Many protesters ardently back President Trump, who calls for a gradual “opening up” of America. They demand restoration of all rights to freedom of movement and association, never mind social distancing. Some of the demonstrators had been seen on the state Capitol steps before, protesting last year’s new laws making it a bit tougher to get children exempted from vaccination requirements.

The month of March saw nothing like that after Newsom issued his first order. This was partly because the governor was open about estimates of the potential extent of viral spread, contagion and fatalities.

But Newsom, who gets high poll marks for most of his conduct this spring, now must contend with two things he helped create: One is the fact staying home meant California has seen far less contagion and death than predicted. This lessens the panic that first gave him free rein.

The other is that as the crisis persisted and one emergency executive order followed another, often in fields only peripherally related to the virus, Newsom gradually lost the aura of transparency that created the early unity.

Usually, when important new laws are passed in California, they follow a series of public hearings and much discussion. Not so with Newsom’s sudden edicts on everything from blocking evictions for non-payment of rent to freeing felons from jails and prisons early to prevent their becoming infected when those same felons didn’t previously worry about protecting anyone else. There were also orders to rent or buy hotels for housing thousands of the homeless and other decrees authorizing suspension by the courts of virtually all bail requirements for the duration.

Most of these moves lacked the detailed explanation that went into the original stay-home order.

Newsom has also been closed about how he’s spent much of the 7 billion state tax dollars consumed so far in the crisis, especially about his contract to buy almost $1 billion worth of personal protective equipment, including millions of face masks, from a Chinese company previously blacklisted by some federal transit agencies. It turns out no one knows when this stuff will show up, or many conditions of the huge deal. But we do know the state was gouged.

It’s all been justified – with a warranted shot at President Trump – by the fact that the federal government has not unified national purchases or

Leadership Matters

Luther King’s visionary proclamation, “I have a Dream.” Or President John F. Kennedy’s exhortation, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

Looking back on these leaders and their speeches, it seems that even with all the differences Americans have had over the years, we were always joined more by what we had in common than by our differences. Emphasizing our commonality is the type of leadership that brings DAN COOK a country together, makes us feel we’re working COMMENTARY towards shared goals that are formed by the ideals ll groups of people need leaders in order that unite us, even in times calling for sacrifice. to get any group activities accomplished. This is Leadership by Ideals, emphasizing our From the simple “let’s make dinner” to Shared Freedoms, motivating us to achieve a goal the more complex “let’s make a country together,” of the greater good. someone takes the lead to make things happen.

Unfortunately, what we have today coming out We have had some spectacular leaders, those who of Washington, DC, could be described as Leadnot only got things done but inspired others to ership by Money. Everything seems to revolve give their all in the effort. around Money, getting more Money for yourself, Think of President Abraham Lincoln and more Money for your in-group, and doing everyhis Gettysburg Address, the first line known to thing possible to make sure this continues into all: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers the future. And while money/power/politics have brought forth on this continent, a new nation, always “been in bed” together, there were also conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the propo- people of high ethical and moral standards (in sition that all men are created equal.” Or Winston both political parties) that had the best interests Churchill in World War II: “we shall fight on the of the nation at heart and voted accordingly. beaches, …. we shall never surrender.” Or Martin There is very little politics for “the greater good”

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coming out of Washington, DC, in recent years.

The Environmental Protection Agency has been gutted, food inspections done away with, and consumer safety measures scaled back. Even IRS staffing has been downsized. Why is this? Very simple – these organizations can limit the advance of the Leadership of Money. Safety regulations might cut into profits; EPA regulations cut into your bottom line; and the IRS audits your taxes.

Profits must come before all else, even before the needs of people.

While simple greed (and “Born to the Manor” entitlement) is most of the problem, part is also due to the Leadership of Money’s belief that business knows what is best for America.

If corporations were just left alone, everything would be fine. This theory got a boost from President Ronald Reagan’s 1980 inaugural speech, declaring “government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem.”

The result of gutting local, state, and federal government is that when you need its resources, like in a coronavirus pandemic, it is no longer there. All of the prevention work of the Center for Disease Control, all of the infrastructure for fighting a pandemic, all of the scientists whose careers have been focused on preparing for such a crisis – are either diminished or absent. And this

production of masks, face shields, gowns and rubber gloves, thus creating ferocious competition between states and hospital systems for vital equipment.

That encouraged price gouging that’s illegal in most crises.

There’s also the question of where Newsom and other governors get the authority to issue myriad fiats and decrees without so much as the right for anyone to petition the government for redress.

The Constitution gives governors, presidents and mayors vast leeway to protect public health and safety in emergencies, as when then-Gov. Pete Wilson paid contractors large bonuses for completing bridge rebuilds ahead of schedule after the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

But all previous emergencies were finite, with known needed corrective measures (as with evacuations in the face of wildfires) or definite time frames.

There are no time lines here, Newsom and other governors telling their constituents they can’t know how long current orders will be enforced because as yet there is no vaccine for the coronavirus.

The bottom line: While the governor was open about what he did, he enjoyed near-unanimous support. He needs to get back on the transparency track, or California will see more and more cracks in its harmony.

once protective structure has been replaced by ... a Leadership of Money class who will try to profit from the pandemic, rather than save American lives.

Leadership Matters – the focus of this column – is now more apparent than ever. We are supposed to be Americans, working together towards common goals, and even with the differences we have, we should have a shared vision of a better life for all of us, not just some of us. But our commonality has been split, we have been pulled apart by the Leadership of Money into divisive groups that can be better controlled (divide and conquer) into voting against their own basic needs. We’ve been sliced and diced into multiple smaller groups that can better be targeted by specific adds on Facebook, Radio, etc. Instead of being Americans with differences, we identify by our differences, not our common heritage. We’re all immigrants; we all want basic human rights; we all want health and security. And yet the 1% have us fighting each other, instead of cooperating with each other, allowing them to continue ruling.

Divide and conquer again.

I hope everyone gives serious thought to what they want America to be, and to what kind of leaders, local and nationwide, it will take to make that happen. Then VOTE.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR ESSENTIAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENS Editor, For those that missed it, something absolutely chilling was proposed by a sitting Atascadero Council member under the cover of darkness without the public in attendance at the meeting held on the 14th of April. Councilwoman Susan Funk attempted to add to the agenda, out of the blue and without any previous notes or discussion with the public or other council members, the forced BAN of firearms sales

or transfers to Atascadero residents due to COVID-19. The other members in attendance were surprised and, to their credit, immediately declined to place this egregious violation of the public’s trust on their agenda in a 4-1 slap-down of the motion. However, I cannot believe that, even as the country grapples with the balance of public health and civil liberties, political opportunism like Funk’s is allowed to go by without serious public outcry. The US Constitution very clearly enumerates the things that government may not restrict

(something that former President Obama characterized as “negative liberties.”) Numerous lawsuits are being filed against governors, mayors, sheriffs, and other public officials daily in the national news, with the Bill of Rights being the supreme arbiter, backing down many of the petty tyrannies and core violations of public office holders high and low. Susan Funk, obviously seeing her opportunity to sneak this by without the public in attendance, is guilty of the most naked attempt to overstep her office and infringe upon a constitutionally protected, and

therefore ESSENTIAL, right of the citizenry. This must not go unanswered. In times of crisis, people show their true colors.

And while I have always found Mrs Funk to be a personable and pleasant individual, between her husband’s editorialized description of the Veteran’s Memorial as “plop art” in the SLO Tribune, and this slinking violation of her oath of office, she is showing herself to be more of an activist-extremist than she lets on.

This is not a matter of opinion on a local issue that she is more than entitled to her views on, but rather a stealth attempt to

infringe on the constitutional rights of the public at large, and possibly even a felony violation of Title 18, Section 242 US Code - “Deprivation of Constitutionally Protected Rights under the Color of Law” should she have been successful. I hope that others will see the seriousness of this betrayal of our trust and join me in holding her accountable. Beware the wolves in your midst, and be ever vigilant of your rights, Atascadero.

Sic Semper Tyrannis, Josh Fonzi, Atascadero

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WORSHIP DIRECTORY ATASCADERO BIBLE CHURCH Atas. Mall & Fwy. 101 (6225 Atas. Mall); Sunday Worship 8 a.m., 9:15 a.m. & 11 a.m.*; *kids programming available at these services; Rejoice Service 5:30 pm; Middle School ministries – Tuesdays 6:30 High School ministries – Wednesday 6:30 p.m.; Celebrate Recovery, Thursdays 7p.m.; Pastor Tom Ferrell, 466-2051; abcchurch.org.

ATASCADERO GOSPEL CHAPEL Corner Curbaril & Atascadero Ave.; Sunday 9:30 a.m.-Reflect, 10:10 a.m.-Connect, 10:30 a.m.-Recharge; AWANA Clubs Wednesday 6:30 p.m.; 466-0175; Ted Mort, Pastor.

AWAKENING WAYS SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY Living the Consciously Awakened Life; Rev. Terry and Dr. Frank zumMallen; Sunday Gathering for Children & Adults 10 a.m.; Atascadero Lake Pavilion, 9315 Pismo Street; A New Thought Spiritual Community! For classes and workshops in Practical Spirituality and upcoming events visit our website awakeningways.org; 460-0762.

GRACE CENTRAL COAST NORTH COUNTY CAMPUS 9325 El Bordo Avenue; Sunday Services at 9:30 and 11 a.m.; 805-543-2358; gracecentralcoast.org; Helping people find and follow Jesus.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH 238 17th St. Paso Robles; Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 10 a.m.; Our Wednesday Testimony; Meeting is the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m.; Reading room-same location after services & by apportionment.

FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH 9925 Morro Road, Atascadero; “The Church on the Hill”; An independent church committed to the teaching of God’s Word.; Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.; Morning Worship – 11 a.m.; Evening Bible Study – 6 p.m.; Wed Prayer – 7 p.m.; Nursery care provided.; Pastor Ken Butler, Jr.; (805) 461-9197.

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH 535 Creston Rd., Paso Robles ; (805) 238-3549 ; Dr. Gary M. Barker, Pastor; Goal of church: To teach Believers to love God and people.; Sundays: 9 a.m.

Sunday School; 10 a.m. Fellowship ; 10:30 a.m. Service; 6 p.m. Eve Service; Wednesdays: 7 p.m. prayer meeting.

HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH ELCA 8 a.m. Traditional Liturgical Service; 9:05 a.m. Education and Sunday School; 10 a.m. Modern Worship Service with staffed nursery care provided; Holy Communion on 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays; Pastor Liz Radtke; Pastor Ryan Radtke; 8005 San Gabriel Road, Atascadero; 805-461-0340; ourhopelutheran.org.

LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER-LCMS 4500 El Camino Real, Atascadero; 466-9350; Morning Bible class at 9 a.m.

Sunday; Coffee and Sunday Worship with Holy Communion at 10 a.m.

Sunday; Thursday morning Bible class 10 a.m. followed by refreshments and fellowship; Developmentally disabled Bible class 1st and 3rd Saturday mornings; redeemeratascadero.org; redeemeratascadero@gmail.com; Pastor Wayne Riddering.

PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, UCC We honor ancient scriptures, responding to God’s contemporary call to be just and kind.; Join us for Worship Sunday, 10 a.m.; Church School Sunday, 10:15 a.m.; Coffee Fellowship 11 a.m.; Men’s Bible Study, Wednesday, 8 a.m.; Women’s Bible Study, Friday, 10 a.m.; Youth Group; 1301 Oak St., Paso Robles; 805-238-3321 ST. ROSE OF LIMA CATHOLIC CHURCH 820 Creston Rd., Paso Robles; (805) 238-2218- Parish Office open Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; website: www.saintrosechurch.org; Mass times;; Daily MassMon-Fri 7 a.m., Sat 8 a.m.; Spanish Mass- Tues 7 p.m.; Sunday Mass times:; Saturday, 5 p.m. Vigil Mass; Sunday, 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 5 p.m.; Spanish Mass12:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.

ST. WILLIAMS CATHOLIC CHURCH 6410 Santa Lucia Rd., Atascadero; Father Edwin Limpiado, Father Martel Ramos, Priest in residence; stwilliams.org; Confession:; Sat .3 p.m. or appt.; Mass or Communion Service; M-F 8:30 a.m.; Weekend Mass Schedule; Saturday: 4:30 p.m.; Sunday: 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. (Sp), 4:30 p.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 940 Creston Road; Has two; Sunday worship services, a contemporary service at 9 a.m. and a traditional worship service at 11 a.m.; Children’s service starts at 9:30 a.m. ; For more information, call the church office at (805) 238-3702.Ext. 206.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF ATASCADERO 11605 El Camino Real, Atascadero; Sunday Service Time: 10 a.m.; Nursery Care Provided:; 9:45 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.; Mid-week student ministry; PreK-12th grade Sept-April, Weds, 4 p.m.; 805-466-2566; Pastor Steve Poteete-Marshall; atascaderoumc.org.

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ell, this “stay at home” mandate finally caught up with me last week. No, I did not end up with the virus, but I did lose track of the days and I missed my deadline.

I’ve never missed a deadline before and have even written a column or two from Twin Cities! Our publisher and current editor thankfully filled in my space with some timely cartoons. Thanks for the laughs, Nic and Mike.

If I hadn’t talked to other people who have lost track of the days during their confinement, I’d be concerned, but this time at home is hard on all of us in many different ways. I’ve heard that boredom seems to be a huge issue, but around here it is not a problem since there is always something to do either inside or outside the house. The weeds still grow and need to be whacked!

Remember that the Printery Foundation has launched a month-long event, “Standing Strong Together” to show support for those folks in the community who are on the front lines of this epidemic, keeping us safe and supplied.

You are invited to join in and show your support by hanging messages of thanks, and of hope, along with artwork, on the fence surrounding the historic Printery building.

Carol Porter, an Atascadero resident, is a wonderfully creative cook. She sent me the following recipes to share with you. I had included the Turkey Burger recipe in my “missed deadline” column, but it’s included here. Enjoy!

Carol’s Turkey Burgers Ingredients: • Extra virgin olive oil • 1 onion, diced • Kosher salt • 2 cloves garlic, smashed and finely chopped • 1 cup finely chopped mushrooms • 1 ½ pounds ground turkey • One 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated • One 8-ounce can water chestnuts, coarsely chopped • ¼ cup soy sauce • 2 tablespoons sriracha • ½ bunch fresh cilantro leaves, finely chopped ¼ to ½ cup water • 4 hamburger buns Directions: Coat a large sauté pan with olive oil and heat on medium.

Add the onion, season with salt and cook until soft, 7-8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another 1-2 minutes.

Turn off heat and let cool. In a large mixing bowl combine turkey, mushrooms, ginger, water chestnuts, soy sauce, sriracha cilantro and the cooked onions and garlic.

Add ¼ to ½ cup water to the mix (this will keep the burgers really moist). Using your hands mix the ingredients until everything is well combined and then form 4 equal patties.

With a paper towel, wipe out the sauté pan you used for the onion. Coat with fresh olive oil and heat to medium-high heat.

Add the burgers, being sure not to crowd in the pan. Cook the burgers for 5-6 minutes on each side. The burgers should be browned and cooked through when done. If working in batches, keep the first batch warm in a 200 degree oven while cooking the second batch. Toast the buns, top with burgers and garnish as desired.

Carol ’s second recipe offers a sneaky way to get your family to eat a vegetable they might snub their nose at. Cauliflower is disguised in this healthy, low-carb pizza crust.

Just don’t tell t he kids you made it with cauliflower and they’ll love it!

Cauliflower Pizza Crust Ingredients: • 2 lbs. Cauliflower florets, riced (or buy frozen riced cauliflower and squeeze out all moisture when thawed).

• 1 egg, beaten • 1/3 cup soft goat cheese (chevre) • 1 teaspoon dried oregano • pinch of salt Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

If using fresh cauliflower, steam florets until very tender and can be pierced with a fork.

If using frozen cauliflower florets, be sure to thaw them completely before starting.

Pour completely thawed, or freshly steamed, cauliflower

Bearly Camping

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fter sheltering in place and being cooped up with the family for 60 days I’ve got just the ticket for you. Why not load the entire family into one vehicle and go camping this summer?

I can vividly remember my first camping experience.

When I was about five years old my father brought home a “doghouse” (a shack where oil well drillers and roughnecks ate and took breaks) he was given after a drilling company abandoned a site. My father brought the doghouse home on a low bed and by the time he got it off the truck using pry bars, pipes and winches it was ready to fall apart. My Mom took one look at the delapidated doghouse and put her foot down. “I will not live next door to that shack,” she proclaimed. But she sure enough did.

ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 513 Palma Ave., Atascadero; Sunday services: Holy Eucharist — 9 a.m., Taize — 8 p.m.; the Rev. W. Merritt Greenwood, interim director; the Rev. James Arnold, Deacon; the Rev. Jacqueline Sebro, Deacon; office 805-466-0379, fax 805-466-6399; website stlukesatascadero.org; email office@stlukesatascadero.org.

My brother and I were so excited about our new clubhouse that we begged our parents if we could “camp out” in it the very first night. I was dying to try out my new sleeping bag my grandparents gave me. So we unrolled our bags, turned out the flashlight and tried to go to sleep but little did my father know when he got it, that doghouse was haunted. It made all sorts of creepy noises and scary images kept flashing by its broken windows. I theorized, “I betcha some guy fell from the derrick and died and it’s his ghost that haunts our new clubhouse. That’s why it was free.”

My brother scoffed at the idea but to make a long story short, I lasted until about nine o’ clock before I “had to go inside to use the bathroom.”

My brother only lasted another half hour before he followed me inside. He claimed he wasn’t scared and only came in, “To check on the health and welfare of his younger brother.”

Ha! That would have been a first!

We tried several more times but never did make it all night

and slowly we lost interest in the clubhouse so my mother turned it into a dollhouse for my sister with frilly curtains and old wallpaper. We eventually ended up burning that dirty old doghouse for firewood.

Both my wife and I had been serious campers in our younger years but hadn’t been for awhile so while we were being held hostage by Covid 19 I said, “I feel the call of the wild beckoning. Why don’t we go camping? We can still maintain social distancing and the campgrounds won’t be crowded.”

Initially we were devastated to learn that all the state and federal campgrounds were closed. “Wait just a darn minute,” I said. “We have a 9,000 acre state park out our back door why don’t we just camp in our backyard. We can roast some weinies and burn some marshmallows and camp out like the good old days.”

It was hard to find a place to unroll our sleeping bags amidst all the rattlesnake holes and poison oak but I finally found a site that was only semi rocky.

It was a cloudless night and a

Listen to your Heart Rev. Elizabeth Rowley

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There will be plastic sleeves hanging on the fence for you to tuck your work into. Coloring sheets to download, for creative inspiration, are available at AtascaderoPrintery.org/ standingstrong.

For more information, call Karen McNamara at 805-4661961.

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o listen to your heart is to listen to the highest and best place within you. It’s the seat of your soul, which is your direct line to Spirit. It is the place within you that is pure, loving essence. I am not talking about listening to your feelings. Your thoughts generate feelings which may be coming from your unhealed past, or other people. Listen to your heart, which in this case, is a synonym for Spirit.

I believe that the love that lives within you is Divine

Love. When you feel the love of, or feel love for your partner, parents, children, friends, etc., you are experiencing this love that lives within you. You are experiencing Spirit. It’s an irresistible cosmic force that comes from the deepest place in you. Let this love cast out fear. Allow yourself to live, move, and have your being in and from this love.

Our love is needed in the world now more than ever before. I invite you to take time each day to go within, turn up the love dial and send your love out to all you know, into your neighborhood, city, state, nation, overseas, the planet, the universe, multiverse, cosmos, and beyond the great beyond. There’s plenty to go around!

There’s an excellent gif out

there with a happy yellow emoji surrounded by angry red emojis. The happy one in the middle puts up its little emoji hands to send good loving vibes out to all. The red emojis slowly turn into happy yellow emojis. Who you are in the world affects those around you.

Be the shift in your own life today and in the presence of others by shining your light.

Be like that emoji, shining your magnificence out to all.

When you listen to your heart, the unhealthy traps of ego fall away. When the heart wants to say, “I love you,” ego may say, “I don’t know what to say,” out of fear of rejection, for example. Beyond all doubt, beyond any idea of right or wrong, aside from petty arguments, competitiveness, and feelings of unworthiness or

into a large food processor fitted with an “S” blade.

(You may have to do this in batches if you have a smaller food processor.) Process until a rice-like texture is created.

If using frozen riced cauliflower, you can skip this step and proceed to the next one.

Transfer the “rice” to a clean, thin dishtowel. Wrap up the steamed rice in the dishtowel, twist it up, then SQUEEZE all the excess moisture out!

A lot of extra liquid will be released, which will leave you with a nice and dry pizza crust.

In a large bowl, mix up the sqeezed-out rice, egg, goat cheese, and spices. (Don’t be afraid to use your hands! You want it very well mixed.) It won’t be like any pizza dough you’ve ever worked with, but don’t worry—it’ll hold together.

Press dough out onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper to prevent crust from sticking. Keep dough about ¼ to ½ inch thick, and make the edges a little higher for a “crust effect.

Bake for 30-35 minutes at 400 degrees, until dry and golden. Using the parchment paper flip the crust over, and bake again until the other side is nice and dry, about 10 to 15 minutes. Add your favorite pizza toppings to the crust, such as sauce and cheese, then return the pizza to the 400 degree oven and bake an additional 5-10 minutes, just until the cheese is hot and bubbly.

Slice and serve.

Cheers!

bright moon and I said, “We ought to do this more often.

Just look at all those stars. Even if only a few of those stars have planets it’s likely there is some kinda life out there. Just look at all of them. The fact that we can see so many, do you know what that means?” I asked my wife.

“Yeah, it means you forgot to put up the tent!” she replied.

Now I must stop here and explain that for 40 years my wife and I have lived on the outskirts of a small town called Los Osos. If you know your Spanish you know that means “The Bears.” There used to be millions of them in these parts and I started telling my wife how the California Missions had been saved from famine by all the bears they killed right in the mountains where we live. The thought of that, of slithering rattlesnakes and the howling coyotes made sleep difficult. I made it until about nine o’clock before, “I had to go inside to use the bathroom.”

My wife came in about a half hour later. She said she wasn’t scared mind you, she just “Wanted to check on my me.”

Ha!

shame, there is love.

One day many years ago, I was doing household chores. It was just an ordinary day. As I was moving from one room to the next, I heard the following words whispered in my head: “I love you. I love you. I love you.” It was my voice.

I stopped what I was doing and sat down on the floor to allow this love to wash over and through me. That was the moment I began to court the Divine. This soft voice of a gentle, loving Spirit within me altered my perception of the world back then, and it continues to change me, even today.

When I listen to my heart, I do not judge, compare, fear, lack, doubt, or worry, I love myself and you. Listen to your heart today.

And so it is.

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STAN MANNING 1946 – 2020

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tanley Irwin Manning was born to Irwin and Lorraine on October 19, 1946, at Atascadero Hospital. Waiting at home to greet him were sisters, Lonnie and Linda Manning, to complete a perfect family circle.

Stanley joined the family business, Atascadero Market, at the early age of 10 years old. Together with his family, they built the Atascadero Market legacy. For over 30 years, he managed the market, providing quality meats and groceries to the community, making many friends along the way.

He discovered his love of music at 13 years old. He played the trumpet, guitar, and eventually bass. In high school, he played with the band “The Genteels.” He also loved wrestling, swimming, and diving and won many awards for his skills.

He loved skiing and boating with family at Nacimiento Lake, which

continued throughout his life along with many trips to Bass Lake.

In 1966, he was drafted to the army, which put a hold on his music career. Upon completing the service, he returned home to Atascadero and rejoined the family business at the market. In 1971, he met his future wife and soulmate, Sandi, while playing music with the band, “Stubby and Friends.”

They locked eyes, and both knew they had found the one. Introducing himself to her, his first question was, “do you like dogs?” to which Sandi answered, “Yes.” Together they loved and raised many over the years. Completing the family was their children David, Lori, and Scott. David married Teri Stout and soon followed the first grandchild, Devon. Years later, he was given the blessing of two granddaughters, Mikayla and Laney. Stan loved his family more than anything and worked hard to provide for them.

He built the family a beautiful home, doing almost all the work

JOSEPH RUSKHAD PE BENITO 1933 – 2020

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oseph Ruskhad Pe Benito was born July 20, 1933 and passed away on April 27, 2020. He was 86 years old.

He is survived by his wife Jane Claire Pe Benito, their 4 children Robert Pe Benito, Mari Solis, Jenni K. Cisco, Diane Pe Benito, their 14 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren, including Joseph “JoJo” Subia, Kiana Subia, JJ Subia, and Maddox Subia, Adriel Pe Benito, Roselle, Logan, Dylan and Liam Martini, Rene, Kyliah, Isaac and Damien Estrada, all of Atascadero.

Joseph, known as Joe, was born and raised in Baguio City, Philippines. He was the oldest of 5 children. He graduated with a bachelors degree from the University of Baguio City, and was an airplane pilot, when

with his own hands.

He was dedicated and hardworking, but he always made time for laughs.

Stan continued to work for the family business and helped support his parents through their golden years. When the Atascadero Market came to its end, Stan went to work for Kirk Pearson, his long time friend, owner at Elliots Pharmacy.

Putting to use his building and design talents, he quickly learned

to fit people with mobility impairments in comfortable wheelchairs, making their lives easier. Eventually, he opened his own family business in durable medical care, A-1 Mobility. For over 20 years, Stan dedicated himself to helping those with mobility impairments.

It was his greatest reward to provide service and care for his clients, often doing jobs for free to those with limited income. His son in law, David Clarke, worked closely with Stan and learned many of his skills in the trade. Together, with Stans daughter Lori, they served our community for over a decade.

Stan had many talents and could fix anything. He loved riding motorcycles and owned a variety of bikes throughout his life. He played bass in Big Daddys Blues Band and became known as Stan “the Rock” Manning. He enjoyed many years playing music with long time friends and entertaining the audience with hilarious banter between himself and his

soul brother, Joe Pilloud.

He was an exceptional water skier and could perform many tricks which always entertained his family.

His last trip to Bass Lake in 2019, he amazed everyone by skiing with his oxygen tank in the boat and the tubing attached to the ski rope, so his breathing apparatus did not stop him from doing what he loved.

Stan was an amazing man, talented, charismatic, generous, dedicated, and kind. He had a fun and cantankerous way about him, always making people laugh.

He leaves behind not only a grieving family and friends but also a community.

Preceded in death by his grandson, Devon, and his parents, Irwin and Lorraine. Surviving family; wife Sandra Manning, children David(Teri ) Manning, Lori(David Clarke) Manning, Scott Manning, grandchildren Mikayla and Laney Manning, sisters Lonnie(Frank) Rocha, Linda(Bill) Mello and their families.

he took a chance on the opportunity to join the U.S. Navy.

The Navy was a different place in Joe’s day. Asians, like all people of color, were not expected to be anything more than a steward. Joe completed his medical training at Stanford University in Palo Alto, and through hard work and perseverance incorporated his education into his career. He served in the Vietnam War, and retired at the age of 44 as a chief petty officer.

Not ready to slow down, he and Jane decided to own their own businesses, and chose Atascadero, California to own and operate a 60-bed board and care facility. Their shared goals found them purchasing the Carlton Hotel, and what is known as North County Christian School. They owned and operated other care homes in the city as well, aside from their many other investments

in and out of California. For his humanitarian work, Joe was included in the 17th edition of “Who’s Who in California”.

Joe was a hard working man who loved to lift weights when body building was a novelty.

Oftentimes he would have his whole family stand on his weight bar, and bench press them, along with the existing weights . He lifted weights well into his seventies. When he wasn’t lifting weights he could be found jogging, often with his daughter Jenni, in the park behind their home after dinner.

When his children were in high school, he volunteered his medical services as a sports doctor at their high school and attended all the football games. He was an active man, and would always find a house “project” to keep himself and the family busy.

Jane would say Joe liked to make home improvements, but couldn’t draw a straight line.

He was a military father who would enforce good posture with “chin up, shoulders out, stomach in”. He was an encouraging dad who would tell his children whoever finished dinner first, would get to ride around on his broad shoulders. He was a loving parent who would wake his children for school with a smile, a homemade song, and always a hot breakfast. He was a disciplinarian who would not tolerate back talk; a hard look was usually sufficient to deter any wayward actions from the children. He was a churchgoing man who would took pride in being an usher.

He felt a calling from God in his later years, and moved back to the Philippines in 2002 to minister and help those less fortunate.

In 2018 he returned stateside. He unexpectedly passed away peacefully in Hampton,Virginia.

DEATHS FARLEY — Derrill Farley age 47 of Paso Robles passed away on 05/03/2020. In the care of Blue Sky Cremation Service WILLIAMS — Robert Williams age 77 of Paso Robles passed away on 05/03/2020. In the care of Blue Sky Cremation Service HARRINGTON — Laura Harrington age 66 of San Luis Obispo passed away on 05/05/2020. In the care of Blue Sky Cremation Service HATT — Earl Hatt age 86 passed away on 4/4/2020. Arrangements are under Chapel of the Roses CONNER — Loyd Conner 68 years of age, Atascadero Resident. Passed away on 05/04/2020 In the care of Chapel of the Roses STRICKLIN — Melinda Marie Stricklin (53) a Paso Robles resident passed away on May 6,2020. Arrangements are under the direction of Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home.

LAWVER — Helene Celeste Lawver (94) a Paso Robles resident passed away on May 8, 2020. Arrangements are under the direction of Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home.

BRONSON — Walter Joseph Bronson (86) a Paso Robles resident passed away on May 6, 2020. Arrangements are under the direction of Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home.

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He was born in Atascadero and was the son of George and Ida Moore who were the very first King and Queen of Atascadero Colony Day. Don and wife Shirley (who passed in Dec. 2016) also were King and Queen of Colony Days years later. Don’s dad George was E.G. Lewis’s Atascadero Colony blacksmith and passed on metal and woodworking skills down to DON MOORE Don and grandson. on Moore of After teaching officers Atascadero passed combat and knot tying skills away at 95 years old. at the Annapolis Naval Acad-

emy toward the end of World War II, Don farmed with and cleared hundreds of acres on the Heilmann brothers ranch by bulldozer. He recalled last month that his very first job was cleaning out chicken coups at age 12. But, once he got married he drove delivery for Foremost and Processor Bread. Don and Shirley owned Moore’s Western Nursery from 1963 to 1990 when he sold and retired. He also spent many evenings on the Atascadero Fire District advi-

sory board. Don is survived by sons Donald B. Moore and Scott L. Moore.

After retirement, Don gave his time as an AA sponsor, Meals on Wheels and whenever friends needed help he was there. He was thankful for the timely Life Alert responses by the Atascadero PD, Fire Dept. and EMTs during his last few months. For 60+ years he supported his wife’s Shirley Atascadero Wranglerettes, which he considered his girls and family too. Don not only

looked 10 years younger, but his mind was sharp until his very last month with us. Children of his Atascadero school friends would frequently stop by and he could be relied upon for names, relationships and Atascadero Colony historic events. After the large public service for his wife Shirley, he commented that he didn’t want a big fuss or celebration when he passed.

Don will be buried next to Shirley and brother Albert at Atascadero Cemetery. He had a good life.

Hanlan family legacies in the sport of rowing that included his great-uncle and hero, Ned Hanlan, World Champion oarsman in the 1880’s. Ted graduated from the prestigious Jarvis Collegiate Institute in Toronto before moving with his parents to Los Angeles, California in 1949.

Ted married Sylvia June Clawson in 1950 shortly before enlisting in the Army where he proudly served in the Korean War as part of the “Remington Raiders” while stationed at the Presidio Army Base in San Francisco. While in San Francisco, Ted and Sylvia welcomed the first of eight children.

Following the Korean War, Ted and Sylvia settled in Norwalk, California where Ted was known for his vigorous community involvements, from the political to the personal, including taking his Volkswagen van full of neighborhood chil-

dren to the local ice-skating rink weekly. He also got his children active in competitive swimming, published a kitchen tabletop, but professional quality swimming magazine, the ‘Sunstroke’, and helped organize and run the swimming program for the 1968 Watts Summer Games. In 1966, Ted heroically rescued and resuscitated a young girl during a flash flood in Colorado. Ted kept his rowing passion alive with the Long Beach Rowing Association, and was often seen on the water by daybreak well into his 70’s.

Ted worked most of his career as an insurance broker, most significantly working for the George Elkins Company in Beverly Hills, and subsequently created his own firm, where he managed insurance needs for the elite in the entertainment industry. His private stories of celebrity escapades delighted his family for years.

In 1997, Ted and Sylvia pulled up in roots in Southern California and move to a six-acre hillside property in west Atascadero, California. Ted brought his passion for rowing with him and was instrumental in the formation of the San Luis Obispo Rowing Club transforming an old, run down County owned snackshack at Santa Margarita Lake into a fine boathouse that has attracted scores of folks to the sport of rowing in SLO county.

For many years, Ted also volunteered with the San Luis Obispo Library Association, often serving as Chair of the annual book sale. Through his participation in the book sale, he met new friends and fellow members, including the self-titled clutch, “The Dull Men’s Club”. Mostly, Ted will be remembered by his family for his interest in early Americana music, his 78 record and classic

book collection, his sharp and witty mind, but most importantly, for the care and devotion to his disabled daughter, Christine, whom Ted provided care for until just months before his passing.

Ted was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Sylvia, and is survived by his children, Victoria (Ian - deceased), Scott (Debra), Deborah, Christine, Geoff (Celeste-deceased), Brian, Catherine (Mark) and Bruce ( Joanne). Ted is also survived by thirty-three grandchildren and great grandchildren. As Ted would often say, “There will always be an English!”

Donations in the name of Ted English, may be made to the San Luis Obispo Rowing Club at P. O. Box 1587 Arroyo Grande CA 93421 or at www. slorc.org. A memorial service will be scheduled in the future when gatherings are again permitted.

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EDWARD ENGLISH

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ed was born Edward Albert English on October 22, 1928 in Toronto, Canada, to Edward John English and Elizabeth Landess Kilpatrick. He spent many of his early years living and working at English’s Boat House and as a lifeguard on Toronto Island. He was proud of his Durnan and

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Hidden surprises of reading aloud to the whole family

By CONNIE PILLSBURY

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any of you may think of “Reading Aloud” as a bedtime activity to only the little ones, with picture books on your lap as you snuggle beside them in their jammies at bedtime. It is that, yes, but it’s much, much more. Reading aloud to your children does not have to be limited to just your beginning readers, it can continue on all the way through to your older children.

“Really?” Yes, with the right books, you’ll have your whole family gathered around to hear the next chapter.

You see, mom, there’s no more comforting sound for children than their mother’s voice, your voice. In a Stanford School of Medicine study in 2016, “Kids were not only more engaged by mom’s voice than a stranger’s, scientists found, but this response was noted beyond just auditory areas of the brain.”

The study’s MRI brain scans showing that so many parts of the brain lit up after hearing from mom was the real surprise for the scientists.

“We didn’t realize that a mother’s voice would have such quick access to so many different brain systems.”

(CNNhealth, Doug Criss, May 18, 2016) A 2010 study at the University of Wisconsin revealed that, “A mom’s voice is powerful medicine.” You can personally testify that: think about when you are sick, who do you want to call?

So, yes, reading aloud is about

more than just transmiting stories, it’s about comfort, security and connection. Remember that a child’s reading level doesn’t catch up to his listening level until eighth grade. Even if they aren’t understanding all of the content, it’s the process that counts, it’s about mom’s voice, just reading.

And you will find the other hidden surprises of reading aloud as you go along. Think of it as a journey of discovery you’re embarking on with your children, without leaving the house!

So, let’s get at it and figure out how to do this, how to make it part of your day, starting now, while you have more uninterrupted time at home.

Hopefully you can get a pattern of reading aloud going before jumping back into the three-ring circus of ‘normal’ life.

A little advance planning will enhance the event: • Select captivating books that can engage all ages • Choose a really comfortable, quiet area of the home to gather • Find the right time of day (no one is in a hurry, hungry) As far as books go, there are many lists online. I will create one based on my experience, the suggestions of reading aloud friends and Maureen Wittmann’s site, “Homeschool Connections.” Books are easy to come by, with used copies on Amazon, BookFinder.com and your local libraries.

Mom, settle in, get comfy and Happy Reading!

Here we go! A list of a dozen books to kick start your reading aloud project:

The Indian

Stone Fox

by John R. Gardiner

Little House Books – 9 in series

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Chronicles of Narnia – 7 in series

by C.S. Lewis

Misty of Chincoteague King of the Wind

by Marguerite Henry

The Black Stallion

by Walter Farley

Anne of Green Gables

by L.M. Montgomery

and the Goblin

Little Britches – 8 in series

by Ralph Moody

The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings

by J.R.R. Tolkien

Swallow and Amazons

by Arthur Ransome

in the Cupboard

by Lynne Reid Banks

The Princess

by George MacDonald

Redwall Series

by Brian Jacques

COVID-19 NEWS

START Guide Officially Stopped in its Tracks SLO County relinquishes local control to the State

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By NICHOLAS MATTSON

pen, open, open. The spectre of the now-defunct Mervyn’s ad spot returns in an ironic echo of both a time of in-person shopping and also a surging anticipation of California commerce to awake from a spring suppression.

Longtime residents of San Luis Obispo County remember the Madonna Plaza as the go-to for shopping. Today, the SLO Ralphs grocery store inhabits the building where Mervyn’s stood — open, as one of the few businesses allowed to remain open by the SLO County shelter-at-home order.

Other businesses in the shopping center — along with thousands of retail businesses in the county — begin a modified opening according to the latest guidelines from the State, instead of what was expected to be a green light of the SLO County SMART Guide.

“A week ago, we were expecting the governor to say ‘execute your plan,’” Horton said. “It was thoughtful, very deliberate, it was responsible, and there was tremendous community input in that plan.”

However, the speed the county was planning to reopen was reduced by the State’s pace car known as the “Resilience Roadmap” that now governs all commerce in California.

On May 8, the State lifted restrictions on some retail in California with modifications in accordance with health standards and measures to continue suppression of the spread of COVID-19.

SLO County had presented the START Guide in anticipation of state authorization to self-manage the reopening of the local community and economy.

For the time being, the effort was for naught and the START Guide comes to a stop.

At Friday’s public briefing, SLO County Emergency Services Directory Wade Horton announced his disappointment about the plan’s rejection by the state.

“Our focus has been to ‘bend the curve’ and create the health capacity necessary,” Horton said. “We’ve also focused on safely opening our community and society.”

The START Guide represented a collaborative effort by county stakeholders and elected officials to provide a reopening framework specific to SLO County, but ultimately needed the State’s approval.

“The governor has not given us the ability to move forward with our guide,” Horton said, “and has since outlined his own roadmap for reopening, which is available online at covid19.ca.gov.”

Horton wore dejection on his sleeve as he reported information as related from the state and applicable

to the county.

“The County has not been granted local control to implement our START Guide,” Horton said. “We remain under State control and subject to the governor’s Resilience Road Map. The governor will enforce his road map through State regulatory bodies.”

Without state approval the START Guide is officially dead.

“I am disappointed by this outcome,” Horton said.

“We had great hope, alongside you, that we would be moving forward to reopen more of our workspaces and community spaces. The governor’s road map is still being updated, but based on what is published, it will be a longer path to reopening and it will delay the reopening of certain businesses along different timelines.”

One of the most clamored-for industry sectors in SLO County has been salons and beauty shops, which was targeted by California Governor Gavin Newsom as an early source of community spread of COVID-19.

Horton continued to be the bearer of bad news.

“Churches, salons, wineries, and barbershops will not be opening up in the governor’s stage two at this time,” Horton said, before shifting to couched optimism. “We will continue to advocate and make the case to the state for a safe, reasonable, and responsible path for reopening.”

Under the state plan, curbside retail is considered a low-risk sector, and the planning and logistics industries that support retail are also authorized to begin operation.

While the state road map supersedes all other reopening plans in foreseeable future, it does allow for local control for “certain jurisdictions who meet specified criteria” to open in-store retail and in-restaurant dining as early as next week. SLO County hopes to be on the first round of counties authorized to move ahead in stage two.

Today, the SLO County Board of Supervisors approved the attestation that details how San Luis Obispo county meets the criteria set by the state in order to move futher into stage two of the State roadmap.

“Once we have more details from the governor, we will provide notification of when in-store retail and in-store dining can begin operations,” Horton said.

The county will not renew the current shelter-athome order, which has been in place since March 16.

“Up to this point, we maintained a county order for some measure of local control and local interpretation,” Horton said. “With the governor’s direction to proceed with a statewide plan, a county order will no longer be needed.”

On May 16, the County order is set to expire, at which time the state order will exclusively govern all local reopening procedures and regulations.

“We will continue to update you on the allowances for loosening restrictions as we are granted the ability to do so,” Horton said.

Of the multitude of appearances for Horton at the podium during this COVID-19 pandemic, he faced the public today bearing his most exasperated demeanor.

County Health Officer Dr. Penny Borenstein relieved Horton at the podium to give her thriceweekly update on the health status of the county, and reinforced some of the information Horton delivered.

“Parts of the County plan we had hoped to move forward, we cannot at this time,” Borenstein said. “We had some elements in our START Guide we were ready and willing to move forward more quickly, but at this time we are taking a pause.”

The news was not all bad for local businesses, as the state’s stage two offers relief for business and industry to begin reopening, so long as the county can gain state approval.

“Also in the governor’s stage two is modified order for schools and childcare, outdoor museums, car washes, pet grooming ... a number of areas under the governor’s stage two that we would be able to fully attest to our readiness,” Borenstein said.

Borenstein reiterated the criteria by which she attested to SLO County’s readiness, including epidemiologic metrics, essential worker protections, hospital capacity, plan for vulnerable populations in case of illness, regional perspective, and a plan for control of infection from out-of-county visitors.

“We have looked at that attestation form, completed it, and submitted it already to the state health department,” Borenstein said.

The optimism the county officials were riding last week was now couched with more realistic expectations that the state is holding to strict observation of criteria. That may pose a problem for the county’s attestation.

“There is one metric that is still under discussion at the state, because we don’t meet it in its purest terms,” Borenstein said, “and that is the number of cases we have seen in a 14-day period.”

The State criteria for moving more quickly through stage two requires that a 14-period is measured in which there are no deaths and no more than one case of COVID-19 per 10,000 residents. With 280,000 residents in SLO County, it requires that our county see no more than 28 cases of COVID-19 in two weeks — an average of no more than 2 per day. Currently, the county’s two-week total is 49.

The conflict of interest between health and economy that has persisted since day one of the state shelter orders will continue to be a point of contention between those on both sides of the “reopening” argument as the state criteria has now codified the number to beat.

However, Borenstein said SLO County is pushing the state to overlook the hard statistics of the criteria, and approve SLO County moving deeper into stage two based on the “spirit” of the criteria. She said the County’s testing of congregate populations,

including those in CMC and those in households where a known case is under quarantined, has proven to increase positive tests for individuals showing mild or no symptoms.

“What I have attested to ... is that if you look only at our cases that are community transmission, new sources of infection, or travel-associated infections and exclude those congregate settings or household transmission where we already had people under quarantine, then we do meet the criteria,” Borenstein said.

But there is another place the county fails to meet the criteria from the state, and that is the minimum of at least 1.5 daily tests per 1,000 residents, which the county falls short of by about 30 percent.

Borenstein explained the shortfall.

“That element of the state attestation form allowed for a consideration of justification for why we are not at that measure of 1.5 per 1,000,” Borenstein said. “We are at 1.1 per 1,000, not 1.5, and the reason I think for the time being that is adequate because we are not even filling all the testing slots we have available right now ... we are continuing to move in the right direction.”

Dr. Borenstein affirmed her confidence that anyone who may show symptoms and need testing can get tested, and providing for more testing in areas of the population that may not be reached with the current availability.

“I do not feel the testing capacity is any less than ... available to anyone who has this disease at this time,” Borenstein said.

The state guidelines of 1.5 per 1,000 residents equates to at least 420 tests per day for the county.

According to the attestation, SLO County is regularly testing about 300 per day.

The two new sites — Paso Robles and Grover Beach — are capable of testing 264 per day combined, in addition to the County lab and 11 urgent care facilities in the county.

“It’s reassuring for us that with the additional testing we have not seen an increased number of positive cases,” Borenstein said, “and that goes back to my point about the one important metric for us is ‘what percentage of all those who are tested have this disease?’ If we have a low positive rate, that is a reassuring sign.”

Borenstein has continually led SLO County with an attitude of moving aggressively toward a reopening based on her assessment of the county health — which has been glowing, despite challenges from the state.

“We are leaning forward again, as far as we can as fast as we can in our phased reopening,” Borenstein said.

The Board of Supervisors, as well as the county’s two hospital systems — Tenet and Dignity — wrote letters of support for the County moving forward.

“We are waiting to hear back from the state health department as to our attestation, as well as our containment plan that was submitted along with it,” Borenstein said, but stated she was unaware of the timeline for processing.

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which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ M&J VIRK CORPORATION, MUNINDER S VIRK, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County on 04/10/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: N/A CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

TOMMY GONG, County Clerk

By ABAUTISTA, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/10/2025 PUB: 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13/2020 LEGAL CM 367 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No 20200770 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS/ARE DOING BUSINESS AS: THE CANYON VILLA, 1455 KILER CANYON ROAD, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446-3718, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: A CORPORATION: BLOXCART HOSPITALITY GROUP, 1455 KILER CANYON ROAD, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446-3718 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization CALIFORNIA I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ BLOXCART HOSPITALITY GROUP, WILLIAM CARTER, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County on 04/10/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: 4/02/2015 CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

TOMMY GONG, County Clerk

By ABAUTISTA, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/10/2025 PUB: 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13/2020 LEGAL CM 368 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No 20200742 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS/ARE DOING BUSINESS AS: BUBBA DUMP ROLL-OFF, 3200 SPRING ST. UNIT 1, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: AN INDIVIDUAL: BRUCE RODEN, 3200 SPRING ST., UNIT 1, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ BRUCE RODEN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County on 04/03/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: N/A CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

TOMMY GONG, County Clerk

By ABAUTISTA, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/03/2025 PUB: 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13/2020 LEGAL CM 369 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No 20200811 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS/ARE DOING BUSINESS AS: MID COAST MAINTENANCE, 421 APPALOOSA DR., PASO ROBLES, CA 93446, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: A MARRIED COUPLE: DOUGLAS F VOSHAL, 811 SPRING ST #116, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446, CHRISTINE M VOSHAL, 811 SPRING ST #116, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ DOUGLAS VOSHAL, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of

San Luis Obispo County on 04/21/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: 04/19/2020 CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

TOMMY GONG, County Clerk

By JAANDERSON, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/21/2025 PUB: 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27/2020 LEGAL CM 373 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No 20200755 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS/ARE DOING BUSINESS AS: OMNIA ROSE TATTOO COMPANY / JADED BROWS, 898 MAIN ST STE. B, MORRO BAY, CA 93442, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: OMNIA ROSE TATTOO COMPANY LLC, 2403 COUNTRY LN, SANTA MARIA, CA 93455 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization CALIFORNIA I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ OMNIA ROSE TATTOO COMPANY LLC, TAYLOR RODRIGUES-PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County on 04/08/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: 10/19/2019 CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

TOMMY GONG, County Clerk

By SKING, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/08/2025 PUB: 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27/2020 LEGAL CM 374 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No 20200809 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS/ARE DOING BUSINESS AS: CHRISTOPHER E. HALLQUIST HALLQUIST BACKFLOW TESTING AND REPAIR, 4200 LOBOS AVE, ATASCADERO, CA 93422, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: AN INDIVIDUAL: CHRISTOPHER E. HALLQUIST, 4200 LOBOS AVE, ATASCADERO, CA 93422 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ CHRISTOPHER E. HALLQUIST This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County on 04/21/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: 7-10-2009 CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

TOMMY GONG, County Clerk

By JAANDERSON, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/21/2025 PUB: 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27/2020 LEGAL CM 375 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No 20200855 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS/ARE DOING BUSINESS AS: SYNERGY VETERINARY SERVICES, 2291 WOOD DUCK LANE, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: AN INDIVIDUAL: KELLY KRAMBS, DVM, 2291 WOOD DUCK LANE, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization CA I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ KELLY KRAMBS, DVM, OWNER, SUPERVISOR This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County on 04/28/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: 04/25/2020 CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement

on file in my office.

TOMMY GONG, County Clerk

By GUGALDE, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/28/2025 PUB: 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27/2020 LEGAL CM 377 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No 20200866 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS/ARE DOING BUSINESS AS: HUSH - HARBOR ARTISAN BAKERY AND CAFE, 5735 EL CAMINO REAL, ATASCADERO, CA 93422 SUITE N., SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: AN INDIVIDUAL: DONNIE MONROE, 8401 SANTA ROSA RD, ATASCADERO, CA 93422 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ DONNIE MONROE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County on 04/28/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: 9/30/2002 CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

TOMMY GONG, County Clerk

By GUGALDE, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/28/2025 PUB: 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3/2020 LEGAL CM 378 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No 20200824 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS/ARE DOING BUSINESS AS: STRAIGHT OUT OF PASO, 3550 COMBINE ST., PASO ROBLES, CA 93446, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: A CORPORATION: OSO’S EMPIRE INC, 3550 COMBINE ST, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization CALIFORNIA I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ OSO’S EMPIRE INC, EDGAR TORRES, SECRETARY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County on 04/23/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: 4/20/2020 CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

TOMMY GONG, County Clerk

By JAANDERSON, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/23/2025 PUB: 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3/2020 LEGAL CM 379 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No 20200832 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS/ARE DOING BUSINESS AS: BONE CRUSHING AND EXTRACTION COMPANY; KILER RIDGE; KILER RIDGE OLIVE FARM, 1111 KILER CANYON RD., PASO ROBLES, CA 93446, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: A MARRIED COUPLE: MARY AUDREY BURNAM, 424 PEACHTREE LANE, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446, GREGORY ALAN BONE, 424 PEACHTREE LANE, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ M. AUDREY BURNAM This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County on 04/24/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: 4/1/2005 CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

TOMMY GONG, County Clerk

By SNEGRETE, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/24/2025 PUB: 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3/2020 LEGAL CM 380

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NEW FILE NO. 20200842 OLD FILE NUMBER. 20190855 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S) TO BE ABANDONED: LAKE LIFE 805, 4777 TUMBLEWEED WAY, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY. THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME WAS FILED IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY ON: 04/01/2019 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) HAVE ABANDONED THE USE OF THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME: LAKE LIFE 805 LLC, 4777 TUMBLEWEED WAY, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.: SIGNATURE OF REGISTRANT: LAKE LIFE 805 LLC, JENNIFER TANORE, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY ON: 04/27/2020 CERTIFICATION I HERBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. TOMMY GONG, COUNTY CLERK

BY GUGALDE, DEPUTY CLERK PUB: 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3/2020 LEGAL CM 381 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No 20200821 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS/ARE DOING BUSINESS AS: CANDI’S VACATION RENTALS & CLEANING, 555 SAN JUAN RD, SHANDON, CA 93461, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: AN INDIVIDUAL: CANDI SUE BLOCK, 555 SAN JUAN ROAD, SHANDON, CA 93461 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ CANDI BLOCK, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County on 04/22/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: 04/01/2017 CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

TOMMY GONG, County Clerk

By JAANDERSON, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/22/2025 PUB: 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3/2020 LEGAL CM 382 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No 20200840 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS/ARE DOING BUSINESS AS: KIM THE NOTARY, 1214 CAMINO DEL ROBLE, ATASCADERO, CA 93422, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: AN INDIVIDUAL: KIM ELLIOTT, 1214 CAMINO DEL ROBLE, ATASCADERO, CA 93422 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ KIM ELLIOTT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County on 04/27/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: 10/01/2019 CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

TOMMY GONG, County Clerk

By GUGALDE, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/27/2025 PUB: 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3/2020 LEGAL CM 384 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No 20200868 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS/ARE DOING BUSINESS AS: CHELY INSURANCE SERVICES, 731 21ST ST SUITE D, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: KAR SERVICES LLC, 731 21ST ST SUITE D, PASO ROBLES, CA 93446 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization CA

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ KAR SERVICES LLC, ARACELI RENDON, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County on 04/29/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: 05/04/2015 CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

TOMMY GONG, County Clerk

By SKING, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/29/2025 PUB: 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3/2020 LEGAL CM 385 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No 20200805 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS/ARE DOING BUSINESS AS: TRUE HOME ESSENCE, 67 SOUTH ST., SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93401, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: AN INDIVIDUAL: BROOKLYN FARR, 67 SOUTH ST., SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93401 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ BROOKLYN FARR This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County on 04/21/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: APRIL 12, 2020 CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

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By NBALSEIRO, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/21/2025 PUB: 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3/2020 LEGAL CM 387 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No 20200874 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS/ARE DOING BUSINESS AS: INFINITE HEALTH, 8935 MORRO RD SUITE 1, ATASCADERO, CA 93422, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: AN INDIVIDUAL: RAINEE LEHR, 10725 ESCONDIDO RD, ATASCADERO, CA 93422 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows is false is guilty of a crime.) /S/ RAINEE LEHR, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County on 04/30/2020 TRANSACTING BUSINESS DATE: 06/20/2011 CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

TOMMY GONG, County Clerk

By EBROOKHART, Deputy New Fictitious Business Name Statement, Expires 04/30/2025 PUB: 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3/2020 LEGAL CM 388 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE AND OF INTENTION TO TRANSFER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE (UCC Sec. 6101 et seq. and B

& P 24073 et seq.)

Escrow No. 128758-SH NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale of assets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license is about to be made. The name(s) and business address of the Seller(s)/Licensee(s) are: BONITA B. PETERSON, 1414 PINE ST., PASO ROBLES, CA 93446 Doing Business as: TOUCH OF PASO RESTAURANT All other business names(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s)/licensee(s) within the past three years, as stated by the Seller(s)/Licensee(s), is/are: NONE The name(s) and address of the Buyer(s)/Applicant(s) is/ are: COUNTRY TOUCH CAFÉ LLC, 1414 PINE ST., PASO ROBLES, CA 93446 The assets being sold are generally described as: LEASEHOLD INTEREST AND IMPROVEMENTS, FURNITURE, FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT, TRADE NAME, GOODWILL, AND ABC LICENSE 41 and is/are located at: 1414 PINE ST., PASO ROBLES, CA 93446 The type of license to be transferred is/are: #249540, 41-ON-SALE BEER AND WINE-EATING PLACE now issued for the premises located at: SAME The bulk sale and transfer of alcoholic beverage license(s) is/are intended to be consummated at the office of: EON ESCROW INC, 3700 WILSHIRE BLVD #1005, LOS ANGELES, CA 90010 and the anticipated sale date is JUNE 12, 2020 The purchase price or consideration in connection with the sale of the business and transfer of the license, is the sum of $15,000.00 including inventory estimated at $3,000.00, which consists of the following: DESCRIPTION, AMOUNT: CASH $15,000.00 It has been agreed between the Seller(s)/Licensee(s) and the intended Buyer(s)/Transferee(s), as required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions code, that the consideration for transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Dated: 3/13/2020 SELLERS: BONITA B. PETERSON BUYERS: COUNTRY TOUCH CAFÉ LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LA2520870 PASO ROBLES PRESS 5/13/2020 PUB: 5/13/2020 LEGAL CM 383

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Wineries Participate in Virtual Wine 4 Paws Fundraiser Pleasant Valley Wine Trail Donates $5,747 to Woods Humane Society Terra, Locatelli Vineyards, Ranchita Canyon Vineyard, Riverstar Vineyards, Tackitt Family Vineyards, Villa San Juliette and Vino Vargas

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n May 5, the wineries of Pleasant Valley Wine Trail donated $5,747 to Woods Humane Society. Participating members raised funds during the virtual Wine 4 Paws fundraiser event.

“The Pleasant Valley Wine Trail always comes together for Wine 4 Paws weekend, and this year they did not waiver in their support. I know most of the Pleasant Valley Wine Trail wineries are small, and it took a lot of effort to move ahead with the event in the virtual format. This year was a wonderful reminder that no matter what the situation is when we work together, we can truly make a difference!” said Sarah Tomasetti, Director of Wine 4 Paws.

Although the wineries were not able to offer tastings, nor hold events due to Covid-19, members still saw the importance of supporting the annual fundraiser for homeless pets. Participating winery members donated a portion of online and pickup wine sales during the weekend virtual Wine 4 Paws event.

Knowing it is going to be a challenging year for Woods Humane Society, several wineries contributed their funds to the

About Woods Humane Society Founded in 1955, Woods Humane Society has proudly served the homeless animals of San Luis Obispo County for 64 years. Woods Humane Society is a privately funded, non‐ profit, animal sheltering and welfare organization, based in San Luis Obispo that annually places over 3,000 dogs and cats into loving homes.

Visit woodshumane.org to donate or learn more.

donation, and others offered substantial contributions from special pet-themed label promotions.

Each year Tackitt Family Vineyards, with the help of their wine club, produces a unique label featuring a pet, made exclusively for Wine 4 Paws. This year’s “Lincoln’s Rambunctious Red” was sold out before the fundraiser event began.

“We are so grateful for our friends who showed their support for Wine4Paws this

year; we are truly humbled.” owner Leon Tackitt, Tackitt Family Vineyards, said.

Other special promotions included custom printed labels featuring pet photos emailed by customers at Lusso Della Terra, and at Bon Niche Cellars, labels featuring pets “Chair” Chardonnay and Birdland’s “Naughty Kitty” added to the group’s contribution.

Participating wineries included Bon Niche Cellars, Cinquain Cellars, Four Sisters Ranch, Graveyard Vineyards, Lusso Della

About Pleasant Valley Wine Trail The Pleasant Valley Wine Trail includes 13 wineries and 4 associate members: Bon Niche Cellars, Cinquain Cellars, Four Sisters Ranch, Graveyard Vineyards, Hearst Ranch Winery, Lusso Della Terra, Locatelli Vineyards, Mystic Hills, Ranchita Canyon Vineyard, Riverstar Vineyards, Tackitt Family Vineyards, Villa San Juliette and Vino Vargas.

Associate members include Cava Robles RV Resort, Hartley Farms, Vines RV Resort and Wine Country RV Resort.

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See Spot Run… and Why It Matters

Ways to Keep Your Housebound Hound Healthy a hallway, basement, or backyard. Grab your dog’s favorite soft toy, give it a toss, except this time, race your dog to retrieve it. ou’re probably spending more couch time • If you have stairs and your dog is mobile, go with your pooch these days, which can up and down the stairs with them twice a lead to larger waistlines and stiffer joints, day for about five to 10 minutes. for you and your best friend.

• If the weather is nice and you have a terrace, Chad Dodd, a veterinarian for YuMOVE (a backyard, or feel like getting outdoors, power clinically proven hip and joint supplement for walk around the area. Add in some intervals dogs), says, “Eighty percent of dogs over seven of jogging, sprinting, or lunges to spice it up. have joint and mobility conditions, but now is the time better to manage our dog’s exercise 5 Signs of Stiff Joints and overall mobility.”

• A change in the way your dog walks or runs, Here are some of Dr. Dodd’s top tips to keep different posture, or slowing down on their your pup mobile & healthy: daily walk.

• Reluctance to jump up or down onto the 5 Activity Tips sofa (or somewhere they’re allowed to • No matter what size house or apartment, jump). find 15 minutes twice a day, and walk at a • Slow or struggling to get up after rest. decent pace through your home with your dog. It gets your pet and you moving.

• Play hide and seek. Hide some kibble or favorite toys around your home and let your dog find them.

• Play tag with your dog. This can be done in

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• Avoiding or nervous on slippery surfaces, such as laminate floors.

• Licking at their joints.

5 Mobility Tips

• Consider making changes to your home environment to make it easier for your dog to move about. Non-slip mats and ramps on the stairs can make a real difference.

• Make sure they are at the right weight for their breed. 52% of dogs with joint problems are also overweight.

• Keep them active and moving. Staying active is a big part of being able to stay active – and we all know how Fido loves to run, jump, and play.

• Think about their joint supplement options – is your dog getting the right level of joint support for their age? Look out for high Omega 3 levels, such as ActivEase Green Lipped Mussel.

• Talk to your veterinarian, and they can advise on a suitable management plan including the above, and options, such as hydrotherapy.

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TEACHER APPRECIATION CONTINUED FROM A1

Prior to the closure, Pickard said, the program was seeing a lot of success, with dual enrollment with Cuesta College, the first ag mechanics program to get A through G fine art credit for the college-bound students.

“This closure has opened my mind to things we could always do better,” Pickard said. “The last couple weeks have been brainstorming ways to look at our current situation, how can we improve when we do go back [to school]. It was a really good stopping point to take a look at that.

I’m trying to turn this negative into a positive, so when we do go back to school the students yet again get the best education out of the welding program at Paso Robles High School.”

The impact on high school seniors was sudden and disorienting as the spring semester crashed into COVID-19. For welding students, there was a financial investment that will be more difficult to recover than in years past. Pickard said that some of the seniors who purchased metal would enroll in the Cuesta College course he teaches, an opportunity for those seniors to recover some of what was lost. classified employee of the year Erika Tidwell, Daniel Lewis Middle School Secretary PRJUSD Bio: Erika is a quiet, humble, calm leader in our office. She constantly has a smile on her face and goes the extra mile to support teachers, students, parents, and staff alike. She is a wonderful resource in solving problems and maintaining fluid systems with a focus on the maintenance of a healthy and safe environment for kids and high levels of customer service. Erika sometimes goes unnoticed as she takes care of so many small and large problems on campus with no expectation for attention or recognition. Erika Tidwell is amazing, and our school would not be the same without her. We are very fortunate and grateful to have her a part of our staff. “[The award] meant the world to me,”Tidwell said. “It was amazing to be recognized by all my coworkers and peers and everyone at the district — for doing my job.”

As the recipient of a highly visible award, Tidwell said she felt honored, but that it was all in a day’s work.

“I don’t feel like I’m going over and beyond, but obviously they felt I am able to do that and more,” Tidwell said. “I was really grateful to get it for my site.”

As a primary manager for Lewis Middle School, Tidwell was challenged to pivot and provide support for the LMS student population as it adjusted to online learning.

“I feel like we have done an amazing job,” Tidwell said. “Administrators and staff have been extremely supportive in how to help us and guide us in taking steps, what we can do, how to reach kids, and keep us in communication.”

Tidwell said the closure of the schools made her job more challenging, as was a common refrain from those who made the sudden pivot to distance education.

“I see kids that have different needs or meeting counselors or kids needing that extra support in different areas,” Tidwell said, “being able to connect with them, guide them, that has changed.”

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loves Ms. Maggie. She is a strong, visible leader who impacts the lives of students.

Maggie listens to her staff, leads, and cares for us. Maggie is a wonderful principal for our Pandas. She has worked in our district for over 20 years as a teacher, guidance specialist and principal. She is the heart and soul of the school and leads with kindness and innovation.

“It has been a really special year,” Tatman said. “It has definitely been a year of adventure and fun in a lot of ways. Our site has an amazing culture and community of students and families, and teachers that work together.”

As a first-year principal, there were expected ups and downs in getting through a rookie season, but nothing in the handbook had COVID-19 directions. Tatman said her special family of students, teachers, and parents made it all happen.

“We have really risen to the occasion amidst all the chaos,” Tatman said. “In some ways, it has unified us even more. Our families have gone above and beyond to make our teachers feel special this week — and to make me feel special and very honored.” student services employee of the year Mario Holland (Psychologist) PRJUSD Bio: Mario is an amazing psychologist. He is literally hands-on all the time. He has developed relationships with the students and is instrumental not just for testing but correcting behavior.

He finds joy in working with the students.

He has a kind heart but is not afraid of having the tough talks. He has such care for his clients. He came to the rescue to a field trip with one of my students. His intervention made a difference with not just that student but the students who were also on the field trip. He follows up and makes plans for the students he works with.

“It is difficult,” Holland said of the closure. “I really want to be there for the students, and doing the best I can. Calling them, making Google Meets ... but I can’t wait for this to all blow over.”

Holland’s usual course of action would be to tour his sites — Pat Butler and Georgia Brown — and check on his students.

“I don’t like being in my office,” Holland said. “I am always in the classrooms, checking in on students on my workload.”

Taking school psychology virtual has been challenging.

“It is hard to keep their attention for five minutes,” Holland said.

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Per Governor Newsom, as early as Friday, May 8, retail businesses may open for curbside pickup or delivery. He also announced a new framework that would allow low-risk counties to move more quickly through the reopening phases.

On Friday, May 1, SLO County issued “The Start Guide: Steps to Adapt and Move Forward Together.” The county’s guide to reopen contains three phases for reopening. Currently, we are in a pre-phase one.

Local epidemiological data and SLO County’s Health Care capacity shows that we are ready to move forward. Three things must happen before the county officially moves into Phase One. First, the state must lift the stay at home order.

Second, the state needs to allow for more local control. And third, the county must issue another executive order to move into Phase One. If the county were to move

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“They are home with distractions.”

From at-home distractions to overcoming concerns, uncertainty and fear, the job of a psychologist is more challenging and more necessary during a pandemic.

“The way the pandemic is portrayed, the kids are afraid they will get sick or contract a virus, and the family would get sick,” Holland said. “What we did as a district is tackle that and show them coping strategies, ask questions, and they can always reach us — the mental health therapists, psychologists, and teachers.”

With dozens of specific students on his caseload, he has his hands full, but he said he keeps his eye on the entire population of students.

“How I see it, is that I have 600 students that I see,” Holland said.

“From general ed to special education.” rookie of the year Anthony Overton, Paso Robles High School Principal This is Anthony Overton’s first full year as a principal, he taught in our district for years. He was a terrific teacher, activities director and assistant principal. Anthony has been doing a wonderful job clearly communicating with the staff, juggling many responsibilities at PRHS. Anthony has made use of technologies our district has adopted to ensure all teachers access weekly communications (created a google classroom to share docs with us). It has been an incredible year at our site with unprecedented upheaval at the district, Anthony has kept a steady hand at the wheel and is doing an excellent job keeping our staff directed at our core values. He is an advocate for students, staff, and the Paso Robles community.

We look forward to many, many years of his leadership.

There is nothing like a once-ina-lifetime pandemic and national lockdown to welcome a rookie high school principal to the fold.

“As a first-year principal, my first

year has been full of lots of crazy things, and it is fitting it would end on some other crazy note,” Overton jested.

Halfway through his first year, coming back from an otherwise normal winter break, Overton was tasked to lead his school through an unprecedented closure during an already tumultuous year.

“It was a surprise, but it wasn’t,” Overton said about the closure.

“Living on the Central Coast and the number of cases we had makes it hard to see the global pandemic in general.”

One of the most challenging parts of the school closure for Overton was the communication.

“We are so accustomed to seeing each other,” Overton said. “In public education, we are people-people. We got into this to work with kids and make an impact on lives. None of us imagined that impact was going to be done remotely or through video camera.”

As the weather warms and the state takes steps toward recovery, attention has been directed to the 2020 graduating class, with the big question of what that will look like.

“At this point, our community has a lot of hope of being able to have that celebration with friends and family,” Overton said, “and we have created a plan. We are still holding out for something that resembles a traditional graduation. But we know, the unknown is out there, and we are gearing up to provide a celebration no matter what happens.”

Unanswered questions are lingering around graduation, and traditional graduation may not be possible for 2020, the year of COVID-19.

“The message to our seniors is that we are here for them,” Overton said. “We are trying to do the best by everybody and honor what they have done. I look forward to seeing them one last time, and see them off into their future.”

OLIVE FESTIVAL CONTINUED FROM A1

at this time, due to COVID-19, Main Street was hesitant to release any tentative dates. However, after several vendors and attendees reached out, the Board of Directors collectively decided to announce the plausible reschedule and introduce the 2020 Olive & Lavender Festival tentatively set for August 22.

Main Street’s focus and priority is the safety and wellbeing of our community, attendees, sponsors, and volunteers. “We really want to have something our community can look forward to, but we want to ensure safety at the same time,” said Board President Margaret Holstein. Mayor Steve Martin, shared his support for the tentative date by reaching out to Main Streets Marketing Director Gina Grieb by email. Mayor Martin shared, “I know Main Street, with its boundless optimism, is pressing on during this difficult time. Never have its basic tenets been more needed in our community. People need to believe that those things that are inherent “Paso Robles” will not be forgotten or abandoned. As someone with a personal history serving merchants in two North

forward with their plan, personal care businesses like salons and gyms would open sooner than they would under the state’s plan.

Until the county receives approval from the State, SLO county will follow the State of California’s plan for reopening.

For more information on the county’s Start Guide, visit readySLO.org.

Due to social distancing, downtown Paso Robles has been fairly vacant. What does this mean for the new parking meters?

Well, the less the meters are used, the less the city pays to Dixon Resources. Paso Robles parking contract with Dixon Resources is billed by the hour depending on how much they are used rather than a flat monthly fee.

Per Police Chief Ty Lewis, no citations are being made for parking meter violations. This may continue until more normalcy is seen again in downtown Paso Robles.

While COVID-19 takes over our conversations, the city of Paso Robles is beginning to see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.

County cities, I would like to offer whatever help I can to further Main Street’s efforts to keep our downtown economy intact and thriving.”

Mayor Martin ended with, “Things are always darkest just before the dawn. Rise and shine, Paso!”

Main Street will continue to work closely with the City and keep everyone informed of any changes and/or confirmations via email, social media, and their website.

While abiding with the shelterin-place, the committees are coming together, virtually, for now, tentatively planning an exciting full day of olive and lavender festivities for all to enjoy.

For more updates and information, visit their website at pasoroblesdowntown.org.

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