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Volume 28
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Issue 15
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January 14 - 27, 2016
YOUR COMMUNITY IN YOUR HANDS
LOS OSOS
MORRO BAY
CAYUCOS
CAMBRIA
This… well we’re not quite sure what it is, was
prowling Cayucos Beach along with thousands of
revelers for the Cayucos Polar Bear Dip on Jan. 1.
More photos on Page 12. Photo by Neil Farrell
The Best of 2015’s
Police Blotters
LOCSD, General Manager
to Part Ways
By Theresa-Marie Wilson and Neil Farrell
By Neil Farrell
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ne of the favorite features of our readers
is the Police Blotter.
These series of reports from
various cities give some insight into the sometimes
silly things that local police
are called on to do in an area
that thankfully, is largely
free of actual serious crimes.
So as a final send-off to 2015,
we present the Best of the
Police Blotters, as chosen by
Theresa-Marie Wilson and
Neil Farrell (who also write
them). Enjoy.
JANUARY
Arroyo Grande
Bike Park
Opens
Page 10
• Jan. 10: A caller on the 800
block of Turquoise Drive reported that his roommate
might be a member of the
hacking group the Lizard
Squad. The reptilians ruined
Christmas for a lot of kids by
shutting down online gaming. No crime was reported.
See Blotter, page 4
Two Share
COTY
Page 12
tolosapress.com
T
he Los Osos Community Services District
will begin 2016 searching for a leader after G.M.
Kathy Kivley agreed to leave
at the end of January amidst
a cloud of controversy.
CSD attorney, Michael
Seitz, told the board at a
meeting last month that the
District had reached a settlement agreement with Kivley,
who was hired in October
2013, and has been under
fire almost from the get-go
by critics of the CSD.
Kivley had come to Los
Osos from Atwater, where
her tenure as city manager
of that Central Valley town,
ended when she was fired
in September 2011. She was
criticized in Los Osos for
everything from her job history, to a $99,000 a year salary, to in the end, a bad audit
report, and accusations of
payroll irregularities.
See LOCSD, page 39
C O N T E N T S
Bret Colhouer
publisher
[email protected]
Neil Farrell
managing editor
The Bay News
[email protected]
Theresa-Marie Wilson
managing editor
The Coast News
[email protected]
January 14 - 27, 2016 • Bay News
news
cc life
Committee to Work on General Plan .......................3
Tax Time ..................................... 13
Rumble Strip Project Starts .......................................3
Now and Then ............................ 14
Police Blotter Year in Review ...........................4-9, 40
Good to be King ........................ 15
Off-Road Bike Park Opens .....................................10
Community Calendar ................. 16
Grange Displays Barn Quilt ....................................11
Farmer’s Market Haps ................. 19
Two Share Citizen of the Year .................................12
Sports Shorts .............................. 20
Camas Frank
section editor
SLO City News
[email protected]
Happy New Year! ....................................................37
Wave of the Week ...................... 29
Twister Blows Through Morro Bay ..........................38
Framed ....................................... 30
Michael Elliott
sports reporter
[email protected]
Letters to the Editor ...............................................39
Nightwriters ................................ 31
Friends Group Donates Beach Chair ......................41
Eat, Play, Shop ............................ 32
Michelle Johnson
art director
Restaurant Month ....................... 33
healthy
living
Christy Serpa
editorial design
Kathrene Tiffin
copy editor
Entertainment ........................34-35
Dinner and a Movie .................... 36
Dana Shanahan
administrative assistant
Marisa DeArmas
event and marketing assistant
[email protected]
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New Year - One Day at a Time ...............................22
ADVERTISING
Jessica Micklus
sales manager
[email protected]
5K Fun Run for Project Teen Health ......................23
Dana McGraw
senior advertising executive
[email protected]
Case of the Double Crush ......................................24
Zorina Ricci
coast news advertising executive
[email protected]
Use your Subconscious Mind to Improve Your Life....25
Carrie Vickerman
bay news advertising executive
[email protected]
Nutrition’s Best Kept Secret...............................26-27
David Diaz
digital marketing
www.tolosapress.com
Call 543-NEWS
Welcome new Morro Bay business owners,
Sophia and Jim Tolle, of the new La Vida Roca
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phone (805) 543-6397
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The Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival will take
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org for a schedule of events.
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS &
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Teri Bayus
Michael Gunther
King Harris
Vivian Krug
Evanne Mingori
Betsey Nash
SLO Nightwriters
Ray Ambler
Erin O’Donnell
Judy Salamacca
David Buckingham
Nancy Puder
Don’t miss the Sam Boyd C.I.T.
Wrestling Tournament, Jan. 22-23
at Morro Bay High School.
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business
matters
Biz Briefs ..................................... 42
Bottom Line ................................ 43
A View From Harbor Street ........ 44
Only Human ............................... 45
Featured Folks ............................ 46
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Bay News • January 14 - 27, 2016
Community
•
3
Committee to Work on General Plan
By Neil Farrell
A
new
citizens’
advisory
committee to work on the
update of Morro Bay’s general
plan and local coastal program has
begun to reach out to residents to
participate in this, the first complete
rewrite of the general plan in more
than two decades.
The General Plan Advisory
Committee or GPAC will be
reaching out to the community
in several ways, according to
committee member, Red Davis,
including
community
study
sessions, stakeholder interviews,
CityVoice surveys (through the
City’s website), and neighborhood
coffee meetings.
GPAC members are: Davis, Rich
Buquet, Jan Goldman, Jeffrey
Heller, Susan Schneider, Glenn
Silloway, Melani Smith, Susan
Stewart and Robert Tefft.
Davis noted that a CityVoice
survey months ago has already
given some indicators as to the
residents’ values like maintaining
the small town character, having
natural open spaces and wildlife,
making an investment in Downtown
improvements and cleanliness, and
an interest in renewable energy.
“Other
things,
such
as
development and tourism,” Davis
said in a news release, “have
brought out differing opinions
and will benefit from community
discussion.”
According to SLO County’s
website, a general plan is required
by State law for cities and counties
“for the physical development of the
county or city, and any land outside
its boundaries which bears relation
to its planning.”
The general plan covers the
entire City and guides how
future development should take
place, where it is directed, as
well as offering protections for
the environment, among others.
General plans consist of various
“elements,” each in itself a planning
document.
The current plan for Morro
Bay, which was adopted in 1983,
includes a land use element, open
space and conservation, (traffic)
circulation, visual resources and
scenic highway, safety, noise,
housing (already updated), and
access and recreation, according to a
City request for proposals seeking a
consultant released last November.
The LCP is like a general plan
but specific to the coastal zone
and subject to the authority of the
Coastal Commission. It lies inside
the general plan document but is
different in that it must conform to
the requirements of the Coastal Act.
It’s “chapters” include: land use,
shoreline and recreation, visitor
serving
facilities,
commercial
fishing and recreational boating,
public works and locating and
planning new development, coastal
agriculture, coastal hazards, diking,
dredging, filling and shoreline
protection,
environmentally
sensitive habitat areas, and visual
resources.
The updates will also have to have
a full environmental impact report
done and are expected to take at
least a couple of years to complete.
A consultant has not yet been
hired for the update, though that is
expected to happen soon, perhaps
in January.
If readers want to keep abreast
of the GPAC’s work, they can go to
the City’s website, and sign up for
automatic email notifications. See:
www.morro-bay.ca.us, click on
“Agendas and Minutes” and use the
“Notify Me” function to register.
“All of us on the committee are
your neighbors and we want to
know what you think that our town’s
future should look like,” Davis said,
adding that people can contact him
at: slobike at me.com.
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project along Highway 1,
with overnight work and
lane closures from Jan. 4 through
sometime this spring. Caltrans is
installing so-called “rumble strips”
along the white lines from Highland
Drive in SLO to north of Hearst
Castle, some 42 miles. Work will
take place, with one-way traversing
traffic along the 2-lane portion of
Hwy 1 north of Cayucos, 8 p.m. to
6 a.m. on Sunday nights through
Friday mornings, and knock off
Friday and Saturdays. Expect up
to 15-minute delays. A rumble
strip creates an annoying vibration
throughout a vehicle when the tires
cross over onto it. Souza Const., of
SLO is the contractor for the $1.6
million project that is intended to
“enhance safety for all travelers
along this popular coastal route,”
Caltrans said in a news release. A
projected end for the project was not
released, as the work will depend on
the weather.
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• January 14 - 27, 2016 • Tolosa Press
Police Blotter
Blotter, from page 1
• Jan. 12: Someone with a large
backpack was walking around the
police department parking lot. The
dope was busted for drug activity.
• Jan. 26: A caller on the 2500 block
of Lancaster reported that a woman,
possibly with mental problems, was
knocking at their door. The woman
was dressed all in black and making
threats. She also said that she knew the
caller was hiding someone that she was
looking for. The twisted ninja was gone
when police arrived.
Morro Bay
• Jan. 1: Police responded at 9:11 p.m.
to the 600 block of Monterey where a
23-year-old man was reported missing
by his mommy and daddy. The man
returned apparently when he was good
and ready to come home, a case of dude
you need to get your own place.
• Jan. 3: Another disturbance brought
the police at 2:21 a.m. to the 1200
block of Main. Yet another local yokel,
53, was hauled to the blocks for being
sozzled in public. And at 8 p.m. in the
700 block of Morro another upstanding
gent was tossed into the Parkinson
Plaza for being a walking disaster.
• Jan. 17: Police contacted a likely
suspect hanging around a closed
business at 10:43 p.m. in the 700
block of the Boulevard. They arrested
a 28-year-old master criminal for
suspicion of being higher than the
Rock, possessing drugs and of course
probation violation.
Pismo Beach
• Jan. 13: A fire was reported in a
tree behind Motel 6. One person was
detained for drug activity and the thus
the sequel to Up in Smoke is born.
•Jan. 26: A man in his 60s had
reportedly been asked to leave the
Shell Beach Shell Station. On his way
out, he told the cashier that he was
going to shoot him. While driving away
he mimicked shooting the cashier with
his hands, and thankfully his finger
was unloaded, though he may not have
been.
San Luis Obispo
• Jan. 7: Police were called to the 500
block of Higuera where some bald
headed guy kept sticking his head
into the Head Rush Salon and making
threats. The boorish cue ball was gone
when officers arrived.
• Jan. 8: Police responded at 4:25 p.m.
to the Wineman Hotel for a report of a
medical marijuana patient filling up the
hallways with smoke. Officers decided
ol’ Cheech wasn’t violating the law.
• Jan. 9: A woman called police at 1:33
a.m. from the 200 block of Tassajara to
have them check the welfare of her exboyfriend because he’s been depressed
after they broke up, and calling the
cops is sure to make him feel better.
• Jan. 16: Police were called to the 900
block of Mill at Utility Telephone after
someone found two paper bags full
of women’s underwear, as someone’s
apparently going around commando.
• Jan. 22: Police were called at 8:10
p.m. to McDonald’s on Madonna
for a guy sitting in the back seat of a
gray Suburban vomiting, no word on
whether he’d already eaten or not. Ol’
Raaalph was gone.
FEBRUARY
Arroyo Grande
• Feb. 18: Police were called to check the
welfare of someone on the 600 block of
La Vista who said people were outside
who wanted to kill him. The poor guy
was hiding in the closet. Everything
checked out safe, but perhaps not
sound.
There were no injuries though the
building might disagree. The following
day, they went to Del Mar Elementary
on Sequoia where the janitor said a
planter box got into someone’s way.
Double-D woman at 1:20 p.m. in the
700 block of Morro Bay Boulevard.
Logs indicated a 54-year-old lady was
hauled to the County hoosegow for
allegedly being drunk & disorderly.
• Feb. 4: Police took a report of someone
doing a Carrie Underwood to a parked
car at the high school.
• March 17: Police contacted a 53-yearold man in the 700 block of Harbor
after they saw he was off to meet the
wizard in public. He was cited for public
urination and released.
Pismo Beach
• Feb. 11: A naked guy with a pit bull
was reportedly out for a stroll on West
Point. The caller had also come across a
car with the engine running that had a
shotgun and drugs inside, presumably
belonging to the slow-speed streaker.
He was reported again standing behind
F. McLintock’s. Another caller reported
that he had bumped into the guy who
responded by saying, “I should kill
you.” Officers managed to catch Mr.
Full Monty inside a home on Costa
Brava. He was taken to an area hospital
to have his head examined.
• Feb. 12: Police were unable to locate
a car that had driven through the area
on Narlene Way several times, which
didn’t used to be against the law.
• Feb. 12: A guest at the Ocean Palms
Hotel reported that his fiancé was
hitting him with a pillow. Not exactly
50 Shades of Grey, but the two were
separated for the night.
San Luis Obispo
• Feb. 11: Police responded to the
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity in the
1200 block of Foothill as apparently
some frat boy’s car got repossessed,
and when that happens there’s only
one thing to do — To-ga! To-ga!
• Feb. 12: A citizen in the 1100 block
of Laurel called to report some college
kids were moving out and they left
their couch, and it smells like college
students.
• Feb. 21: Someone took the McDonald’s
slogan Have it Your Way to a new low
by trying to sell meth to customers. The
Big Meth was arrested.
• Feb. 12: A man became dizzy and
needed medical attention at Toyota of
San Luis Obispo, no doubt suffering
sticker shock.
Morro Bay
• Feb. 25: At 8:14 a.m. someone at
CL Smith School on Balboa reported
a suspicious old VW Beetle — the
preferred car of 4 out of five serial
killers — cruising back and forth
outside the school.
• Feb. 3: Police responded at 3:35 p.m.
to the 700 block of Pacific where a
building jumped in front of a vehicle.
• Feb. 25: Police got an open line 9-1-1
call from the 1000 block of Southwood
with no voice but just a clicking sound,
no doubt a Pygmy on the line.
MARCH
Morro Bay
• March 2: Police took a report of
a juvenile being assaulted by some
ruffian at the teen center. Charges are
being filed with the D.A., it’s unknown
if the “I was a Teenage Werewolf”
defense will be employed.
• March 8: Police got a report of a
Pismo Beach
• March 3: A caller reported a man
sleeping on a motorcycle on the 500
block of Ocean Boulevard. It was
actually riding clothes that were resting
on the bike.
• March 11: Police checked on a bike
that was in front of Hot Topic that
hadn’t been there earlier. Will the
madness ever stop?
•March 25: A caller reported a woman
on the 800 block of 4th Street was
breathing but otherwise unresponsive.
Sleepy was arrested for being drunk. In
other breathing but not much else news,
a man who had collapsed possibly due
to overdosing on the 200 block of Irish
Way was taken to the ER.
San Luis Obispo
• March 12: Someone called 9-1-1 at
7:05 p.m. from the 1100 block of Morro
to report that a pub restroom trailer
was delivered but they forgot to unlock
the stalls, an emergency, what is an
emergency. Police turned this crap over
to public works.
• March 12: Police were sent to the 1100
block of Broad at 9 p.m. where some
juiced up jacka** at the Wild Donkey
Café wanted them to call police on
himself. The 41-year-old fellow was
nicked, also called a mercy killing.
APRIL
Morro Bay
• April 4: Rite Aid reported the theft of
$1,112.80, no doubt consisting of two
prescriptions and a fifth of tequila.
• April 14: At 4:12 p.m. police and
firefighters responded to the 300 block
of the Boulevard, where someone fell on
the sidewalk and landed in a potential
lawsuit.
Pismo Beach
• April 6: A caller on the 700 block
of Dolliver reported three juveniles
smoking wacky-tobacky in front of
his or her house. One stoner was cited
and all parents were notified, which
probably killed the buzz, man.
• April 23: A female caller on the 300
block of El Portal reported that a man,
who had been drinking, wouldn’t let her
in their bedroom, but she wouldn’t tell
dispatch where the home was located.
She did, however, provide the man’s
cell phone number. When police called
it, she answered. They agreed to play in
separate rooms for the night.
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Police Blotter
San Luis Obispo
• April 8: At 8:35 a.m. police were called
to Wheeler-Smith Mortuary on South
Higuera for some guy getting drunk in
what isn’t the most lively of party spots.
The soaked fellow was cited, no doubt
with a toe tag to come sometime soon.
• April 20: Police got a call at 11 p.m.
from the 1500 block of Madonna
where a woman said she found some
marijuana in her daughter’s backpack
and decided to rat her out to the fuzz.
• April 21: A woman called at 6:41
p.m. from the 1800 block of Garnette
and said her neighbor was brazenly
dumpster diving in her recycle bin, and
normally she does it very much more
discretely.
• April 22: A citizen in the 500 block of
Hathway called at 4:35 a.m. because
their boozed-up 22-year-old son was
knocking on their front door, and
they apparently didn’t want to let the
prodigal swizzle stick inside.
MAY
Arroyo Grande
•May 28: Some hammered guy got
nailed for being a DIP (drunk in public)
after he was found walking his bike
down the middle of the road on the 200
block of East Grand.
Morro Bay
• May 3: Police responded to Albertson’s
at 2:13 p.m. for a report of a shoplifter.
Logs indicated a 52-year-old transient
man allegedly tried to steal “alcoholic
beverages” but he got caught and police
cited and released the master criminal,
who sometime hours later met up with
a 19-year-old shipmate and allegedly
stole a 20-foot sailboat from docks in
the 500 block of Embarcadero. Police
said the, well, pirates were intending to
live a no doubt life of luxury on the open
sea, albeit likely a short one. Instead
they ran their commandeered sloop
aground on the Sandspit (must have
finally gotten the rum). The harbor
patrol towed the boat and the two later
SOS’d for a rescue off the Sandspit.
They were arrested and tossed into
the brig accused of grand theft, but
apparently not piracy.
Pismo Beach
• May 7: A caller on the 200 block of
Boeker reported a male carrying a radio
was claiming to be a police officer. The
caller had been sitting outside with his
dog when Joe Friday walked by and
said “dog owner” several times.
•May 16: A man and a woman at Harry’s
Beach Bar and fight club got into it. An
employee reported that after they had
been asked to leave, the man pushed
the woman. The woman was dropped
off at a hotel for the night and the man
was dropped into the back of a patrol
car. On the way to the ER for a blood
alcohol test, the plastered one threw up
in the patrol car, which is a total buzz
kill.
•May 17: A caller reported that a man
on the 100 block of Main was smoking
from a small pipe and appeared groggy.
Police determined that he wasn’t
stoned, as there was no trail of Doritos
or cold pizza in sight.
•May 18: Some guy was reportedly
playing the ol’ skin flute solo on
Dolliver. Get a room.
•May 19: A caller on the 300 block of
Harloe reported people were watching
her and listening to her while she was
in her apartment. She said it had all
begun when Marie Callender’s closed
down. Nothing was found amiss, but
no doubt a lot of empty pie tins were
located in the residence.
San Luis Obispo
• May 8: A man called at 12:36 a.m.
from Monterey and Johnson and said
two men and two women were inside
his car and refuse to leave. At 1:20 p.m.
officers responded to the 600 block of
Henderson where a woman said there
was a strange man in their sunroom
who refuses to leave. Her husband was
trying to talk sense into the 24-yearold bonehead, who was naturally
schnockered and taken to the nick.
• May 20: At 11:15 a.m. someone in the
700 block of Marsh reported a transient
man was swearing, as free speech
morphs into public nuisance. The potty
mouth was gone before police arrived
with the soap.
JUNE
Arroyo Grande
•June 16: Some anger management
class reject was arrested on Alder Street
after kicking in a door to a home.
Morro Bay
• June 8: Police contacted a 28-yearold woman at 1:41 a.m. in the 2800
block of Cedar. She was checked into
the Parkinson Plaza for suspicion of
UTI and felony possession of drug
paraphernalia in a County Jail, as the
ol’ strip search proves its worth once
again.
block of Oceanview reported a noise
complaint concerning a chicken and a
rooster at about 5:30 a.m.
San Luis Obispo
Pismo Beach
• June 2: Someone reported a loud
party at 12:37 a.m. in the 11300 block
of LOVR in either apartment B or C or
D, an apparent multiple-choice case.
Police decided it was “E” none of the
above.
•June 2: Someone reported hearing a
man yelling and screaming in the pier
parking lot, so basically summer is here
in Pismo.
• June 3: Police were asked to check
the welfare of a woman at a bus stop on
Madonna by Burger King who seemed
lost when asking for directions.
•June 3: A green laser light was reported
in the area of the Shoe Tree. Everything
checked out okay. Luke Skywalker had
apparently taken his light saber and
left the area.
• June 18: Police were called at 3:13
a.m. to Santa Rosa and Pismo for a
report of a shellacked woman trying
to hitch-hike a ride home, in the latest
example how this isn’t the ‘60s.
•June 3: A caller on the beach reported
that someone was acting “erratically.”
The guy was sitting rolled up like a ball
next to a trashcan. He was drunk as a
skunk.
JULY
•June 14: A caller on the 200 block of
Five Cities Drive reported a woman
walking across the street yelling at
nearly 10 p.m. She was wearing lots of
layers of clothing and pushing a cart.
She was advised against overnight
camping because she no doubt had one
of those newfangled shopping carts
that convert into a tent.
•June 14: Surfers and fishermen got
into yet another disagreement at the
pier. The guy with the pole said the guy
with the board was surfing too close to
the pier.
•June 14: Police were unable to locate
three juvenile males riding skateboards
through the parking lot at the Sea
Venture. One hellion was wearing
orange socks, another was wearing
pink socks and there was no word on
what the third fashionista was wearing.
•June 17: Some city folk on the 400
Arroyo Grande
• July 6: A caller reported someone had
placed some sort of homemade liquid
bomb device next to his or her car. The
device popped and spewed an unknown
liquid and aluminum foil on the car.
Morro Bay
• July 5: Police responded at 9:48
p.m. to the 400 block of Avalon for a
reported assault. Logs indicated it was
a landlord-tenant physical altercation,
a case of house for rent.
• June 23: A citizen in the 1000 block of
Allesandro said that security cameras
were stolen off the top of a mini storage,
a case of a lot of fat good those did.
• June 23: A woman came to the police
department and turned herself in on a
warrant. Police cited and released her
with a promise to appear, no doubt
what Einstein meant when he defined
insanity.
• June 28: At 9:01 p.m. a citizen in the
900 block of Allesandro complained
about his or her neighbor doing
construction work late into the night,
also called a Morro Bay felony.
Pismo Beach
• July 1: Two people were reportedly
lighting fireworks and throwing them
in the street on the 1000 block of Price.
They were both from Canada where
fireworks are legal, yet Independence
Day isn’t celebrated.
• July 14: Two people were reportedly
fighting in front of am/pm with brooms
and dustpans. The suspects had been
swept away before police arrived.
• July 15: A caller on the 100 block of
Park reported a possible intruder. The
caller said that they could hear noises
in the bushes. The intruder was trying
to come over the fence and the caller
could see a baseball hat. Police didn’t
find a human, but they did locate an
opossum in the bushes, no doubt a
• June 28: Feces were reportedly spread
all over the place and a toilet was
overflowing in the women’s bathroom
at the pier, which is just crappy.
San Luis Obispo
• July 1: At 10:22 a.m. police were called
to address a mess with an unwelcome
guest at Ross Dress for less.
• July 15: A man called police at 10:20
a.m. and said he’d rear-ended a truck
in the 2200 block of Beebee. He and
the driver exchanged insurance info
but was troubled by something he said,
no doubt “Sue ya’ later!”
• July 15: At 1 p.m. someone reported a
traffic hazard at Tank Farm and Broad,
an old man swerving all over on a
Moped, no doubt what happens when
you can’t drive the lawn mower.
• July 16: At 8:58 a.m. in the first
block of Santa Rosa, someone said a
man was lying on the sidewalk outside
Rabobank “fondling himself,” in this
week’s example of why we need SWAT.
No report was done. Maybe he was just
crabby.
• June 29: Police were called at 6:30
p.m. to Mitchell Park for two men
acting strangely. Logs indicated one
took off his pants and keeps staring at
the children’s playground. Ol’ Chester
checked out harmless, creepiness
apparently not a factor.
AUGUST
Arroyo Grande
• Aug. 8: A woman on the 600 block of
La Vista Court was arrested for a grand
slam. She was suspected of driving
drunk, had a child in the car, was
driving on a suspended license for DUI
and had an outstanding warrant.
• Aug. 26: Some unlucky sap
trespassing on the 300 block of
Halcyon was contacted and found to
have prescription medication without
a prescription, a glass pipe and an
outstanding warrant. Bye Felicia.
Morro Bay
• Aug. 5: Police contacted another
citizen-of-the-year at 10:30 p.m. in the
500 block of Monterey. A 33-year-old
chap was whisked off to the tower for
allegedly being in an altered state of
mind due to some form of narcotic, my
dear What-sun.
Yes, Holmes but the very next day, at
9:11 p.m. it was, they contacted the
same chap near the place, you know.
He was ah-gain, tossed to the cots for
no doubt still being under the weather,
so to speak.
• Aug. 7: A tourist called police at 3
p.m. to report being ripped off in the
ol’ fake vacation rental scam. The man
told police that he’d rented a home
off Craig’s List in the 3100 block of
Beachcomber for $900, apparently
paying in advance, and when he arrived
to check in, found that the house didn’t
exist, or maybe they’re still waiting for
a building permit.
• Aug. 8: Police and firefighters
responded at 6:10 p.m. to Morro Bay
Boulevard and Main Street after a City
street tree cut loose a large branch
that came down on a legally parked
vehicle with “minor” damage done and
injuring none. The hooligan tree was
no doubt cited and released to remain
where it is.
Pismo Beach
• Aug. 7: Police were unable to locate a
transient who tied a pit bull to a chair
in the California Fresh Parking lot.
The poor dog was running through the
parking lot dragging the chair and had
hit a couple of cars.
• Aug. 11: A guy pulling a wagon and
claiming to be a lifeguard reportedly
approached a caller and her boyfriend
and proceeded to search their backpacks
and take down their information. He
also asked them about drug use. When
she asked for his ID, he told them to
close their eyes and “count to 100.”
• Aug. 11: A guy walked into a business
on the 600 block of Price and inquired
about sexual favors. He was advised
regarding trespassing, and no doubt
advised that the perv store is in Grover.
San Luis Obispo
• Aug. 2: Police responded at 7:05
p.m. to the 1900 block of Henry for
a disturbance. Logs indicated the
caller was drunk and said he would
be standing out front of the house, an
apparent case of calling the cops on
your own drunk a**. And speaking
of drunken boneheads, officers also
went to Denny’s on Madonna after
some swine went outside and peed on
vehicles in the parking lot, the very
definition of being piss-a**ed drunk.
• Aug. 2: Police responded at 3:37
p.m. to a disturbance in the 800 block
of Higuera, where some heel keeps
walking into the Sock Drawer.
• Aug. 2: At 4:55 a.m., someone in
the 3800 block of Higuera reported
a guy at the Tribune building yelling
obscenities, having no doubt just paid
a buck for an 8-page paper.
• Aug. 3: A fellow at the Frog & Peach
Pub in the 700 block of Higuera called
at 12:15 a.m. and said his girlfriend
went to the bathroom more than an
hour ago and didn’t come back, as the
tadpole apparently grew legs.
• Aug. 11: Police were called at 4:25
p.m. to the 800 block of Monterey for
a guy banging sticks on the outside
wall at the Chamber of Commerce and
playing chicken with traffic. Police told
the matador to knock it off. In an earlier
yet similar event, at 3:21 at Garden and
Higuera, another fruit-loop dingus was
community service spotlight
• July 27: A caller on the 300 block of
Wilmar reported an ongoing problem
with a light at the Tides Hotel shining
into her bedroom. She called back to say
that she would work with management
to rectify the problem, though a pellet
gun might do the trick faster.
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walking in the street waving a cigarette
around and taunting, no doubt, “Ooh,
look at me, I’m smoke-ing!”
• Aug. 11: At 7:38 a.m. in the 100 block
of Hind, a semi truck backed into a fire
hydrant and sent water gushing 30feet into the air and wasting tens of
thousands of gallons, the second such
incident in the past couple of weeks, as
water conservation meets Mr. Murphy.
• Aug. 26: Police were called at 1:41 a.m.
to 7-Eleven on Marsh where a man in a
baseball cap and striped Polo shirt and
jeans had just watered the bushes with
a short little hose. The swine apparently
pi**ed-off before the cops got there.
• Aug. 27: A citizen called at 6 a.m.
from the 3900 block of Broad to report
a suspicious man in dark clothing and
wearing a black backpack was upsetting
the balance outside Equilibrium
Fitness.
SEPTEMBER
Arroyo Grande
• Sept. 6: A transient was arrested after
jumping a fence into a not so secured
private business. He was arrested in the
agriculture fields that were surrounded
by “No Trespassing” signs. He was cited
for prowling, those bell peppers are
pretty particular about their privacy.
• Sept. 17: Talk about a bad day.
An upstanding citizen was arrested
for shoplifting, possession of a
stolen vehicle, possession of drug
paraphernalia and probation violation.
• Sept. 21: Some louse reportedly
exposed his shortcomings under the
East Grand overpass.
Morro Bay
• Sept. 4: Police got a call at 9:26 a.m.
from a citizen in the 700 block of
Quintana who said she got a counterfeit
bill as change for a purchase at a local
store, which is a switch. She handed the
$5 bill over to police, who will no doubt
investigate once they stop laughing.
• Sept. 10: Police responded at 2:30
p.m. to Morro Rock parking lot for a
disturbing fellow causing a disturbance.
Logs indicated ol’ Bocephus, “assaulted
officers causing officers to deploy
their Tasers,” also called an attitude
adjustment. He got a stick to the head,
and kicks to the shin, and several bites
from Rin Tin Tin, and he couldn’t wait
to get in-to that jaaa-il…
Pismo Beach
• Sept. 2: The CHP relayed a call
about possible road rage on the
2700 block of Shell Beach Rd.
A caller said another driver had
followed him into a parking lot,
spit in his face and then pushed
him. Both parties were counseled.
• Sept. 4: Two guys near Chevron
appeared to pull a needle out of the
bushes, which is easier than a haystack,
and then went into the same bathroom
stall apparently to get gassed. One
juvenile was turned over to his proud
grandmother. The other was cited for
possession of drug paraphernalia.
going to be a long winter.
• Sept. 22: Some reportedly drunk as
a skunk guy was really sober and a
clover, but had none-the-less peed on
the outside of the Rite Aid building.
San Luis Obispo
• Sept. 5: Police were unable to locate a
man on a bicycle pulling a trailer who
might have been getting fresh behind
California Fresh. He was reportedly
spotted with his pants down.
• Sept. 10: A man called police at 6:40
p.m. from the 1100 block of Pacific
and said a disturbed woman swung a
baseball bat at him, and thank God she
can’t hit a curveball.
• Sept. 6: A caller at the Edgewater Inn
said guests were making a lot of noise
and what not. When the caller asked
them to shadd-up, one of the hooligans
reportedly whipped out his short hose
and watered the guy’s door.
• Sept. 10: Police responded at 9 a.m. to
the 1300 block of Beach where a citizen
saw a transient swine pinchin’ a lobe in
Emerson Park, in the latest example of
why we need SWAT.
• Sept. 20: A caller on the 100 block of
Stimson reported that his estranged
wife, who still lives at the residence,
was yelling and breaking things. They
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Cerro Romauldo called at 2:19 a.m.
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• Oct. 29: A woman at an RV park in
the 1700 block of Embarcadero called
at 3:12 p.m. to report that a suspicious
man walked around her motor home
and tried to open all the storage
compartments, no doubt looking to
extract the infamous tourist tax for the
homeless.
OCTOBER
Arroyo Grande
• Oct. 17: An arrest was made on the
400 block of Allan after some anger
management reject hit the side of
a neighbor’s house with a shovel.
The guy also had an outstanding
misdemeanor warrant.
Pismo Beach
• Oct. 7: Police were unable to locate a
suspicious subject on the bridge going
over Highway 1 reportedly pointing his
finger like a gun at passing motorists.
No word on whether the finger or he
was loaded.
• Oct. 18: A local bar owner was
reportedly threatened by a man
claiming to be the president of the
Hell’s Angels who said that he was
going to get some other members to
come “take over the bar.”
• Oct. 24: A man on the 800 block of
Mesa Drive reported that he had lost
his “special deputy” badge from the
San Francisco Sheriff’s Department
sometime over the last three years.
Morro Bay
• Oct. 1: At 10:44 p.m. police responded
to the 600 block of Embarcadero and
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having paraphernalia while suffering
euphoria, but not for a stash that no
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the 33-year-old fellow for suspicion
of being UTI. It was the second such
arrest for the same man in a week as
he was picked up for the same thing
on Oct. 12, apparently having forgotten
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in the 1000 block of Carmel, which
ain’t exactly front page news.
• Oct. 18: Police responded at 9 a.m. to
the hairless ape exhibit at Lila Keiser
Park and zoo where someone was
running amok. Logs indicated they
cite-released a 42-year-old homeless
fellow for alleged illegal camping and
polluting a waterway, next up a bench
warrant for the dry creek whizzer.
• Oct. 18: A citizen told police there was
a newspaper rack laying in the roadway
• Oct. 7: Police were called about a
woman and three men, who were
unfamiliar to neighbors on the 200
block of Ridge Rd., and carrying
backpacks, after they entered a home. It
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Off-Road Bike Park Opens
By Neil Farrell
T
hough it had been getting a lot
of use for a couple of weeks, Jan.
2 marked the official opening of
the Morro Bay Bike Park, an off road,
X Games style set of three tracks in the
1500 block of Main Street.
Police Department support services
manager, Bonnie Johnson came up
with the idea about three years ago.
Johnson, who has raised her children
here, including one who is a downhill
mountain bike racer, used to bring
her little ones to a much smaller, little
dirt track the City had on a vacant
lot next to Flippo’s Skate Harbor on
Atascadero Road. That got closed
when the City sold the property in the
mid 2000s.
She and a group of like-minded folks
thought it was time to build a new bike
park. She got support from local bike
shops, and the project really took off
when the Central Coast Concerned
Mountain Bikers, a non-profit group
of trail riders who build and maintain
trails all over SLO County, joined the
cause.
The City had a plot of vacant
land, which sits under high voltage
electric wires and whose uses are
understandably
limited.
That,
combined with a small slice of PG&Eowned property, was determined to
be the best spot for the park. It was
purposefully located away from homes
off Radcliff Street and the City paid for
a split-rail fence around the park.
The park has a set of rules posted on
a big sign at the entrance, which is on
Little Morro Creek Road, that includes
a disclaimer that anyone using
the park, does so at his
or her own risk. It
also calls for proper
safety gear to be
worn, especially a
helmet.
The City is
reportedly
covering
the
insurance for
the park, as
it is within
the City park
system.
That
might come in
handy, as at least
one youngster has
already flown over
the handlebars and
suffered a concussion,
this before the park
officially opened.
Deputy City Manager, Sam Taylor,
who oversees the city parks, addressed
that issue. “Cities, and even private
property owners, have what’s known
as ‘recreational immunity’ in the State
of California [many states have these
laws], which basically helps protect
a property owner from liability when
they open up property for recreational
uses.”
The liability issue was closely looked
at by the City. “Because this park is
Eager youngsters, along with Bonnie Johnson and Councilman Matt Makowetski, line up Jan. 2
to cut the ribbon and officially open the new Morro Bay Bike Park. Photo by Neil Farrell
on public property,”
Taylor explained,
“we could receive
a claim should
someone have
a concern. We
have
worked
with both the
City Attorney
and our liability
insurer on this
topic and are
very confident in
opening up this
facility.” He added
that no claims had
been filed.
As with the City’s
skateboard park, soaring
over humps and bumps on a bike
is inherently hazardous. “A BMX
bike park is going to be a hazardous
recreational endeavor,” Taylor said,
“and the signage at the park reflects
the inherent danger of the sport.
There is a risk to this type of activity
and someone choosing to use the park
is making a choice to take that risk at
an unsupervised facility.”
The big sign posted at the entrance
acknowledges
and
thanks
the
partnering agencies, sponsors and
donors, and lists the rules for the
park. Parents might want to make sure
their children have read the rules and
understand the risks. Though less than
half of the 14 riders who were at the
ribbon cutting acknowledged actually
reading the rules, all however, were
wearing helmets.
“The rules developed for the Bike
Park were reviewed by the City
Attorney’s Office,” Taylor said, “with
expertise in recreational activities and
any state law requirements.”
The park is not supervised, much
as playgrounds used by the public are
not supervised. The bike park is free
to use, and built suitable for any nonmotorized, off-road bikes, not just
the BMX style. Motorcycles are not
allowed.
Johnson said they rented the land
from Pacific Gas & Electric for 5 years
at $500 a year, and their City use
permit is also for 5 years and subject
to renewal.
The designer and builder of the bike
park was Alex Fowler of Action Sports
Construction of Santa Cruz. Fowler
builds bike parks and dirt tracks
around the world, and works with the
folks who build tracks for the Olympics
and X-Games.
His crew had the mounds of dirt
that had been piled on the site moved
around, shaped and compacted within
just a few weeks starting in early
November. No new dirt was brought
on site for the project. The property
has long been a depository for excess
dirt from various projects over the
years.
The park will take a lot of
maintenance, work that will be done
by volunteers. But it should hold up
pretty well against this winter’s El
Niño weather, as some of it is clay,
which tends to compact when wet.
The City feels it’s a great addition
to its parks inventory, which includes
tennis and basketball courts, a dog
park, softball fields, a teen center,
skateboard park, roller rink, and
possibly sometime soon, pickleball
courts.
“We’re very thankful for the hard
work of the Central Coast Concern
Mountain Bikers, particularly Bonnie
Johnson,” Taylor said, “for making this
amazing community project happen,
and we’re glad we were able to provide
the property for this public use.”
News
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Grange Displays Barn Quilt
By Neil Farrell
M
orro Bay’s newest
piece of public art is
both a blast of bright
colors and a homage to an
old practice that goes back to
the pre-Civil War days and
the fight for freedom from
slavery.
Cathy Novak, who is a
former Morro Bay mayor,
currently
a
land
use
consultant and enthusiastic
and award-winning quilter,
said she got the idea for the
“barn quilt” on the Moro
Grange Hall, located on Hwy
41 about a mile east of town,
while attending a lecture with
the Bear Valley Quilters Guild
of Los Osos.
It was more than a year ago,
she explained, at a quilt guild
meeting when the speaker
discussed the Barn Quilt
Cathy Novak stands with a barn quilt mural
Movement that was started
she created that was recently hung on the
by “Donna Sue Groves, who
wanted to honor her mother, wall of the Morro Bay Grange Hall on Hwy 41
Maxine, and her Appalachian
east of town. Photo by Neil Farrell
heritage by having a painted
quilt hung on her barn in
Adams County, Ohio,” Novak said.
But the more she researched the
After kicking the idea around for idea the more she came to know that
years, in 2001, Groves decided to change such public displays have a far deeper
her plan from the one personal tribute history in the U.S., as signal signs along
quilt to a “sampler” of 20 quilt squares, the Underground Railroad, helping
Novak said, that could be created along direct escaped slaves to shelter, food
a driving trail that would invite people and water as they fled the South.
to travel through the countryside.
“Slaves could not read or write,”
The whole idea has blossomed reads a history Novak found on the
from there and spread throughout Internet (at www.womenfolk.com).
the country, and now possibly, to the “It was illegal to teach a slave to do so.
Central Coast.
Codes, therefore, were part and parcel
“Barn quilts are painted quilt squares- of the slaves’ existence and their route
usually fashioned on 8-foot or 4-foot to freedom, which eventually became
square boards,” Novak explained, known as the Underground Railroad.
“and then mounted on a barn or other Some forms of dance, spirituals, code
building. While many cloth quilts are words and phrases, and memorized
usually made up of a series of squares symbols all allowed the slaves to
of the same pattern placed together, communicate with each other on a level
a barn quilt is almost always a single their white owners could not interpret.”
square. I thought how fun it would be
Most quilt patterns originated in
to do this here.”
African traditions and were brought
The Grange’s barn quilt is two sheets to America when the people were
of plywood joined together, framed kidnapped and sold into slavery in
and attached to the wall. Novak said a strange land. What appeared as a
she painted the pattern — called a simple act of hanging a quilt on a fence
“Bear’s Paw” — and local contractor or in a window of a slave’s shack, would
Bud Sturgill, who built Morro Del Mar actually be meant to aid those seeking
condos, had his crew mount it.
freedom.
She’s hoping the barn quilt would
Not all historians agree on the quilt
catch on and lead to a possible trail of code theory, as these stories were
artworks through SLO County maybe passed down through an oral tradition.
bringing the ag community a little For a bear’s paw pattern, one would
closer, and perhaps working with 4-H “follow a mountain trail, out of view,
Clubs or other youth organizations.
and then follow an actual bear’s trail,
She’s gotten interest from a local which would lead to food and water.”
church, she said, and local farmers,
Novak
hopes
to
get
more
who might have a particular favorite organizations and farmers to join the
square from a family heirloom quilt to Grange in this fairly new tradition and
reproduce.
perhaps have SLO County join the
Though possibilities for patterns barn quilt trail movement that has now
are literally endless, there are some spread across the U.S.
common patterns that quilters use, like
the saw tooth, and the bear’s paw, with
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Two Share Citizen of the Year
By Neil Farrell
T
he Morro Bay Chamber of
Commerce held its Annual
Installation
Dinner
last
Friday naming a native daughter a
Living Treasure and honoring two
people with the Citizen of the Year
Awards. Jason and Lori Sheer, who
own the Grill Hut BBQ Restaurant,
were honored as the Business of
the Year. Jazmin Perez, a senior
at Morro Bay High, was named
the Student of the Year, getting
her award from MBHS Principal
Kyle Pruitt. Perez, who has a long
list of athletic and extracurricular
clubs and teams on her resume,
thanked City Attorney Joe Pannone
for donating $100 so her mother
and grandmother could attend the
dinner. This is the first time a local
student has been so honored. The
co-Citizens of the Year were Beads
by the Bay owner, Susan Stewart,
and Sharon O’Leary, who heads
up the Morro Bay Community
Resources Connection. And Morro
Bay native, Nancy Castle, who
was very regal looking in a tiara
and lots of bling for the occasion,
was honored as Living Treasure.
New Chamber CEO/President,
Erica Crawford was introduced by
new board chairwoman Cyndee
Edwards. Other board members are
Bob Davis, Ken McMillan, Sandi
Twist, Jon Elliott, Joshua Bergen,
Travis Ford and Walter Heath.
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housands turned out Jan. 1 for the 36th Annual Carlin Soule
Memorial Polar Bear Dip in Cayucos washing away 2015
and ringing in 2016 with dip in the chilly Pacific.
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can expect some of your favorite
events returning like Fresh Picked
Concert Series and Downtown Bunny
Trail. However, keeping in step with
bringing change for the new year, there
will also be some exciting new elements
to look forward to at The Market.
The SLO Downtown Association is
rolling out plans to accept CalFresh
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experience with meat, fish and
more. With the growing size
of The Market, the Downtown
Association will continue to
update the Downtown SLO
Farmers’ Market Map online
so shoppers can find the items
they are looking for even
before they arrive. While we
all can agree that wandering
around the streets of the
Downtown SLO Farmers’
Market is probably the best
part of Thursday nights, it is
definitely better than walking
down a supermarket aisle any day
of the week.
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are bringing back one of our favorite
events that debuted at The Market last
year, The Fresh Picked Concert Series.
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summer, you may have noticed large
crowds gathered at the Union Bank
parking lot to enjoy music from bands
who were hand picked to spice things
up at the north end of The Market. The
stage was set for bands like TROPO,
Diego’s
Umbrella,
Moonshiner
Collective, Ragged Jubilee, Damon
Castillo Band and Fialta who wrapped
up the series. Fresh Picked is back
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through October 2016. You can always
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January 14 - 27, 2016 • Tolosa Press
Then & Now
By Judy Salamacha
H
ave you ever met someone who
seems like the most likable person
in the world and then you get to
know them and they aren’t so perfect –
they have flaws just like the rest of us. Patti
Sackmann, co-owner of La Bella Olives &
Gourmet Foods with her husband Steve,
was a rare find among humans. She was
consistently friendly, funny, interesting,
positive, loyal, generous and likable –
and said stuff you remembered.
I couldn’t help but devote some column
time to my friend although we met up
only occasionally. I knew her other
“friends” would be wondering where she
was – “friends” at area Farmer’s Markets
and special events like the Arroyo Grande
Strawberry Festival or Paso Robles Olive
Festival. Shoppers and planners alike
would wonder why Patti Sackmann was
not there smiling in 2016.
Another product vendor has no doubt
already claimed her premier space
particularly at Pismo Beach’s Farmer’s
Market on Wednesdays and on Saturdays
at Morro Bay’s Community Market, but
that would be perfectly fine with Patti.
She would want everyone to move on
because she decided to accept her olive
tasting duties in the big beyond she
believed was waiting for her.
In fact, her husband found a copy of the
poem I’m Free written on her “inspiration
tablet” near her TV chair right after she
passed away without warning November
29. As if she planned her own “goodbye”
the poem closes with, “Remember me
with smiles and laughter…If you can
only remember me with tears then don’t
remember me at all.” We will always
remember her response to, “How are you
today, Patti?” Her answer, “I’m blessed.’’
I met Patti eons ago when I coordinated
the Morro Bay Harbor Festival Seafood
and Wine Pavilion. She and Steve always
produced the go-to tasting booth with
their stuffed olives. She wanted people
to taste the product because she knew a
tasting served with genuine laugh-a-lot
conversation would become a memory.
Her booth got bigger through the years as
the product lines grew. But the marketing
efforts were always the same…taste, talk,
buy, enjoy and come back another day for
more.
When I moved on to coordinate the
Central Coast Writers’ Conference and
wanted to showcase the best of Central
Coast wines and cuisine to the presenters
that visited from all over the world, I
knew Patti and her olives were a must at
our closing social at Coalesce Book Store
and Garden Chapel. Patti would spend
the entire afternoon selling at the Morro
Bay market and the evening talking and
tasting with my guests – even when her
feet and bones were aching.
Patti Sackmann was special and why
family and friends attended standing
room services December 14 at the
Marshall-Spoo Sunset Funeral Chapel
in Grover Beach. There were tears, but
as she requested there was plenty of
laughter.
Stacey Dozier was one of several girls
Patti unofficially adopted. At the service,
she told how Patti taught her to ride a
pony, then a horse at her Santa Maria
ranch. “She was always Mom #2. She
taught me ‘It’s not goodbye. It’s see you
later.’ ”
Sal DeMauro traded barbs with her
at the Pismo Farmer’s Market for five
years. He admitted to the messiest booth
while Patti’s was pristine, which didn’t
sit well with her when he sweet-talked
the female health inspector the same day
her wash station didn’t pass muster. He
loved her greeting. “Hello, my brother
from another mother” and DeMauro
would answer back, “Hello, sister, from a
different mister.”
Many didn’t realize she was a crosscountry truck driver before she settled
in SLO County. She spent time doing
deliveries locally which is how she met
the love of her life, Steve, who owns Mesa
Trucking Inc., Arroyo Grande. After she
met him she left a jar of olives to remind
him she could be interested.
According to their website, www.
lbolives.com, La Bella Olives & Gourmet
Foods is “…well known for our Sevillano
olives, a very firm and meaty type of
olive…grown in the California Central
San Joaquin Valley.” The couple started
with eight styles of hand-stuffed olives
and grew to 22 varieties then added Extra
Virgin Olive Oil “with a light buttery
taste,” six types of marinated garlic cloves,
four types of marinated vegetables, four
types of marinated peppers, including
Atomic Frog Balls, thirteen types of
jellies, chipotle sauces and a variety of
gourmet almonds and pistachios!
Currently sales are only online or call
(805) 343-2310. It might just be the only
way to continue to get Patti’s yummy
products. Thanks for sharing her with us,
Steve. We loved her, too.
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FUEL your adventure
That’s Life in the News Biz
Good To Be King
By King Harris
S
ince this is my
last week at
KVEC,
after
nearly 10 years as news
director, I thought
I’d present to you my
resume now that I’m
in need of work. Allow
me to start at the
beginning.
I got my first radio
gig in 1961 in the
summertime
when
I worked for San
Francisco powerhouse
radio KSFO, where
I helped the news
department
and
gophered for popular morning radio
genius Don Sherwood, who would urge
his morning commute listeners to roll
down their convertible tops, lower their
windows, turn their radios up, and then
put on the sound of a siren.
From San Jose to San Francisco,
there was a 50-mile drone. That was
true radio, and I was hooked. So it was
no surprise that as soon as I entered
college, I got a job at the campus radio
station as a disc jockey.
After I graduated and having spent a
year in Vietnam as an English teacher, I
came home and went to a broadcasting
school to get a first class license to be
able to go on the air, which I eventually
did at an AM station in Vancouver,
Wash.
That stint was interrupted when
I joined a rock ‘n’ roll band in Los
Angeles. When that journey ended
after four years, I returned to radio in
Monterey, hosting a midnight to 6 a.m.
easy listening music program for 18
months on KWAV radio, which was in
the same building as KMST, the local
CBS TV station. I joined KMST as sports
director in 1977, shooting my own film,
which was an eye-opening experience.
Soon I would be shooting video, about
the same time I became news anchor,
and started to learn that the broadcast
news media was not necessarily a kind
one.
In 1980, after being demoted back
to sports because of a change in
ownership to Retlaw, the Walt Disney
Broadcasting Co., I decided to look
elsewhere, and when I did during
ratings, Retlaw was furious and wanted
my anchor wardrobe, which they fitted
and traded out, returned.
After a brief scuffle, I left for ABC
affiliate KEYT in Santa Barbara, where
I became news anchor and eventually
the news director for 17 years.
During my tenure, we got hundreds
of AP and UPI Awards, and I received
our first Emmy for a documentary
I composed in late 1988 on Russian
veterans from Afghanistan meeting
American vets from Vietnam.
By that time, lawyer Bob Smith had
bought out Shamrock (the Roy Disney
broadcasting arm) and acquired KEYT,
moving from Michigan
to Santa Barbara so he
could parade around
with all the Hollywood
types who lived in
Montecito.
In 1994, he fired
General
Manager
Sandy Benton, and
replaced her with a
not-so-honest
fellow
who thought he was
a network executive,
or the next coming. I
knew my days were
numbered.
Within
a year, they hired a
Kansas schoolmarm to
take my job, and they didn’t renew my
contract.
I was out of there with little fanfare.
But I soon hooked up with KSBY
owner, George Lilly, who asked if I
could start up a Spanish speaking TV
news show, which I did. My part in the
project ended when I left Santa Barbara
for a journalism lecturing position at
Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. When
that ended in three years, I got a news
director position at KVEC, owned by
a local insurance agent, who later sold
it to Clear Channel, run by a guy who
fired me for being too folksy.
KCOY had an opening for a producer
at the time, so I took that and eventually
became News Director, a position
that wasn’t all that easy because the
station had two couples, one working
mornings, the other broadcasting
evenings, and they loathed each other,
even though they both resided a block
apart on Harmony Lane in Orcutt,
which I thought was pretty amusing.
Two years later, on the day of
Michael Jackson’s first Santa Maria
court appearance, I was fired for no
reason really, though I was probably
not corporate enough. I was still alive
and kicking, and I landed an editorial
management position at the alternative
weekly, The New Times, while founder
Steve Moss was in his waning days.
After he died, the manager of the
joint accused me of leaking some news
to the traditional press, which of course
I did not do, so I gave him notice. A few
months later, I got a job as reporter
with KVEC owned by Clear Channel,
until El Dorado bought the place a year
later. News Director Ben Greenaway
and I, making up the news staff, were
terminated when El Dorado decided to
cancel the morning news.
The public outcry was stifling,
prompting El Dorado to hire me back
in 2007. I would prefer to be with you
in 2016, but that is not in the cards. I’m
being terminated Jan. 15, because, I
was told, of budgetary constraints. So
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business, think of it like being on the
beach — don’t be afraid to enter the
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Community Calendar
The Morro Bay Art Center Gallery, 835
Main St., will present, “For the Birds,” an
art show running from Jan. 14-Feb. 22. A
free artists’ reception is set for 2-4 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 17.
•••
New Year—New Storytime.
Story
Time at the Grover Beach Community
Library, 240 N. 9th St., Grover Beach, will
now be held every Monday at 10:30 a.m.
Children of all ages are welcome for some
stories, songs and surprises in English
and Spanish.
•••
The Central Coast Women for Fisheries
is again having an enchilada fundraiser,
featuring enchiladas made with West
Coast caught albacore tuna in red or
green sauce. Cost is $10 for a tray
of four. Red sauce is flour tortillas
S.L.O.P.E. is kicking off a
and green is corn. To order call
celebration of Montaña de Oro
Jackie at 772-8281 or Sharon at
State Park’s 50th Anniversary
674-4854. Order early, supplies
limited. Pick up date is 1-5 p.m.
view the Event Calendar on the
Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Morro
Bay Community Center, 1001 Kennedy home page or contact your local
Way. See: www.womenforfisheries.org library.
for more information on the non-profit
•••
group.
Literacy for Life has an ongoing
•••
and urgent need for volunteer
The Hollister Institute will host a free tutors throughout SLO County.
public discussion of the book, “Things To volunteer, see the website
www.literacyforlifeslo.org
Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality,” at at:
10 a.m. Thursdays, Jan. 14 through for more information. Training
March 17 at St. Benedict’s Church, 2220 sessions are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Snowy Egret Ln., Los Osos. The book’s Saturday, Jan. 30 and Saturday,
author, Franciscan priest Richard Rohr, Feb. 6 at the
City/
is the founder of the Center for Action SLO
Fine art photography of Ronnie
and Contemplation in Albuquerque, C o u n t y
Goyette is on display in a new
N.M. He is also the author of “Falling L i b r a r y ,
will be held from 4-6 p.m.
Palm
Upward: Spirituality for the Two Halves 995
show entitled, “Wings”
Thursday, March 17 in
St.,
corner
of Life” and “The Naked Now: Learning
Rm. 5401 (Bldg. 5400) at
Osos.
to See as the Mystics See,” among others. of
Cuesta’s Hwy 1 campus.
Cost
is
$25
“The development of consciousness
The deadline to submit nominations is
is a gradual, lifelong process; it’s not materials fee. Call 541-4219 for
Sunday, Jan. 31. For more information on
typically a straightforward journey,” information and to sign up.
the awards and nomination instructions,
Rohr said. “We may catch a glimpse of
•••
see: www.wlfslo.org.
Divine Reality, but often it’s too much
The San Luis Obispo County
•••
for our small self, and so we recoil until
great love, suffering, or contemplative Genealogical Society is sponsoring its
After four solid years of dry winters, the
practice help us surrender a bit more.” 30th all-day seminar, entitled, “Genealogy ocean phenomenon, El Niño, has returned
Quest:
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to
Grow
Your
Family
Tree,”
Email to: [email protected] to
and is being predicted to make this a
register for this discussion group. To from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March hard, wet winter indeed. In the interest
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St.,
receive notifications for future events,
SLO. Nationally known speaker, J. Mark of public service and safety, Caltrans and
see: http://faithmatters.us.
Lowe, will be featured, plus professional the Highway Patrol have produced an
•••
genealogist, Cafi Cohen. Attendees will online video with tips on how to be safe
on the roadways. The “Be Storm Ready”
Camp Fire is celebrating its 80th year learn how to use the best genealogy
public service announcement is posted
sources
online,
and
using
land
and
on the Central Coast, and they want
online at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y
to connect with people and hear their marriage records to expand their family
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trees.
For
cost
and
to
make
reservations,
story and how Camp Fire has impacted
•••
their life. Call them at 805-773-5126 or see: http://slocgs.org or call 466-3997
visit their alumni page at the new with questions.
St. Benedict’s Church in Los Osos is
website www.campfirecentralcoast.org.
•••
looking for volunteers to stock, sort or
•••
Cuesta College and the Community cashier at its Abundance Shop thrift
Foundation
San Luis Obispo County store. Experience with handling cash and
Take part in the 2016 San Luis Obispo
donations for non-profits is preferred.
County Library’s Adult Winter Reading Women’s Legacy Fund are taking
Shifts range from a minimum 3 hours a
nominations
now
for
the
39th
Annual
Program, “Hot Reads for Cold Nights —
week and a committed day/timeframe,
Get Cozy with your Community Edition.” Women of Distinction Awards, which
Tuesdays-Saturdays between 10 a.m. and
celebrates
March
as
Women’s
History
Complete eight challenges and receive
4 p.m. Contact Shop Manager, Francis
prizes and surprises. The fun starts Month and recognizes “the contributions
Rivinius, for an appointment at the
women
have
made
in
the
areas
of
on Jan. 15 and ends on April 15. This
Abundance Shop, 2190 9th St.
program is part of the County Library’s volunteering in the community, their
•••
promotion, “Discover Community @ profession and in philanthropy.” The
the Library.” Countywide programming four award categories are: Community
Lifelong Learners of the Central Coast,
will feature community resources and and Public Service Award — Professional; a local non-profit organization that
highlight some of the notable and unique Community and Public Service Award — presents various classes held in different
aspects of the Central Coast. For more Volunteer; Progress for Women Award; venues throughout the year, has some
information see: www.slolibrary.org and and the Grace N. Mitchell Lifetime upcoming classes with registration being
Achievement Award. The award ceremony
taken now. Most courses cost $5 each
session for members or $10 each for nonmembers. Upcoming classes include:
“Darwin’s Revolution and Its Impact, Part
1,” 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 13,
20 and 27 at KCBX in San Luis (Part 2
begins in March); “The Meiji Revolution
in 19th Century Japan,” 1-3 p.m. Tuesday,
Jan. 19 at the SLO Adult School Rm. B3;
“Great Discussions 2016- World’s Great
Religions,” 10-noon Thursdays, Jan. 21
(and dates in February and March TBA)
at Congregation Beth David in SLO; “The
Amateur Philosopher Rides Again,” 10noon Thursday, Feb. 4 at the SLO Adult
School Room B3; “Shake, Rattle and
Roll-Earthquake Hazards on the Central
Coast” 1-3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5 at the
United Methodist Church in Atascadero;
“A Day with Beethoven, Ravel & Tian,”
9-10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 at the SLO
Library and the dress rehearsal at 1-3:30
p.m. at the Performing
Arts Center at Cal Poly;
“Demystifying Your Home
Computer,” 10-noon Tuesday,
Feb. 9 at KCBX in SLO;
“Masterworks of American
Painting-Part 3,” 10-noon
Thursdays, Feb. 11, 18, and
25 at the SLO Adult School;
and “1905-Einstein’s Amazing
Year,” 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
16 at the SLO Adult School.
Register through Brown Paper
Tickets or go to: lifelearnerscc.
org for more information and
membership.
•••
SLO Hotline is looking
for volunteers to answer a
mental health support, crisis and suicide
prevention line, staffed 24/7. The next
volunteer training is scheduled to start
in late January. Volunteer resource and
support specialists are trained to staff the
County’s only 24-hour crisis line that can
be reached at (800) 783-0607. Training
involves eight classes and additional
mentoring. Hotline volunteers are asked
to commit to a minimum of 16 hours a
month for one year. Volunteers work in
the office as well as man the phone lines
on scheduled shifts with supervision for
the first three months. “SLO Hotline
Volunteers form the core of this
service,” said program coordinator Mike
Bossenberry. “Ranging in age from 18 to
80, they bring a diversity of experience
and skills, and share a common interest
in helping others.” For more information,
email Bossenberry at: [email protected] or call 540-6541.
•••
The Estero Bay Republican Women’s
Federated, whose members encompass
Los Osos, Morro Bay and Cayucos, will
have its next monthly luncheon at 11:30
a.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 at the Morro Bay
Golf Course Clubhouse. Speaker will be
Randall Jordan currently chairman of
TPCC which works to renew conservative
values to the California Republican Party.
Lunch is $22. The Republican Women’s
Club promotes a Republican political
platform. For membership information
call 772-3874 or email Joanne at:
[email protected].
•••
After a successful first year in existence,
h the Friends of the Morro Bay Harbor
- Department is turning its sights on
2016. The Friends group, a non-profit
t organization that raises money to assist
the Harbor Department in buying needed
2 equipment, is holding a scoping meeting
n at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 at the Morro
Bay Yacht Club, 541 Embarcadero. The
group is coming off an active first year,
t having participated in several public
1 education events, launching a website
and a very successful Drive-in Movie
e fundraiser at Morro Rock, held in
- November. The meeting will help plan
t future fundraisers and events for 2016.
d Call Becka Kelly at 772-6254 for more
l information.
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” The fine art photography of Ronnie
O Goyette is on display in a new show
0 entitled, “Wings,” with winged creatures
g — from birds to butterflies — in striking
poses and brilliant colors, and in honor
e of the Winter Bird Festival, at the Seven
Sisters Gallery, 601 Embarcadero, Morro
Bay (in Marina Square). The show runs
n through March 8. “Our county has
n the largest number of over wintering
d monarchs in North America and besides
being a local attraction, raising them and
g growing milkweed are a passion of mine,”
said Goyette.
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Hundreds of scholarships are available
d for Cuesta College’s 2016-17 academic
year and the application period is open
now through March 2 for most scholarship
programs. Among the scholarships is
g the Promise Scholarships, which pays
a the first year’s tuition for new Cuesta
e students who graduated from a SLO
t County high school. Students can apply
t for the Promise Scholarship up until Aug.
d 1, however, they will no longer be eligible
e for the 2016-17 general scholarships after
n March 2. To apply for both the general
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l see: https://cuesta.academicworks.com/
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s
r Environment or S.L.O.P.E. is kicking
e off a celebration of Montaña de Oro
s State Park’s 50th Anniversary with
e a special art show and benefit sale of
o original works, “dedicated to the park’s
e enduring beauty,” reads a news release
t from the group. Featured are more than
30 artists using various mediums, and
- limited edition fine art prints on sale
with a portion of the proceeds benefiting
Central Coast State Parks Association and
Montaña de Oro State Park. An opening
s reception and chance to meet the artists
s is set for 5-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4
l at the Museum of Natural History in
0 Morro Bay State Park, 20 State Park Rd.,
y Morro Bay. The museum will also host
e the exhibit and manage sales through the
f end of February. Also at the Museum, at
e 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 is a special event,
“Panel at the Park: Crossroads of Central
s Coast’s Art, Nature & Commerce,”
l moderated by ARTS Obispo’s Executive
n Director, Angela Tahti. RSVP to (805)
544-9241. The museum is open daily
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. See: www.ccspa.
info/morrobay for more information. For
information about S.L.O.P.E., see: www.
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The Central Coast Watercolor Society’s
next monthly program is set for 6:30
p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the SLO United
Methodist Church, 1515 Fredericks St.
The program will be a demonstration by
California artist, Chris Van Winkle — a
juror for the Aquarius 2016 Watermedia
Pacific
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Exhibition,
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The San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden
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children. The garden is located at 3450
Dairy Creek Rd., off Hwy 1 across from
Cuesta College. The event is a “children’s
book crafting and nature observation”
class, from 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
23. Join children’s author and fabric
artist, Beryl Reichenberg, in the Garden’s
Children’s Garden and be guided through
the process of altering books to create fun
and unique projects to take home, and
later participate in an acorn planting.
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The San Luis Blues, semi-pro baseball
team, will toss out its first pitch for the
2016 season in May, and the schedule
includes fireworks shows and a big home
stand this summer. The Blues, who play
in SLO’s Sinsheimer Stadium, open the
season with a 7-game home stand May
27 vs. the Santa Maria Packers. The Blues
will be chasing their third league title
in the past six years. General Manager
Adam Stowe said, “We’re chomping at
the bit and can’t wait for another great
season of Blues Baseball. We’ll face one of
the most challenging summer collegiate
schedules in the country.” Second year
head coach Jamie Clark has put together
a great roster, which is college players
from across the country, and the Blues
will have 34 home games this season.
Normal tickets are $5 a game and season
ticket plans, as well as mini plans and
group rates are available. Get tickets at
the Blues’ office, 3442 Empresa Dr., Ste.
B, SLO.
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The Special Heroes Amateur Softball
Association, a local organization that
raises money for special needs community
members for sports programs, will host
the 5th Annual Golf Special Heroes Event,
from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 23
at Laguna Lake Golf Course in San Luis
Obispo. The event is free for special needs
people who will enjoy a fun day of golf and
three competitions. Registration starts at
9 a.m. The Greater Pismo Beach Kiwanis
Club donating a free lunch for participants
that day. Additionally, local members of
the California Highway Patrol will be on
hand to meet with the participants to also
help make it a fun and exciting day. Local
community members and businesses that
would like to help sponsor the event to
help Special Heroes raise funds for their
programs, can contact event organizer
Peggy Hoobery at (805) 489-4910. All
funds raised by sponsors will be used to
hold other free sporting events for the
special needs participants of the Special
Heroes program.
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little fishy with that institution, or
something smells rotten about their
inclusion. Dig?
Well, the bold-faced title of this
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days prior to the Valero Alamo
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midnight bed-check and ended
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January 14 - 27, 2016 • Tolosa Press Special Publication
A New Year - One Day at a Time
By Susan K. Boyd MS, MFT
W
hy don’t the resolutions
people make in January
last, at least, until March?
How can so many be so excited to
get physically fit, save money, become organized and finish projects
just to abandon dreams in a few
weeks? Maybe the dreams begin to
seem unattainable and the obstacles, soon, appear overwhelming.
Making a good start in the New
Year may mean making changes
one day at a time, to reach a desired
goal. This is more likely to happen
with a well thought out, practical,
plan. The first step is to write down
a goal and specifically how to reach
it. The second step can be reading,
watching videos or talking to people
who have achieved the same objective. Being inspired and informed
is a great jumpstart to any plan.
The third step is making a list of
mile markers, like a map to keep
track of the progress. Completing
one thing, a little each day, creates
energy and forward momentum.
Finally, jotting down the possible
obstacles clears the path to the destination. Obstacles are the reasons
people never arrived at their goals
in previous years. This is like recognizing potholes in the road to success to keep from crashing. Awareness of potential hazards handled
with decisiveness keeps a sense of
purpose alive!
The good news about accomplishing dreams is not, only, what is ultimately attained, but, that the individuals, themselves, are changed.
For instance, people who get into
a fitness program, yet, continue to
be active after losing weight, will
change their lifestyles and become
healthy. Those that want to get out
of debt, begin saving money, discovering an inner source of pride and
excitement that makes spending,
less attractive, and a future more
secure. People who dream of being
organized, may begin cleaning out
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pick up something every time
they enter a room,
they are less stressed
and life becomes uncluttered. Finishing projects
that are important to individuals,
short circuits a feeling of failure and
promotes feelings of wellbeing and
confidence, fortifying the belief that
anything can be possible.
A New Year is a great time for a
new resolve in accomplishing big
things for the future. A little planning for success and preparing to
get beyond possible obstacles, while
keeping the prize just in reach, could
make all the difference! The best,
next
year,
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5K Fun Run Fundraiser for Project Teen Health
J
oin local residents to raise
funds for Project Teen Health,
Community Health Center’s
school-based health program that
promotes life-long habits of good
nutrition and exercise for high
school students. The fundraiser will
be a 5K Fun Run on Mar. 19 held
as a kick off to the county’s largest
health and fitness expo. The $25
donation to participate in the 5K
Fun Run will provide scholarships
for underprivileged students to participate in the Project Teen Health
program.
The CHC 5K Fun Run encompasses 3.1 miles of road and terrain
starting at the Alex Madonna Expo
Center and working its way to Cerro
San Luis and back to the Alex Madonna Expo Center. Participants
can pre-register online or the morning of the run at the Alex Madonna
Expo Center. The donation for the
CHC 5K Fun Run is $25.00 preregistered, $30 day of, and includes a
race t-shirt and goody bag. Online
registration is available at InspiredExpos.com and on Active.com. For
more information, visit the websites or call 805-772-4600.
Following the CHC 5K, participants are invited to attend the ninth
annual Inspired Health and Fitness
Expo for a special runner’s expo
open at 9 a.m. The Expo opens to
the general public at 10 a.m. It will
feature local health, wellness, and
fitness professionals and will be
located at the Alex Madonna Expo
Center on Saturday, Mar. 19 and
Sunday Mar. 20. There will be a variety of free workshops, seminars,
medical screenings, and fitness
classes-for a full event schedule,
visit InspiredExpos.com
Project Teen Health (PTH) is a
childhood obesity prevention program developed and operated by
Community Action Partnership
of San Luis Obispo County, Inc.
(CAPSLO). The mission of Project
Teen Health is to reduce and prevent adolescent obesity by providing research-supported, innovative,
culturally sensitive, and youthdriven programs. PTH serves youth
at Arroyo Grande High School, Nipomo High School, and Santa Maria High School providing a variety
of no-cost programs. Proceeds from
the 2016 CHC 5K Run will provide
scholarships for students in need
who wish to participate in the program. Funds will cover the cost of
gym memberships, athletic shoes,
and field trips. The high school-
based program offers after-school
fitness classes, individual nutrition
counseling, an on-campus nutrition club, and an annual health
fair. Learn more about Project Teen
Health at: capslo.org/programs/
sec-health-services/menu-healtheducation/project-teen-health.
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Case of the Double Crush
By Michele S Jang
T
he term “Double Crush” was first
described in journals by neurosurgeons and neurologists in the
20th century who found that the etiology of carpal tunnel syndrome involved
irritation of the brachial plexus in the
thoracic outlet.
The brachial plexus is a network of
nerves which originate in your cervical
spine and traverse through the thoracic
outlet space formed by your neck and
shoulder to serve your upper extremity.
Pressure on the thoracic outlet by
tightened tissue or poor posture can
cause irritation of the brachial plexus.
Forced movement of one’s arm to the
outer ranges of motion can cause further irritation of the brachial plexus.
The body’s natural response will be to
then splint or limit range of motion
range in order to prevent further irritation.
If the upper extremity is used in
the outer ranges, the distal end of the
brachial plexus, namely the Median
nerve in the wrist becomes inflamed.
The tunnel through which the Median
nerve travels, becomes congested and
compromised, leading to carpal tunnel
syndrome.
The term “Double Crush” refers to
the compression of the brachial plexus
in two places, proximally as well as distally at the median nerve of your wrist.
Here are some common areas of
proximal compression:
•
Cervical spine fibrosis and nerve
root irritation
•
Compression between the middle
and anterior scalenes
•
Compression of the costo-clavicular joint space
•
Tension in the pectoralis minor
•
Tightness of the axillary tissue
drome,
it is important to
determine if a
proximal “crush” is
also contributing to your pain. At Spirit Winds Physical Therapy, we utilize
specific testing to determine areas of
proximal involvement and employ the
appropriate treatment to address them.
Exercises to further promote improved
nerve glide and education pertaining to
movement & postures that contribute
to “Double Crush” are explored.
Michele S
Jang, PT is
a
physical
therapist who
likes to look
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box. She has
been a physical
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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
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or many years now, nutritional science has been based
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Dates, Yams & Nietzsche
By Elizabeth Regan
Y
ou call me at 8 a.m.
and ask if I know
what day it is.
“November 1.” I squint
at the wall calendar.
“And…?”
You
prompt.
“Ah, All Saints
Day?
The
day
when saints gather their relics
from churches, cathedrals and
catacombs and patch themselves
together for formal conversations?
They rehash last minute decisions
to be martyrs. They ponder their
influence on modern times and
conclude they’re like the rest of us
only a bit more into self-sacrifice.”
“How divine.” You yawn. “The
nonselfies. About today…?”
“Zombie
Apocalypse?
The
transmutation of dead bodies into
zombies who rise from their graves
and mumble and fumble and scare
children and dogs for twenty-four
hours. I see them from my window
lurching stiff-legged, staggering
about town, looking quite dull and
dazed. You’d never mistake them
for our friends.”
“Anything else?” A hint of
impatience in your voice.
“Elves Day. The annual return
of tiny shoemakers who come to
mend our brogues and clogs. The
locals call it flip-flop day. Everyone,
excluding zombies and saints, wear
flip-flops and leave their footwear,
tagged with names and addresses,
on the curb. The little cobblers
spend their night turning old to
new. We’ll have spit-shined-newsoled shoes tomorrow.”
You click off your cell.
Later we meet at the beach. You
have your T.S. Eliot and me my
Emily Dickinson. We settle our
books and picnic on the rainbow
quilt. We read Emily’s love poems.
You recite The Love Song of J.
Alfred Prufrock from memory. The
waves and I applaud. Later I serve
you brie on olive bread while you
feed me fig jam and cheese on apple
slices. We aim grapes targeting
each other’s faces and laugh with
each miss, our plastic flutes of
champagne spilling into the sand.
Finally, I uncover a stashed bakery
box and light a candle.
You grin. “You know what day
it is.” We cram birthday cake into
each other’s mouths. You wipe
frosting off my cheek. “Tomorrow,
calendar guru?”
“November
2.
World
Transformation
Day,
whereby all peoples
engage in acts of
kindness...” I begin.
“Shush.” You put
a finger across my
mouth. “November
20?” You hesitate,
your voice unsteady.
“Transgender Recognition Day.”
You study me. The push-push
pulse of city clamor is audible
against the sea’s symphony.
“Gender dysphoria,” you falter.
“Body betrayal.”
“Whatever,” I comment.
We watch the moon relieve the
sun. The sky turns marble, sea silver.
You grab my face and stammer,
“Not whatever…I’m…trans.” Your
words hang suspended in the salty
air like breath unreleased.
I stare at the ocean. “For, ah, how
long?”
“Forever. Does it make a
difference?” Seconds mount into
minutes. The pale tide soaks our
quilt. We don’t move. Frozen.
Finally I look at you and web our
fingers. “Saints, zombies, elves,
Popeye. We yam what we yam and
all we yam.” I hear you exhale. Your
face sheds fear.
“Nietzsche,” you whisper. “Amor
fati— love of fate, live truth.”
We huddle
on the sodden
b l a n k e t ,
our
bodies
warming each
other against
the
evening
chill. We listen
to the crash of
the waves.
Elizabeth
Regan is a
former child
development educator with a
focus on science and mathematics
and national consultant on antibias
classroom
methodology.
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were textbook reviewer and grant
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toward creative writing. She has
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rotisserie
meats, family-style
dinners, specialty
sandwiches, farmfresh salads and
rustic-style
baked
goods, as well as
signature drinks and
coffees. The menu was
designed by acclaimed Central Coast chef Jensen Lorenzen.
A commitment to local ingredients and small-batch purveyors
ensures that all dishes enliven the senses, while proprietors Dwyne
Willis and Steve Bland pour on plenty of Southern hospitality to
make each and every guest feel like a friend. SLO Provisions also
offers party platters, picnic box lunches, and a boutique of favorite
ingredients, including everything from exotic salts to coffee beans.
Coming soon the primarily take-away café will expand into the space
next door (former location of Monterey Street Wines) to offer more
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r. Pickle’s “dills” out great deli style sandwiches you won’t
find anywhere else. Eric in SLO and Jason and Brittany
in Templeton make sure each of your sandwiches are
mouthwatering temptations, built one at a time, just for you. We
craft each sandwich on San Francisco style Sourdough, Sweet, Wheat
and our spectacular Dutch Crunch rolls baked in-shop throughout
the day. Also available are deli-style sliced Marble Rye and Wheat,
or gluten-free Tumaro wrap. We proudly serve extra lean top-quality
meats, cheeses, fresh local veggies and flavorful sauces that tease you
into coming back again and again. Everyone gets a warm welcome
and a freshly baked “Thank You” cookie!
Want to bring smiles to the faces of team-mates, sports enthusiasts
and party guests? Tell them Mr. Pickle’s is catering your event! We
cater all sized groups and deliver to your door. In addition to our
popular sandwich trays, we offer party-sized romaine salads, fruit
trays, potato salads and a variety of chips and bottled drinks. A more
personalized catering option is our Boxed Lunch, which includes
a sandwich, chips, pickle spear and a canned soda. Naturally all
catering options include our famous chocolate chip cookies for your
guests!
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Entertainment
The Last Stage West BBQ has
award-winning bluegrass band,
Chris Jones and The Night Drivers,
at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21. Tickets
are $25 advanced or at the door. Seating
is limited. Get tickets by calling (805)
461-1393 or at the door. Jones is a
singer, a songwriter, a guitarist and,
thanks to his role hosting SiriusXM’s
Bluegrass Junction, as the most widely
heard broadcasting voice in bluegrass
music. His immediately recognizable
voice, warm sense of humor and
abundance of talent have combined
to make him one of the genre’s most
distinctive personalities, and one of its
strongest artists. Last Stage West is at
15050 Morro Rd. (Hwy 41), half way
between Morro Bay and Atascadero.
Show sponsors are Central Coast Music
and Toro Creek Brewing Company. See:
laststagewest.net for more information
on this and upcoming shows.
Emmanuel has been
voted “Favorite Acoustic
Guitarist” in reader
polls in Guitar Player
and Acoustic Guitar
Magazines. He is also
a YouTube sensation,
whose videos have more
than 29 million views
and plays to sold-out
shows throughout the
U.S. He also starred
in PBS special fundraising concerts, “Center
Stage” and “Tommy
Emmanuel and Friends.”
Emmanuel finger-picks
a guitar like a pianist
tickles
the
ivories.
The Wisherkeepers of
Nashville, Tenn., open
the show. Sponsored by
Barbara Bell, John and
Marcia Lindvall, Andi,
Jeff and Allison Portney,
and KCBX 90.1 FM.
See Emmanuel’s music
video “Blood Brother,”
online at: https://youtu.
be/V4xpE8KG38s
St. Benedict’s Church, 2220 Snowy
Egret Ln., Los Osos will
have a Hawaiian music
concert set for 6:30
The Last Stage West BBQ has award-winning
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23,
bluegrass band, Chris Jones and The Night Drivers
featuring Led Kaapana with
guest Fran Guidry. Tickets
Cuesta College Drama
are $25 and available online
218, Chicago-based baritone, Daniel
via Paypal at: www.santamariahula.org Eifert, will give a vocal master class Department will be taking an
or call Yvette at: 878-6793. If available, focusing on musical interpretation and original play on the road in
there will also be tickets at the door. several Poly voice students will present February after being selected for a
special Kennedy Center Festival in
One of the world’s best slack key guitar works. Free.
Hawaii. Cuesta’s production, Refried
players, Kaapana is one of Hawaii’s most
On Jan. 22, Mensa Sonora California
influential musicians. His mastery of Ki will perform “Bach and Sons” at 8 p.m. Elvis, with some 25-member student
Ho’alu (slack key guitar) and exceptional in Mission San Luis. The program will cast, will be staged Feb. 9-16 at the
voice — from baritone to falsetto — has include works by Bach and his musical 2016 Kennedy Center American College
Theater Festival at the University of
made him a musical legend for more sons.
Hawaii in Honolulu, Oahu, Ha., and
than 40 years. His many accolades
The week ends with performances of several special performances have been
include Na Hoku Hanohano Awards and
Bach’s “St. John Passion,” with Davies scheduled at home to raise money to
Grammy nominations.
leading an ensemble of students and help pay the cast’s travel expenses.
professionals — a 30-voice choir, a Refried Elvis will be shown at the Cuesta
The Cal Poly Music Department 22-piece orchestra, and vocal soloists. Performing Arts Center, Thursdaypresents “Bach Week,” Tuesday- The show in the Mission is at 8 p.m. Jan. Sunday, Jan. 21-24. Performances are
Sunday,
Jan.
19-24,
with 23. A second performance is set for 3:30 at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, Jan. 21presentations and performances on p.m. Jan. 24 in Santa Barbara’s historic 22; at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
campus, in Mission San Luis Obispo, and Trinity Episcopal Church in the first 23; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24. Tickets
in Santa Barbara. Tickets are available “Bach in the Mission” concert performed are $15 a person and available online at:
www.cpactickets.cuesta.edu. Can’t make
at the PAC Box Office from noon-6 p.m. outside SLO County.
the play but want to support the kids?
Mondays through Saturdays. Order by
Tickets for the concerts in the mission
See: www.bit.ly/donatetocuesta to make
phone at SLO-4849.
are $20 premium public and premium
The event includes a recital by student, $15 general public, and $10 a donation, and specify the “Theater
musicians of Mensa Sonora California, for students. Tickets to both mission Travel Fund” in the appropriate box on
a guest artist lecture, and a guest artist concerts are $35 for premium public the donation form.
master class, in addition to lectures and premium student, $25 general, and
and grand performances. Bach in the $15 students.
The
San
Luis
Chamber
Mission was established in 2010 and is
Tickets are available at the PAC Box Orchestra will be performing at
a collaborative concert with students, Office from noon-6 p.m. Mondays 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24 at Hope
faculty and local professionals sharing through Saturdays. Order by phone at Lutheran Church in Atascadero, 8005
the stage and the music of maestro J.S. SLO-4849.
San Gabriel Rd. Tickets are $10 at the
Bach.
door. Featured on the program will
be smaller ensembles of the orchestra
First event is “Inside Bach Week,” at
Two-time Grammy nominee playing “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” by
7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 in the PAC Pavilion.
Free. Bach Week founders, Thomas and guitar phenom, Tommy Mozart; “Petite Symphonie” by Gounod;
will
perform
at “Serenade, opus 83a” by Takacs; and
Davies and David Arrivée, review the Emmanuel,
repertoire in the context of Bach’s life 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 at Albinoni’s “Concerto in B-flat for Oboe,
and, in the case of the “St. John Passion,” the Performing Arts Center at Cal Strings, and Continuo, Opus 9, No. 11.”
Poly. Tickets range from $24 to $45 Call (805) 748-6087 or email to: info@
its context in the Lutheran Church.
and available at the PAC Box Office,
“The Role of the Evangelist in Bach’s Mondays–Saturdays, noon to 6 p.m. sanluischamberorchestra.org.
‘Passions,’” is at 11:10 a.m. Jan. 21 in Rm. Call (805) 756-4849 or order online
218 in the Davidson Music Center on at:
The San Luis Obispo County Jazz
www.calpolyarts.org.
Over
a
campus. Free. Guest artist Christopher five-decade career, Emmanuel, has Federation is bringing the Ernie
M. Cock has performed the Evangelist garnered hundreds of thousands of fans Watts Quartet to town at 7:30 p.m.
numerous times throughout Europe and worldwide, and will come to SLO on a Saturday, Jan. 23 at the new Unity
the U.S.
solo tour, “It’s Never Too Late.” One of Concert Hall, 1130 Orcutt Rd., SLO.
At 3:15 p.m. on Jan. 21, also in Rm. Australia’s most respected musicians, Tickets are $30 general admission and
$25 for Jazz Fed members and available
online at Brown Paper Tickets (see:
http://erniewatts.brownpapertickets.
com) or BooBoos Records in Downtown
SLO. Ernie Watts is a 2-time Grammy
Award winner and a 20-year veteran
of Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show
Band.” He has played saxophone on
over 500 recordings with artists such
as Cannonball Adderley, Pat Metheny,
Charlie Haden, Marvin Gaye and Frank
Zappa. He also toured with the Rolling
Stones and is on numerous movie
soundtracks. His all-star quartet from
Los Angeles includes: Mark Seales
on piano, Bruce Lett on bass and Bob
Leatherbarrow on drums. Doors open
at 7.
Grammy Award-winners, Los
Lobos, joined by dancers with
Ballet
Folklorico
Mexicano,
will headline “Fiesta MexicoAmericana” a celebration of
Mexican-American heritage at 8
p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 at the Performing
Arts Center at Cal Poly. Tickets range
from $35.20-$64 and are available at the
PAC Box Office, Mondays–Saturdays,
noon to 6 p.m. Call (805) 756-4849
or order online at: www.calpolyarts.
org. The evening will be filled with
brilliant music, stunning costumes,
perfectly-staged choreography and
images of famous Mexican-Americans
who have contributed much to this
country. Hailing from East Los Angeles,
Los Lobos has consistently evolved
artistically since breaking into the pop
music scene more than 30 years ago,
hitting it big with the soundtrack to the
film, “La Bamba,” but never losing sight
of their humble roots. Los Lobos plays
a mix of rock ’n’ roll, Tex-Mex, country,
folk, R&B, blues and traditional Spanish
and Mexican music — effectively
creating “the soundtrack of the barrio.”
A live stage adaptation of Dr.
Seuss’ “The Cat in the Hat,”
performed by children’s theater
troupe, Childsplay, is set for 3 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 22 at the Performing Arts
Center at Cal Poly. Adult tickets are $24,
student and kids $12 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.
From the moment his tall, red-andwhite striped hat appears at their door,
Sally and her brother know that the Cat
in the Hat is the most mischievous cat
they will ever meet. A rainy afternoon is
transformed by the Cat and his antics.
Can the kids clean up before Mom comes
home? With some tricks (and a fish) and
Thing Two and Thing One, with The
Cat in The Hat, the fun’s never done.
Sponsored by Ron Bell, Lois Cleworth,
Sharon and John Dobson in memory of
Carolyn J. Stalcup, Holiday Inn Express,
KJUG 98.1 FM, KSBY TV, Tablas Creek
Vineyard
Singer-songwriter and acoustic
guitarist, Daniel Champagne, will
perform a SLOFolks concert at
7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 at Coalesce
Bookstore, 845 Main St., Morro Bay.
Tickets are $20 a person and available at
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WHERE THE PARTY
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John Hiatt, solo and acoustic, returns to the Central Coast
the store or call 772-2880. Hailing from
Australia, Champagne was classically
trained throughout his teens and has
turned his incredible guitar talents
toward cutting-edge folk music. Still in
his 20s, he’s grown into a remarkable
performer and singer-songwriter. See:
www.danielchampagnemusic.com for
more on the artist
John Hiatt, solo and acoustic,
returns to the Central Coast on
Friday night, March 11, in an all ages
show at the Historic Fremont Theatre
in downtown San Luis Obispo. John
Hiatt will be performing some of his
most beloved songs, (perhaps) including
“Crossing Muddy Waters,” “Thing
Called Love,” and “Have A Little Faith In
Me” as well as several off his new album,
Terms Of My Surrender (July 15, 2014;
New West Records) in an intimate, solo
acoustic format that puts the singer/
songwriter center stage.
Hiatt’s songs have been recorded by
artists as diverse as Bob Dylan, Bonnie
Raitt (“Thing Called Love”), Emmylou
Harris, Iggy Pop, Rosanne Cash (#1
country hit, “The Way We Make A
Broken Heart”), the Jeff Healey Band
(“Angel Eyes”), and even the cartoon
bear band of Disney’s film, The Country
Bears. He earned a Grammy nomination
for Crossing Muddy Waters, while B.B.
King and Eric Clapton shared a Grammy
for their album Riding With The King,
the title track from which was a Hiatt
composition. Hiatt has received his own
star on Nashville’s Walk of Fame, the
Americana Music Association’s Lifetime
Achievement Award for Songwriting,
has been inducted into the
Nashville
Songwriters
Hall
of
Fame and was saluted at the Indiana
Governor’s Arts Awards.
Advance general admission tickets
($40 plus handling fees) on sale now
at all VALLITIX outlets including Boo
Boo Records in SLO. Charge by phone at
(888) 825-5484, order on line at: www.
vallitix.com .
The legendary Buddy Guy (on
his 80th Birthday Tour), Trombone
Shorty & Orleans Avenue, and
Carolyn Wonderland will play
the Avila Beach Blues Festival on
Sunday, May 29. Seating includes
VIP, Balcony VIP, reserved theater-style
and table seating and general admission
lawn tickets available for sale starting
Jan. 15. This will be an afternoon
concert, gates open at noon and the
show will start at 2 p.m. and continue
until sunset. In the style of any great
outdoor venue, you will be able to enjoy
your favorite libation (adult beverages
and premium beer and wine will be
available for sale), snack (upgraded
concert snacks available for purchase),
watch world-class entertainment under
the afternoon sky with your backdrop
the Pacific Ocean. Advance reserved and
general admission tickets are on sale at
all VALLITIX outlets including Boo Boo
Records in San Luis Obispo; on-line at
www.vallitix.com or by phone at 1 888
825-5484.
Tickets are now on sale for a
gala Culinary Carnival fundraising
event to provide funding for the
operations of the Prado Day Center,
the only day center in San Luis Obispo
County supporting the homeless and the
working poor. This important annual
fundraiser for the Prado Day Center will
be from 5:30 to 8:30 PM on February 6,
at the Veterans’ Hall, 801 Grand Ave.,
San Luis Obispo. Each $75 ticket buys
an evening featuring a full sit-down
dinner in the Main Hall, which will be
ablaze with Mardi Gras colors, and New
Orleans “Second Line” music featuring
the Crustacea Jazz Band. Attendees
have the opportunity to participate in
a Live Auction, a Wine Table selection,
and to contribute a donation in support
of the Center. Friends of Prado Day
Center have held this festive carnival as
its primary fundraiser since 2009, and
it has sold out every year. Participants
enjoy the food, beverages, and music, all
while visiting with new and old friends
and making a contribution to support
the operations of the Center. “The
Culinary Carnival is a great way to enjoy
an evening with friends by supporting a
most worthy cause, providing services
to the homeless,” said Roy Rawlings,
president of the Friends of the Prado
Day Center. To purchase tickets online,
visit SLOculinarycarnival.com.
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Dinner & A Movie
Beda’s Beirgarten — Old World
Neighborhood Pub
By Teri Bayus
A
common German saying is, “It
never rains in a pub.” The relaxed
atmosphere, abundant food and
wonderful libations represent a refuge
from daily concerns.
Beda’s Beirgarten is a new Old World
sanctuary.
Those that love genuine German food,
like Beda and Helga Schmidthues, who
fell in love with California and moved
their family to San Luis Obispo from
Germany, celebrate it.
I was lucky on my first trip to sit next
to the enigmatic Beda and listen to tales
with his deep, contagious laugh. This
proud papa talked about his life-long
dream of owning a neighborhood pub
that represented “Gemütlichkeit” —
meaning a special place where people
can come alone, with friends or meet
new ones.
Gary started with the Black Forest
cake, which is house made. Six layers
of cake, soaked cherries and frosting
with a dusting of coco on top filled the
dessert seeker with joy.
Looking through the window, I was
please to see a female chef and Beda
told me how he imported a real German
chef to train everyone in the kitchen for
the first six weeks. I was impressed with
the wine list, a few local, but excellent
selections that go perfectly with this
type of cuisine.
They have many offerings, from
Wolff, a dry Gewürztraminer from
Claiborne & Churchill to a Cabernet
Sauvignon from Ancient Peaks just to
name a few. But the heroes of this bar
is the beer.
Authentic imported German beers
were available, to the delight of
everyone around me. I started with an
Erdinger Weisse that paired perfectly
with my Bretzel, an outstanding soft
pretzel made by Breaking Bread Bakery
in San Luis that is served with an
Obatzda.
This is one of my favorite childhood
dishes. It is prepared by mixing aged
soft cheese and butter. Paprika powder,
salt, pepper as well as a small amount
of beer and garnished with parsley and
diced red onions. I was in Heaven, and
ordered another.
I moved on to the Köstritzer
Schwarzbier, a dark beer with coffee
and malt flavors at the suggestion of
bartender Adam who was a delightful
host and filled with the life, knowledge
and the vivaciousness you look for in a
tavern artist.
We moved on the Reibekuchen Mit
Apfelmus, (three potato
pancakes) served with
house made applesauce
that tasted like my Nana
was in the kitchen. Gary
tried the Frikadellen spiced meatball
with mustard and we all stole bites.
We came back the next night and
I inhaled another Bretzel (and took
one to go) and then moved on to the
Jägerschnitzel — thinly tenderized
breaded pork pan fired and covered
with brown gravy with mushrooms,
served with Spätzle red cabbage salad.
The Spatzle is a pasta made with
potatoes. It was beyond comfort food
and every bite delectable.
Our companion had the Wurstplatte
sausage plate, that was so delicious and
huge that we took the remaining home,
and they completed our scrambled egg
dish the next morning. Gary started
with apple strudel that was a perfect
combination of tart apples, sweet
cinnamon and flaky
crust. His favorite
dish from his youth
is Gulasch, and
Beda’s took him back
to the memory of his
grandma’s kitchen.
The marinated beef
in spiced brown
gravy with mashed
potatoes warmed his
bones and soul.
I
asked
Beda
how he liked being
in the restaurant
business? He smiled
wide, a twinkle in
his blue eyes, and
said he doesn’t want
to wake up from
this dream. Beda’s and Helga’s favorite
place to go to in Germany was Käte’s,
a neighborhood pub where they met
with friends or made new ones, as they
shared tables in the busy establishment.
Beda’s Biergarten has emulated that
and succeeded. It is a family owned
and run pub, with the staff attentive
and knowledgeable about the food.
Beda’s is a true community supported
neighborhood pub, and I am working
on getting my own bar stool.
Beda’s Biergarten is located at 3230
Broad St., No. 130 in San Luis Obispo.
Call them at (805) 439-2729. Open
daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., 10 p.m.
Friday and Saturdays. Happy Hour is
2-6 daily except Mondays, when it’s all
day!
‘The Revenant’ — A Hard-to-Watch Must See
By Teri Bayus
V
isual poetry, though not often
pretty, can move you to heights
of feeling. This is what the film,
“The Revenant” caused for me.
The origin of the title is rooted in the
French verb “revenir,” which means,
“to return.” Revenant in French also
means (reverting to) “spirit” or “ghost.”
If it is based on Hugh Glass’ story,
according to the 2003 book by Michael
Punker. It’s a simple story of a “Dances
With Wolves” type of man who lived
among the “savages” and is showing the
arrogant whites a safe passage through
enemy territory.
It’s the story of a man who’s lost
everything but his son, which he had
with a beautiful Indian woman; a
clearly ambitious son, who is forced to
keep his mouth shut in order to survive
the hate of the whites. When the man
loses his son, the problems begin.
More than worthy of its place
on countless Top 10 lists this year,
is Alejandro González Iñárritu’s
brutal and naturalistic follow-up
to “Birdman”. It is
brilliantly visual but,
like me, you might
wind up watching with
your hands mostly
covering your eyes.
“The Revenant” was
shot chronologically,
on an 80-day schedule
that took place over
a
total
principal
photography
time
period of nine months.
This unusually long
production
time
was due to the cold
weather
conditions,
the remoteness of the
locations and director
Iñárritu’s
and
cinematographer,
Emmanuel Lubezki’s, aesthetic plan
to shoot only with natural light for
maximum realism.
Only a few shooting hours were
available every day and had to be
carefully planned in advance.
DiCaprio gives a fine performance,
although arguably Tom Hardy’s feral,
Fitzgerald, while not as visceral is more
interesting and charismatic to watch.
He renders Glass’ pain and suffering
perfectly, but Glass is not a character we
care about. He’s more like a specimen
in a jar being tormented. Glass is a
character as frosty as the icy landscape.
That’s more of a fault of the storyline
than DiCaprio. The lack of likeability is
a flaw in this film; yet this film may well
be his Oscar snagging performance.
DiCaprio had to devour a raw slab of
bison liver, even though he is vegetarian.
He also had to learn to shoot a musket,
build a fire, speak two Native American
languages (Pawnee and Arikara), and
study with a doctor who specializes in
ancient healing techniques. DiCaprio
calls it the hardest performance of his
career.
The film is convincing in so many
ways; namely, reinforcing our opinion
that Tom Hardy should mainly play bad
guys.
The best part of the movie is how the
camera breathes life into the world.
A must see if you want to argue with
people during the award shows, but it
is quite hard to watch. Leave grandma
and kids at home.
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Happy New Year!
By Jamie Irons
I
t often feels like a whirlwind
experience through the holidays
from Thanksgiving to New
Year’s but I certainly hope that your
holiday season was blessed with
family, friends, and joy.
The New Year is a time to reset
the calendar and many start with
New Year’s resolutions. We usually
choose a goal that has to do with
improving our health, running a
marathon, cutting chocolate or other
sweets from our diet, or swimming
or walking more regularly.
Often, we start out with a strong
commitment to our resolutions but
find it difficult to maintain steam
throughout the year.
In early 2015, with much input from
the community, the City of Morro
Bay made “resolutions” to invest in
the health of our community.
Ten major City goals with
73 objectives were adopted as
our community’s “New Year’s
resolutions.” That’s a lot to take on,
but there is much to do to enhance
our community’s long-term health.
To ensure these goals and
objectives are accomplished, staff
developed detailed work plans and
the Council prioritized and funded
the objectives in our budget process
(the budget year, and thus objective
work plans, run from July 1 to June
30).
At our regular City Council
meeting last November, the Council
reviewed progress. At that time, 30%
of our 73 objectives were completed,
58% ongoing, 7% expected to start in
the months ahead, and 5% were not
funded.
This is great progress, less than
half way through the budget year, on
our resolution towards community
health.
On Jan. 12 and 26 at 4 p.m. in
the Veteran’s Memorial Hall, public
meetings will be held to begin to set
our objectives for the FY 2016-17
budget year. Your input is needed
to maintain the great momentum
begun this year toward City health.
I’d like to bring your particular
attention to two major City goals that
require your input: Update the City’s
general plan and local coastal plan
(GP/LCP) (Goal 3), and, improve
streets (Goal 2).
The GP/LCP are the blueprints for
the City’s future and are 30 years
old! We have an aging housing stock
and commercial buildings and hotels
that will need to be rebuilt over time.
The GP/LCP is a guiding
document that informs how our
community revitalizes and grows.
Many people I talk with want to
maintain the character of a quaint,
eclectic, “funky” town; others have
ideas for outdoor cafés, improved
services, more housing, etc. To
ensure voices are heard and input
thoroughly considered, the City
Council appointed nine citizens to a
General Plan Advisory Committee, a
group solely dedicated to guide the
GP/LCP update over the next two
years. Workshops will be ongoing
all year and your participation (in
person, through a GPAC member,
or by contacting Council or staff) is
important to define our community’s
longterm character.
Goal No. 2, “improve streets”
has been a major concern for most
everyone in Morro Bay. The City has
an adopted Pavement Management
Plan with a budget of approximately
$500,000 a year to fund street
paving.
Fortunately, our citizens passed a
sales tax initiative in 2006 (Measure
Q) that provides for the $500,000
dedicated
to
street
paving.
Unfortunately, that is not enough to
keep pace with our degrading streets.
Our
current
Pavement
Management Plan schedules street
paving, leaving some streets in good
condition and others not. It is difficult
to make significant improvements
because the budget is not sufficient
to fund the demand.
This spring the City Council will
discuss alternative funding options,
such as debt financing, so we can
repair and repave more of our streets
quicker. Again, your input on this
matters.
Twenty-sixteen is here and the
City of Morro Bay is committed to
maintain the steam throughout the
year on it’s “resolution,” investing
in the health of our community. I
look forward to your input on these
important topics.
You can contact me at my City
email: [email protected]
Happy New Year!
Morro Bay Mayor, Jamie Irons
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Twister Blows Through Morro Bay
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And Raised Elsewhere
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on the Central Coast!
Locally owned and operated
for over 20 years.
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from Smart & Final.
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By Neil Farrell
I
n what’s being called a “tornadoesque” blast of wind Wednesday
morning, several trees were
knocked down, boats were tossed about
at the Morro Bay Yacht Club and a
swath of damage was scoured from the
bay to the Roundabout.
Sometime about 7:15 a.m. a squall
(for lack of a more precise term) blew in
over the bay wreaking havoc on moored
boats, slamming into the Yacht Club,
and unleashing a torrential, albeit short
duration, rain.
Dana McClish, the Yacht Club’s
commodore told Bay News that he was
called by the owner of Kayak Horizons,
which is next door to the yacht club.
He’d been told by citizens who live on
the bluff above the club’s Quonset hut
and storage yard, of the damage being
done to his kayaks, and the club’s Day
Sailors, kayaks, paddleboards, and
other craft.
“They said it was like a little twister
had come down,” he said. “It was really
bizarre.”
One of the small sailboats, which the
club uses for summer sailing lessons
and bay races, sustained a broken mast,
others were toppled off their trailers
and damage and the club’s yard was left
in chaos.
“Everything was scattered pretty
well,” said McClish. Club members
rallied quickly to clean up the mess. A
City street lamp on the east side of the
Embarcadero between the storage yard
and the China Dragon Restaurant, was
bent over and nearly snapped off, he
said. A City crew removed it.
Fire Department Eng., Mike Hoese
told The Bay News that they answered
their first call at 7:19 a.m. — about 5
minutes or so after the squall blew
through town — reporting damage near
the Roundabout.
Several large tree branches were torn
loose along Pacific and Shasta Avenue,
Hoese said, and several trees were
blown down altogether.
They had to use chainsaws to cut
through downed trees that blocked
entry to some homes.
At the Valero Station at Morro
Bay Blvd., and Kern Avenue, a clerk
described it as a “tornado,” an actual
funnel cloud, that blew over signs there
501 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach
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and damaged one of the
station’s pumps.
At am/pm, a City street
tree was cracked and
nearly all of its leaves were
stripped by the wind.
Across the street at
Mobil, a 12-inch diameter
eucalyptus
tree
was
toppled taking one of the
station’s lampposts down
with it. A City crew cutting
up that tree up said at
10 a.m. that they’d been
out since shortly after
the squall came through
working to clear up the
debris that littered the Downtown
streets, which included about a million
eucalyptus seed pods scattered literally
everywhere.
Hoese said a house on Shasta was
hit by a large branch causing minor
damage and several front yards were
torn up as well.
PG&E Meteorologist, John Lindsay
told The Bay News that the National
Weather Service would have to study
the “debris field” to officially call it a
tornado. He added that it might have
been a “down blast” — “an area of strong,
downward moving air associated with a
downdraft from a thunderstorm” or it
might well have been a tornado.
Also, “It’s not that uncommon for
a waterspout [tornado over water] to
make landfall,” Lindsay said. “Another
important
point
to
remember,
tornadoes, especially weak ones, tend
to jump about.”
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Commerce
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ribbon cutting and holiday open house
for Marshall Gardens floral shop at its
new location, 1034 Los Osos Valley
Rd. Pictured standing left to right
are: Susie Robertson of Squeaks,
Chirps & Bubbles Pet & Feed Store,
Autumn Clark and Melissa Tucker
with Rabobank, Chamber President
Steve Vinson and Board Member Mike
Elliott. In front is Marshall Gardens
owner Christine Marshall, who has
over 24 years of experience in the floral
industry. Submitted photo
Opinion
Hiring a General Manager
If you are interested in this job,
contact the Los Osos Community
Services District Office and apply. We
need someone with principles, integrity,
honesty, dedication, commitment,
intelligence, and common sense. Most
of all a “rock solid employment history.”
NO general manager employment
contract. Hire as a monthly, salaried
employee.
Create panel for interviewing. Not to
include the CSD Directors, committee
members, or employees.
Final review process by employment
expert from outside of San Luis Obispo
County with final selection approved by
the CSD Directors.
Salary based on responsibility, job
requirement, and schedule (NOT what
other CSD’s in San Luis Obispo County
pay).
Six month probationary period
evaluation, at which time continued
employment requires residence in San
Luis Obispo County.
y No promised salary increase — real
performance success met determined
by Interview Panel at 2-year
anniversary of continued employment.
No car allowance. Mileage paid only
as other government agencies allow —
from work location (NOT from home).
No credit cards. Must submit
weekly expense reports for approved
reimbursement.
Time accountability: Sign-in and
sign-out with explanation of time and
place of meetings. Meetings preferred
at office location.
Weekly written reports submitted
to each CSD Director referencing all
discussions with whom regarding CSD
business.
LOCSD, from page 1
Included in this was a critical letter
from the County Auditor-Controller,
who called for a detailed plan on how
to fix the books and criticized Kivley
for blaming former employees for the
errors. Kivley had been instructed by
the CSD board to go through the books
and straighten them out and in doing
that, she made things too confusing for
the auditors who said they could not
verify the numbers and gave a less than
stellar audit score.
No criminal wrongdoing was alleged
by either the County Auditor nor the
private auditing company, still the
report and County Auditor Jim Erb’s
stinging rebuke got the ball rolling
downhill for Kivley.
CSD directors in October hired a
private detective to look into the matter
and in December placed her on paid
administrative leave, somewhere that
few bureaucrats ever emerge from with
their jobs intact.
All general manager’s decisions must
be approved by the entire Board of
Directors prior to implementing them.
All incoming correspondence (mail,
email, telecom) must be reviewed by a
member of the CSD Board.
This is a quick rundown of what the
people of Los Osos would expect due
to the circumstances that we have been
faced with after the last 10 years. Thank
you in advance for your consideration,
Teresa Sawyer, Los Osos
Wind Farm a Danger to
Whales
The proposed offshore wind farm
project is a serious danger to whale
migration/navigation (anchored into
the seabed a mile below) and serves
only to keep the Morro Bay Power Plant
“on ice” for future start up of a large
desalination unit or some other very
destructive industrial use of the oncethrough cooling seawater intake.
Scientists are also concerned with
the effect all this vibration will have
on marine life. Don’t allow this mass
industrialization of our ocean.
There’s no need for them at all- home
rooftop solar panels do the job without
all the carnage.
These are the same old energy
companies
and
opportunistic
profiteers with links to multi-national
corporations trying desperately to stay
in charge of our energy on/off switch.
Joey Racano, Los Osos
Ocean Outfall Group
Why Cleanup Now?
I
understand
the
homeless
encampments hadn’t been cleaned out
in Morro Bay since 2010. Why do it
now, just days away from the start of
winter? What a Merry Christmas.
Jack Beardwood, Los Osos
Students’ Performance A Joy
A huge bouquet of thanks goes out to
the dedication and talent of our local
Morro Bay music teachers, one to Brynn
Belyea, the band director and another
to Colleen Wall, the choral director.
The band concert on Monday (Dec.
13) was over the top and the choral
concert on Tuesday (both at the lovely
Cal Poly Performing Arts Center)
was absolutely inspired! The talented
youth of Morro Bay and Los Osos
were breathtaking and the SLO Youth
Symphony was brilliant, as they played
selections from “Messiah,” while the
combined choirs soared!
When I lived in Southern California it
was a ritual to take friends to The Music
Center in L.A. to hear Handel’s Messiah
with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Perhaps I am not a professional critic,
but I deeply appreciate wonderful
music! And in my humble opinion
our Morro Bay, Los Osos choral group
sounded every bit as good as the socalled “professionals.”
Their voices rang clear and bright
and filled the concert hall with joy and
wonder! Thank you all so much for a
wonderful, uplifting event.
Carroll Leslie,
Volumes of Pleasure, Los Osos
That report is considered a
confidential personnel matter, so too is
the settlement. Kivley, Seitz announced,
would file for retirement Jan. 31.
Kivley was just the latest in a string
of general managers who took the
LOCSD job only to be beaten down by
seemingly never ending criticism most
recently by a handful of residents, who
have been rather merciless in public
meetings.
CSD employee Margaret Falkner
was named interim GM until Kivley’s
replacement can be found. The CSD did
an extensive recruitment in 2013 before
hiring her. They did not however,
use a professional company to do the
recruiting, and since it’s been a couple
of years since that effort was done,
anyone on the short list back then likely
couldn’t be expected to still be available
or even interested. The CSD has not
announced how it will go about looking
for a replacement.
Kivley is just the latest employee
to leave the GM position, as the CSD
continues to have a revolving door on
its top job.
The CSD, which was formed after
a 1998 vote, had Paavo Ogren (now
manager for the Oceano CSD) as its
initial temporary GM. Bruce Buel was
hired as the first full time GM but he
was fired after a 2005 recall election
changed the majority on the board. That
election also led to the CSD abandoning
its sewer project, defaulting on State
loans and eventually bankruptcy.
Since then the GMs have included
Dan Blesky, Annajane Hugh, Mitch
Cooney (interim twice), John Schempf,
Faulkner (twice interim), Dan Gilmore,
Susan Morrow and now Kivley.
Rumblings have been going around
in the community that perhaps it’s time
to disband the CSD, which one citizen
group tried to do after the recall board
abandoned the sewer project, which had
already broken ground and borrowed
$6 million; plus there was a previous
$20 million bond approved by voters
to start the CSD’s sewer. The County’s
sewer project should be completed in
the coming few months and residents
will have to begin hooking up to it.
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Jumped by an Angel
Today an Angel visited Morro Bay. As
an 87-year-old resident of Morro Bay,
I returned to my car from the market,
and it wouldn’t start. I looked out of
my window at a young women who
said, “Do you need a jump?” Long story
short, with precision of a surgeon, my
car was started and I was on my way
with a “Merry Christmas” from my
angel. I hope she will see this. Thank
you.
Jean Phillips, Morro Bay
History Repeating Itself
One of the pressing questions today
remains in the history and the culture
of Russia, including the land occupation
over many years.
The end of the Romanov’s reign in
1918 came, in an unwanted murder of
the family. Why did the United States
and Europe, refuse asylum for them to
come to our nation, or the other?
This was not right, because the bad
guys of Vladimir Lenin killed all of the
family in cold blooded murder!
I understand about the Syrian
refugees, however, when it comes to
history like that above, it is too late to
make a decision for them, when the
opportunity should have been done in a
too late in history type game that would
form regret for the United States and/
or Europe alike.
Scott C. Presnal, Morro Bay
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Police Blotter
• Oct. 19: A “customer” at Denny’s
reportedly stole money from another
customer’s table giving new meaning
to “Pay it Forward.”
arrested for the unholy
trinity — alleged possession
of drugs, paraphernalia and
being higher than Black
Hill on dope. Oh, yeah,
and indecent exposure too,
because when you’re stoned
and outdoors, the world’s
your toilet.
• Oct. 28: A gassed dude who had
passed out in his car at the Chevron gas
station was arrested.
• Oct. 31: A caller reported an older
man on the 100 block of Seacliff was
opening the door for trick-or-treaters
in his birthday suit. Probably not much
of a treat.
Pismo Beach
• Dec. 1: A Happy Buddha
garden statue was stolen
from a yard on the 100 block
of Indio. Karma is coming.
San Luis Obispo
• Oct. 8: Police were in the 1000 block
of Nipomo at 9 p.m. and observed a
sobriety-challenged fellow outside the
Children’s Museum, no doubt quite the
exhibit, too.
• Oct. 8: An alarm malfunctioned and
sounded at 9:46 p.m. in the 800 block
of El Capitan at ITECH Solutions, as it
apparently needs tech support.
• Oct. 8: Police were called at 11:09
a.m. to the 3800 block of Broad for
an intoxicated person loitering at
Fresh Donuts, and only two officers
responded. Surprisingly, a 34-year-old
man was arrested for suspicion of being
schwasted, as one might normally
expect a stoner to be at the donut shop.
• Oct. 22: Police were called at 7:38
p.m. to the 200 block of Madonna
because three rude homeless men had
commandeered the bus stop and were
harassing people, SLO’s version of
“The Park is Mine.”
• Oct. 22: At 5:38 p.m. someone in the
1200 block of Marsh reported a case
of loitering. Logs indicated a transient
man was sitting in a lounge chair on the
sidewalk reading a book. No report, as
apparently relaxing with a good book
isn’t yet against the law.
• Oct. 22: Police responded at 12:17 p.m.
to City Hall for a report of a suspicious
Jiminy Glick in the bathroom talking to
himself, which is better than talking to
“it,” don’t cha know…
• Oct. 22: At 11:45 a.m. in the 2100
block of Cypress a medical alarm, a
fire alarm, a burglar alarm and a panic
alarm all went off at the same time, but
the call was canceled, as it was actually
a false alarm.
• Oct. 23: A security guard in the 12300
block of LOVR called at 12:38 a.m. to
say he was being followed around by a
drone about 5 minutes earlier, which
rates a 6.5 on the weird sh*t-o-meter.
NOVEMBER
Arroyo Grande
• Nov. 15: An arrest was made after
someone reported a theft and it was
discovered he or she had a felony
warrant.
• Nov. 30: A guy was arrested when he
was found in K-mart after he had been
told never to return to the store, a new
• Dec. 8: A man reported
that while he was busy at the
police department picking
up property, someone was
busy stealing stuff off his
bicycle parked outside the
stationhouse.
low — 86’d from K-mart.
Morro Bay
• Nov. 1: A business in the 1100 block
of Market wanted it documented that
they were missing cash but didn’t have
a suspect, outside the usual ones — the
employees.
• Nov. 2: Police responded to the 700
block of Embarcadero where someone
stole a bicycle that cost $4,000, and at
those prices, which is the real crime?
• Nov. 9: Some scalawag stole the motor
off a man’s dingy down at the Tidelands
side-tie dock.
• Nov. 24: Someone burglarized a
locked storage unit in the 1000 block of
Quintana but two others looked like the
thieves tried to get into them but the
locks proved too much, as they were no
doubt idiot proof.
Pismo Beach
• Nov. 1: Homeland security was no
doubt alerted after a caller on the 200
block of Dolliver reported that there
was an opossum in her screened in
porch.
• Nov. 13: A man and a woman got into
a fight in the Bank of America parking
lot. The man walked across the street to
a liquor store, which always helps, and
she drove after him flashing the lights
and beeping the horn.
• Nov 27: Police were called to assist
in an eviction at the Cliffs. A guest
had been disturbing other people and
then locked himself in his room. To
add to his charm, he had been yelling
at himself, following staff and trying to
drink other people’s cocktails, which
is perhaps going too far. The guy did
come out of his room and was busted
for a bench warrant, a new trick on an
old dog.
• Nov 30: Some Dumbo Jacks
attempting to go through the Jack-inthe-Box drive-thru wound up in the
Chevron car wash next door. A woman
was arrested for DUI.
San Luis Obispo
• Nov. 5: A citizen in the 1100 block of
Foothill called at 1 p.m. to report being
assaulted by a friend who was still in
the house, a case of someone needs to
find better friends.
• Nov. 6: Someone reported suspicious
circumstances at 1:34 a.m. in the 100
block of Cross — a car with a coat
hanger attached to the door, also called
a redneck spare key.
• Nov. 16: A woman called at 1 p.m. and
said she thinks her son is “psychotic,”
and a mother always knows…
• Nov. 16: Police got a 9-1-1 call from
a citizen at an apartment complex in
the 1500 block of Madonna requesting
extra patrols at some public benches on
the corner to combat I.S.I.S. — Idiots
Smoking In SLO.
• Nov. 16: Police were asked at 4:37
p.m. to check the welfare of a transient
man laying down on the broad side of a
building in the 700 block of Marsh, who
was apparently alive but dead drunk.
• Nov. 17: Police responded at 5:55
a.m. to the CVS Pharmacy on Madonna
where a citizen couldn’t take anymore
of some guy screaming, “I can’t take it
anymore!”
DECEMBER
Arroyo Grande
• Dec. 1: An arrest was made on the 300
block of Halcyon for possession of a
controlled substance and a hypodermic
needle, making a pinprick sized hole in
the war on drugs.
• Dec. 7: A man and a woman on the
900 block of Rancho Parkway were
arrested for narcotics possession and
parole violation. The couple that gets
arrested together stays together, just in
different cells.
Morro Bay
• Dec. 6: Someone reported some creep
lurking about at 3 p.m. in the 700 block
of Butte. Police contacted a 51-yearold fellow and logs indicated he was
San Luis Obispo
• Dec. 3: A citizen in the 200 block
of Santa Lucia called at 7:18 a.m. to
report that some Grinch stole the
Christmas tree off his front porch and
he’s following an incriminating trail of
fallen needles…
• Dec. 3: Police were called at 9 a.m. to
Broad and Branch for a woman who
needed to be let out of a U-Haul truck
parked on the street. No word on how
she got locked in the truck or whether
she was blonde.
• Dec. 3: Police responded at 5:42 p.m.
to the 800 block of Monterey at Eco
Bamboo to check the welfare of some
transient Chicken Little yelling, “Run
for your Life!”
• Dec. 4: At 1:21 a.m. an officer at
the Walnut Street stationhouse
documented the discovery of cash on
the backseat floorboard of his or her
cruiser. The haul was 26-cents, hey,
they can balance the budget now.
• Dec. 4: Police were called at 5:53 a.m.
to the 3900 block of Higuera at Food 4
Less for some transient man swearing
and yelling while wearing a plastic
garbage bag. The fashion maven was
gone before they fitted him with an
orange jumpsuit.
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Friends Group Donates
Beach Chair
D
isabled visitors to Morro Bay
now have a second beach
wheelchair to help them
get about on the sand, thanks to
a donation by the friends of the
Morro Bay Harbor Department.
Two surfboards to be used in the
City’s Junior Lifeguards Program
and the wheelchair were donated
using money raised at the “Movie
Night at the Rock,” an impromptu
drive-in movie set up in the Rock
parking lot last November. The
Friends, which is just ending its first
year in existence, also previously
donated two helmets outfitted with
communication equipment to be
used by rescue swimmers and PWC
rescue operators.
Becka
Kelly,
the
harbor
patrol supervisor, has been the
department’s lead person working
with the Friends. She appreciated
everything the group has done.
“I believe in 2015 we have made
tremendous accomplishments,” she
said in an email.
From the start of the group,
the intent was to help provide
equipment and gear for the
department’s unmet needs and
in the case of the wheelchair and
surfboards, the public’s needs
too. But the Friends, which have
participated in local events like
street fairs and festivals, has also,
“created a positive outreach for the
harbor department,” said Kelly.
Members of the Harbor Advisory
Board have also been active with
the Friends group. HAB chairman
Bill Luffee has been serving as the
Friends’ president.
The beach wheelchair can be
reserved by calling ahead to the
Harbor Department, 772-6254,
during normal business hours.
There is no charge to use it. The
department now has two such
wheelchairs, but the new one is
easier to maneuver over the sand.
It’s essentially a normal, lightweight
chair, with rear-wheel steering, and
big balloon tires.
If readers are interested in finding
out more about the Friends, they are
having a scoping meeting to map
out events and fundraisers for 2016,
including a second drive-in at the
rock movie night (see: movieguys.
com for photos of the event).
The meeting is set for 6 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 21 at the Morro
Bay Yacht Club, 541 Embarcadero.
See the website at: www.
friendsoftmbhd.org or call Kelly at
772-6254 or Luffee at (805) 5509250 for more information.
Standing in the photo from left
are: Roger Allen (Friends of HD),
Shane Crocket (Junior Lifeguard
coordinator), Cole Baksic, Karen
Sweeny (MB Rec Sports supervisor
), Grant Johnson, Kyle Sweasy, Ron
Reisner (Friends of HD), and Becka
Kelly (Harbor Patrol supervisor).
The junior lifeguard boys in front
are: Otis Kelly, Owen Endersby,
and Dylan Brownell. Photo by Neil
Farrell
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Biz Briefs
New Execs at SCORE; New COO at SVH; Property Assessments Jump
Compiled by Camas Frank
St.
Benedict’s
Church
is
seeking volunteers to stock, sort
or cashier at the Abundance Shop in
Los Osos. Experience with handling
cash donations for non-profits is
preferred. Shift commitments range
from a minimum three hours per week
Tuesdays-Saturdays between 10 a.m.4 p.m. Contact Shop Manager Francis
Rivinius at the Abundance Shop, 2190
9th St. or [email protected].
“Bye Bye Mattress,” allows residents to
drop-off used mattresses at participating
collection sites and recycling facilities
for free. Residents can find their nearest
participating collection site or recycling
facility at www.byebyemattress.com, a
website hosted by the Mattress Recycling
Council.
The San Luis Obispo County
Chapter of Senior Corps Of
Retired Executives (SCORE) has new
officers for 2016. Bob Kerwin is the new
chairman and his wife, Carol Kerwin, is
vice chair. Both come from engineering
careers and co-owned a printing
company for 13 years. Scott Hillis is
the secretary, with more than 30 years
experience in inventory control and
facilities management. Bob Azevedo was
named treasurer, and he has 30 years
experience in accounting and business
management. SCORE is celebrating 32
years of mentoring small businesses
on the Central Coast. Part of a national
organization, SCORE is “America’s
premier source of free and confidential
business services and is affiliated with
the U.S. Small Business Administration
(SBA).” For more information see:
SanLuisObispo.score.org or call 5470779.
Pacific Gas & Electric is warning
local businesses of a bill scam
that’s going around, wherein
scammers try to bilk utility business
customers into paying phantom past
due amounts. “PG&E has been made
aware of a telephone scam — mainly
involving local restaurants, hotels
and other businesses — demanding
immediate payment for allegedly pastdue electricity bills,” the company said
in a news release. “This scam is not new
but we are seeing increased activity in
San Luis Obispo and Northern Santa
Barbara counties.” PG&E doesn’t
make demand phone calls asking for
immediate payments over the phone or
in person, the company explained.
This
January,
California
becomes the second state in the
nation with a statewide recycling
program for used mattresses and
box springs. The program, known as
California
State
Board
of
Equalization (BOE) Member Fiona
Ma announced the assessed values of
properties in San Luis Obispo and Santa
Barbara counties grew 3.8 percent (from
$117.7 billion to $122.1 billion) from
2014-15 to 2015-16. County-assessed
properties jumped 3.7% year-over-year
while state-assessed properties gained
5.4% on the southern end of California’s
Central Coast. County assessors are
responsible for assessing the value of
each home, as well as other residential
and commercial property as of Jan. 1 of
each year. That value is used to set the
property tax that is due by December of
that year, and April of the coming year.
The BOE is responsible for assessing
properties such as public utilities and
railroads. Annual bills are based on
these valuations.
SLO Hotline is looking for
volunteers to staff their mental
health support, crisis and suicide
prevention line, open 24 hours a day,
seven days a week. The next volunteer
training is scheduled to start in late
January. Volunteer Resource and
Support Specialists are trained to staff
the County’s only 24-hour mental health
support, information, crisis and suicide
prevention line that can be reached at
800-783-0607. “SLO Hotline is a valuable
resource in the community, supporting
the work of local government and mental
health service agencies and relieving call
volume for the local 9-1-1 service,” said
Mike Bossenberry, program coordinator.
A gift-giving drive at CoastHills
Credit Union was a success through
its 11 branches from Paso Robles to
Lompoc. Their volunteers took in more
than 220 new, unwrapped presents
and gift cards for local underprivileged
children. The presents were delivered
to Boys and Girls Club sites in Oceano,
Guadalupe, Santa Maria and Lompoc.
It was the first time the credit union has
attempted a gift drive of this magnitude.
All gifts were purchased and donated
directly by CoastHills employees. The
drive encompassed all ages but also
placed a special emphasis on teens, an
age group that is typically underserved
in holiday gift drives. The gifts were an
unexpected surprise for children served
by the two sites overseen by the Boys
and Girls Clubs of Santa Maria Valley.
Jan. 2 was recognized in many
parts of SLO Country as a “Fitness
Holiday,” with fitness professionals,
“dedicated to helping their clients, their
communities, and ultimately the world
to optimal levels of health and fitness.”
The day is recognized as the “Personal
Trainer Awareness Day” and is used
as a day to help educate and motivate
people on what a personal trainer does
and how they can best help everyone
on their journey of life through health
and fitness. Mike Z. Robinson of MZR
Fitness encourages residents and
visitors to contact him about the impact
that fitness can have on their quality of
life. For more information see: www.
mzrfitness.com.
Bank
of
America
recently
presented
Peoples’
Self-Help
Housing (PSHH) with a $10,000
donation in recognition of the nonprofit’s
45th Anniversary in 2015. Founded in
San Luis Obispo in 1970, Peoples’ SelfHelp Housing has expanded to Santa
Barbara and Ventura counties, with
nearly 1,200 self-help homes completed
and over 1,600 rental units. PSHH
continues to strive to fulfill its mission to
provide affordable housing and programs
leading to self-sufficiency for lowincome families, seniors, veterans, and
other special needs groups. “Donations
like this have helped Peoples’ grow and
continue building quality affordable
housing for hard working families as
the demand for affordable housing has
increased throughout the Tri-Counties,”
said PSHH CEO/President John Fowler.
PSHH kicked off its 45th Anniversary
year in April 2015 with a luncheon at
the Madonna Inn and held its 45th
Anniversary Gala Dinner & Auction, the
Central Coast Taste of Hope, at the Santa
Barbara Historical Museum on Nov. 13.
For more, see: www.pshhc.org.
Michael
Bell is the
new
chief
operating
officer
at
Sierra Vista
Regional
Medical
Center. He
succeeds Ike
Mmeje who
was promoted
to CEO at
D o c t o r s
Hospital of Manteca. Bell is responsible
for oversight of the hospital’s daily
operations and ancillary departments
— pathology, radiology, pharmacy and
plant operations — at the largest hospital
and second largest private employer
in San Luis Obispo. “Michael Bell
comes to Sierra Vista with an extensive
background in hospital operations and
performance improvement,” said Joe
DeSchryver, CEO. Bell holds a bachelor’s
degree in general studies from the
University of Nebraska, a master’s
of divinity from Trinity Lutheran
Seminary and an MBA in health care
administration from Brenau University.
Interested in a job in politics
or the courts? The Capital Fellows
Program is taking applications through
Feb. 8 for positions working in the State
Legislature, the Executive Branch or the
Judiciary. The program is nationally
recognized and offers “the unique
opportunity to work for 10-11 months
as a full-time paid staff member,” and
“participate in policymaking, program
development
and
implementation
and gain first-hand experience in
the governance and leadership of
the most diverse, complex state in
the nation.” Applicants must have a
bachelor’s degree in any major by Sept.
1, 2016 and “a demonstrated interest
in state government and public service.
Applicants may apply to one or more of
the programs that meet their interests
and qualifications. Recent graduates,
graduate, postgraduate and mid-career
applicants are welcome to apply.” See:
www.csus.edu/calst/programs
for
information and applications. Call (916)
278-6906 or email to: calstudies@csus.
edu.
Send business briefs for consideration
to: [email protected].
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Why Employee Engagement May Not Be Working
Bottom Line
By Michael Gunther
O
ver the past few years, you
couldn’t open a management
journal or attend a conference
without finding a discussion about the
perils of poor employee engagement in
the workplace.
Gallup
Organization’s
wellpublicized engagement survey report,
along with an employee group reeling
from a post-recession hangover, has
helped fuel this discussion.
With
employee
engagement
currently standing at 31.5% (Gallup.
com), workplace leaders have a long
way to go in actually creating work
environments that are engaging a
majority of their employees. Could you
imagine the results you could achieve if
you had at least 51% of your employees
engaged with your business and goals?
There have been many organizations
and startups attempting to solve these
engagement issues. There are now
“happiness” and “engagement” apps
and software tools; numerous training
programs, case studies and articles
providing guidance on how to improve
engagement.
Yet, less than a third of employees
are engaged. So what is missing? Why
are employees still disengaged after
years of trying to enhance or improve
engagement? Are managers attempting
to solve these issues with the latest fad
program or tool without assessing or
understanding the true causes of the
lack in engagement?
I believe you have to look at
employee engagement from a holistic
approach. It isn’t just about creating
“happy” employees or measuring their
“engagement.” It isn’t about sending
your managers out to learn how to
create engaged employees.
To me, it’s about learning how to
be an effective leader and manager (I
purposely separated these two areas
because the most effective individuals
need skills and abilities in both areas,
but that is an entirely different topic).
Engagement is a piece of that process,
and developing a solid work team
requires other core elements.
I’m curious about how a successful
leader engages employees effectively.
We have worked with nearly a thousand
organizations and thousands of leaders
over 20 years, so I asked my team
to begin analyzing and researching
the elements that leaders and teams
exhibited within our most successful
clients.
There was no surprise in learning that
the successful teams all had a similar
trait — a solid relationship between the
leader and their team. Whether it is a
leader of an organization or a leader of
a department, at the end of the day, it
was about relationships built on trust.
This simple statement got us even
more curious, so my team and I began
researching further to understand
how trust is gained or broken between
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great leaders and their team? What
critical elements are the foundation for
building or breaking trust within the
work environment?
Another complexity around trust
rose to the top: a shift in the workplace
expectations
of
the
millennial
generation. Earlier generations were
taught not to trust others and take care
of yourself, and yet new generations
have a desire for a collaborative
approach.
There is an expressed need for
transparency and access to information,
as these millennials have grown up as
part of a digital, social media-driven
environment.
We found that individuals wanted
leaders who are authentic and drive
impactful and purposeful collaboration.
They craved super teams instead
of super stars, and more flexibility,
mobility and connectedness; yet, our
systems and management structures
are hierarchical and set up specifically
for superstars to emerge.
We believe leaders must begin to
shift their perceptions and expectations
of others, as well as themselves, to start
operating from a place of collaboration.
Leaders need to understand how to
have collaborative conversations with
their teams and peers.
This is about shifting how you
manage and hold people accountable as
adults. This requires you as a leader to
be humble, vulnerable and transparent,
while possessing the skills to create
environments for tough conversations,
facilitate growth and collaboration.
These elements build trust, which in
turn build engagement.
Bottom Line
When elements that build trust are
missing, it causes challenges such
turnover, burnout and unrealized
potential of a team. Through our
research and real world application,
we determined that leaders need to
understand what is working and what is
not with their teams in relation to trust,
and not just whether they are happy or
engaged.
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
their potential. To read previous
articles, visit his blog at: www.
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Engaging in a New Year
A View From Harbor Street
By David Buckingham
H
ey, what year is it, really? We’re
just starting calendar year 2016,
of course, but the City is halfway
through its budget year, which runs from
each July 1 to the next June 30.
That means we have a ton of things
already rolling that need lots of community
input, and we are casting our eyes on the
fiscal year ahead as we prepare for 2016-17.
Here’s a sampling of what’s going on and
where we are hopeful our residents and
business owners will engage.
Communication. First, get engaged
with the City’s key communication tools.
This column is a good place to start. The
City’s new website www.morrobayca.gov
features “Hot Topics,” a great Calendar,
and new “Service Requests” portal for you
to help us know what’s broke. The City’s
vibrant Facebook Page at: facebook.com/
cityofmorrobay has nearly 3,000 followers
and is the place we update you on what is
happening – right now – in your hometown.
2016-17 Objectives. The Council is
holding three to four meetings in January
and February to consider and then adopt
specific 2016-17 objectives for the staff,
with community input, to accomplish in the
year ahead. A first study session was held
on Jan. 12 and the next is schedule for 4
p.m. on Jan. 26. This is the time and place
for you to make sure the Council hears what
is important to you! A current version of the
draft objectives are on the website under
hot topics (on the home page of the site).
Styrofoam Ban. Following extensive
Council, staff and Public Works Advisory
Board outreach, the City Council is poised to
enact a general ban on the sale of consumer
Styrofoam products at its Jan. 26 meeting.
We’d love to hear from you on this subject,
pro or con, and all comments received
before that meeting will, as usual, be shared
with the City Council.
General Plan/Local Coastal Plan
(GP/LCP) Rewrite. After almost a year
of preparation, we are moving out with a
complete overhaul of the City’s GP/LCP,
the critical blueprints for the City’s future
that have not been updated in 25 years.
A General Plan Advisory Committee is
in place and a professional firm has been
selected to help us complete this crucial
project. Watch the website and Facebook
for info on upcoming public outreach events
associated with this 2-year project. Using
the “Notify Me” function on the website,
you can sign up to receive an email copy of
the agenda for all GPAC meetings.
Vision and Values. One of the first
items the GP/LCP will address is the city’s
vision and values statements. The vision is
a short, vivid description of what we want
to be as a community; a sort of target for the
future Morro Bay. Our values statement
reflects the core values we hold as a
community. The vision-values process is
crucial to setting the tone for the entire GP/
LCP effort and we hope many residents and
business owners make their voices heard.
Centennial
Parkway
and
Embarcadero Promenade. We are
in the stakeholder outreach phase of
conceptual planning for two possible
projects to further improve the resident and
visitor experience in Morro Bay. One project
envisions a revitalization of the Centennial
Parkway from the top of Centennial Stairs
down along the Giant Chessboard Park,
across the Embarcadero through the street
end between Libertine Pub and Rose’s
Landing, and the bay. The other envisions
widening the sidewalk on the harbor side
of the Embarcadero by an additional eight
feet or so, extending it into the existing
lane of parallel parking. (parking impacts,
are of course, a key concern that is being
evaluated as part of the outreach process).
Following stakeholder outreach, the public
will be invited to be active participants,
with pens in hand, in a design and concept
workshop to fine tune these broad concepts
into project alternatives that, should the
community demonstrate support, could
eventually be approved by the City Council.
New Property Visioning. Last Dec. 30,
the City purchased two important properties
between our Downtown and Embarcadero.
Now, in addition to the large “Front Street”
parking lot on the Embarcadero, the City
once again owns the building at 781 Market
Ave., which houses DiStasio’s on the Bay
Italian Restaurant, and a parking lot at
Market Avenue and Pacific Street. We are
happy that in the near term, DiStasio’s
will continue to operate a great restaurant
and wine bar, and that we have now
opened a new 40-space public parking lot
serving both Embarcadero and Downtown
businesses. In the months ahead, the City is
looking forward to engaging the public on
possible redevelopment ideas for those 2.3
vital city-center acres.
With so much going on, we need to hear
from our residents and businesses even more
than ever. Come help formulate our 2016-17
objectives, attend the various workshops,
information and visioning sessions, reach
out to staff, advisory board members and
Council, and, as usual, you can contact me
at: [email protected] (note
the new email address, which applies for all
City employees).
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:
[email protected].
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S
o 2016 is now here and employers
and their employees have a chance to
start afresh with new opportunities
and challenges. Here are a dozen New
Year’s resolutions that employees should
adopt to help make 2016 a smooth and
productive year.
So here goes:
1) Discover your strengths. Remember
the book, “Do What You Love and the
Money Will Follow?” Same concept.
There is something magical about it.
2) Leave your personal life at home.
Think of it as a respite, an oasis if you
must, but personal problems only muck
up the workplace.
3) List what you can do to add (more)
value to the organization. The boss may
not realize all you can offer. Once you
know what you can add, go tell the boss.
4) What can you take off your
supervisor’s plate? Another boss-pleaser.
5) Find a “junior” employee to mentor.
Even if you are not a Baby Boomer who
plans to retire soon, mentoring someone
places you in a position of leadership,
ready to be promoted.
6) Realize that you’re in charge of
your own morale. Are you waiting for
management to “do something” about
morale around here? Wrong.
7) Determine the temperament of your
supervisor. Figure out how he or she
thinks and what kinds of projects they
prefer? This knowledge will help you
know how to communicate with them
better.
8) Think about what you can do to
ensure a respectful work environment.
Are tasteless jokes and emails running
through the office? Knock it off. Be
professional; (but) you can still be
friendly.
9) Take a class or training that will
help you do your job better. Stretch your
knowledge and abilities. Now you are
more valuable to the company.
10) Teach your new skills/knowledge to
your coworkers. Now teach what you’ve
learned to your coworkers. This ensures
you have mastered the info and places
you in a leadership position even if you
don’t have the title.
11) Make sure your heart is in your
work. Are you bringing yourself fully and
gratefully into everything you do? What
would it take for that to happen? Is this
an alien concept for you to consider?
Older generations stayed for decades in
jobs they hated, but these days employees
jump around at the drop of a hat. Bring
your heart to your work.
12) Talk with your supervisor about
the big picture. One of the biggest
differences between your job and your
boss’ job is that their view of the company
is holistic. It is referred to as the “view
from 30,000 feet,” where they can see the
flow, what’s coming and going, what’s on
the “horizon.” You, however, are in the
trenches, as the metaphor marches on.
What’s it like from their perspective?
There you have it. It can be a great
2016: a year of growth for you and better
awareness of your value for your boss.
Enjoy!
Betsey Nash, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is a
long-time human resources professional,
past president of the Human Resources
Association of the Central Coast and
owner of Nash HR Services, based in
SLO. She can be reached at: betsey@
nashhrservices.com. Only Human is a
regular feature of the Tolosa Press.
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Celebrate Coastal Dance Academy by Dancing
Featured Folks
By Camas Frank
T
here aren’t a lot of cultural
institutions on the Central Coast
that can trace their origins to a
mother and daughter team. There are
a lot of family businesses but not all
have a story of such rapid growth or
harmonious development.
Coastal Dance and Music Academy
in Grover Beach is celebrating four
years in their current spot but a full
eight since Tara Behnke joined her
mom, Kathy Schultz as full partners
in a dance studio that became a full
Academy with a nonprofit entity and
several troupes attached.
February 1-6, they’re giving a little
back to the community for all the
support, as well as simply celebrating
good fortune, with an open house and
free group classes for the week.
“When we started all those years ago
we had been working for other people
and we realized that we could do our
own thing,” said Shultz, adding that
dance isn’t the only thing they have in
common. In 2008, the pair also teamed
up to found Coastal Chamber Youth
Ballet, a non-profit ballet company.
Both hold degrees in education,
and Behnke’s more recent Cal Poly
experience had her wanting to expand
offerings to more than choreography
and dance.
“We’ve been doing the open house
since we move to the Grover beach
location,” said Shultz, “We have over
100 different classes offered every
week currently.”
Between the team becoming business
partners and being the only teachers
on staff to now, they have at least
25 instructors and 6 administrators
keeping all the schedules straight.
Shultz added, “It’s been and amazing
ride and the girls are just phenomenal.”
“I got deep into child development
while I was at college,” said Behnke.
“But I really started to miss dance. I
started to talk with my husband about
how to pursue a career back in the
field.”
She said that while they thought
about moving, and she was a troop
member with the SLO Ballet Co. while
Shultz was executive director, “things
didn’t really get moving until Mom
approached me about how we could do
this together.”
“We didn’t go to school for this, either
of us,” said Schultz, “but it has been
amazing to go through this, to learn
and grow with Tara.”
To manage the growth, both have
cut back some on the time they get
to spend with the teaching that they
love, and they’ve brought in a business
consultant to help them
focus on how a business
grows and develops.
Logistics are tricky.
The
Shultz
and
Behnke men are in on
the experience as well,
although both have their
own careers outside of
the Academy. They put
in a lot of work behind
the scenes of stage
productions.
“My dad was always
very supportive of me
before in my own dance
and expression,” Behnke
says, “he has a big music
background. With the
business he helps behind
the stage as and artistic
director.”
While the company has
a distinct reputation on
the Central Coast, Behnke
and Schultz do have one
minor correction to make
when people take a look
at their relationship and
the company from the
outside. Shultz made sure
we talked to her daughter
for this profile, because
she wanted to emphasis
the cooperative nature of
a family business.
“It can be hard
sometimes,” said Behnke, “People can
think that I’m just along for the ride,
but we’re doing this all together.”
Who knows, in a few more years one
of Schultz’s grandchildren might get
involved as well. It’ll depend on where
their passions take them.
Stop by 1030 Huston St in Grover
Beach. The studio is open most days 10
a.m. to 8 p.m., closed Sunday. Go online
to:
coastaldanceandmusicacademy.
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