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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
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5th Annual Cornhole Showdown
Time for Citywide General Plan Update An extensive and comprehensive process allows the opportunity to evaluate many important factors By RACHELLE RICKARD Atascadero City Manager
Coming Soon! The City of Atascadero is very pleased to announce that it’s now time to begin the process to update our General Plan, so be on the lookout for more information from us in the upcoming months, and then be sure to share your thoughts and have your say in helping to shape the future of Atascadero! The extensive and comprehensive General Plan Update process is when we have the opportunity to evaluate important factors such as the expected long-term growth of our community, available resources, the health and safety of our residents, and a host of other essential topics. The process will help us to gauge our community’s values and reflect on past policies. This will be our “roadmap” to where we want to be in 20 years and how we plan to get there. As a brief history lesson and timeline of how our City was imagined and shaped so far: • 1913 - Founder, E.G., Lewis planned and established the Colony of Atascadero • 1968 - County of SLO adopted a General Plan (GP) for unincorporated Atascadero • 1978 - County Board of Supervisors adopted Atascadero’s GP update • 1979 - Residents of Atascadero voted in favor of incorporation • 1980 - Newly elected Planning Commission updated the GP, with another update in 1992 • 2002 –The City’s current GP was adopted, with minor updates in 2004, 2008, 2016, and 2021 Atascadero’s current General Plan includes elements that can be compared to chapters of a book. Each element contains a general introduction along with a set of Goals, Policies, and Programs designed to guide growth while preserving resources and commuCONTINUED ON PAGE A15
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The City of Atascadero’s 5th Annual Cornhole Showdown was a huge success with over 160 participants and raising $6,000 to help local youth with the support Knights of Columbus and Kiwanis Club of Atascadero. Contributed photo
Two-day tournament raised $6,000 for local youth
by Knights of Columbus and Kiwanis Club of Atascadero, kicked off the event on Friday, Sept. 17, at the Ravine Waterpark By PATRICK PATTON in Paso Robles and then wrapped up on patrick@atascaderonews.com Saturday, Sept. 18, at the Sunken Gardens in Atascadero. NORTH COUNTY — The 5th Annual There were 64 teams and 160 particiShowdown Cornhole Tournament spon- pants in this year’s two-day tournament, sored by the City of Atascadero, presented with approximately 300 spectators cheer-
ing on the contenders. The Cornhole participants attending the event were from San Luis Obispo County, San Diego, the Bay Area, and the Central Valley. Friday’s event consisted of an 8-team Round Robin Toss at the Ravine’s miniature golf course, in which 16 of the 64 teams competed. The main Showdown followed on
Saturday at the Sunken Gardens, where the 8-Team Round Robin Toss took place in the morning before a break for lunch. Attendees enjoyed music from Deja-vu Band and DJ Manuel Medina with Medina Light Show & Designs and burgers from the Kiwanis Club of Atascadero, and drinks CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
EDUCATION
HEALTH & FITNESS
North County Pilates Celebrates 15 Years Anniversary celebration on Oct. 8 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
AUSD School Board Highlights Increase in Elementary Attendance
By CAMILLE DeVAUL camille@atascaderonews.com
ATASCADERO — On Oct. 6, North County Pilates (NCP) will celebrate 15 years of helping their clients feel their best. Owner and Pilates instructor Melissa Barton fell in love with Pilates over 15 years ago when she found it relieved her chronic pain from an injury when she was a teenager. Barton has combined her Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology from Cal Poly with training from the prestigious BASI Pilates training with Karen Clippinger at Cal State Long Beach. Needless to say, she knows how the body works, and she knows how to help her clients get their movement back. “I love being able to see people get back into all the things that they’ve always loved doing,” Barton shared. She explains Pilates is an effective workout that helps clients live pain-free, whether that pain comes from new or previous injuries like herself or simply from age. Barton found NCP while she was at Cal Poly. She ended up interning at the studio and then worked there for four years as an instructor. Six years ago, she bought the studio and today continues its legacy of being a unique and welcoming environment. All of NCP’s instructors are well knowledgeable in Pilates, the movement of the body, and other various forms of exercise. Barton continues to share why Pilates is so effective, “It works all your small muscle groups. It helps with the dexterity of your body—that fine motor control.”
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COVID-19 numbers stabilize, says Superintendent By PATRICK PATTON patrick@atascaderonews.com
Owner of North County Pilates Melissa Barton, bottom right, will celebrate 15 years of helping their clients feel their best. Contributed photos
The team at NCP offers group or private sessions and even classes through Zoom. They also know the importance of everyone, and every body is different. That is why they don’t offer “cookie-cutter” workouts. Before joining a group session, Barton has clients go through five private sessions. This gives clients one-on-one attention to learn how Pilates works and gives the instructor a
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chance to understand how the client’s body works. “We are attentive, and we build everything around who that person is and what their goals are--but we want to make each person feel important,” Barton said. NCP is located on Traffic Way in
ATASCADERO — The Atascadero Unified School District (AUSD) School Board of Trustees opened its regular session on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 7:00 p.m. with nothing to report from closed session. The meeting opened with the recognition of Linda Preston and Randy Poudrier for each exemplifying the core value of excellence. San Gabriel staff and the families wanted to recognize Preston for showing her dedication as a temporary teacher over the first four weeks of school, during which time a full-time Kindergarten position had remained unfilled. Poudrier was spoken about very highly by his colleagues. “Randy’s one of those
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