Rancho Colina Site is Out, Righetti Ranch Back In Coastal

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Volume 28
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Issue 17
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February 11 - 24, 2016
YOUR COMMUNITY IN YOUR HANDS
LOS OSOS
MORRO BAY
CAYUCOS
CAMBRIA
The Cal Poly Lion Dancers performed its annual
celebration of Chinese New Year last Saturday at
Volumes of Pleasure Bookshop in Los Osos. More
photos Page 8. Photo by Neil Farrell
Rancho Colina Site is Out,
Righetti Ranch Back In
Coastal Commission to
Draw Large Crowd
By Neil Farrell
By Neil Farrell
M
orro Bay City leaders will contemplate
abandoning
their preferred site for a new
sewer treatment plant, going
back to a previous site that
they dropped out of contention last year.
The agenda for a Feb. 9
joint meeting with the Water Reclamation Facility
Citizens Advisory Council or
WRFCAC and City Council,
has but one item, an update
to a 2014 report that had recommended the Rancho Colina property over Righetti
Ranch.
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Both properties are on
Hwy 41 adjacent to each
other, with Righetti Ranch
being west of Rancho Colina.
Now, “Staff recommends
the City Council and WRFCAC review an updated report that updates a May
2014 report comparing the
Rancho Colina and Righetti
sites as possible locations
for a new WRF in the Morro
Valley. Based on changed
Happy 107th
Birthday
Page 5
Citizen of
Year Named
See Rancho Colina, page 9
Page 8
A
large crowd is expected
Wednesday, Feb. 10,
when the California
Coastal Commission comes
to Morro Bay for three days
of meetings, including what
promises to be a hotly contested attempt to fire the executive director.
The
Commission
will
meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday
at the Community Center,
1001 Kennedy Way. Then
on Thursday and Friday the
meetings will be held at the
Inn at Morro Bay.
On Wednesday, the Commissioners
will
debate
whether to fire Executive Director Charles Lester, a move
that has environmentalists
up and down the state in an
uproar. According to news
stories over the past couple
of weeks, four commissioners — all appointees of Gov.
Jerry Brown — are attempting to dismiss Lester for
“personnel” reasons, meaning they have not actually explained the actions.
See CCC, page 9
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Burger King Gets ‘Punked’ .......................................3
Tax & Finance ............................. 13
Senior Apartements to be Renovated ......................4
Valenitnes ..............................14-15
Historical Society Seeking Photos to Share ..............4
Good to be King ........................ 16
Weather Too Ugly for the Big, Bad & Ugly ...............4
Morro Bay Man Celebrates his 107th Birthday.........5
Police Blotter .........................................................6-7
Now and Then ............................ 17
Community Calendar ............18-19
Lion Dancers Ring In Chinese New Year ..................8
Nightwriters ................................ 20
LO/BP Chamber Honors Locals ................................8
Farmer’s Market Haps ................. 33
Deputy Honored by BBBS ........................................9
Framed ....................................... 35
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Judkins Wins Jr. High Hoops Tourney ....................10
Sports Shorts .............................. 36
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Amgen Tour Routes Announced ............................12
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Man Arrested for Soliciting to Murder Business .....42
Case of the Jacked-up Carjacker............................42
Surf’s Up ..................................... 37
Entertainment ........................38-39
Dinner and a Movie .................... 40
SLO Man Killed in Late Night Accident ..................42
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Man Arrested in Lewd Child Endangerment Case .... 42
Local Girl Scouts Learn About ‘Days for Girls’............43
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Bay News • February 11 - 24, 2016
Community
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Burger King Gets ‘Punked’
A
prank call to a local fast food
restaurant triggered a response
that led apparently panicked
workers to shatter all the windows and
doors in what has to be one of the worst
cases ever of getting “punked.”
At about 11 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
30 employees at Burger King, 781
Quintana Rd., reportedly received a
call from someone purporting to be
from the Fire Department, warning of
a natural gas leak. The caller instructed
the manager to break all the windows
to let the gas escape, according to a
news release.
When police and fire crews arrived,
every window in the dinning room,
including numerous ones in a glass
atrium seating area, had been smashed,
and the front and side doors, which
reportedly would not break, had been
rammed by the store manager with
their vehicle. Fire crews did not find a
gas leak.
“The City wants to make clear the Fire
Department would generally not call a
business directly to warn of such an
issue,” said Police Chief Amy Christey
in a news release. “Recorded calls
through a ‘Reverse 9-1-1’ system may
be sent area-wide to notify residents
and businesses of major emergencies.”
Such a reverse 9-1-1 call was issued
Sunday morning warning of possible
flash flooding in the area from a fierce
albeit brief storm that hit. Rainwater
poured into the Burger King through
the dozen or so smashed windows.
Chief Christey added, “If you receive
a call you believe is official from a
public safety agency that seems out of
the ordinary or causes you to fear for
your safety, please call 9-1-1 to verify
the information is valid.”
The restaurant has begun a
remodeling project and had a big sign
posted over the drive-thru window
saying it would remain open during
the work. However, the restaurant was
closed because of the damage from the
prank call and reopened a couple of
days later.
Workers
were
busy
Monday
replacing the glass and cleaning up the
mess. A news report said the manager
was “suspended” from their job.
Chief Christey said estimated
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damage was $35,000 and police are
asking anyone who might have video of
the event to contact Cpl. Mark Martin
at 772-6233. Several videos had been
posted to YouTube but were taken
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Senior Apartments to be Renovated
P
eoples’ Self-Help Housing will
break ground March 14 on a $1.7
million renovation of Ocean View
Manor, a 40-unit senior apartment
complex located on Elena Street in
Morro Bay.
PSHH will rehabilitate each unit to
improve the property’s energy efficiency
by 20 percent and increase the number
of accessible units, according to a news
release from the agency. Tenants will be
temporarily relocated to local motels or
pay for other accommodations during
the work.
“The upgrades to Ocean View Manor
are necessary to maintain and improve
the care for vulnerable members of
our community, and also to preserve
the area’s beauty we are fortunate to
enjoy on the Central Coast by reducing
our environmental impact,” said John
Fowler, President and CEO of PSHH.
Located behind Spencer’s fresh
Market, Ocean View Manor was
built in 1989 using the United States
Department of Housing and Urban
Development Section 202 monies.
The property was designed to provide
a
comfortable
and
welcoming
atmosphere for seniors, with extensive
landscaping and plenty of outdoor
seating. Each unit has an emergency
call system monitored by a resident
manager.
Financing for the work is also coming
from HUD, the City of Morro Bay,
National Equity Fund, Wells Fargo
Bank and the California Community
Reinvestment Corporation.
Historical Society Seeking Photos To Share
A
“Trip Down Memory Lane,” is the
theme of the next membership
meeting of the Historical Society
of Morro Bay, set for 4 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 21 at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Hall, 545 Shasta Ave., Morro Bay.
The Historical Society is asking folks
to bring two or three historic photos
to share, small or unusual artifacts
such as plaques, trophies, or other
mementos. Equipment will be provided
to access digital media and project the
photographs for all to see.
Participants are asked to bring
simple ‘finger foods’ to share. Coffee
and water will be provided. A short
business meeting, which will include
the elections of officers for 2016, will
begin about 4:30 p.m. and the photo
show about 5.
The Historical Society is also
beginning its membership drive for
2016. Continued membership of
individuals, families, and businesses
provides support for history-oriented
events and programs, and new
members will help to consolidate the
Society’s gains of the past two years.
All members get a discount on the
purchase of a new San Luis Obispo
County history book, produced by the
San Luis Obispo Tribune. Call (805)
399-2772 for more information.
Founded in 1993, the Historical
Society of Morro Bay is an allvolunteer, non-profit organization
whose mission is to enhance the quality
of life and culture of Morro Bay and its
surrounding Estero Bay communities.
It focuses on the preservation and
dissemination of local history by
creating and maintaining archives,
collecting memorabilia, recording
oral histories, working to identify
and preserve historic buildings, and
providing educational materials and
programs to the community.
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another victim. The Estero Bay
Surf Club has cancelled the 26th
Annual “Big, Bad & Ugly” Surfing Club
Invitational Contest, scheduled for
Saturday, Feb. 13 at Morro Rock.
The host EBSC informed the Coalition
of Surfing Clubs of the cancellation after
reviewing long-range predictions of
heavy seas produced by El Niño weather
patterns, said Val Wright, one of the
contest’s organizers. The contest will be
held next year on Feb. 18, 2017, he said.
The contest attracts surfers from San
Diego to Oregon, as well as local surfers
each year to challenge the usually large
winter surf of Morro Bay. But this year
the potential hazardous seas posed
a safety concern to organizers, said
Wright. They deliberated for a month
before deciding to kick out of the contest
and withdraw their permit with the City.
“The Estero Bay Surf Club wishes
to thank the City of Morro Bay, the
Coalition of Surfing Clubs, all of the local
sponsors, and past participants for their
continued support and look forward to
next year when we celebrate ‘The Return
of the Ugly,’” said Wright.
The annual contest includes divisions
for surfers from teens to masters,
women, girls and even kids not much
past toddler age.
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Morro Bay Man Celebrates his 107th Birthday
By Neil Farrell
F
riends and family gathered at the
Coffee Pot Restaurant recently to
celebrate SLO County native son
and Morro Bay resident Harry Wolf’s
107th birthday, celebrating what has
been a long, long, long colorful and
interesting life.
According to Harry’s son-in-law,
David Ryal, Harry was born in Paso
Robles and graduated from Cal Poly in
1928, when Poly “was a 2-year college.”
He earned a PhD from USC in 1953,
after a stint in the Navy during World
War II teaching aviation to Navy pilots
at Cal Poly, which the Navy had taken
over. He built the first radio transmitter
in Paso Robles as a teenager.
Harry started the first electrical
engineering department at Cal Poly
in the 1940s and in 1960 was sent to
the sister campus Cal Poly Pomona to
establish a department there.
When he retired, he moved to Hong
Kong to help transition the educational
system from British to American
systems and taught in Tanzania for
three years, as well. His childhood
memories go way, way back and what
memories they are.
“He remembers as a child being in
the field of the family ranch with his
brothers when they heard the church
bells in Paso Robles beginning to ring,”
says David. “When they got back to the
house, their parents informed them
that World War I had ended.”
Harry played in a band that
performed at the old Bee Rock Store in
Bradley, David says, “as well as other
community centers in the northern part
of SLO County in the 1920s. He was an
extra in a Hoot Gibson movie and was a
ball boy for the Pittsburg Pirates when
they did spring training in Paso Robles
in the 1920s.”
He worked during the summers of his
Cal Poly years for the National Bureau
of Standards in Colorado and was on a
team of three engineers who developed
the standards for electrical equipment
for the budding space program.
He and his wife, Nathalie, traveled
the world nine times, the last time
when they were 90-years old. David
says Harry wrote his autobiography,
“The Oak Tree” when he was 99 and it
was delivered the day before his 100th
birthday.
When Harry turned 100, the Social
Security Administration paid him a
visit, to verify that he was actually still
alive, says David. “Even though he was
sitting in front of the representative, he
still had to produce a photo ID card.”
And perhaps in what was
a monumental feat, he
drove a car until his
102nd birthday.
Harry, who is deaf
but still sharp mentally
and
active
physically
walking
with
the
help of a cane,
recalls making 2-day
treks to Morro Bay
from Paso Robles in a
buckboard wagon to go
clamming.
Today Harry lives with
his daughter, Vicki and her
husband David in Morro
Bay in a home that’s been in
the family since the 1940s. He
attends the weekly Estero Bay
Radio Club breakfasts and
dinners and enjoys getting
out for a weekly drive around
the county.
“And he can still beat his
daughters Vicki and Jackie in
Gin Rummy,” laughs David.
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February 11 - 24 , 2016 • Tolosa Press
Arroyo Grande
• Feb. 2: A woman was arrested for DUI
on the 400 block of Elm Street. The
mother of the year had a 3-week-old
baby in the car with her.
• Jan. 31: A known suspect left the
scene of an accident on the 400 block
of Traffic Way and refused to stop after
being ordered by officers to do so. To
make matters worse, the guy resisted
arrested and battered a police officer
causing injuries. He was arrested on
suspicion of DUI and being under the
influence of a controlled substance,
a.k.a. being stupid.
• Jan 30: Reports came in concerning
a naked man out for a stroll near New
Hope Church. He was found to be under
the influence of LSD and was arrested,
which probably dampened his hope.
• Jan 30: There was insufficient
evidence to support claims of theft
from a roadside mailbox on Alpine.
Morro Bay
• Jan. 31: At 9:21 a.m. in the 1200 block
of Embarcadero police contacted a
suspicious man, 41, and woman, 40.
Logs indicated both were arrested on
suspicion of being drug fiends.
• Jan. 30: Police responded at 11:08
p.m. to the 700 block of Quintana
after some apparent prankster called
Burger King and had it their way with
them, convincing the manager they
were from the fire department and they
must break every window in the place
because of a gas leak. A dozen windows,
and some $35,000 in damages later,
including ramming a car into the
doorways and the drive-thru, the fire
department explained there was no gas
leaking, except no doubt from between
a soon-to-be ex-employee’s ears.
• Jan. 30: Police stopped a vehicle
at 10:50 a.m. in the 1400 block of
Quintana. Logs indicated they arrested
two men, ages 43 and 21 for warrants,
and the younger one’s father was cited
for driving on a suspended license, a
case of guess who’s gettin’ arrested
next?
• Jan. 28: Police responded to the 200
block of Atascadero Rd., where two
guests said their room was burgled that
morning, and the heinous thief injured
their service dog, perhaps a watch dog
next time?
• Jan. 28: Police are investigating a
reported commercial burglary in the
500 block of Atascadero Rd.
• Jan. 28: At 7:43 a.m. in the 400 block
of Crest, police “contacted, arrested,
transported and booked” a 36-yearold master criminal on a outstanding
felony arrest warrant out of Contra
Costa County.
Police Blotter
• Jan. 27: At 6 p.m. police and fire
responded to Main and Harbor for a
hit-n-split minor crash. At 11:34 p.m.
they went to Napa and Anchor for
another smash-n-dash. The driver and
a passenger reportedly fled before the
cops arrived.
• Jan. 28: Police responded to Rite
Aid where they’d caught a 36-year-old
sticky-fingered woman taking the ol’
5-fingered discount. She was cited and
released to try her luck at the Dollar
Store.
• Jan. 27: Police responded to a
disturbance at 2:30 p.m. in the 900
block of Main St., and a 30-year-old
juice weasel was arrested for belting the
grape. Earlier at 9 a.m. they scooped up
another whet whistler causing a ruckus
at Albertson’s.
• Jan. 27: Police and fire responded
at 7:37 a.m. to Pacific and Monterey
where a bicyclist crashed and landed in
the hospital.
• Jan. 26: Police responded to a store
in the 900 block of Embarcadero
after a terminated employee took a
$25 sweatshirt, no doubt as severance
pay. Logs indicated the ex-employee
returned it the next day, a case of you
still ain’t getting a reference…
• Jan. 25: A woman in the 600 block of
San Joaquin said some scoundrel stole
her identity and took out a loan for
$2,525 from a Check & Go branch in
Wichita, Kan., which ought to be their
dumb-a** problem.
• Jan. 24: Police responded at 9:27 p.m.
to the 2700 block of Cedar for a report
of a man whizzing in public. The swine
was contacted and police discovered
he’d defecated on a city street, which
is better than his pants. He was cited
and released and no doubt now has
something to wipe with.
• Jan. 28: Police responded at 5:26 p.m.
to the 300 block of Las Vegas where
they arrested a 29-year-old woman
on several unspecified “drug related
offenses.” It was her second brush
with the fuzz in a week, as she was also
arrested Jan. 23 in the 800 block of
Quintana for suspicion of possession,
paraphernalia and partaking of illegal
substances, enough to make someone
paranoid.
threats, assault on a police officer and
of course, being fit-shaced.
• Jan. 20: Someone at the high school
reported that his or her car was
vandalized. Police are investigating,
though everyone in school probably
knows who did it.
• Jan. 20: Someone stole a wallet out
of an unlocked locker at Fitness Works
gym. Someone burgled an unlocked
shed in the 1600 block of Embarcadero
and a woman in the 2100 block of
Sunset said someone entered her
apartment through an unlatched back
bedroom window, anyone see a pattern
here?
• Jan. 19: Had a bit of a crime spree
overnight down on the waterfront.
Some scalawag tried to break into the
coin-operated showers in the women’s
bathroom by the North T-pier.
Someone pried the steel screen up
from the bottom of a security door to
a tool shed and stole an electric drill,
in the 1200 block of Embarcadero.
Then someone cut off two locks on a
Harbor Patrol shed in the 1600 block of
Embarcadero, down by Morro Creek.
• Jan. 18: Police contacted a regular
customer at 3 p.m. in the 200 block
of Surf and checked him into the
Parkinson Plaza for the night.
Pismo Beach
• Jan. 30: Police were unable to locate
a duck that some quack reported was
stuck in a drain at the end of Main.
• Jan. 30: Police were called in to ask
a woman to leave Ashties Beach Shack
because she had reportedly shoplifted
in the past, proving you can never
return to the scene of a perfect crime.
• Jan. 30: A caller at Pismo Bowl
reported a man asking for spare change
and striking people funny. He was
asked to split.
• Jan. 30: A “strong, unusual odor” was
reported in the area of Addie Street
at Cypress. Police determined it was
coming from that nasty smellin’ creek.
• Jan. 30: Police were unable to close
the clasp on a man who swiped several
purses from the Coach store and drove
off.
• Jan. 30: Someone was dumping trash
at the Five Cities Shell Station where
they do not live or pay disposal fees.
Police may have a suspect because
the doofus tossed mail, presumably
addressed to himself, into the trash.
• Jan. 29: Sprinklers were running
and there was excessive runoff near
Rabobank.
• Jan. 31: A transient was reported
trespassing in the caller’s backyard in
the 300 block of Harloe. The caller’s
wife chased the guy off the property who
was later advised against trespassing
by police.
• Jan. 29: A guy carrying a machete in
front of California Fresh told the caller
that “if she doesn’t stop watching him,
she would be next.” He was also kicking
a small dog in the head and the neck.
He was arrested and the poor dog
was turned over to animal services.
Hopefully the dog is released first.
• Jan. 31: Grease from a restaurant on
the 600 block of Dolliver was reportedly
overflowing onto the sidewalk, can you
say “yummy…” The restaurant was told
to clean up its act.
• Jan. 29: A woman on the 100 block of
Cliff reported that her son’s friend had
stolen checks and cashed them. With
friends like that, who needs enemies?
• Jan. 31: Police were unable to locate
about 10 people reportedly brawling in
the dirt parking lot near the pier.
• Jan. 27: A teenage boy was reportedly
walking on the train tracks talking to
himself across from the butterfly grove.
He was going to school.
• Jan. 31: Some guests at the Sandcastle
Inn refused to pay a more than $300
bill.
• Jan. 31: Extra patrols were requested
for possible drug activities on the 800
block of Delano. A car had
been parked at the end of
the street on and off for
concerning a
five days.
a stroll near
“Reports came in
naked man out for
New Hope Church. He was found
to be under the influence of LSD
and was arrested, which probably
dampened his hope.”
• Jan. 22: Police responded to a
disturbance at 5:35 p.m. in the 900
block of Mesa and arrested a bent
fellow for suspicion of making criminal
She was going through a divorce and
had been drinking. Police were unable
to locate her.
• Jan. 30: A man was
banging on the door at
the Ocean Breeze Inn
yelling at a woman. He
then went inside the room.
Everything checked out
okay.
• Jan. 30: A caller in the 2600 block
of Price reported his daughter had left
some time in the middle of the night
leaving behind her two young children.
• Jan. 27: Two people were possibly
smoking ganja north of Oxford Suites.
Everything checked out okay, as the
evidence had apparently gone up in
smoke.
San Luis Obispo
• Feb. 5: Police got a call at 2:24 a.m.
from a woman reporting that her
daughter was schwasted and with
her faced boy friend at Bull’s Tavern
on Chorro and apparently in need of
rescue.
• Feb. 5: A citizen in the 700 block of
Grand called at 1:22 a.m. because a
woman visitor had out-stayed her
welcome and is now trespassing.
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• Feb. 5: Someone called at 1:20 a.m. to
report a bent fellow causing a ruckus in
the 600 block of Higuera across from
McClintock’s Saloon. The 24-year-old
future leader was hauled to the cooler
to chill.
• Feb. 4: A citizen called at
11:47 p.m. from the 2100
block of Story to report
seeing two suspicious
hooligans walking around
with spray paint cans
at Hawthorne School.
Police couldn’t find the
suspected graffidiots.
• Feb. 4: Police were called
at 11 p.m. to the 700 block
of Higuera because there
was some trespasser on
the roof at Novo. Police
couldn’t find the squatter.
with three different IDs tried to use
three different credit cards, a case of
persistence over brains.
• Feb. 4: Police were called at 3:19
p.m. to Buckeye and Spanish Oaks
where a vigilant citizen thought a van
“Had a bit of a crime spree
overnight down on the waterfront.
Some scalawag tried to break
into the coin-operated showers
in the womenʼs bathroom by the
North T-pier. Someone pried the
steel screen up from the bottom
of a security door to a tool shed
and stole an electric drill, in the
1200 block of Embarcadero. Then
someone cut off two locks on a
Harbor Patrol shed in the 1600
block of Embarcadero, down by
Morro Creek.”
• Feb. 4: At 11 p.m.,
someone in the 400 block
of Ramona reported a
suspicious man hanging
around the neighborhood.
The loiterer beat feet before police could
chase him off. And at 11:01, someone
reported a swizzle stick staggering
down the middle of Madonna Road by
Buffalo Hot Wings.
p.m. to the 1400 block of Foothill
for an assault. Logs indicated one
person suffered facial injuries, as the
enlightened generation once again
shows it’s tolerance.
• Feb. 4: Police were called at 10 p.m.
to the 1400 block of Prefumo Canyon
Rd., where a bail bondsman trying to
contact one of his customers said the
squirrel skipped out a window and is
on the lam. Time to call the Dog…
• Feb. 4: Someone called at 11:43 p.m.
from the 1700 block of Vicente to
report some guy riding an ATV up and
down the street, a hanging offense in
San Loco.
• Feb. 4: Police got a call at 9:11 p.m.
from the 1400 block of Osos at Mitchell
Park. Logs indicated the man on
the phone stated his name and then
whispered, “I’m dead…” Police couldn’t
find him, so that pronouncement was
apparently premature.
Osos called police at 7:49 p.m. asking
for extra patrols to stop the scourge
of some transient man sleeping in
the front doorway of Central Coast
Pediatrics.
• Feb. 4: Police responded at 7:01
p.m. to the first block of Chorro after
someone ran over a cat, whose nine
lives were apparently tapped out. At
7:11 p.m. they responded to the 200
block of Prado where a Silverado Stages
bus hit a parked car.
• Feb. 4: Police were called at 5:58 p.m.
to Home Depot. Logs indicated a man
on the corner missing one wheel was
“suspicious,” as “If you see something,
say something,” reaches its inevitable
uselessness.
Madonna reported a traffic hazard
— some transient panhandler keeps
stumbling into the roadway chasing
pennies from Heaven.
• Feb. 4: A citizen called at 1:17 p.m.
from the area of Foothill and LOVR
to report a disorderly tan GMC was
heading into town.
• Feb. 4: Someone called at 12:41
p.m. to report several ruffians yelling
and getting puffed up in the gazebo
at Mitchell Park. They were gone on
arrival, as they were apparently not
real wide between the teats.
• Feb. 4: Police were called at 11:39 a.m.
to the 100 block of Higuera where some
scoundrel stole a donut from Sunshine
Donuts and was walking off. A theft
report was begun, though hoping he
chokes on it might have more satisfying
results.
p.m. to the Museum of Art on Nipomo
for a report of a man out back by the
creek sleeping on a bench, not exactly a
work of art image.
Coral called at 9 a.m. to complain that
the apparently pestering neighbors
from across the street were at her door
and won’t leave, in this week’s example
of why we need SWAT.
• Feb. 4: Police were called at 8:26 a.m.
to the 12300 block of LOVR for a crazed
man swinging a length of pipe on the
roof of Quality Tinting. The 25-yearold fuzzucked fellow was hauled to the
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Lion Dancers Ring in Chinese New Year
Photos by Neil Farrell
W
ith pounding drum and crashing cymbals, the Cal Poly
Lion Dancers returned to Volumes of Pleasure Bookshop
in Los Osos Saturday, Feb. 6 for their annual celebration of
Chinese New Year. The multi-day Chinese celebration welcomes the
Year of the Monkey in the Chinese Zodiac. People born in the Year
of the Monkey are characterized as ‘lively, quick-witted, curious,
innovative, and mischievous,’ but it is also believed to be ‘one of the
most unlucky years in the Chinese calendar.’
LO/BP Chamber Honors Citizen, Business, Volunteer of the Year
Photos by Jenna Rodden
Volunteer of the Year, Gari Cave.
T
he Los Osos/Baywood Park
Chamber of Commerce chose a
long time community volunteer
and local businesswoman as Citizen
of the Year, at its annual Installation
Dinner. The festivities also honored
Business of the Year and Volunteer
of the Year, and swore in the new
leadership of the Chamber for 2016.
Held at Los Osos Valley memorial
Park and catered by Celia’s Garden
Café, with emcee Bob Wacker, the
Chamber named Cheri Grimm Citizen
of the Year, in recognition of more
than 20 years of volunteer service
particularly through the Bay-Osos
Kiwanis Club. Grimm has served on
Business of the Year, Baywood Ale House. Pictured left to right: Dillon
Corr, Christie Carroll, Chad Carroll and Chris Mayes.
the Kiwanis board many times as a
director and treasurer, program and
membership chair.
She’s a former Kiwanian of the
Year and has twice received their
Distinguished Service Award. Grimm
is a past Chamber president and
treasurer, chaired the Chamber’s
Annual Auction, and the Oktoberfest
Planning Committee for more than 30
years.
Business of the Year went to
Baywood Ale House, “recognizing their
participation in the local community
and ongoing dialog with the Chamber,
neighboring businesses and customers.”
Owner, Chad Carroll, is always looking
for ways to better serve the community
and joined the Oktoberfest Planning
Committee as coordinator of the Beer
Garden, helping to make 2015, the most
successful Oktoberfest in several years.
Volunteer of the Year went to
Gari Cave for her involvement
in the Chamber Board and other
organizations. Recently retired, Cave
served as the mixer chairperson,
worked to bring in new members, and
promoted the Chamber throughout the
community. She serves as a California
Senior Legislator, and on the boards
of Central Coast Commission on Aging
and the South Bay Community Center,
and actively supports People Helping
Citizen of the Year, Cheri Grimm
People.
Steve Vinson is taking another term
as Chamber President, joined by John
Cascamo as president-elect, Grimm as
treasurer, Autumn Clark as secretary
and Jim Stanfill as past president.
The directors are: Chad Carroll, Mike
Elliott, Christina Grimm, Debra Garcia,
Brian Hamilton, Gene Heyer, Misty
Robertson and Simon Van Beurden.
Executive Director is Dawn Rodden.
For more information on the Los
Osos/Baywood Park Chamber of
Commerce, see the website at: www.
lobpchamber.org or call 528-4884.
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Deputy Honored by BBBS
A
County Sheriff’s deputy has
been honored for “exemplary
service,” in mentoring a young
boy through Big Brothers Big Sisters,
the agency announced.
As part of “National Mentoring
Month” celebrations, BBBS presented
Correctional Dep. Jacob Gersh with
the “Big in the Spotlight Award” in
recognition of his work as a volunteer
mentor to his Little Brother, Arual, 12.
Dep. Gersh, 23 of Paso Robles was
given the award at a recent gathering of
his colleagues at the department admin
office. Arual thanked his big brother,
and said that his favorite advice he has
received from Gersh is “to keep out of
trouble.”
Gersh will complete his 1-year
commitment to the mentoring program
in March but said, “I will be Arual’s
friend for life.” He said he has been
positively impacted by the relationship
and appreciates the ongoing care from
Big Brothers Big Sisters staff. “I feel
really supported by you guys.”
Gersh and Arual (shown here) spend
6 hours a month playing basketball,
long boarding and bowling. The duo
also appeared in a public service
announcement for the program.
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Lester demanded a public hearing
and that is scheduled for Wednesday.
It’s the only issue they have on the
agenda that day, adding items about
how to replace him and how to name
an interim director.
Indeed, the attention of the whole
state will be focused on Morro Bay, with
protests possible, and local businesses
can expect to have a lot of folks in town
on what would normally likely be a
pretty slow time of year.
In a letter to the Commissioners in
his defense, Lester wrote, “I believe
that my vision has been clear and
incisive, and that my performance and
accomplishments in the administration
of the coastal program have been
exceptionally strong. I have asked for a
public hearing on the consideration of
my possible dismissal as much for the
public as for my desire to continue as
the Commission’s executive director.”
The letter goes on for some 17 pages
listing examples — both of enforcement
cases of the Coastal Act and projects
that were approved — making a pretty
strong case against his dismissal.
Thursday’s agenda has one local
item, “Appeals by Barry F. Brannin
and Linda Stedjee of City of Morro
Bay decision granting permit with
conditions to Greg and Jeanne Frye for
construction of single-family home, at
3420 Toro Lane, Morro Bay, San Luis
Obispo County.”
The Fryes want to build a home on an
oddly shaped vacant lot at Toro Lane
and Yerba Buena Street. Their plan
would encompass a dirt path that leads
down to the beach used for many years
by local residents, offering to relocate it
and improve it as mitigation.
The Coastal Commission staff had
looked at the project previously and
wrote a letter to the City saying so long
as the path was kept open for public
use, it was OK to re-route it.
The item is a “Substantial Issue”
type hearing, as Commissioners will be
asked whether they believe the appeals
are worthy of further scrutiny or should
be denied without further work. The
staff is recommending they find “No
Substantial Issue.”
Another local issue, an appeal of the
County’s approval for a new home to be
built on Studio Drive in Cayucos was
postponed. The other items involve
projects ranging from San Diego to
Northern California and will bring
people to town from throughout the
state.
Readers can check out the
Commission’s agenda online at: www.
coastal.ca.gov/mtgcurr.html.
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Rancho Colina, from page 1
circumstances and new information
described in the updated report, staff
recommends the Righetti site as the
preferred location for the WRF.”
Righetti Ranch has been on the
short list since 2012 when the Coastal
Commission staff asked commissioners
to order the City and Cayucos Sanitary
District to build on that property.
Initially, Righetti was the targeted
site but after an appraisal of the
property, which has been for sale for
a long time, came in too far under the
asking price; it was dropped in favor of
Rancho Colina, which was said to have
a willing seller.
But over the course of more than
a year’s worth of talks with Rancho
Colina owner, Steve McElvaine, the
negotiations have apparently finally
soured.
The staff report by John Rickenbach,
the project deputy program manager
and a city consultant, reads:
“Specifically, the conditions that have
changed include the following:
• The Rancho Colina property owner
now wishes to limit WRF-related
development to a less favorable 8-acre
portion of the property not previously
investigated in the May 2014 report;
• The property owner does not want
any City facilities other than those
related to the WRF and possibly the
City Water Treatment Plant developed
there, including a corporation-yard;
•
Subsequent
geotechnical
investigation of the 8+/- acre portion of
the property reveals shallow rock and
steep slopes that would add substantial
earthwork cost to the development of
a WRF at that location as compared to
the original location on the property;
• The neighboring Righetti property
has been offered for sale, and the City
has entered into an MOU under which
it could acquire the entire Righetti
property to help meet other City goals
in addition to siting a new WRF.”
Initially, the City approached
McElvaine about buying about 5 acres,
increasing greatly after deciding it
wanted to move the City incorporation
yard, too, reaching nearly 20 acres.
The City also wanted property that
McElvaine has said is the only flat land
he owns.
The item wouldn’t appear to call an
actual end to Rancho Colina option,
however. “It should be noted, however,
recent technical investigations on both
sites found both sites are suitable for
a new WRF, and neither site is fatally
flawed with respect to biological
resources, cultural resources, and
geotechnical considerations.”
The City is asttempting to build a
new sewer treatment plant and a water
treatment facility that would clean
the wastewater to an advanced level
that could some day be reused for
drinking water, or at least to replenish
the groundwater supplies in the Morro
Creek aquifer.
So if Righetti is chosen as the new
preferred site, that would mean that the
City will have gone from a site adjacent
to the current plant on Atascadero
Road, out to Righetti Ranch, then
Rancho Colina, and back to Righetti
again, over the roughly 10 years it has
been pursuing a new plant.
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Old Mission School took third
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Laguna settled for Consolation,
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investigators
are looking into
the cause of a
suspicious
fire
that
erupted Monday in a Los
Osos home destroying
it and badly burning the
male resident.
According to a news
account by KSBY-TV,
the fire was reported at
3:45 p.m. Monday, Feb.
8 in a home at the corner
of Woodland Drive and
Broderson Avenue, by a
neighbor from across the
street. When Sheriff’s
deputies and firefighters
from the South Bay
Station arrive, the flames
had burst through the roof
and were starting to catch
trees on fire. A power line
reportedly came down
and was sparking along
the ground, too.
The neighbor said she
had spoken with the
resident of the home
just a half hour before
smelling
smoke
and
running outside where
she saw the fire and called
for help.
The resident, identified
as Mark Hannah, 47,
had been the subject of
a “check the welfare”
request
by
family
members earlier that
same day, as they were
concerned about his
mental state, the report
said. Sheriff’s deputies
stopped his vehicle in
Cayucos earlier, spoke
to him and then released
him.
Hours
later,
the house went up in
flames, and Hannah was
reportedly inside when
the blaze started.
The news report said he
was found in the backyard
during the blaze, suffering third degree
burns on 30% of his body. He was
rushed to a burn unit in Fresno, and
was reportedly under arrest. The home
was a total loss.
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Sounding an Alarm Against a
Monstrous Invader
By Neil Farrell
A
n alarm bell is
being sounded
in Los Osos to
help stop the spread
of what’s being
called a “monster,”
as volunteers take
up shovel and hoe
to drive the invasive
plant away.
Sahara
mustard
(Brassica tournefortii)
is native to North Africa,
the Middle East, Southern
Europe
to
Pakistan,
has
spread to the Desert Southwest, from
Southeastern California to Southern
Nevada and down into Mexico. And
now Los Osos.
Ironically, the construction of the
community sewer project that was
designed to address water problems
has given life to another, and one that
could threaten to choke out native
wildflowers.
“The digging up of practically every
street in Los Osos/Baywood Park has
engendered a huge crop of Sahara
mustard,” reads an urgent notice sent
out by Celebrate Los Osos’ Pandora
Nash-Karner.
The alarm bell first started being
rung months ago by Los Osos resident
Bonnie Thompson, who has been on
a crusade of sorts, pulling the plants
up whenever and wherever she finds
them. She’s in a unique position to
document the spread.
“Places where I’ve seen burgeoning
growth recently,” Thompson said,
“include the north side of Santa Ysabel
between 10th and 11th Streets, and the
corner of 18th and the El Moro [Linear
Parkway] bike path; and across the
street, on the edge of the open land.
And all along 9th Street and Pismo
Street, starting at the Middle School
and continuing on to the bay.”
It’s also been found uncomfortably
near the Sweet Springs Nature Preserve
and along Ramona Avenue, skirting
the Back Bay. “If you look for it, you
will find it,” Thompson said. “Don’t
worry if you accidentally pull another
species of mustard; they are all nonnative, introduced plants.”
“The fear is they will spread into our
green belt,” Nash-Karner said, “Sweet
Springs, the Elfin Forest and Montaña
de Oro.”
The urgency being given this case
could be attributed to another invasive
plant — African Veldt grass — that
too little was done about in the 1980s
and ‘90s, before it spread throughout
the area. Veldt grass is one of the
main invasive plants that SWAP does
constant battle with in the Elfin
Forest and by now has spread literally
everywhere.
Nash-Karner added, “Our County
deputy agricultural commissioner
says if Sahara mustard gets a foothold
the way [African] veldt grass has,
‘widespread control will simply be
impractical.’”
Sahara mustard is already found
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she heard it had spread to Los Osos.
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in most vacant lots in the sewer
construction zone and along the streets.
The plants have rough, hairy leaves that
get smaller as they move up the stem.
They can be as short as 4 inches or as
tall as 40 inches. The flower is tiny, pale
yellow, with four symmetrical petals.
The Sahara mustard would seem to be
ideally evolved for a rapid take-over of
new territory. It is robust, fast-growing
and drought-tolerant, and flowers
annually in February. They thrive in
disturbed soils, and self-pollinate, so a
single plant can produce 16,000 seeds.
And even when it’s being yanked out
of the ground and disposed of, it still
should be contained in sealed up trash
bags, lest the seeds escape a green
waste wheeler, or the trash man’s truck
with the wind.
The plants literally choke out other
plants and the fear is that native
wildflowers, some of which are already
on endangered lists, could be crowded
out. Wildlife depends on these native
species. “Without native flora,” she
said, “we lose our native fauna.”
Nash-Karner and Thompson are
urging residents to spend at least 1 hour
pulling the Sahara mustard out of their
yards and their neighbors’ yards (try to
get the whole tap root, too). Celebrate
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Amgen Tour Routes Announced
T
he Amgen Tour of California
professional bicycle race made
its 2016 course official and the
City of Morro Bay has announced the
course that the race will run through
town.
Deputy City Manager Sam Taylor
said the race will start at the Morro
Rock parking lot and run up the
Embarcadero, turning on Pacific Street
and heading up the hill to Main. It turns
left there (north) and runs through town
and up onto North Main, continuing
on to Yerba Buena Street where they
will catch the highway and head north.
Along the highway, they’ll run through
Cayucos, Cambria, San Simeon and
Ragged Point in SLO County. A map of
the local route is posted on the City’s
website, see: www.morrobayca.gov.
The route will give residents and
cycling fans plenty of chances to watch
the riders speed past. The entire parade
through town will likely require some
temporary traffic controls (about 5
minutes) and rolling stops by police up
North Main Street, but should be over
within a half hour at the most.
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the start of Stage 4, set for Wednesday,
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May 18, beginning at Morro Rock and
going up Hwy1 to the finish line at the
Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway outside
Monterey, some 133.6 miles, with 8,100
feel of climbing. The City is teaming up
with Visit SLO County, which manages
the County Tourism Management
District. Visit California, the Statewide
tourism marketing agency is a major
sponsor of the overall race.
Taylor said the Lions Club has
volunteered to coordinate the hundreds
of volunteers that will be needed to put
on the stage start, and an organizing
committee has also been formed.
“Our City Committee is basically
staff of various [City] departments,
Councilmember Christine Johnson
helping with the start ceremony, the
tourism folks and the Lions Club.”
He added that the Amgen Tour
managers, AEG Sports was expected
to announce how people can volunteer
sometime around the end of January
and vowed to get that information out
to the public as soon as it comes in.
The 8-stage race run over eight
consecutive days (May 16-22) starts in
San Diego and ends in Sacramento, with
trips through the San Gabriel, Coast
Range, and the Sierras mountains. The
professional race includes many of the
most accomplished riders in the world
and will also for the first time, have a
4-stage women’s race, though Morro
Bay’s stage is not one of them.
Along
with
Amgen’s
official
announcement
(see:
www.
amgentourofcalifornia.com/stages) is a
video highlighting the race’s stages and
including a nice shot of Morro Rock
taken from Morro Strand Beach.
“As the gateway to the North Coast,”
Mayor Jamie Irons said, “the City of
Morro Bay is excited to have the Amgen
Tour of California begin Stage 4 at the
foot of the iconic Morro Rock. Racers
will wind through our cool downtown
and head north onto Highway 1, one
of the most scenic and best rides of the
California Coast.”
“Visit San Luis Obispo County
is excited to secure this strategic
partnership with the Amgen Tour of
California and Morro Bay,” said Chuck
Davison, president/CEO of Visit San
Luis Obispo County. “This is a wonderful
opportunity to showcase San Luis
Obispo County internationally, across
200 countries and territories, as the
tour travels through the cities of Morro
Bay, Cayucos, Harmony, Cambria, San
Simeon and Ragged Point on Highway
1. The tour will create vast exposure for
our region and open the way for future
partnerships with AEG and Amgen.”
Based in Los Angeles, AEG is a
worldwide sports and entertainment
production company and a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Anschutz
Company, headquartered in Denver,
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Love or Hate It
V
alentine’s Day. Out of 365 days
of the year, we decided to mark
one that for some, celebrates the
idea of love and affection. For others,
this day may highlight just how vacant
their love life is. Love or hate it, it’s here
to stay.
What is it that causes us to behave
the way we do with our partners? Our
parent’s behavior in their relationship
clearly affects how we often behave in
ours. Even in families with only one
parent – or none, we will model how
to behave in relationships off of those
adults around us. Are you the silent,
aloof one that plays it cool? Or maybe
you are the one that texts incessantly,
always having the “other” on your
mind. How does jealously factor in and
why are some people threatened by
intimacy?
There is a theory of behavior that
puts our actions into two dominant
categories. It’s like being right handed
or left handed. We use them both,
dependent on what we are doing,
yet one is the most comfortable and
natural.
The first type I’ll explain is what
we call Physical Sexuality. This type
of person generally doesn’t mind
being the center of attention, they
actually might thrive on it. They talk
to strangers easily, find eye contact
comfortable and usually have a high
need for physical contact. When there
has been an argument, they are usually
the first to apologize and when they
feel the relationship is threatened by
an internal or external force, this is apt
to trigger their physical behavior more.
They don’t fear confrontation because
they see it a resolution to the perceived
threat and they protect their emotions
by putting their bodies out there first.
Subconsciously they fear being rejected.
The other type is what we call
Emotional Sexuality. This type of person
generally shies away from the spotlight,
content with letting others shine. They
prefer the silent anonymity. They are
open and talkative with those they
already know but don’t open up to just
everyone. When they are stressed, their
need for physical contact lessens as
they are preoccupied with intellectually
processing and sometimes ruminate
incessantly over details. To physically
touch this person when they are in
this heightened state is often met
with a subconscious “brush off” with
their body actually tensing up more.
They avoid confrontation because it
is emotionally exhausting (and scary)
and they seek to protect their bodies
with their emotions so they tend to
retreat deeper into silence. To come on
stronger to them at this time is likely to
trigger their emotional behavior even
more because they subconsciously fear
losing control or being controlled.
If we want to understand why our
relationships have deteriorated in
the past, it is important to know what
subconsciously triggers our behaviors
that aren’t working for us. For some,
there has been emotional and physical
abuse that creates defenses that keep
us from being our most balanced, free
selves. For others, maybe their younger
years were free from such trauma,
but through life experiences and
relationships their behavior becomes
exaggerated.
Sometimes, distortions are created in
the subconscious mind (I’m not good
enough, etc.) and keep us stuck in the
cycle of repeating the same old patterns
and picking the same type of partners.
This often presents as people coming
out of an unhealthy relationship, only
to end up in another. Or maybe they
find a wonderful partner, only to end
up acting out defensively to the new
partner when there is no reason to.
Only roughly five percent of our
behaviors are conscious. That’s right,
five percent, so that 95% that’s left is
running the show. It’s our programming,
so to speak. Our well intentioned logic,
reason and knowledge (conscious
thinking) just doesn’t stand a chance.
Those deeply held emotional and
conditioned responses (sub conscious)
just keep popping up.
So this Valentine’s Day, if you find
yourself alone or in a less than ideal
relationship, go easy on yourself and
maybe even your partner. We are all
operating with programming that could
use updating. With self- awareness and
a little help, you can create a little more
love in your life.
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graduate
of
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hen I was a kid
growing up, every
year
on
Feb.
14 without fail, I’d get a
Valentine’s Day card from
this mysterious stranger
who wrote, “Will you be my
Valentine?” in handwriting
I didn’t recognize. The card
was always sent through the
mail.
Of course, if I started
making queries into who
the sender was, or more importantly
who would I like it to be, I took the risk
of being rejected, which is not a state of
affairs any youngster wants to confront.
After a couple of years, I finally solved
the puzzle: it was my Mom. I guess she
figured that getting one Valentine’s
Day card was better than no card at all.
When I asked her about the subterfuge,
she replied, “You’re not supposed to
know whom it came from.” That made
sense, I thought, in a couple of ways.
First, I wasn’t about to admit to all my
friends at school that the only person
who ever sends me a Valentine’s Day
card is my mother.
Second, I feared that if I acknowledged
that I sent a card to a prospective
girlfriend, she would, in all probability,
after having asked her, “Will you be my
Valentine?” say, “No.”
Mom was a true romantic, given
her passion for great composers, like
Rogers and Hart, who wrote “My Funny
Valentine” back in the days (“You’re
my funny valentine, Sweet comic
valentine, You make me smile with my
heart. Your looks are laughable, unphotographable, Yet, you’re my favorite
work of art…”).
It’s no wonder she sent me Valentine
’s Day cards.
This having been said, it has never
surprised me that when someone
mentions
“St.
Valentine’s
Day
Massacre,” it’s not the vicious, 1929
historical Al Capone Chicago bloodbath
or the movies made of it that first come
to my mind, which is probably the
reason I have never personally made a
big deal like most people do about this
heralded day of love and romance.
Neither has my wife Sara, who has
never been fond of the idea of me
spending a lot of money for something
like roses that will end up being wilted
within a few days. She would rather
have a garden.
This I was to discover nearly 30-years
ago while I was living in Carmel-bythe-Sea, in a tiny Robinson Jeffers-type
cottage with a huge fireplace, small
kitchen, tiny bedroom, one bath, and
room for practically little else.
It was a rental on 10th and Delores,
a few blocks from downtown, and
within hearing distance of
the ocean. I had taken a
job as a midnight-to-dawn
disc jockey in Monterey
at the time, having parted
ways with my first wife
who stayed behind in Los
Angeles.
One afternoon, while
walking to the Carmel Post
Office to get my mail, I
spotted this beautiful and
elegant woman named Sara
who was working in a travel agency
along my route. Definite Valentine
material, I thought, until I found out
she was married. And when the travel
agency moved soon after, it didn’t enter
my mind that I would see her again.
Cupid had other ideas.
He was flexing his bow and I didn’t
even know it. It was a year before Sara
and I encountered each other once
again, but she had seen me, because
during that time, I had taken a position
as an anchor on the local television
nightly news.
When she told me her marital
situation had succumbed to the same
fate as mine, Cupid had let go of his
arrow. I guess I should have seen it
coming. After all, Sara and I had hit it off
more than once in brief conversations,
had similar backgrounds being from
the same Northern California area, and
would find out along the way that we
knew many of the same people.
So it became little surprise that when
we did re-connect in early 1978, it
would be for more than just a moment.
“King, I’m leaving Pacific Grove.”
“I suppose you’ll be moving back up
north,” I guessed.
“No. I don’t want to move back
home.”
“Ah, then. Monterey?”
“No.”
“You’re not going to get another place
in P.G., are you?”
“No.”
“Don’t tell me you’re moving to
Seaside,” I said.
“No,” she replied.
“Where, then?” I asked.
“Carmel.”
Hmm… I should have known.
Sara had rented a small place not far
from mine. Translated, that meant that
I would inevitably need some closets in
that tiny Robinson Jeffers-type Carmel
cottage on 10th and Delores, with a huge
fireplace, small kitchen, tiny bedroom,
one bath, and room for practically little
else. Except for a garden.
Which leads me to say that the next
time you’re thinking about having roses
delivered to your Valentine, you may
get a lot more than you bargained for.
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P
eter Candela has had the rare
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He cut his experiential teeth in Morro
Bay before being recruited to become
the Pismo Beach Chamber’s CEO. He’ll
admit he has more to learn, but “wading
through” the first time around taught
him time-tested practices he knew could
work in Pismo given a hands-on board of
directors willing to set policy and budget,
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business.
“I wasn’t looking for a change in 2010,”
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Bay until I saw Pismo’s needs were so
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myself and help Pismo get back on track.”
In April 2006 he and his wife were back
refreshed and ready for a new challenge.
“Frances and I were back from extensive
travel out of the country,” he said. “I’ve
always been an entrepreneur, so was
open to a next opportunity. A Morro
Bay chamber board member suggested I
consider the executive position.”
As a former Morro Bay retail shop
owner (he had a golf pro shop for about 20
years), Candela believes the mission of a
Chamber of Commerce is to enhance the
vitality of the business community. Since
Morro Bay and Pismo Beach have tourism
economies, their chambers should provide
visitor information and produce attractive
events.
Business information support and
partnering with governmental leadership
are also key for a positive business
environment. Candela prefers to assess
before making changes. It would take time
to re-build community trust, revenue, and
create value for membership development.
“With board and community support,”
he explained, “my first year [in Morro
Bay] we created the Kite Festival, a Music
Festival and the Avocado/Margarita
Festival.”
Optimal weather and 250 kite flyers
attracted viewer enthusiasm. Candela
smiled when he recalled former Chief of
Police John DeRohan chastised him for
blocking all the roadways to Morro Rock.
He quickly learned he needed to work
more closely with city staff. The music
festival taught him not to charge an entry
fee for something people can enjoy for
free.
“Out of the box the Avocado-Margarita
Festival helped offset chamber costs for
a year.” Candela explained the winning
combination: an event highlighting a
community asset — world-class avocados
in this case — growers Bill Coy and Bob
Stoller rallying other industry partners,
benefits for community nonprofits, nonstop music, and fun food, plus libations by
the Margarita Man to kept it festive.
“It still took about three years to right
the ship,” said Candela. “We needed a
better working relationship with the
City.” He worked directly with City staff
while chamber staff coordinated weekly
Business Forums where merchants,
nonprofits, and city leadership would
promote and prepare for events and try to
resolve issues.
“When things started running smoothly,
I wasn’t as challenged,” admitted Candela.
So in April 2010, he moved to serve
another hands-on board of directors at
the Pismo Chamber of Commerce. They
were anxious to re-energize and re-build.
He was ready to re-energize his bootson-the-ground training in Morro Bay. He
again took the time to assess and found
the issues and strengths were comparable,
and so was able to hit the ground running.
At
www.pismochamber.com
the
calendar year is already set. Tickets are
available early and sold online to make it
easier for visitors and locals to plan and
purchase.
The already popular TASTE was
revamped and moved to April to Dinosaur
Caves Park. They discovered 550 guests
and 43 vendors worked and sold out
early. Fourth of July had lost revenue for
20 years, even with the City’s help due to
escalating costs of fireworks.
Income opportunities were needed.
Adding vendors and VIP seating worked.
“It helped to have clear weather to see the
fireworks my first year,” smiled Candela.
The October Clam Festival started in
1945 when there was beach clam digging.
Now a foodie-musical event celebrates the
heritage of clams with a Friday evening
wine walk, Saturday clam dig for kids,
chowder contest and a clam bake offered
by the Sea Venture Restaurant’s Chef
Casey Walcott.
Candela is inspired by November’s
Veteran’s Day each Nov. 11 and the 37-yearold legacy event, the Marching Band
Review. “Dad remembers performing
20-years ago and now junior is marching.”
Some 54 buses deliver 3,000 band
members to march Pismo streets during a
regional qualifying event vying for the top
nod from 14 professional judges.
In partnership with the City, the
Chamber of Commerce manages the
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staffs a kiosk on the Pismo Pier. Candela
also features members each Sunday at
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The South County Historical Society
presents the 35th Annual Antique Show
and Sale, Feb. 13 -14 with 22 Dealers
selling furniture, glass, jewelry, art,
postcards and collectibles. It all takes
place Saturday, Feb. 13 from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 14 from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at the South County Regional
Center, 800 West Branch Street, Arroyo
Grande. Free Parking! Admission is $6
or $5 with a coupon from local papers.
Gift baskets will be raffled. Donations are
$1each or 6 for $5 and tickets available at
the door. Drawing will be held Sunday
at 4 p.m. Winner need not be present.
Soups, sandwiches, pies, drinks and
more will be available to purchase.
For more information, visit www.
SouthCountyHistory.org or call 4898282.
•••
SLO Skiers, a non-profit sport and
social club, is having its next free monthly
meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10 at
the Elks’ Club Lodge, 222 Elks Ln., in San
Luis Obispo. Membership is $40 a year
and is open to all adults. Sports activities
and social events are held all year long.
See website at: www.sloskiers.org or call
528-3194 for more information.
•••
Seven Sisters Gallery, 601 Embarcadero
Ste. 8 in Morro Bay is holding an artist’s
reception from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12,
part of the monthly on Art Walk Friday for
a new show, “Faces, Our Reflection.” Free,
refreshments served. Award-winning
beader, Susan Terese, will be presenting
her intricate and complex beaded jewelry,
incorporating unique faces she has
collected over the years from American
artisans including stunning ceramic faces
by Diane Briegleb. The show is ongoing
daily, through March 10. Call 772-9955
for more information.
•••
The Pacific Horizon Chorus of San
Luis Obispo County is offering a fun
and unique Valentine’s Day gift idea for
your sweetheart. A quartet will deliver a
beautiful love ballad, a customized card
and flower for only $40. Surprise your
sweetie at their workplace, or while out
on that special Valentine’s date night!
Proceeds to benefit music education
for women. Quartets available to sing
anywhere in San Luis Obispo County by
appointment only. Call (805) 782-9951,
for more information and to reserve your
performance today. As a member of the
International Sweet Adeline Barbershop
Harmony organization, the Pacific
Horizon Chorus has been entertaining
Central Coast audiences and perfecting
the craft of four-part barbershop-style a
cappella singing for more than 50 years.
Open auditions are held regularly and
women of all ages are welcome to visit
and harmonize any Tuesday evening at
7 p.m., at the United Methodist Church
choir rooms, 1515 Fredericks Street, San
Luis Obispo.
For more information about the Pacific
Horizon Chorus, or to inquire about the
group performing at your special event,
call (805) 782-9951, or visit our website
at www.pacifichorizon.org.
•••
V-Day Cambria will present a 2-night
only benefit reading of Eve Ensler’s award
winning play, “The Vagina Monologues,”
at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 and 3 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 14 at the Pewter Plough
Playhouse in Cambria. Tickets are $10
a person and proceeds benefit RISE,
which helps women and children escape
intimate partner violence and sexual
assault and abuse.
•••
The San Luis Obispo County Poetry
Out Loud Competition celebrates its 10th
year on Friday, Feb. 19 at the Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship in San Luis
Obispo. Student poets representing 11
high schools — Atascadero, Central Coast
New Tech High, Lopez High, Mission
College Prep, Morro Bay High, Nipomo
High, North County Christian, Paso
Robles High, San Luis Obispo Classical
Academy, San Luis Obispo High, and
Templeton High will read their winning
submissions. The schools will be having
their individual competitions this month
and winners meet on the 19th. Sponsored
by Arts Obispo, California Arts Council,
Boo Boo Records, Palm Theater, Rita’s
Rainbows, and the SLO County Poetry
Out Loud Team. SLO County’s ultimate
winner will compete in the statewide
competition in Sacramento Feb. 28-29.
Nationals are held in Washington D.C.
•••
Dottie Doak Thompson will sign her
new book, “No One Left to Ask,” from
2-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 at Coalesce
Bookstore, 845 Main St., Morro Bay.
Thompson traces her Pre-Revolutionary
family while outlining colorful images
of memorable characters, such as her
Methodist minister Grandpa, Doak, who
performed drive-up buggy weddings,
and her Grandpa Tarwater, who helped
fight Chief Crazy Horse. The book
takes readers through the struggles of
the Midwest farmers during the Great
Depression and over the years with
drought, pestilence and disease, and
sending five sons to two war. Thompson,
83, was a court reporter for over 34 years,
with 14 years in the San Luis Obispo
Superior Court and nine years part-time
in the Santa Maria Superior Court. Upon
retirement, she enjoyed many years at the
San Luis Obispo Little Theatre, on and off
the stage, appearing in more than a dozen
productions.
•••
The Third Annual Color Blast Fun
Run has been postponed due to weather
concerns. The new date is April 23 at
San Luis Obispo High School. Proceeds
benefit the Alex Cherry Maier Memorial
Fund that provides college scholarships
to graduating high school seniors.
Scholarships are need-based and
favor athletes with “heart.” For more
information about the run and to register,
see: SLOColorBlast.com.
•••
The 2nd Annual Avila Beach Bird
Sanctuary Day is set for 10 a.m. Feb. 20 in
the Avila Beach Community Center, 191
San Miguel St. Celebrating SLO County’s
Costal Discovery & Stewardship Month,
and Avila Beach’s designation as an
official California Bird Sanctuary town,
visitors and local residents will learn
about the fascinating ecology and complex
environment of Avila Beach’s diverse
bird populations from knowledgeable
birders and wildlife specialists. The
event is for all ages and admission is free.
Any donations received will benefit the
Avila Beach Bird Sanctuary (see: www.
avilabeachbirdsanctuary.net).
•••
Nationally acclaimed guerilla poster
artist, and Los Osos resident, Robbie
Conal, will showcase a series of posters
Community
Calendar
and paintings in Cuesta College’s Harold
J. Miossi Art Gallery in an exhibit
running Jan. 19-Feb. 19. The exhibit is
titled “So Many Bad Guys, So Little Time:
Robbie Conal’s Satirical Street Posters
(Plus a Dozen Knuckleheads).” For
more information on Conal, see: http://
robbieconal.com. The Harold J Miossi Art
Gallery is in Rm. 7170, on Cuesta’s Hwy
1 campus. Open Mondays-Fridays, noon
to 4 p.m. and the first and third Sundays
from noon-4. Free.
•••
Soroptimist International of San Luis
Obispo is presenting an evening of wine
paired with appetizers, sumptuous buffet
of hearty appetizers, tasty desserts and a
silent auction of fabulous prizes. It takes
place Feb.20 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at
Tolosa Winery, 4910 Edna Road, San Luis
Obispo, 93401
Tickets are $55 each. To reserve tickets,
contact Carol Werth at cwerth43@aol.
com or (805) 801-1542.
Soroptimist is an international
volunteer organization for women who
work to improve the lives of women and
girls through programs leading to social
and economic development.
•••
The Arroyo Grande & Grover Beach
Chamber of Commerce will present
Active Shooter Training for Business at
their monthly luncheon on Wednesday,
Feb. 17 from 12-1:15 p.m. at the South
County Regional Center, 800 West
Branch Street in Arroyo Grande. Arroyo
Grande Police Chief Steve Annibali will
lead the session. Active shooter situations
are unpredictable and evolve quickly.
This training is to prepare individuals
both mentally and physically to deal with
an active shooter situation. Lunch will be
provided by Jaffa Café. Reservations are
required and can be made by calling the
Chamber at 489-1488.
•••
A call for artists is going out for a special
open juried show at the Morro Bay Art
Center featuring images in any medium
of Cal Poly’s Leaning Pine Arboretum, a
beautiful garden tucked away in the far
corner of the Cal Poly Campus. Sponsored
by the Morro Bay Art Association, artists
can enter a maximum of three works
with costs for Association members and
students of $15 for the first piece, $10
for the second and third artworks. For
non-MBAA members cost is $20 for first
piece, and $15 for the second and third.
Entries are due between 10 a.m. and 2
p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23 at the Art Center
Gallery, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. There
will be some $1,500 in prize monies for
the winners. The show runs Feb. 25-April
4. There is a free reception set for 2-4
p.m. Sunday, March 6.
•••
The 34th Annual Ladies’ Conference
in Atascadero is set for 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Friday, March 4 and 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, March 5 at the Colony Park
Community Center, 5599 Traffic Way in
Atascadero. Cost is $60 and scholarships
are available. Featured speaker is Debbie
Alsdorf with music by the Lisa Reiff
Band. To register or to ask questions see:
www.ladiesconference.com or call Jan at
466-0992 or Marline at 466-9203. The
event is a relaxing, fun and faith-based
timeout for women from their everyday
routine. The event is faith based but nondenominational.
•••
d The Estero Bay Republican Women’s
t Federated, whose members encompass
s Los Osos, Morro Bay and Cayucos, will
have its next monthly luncheon at 11:30
s a.m. Thursday, Feb. 18 at the Morro Bay
r Golf Course Clubhouse. Speaker this
/ month will be Lieutenant Col. Alfred
t J. Fonzi II, U.S. Army (Ret.) Al Fonzi
y is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel
n with over 36 years of military service.
s Since his retirement in January 2006,
he has been employed as a consultant
for SRI International, an affiliate of
s Stanford University and is a specialist in
e counterterrorism, disaster management
t and other issues regarding Homeland
a Security. Lunch is $22. The Republican
s Women’s Club promotes a Republican
t political platform. For membership
s information call Carolyn Atkinson at
528-6208 or email to: deansatkinson@
sbcglobal.net.
•••
A sculpture and drawing art show
l featuring Los Osos artist, Ron Roundy,
o will hang in the Edward Jones Office
d of Deanna Richards, 1236-J Los Osos
l Valley Rd., Los Osos, from Feb. 26-May
31. There’s a free artist’s reception set
for 5-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26 hosted by
h Richards. Appetizers and beverages will
t be served. Richards’ office is located
t behind Starbucks on LOVR.
•••
h Spirit Winds Physical Therapy, 1422
t Monterey, Ste. C-102, San Luis Obispo is
o offering a 4-part weekly class in applied
l meditation, self-hypnosis and qi gong
s practices led by clinical hypno-therapist
and qi gong/meditation teacher, Devin
s Wallace. Classes are 6:30-8:30 p.m. on
h consecutive Wednesdays starting Feb. 17.
e Cost is $80. Pre-registration is required,
e call (805) 709-2227 or devinwalla@
e gmail.com.
•••
The Morro Bay Art Association is
planning a trip to the Autry Museum
l in Griffith Park for the Masters of the
t American West Fine Art Exhibition and
m Sale, set for March 10. Cost is $70 for
a MBAA members and $75 non-members.
r Call the Association, at 772-2504 or email
d to: artcenter.morrobay@gmail.com (type
s “Field Trip” in the subject line). Travel by
s luxury coach, to a docent led tour of the
d exhibit. Convenient pick up and return
0 to Morro Bay, SLO and South County.
r Guests may enjoy lunch at the museum’s
t Crossroads West Cafe or brown bag it.
•••
2 The Friends of the Los Osos Library
r group has several special events planned
e in February. All are free admission
r except as noted and held at the library,
l 2075 Palisades Ave. Call 528-1862 for
4 information.
Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 3 p.m. is Kids’
Craft Day. Make a T-Rex paper marionette.
e School age children make’n’take a craft
every third Wednesday of the month..
Thursday, Feb. 18 at 6:30-8 p.m.
k is Book Discussion Group for adults.
n “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier is the
s book for February. Discussions are the
e third Thursdays.
f Saturday, Feb. 20 at 2 p.m. is Family
Movie Night. This PG film features a dog
t — best friend, hero, and Marine. Call
e 528-1862 for title. Free popcorn.
d Get free information about a travel
y to Italy at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23
- with the Chamber of Commerce, who is
sponsoring and organizing the special
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Call the LO/BP Chamber at 528-4884 to
sign up for the presentation.
Saturday, Feb. 27 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. is
the Friends’ Quarterly Used Book Sale in
the Library parking lot. Proceeds support
the Los Osos Library and the Friends of
Los Osos Library. Rain cancels.
•••
Morro Bay 4-H Club will be taking
orders for its enchilada fundraiser from
Feb. 1-19, the club announced. The
enchilada choices are cheese, chicken,
or seasoned ground beef. Packages of
two are $6 and can be ordered through
any 4-H member or call Tammy Haas at
772-3358. Delivery is set for Saturday,
Feb. 27. Proceeds support the 4-H club’s
numerous activities.
•••
Rotary District 5240 and the Cal Poly
Women’s Basketball Team are teaming
up in late February for a weekend of
special activities to focus on Rotary
International’s polio eradication program
called Polio Plus, its number one
humanitarian effort. Events will include a
SLO Farmers’ Market booth on Thursday,
Feb.25, featuring the Lady Mustangs and
Rotary displays. On Feb. 26, Rotarians
will gather for a social outing to watch
the Melodrama’s current show “39
Steps” while raising funds to finish the
fight against polio. A special National
Immunization Day Alumni reception
will precede the show. Call Linda Osty
(805-234-7796) as soon as possible to
reserve tickets since they are limited for
this event. The weekend will culminate
on Saturday, Feb. 27 when the Lady
Mustangs host the UC Santa Barbara
Lady Gauchos (2 p.m., Mott Athletics
Center on the Cal Poly Campus) and
special Rotary Polio Plus programs and
exhibits. General admission tickets are
available in advance or at the door and
cost $8 for adults, $6 for senior/staff and
$4 for youth. Rotarians and their guests
will be offered tickets for only $4. Cal
Poly Rotaract Students and District High
School Interact Students will be admitted
for free. To place phone orders call 805756-4TIX or 1-866-Go-Stangs. Purchase
tickets online at: www.gopoly.com. Game
parking will be free in the large parking
structure adjacent to the Mott Athletics
Center and the Performing Arts Center.
Additional information for the weekend
Rotary events is available at www.
rotarydistrict5240.org or by contacting
Curtis Reinhardt at 805-773-4173 or
curtis@curtisreinhardt.com.
•••
The City of Pismo Beach is sponsoring
a public art program to improve the
appearance of 10 utility boxes in the
downtown area. A theme: “Seaside” has
been selected to illustrate the unique and
fun aspects of this resort city. A “Call for
Artists” is underway with applications
and concepts due no later than close of
business on Feb. 29. Honorariums and
supply budgets exceeding $1,000 per
utility box are offered to SLO County
artists. Applications and an artist’s
prospectus are available free on the city’s
website:
www.pismobeach.org/786/
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With the blackouts down and
the curtains drawn, Eva sat at
her dressing table barely able to see her
reflection in the mirror. In a way she
was thankful. She didn’t need to see her
fear. The Blitz was enough to deal with,
and now Eva had a body lying on the
living room floor mucking up the mix.
Eva hadn’t meant to kill Ambrose.
If only she hadn’t caught him
going through her briefcase and
photographing the papers. She rarely
brought documents home from the
office, especially ones so sensitive,
but she had to prepare for a security
briefing the next day, so she made the
exception. Just the once.
An air raid siren shrieked through
the night. She’d deal with poor
Ambrose later. Right now there were
more pressing matters. People in her
neighborhood depended on her and it
wouldn’t do to arouse suspicion.
“Tonight’s our night to celebrate,
love,” Ambrose said earlier that evening
when he dropped by her flat with a
bottle of champagne. They’d been
seeing each other off and on
almost six months now, but
for Eva, it wasn’t serious,
just good fun, something
to ease the tensions of
living through the Blitz.
Eva retreated into the
bedroom to dress for dinner but soon
realized she’d left her compact in her
handbag on the couch. Ambrose, so
engrossed in his task, barely noticed the
door open or her soft footsteps coming
from behind. It was over in a moment.
The thin blade went in quickly, severed
a major artery, and Ambrose was dead.
Full stop.
Eva donned her round black warden’s
hat with the chinstrap and the letter W
writ large above the brim; it reminded
her of those blokes with the silly safari
hats in the Tarzan films at the Odeon.
She smiled at the memory and then
grabbed her wool coat and hurried
down the stairs.
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Outside, Eva directed neighbors
to the shelter while the sirens
continued to blare and
the buzzing grew louder
overhead. After ushering
the last family down
the steps to relative
safety—one was never
completely safe these
days—she took her place with the
others already seated in rows on the
cold concrete of the Edgware Road tube
station.
When the buzzing ceased,
heads craned upward as if their eyes
could follow the path of the flying bomb
from the depths of the Underground.
The V-1 hit its mark and the earth
shook violently. Eva knelt down and
hugged a young boy. “It won’t be long,
love,” she said, “Not to worry.”
The all clear sounded and
Eva followed her charges up the
stairway to the street. The moment she
surfaced, she felt the intense heat on
her face. Eva’s building was gone, the
neighborhood destroyed. She almost
laughed aloud. No need to worry about
Ambrose now.
Eva patted her coat pocket and
felt the documents safely inside, but
she wasn’t out of danger yet. She would
make a call, and by the time the firemen
and volunteers cleared the debris, she’d
be out of the country and on her way
home—to Berlin. Eva smiled again as
she watched the fires illuminate the
night sky. It was the only light in town.
Paul Alan Fahey, a writer and editor,
resides on the Central Coast. He writes
for JMS Books. He’s looking forward to
2016 and writing a new script as well as
editing another nonfiction anthology
of personal essays: Equality: What
Do You Think About When You Think
of Equality. Paul is a member of SLO
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in all genres. Find them online at
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t’s spring and it’s time to celebrate
by attempting to “spring clean” our
house and garages, but it seems
that no matter how many of our collected treasures that we either give away or
throw away, there doesn’t ever seem
to be enough space. The more cluttered our garages become, the more
we miss those wide open spaces inside
our places. You may have noticed more
“spaces” popping up around town in
the form of steel buildings. You might
be wondering how to go about adding
more “space” to your place. Our local
steel building experts at PWS are here
to explain how the process works in
building a new “spacious place”.
The first thing to determine is how
you’ll utilize your new space. Are you
trying to maximize storage space,
make a man cave, a lady cave, create
an office, or store your boat, RV, toys
or wine? Are you going to make space
for an artist studio, greenhouse, paint
room, scrapbook station, agricultural
storage, or work on your automobiles?
Once you know how you’re going to
maximize your new space, you can call
PWS and arrange for a free consultation. The PWS consultant will come
out for a site visit and design the perfect structure for your needs and your
budget. Wine doesn’t like light so there
won’t be any skylights in a wine cave,
but if you’re an artist then you probably want as much light as possible.
The PWS steel building consultant will
design a sketch with your input and
budget in mind and then set their engineers to work on the plans for your
building and your concrete foundation.
The next step is the permit process,
so it’s important to make sure you’re
working with a local contractor who
knows steel buildings and permit regulations in your area. PWS happens to
fall into this category. Your experienced
PWS steel contractor will handle
the permit process for you and
will be familiar with your city or
county regulations and staff. It’s
optimal to use the same contractor for all of these steps. A turnkey professional is essential to a
stress-free project. Some parcels
of land require minimal permitting; especially those zoned as agricultural areas. Your experienced
PWS professional will fill out and
file the correct permit for you.
This ensures that your project
flows through the process in the
quickest and most efficient manner possible. This stage usually
takes about 30 days.
With permit in hand, your local
custom steel builder and manufacturer can fabricate your new
building in about two weeks, simultaneously the foundation is
poured. Once the concrete is set
the crew comes out with your new
building, erects it in about week
and your new space is ready to enjoy. It’s a fun and easy experience when
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Why Does My Water Taste Bad?
F
or the past couple of years local
resident, Kim M. has been asked
on several occasions, “Why does
my water taste so bad?”
She first noticed it while eating at
an establishment in Arroyo Grande.
The glass of water she received tasted
musty, almost as if it had dirt or mold
in it. She mentioned it to the waitress.
“I know, it tastes really bad,” she replied. Kim suggested that the carbon
filter on the soda machine needed to be
changed. She explained that filter had
just been changed. Unfortunately, the
taste of the water is what it is. She offer
bottled water, but being the frugal person Kim was, she declined and suffered
through the musty taste.
Kim is confident that she knows what
chlorine tastes like in her water. She
has drank water with a metallic taste
and experienced water that smelled
like rotten eggs. She didn’t like it,
but she got used to it. This new awful,
moldy, dirt taste was new. It bothered her.
It turns out, the offending compound
is known as 2-methylisoborneol (MIB).
It is a byproduct of blue-green algae
and the decay of organic matter in surface waters. Warmer than usual water
temperatures, possibly due in part to
the prolonged drought, has contrib-
uted to higher than usual levels. There
are currently no regulations for MIB
as it has not been associated with any
health effects. While unpleasant, it is
fine to drink.
Throughout the year, as there is more
rain and surface water temperatures
cool, the taste of your water may continue to change. The taste of the MIB
will subside, but other flavors may appear. Total dissolved solids (TDS) effect
your water’s taste. Metals such as iron,
copper, manganese, or zinc can cause
a metallic taste. Fluoride may cause a
distinct bad water taste. Chlorine and
chloramines will often give water a
“bleachy” smell.
What can you do to improve the taste
and quality of your water? At a minimum, use carbon filtration. Whether
out of your refrigerator (remember to
change those filters) or by using a Brita
pitcher, carbon will reduce the taste
and odor that is in your water. However, carbon does not do it all. To ensure you have great tasting, high quality drinking water use a point of use
drinking water system. Kim switched to
Culligan Drinking water and is a much
happier resident.
Call your local Culligan for a free water test and estimate. 805-710-4525 or
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In a large frying pan over medium
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Why Quartz Could be Right for You
Y
our countertops go through a
lot. Scratches, stains and the
stresses of everyday life. It is
difficult to decide which countertop
is the best choice for you and there
are so many choices! First you need
to look at your lifestyle and what is
important to you. Your choices include quartz, granite, marble, concrete and slate. Of course there are
pros are cons to each and the newest manufactured product on the
market is quartz which has a number of very important qualities.
The manufacturing process allows a much wider range of colors
than you’ll find in natural stones
such as marble or granite. The appearance of the finished engineered
stone is rich, even luxurious. Quartz
has the same durability as concrete
and granite, but is quite a bit more
forgiving, so it won’t chip or crack
as easily. It doesn’t have the same
hardness in the feel that some people don’t like.
Quartz is great for those who
truly love to cook. Because it’s nonporous and nonabsorbent, it won’t
draw in moisture from raw or leftover food, which can harbor harmful bacteria. It gives off zero emis-
sions, and no radon. It stands up to
juice, oil, wine, tomato, coffee and
other products that can cause stains
on countertops. It is easy to clean.
Just use warm water and mild soap
to clean. Unlike granite and marble,
quartz doesn’t need periodic sealing, polishing or reconditioning.
You won’t have to work with messy
oils or dangerous chemicals—
there’s no cost of upkeep for quartz
once it’s installed.
Quartz has a very contemporary
look and some homeowners prefer
a more traditional or natural look.
However, with the right combination of cabinets, you can have the
kitchen you desire regardless of
your style choice.
Although the price point can be
slightly higher than the other options, the durability and lack of
maintenance are a major plus in
considering quartz as an option. If
you are an active, cooking homeowner, quartz is a great option for
you to install on your countertops
to update your kitchen.
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The Best of Lake Tahoe
W
ho doesn’t love the idea
of a vacation in Lake
Tahoe. It is so full of great
adventures. If you are planning a
trip for this summer and are looking
for a beautiful destination you might
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Hiking and mountain biking are
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do at Lake Tahoe in warm weather,
especially on the Tahoe Rim Trail,
but you don’t have to do all of its 165
miles in one trip. You’ll find some
easy day hikes on it, too
The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival features classic plays in a setting so lovely that it almost upstages
the performers
The bigger ski resorts usually
open by Thanksgiving, even if they
have to make their own snow to do
it.
Snow skiing is by far the most
popular of all things to do at Lake
Tahoe in winter.
A number of companies will take
you dog sledding, a no-effort way to
get around the wintry landscape
You’ll thinks it’s a scene right out
of Curries & Ives when you take a
trip with Borges Sleigh Rides
If you’ve got the whole family
along, you’ll find plenty of things to
do at Lake Tahoe to keep them entertained.
Kids love the old-fashioned Western atmosphere at Virginia City, a
short side trip away from the lake
Northstar at Tahoe has a big ice
skating rink and afterward, you
can buy a s’mores kit and warm up
around one of the outdoor fireplaces
Most of the larger ski resorts offer
lessons for the kids, but if they don’t
want to ski, they’ll enjoy playing the
snow or snow tubing
Admission is free at the Tahoe
Trout Farm and you can get bait
and tackle on the spot. Just be sure
the kids know that they’re going to
have to kill the fish if they plan to
take it home for dinner. They don’t
have a website, but they’re at 1023
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The self-propelled rafting trips on
the Truckee River just at Tahoe City
are one of the most fun things to do
at Lake Tahoe, especially if the kids
are old enough to help paddle.
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Wellness
At the Root of Neck Problems
By Michele S Jang, PT
D
o you have neck pain?
I
have noticed an interesting
phenomenon in almost 100% of
clients who come in for neck problem
regardless of the level of involvement.
The common denominator is scar
tissue and significant restriction in the
upper two thoracic vertebrae. To a
lesser degree, the lowest of the cervical
vertebrae is also involved, C7. Regardless
of what area of pain you are experiencing
in your neck, I recommend you have this
level of the spine mobilized. Mobilization
is the realignment of structures via the
application of directional forces on a
structure to promote greater mobility.
Proper alignment of structures such as
vertebrae, nerves, muscles and ligaments
are critical to restore proper function and
reduction of pain. If you are experiencing
paresthesia, numbness or tingling in
the middle, ring and pinky fingers;
mobilization to this region is especially
essential. Such tingling to these fingers
directly correlates with nerve irritation at
this level of the spine.
How does this area of the lower neck and
upper thoracic spine become restricted?
Strain can occur naturally over time from
poor posturing where your head is held in
front of your shoulders rather than on top
of them. The weight of our head sitting
forward over our shoulders and the
subsequent rounding of our shoulders
will cause the C7, T1, T2 region to take the
brunt of trying to keep your head from
falling more forward. Trauma from a
whiplash injury may also strain this level
of the spine.
If you continue to experience neck pain
despite previous treatment, it may be that
the thoracic region was not evaluated and
treated. Again, tension and tightness at
the neck’s base, can translate to pain and
problems further up the neck. So, you see;
getting to the root of your neck pain may
actually involve treating your upper back.
Treating and mobilizing this area
yourself is difficult. At Spirit Winds
Physical Therapy we have techniques
to help break down the scar tissue
and increase vertebral mobility. More
importantly, we recommend stretches
to open up the tissues in the front of the
body and exercises to strengthen the back
and scapular muscles. Exercises help
keep the spine mobile, achieve greater
spinal extension and thus better posture.
In addition, we provide education on how
to get through your day with ideal body
mechanics.
Michele S Jang, PT is a physical therapist
who likes to look outside the box. She has
been a physical therapist for over 21 years
and has extensive training in manual
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therapy or the use
of hands to help
rehabilitate the
body. Michele has
been an instructor
both
in
the
United States and
abroad. She offers
Free
Consults
on
Tuesday
afternoons.
Michele also has a
team of therapists
at Spirit Winds who offer an array of
expertise on exercise, fall prevention, foot
and shoe assessments, body mechanics
and proper breathing technique to
increase awareness and healing. Michele
can be reached at 805 543-5100 or info@
spiritwindstherapy.com.
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The Book on
O
ver the past several years there
seems to be more and more buzz
about farmers’ markets. In spite of
growing popularity of farmers’ markets,
there are many myths that continue to
persist preventing folks from coming
out to experience all that a modern day
market has to offer. Here in SLO we are
fortunate enough to have the Downtown
SLO Farmers’ Market that began long
before the buzz and has stood the test of
time. While some key elements remain
unchanged, The Market continues to
evolve challenging many of the myths
that may have once been true.
There are still many people who
assume that shopping at The Market will
break the bank opting for grocery stores
to save on funds. There has actually
been research done that suggests just the
opposite. Right here at the Downtown
SLO Farmers’ Market you can get a
bundle of kale or spinach for one dollar,
which is about half of what you would
be charged at most grocery stores. The
Market also offers an array of nuts that
you can buy in bulk starting at six dollars
for a half pound. Another budget-saver at
The Market, you will not find at a grocery
store, is being able to check with farmers
when you make your purchase to see if
they have any greens they are discarding
(like beet greens or carrot tops). As the
old saying goes “Someone else’s trash
is another person’s treasure.” Lastly,
anyone who has been to The Market can
also attest to endless samples passed out
by our loyal vendors. Depending on your
appetite the samples alone may just save
you the cost
of a meal
and it will
definitely
offer more
variety than
a pot roast.
Another
myth
the
Downtown
S
L
O
Farmers’
M a r k e t
certainly
disproves
is that you
can
only
find fruits
and veggies
at markets. You can find eggs, milk, and
cheese, as The Market continues to grow
into the side streets, so will this selection.
With the addition of new specialty items
the hope is most visitors can check off
their entire shopping list while enjoying
the atmosphere Downtown. Another
challenge to this myth is the presence
of food vendors who are there to share
a sampling from their menus. For the
meat lovers out there The Market offers
nine different barbecues each week and
a variety of fish preparations. You can
also get a sampling of international
cuisine from vendors like Oasis, Mama’s
Meatballs or Le Ciel Crepe Cafe. Many
chefs rely on local farms for their
produce and having the restaurants
present with the farmers at The Market
really highlights this connection in the
Bullies:
How to Handle Them
Without Becoming
One of Them
Practical
strategies
to handle
bullies in
school, home
and the workplace.
community.
It is also believed by some that
cooler months lack variety and availability
of produce. Another myth that can be
busted by coming out to see what fruits
and vegetables actually thrive in the cooler
months. It is not uncommon for farmers
at the Downtown SLO Farmers’ Market
to educate shoppers on the seasonally
shifting varietals. Though we all have at
least one or two summer produce items
that we miss during the cooler months,
it is also an opportunity to try something
new. Most importantly, you can support
the folks who continue to work through
the tough weather to bring all of this to
you. Hopefully, this has helped to clear up
some of the myths that are out there but
if you are not convinced, come on out to
The Market on any given Thursday night
and see for yourself what all the hype is
about and Discover Local Flavor.
Purchase the book locally at
Coalesce Bookstore, Morro
Bay and Parable Bookstore
or online at: Amazon.com or
BarnesandNoble.com
Info on bullies or for cou
counseling contact:
Susan K. Boyd
MS, MFT
Licensed Marriage
& Family Therapist
805-782-9800
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hat is the role of money
in relationship to love? Is
money the reason couples
stay together or can it also be the
wedge that drives them apart?
According
to
the
American
Psychological Association, divorce
in the United States has fluctuated
between 40-50%. That rate lowered,
substantially, at the peak of the
recession. But researchers think that
might have been due to the fact that
people could not afford to divorce in
the bad economy. A poor job market,
and debt that would result from
divorce, kept many couples together
for survival.
Conflict over money, however,
or the lack of it, has stressed many
marriages to the point of divorce
in good and bad economies. So, not
surprising, as people wait to get
married until after they receive a
degree, their earning power goes
up and they are less likely to feel
the stress of financial difficulties.
However, an interesting phenomenon
is taking place. According to a recent
study the number of Americans who
have never been married has reached
a historic high. People are not feeling
the need to get married until later in
life or not at all.
When couples do finally get married
the price they are willing to pay for
weddings has become astronomical.
A cost of between $ 20,0000$50,000 is not unusual. People are,
also, spending a higher percentage
of their income and saving less than
in the past. Beginning life together in
debt because of a wedding can cause
problems for a couple from the start.
When money, and what it can buy,
trumps love in a relationship, trouble
follows. This is true in any economy
and no matter what the earning power
–Barbara, SLO
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of the people involved. Money cannot
compete with, or, replace love.
Sometimes money becomes a
weapon when couples feel hurt.
They try to outspend one another
as a revenge tactic; “If he can spend
that on himself then I deserve to
have what makes me happy!” Some
spouses spend money in order to fill
a void in their marriage. This may
be a result of feeling bored, lonely,
or rejected; “I have something to
look forward to, even the search to
find it is like a high,”(This can be
million dollar real estate or a pair
of shoes). Both of these relationship
problems are not about money, but
feeling unloved, yet, they can lead to
debt, which, ultimately, strains the
relationship.
Love can, also, be lost because of
the desire for money. This marital
problem is not, necessarily, due
to spending, but actually, the
compulsive need to keep earning.
Making money at the expense of
spending time with a partner, will
turn love into longing, and strip away
years of hope for memories, that may
never be made together.
So how can couples stay close
and keep money in its rightful place?
When two people love each other
that is their priority. They, then,
use money for what they believe
is important. Money, however, or
the need for it, can never become
more important than that loving
relationship.
Susan K. Boyd is a Licensed
Marriage & Family Therapist
in private practice in SLO. She
can be reached for counseling by
calling (805) 782-9800 or email:
sbcare@aol.com.
Also see www.
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Framed
Sea Stacks
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this area are also tuffs, the same material
as the Sea Stacks.
Nearby the Sea Stack in this photo
are many small caves, better known as
the Dinosaur Caves. These caves were
formed the same way as the Sea Stacks
were, in reverse, but that is a story for
another time.
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caves that collapsed, which then formed
arches and then as the arches collapsed
a pillar or Stack was left behind. The
white and yellow rock along the cliffs in
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bout 20 million years ago when
‘the Seven Sisters’ peaks were
formed (Morro Rock, Bishop’s
Peak, etc.) the tide line in Pismo
Beach was up more or less where the
freeway is and the waves were probably
crashing against the hills.
Move ahead 20 million years and now
in-between the foothills where waves
once crashed and where we now enjoy
our beautiful beach you will see several
huge rock formations. One sits right
in the middle of the highway (where
Marie Calendar’s once was) and another
stands in the middle of the beach, close
to the bottom of the steps you can take
from several hotels or the steps at the
end of Wilmar Avenue (pictured).
These huge rock formations are Sea
Stacks. The Sea Stacks, called tuffs, are
made from volcanic ash that landed on
the ocean, settled to the bottom, built
up over years, eventually petrified and
later pushed back up where we see it
today. Thousands of years of erosion
and clearing away of softer rock shaped
the unusual rocks that seem to come
out of nowhere. The Stacks started as
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By Michael Elliott
B
en- The movie? No.
The Michael Jackson
song?
Not.
The
rat? I don’t think so. The
college basketball star out
of LSU who has a shot at
supplanting Kobe Bryant as
the Lakers next superstar?
Yup!
Perhaps you have
never heard of Australian
product Ben Simmons. The
Tigers’ freshman phenom
is lighting it up in venues
around the country and fans
can’t get enough of him.
He is so revered in Baton Rouge that
Louisianans are mentioning him in the
same breath as “Pistol” Pete Maravich,
the iconic scoring legend whose floppy
locks and saggy socks brought instant
basketball cred to the Bayou Country
ages ago.
Simmons went for his 16th doubledouble in 22 games recently in a 21
point, 13 rebound effort in a victory over
Auburn. These types of performances
are a big reason that the lowly Lakers
may very well select Big Ben (6’-10” with
a seven-foot wingspan) come next NBA
draft if they get a shot at him. And his
uniform colors would remain exactly the
same. Karma baby!
The Boys Are Back In Town- Thin Lizzy
ditty? Nah. My high school buddies
have come to visit me? Nyet. The Dallas
NFL football team is going to be good
next year? Ha-ha-ha!!! The Rams are
returning to Los Angeles? That be the
one.
St. Louis Rams zillionaire owner Stan
Kroenke is bringing the franchise back to
the LA area. Will prior SoCal Rams fans
re-engage or will they be unforgiving?
The former, I’m sure. The Los Angeles
area has been long-starved for another
NFL entity.
Growing up in the tiny San Joaquin
Valley town of Avenal, CA, I was sitting
on the, if you will, Mason/Dixon Line, not
knowing whether to follow San Francisco
or Los Angeles sports teams. Laying
on the couch with my dad on Sunday
afternoons watching John Brodie
commandeer the Forty-Niners never did
sway my allegiance from the Rams once I
fell in love with them. Going to games at
the venerable LA Coliseum and watching
Roman Gabriel and the Fearsome
foursome perform was lifealtering!
When the Rams left town
my heart did not follow
them. Upon their return I
shall personally have a waitand-see attitude. Welcome
back my long-lost friends.
PotpourriBiggest
matchup
in
women’s
college hoops to date this
year between #1 undefeated
UConn and #2 undefeated
South Carolina should be a
doozy! Is UFC champ Holly
Holm tempting fate by facing off against
Meisha Tate prior to her mid-summer
rematch with a seething Ronda Rousey?
If you happen to attend the Summer
Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this summer
be wary of swimming in their water. If
you find yourself passing through Flint,
Michigan anytime soon don’t drink theirs.
Local surfers are hanging tens on
those awesome El Nino waves as of
late. Mission Prep boy hoopsters are
having a fine PAC 8 campaign as they sit
at 9-1 at press time. Idiot Of The Year
award last year and this year, to date,
goes to the Cleveland Brown’s Johnny
Manziel. It was quite nerve-wracking for
Brandt Snedeker, as he finishes his final
PGA golf round on a Sunday one stroke
back before weather stoppage and has to
squirm outside of the ropes all morning
long on Monday as the final groups
limp home and hand him the Farmer’s
Insurance Open title in San Diego!
How many of you out there are sporting
wry smiles as the Duke Blue Devils, and
perhaps the Kentucky Wildcats, have
dropped out of the top twenty-five college
basketball rankings for the first time
in years and years? The Washington
Capitols seem to be the class of the
National hockey League, but don’t be
surprised if the defending champion
Chicago Blackhawks hoist the cup once
again this year. And finally, stay fit
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with your family close-nit.
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Entertainment
Songwriters At Play presents
Cal Poly graduate resident Mike
Annuzzi
performance
followed
by
a
musical review in
a tax deductible
fundraiser for Save
the Park, at 3 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 13
in support of the
group’s efforts for
Mother
Nature.
Tickets are $25
adults and $5
children. Call 7725912.
Early bird tickets for the 28th Annual
Live Oak Music Festival, June 17-19 at
Live Oak Camp at Lake Cachuma, are
on sale now, with discounts available
until March 18. Ticket prices range from
$25 (child day ticket) to $130 (adult
full festival 3-day pass). Camping is
included with the 3-day pass. Parking
fees are additional. See: liveoakfest.org
for a complete line up of acts and ticket
information.
Live Oak showcases musicians from
all over the world performing folk,
rhythm and blues, roots rock, Latin,
jazz, Americana, world music, and
more. Acts already signed on include
the Jay Farrar Trio, celebrating the 20th
Anniversary of his first release; Texas
singer-songwriter James McMurtry,
goodtime soul and R&B band The
California Honeydrops; contemporary
folk, Americana and roots music artist
Sarah Jarosz; and the genre-hopping,
time-bending dance bash band, The
Dustbowl Revival. Additional acts will
be announced soon.
The festival includes an array of
international food booths, acclaimed
local wine & beer, as well as children
and teen activities including arts &
crafts, hiking excursions, talent shows,
and a teen game room.
The Great American Melodrama
in Oceano has taken Hitchcock’s “39
Steps” and added its brand for a farcical
Unitarian
Universalist
Fellowship, 2201 Lawton Ave., San Luis
Obispo will have Soprano Katherine
Arthur and pianist Susan Davies
perform the world premiere of the
song cycle, “Songs of Freedom,” plus
gypsy songs and Cole Porter classics
at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21. Tickets are
$20 general $5 students, under-12
free, available at the door or advanced
online through Brown Paper Tickets on
the U.U. website, see: www.uuslo.org.
The Cal Poly University Jazz Bands
will present, “Just Jazz,” a concert
set for 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19 in the
Performing Arts Center at Cal Poly.
Tickets are $12 and $14 for the public
and $9 and $12 for students and Jazz
Federation members. Pricing includes
all PAC fees, and parking. Tickets are
sold at the PAC Box Office from noon
to 6 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. Order
by phone at 756-4849. A 10-percent
discount for patrons who buy season
tickets to four Music Department events
and a 15-percent discount for five or
more events. The show will feature a
range of today’s jazz styles — parody,
intimate combos and epic composition.
Student musicians will play in two big
bands and two jazz combos. Pieces to
be performed include Adam Bartzack’s
“Grass is Greener,” “No More Mr. Nice
Guy,” by Alice Cooper and “Rush,” from
the Japanese anime cartoon “Cowboy
Bebop.”
The San Luis Obispo Wind
Orchestra presents: The Stars
of SLO” a concert featuring
flutist Nancy Smee, oboe player
Heidi Butterfield and the premiere of
associate conductor David Rackley’s
“Sweet,” based on Handel’s “Suite
No. 11 for Piano,” set for 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 20 at the Cuesta College
Performing Arts Center. Tickets are
$10 students and $20 general public.
Get tickets online at www.cpactickets.
cuesta.edu or call 546-3198. Backed
by the Orchestra, Smee will solo on
“Concerto for Flute, Chaminade;”
and Butterfield will solo on “Elegy for
English Horn and Band.”
Folk singer, Lukas Papenfusscline
will play Last Stage West on Hwy 41
located about halfway between Morro
Bay and Atascadero at 7 p.m. Saturday,
Feb 13. No cover charge and LSW has
great barbecue fare for dinner. Lukas
plays banjo, harmonium and guitar in
the Appalachian folk music tradition
with a new and original sound. For a
music sample, see: www.sonicbids.
com/band/lukaspapenfusscline.
A free Valentine’s Day piano concert
with Louise King and soprano Katherine
Arthur, “For the Love of Music,” is set for
3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14 at St. Benedicts
Church, 2220 Snowy Egrety Ln., Los
Osos. The program includes music by
Brahms and Cole Porter. Donations
are welcome. For more information,
contact St. Benedict’s at 528-0654 or
email to: office@stbenslososos.org.
Songwriters At Play presents Cal Poly
graduate and former San Luis Obispo
resident Mike Annuzzi on Feb. 22 at
Bang the Drum Brewery (950 Orcutt
Road, San Luis Obispo, 805- 2428372). Mike will preview songs from
his upcoming third album “The One.”
His song “Paradise” from his previous
CD was heard in steady rotation on
The Krush 92.5. It also won the 2010
Song of the Year for the West Coast
Songwriters San Francisco chapter. He
has been performing regularly around
the Central Coast for the last 10 years.
The showcase starts at 6:30 with guest
performers, including Tim Jackson. No
cover charge, but a tip bucket is passed
during the featured artist’s set.
Tickets are on sale now for Billboard’s
6-time No. 1 World Albums Artist multiplatinum Irish music sensation, Celtic
Woman, set to play the Performing
Arts Center at Cal Poly at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 18. Tickets range
from $50-$90 at the PAC Box Office.
Call (805) 756-4849, or order on line
at: www.pacslo.org. Celtic Woman,
with their brand new show, “Destiny,”
celebrates the simultaneous release of
their new album and DVD, also titled
Destiny, honoring Ireland’s past, with a
contemporary musical edge to songs old
and new in a way that also reflects the
vibrant, modern Ireland. Celtic Woman
features three world-class vocalists,
Mairéad Carlin, Susan McFadden and
newest member Éabha McMahon, and
brilliant Celtic violinist Máiréad Nesbitt
accompanied by a talented band and
traditional dancers.
Jazz Vespers returns to First
Presbyterian of San Luis Obispo
(corner of Marsh and Morro) at 4 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 14 in a special Valentine’s
Day show. Vocalist Judy Philbin, Adam
Levine on guitar and Keegan Harshman
on bass, will perform songs focused on
love, gratitude, life and family, and
humanity. Free, donations appreciated.
See: www.JudyPhilbin.com for music
samples.
Australian musician, comedian, actor,
writer and director Tim Minchin will
perform at the Performing Arts Center
at Cal Poly at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 24. Tickets range from $20.80$36 and available at the PAC Box Office,
Mondays–Saturdays, noon to 6 p.m.
Call (805) 756-4849 or order online at:
www.calpolyarts.org. Minchin brings
a hilarious solo performance at the
piano, combining razor-sharp standup comedy with sly, satirical songs. As
a comedian-musician, he has toured
solo, with bands and with symphony
orchestras, playing in venues big and
small: from the Largo LA and the New
York Town Hall, to the London’s Royal
Albert Hall and the Sydney Opera
House. He recently appeared on stage
as Rosencrantz in Tom Stoppard’s,
“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are
Dead” at the Sydney Theatre Company,
and as Judas in Lloyd-Weber and
Tim Rice’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” in
arenas across the U.K. and Australia.
This show will include topical/adult
content, ages 17-older only, plus fog
effects.
The Basin Street Regulars Jazz
Society presents Hot Swingin’ Jazz”
Feb. 28. The jam session starts at
11a.m. (bring your instrument and
join in). Two professional bands
start at 1p.m. It all takes place at the
Veterans’ Memorial Building 780 Bello
Street Pismo Beach at 11 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Entrance is $5 for members and
$10 for non-members. This month’s
bands are: Cell Block 7 Jazz Band
from Lodi http://www.ericburger.org/
cellblock7.htm and our local Rag Bone
Saints Band https://www.facebook.
com/ragbonesaints/ Food, drinks,
and dance floor on site. For more
information, call (805) 481-7840 or
go to www.pismojazz.com. Email at:
pismojazz2015@gmail.com.
Songwriters At Play
presents Caitlin Mahoney
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Mahoney’s debut LP aptly-titled Spin
was a collaboration with Nashville
producers Chris Grainger (Wilco,
Kopecky) and Jonathan Trebing (Peter
Bradley Adams, Mindy Smith) and
highlights her charm-filled vocals,
reflective words and snap-worthy
hooks. The showcase starts at 6:30 pm
with special guest performers including
Cal Poly’s Maria Woodson. No cover,
but a tip basket is passed for the
featured act.
Along Comes Hope presents “Comedy
for a Cure” featuring Andrew Kennedy
on Thursday, March 10 at the San Luis
Obispo Country Club at 255 Country
Club Dr, San Luis Obispo. The night
will start with a reception at 6:30 p.m.
with the comedy show ending at 9:00
p.m. Tickets are $45 and include pizza,
popcorn, a drink ticket for beer or wine
and an opportunity to take fun photos
in a photobooth. There will be raffle
tickets for purchase upon arrival with
prizes from local businesses all around
San Luis Obispo. Andrew Kennedy’s
comedy act is voted one of Comedy
Central’s Top 20. He was also voted
number one in the “Comedy Central’s
Standup Showdown.” All proceeds
from the comedy night benefit kids
fighting cancer with Along Comes
Hope. To purchase tickets, visit www.
alongcomeshope.com/events/comedy.
For more information about the event,
Email Jenny at info@alongcomeshope.
com.
Songwriters
At Play presents
Caitlin Mahoney
on Feb. 29 at Bang
the Drum Brewery
(950 Orcutt Road,
San Luis Obispo,
805-242-8372).
Caitlin is a New
York
City-based
singer-songwriter
who
writes
of
adventure,
passion, and life’s
chaos, or as she
calls it, “the Spin.”
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A Taste of Gay Paris at La Parisienne Bakery
By Teri Bayus
I like surprises in my life, especially
when they come under the realm of an
impromptu trip. As you read this I am
in Paris doing a story for Airbnb finding
the best of the city’s culinary treasures
and soaking in the opulence that is gay
Paris.
Before we left I did my weekly
pilgrimage to Morro Bay. My grandkids
now live in Morro Bay and we come to
the La Parisienne Bakery every Friday
to fill up boxes of goodies to eat all
weekend.
The kids love the sugar cookies,
but try a new treat every time we are
there. The smell of baked goods draw
you in, and this is the only place to
have a proper, authentic French petit
déjeuner!
Crispy croissants, rich pies and other
delicious pastries were my French fix
for the day. I had my favorite breakfast
sandwich in the entire world, goat
cheese with sautéed spinach and
mushrooms and egg on the most
crunchy, soft baguette.
The kids had muffins, sides of bacon
and dolphin shaped cookies, and we
toasted chef Deb with our chocolate
milk and took a box of goodies to go.
La Parisienne Bakery, owned and
operated by a fantastic and full-of-life
woman, Debra was a hit in both the
food, coffee and friendliness factor.
This authentic French bakery located
at 1140 Front St., at the north end of
the Embarcadero (the sign just says
“Bakery”), had a menu to impress and
we ate three meals our first time there
and took one home with us.
Gary ordered the Burgundy beef
sandwich, which was a mixture of
chunks of beef, smothered in reduced
Burgundy sauce and served on a fresh
baguette. I had a scallop sandwich with
flavors bursting and me wanting to take
the whole bakery case back to the room.
I took just one baguette, which was a
mistake.
The Parmesan encrusted baguette
was a meal in itself. I devoured the whole
thing and was brushing the crumbs off
my lap when Gary came home. Next
time
we
ordered
two
and
they were a
perfect meal
for dinner.
We came back
for breakfast, waking
early to try some hot pastries. I
started with an egg and ham sandwich
on a freshly baked baguette with fried
potatoes and cheese, and it was superb.
Gary started with a walnut, sticky bun,
a chocolate croissant, and an apricot
pastry. He ate every bite, moaning
with pleasure and then ordered a dozen
fresh baked sugar cookies.
The cookies are shaped like
sea creatures and smothered in a
magnificent frosting; they were still
warm from the oven. It was brilliant
and amazing. We then walked to Morro
Rock, played in the surf and came back
to the bakery for lunch.
This time I tried one of the many
scrumptious quiches, while Gary
tried the French onion soup. The
soup is topped with a crustini and
smothered with shredded cheese,
all complementing the super sweet
onions. Then we split an egg salad
sandwich, which I watched
the chef (Debra) slice
the eggs and make
fresh just as
we ordered
it. We took
m o r e
cookies
to go and
a
couple
of loafs of
bread
for
dinner.
La
Parisienne
Bakery is in the Front
Street parking lot next to the Adventure
Inn. They have abundant tarte choices,
quiches, soups, light sandwiches, fresh
sliced bread to go, cookies, pastries
and more. Open daily except closed
Tuesdays, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
can be reached at 772-8530.
Cry, Cheer, Yell Out Loud for ‘Joy’
By Teri Bayus
I
heard that this movie received
negative reviews and feedback, so
I was pleasantly surprised when I
enjoyed the movie as much as I did.
To me, “Joy,” was equal to what
romantic comedies mean to lovers. As
an entrepreneur who has lost as many
businesses as I have succeeded in, this
movie rocked me to my core. I cried, I
cheered and finally I yelled out loud.
This is a movie about a woman who
finally takes her life into her own hands
despite her family forever pulling her
back. Like a blow-up punching bag, she
keeps bobbing back up no matter what
happens. I loved every second of this
darkly funny and much too-close-tohome film.
The plot: In 1990 Joy Mangano
invented the “Miracle Mop.” It was a
complete flop and nearly bankrupted
her and her family in the process. The
U.S. shopping channel’s top on screen
sales people couldn’t work it and so
her “once in a lifetime” opportunity to
make millions turned into standing on
the cusp of losing them instead.
She took matters into her own hands.
She asked QVC to let her sell her mops
herself on screen explaining, “I’m just
like everybody else out there. I’m a
mom, I work, I have a house to clean,
things to organize. We all have certain
similar needs, and I address them.”
This came across in a very real and
engaging way on QVC and the rest was
history. She is now a billionaire 3-times
over.
There’s no denying that the grand
appeal in Joy is Jennifer Lawrence’s
compelling performance.
A poor, over-worked woman selling
a plastic mop does not sound that
thrilling on paper. However, Lawrence
takes it up a level to a commanding
story about a woman who never gives
up and against all odds makes her own
opportunities happen.
She takes you on an emotional
journey from start to finish. Lawrence
has the undeniable ability to make you
ache along with her struggles. This
can be uncomfortable, which is why so
many people had distaste for the film.
No one wants to be told that hard
work and strong will are not enough to
succeed in this world, and, as a whole,
Joy does just that.
That being said, Joy left me feeling
encouraged. As an aspiration-filled
woman, Lawrence’s portrayal makes
me feel like I can take on
the world and succeed.
Lawrence’s
deadpan
stares, as she struts in
and out of offices, never
backing down and forever
looking for a way to make
her dreams reality.
Joy employs a subtle
humor. I giggled as
much as yelled. The
purposefully
over-thetop soap opera scenes
obsessed over by bedbound Terry (played by
Virginia Madsen) are
just enough to raise the
otherwise dark tone.
Her entire family was obscenely real
and that hit home, as well as my funny
bone.
I loved that her Grandmother
was always the voice of “You can do
anything” in her ear, as I had that and
aspire to be that for my grandbabies.
Joy was a wonderful movie for those of
us who never give up.
Teri Bayus can be
reached at: livewell@
teribayus.com
or
follow her writing and
ramblings at: www.
teribayus.com.
Bayus
also hosts Taste Buds, a
moving picture rendition
of her reviews shown on
Charter Ch. 10. Dinner
and a Movie is a regular
feature of Tolosa Press.
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Man Arrested for Soliciting to
Murder Business Assoc.
S
an Luis Obispo
Police
arrested
a Los Osos man
in Arroyo Grande for
allegedly trying to hire
someone to kill a San
Luis Obispo business
partner.
According to SLOPD
Sgt. Brian Amoroso, at
about 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Feb. 2 they received a
report that a man was
looking to hire someone
to murder a business
associate, “due to an
ongoing feud between
the two men.”
SLOPD’s Special Enforcement Team
used an undercover detective to set up
a meeting with the suspect in a public
parking lot in Arroyo Grande, said Sgt.
Amoroso.
The Sheriff’s Office, Highway Patrol
and agents with the federal Alcohol
Tobacco and Firearms, “provided
assistance during the operation to
ensure the safety of the operation and
the general public.”
During the meeting, Sgt. Amoroso
said
the
suspect
provided
the
undercover
officer
with
detailed
information as to the
target’s name, home
address and provided
a photograph as well.
After they allegedly
agreed on a price,
Sgt. Amoroso said
the
suspect
left
and returned with
the cash, and was
immediately arrested
without incident.
Anthony
Gene
Stevens, 52 of Los Osos was booked
into County Jail charged with
suspicion of solicitation to commit
murder and was being held without
bail. The victim, who was not identified
by police, is described as a 30-year-old
man from SLO.
Sgt. Amoroso said the department
is still investigating the case and asks
anyone with information about the
matter to call SLOPD at (805) 7817317 or Crime Stoppers at (805) 549STOP.
Case of the Jacked-up Carjacker
S
heriff’s
deputies
arrested
a
Coachella
man
after he went a tad
berserk and allegedly
attacked a car, scaring
off the driver, then tried
to drive away only to
be stopped by vigilante
vehicles,
and
then
passed out while being
arrested.
The
Sheriff’s
Department got a 9-11 call at 2:08 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 26 from
the
intersection
of
Teft Street and Thompson Avenue in
Nipomo of “a man running in circles in
the middle of the road,” said Sheriff’s
Spokesman Tony Cipolla. “Witnesses
reported the man had a large wrench in
his hand.”
One driver hit the brakes to keep
from running the berserk, screaming
man over, which in hindsight might
have been a mistake.
“At that point,” Cipolla said, “the man
jumped on top of the car and smashed
the windshield with the wrench.” The
driver got out of the vehicle and the
berserk, screaming, wrench-wielding
fellow jumped into the car and tried to
drive away but didn’t get far.
“Other drivers in
the area,” Cipolla said,
“used their cars to trap
the suspect to keep
him from escaping.”
Deputies soon arrived
on scene and detained
him, and no one was
reported injured. But
the suspect had one
more scene to play
out.
“While
being
handcuffed
the
suspect passed out,”
Cipolla said. The man
was allegedly found
in possession of what was initially
an unidentified, suspected narcotic
when deputies searched his person.
An ambulance was called and the
now unconscious, screaming, wrenchwielding,
jacked-up,
carjacking,
possible dope fiend was taken to the
hospital under arrest.
The crime lab tested the substance
to identify what no doubt set off this
bit of mayhem and Cipolla said it
tested positive for methamphetamine.
The suspect, Soloni Santini Lucio, 35
of Coachella, Calif., was booked into
County Jail after his release from
the hospital, with possible charges of
carjacking, vehicle theft and DUI.
SLO Man Killed in Late
Night Accident
T
he County Sheriff’s Department
is investigating a fatal pedestrian
vs. vehicle collision Feb. 2, which
involved a man running amok in the
street at night.
At 12:29 a.m. Feb. 2, Sheriff’s
deputies responded to the report of
a distraught male running from his
residence on O’Connor Way in rural
SLO.
“As deputies continued their
response, the victim reportedly
stepped in front of and was struck by
an oncoming southbound vehicle on
West Foothill Blvd.,” said Sheriff’s
Sgt. Anthony Perry. The victim, Austin
Joseph Ryan, 23 who lives in the
neighborhood, died at the scene.
The motorist, a 43-year-old Los
Osos woman “is not suspected of
impairment,” Perry said. An autopsy
was to be performed including
toxicology testing, which could take 4-6
weeks for results.
Cuesta Hacker Gets a Year
A
former Cuesta College employee
accused of stealing the identities
of some of her fellow workers,
will serve a year in jail after pleading
“no contest” to felony identity theft.
Judge Donald Umhofer sentenced
Lacey Fowler, 30 of the North County
to 350 days in County Jail. Fowler
entered her plea on Jan. 4. In this case
the identity theft involved unlawful
access of computer data, according to
District Attorney’s Office.
“While an employee of Cuesta
College,” reads a news release from
Assistant D.A. Lee Cunningham.
“Fowler stole personal identifying
information of current and former
employees. With respect to several
of the victims, Ms. Fowler opened up
credit card accounts in their names.”
The victims’ credit card history “was
damaged,” but Cunningham said none
directly lost any money.
After she gets out of jail, Fowler will
be placed on probation for 4 years, “and
she must participate in residential drug
treatment,” he added.
In a separate case, Chad Fowler,
her husband also pled “no contest” to
felony “possessing methamphetamine
for sale,” and getting extra time for a
“weight enhancement.” He’s expected
ot get 5 years in jail for his crimes. The
DA said he would be sentenced at the
end of March.
The cases were investigated by the
Cuesta College Police Department,
and Deputy D.A. Craig Van Rooyen
prosecuted the cases.
Man Arrested in Lewd Child
Endangerment Case
S
heriff’s
deputies
arrested
a Guadalupe man on child
endangerment charges after he
was allegedly spotted committing a
lewd act in his car and then sped off.
Sheriff’s Spokesman Tony Cipolla
said deputies were called at 10:25 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 26 to the Bob Jones Trail
in Avila Beach. Two women said they
were walking along the trail on Avila
Beach Drive when they came upon a
car parked by the side of the road.
“The car had its passenger side door
open,” Cipolla said. “When one of
the women walked by she noticed an
overweight man with no pants, seated
in the driver’s seat, masturbating.” The
woman yelled out and Cipolla said the
man drove away with the car door open.
A witness got a partial license plate and
deputies soon found the vehicle.
“The Deputy initiated a traffic stop
and as he approached the vehicle,
noticed a young female child, later
identified as the suspect’s daughter,
seated in the backseat without a child
safety seat.”
Witnesses
positively
identified
the suspect, Eric Manuel Salinas, 29
of Guadalupe, and he was arrested
without incident.
Cipolla said, “Based on the fact
that driving away from the area with
his car door open and his 2-year-old
daughter not having a child safety
seat could likely cause great bodily
injury or death, and the fact she had
observed him masturbating, Salinas
was booked for child endangerment,
annoying or molesting a child, and
indecent exposure in a public place.
His daughter was placed in protective
custody and turned over to Child
Protective Services.”
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Local Girl Scouts Learn About ‘Days for Girls’
G
irl Scout Troop 40021 recently
met with Jan Northington from
Los Osos, a volunteer for “Days
for Girls,” an international program that
provides sustainable hygiene products to
girls in underdeveloped countries. The
Los Osos volunteers meet regularly to sew
and complete hundreds of “kits” using
donated items like panties, washcloths,
cotton fabric, thread, and 1 gallon Ziploc
Freezer Bags.
The latest batch of kits was delivered
to girls in Uganda, Africa. Northington
described the conditions these girls live
with and how the kits help change their
girls are absent from school,
thus effecting their education.
Disposable
sanitary
protection is very expensive,
leaving the girls prey to
those offering sexual favors
in exchange for sanitary
protection. Northington also
described how the kits are
made and demonstrated their
use.
As part of the Troop’s
“Mission Sisterhood & Media
Journey” badges they decided
lives, for example during their periods the
to help collect donations for the items
listed here. Anyone able to donate or
who has questions can call Troop Leader
Belinda Reyna at 772-3357 and she’ll
pick up donations through the end of
February. For more information about
Girl Scouts, see: www.girlscoutsccc.org,
and the Day for Girls program at: www.
daysforgirls.org.
Showing their kits in the photo are
Kayleigh Boardman, Cassidy Orszag,
Northington,
Reyna
and
Liliana
Sepulveda. Photo by Lillian Sandoval.
Cayucos Coach Pens How-to Baseball Book
By Neil Farrell
P
urists might think you can’t learn
baseball from a book, but Joel Pace,
a Cayucos Little League coach and
life-long player and fan of America’s
Pastime, wishes he’d had a manual when
growing up and trying to learn how to hit
a curveball.
“When I was a kid,” Pace explains, “I
wanted pictures, diagrams, and bulletpoint terms to learn by. Most books on
how to play baseball are super text heavy,
which turned me off.”
He explains that parents want their
kids to read more, too, so he came up with
the easy-to-use, kid-friendly and fun, “A
Youngster’s Guidebook of How to Play
Baseball,” available now on Amazon.com.
“You can say this book was written FOR
athletes, BY an athlete,” says Pace. “The
character ‘Coach’ inspires the kids to play
well and have good sportsmanship. It’s
visually stimulating, and has questions to
answer to make sure they comprehend.”
The Guidebook delves into baseball’s
basics, elaborates on positions and roles,
and explains “the step-by-step approach
to hitting, pitching, fielding, throwing
mechanics and more.”
The book is targeted for players
7-11-years old, he explains, helping their
confidence. Cuesta College baseball coach
Sean Gabriel, is a fan who says the book
is “Very age appropriate with the focal
points and terminology. I think it’s a
great handbook for kids who are trying
to learn the right approach to the game of
baseball.”
The book has diagrams, illustrations
to color-in, Word Search and Crossword
Puzzles of baseball terminology.
Pace, 41, hails from Alameda in the Bay
Area, where he grew up playing the game.
He’s lived in Cayucos for six years, has
two “amazing” children, 12 and 8, and is
currently a realtor with Rock View Realty.
He’s a former high school English
teacher, who switched careers and opened
the SLO Chai teahouse, which he owned
for eight years.
He played baseball in school and college,
pitching and manning the hot corner —
third base. “One season I played every
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single position,” he recalls. “I’ve attended
clinics and camps, but I grew up pretty
poor so I couldn’t do the travel ball gig. I
had a bit of talent and a great love for the
game.”
He’s been coaching youth baseball and
basketball for more than 10 years and
currently volunteers as the president of
Central Coast Little League, which has
youngsters from Morro Bay, Cayucos and
Cambria.
Now, everyone and their brother thinks
they know baseball but success in this
sport, perhaps more so than most others,
requires practice and making gradual
improvement every time you hit the
diamond. Writing about the game was no
less a journey for Pace.
“This book’s genesis came about after
seeing so many young players who sign up
to play Little League but don’t have much
of the fundamentals or understanding of
the game,” he explains. “So, I thought the
easiest way to communicate ‘how-to’ would
be in an ABC step-by-step approach. I took
a season to test my methods. That year we
went 18-0.”
He continues,
“I scratched my
ABCs out that
fall [2014] and
by
January
2015 I was
developing a manuscript. Over 2015 I
edited and revised. Put it down for a while
and then picked it back up.
“I had setbacks and criticisms. I had
a dinosaur of a computer that caused
technological glitches with software and
uploading to the publishing site. I finally
overcame it all this month [January]. So, I
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News
Morro Bay Chamber News
The Morro Bay
Chamber of
Commerce proudly
recognizes its new
members: Linda
Harris, CPA; Glenn
Burdette; Yoga
Center of Morro Bay;
and Law Offices of
Jane Heath. Thank
you to all renewing
members!
T
he Morro Bay Chamber of
Commerce, Law Offices of Jane
Heath, and distinguished guests
gathered to celebrate on Thursday, Jan.
28 with a Ribbon Cutting ceremony.
Wonderful food was provided by The
Grill Hut, DiStasio’s on the Bay, and
Thai Bounty. The Chamber wishes
Jane Heath and her capable staff much
success in serving the needs of our
Estero Bay community.
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Bay, is celebrating 50 years of automotive
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Calming a Difficult Intersection
Prices Are Born Here
And Raised Elsewhere
The largest inventory
on the Central Coast!
Locally owned and operated
for over 20 years.
The big yellow building across
from Smart & Final.
W
orkers with Toste Paving
recently sprayed big, white
stripes for curb bulb outs,
and crosswalks intended to slow
traffic and increase safety at the
intersection of Main and Pacific
Streets, an attempt at so-called
traffic calming, instead of putting in
a Stop sign, despite requests from
residents in the immediate area.
Though the traffic circulation was
not changed, the rather alarming
looking extensive striping appears
to be doing the job, as many people
mistake it to be an actual stop on
Main Street. Also, the City striped
in perpendicular parking stripes in
252 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo
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the 1100 block of Market Avenue in
front of the old Sun Bulletin and the
current Virg’s Landing Tackle Shop
buildings, running to the corner
with Surf Street. That work was
reportedly called for in the Market
Avenue specific plan. The City is
also discussing putting in diagonal
parking on one side of the street in
the 300 block of Morro Bay Blvd., the
800 blocks of Monterey and Main
Streets, and establishing diagonal
parking down the center of the 900
block of Market Avenue, as part of a
grander discussion on updating the
2007 Parking Management Plan.
Photos by Neil Farrell
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Biz Briefs
Food 4 Less Helps Food Bank; SCORE Honors; Castoro Goes Solar
Compiled by Camas Frank
SESLOC
Federal
Credit
Union is the first corporate
sponsor
for
Cal
Poly’s
Center for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship.
SESLOC
joins the Corporate Founders’
Circle Sponsorship level with
a $25,000 contribution to the
center. “SESLOC has been part
of this community since 1942,”
said SESLOC President and CEO,
Geri LaChance, “committed to
our educational roots, and this
opportunity is in great synergy with
our Cal Poly legacy. We are honored
to partner with a program that
fosters support for bright, energetic
learners.” SESLOC is federally
insured by the National Credit
Union Administration.
The SLO Chamber recently
welcomed
new
member,
Allegretto Vineyard Resort
with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The
Allegretto staff claim it’s, “home to
endless wonders but, most of all,
this is where one finds joy. As you’re
swept into a rich tapestry of food,
culture and endless beauty, you will
feel a calming charge that connects
you to what truly matters.” For
information see: ayreshotels.com.
Food 4 Less is helping
to alleviate hunger in the
community by partnering with
the Food Bank Coalition of
San Luis Obispo County for
the 8th Annual Have a Heart
campaign. To join the effort,
visit Food 4 Less on South Higuera
Street in SLO and make a donation
at the check stand. In recognition of
the gift, a pink paper heart will be
displayed on the wall to symbolize
your commitment to help end
hunger in SLO County. One-in-six
residents struggle to meet their
basic food needs, often not knowing
where their next meal will come
from. For every $1 donated, the
program had ended.”
Big Sister, Sarah Levanway,
emphasized the importance of a
continued role. “As I watched Mayra
grow up, I realized she looked to me
as her Big Sister for advice in her
decision making. Being there for her
went beyond seeing her graduate
high school to seeing her accomplish
longer-term goals. Challenges for
teens don’t stop when they turn 18
or graduate high school.” To learn
more about how mentoring makes a
difference for our communities and
to find volunteer opportunities see:
SLObigs.org or call 781-3226.
French Hospital Medical Center has opened a new, 14-bed patient care wing
Food Bank can provide $10 worth
of nutritious food.
The
San
Luis
Obispo
Chapter of Senior Corps
Of Retired Executives or
SCORE is celebrating national
recognition and honors from
San Luis Obispo County and
the City of Grover Beach. The
chapter was recently chosen as
the 2015 District Chapter of the
Year and was named a Platinum
Chapter for its work mentoring
small businesses across the Central
Coast. Only 5 percent of chapters
across the nation have received the
award for consecutive years. SLO
SCORE’s Lorna Whiteaker, was also
recently honored for her exceptional
leadership to the chapter receiving a
Mayor’s Proclamation from Grover
Beach, as well as a Resolution from
County Supervisors acknowledging
her leadership and the chapter’s
successes.
SLO
SCORE
is
celebrating its 32nd anniversary in
2016. Its volunteers have counseled
more than 7,500 clients, helped
create hundreds of new businesses
in the area and fostered the growth
of many more.
French Hospital Medical
Center has opened a new, 14bed patient care wing focusing
on, “the unique needs of orthopedic
patients as well as other medical/
surgical patients.” The new nurses’
station allows for quick and
convenient access to patients, and
each of the rooms is appointed with,
“specialized equipment to aid in the
recovery process.” The updated area
also includes an indoor/outdoor
physical therapy gym. “As an awardwinning orthopedic hospital,” Alan
Iftiniuk, French President and CEO
said, “it is essential that we have
the latest modernized equipment
to care for the very specific needs
of our orthopedic patients. This
unit fulfills those needs for those
who have undergone an orthopedic
procedure as well as our medical/
surgical patient population, as
the increase in bed count allows
us to care for a greater number
of individuals.” Future projects
are under construction, including
a C-section suite, additional OB
patient rooms, and a new nurses’
station in the Stollmeyer Family
Birthing Center.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
San Luis Obispo County is
expanding its services with a
“Five to Twenty Five” initiative,
designed to support disadvantaged
youth all the way into adulthood.
The local agency has created over
2,000 mentor matches between
adult volunteer and children facing
adversity since 1995. Previously,
they ended support when the youth
reached 18 and graduated from high
school. “Many of the Bigs continued
to help and encourage their Littles
through the challenges of college
and job searching,” Executive
Director Anna-Boyd Bucy said,
“but official support through our
Templeton Tennis Ranch
has hired a world touring
professional and former Olympian
and has new programs planned for
2016. Proprietors say they’d, “love
to tour you around this stunning
facility. It is truly breaking new
ground in our region.” Sponsored
tournaments are in the works with
future room for spectators, but they
plan to focus on an atmosphere
conducive to learning, “tennis and
pickleball and enjoy quality time
together.” Day and weekend passes
are available.
Castoro
Cellars
has
completed an installation of a
massive new solar project that
will allow the winery to run 100%
on solar power. The 625-kilowatt
installation, which covers nearly 3
acres, will have an annual production
of over 1 million kilowatt hours and
eliminate an estimated $20,000 per
month electricity bill. This marks
the fifth solar installation in the last
10 years by Castoro, as they pursue a
sustainable energy business model.
The
solar
project
began
construction in October in Castoro’s
organic, Stone’s Throw Vineyard,
adjacent to the winery production
facility in east Paso Robles. Owners
Niels and Bimmer Udsen said they
expect the system to pay for itself
by the fifth year, and to save nearly
$240,000 a year for the next 25
years. “Bimmer and I have always
felt the sun is a gift that we should
utilize,” said Niels Udsen. “When
the solar industry was starting
they needed supporters to build
the industry and we were eager
to help.” All of the solar projects
were planned and installed by REC
Solar, based in SLO. See: www.
castorocellars.com for details.
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The SLO Chamber recently welcomed new member,
Allegretto Vineyard Resort
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to the Community.
The
San
Luis
Obispo
Downtown Association will
pour wines from Chamisal
Vineyards at its 2016 Concerts
in the Plaza this coming
summer. The SLO Downtown
Association is partnering with the
local winery to bring concertgoers
two of their most popular wines
— Chamisal Stainless Chardonnay
and Stainless Pinot Noir. The
unique vintages are produced
without use of any oak or malolactic
fermentation, “allowing the pure
flavors and aromas of the fruit to
stand alone.” Chamisal Vineyards,
is home to the first vineyard planted
in Edna Valley. Concerts in the
Plaza presented by Sunset Honda
and hosted by SLO Downtown
Association. The summer concert
season kicks off June 10 and runs
through Sept. 9.
Transitions-Mental Health
Association is gearing up for
the 35th Annual Strike Out
Stigma Bowl-a-Thon to be held
March 3-13. Hundreds of bowlers
will fill the lanes at Cal Poly and
Pismo Bowls to enjoy friendly
competition and fundraise for a
good cause. Behind the scenes,
volunteers, donors, and sponsors
have helped to make this event
consistently successful year after
year. Transitions describes the
Bowl-a-Thon as, “a great way for
work and social groups to teambuild, have fun, and raise critical
funds for community mental health
services.” Funds raised will support
SLO Hotline and other mental
health services in San Luis Obispo
and Northern Santa Barbara
counties. SLO Hotline, in continual
operation since 1970, is a mental
health support, crisis and suicide
prevention telephone line offering
free, confidential support 24 hours
a day, 365 days a year. Transitions
has operated SLO Hotline (800783-0607) since January 2010. It
remains the only free service of its
kind in the area, providing a critical
service to our community.
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The Central Coast Medical
Association has announced
Charity Dean, as president of
their 2016 Board of Directors.
Dr. Dean has served on the Board
of Directors since 2012. She has
also been active with CCMA’s
state affiliate, California Medical
Association, where she has worked
on policies and legislation that
affects physicians and public health.
Besides the Central Coast Medical
Association, Dean is a member of
the American Medical Association,
California Tuberculosis Controllers’
Association,
and
California
Conference of Local Health Officers.
She works at the Santa Barbara
County Public Health Department
as an attending physician and
health officer. In her role as health
officer, she oversees all aspects of
communicable disease control and
outbreak response, while serving
as liaison with the California
Department of Public Health and
the Centers for Disease Control.
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Featured Folks
New Tech Beer and an Old World Oven
By Camas Frank
B
last
825
Taproom
held their
soft opening in
February
but
it didn’t take
long
for
the
college
crowd
and
anyone
interested
in
a quick pizza
with one of 43
awesome beers
to find the place.
Sharing
a
brick wall with
historic “Bubble
Gum Alley” the
interior side is
now where all the action is as patrons
line up to try SLO’s first self serve
toys. No, don’t jump behind the bar,
that’ll still get a guy kicked out of most
anywhere, but if you fork over a valid
drivers license and a credit card you can
pour craft beer, wine, champagne, or
kombucha for yourself thanks to a the
iPourIt tap system. For the moment,
just beer and cider.
“I’ve been around a long time and I
know what this town likes,” said Blast
co-owner Dan Harper, “from what
we’ve seen since we open they like this.”
The technology isn’t exactly a
gimmick; it may be a novelty for a
while but patrons soon get the hang
of pouring their own. And if the place
isn’t too busy staff will still give you
the traditional benefits of a bartender’s
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experience in selection and proper pour
technique.
The pizza’s also come with suggested
ready made topping combos, but
everything at Blast 825 seems
customizable to a degree. The beers
can be tasted by the ounce or picked to
compliment the perfect pizza, which in
this case is defined by whichever of their
ingredients you’ve picked yourself.
If Harper knows what SLO likes, its
also a good idea to know thyself before
ordering.
The food will be right up. While the
beer comes out of systems run by RFID
tags and android tablets, the
pizza is made with 2,000-yearold technology, a Roman-style
wood oven that blasts furnaces
the dough at 825 degrees F.
In a way the Phoenix from
the fire is a very apt analogy
for Harper who ran Cabo San
Luis on Foothill Road for over
a decade before a fire damaged
that business beyond repair in
2010. Its hard to lose a family
business, but one thing that
couldn’t be taken from him was
the experience. Cabo San Luis
produced approximately a million fish
tacos in 10 years and watching Blast 825
Taproom hit its stride is reminiscent of
something he told the SLO City News in
2009.
“Oddly, we almost choked on our own
success when we opened the restaurant
in that we weren’t ready to put out a
thousand fish tacos and somehow we
did, and then the next day we had to
figure out how to do it again,” he said at
the time. “But now we’re down the road
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Your Employees Don’t Want You to Succeed
Bottom Line
By Michael Gunther
I
sometimes hear leaders and
business owners say that they
believe their employees don’t
want them to succeed or desire to
help their business’ grow.
These leaders often feel that
they pay their employees well and
that they should feel lucky to have
a job. Tied in with this is their
underlying judgment that their
employees should worker harder
to accomplish their tasks.
These same folks correspondingly
have a tendency to complain about
their employees’ lack of loyalty
and engagement.
It continues to intrigue me,
so I probe a little deeper into
these issues and find that they
are not aware that they are
the ones causing the employee
disengagement.
They don’t connect that it is
their own attitudes, behaviors
and approaches with employees
are reflective of their perceptions
of their teams. In attempting to
construct a plan of change for
these leaders, I discovered that
there are typically two paths
diverging when trying to resolve
the presenting challenges.
One path that some leaders
choose is to continue to be in
denial of their role as the origin of
their team’s disengagement, thus
creating an even greater divide
between them and their team.
I call these folks the “Lone
Rangers.” Lone Rangers blame
others for their woes and are
unwilling to change their approach.
Often, these are smart and driven
individuals but they lack the
capacity for inner reflection and
self-evaluation. They may even
state that they “want to change”
but, at the end of the day, are
unwilling to connect that they are
the problem.
These
Lone
Rangers
will
experience unsustainable growth
and unrealized potential along
with facing many ups and downs
with their businesses.
The other path I see leaders take
is the one of self-reflection and
change. They understand that they
are responsible for developing
and engaging their team. They are
willing to get feedback from their
team on their performance in
order to become a better mentor,
manager and leader.
I call these folks “Collaborative
Leaders.” Collaborative Leaders
understand that building a
sustainable, profitable entity takes
more than just hiring great talent.
It takes knowing how to engage,
challenge and support their team
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to be successful in their roles.
They comprehend that as they
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team. They are typically relentless
learners on growth strategies
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strategies for themselves.
Which leader are you now,
and which leader do you want to
become? When was the last time
you truly assessed your behaviors
and attitudes as a leader?
Have you been jaded by past
experiences, which causes your
new team members to experience
a Lone Ranger leader? Or are
you creating a collaborative work
environment through purposeful
and impactful collaboration?
Bottom Line
If you find yourself complaining
about the ineffectiveness of your
employees, take an inward look
at yourself as a leader. People will
treat their job as a paycheck if you
treat them as a disposable asset. It
is up to you decide if you want to be
a Lone Ranger or a Collaborative
Leader.
This is another article in
Michael Gunther’s series about
his journey as a Collaborative
Leader™. His entrepreneurial
story focuses on building solid
teams by improving engagement,
developing leadership skills and
growing businesses to reach
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Morro Bay’s Future a Puzzle to be Solved
A View From Harbor Street
By David Buckingham
P
uzzles are fun, and hard. Planning
for, and putting together the
pieces of the Morro Bay future
puzzle requires assessing not only what
is happening today, but looking out 3 to
5 years at what might be.
The big picture on parking. When
considering parking, many of us think
primarily about how easy or hard it is to
find a spot close to where we want to end up.
The City continues to take steps to increase
the number of parking spaces especially in
our business and tourist districts.
For example, we recently changed the
parking on a block of Market Avenue (near
the former Sun Bulletin building) from
parallel parking to perpendicular parking.
This action, implementing a specific plan
approved by the Planning Commission
and City Council, increased the number of
parking spaces on that block by 12 from 24
to 38.
The City has added about 160 parking
spaces at the “Triangle Lot,” the dirt lot
adjacent to the power plant past the Front
Street parking lot, and about another 40
parking spaces at the now-public parking
lot at Market and Pacific streets.
Both of these temporary and possibly
permanent, additions to parking are
important as the City considers other
revitalization activities in the Downtown
and on the waterfront.
One City interest, and a requirement
we have from the California Coastal
Commission, is to provide and maintain
adequate access, including parking, to
our coast and bay. This means if parking
is removed from one location, additional
parking must be added to protect coastal
access.
Since the community is considering
a number of projects that could impact
parking near the waterfront, we are working
now to add parking to ensure the total
number of spaces near the waterfront, at
minimum stays, constant.
Projects under consideration include an
“Embarcadero Promenade” — widening
the existing sidewalk from 5 feet to 13 feet
on the west side of the Embarcadero by
expanding the sidewalk into the existing
parallel parking spaces.
Another early-stage idea is a Centennial
Parkway revitalization concept. This could
affect parking on Front Street across the
Embarcadero (below the Blue Sail Inn), and
other development activities, as some of
the oldest buildings on the waterfront are
planned for reconstruction in the next few
years.
Marine
services
facility
and
boatyard. The City is continuing our
effort to assess the feasibility of developing
a marine services facility to serve local
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commercial fishermen and recreational
boaters and those transiting the California
Coast.
Such a facility would likely include a
large haul-out on the bay and a land-side
maintenance facility with space for some
boat storage. It would fill the existing gap
between Monterey and Santa Barbara for
such comprehensive services.
We are now halfway through the process
to determine if a boatyard may be feasible
and viable in Morro Bay. A market analysis
completed last year as an initial step,
determined that there is a measurable
market for such services in Morro Bay.
We’ve just completed an interim step
to evaluate the 2-acre Triangle Lot as a
possible boatyard site, and to begin to assess
the impacts on the waterfront and parking.
This year, we will conduct a feasibility study
– an “assessment of practicality” – a step
that will help determine if the proposed
project is economically viable. Should this
process conclude the boatyard is both viable
and feasible, at that location or possibly
another, the City could begin what would be
a long process of planning and working with
potential investors and developers.
The Harbor Advisory Board, Planning
Commission and City Council are all
actively engaged in this process, which is a
long one, but one that could result in a great
new service, and economic development
opportunity in Morro Bay.
Maritime museum. The City is
also continuing, and formalizing, our
partnership with the non-profit Central
Coast Maritime Museum Association. The
CCMMA is collecting and maintaining
historical maritime artifacts, including the
several boats already on display near the
Triangle Lot property.
Those boats should be moved to their
new spots this year, re-opening the parking
spaces the boats currently sit on. The
CCMMA is also making near term plans,
and raising funds, for a small museum
building that may also be situated in that
area to house smaller artifacts and provide
an additional interesting activity in Morro
Bay.
Each piece of our community puzzle
above requires thinking and planning, and
each requires great input from the public.
We look forward to receiving input in many
venues. Attend the Harbor Advisory Board
and Planning Commission meetings, talk
to commission members and City Council
members, and communicate directly with
City staff.
Reach me at: dbuckingham@morrobayca.
gov and I look forward to hearing from you.
David Buckingham is the city manager
of Morro Bay. His “A View From Harbor
Street” column is a regular feature of The
Bay News. Send Letters to the Editor to:
neil@tolosapress.com.
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Pismo Chamber News
H
ello all, I’m Peter Candela the CEO
of the Pismo Beach Chamber of
Commerce. We are a membership
driven non-profit organization promoting
an atmosphere which will enhance the
economic vitality of our businesses and
the quality of life within our community.
The Chamber has operated continuously
since 1947, promoting local businesses,
staffing the Visitor Center and also an
Information Kiosk on our famous 1200
foot Pier.
We are located on the Central Coast
with an incredible back drop of the
Pacific Ocean. Our sandy
beaches,
wonderful
hotels,
full
service
restaurants and world
class wineries make
Pismo Beach one of the
top destination cities on
the Central Coast. Over
2 million people visit our
city every year. They visit
Pismo Beach not just
for the environmental
assets but for many exciting events held
every year, such as, the annual Car Show
with 700 plus cars
displayed along the
city streets, the 70th
Annual Clam and
Music festival, the
July 4th Fireworks
Celebration, Taste of
Pismo, and Marching
Band
review
to
mention just a few.
We are also the yearly
wintering site for the Monarch Butterfly.
There are not many weekends that
Pismo Beach isn’t hosting something
special, the Pismo Beach Chamber of
Commerce and the City of Pismo are
proud to partner many of the these
exciting events, come and find out why
Pismo Beach should be the destination
for you….
Check out the websites: www.
pismochamber.com, www.pismobeach.
org, and www.classiccalifornia.com.
When you are visiting Pismo Beach
come to our Visitor Center and say hi, we
would love to see you.
Peter
Travel to Greece in September 2016.
Tour excavations from 1300 BC in
Mycenae. Spend 3 nights in Santorini
and 2 in Mykonos. Luxurious Hotels,
Fabulous Food and Ouzo.
Enjoy the Taste of Pismo on April 23rd at
Dinosaur Caves Park. $52/person entry fee
to Taste food from local Restaurants, Wine
from local Wineries, and Beer from select
Breweries. (Age 21 and over only)
Last Year Tickets Sold Out Early!
Enjoy the fireworks from the Pier on July
4th. Snack on treats and have the best view
of the show for $25/person
Tickets NOW on sale at www.pismochamber.com
Experience Cuba In 2016! Visit Havana
And Cienfuegos Now To Enjoy The Local
Food, Music, History, Culture And People
Before This Tiny Country Changes Forever.
SPEND YOUR
SUMMER WITH ME!
Friends if the Elephant Seals (FES) is looking for volunteer guides to share the
story of the E-Seal colony at Piedras Blancas with visitors from around the world.
Our SPRING TRAINING CLASS is
FREE, FUN, and INFORMATIVE!
It will be held in San Simeon on Saturday March 19, 2016.
After this one-day class you will receive on-the-job training with
experienced mentors to help you learn the ropes. This will be held on
October 8th, 15th, and 22nd.
Call us now at 805-924-1628 or visit our website at www.Elephantseal.org
for more information about this exciting opportunity.
Application deadline is March 10th, 2016
Furnish. Decorate. Live.
Why come to Donna’s
for your furnishings?
We can simplify the decorating process, help you identify your needs,
and we will do all the legwork so you can save time! We can help you
make difficult decisions and give you access to resources only available
to retail furniture stores.
Now is the time to jazz up your walls, add color to your rooms with
accessories, ground a room with an area rug or simply to have the
house all your friends are talking about. We have spent 3 decades
searching for products of quality, style and value. Ready, set, shop.
Located in Arroyo Grande and serving San Luis Obispo and Santa
Barbara counties, Donna’s Interiors is family-owned and operated.
We deliver on our own trucks and we are committed to providing the
best products at the best prices everyday with great personal service.
American Heritage Collection
An elegantly modern collection
with an antique inspiration. The
combination of weathered materials
and clean architecture give this group
a uniquely transitional appeal.
1069 E. Grand Ave, Arroyo Grande, CA t
tMon-Sat 10am–6pm, Sun12–5pm twww.DonnasInteriors.com