Paso Robles Press • April 14, 2022

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Paso Robles Art in the Park April Showing Success Paso Robles School District Moves Forward with Aquatics Complex The district also approved to move forward with architect agreement for Georgia Brown campus rebuild By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com Approximately 7,000 attendees visited artist booths at this year’s Paso Robles Art in the Park Downtown Paso Robles last weekend. Photo by Rick Evans/PRP

City Park last weekend to enjoy The next Art in the Park show will be on this year’s Paso Robles Art in the Park. Oct. 15 and 16 After two years, the Paso By CAMILLE DEVAUL Robles Art in the Park was camille@pasoroblespress.com finally able to bring back its April showing. Steve Powers PA S O RO B LES — produces the Art in the Park Approximately 7,000 people show in the Paso Robles City showed up at the Paso Robles Park twice a year. However,

both shows were canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions, only to return in October 2021. Powers has been directing art shows in California since 1975. He first became involved with art shows when he started selling his handmade leather belts at shows during

his college years. “I have a lot of good help,” Powers said, “a good show manager and a support team.” Both Saturday and Sunday saw about 3,000 people each day, making it a very successful day for artists. Powers was told by several artists who attended the October 2021 show that

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they were able to triple their sales. Many of the fine artists were able to sell their original work, estimated at around $7,000. Powers only allows original art in the show. All items are handcrafted by the artist, who is with their work in the park. CONTINUED ON PAGE A16

PASO ROBLES — The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District met for a regular meeting on Tuesday, April 12. The district has moved to a new platform for its school board agendas. The new platform can be found at simbli. eboardsolutions.com/Index. aspx?S=36030368 CONTINUED ON PAGE A16

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Aaron Bergh Named Distillers of SLO County President Bergh is founder of Calwise Spirits in Paso Robles By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com

PASO ROBLES — Aaron Bergh, master distiller, president, and founder of Calwise Spirits in Paso Robles, has been named the new president of Distillers of SLO County. “It’s an honor to be able to help this group continue to grow and put Paso Robles on the map as the premier place in California for craft spirits,” said Bergh. The Distillers of SLO County website says they are “an affiliation of farmers, winemakers, brewers, bartenders, chemists and overall spirit enthusiasts with the common interest of crafting world-class distillates

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in the heart of the Paso Robles, wine regions, and beyond.” The association has been around for about eight years, and Bergh joined four years ago after open- Zoo vet tech Flavia Parotti is shown with a 5-month-old prehensile-tailed porcupine. Photo By Camille DeVaul/PRP ing the Calwise Spirits location on Ramada Drive. “Over the past four years, I’ve had a chance to see it [the asso- The zoo’s Spring zoo babies on Monday, April they are young,” he said. 11, to kick off their Spring ciation] grow and participate in Born about one week ago, the Festival runs now Festival, which is happening radiated tortoises are native to growing it,” Bergh added. San Luis Obispo County, through April 24 all through April. Madagascar. By CAMILLE DEVAUL Next, Flavia Parotti, vet tech especially Paso Robles, has been Zoo Director Alan Baker, camille@pasoroblespress.com began by introducing some at the zoo, introduced a baby known for its wine, but some craft distillers are becoming radiated tortoises roadrunner who was approximore and more popular in the ATA S C A D E R O — “Many of the species we mately 32 days old on Monday. Zookeepers at the Charles have here at the zoo are criti- The roadrunner’s parents, native area. “Paso Robles has become Paddock Zoo in Atascadero cally endangered, and they need to California and on exhibit CONTINUED ON PAGE A16 introduced some of their new special care, particularly when in the zoo, were not properly

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taking care of their eggs. So, zookeepers took over, and their first roadrunner was finally born. The baby roadrunner and tortoises will not be on exhibit until they are old enough to be independent. Last to be introduced was a 5-month-old prehensile-tailed CONTINUED ON PAGE A16

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