Vacation Rentals Limit Passed MBPD Future Discussed, Aug. 9

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Volume 28
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Issue 29
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July 28 - August 10, 2016
YOUR COMMUNITY IN YOUR HANDS
LOS OSOS
MORRO BAY
CAYUCOS
CAMBRIA
Youngsters squeal with delight playing ‘Sharks and
Minnows’ [kind of like ‘Tag’] last week at the Cayucos
Junior Lifeguards summer camp. This camp, which
is also held in other county beach communities, plus
Morro Bay and Pismo Beach, is run by the County
Parks Department. Photo by Neil Farrell
Vacation Rentals Limit
Passed
MBPD Future Discussed,
Aug. 9
By Neil Farrell
By Neil Farrell
M
orro Bay has capped
the number of vacation rentals they
will allow, for at least the
next couple of years, when
the general plan update now
underway will presumably
offer up a complete new ordinance.
The City Council voted
4-0 with Councilman John
Headding stepping down, to
set a limit of 250 vacation
rentals scattered throughout
the city, extending a 45-day
temporary moratorium approved at the end of June
(Ordinance No. 604).
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Six-oh-four stopped the
issuing of any new permit,
license, approval or entitlement “pertaining to a vacation rental within the City of
Morro Bay,” the ordinance
was titled. It took effect immediately.
The ordinance said continued operations of vacation rentals minus specific
regulations on number, location, and similar issues,
“can change the character of
a neighborhood, cause blight
See Rentals, page 9
New Tourism
Manager
Page 8
Dinner and A
Movie
Page 36
I
t’s been hanging over the
heads of the local police
for years and in August,
the City Council is inviting
the community to give input
on whether they should contract out policing services
with the County Sheriff and
disband the MBPD.
The Sheriff’s Department
already handles police dispatching under a contract
and Cal Fire/County Fire dispatches the fire department.
After Cmdr. Bryan Millard
was named Cuesta College
Police Chief, and current
Chief Amy Christey leaving
soon for Pacific Grove, the
timing is apparently ripe to
discuss the future of police
services.
An agenda item is being
drafted for the Tuesday, Aug.
9 City Council meeting (6
p.m. at the Vet’s Hall), and
everyone from letter writers,
to the Neighborhood Watch
Association, and even the
police themselves are asking residents to show up and
give their views on where we
should go from here.
See MBPD, page 12
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Cloisters Lot Finally Sold .........................................3
Adventure Girl............................ 13
Finally, A Clothing Store in Los Osos.......................4
Non-Profit Focus ...................14-15
Police Blotter.........................................................6-7
Community Calendar ................. 16
City Tourism Manager Has Big Responsilibity .........8
Now and Then ............................ 18
Jim’s Tunes Up Caucasian Debris.............................8
Health & Wellness .................19-21
Ed Smith Turns 100 ................................................10
Sports Shorts.............................. 22
Camas Frank
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SLO City News
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Red Davis to Run for Council .................................11
Surf’s Up ..................................... 23
Letters to The Editor .............................................38
Home & Garden ....................24-25
Michael Elliott
sports reporter
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Judges for the 2016 National America in Bloom ..39
Eat, Play, Shop ......................26-27
Montebello Torpedo .............................................40
Nightwriters ............................... 31
Chamber Director Files for City Council................41
Framed ....................................... 30
Michelle Johnson
art director
Christy Serpa
editorial design
Dana Shanahan
administrative assistant
Justin Stoner
graphic marketing
Art Talk ....................................... 30
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Art Galleries ............................... 31
Farmer’s Market Happenings .... 32
Entertainment .......................33-35
ADVERTISING
Dinner and a Movie .................... 36
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Zorina Ricci
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Morro Bay Merchant’s 41st Annual Summer
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Morro Bay Free admission
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SLO Nightwriters
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Neighborhood Watch sponsors National
Night Out, 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, Cloisters
Park, Morro Bay
Cayucos Square Dance Festival is Aug. 1921 at Cayucos School Gym. The Community
Square Dance is from 2-4:30 p.m. Thursday,
Aug. 21, Cayucos School.
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Bottom Line................................ 45
Featured Folks ........................... 46
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Contest, 2-6 p.m. Saturday, July 30 at Sea
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NIPOMO CONDO
$199,000
Cloisters Lot Finally Sold
By Neil Farrell
A
vacant property on Coral Avenue
has finally been sold and now the
City of Morro Bay will have to
decide what to do with the money.
The approximately 1-acre vacant
parcel at San Jacinto Street and Coral
Avenue was given to the City by the
original developers of the Cloisters,
Keyoto-Natalie Corp., back in the
1990s, with the intentions that a new
fire station be built there.
Over time that plan was abandoned
and the property put up for sale. It’s
been for sale for about 10 years and
on July 12, the City finally got it sold,
depending of course on a successful
120-day escrow period.
An out-of-the-area developer, Jeff
Mayer, is the buyer for $799,000,
according to a City staff report. Local
realtor, Frankie Ciano of Ciano Real
Estate, Inc., in Morro Bay was the
agent on the deal. Ciano said they’ve
been listing it off and on for the City for
about three years and when they first
got the listing they thought they had a
buyer but that fell through. Morro Bay
Realty had also previously listed the
property for the City.
Ciano said they had taken it off the
market for a while and when they put
it back on, received 2-3 offers at the
same time. “The market has picked
up a bit,” he said, “and developers are
looking around again for properties to
develop.”
Mayer has been coming to the
Central Coast for family vacations
for many years and loves it here, he
explained, particularly Morro Bay.
What to do now with an essentially
blank canvas, though one that’s zoned
“Coastal Resources Residential,” with a
golf course and planned development
overlays, will be the task ahead. And it’s
one that will require some effort.
That’s because, as Ciano explained,
the property was given to the City in
the original Cloisters subdivision (early
1990s) with the intent for a new fire
station.
But with the building of the
new Harbor Street Station, and
improvements made to the Bonita
Street Station’s apparatus bay, the fire
department no longer needs it.
In the mid-2000s, the City processed
a 6-lot subdivision on the property,
passing it locally but hitting a dead
end at the Coastal Commission, which
decided the subdivision was invalid.
That’s because it was subdivided as
part of the Cloisters’ and the Coastal
Commission decreed that all the
residential density for the subdivision
was used up.
Ciano said their task will be to amend
the local coastal program and the
coastal development permit to allow
more residential development, should
Mayer decide to go that route.
“It makes sense,” he said, “for it
to be residential. It’s surrounded on
three sides by residences.” They’ve
had several conversations with the
City and the Coastal Commission, he
explained, about what they’d like to
see built there and they’ll have to go
through the entitlement process for any
development. “There are challenges
ahead.”
One obstacle and something that has
concerned previous people interested
in buying the land, are lines of huge
eucalyptus trees that bisect the site and
runs along the sidewalk, which leads
to a Hwy 1 stoplight and is a major
thoroughfare for pedestrians and
bicyclists heading to the beach.
Ciano said the City has an approved
tree policy for removals and noted that
the eucs are not native trees and present
a potential fire hazard. They’re also
shallow rooted and growing in sand.
“The last storm,” Ciano said, “a tree
fell across San Jacinto Street blocking
it.” Other eucs growing in a line on
properties across the street make for an
esthetically nice canopy cover on San
Jacinto.
By selling the property, the City
made no commitments to any future
development plans, nor the removal of
any trees, which comes under a specific
City policy (Res. 39-07, dealing with
major vegetation removals).
As for the $799,000, a previous
Council had promised to use the
proceeds from what was essentially a
gifted property, to pay down the debt
on the Harbor Street Fire Station. A
USDA Rural Assistance loan was taken
out to build that station in 2012 with
monies from the Measure Q sales tax
going to pay the debt burden.
Some questions were raised at the
Council meeting about whether or not
the proceeds were locked in on the fire
station loan?
City Manager David Buckingham
said they were researching whether
the money has strings attached but the
City Council decides how to spend what
comes in. He wants to spend the money
on the fire station debt, with some to
fix up the City’s skate park at the Teen
Center, which apparently needs a lot of
work, if not replacing.
According to The Bay News’ archives,
when the new station was dedicated
in December 2012, retiring Fire Chief
Mike Pond noted to the assembly of
about 300 residents and dignitaries
at the grand opening, that funding for
the nearly $3 million office and living
quarters came from a $1.6 million
FEMA grant, M-Q monies and a $1.5
million USDA loan taken out in 2011.
A new apparatus bay was built in a
previous phase and paid for through
FEMA monies, M-Q and City funds,
with no loans taken out.
See Cloisters, page 9
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Finally, A Clothing Store in Los Osos
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inally, Los Osos has a women’s
center. While it’s fallen on some slow
clothing store. Julie Phillips
times, with several empty storefronts
and husband Jim Lynch
in a row, the shopping center is
recently opened, Juls Comfy Closet,
coming to life again.
an affordable boutique clothing store
Starbucks recently opened in a
located at 1062 Los Osos Valley Rd.,
former bank building that’s been
in the Miner’s Shopping Center.
vacant for more than 15 years,
Originally from Santa Maria,
bringing a proven draw to the center.
Phillips said they moved to Los Osos
A new supermarket will open soon in
in 2005 and had lived in Morro Bay
the old Vons space (after the Haggen’s
and Cayucos for years. She’s worked
fiasco) and another new business
in retail management for 22 years,
— Zacster’s Hobbies and More, also
she explained.
recently opened close to Juls Comfy
After a career working in that grind,
Closet.
she left for a slow down. She wanted
Zacster’s joins a couple of little
to be involved in her community,
thrift shops on that row of the
Phillips said. She wanted to be closer
center making for a nice, little varied
to home, too and perhaps most
shopping experience. And if one gets
importantly, “I love clothes.”
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She makes buying trips to the LA
Pizza is just a few doors down, where
Garment District, buying mostly
it’s been since the 1980s.
Made in the U.S.A. products and is
The anchors of the center —
stocked with Palazzio, Maxi Skirts,
Miner’s Hardware, Carlock’s Bakery,
dresses, leggings and more.
The Los Osos/Baywood Chamber of Commerce welcomes Juls Comfy Closet to Fitnessworks and Rite Aid — are still
“So far the leggings are a big hit,”
doing a brisk business and while there
town. Photo by Park Jenna Rodden
she said of the battery soft leggings
are still a few empty spaces, currently
in a variety of styles and colors that
dressed up with a public art display,
“because there isn’t one in Los Osos.”
Baywood Park Chamber of Commerce
have been a top seller.
the center seems to be making a
They also have a custom digital helped celebrate their grand opening comeback.
She likes comfortable, soft, casual
clothes that one can dress up or down garment printer on site and Phillips with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Snacks
“Its and old shopping center getting
said you provide the cloth and design, and refreshments greeted customers new life,” Phillips said. She added that
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“I wanted to provide a clothing store and they’ll do the rest. The store opened to the store, which is in a long-vacant the owners plan to give the outside a
for the women in town,” Phillips said, June 14 and on July 15 the Los Osos/ space in the town’s original shopping facelift as well.
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Arroyo Grande
• July 15: An undisclosed business on Oak
Park was robbed at gunpoint.
• July 15: Someone stole another person’s
ID and bought more than $2,000 worth
of minutes at Verizon, can you hear that?
• July 15: Mail was stolen from a mailbox
on Le Point St., proving nothing is safe
anymore.
• July 15: An underage driver was pulled
over for a DUI on Oak Park, off to a good
start.
• July 14: A woman on Alder brained
her boyfriend with a glass causing small
lacerations to his head. Officers tamed
the shrew.
• July 14: A truck hauling kitchen grease
leaked on the 200 block of Grand Avenue
causing two collisions. Just imagine what
that stuff is doing to your arteries.
• July 11: Some female thug stole a
person’s wallet on the 200 block of
Branch St. The victim believed the thief
was a friend she had allowed to stay at
her house. A second person at that same
house was missing $200 from his wallet.
No one actually saw the suspected female
fiend steal anything and the wallet was
later found at Avila Hot Springs as there’s
nothing like a good soak after ripping
people off.
• July 14: A case was turned over to the
FBI when a computer monitoring system
identified a user from Santa Maria
sharing child pornography.
Morro Bay
• July 17: Police got a call at 10 p.m.
on Sunset Avenue where a no doubt
panicked father said his 15-month-old
daughter fell off the bed.
• July 16: At 10:37 p.m. police responded
to a traffic accident on a Hwy 1 on ramp
and wound up arresting the 23-year-old
driver for suspicion of being ramped up.
• July 16: Police responded at 2:15 p.m.
to the 700 block of Pacific for an uncivil
“residency dispute,” no doubt a case of
“Room for rent!”
to Rite Aid where they caught a 42-yearold alleged shoplifter who also was under
the influence of drugs, a clear violation of
the doper’s creed — Never go to the store
stoned.
• July 15: Police contacted a disturbing
fellow at 6:39 p.m. in the 500 block
of Atascadero Rd. The 53-year-old
gent was nicked for suspicion of being
schmammered.
• July 14: Police responded at 7 p.m. to
a disturbance in the 1700 block of Main
and arrested a woman, 45, for suspicion
of being fizzucked.
• July 14: Someone found two Tablets,
charging cables, a hand-held video game
and various extra games in the 1100 block
of Napa. Police are playing them now.
• July 13: Police went to the 400 block
of Nassau at 9:59 p.m. to document a
9-year-old child left home alone, an
apparent case for homeland security.
• July 12: Some scoundrel stole a
skateboard from the 700 block of
Embarcadero.
Police Blotter
• July 12: At 4:27 p.m. police went
to Albertson’s where they’d caught a
60-year-old man allegedly fraudulently
using false pretenses to obtain money.
The gypper was gaoled.
• July 12: At 9:22 a.m. in the 1200 block
of Bolton police arrested a louse for
suspected abuse of a spouse and making
terrorist threats. The disagreeable cur
“At 6:15 p.m. an unsettled,
disgruntled fellow was
bothering the gruntled folks
in the 700 block of MBB.
The 45-year-old swizzle
stick was jammed into the
cooler, for being buttered.”
was sent to the dungeon.
• July 11: A woman told police she lost her
tri-fold ladies wallet, button snap close,
and made of dark fake leather, clearly a
case of contents over vessel.
• July 11: Police contacted a suspicious
subject out at the suspect hour of 1 a.m.
at Avalon and Ironwood and arrested the
mope for suspicion of being high on dope.
to the 700 block of the Boulevard for a
“simple assault.” A man was nailed for
of course being hammered, though not
for doing any actual hammering. And
if anyone thinks they can actually be an
innocent bystander, a man described as
a witness to the altercation had a warrant
and was also hauled to the hoosegow.
• July 10: At 4:26 p.m. police responded
to the 300 block of Orcas St., where they
arrested a 17-year-old rascal for suspicion
of possessing tobacco, prescription
drugs, narcotics and the evil weed. The
medicine chest went to juvvie.
• July 10: The vagrancy task force cited
two women, 56 and 48, for illegal camping
by the high school and a 66-year-old man
for sleeping where they can’t collect a tax
in the 300 block of Quintana.
• July 9: Police contacted a wanted man,
56, at 8:46 a.m. in the 300 block of MBB
and arrested the scofflaw for being UTI
and three warrants, soon to be four.
• July 8: At 6:15 p.m. an unsettled,
disgruntled fellow was bothering the
gruntled folks in the 700 block of MBB.
The 45-year-old swizzle stick was jammed
into the cooler, for being buttered.
• July 8: Police contacted a transient
man by the high school that was
apparently sleeping late at 11:36
a.m. Officers allegedly saw suspected
methamphetamine in “plain view” in
the dude’s campsite. They searched
and found alleged paraphernalia, and
suspected meth and heroin. The hype
was injected into County Jail.
• July 7: Police contacted a man at 3 p.m.
in the 900 block of Main and arrested the
lambasted fellow for allegedly being high
on drugs and of course a warrant for past
misadventures.
• July 7: A 22-year-old bandito was
allegedly spotted by security making a
beer run at Albertson’s. Police caught
up to ol’ sticky-fingers and checked him
into the County’s 1-star B&B. Earlier, at
11:37 a.m. in the 400 block of Surf; they
nabbed another 44-year-old lit fellow for
UTI.
• July 5: Police took a report of alleged
sexual assault at “Del Mar” and turned it
over to the D.A. for possible inaction.
• July 6: The easy pickin’ continued,
as police arrested another transient
man, 63, at 10:46 a.m. outside Rite Aid.
Another 47-year-old legless transient
was popped in the 700 block of MBB for
the same thing.
• July 5: Someone stole a 42-inch LED
light bar from the 300 block of Quintana
and hearing aids were reported stolen at
the Casa de Flores rest home, proving
once again that people will steal anything.
Pismo Beach
• July 12: A caller reported someone
tagging a wall at the Southbound Highway
101 on ramp at Price. Police caught up
with the graffidiot who confessed to
several other tags as well.
• July 12: Officers broke a dog out of a car
on Cypress that only had the windows
cracked. The owners were contacted
and the dog was returned to them and
hopefully, their nose was rubbed in
something.
• July 12: Two juveniles were reportedly
loitering near the postal drop box at the
post office on the 100 block of Crest.
The hooligans were gone before police
arrived.
• July 12: A guy inside Pismo Laundry got
verbal with an employee and refused to
leave because he had just put a load in,
and the closed business apparently had a
load and a half of him. An officer spoke
patrol car (no doubt an accident). The
child was turned over to its step dad.
• July 11: A woman at Denny’s, who
was about 20, was reportedly exposing
her breasts and buttocks. She said she
needed help because her boyfriend took
her clothes and allegedly took advantage
of her down at the beach. A sober person
was called to take her home.
• July 11: A woman on the 2700 block
of Shell Beach Road said she had met a
couple at a hotel and was going to go out
with them but was uneasy because she
didn’t want any “action.” She must have
wanted the police chaperone special.
• July 10: A woman outside the Sea
Venture was yelling that someone had
stolen her purse and to call police. Police
were unable to locate the woman.
San Luis Obispo
• July 22: Someone called at 3:13 a.m. to
report a suspicious gray sedan parked by
the Madonna Inn Bakery with no driver
and the airbags deployed. There were
two hit-n-split accidents reported the
previous day and night, hmmm…
• July 22: At 2:36 a.m. police responded
to the 200 block of Madonna for a
woman with a laceration to the face at the
Vagabond Inn. They arrested a 33-yearold lout for a warrant and suspicion of
domestic violence.
• July 22: Police were called at 2:30 a.m.
to a fender-bender in the 300 block of
Calle Lupita, where an apparently uberlygassed Uber passenger fell and dented
the Uber car.
• July 22: At 1 a.m. police were called to
Ramona and Rafael for a report of a car
parked on the sidewalk facing the wrong
direction. A 21-year-old
rookie was hauled to
the nick for suspicion of
p.m. to
driving thick.
“Someone called at 1:34
complain about some 60ish man in a
red and white poncho yelling at people
on the steps of the Post Office on Marsh.
The sidewalk Socrates took off.”
with management and they said that they
would wait until the suds were done.
• July 11: A woman at Ross reported
leaving her car door open to get her
2-year-old out of the car. A woman in an
SUV honked for her to close her door so
she could drive by. When she didn’t close
the door, the woman reportedly drove
into her car door closing it. Naturally,
she drove off because she is clearly the
busiest woman in the world.
• July 11: A caller on the first block of
Dolliver reported a possibly sick bird
of prey, perhaps a falcon, that wasn’t
moving from the area when people were
around.
• July 11: People, reportedly smoking
Mary Jane in a car, yelled at the caller
and tried to run him or her off the road
on Southbound Hwy 101.
• July 11: A guy holding a young child,
who appeared to be under the influence,
reportedly tried to fight the caller’s
brother near the pier parking lot. He
resisted arrest and hit his head on the
• July 22: At 12:36 a.m.,
police were called to the
1800 block of Spooner for a
report of a group of people
trying to get into the gate
of a home. They’d left, the
gate apparently idiot proof.
• July 22: At 12:31 a.m. police arrested a
guy wearing beer goggles at Higuera and
Broad.
• July 21: Police were asked at 11:56 p.m.
to check the welfare of a child in the 1200
block of Smallwood. Logs indicated a
woman was yelling and the child was
yelling back, “I want food!”
• July 21: At 11:15 p.m. a citizen in the
1700 block of Santa Rosa complained
about some guy blowing a harmonica. At
9:37 p.m. at Chorro and Higuera, another
music critic complained about a guy
playing drums on the corner, yeah, New
Orleans we ain’t.
• July 21: A woman called at 8:47 p.m.
from Morro and said a man hit her and
then left on Leff in a brown Honda Civic.
for some dingus behind Vons on Broad
drinking and cursing, no doubt a case of
instant butthead, just add hooch.
• July 21: Police were called to the
2200 block of Exposition at 5:50 p.m.
where some kid said his babysitter was
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“threatening to beat him up,” (‘I din’t do
nut-tin’ either…’). Wait ‘til mom and dad
get home.
• July 21: A woman walking home called at
5:17 p.m. and said she was being followed
by some creep in a black Mitsubishi SUV
at Kentucky and Stafford.
• July 21: Police responded at 4:26 p.m. to
the Children’s Museum in the 1000 block
of Nipomo, where some bust-a-fooligan
woman threw a glass bottle.
• July 21: Some dill weed stole something
at Mr. Pickles Sandwich shop.
• July 21: Police and firefighters
responded at 3:56 p.m. to the 1400 block
of Marsh for a report of kids lighting a
fire in the creek behind Congresswoman
Lois Capps’ office, no doubt Re-Trump—
licans.
• July 21: Someone called at 3 p.m. from
Froom Ranch Road to report two guys
driving slow in a car filming people with
cell phones, a hangin’ offense here in San
Lunacy.
• July 21: Police were called at 2:40 p.m.
to the 1300 block of Madonna for a report
of a guy sleeping in front of Mattress
Land, and no doubt dreaming of a warm,
soft, bed.
• July 21: Someone reported a woman
by Miner’s Hardware on Santa Barbara
smoking a lil’ somethin’ somethin’ in
a homemade metal pipe. When they
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of smoke.
• July 21: Someone called at 1:34 p.m. to
complain about some 60ish man in a red
and white poncho yelling at people on the
steps of the Post Office on Marsh. The
sidewalk Socrates took off.
• July 21: Police were called at 12:17
p.m. to the 1100 block of Pacific at Lloyd
Marcum, DDS’ office where a patient left
under sedation. He’d taken Valium and
was no doubt feeling no pain; the only
way too leave a dentist’s office.
• July 21: Police were called at noon to
Santa Rosa Park because bicyclists were
using the skate park, which is against
the rules, and so of course, now we gotta
build a bike park.
• July 21: A citizen called at 8:37 a.m.
from Woodbridge and Lawton and said
a transient man was yelling, “I’m going
to hurt you!” The call was canceled, as
the loudmouth was apparently all talk
requiring no action.
• July 21: Someone at Irish Hills Hamlet
in the 11300 block of LOVR reported a
dead possum in the bike lane, or maybe
it’s just playing opossum.
• July 21: Someone in Mitchell Park
called at 7:44 a.m. and said a transient
swine just whizzed in the bushes, no
doubt doing his part to ease the drought.
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here isn’t much little about the
new Morro Bay Tourism Manager,
except her name of course.
Jennifer Little, 51, who stands a
statuesque 6-foot 1-inches tall and
looks every bit like the California
blonde surfer girl she grew up as, took
the new helm of the City of Morro Bay’s
tourism marketing department.
Her
staff
includes
Shannon
McCallister, a 2016 Cal Poly journalism
grad, and Liz Gilson, as the assistant
tourism manager. She will also hire a
“sales” person. McCallister, Little said,
interned with Verdin Marketing and
the County Communications Office
and Gilson worked as the Chamber
executive for a while last year. Little
also plans to hire one more person,
so, “We’ll have two people selling the
town.”
She grew up in San Clemente, Calif.,
she said, while sitting in her little office
in the Visitor’s Center Building on
Harbor Street. She was on her high
school surf team with Harbor Director
Eric Endersby, she said.
She attended Cal Poly from 198588 and was a 3-time All American
swimmer, specializing in the grueling 1
mile, “for punishment,” she laughs.
“I didn’t go to Cal Poly for swimming,”
she quickly clarifies, but to study art
and design, and marketing, part of the
graphics department.
After graduation she moved to Orange
County and worked for a few different
ad agencies. She eventually got tired of
the grind and fighting traffic, so when
a Las Vegas casino company recruited
her to help with the marketing of their
new properties, it was an easy decision
to make.
She landed the job of creative director
for Station Casinos’ Sunset Station
Casino in Henderson, Nevada. “I
thought I’d died and went to Heaven,”
she said. Station was opening a lot of
properties at the time and she and her
team got to help open several in Nevada
and even two Mississippi Riverboats.
She was looking to open her own
agency after a while and the two
men who owned Station Casinos had
another opportunity for her — helping
legitimize their new property, Ultimate
Fighting Challenge.
But the no-holds-barred battle in
the famous octagon ring had a major
problem — it was banned.
“I’d never seen anything like it,” she
said, “It was illegal in all 50 States.” She
put together a marketing plan to sell it
to regulators, and sell seats to bouts in
a time when there was no pay-per-view
or direct TV audience.
She teamed up with UFC legends
Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell from
SLO. “They went out on the road with
me,” she said. “At first it was difficult.
I tried to get on the Today Show, GMA
but no one would let us on.”
She hired Carmen Electra for a series
of ads that would show the softer side
of the fights, to show “Even a girl could
win.” All through the 1990s she worked
to bring UFC to the masses, something
that’s worked pretty well as the sport
has become much more mainstream.
She and her team of people worked
on opening more casinos too and life
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was good. “I had a good cohesive team,”
she said. “It worked out really well.”
But all things need to come to an end
sometimes.
“I was flying everywhere, all week
long,” she said. “I was done, ready for
a change.”
She closed up her agency, placing
many of her employees with clients. “I
felt great about that.”
She was a 40-year-old single mom
and decided to leave Vegas for Redding,
Calif., and open frozen yogurt shops, of
all things, and hiring people to run the
stores, because she really didn’t want to
work.
“I knew if I moved home, to San
Clemente, I’d have to work.” In
Redding, the cost of living was low, she
explained. She met her future husband
Doug and they’d been coming to Morro
Bay for years to visit family. Her sister
and parents had already moved here.
“We’d been trying to move to Morro
Bay for years,” she said. “It’s always
been our spot but we couldn’t make it
work.”
She thought about opening yogurt
shops in SLO, but by the time she was
able to, there were seven there. She
tried to figure out what she could do for
work here assuming she’d never find a
marketing job.
So when the City decided earlier this
year to take over the TBID budget and
move tourism promotions “in-house”
she was floored when she came across
the job posting.
“It was the perfect job in my perfect
city,” she said. “There was nowhere else
we wanted to be other than Morro Bay.”
Doug opened a store, Junque Love,
in Marina Square, so they’ve jumped
in with both feet in the local business
world.
Little takes over a new position
heading up a new role for the City
government, but one with a more than
$800,000 budget that will grow as
occupancy rates climb. One with a new
marketing company, Mental Marketing,
too. Mental Marketing came onboard
officially with the new fiscal year July
1. That’s also when Little took over
managing the TBID budget.
She plans to target increasing midweek visitors and longer stays in
motels. She said the average stay in
August is some 1.3 room nights and she
wants to push that up to two full nights.
She’ll push online media like AdTaxi
and TripAdvisor, so when people look
for a place to vacation, Morro Bay pops
up.
She’s concerned about increased
summer room rates but notes that
Morro Bay’s rates are competitive and
not out of line with other beach towns.
There’s a big responsibility riding on
Little’s shoulders. Transient occupancy
taxes are charged at 10-percent per
room night for the City coffers ($3.3
million), 3% to TBID ($851,000) and
1% to the County Tourism Marketing
District ($330,000), which does
marketing for the county as a whole.
It’s currently the second largest tax
source for the City general fund, behind
property taxes.
TOT is the only tax source that’s
seen considerable, almost remarkable
growth, since the TBID was formed in
2010 and marketing efforts ramped up
considerably. It’s now about 25% of the
City’s tax revenues.
Sustaining that growth and even
increasing it is a necessity for a City
that is projecting to come up short
on revenues in the not-too-distant
future. Indeed a City that says it
needs an additional $3 million a year
to provide the services they feel the
citizens demand and deserve, including
police and fire protection and street
maintenance.
And Little’s new department must
please two masters — the City and the
TBID members, who have the option
every year to vote the assessment
district out.
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Automotive
tuned
up
Caucasian Debris 19-10 to improve
to 1-1 in the Co-ed Division of Morro
Bay Adult softball. Taylor Eisemann,
Cindy Konard and Marrissa Saucedo
each had 2 RBI, and Katie Howard and
Emily Ziedses Des Plantes drove in one
for Jim’s. Caucasians Shannon McQuat
and Lexi Mankins had an RBI each, as
they fell to 0-2.
Jolly Rogers raided ABA 15-11
to improve to 2-0 on the year. Bee
Boose and Niki Stevens had RBIs for
Jolly Rogers and Tina Scholars, Beth
Elmerick and Rochelle LaPan drove in
one each for ABA, which fell to 0-1.
The Dead Tacos laid leather to No
Glove No Love 14-9, as Brett Ash hit
one out and had an inside-the-park
home run. Raj Sigh and Dylan Braiden
had inside-the-parkers too, and Lindsey
Smith drove in 2 RBI for the Tacos. Caitlin
Brown, Gillian Budge and Tina Raj each
had 1 RBI. Dead Tacos improved to 1-0
and the No-Nos fell to 1-1.
In the Master’s Division, Bearly
Movin’ got past South Bay Grays 1911 to improve to 1-1. Armando Corella
homered for Bearly Movin’ and Charlie
Hench hit one out for SB Grays, 0-2.
Cambria Rock made change of Half
Cents 18-8, as Will Moreland homered
twice and Jon Pitts once for C-Rock,
2-0. Ron Macullen and Tom Wood laid
wood to homers of their own for Half
Cents, 0-1. And the 2-0 Question Marks
blew up the 0-1 MB Bombers 15-2.
In the Men’s Division, Legendz toyed
with Pays to Play 18-11. As Logan Budd
hit two homers and Jeff Mahin and
Anson Shaffer hit one each. Pays’ Brett
Ash and Ralph Arias homered and Rajan
Singh had an inside-the-park home
run. Pays dropped to 1-1. WUBPAA
AAA tarred Parking Lot Champs 33-14
to improve to 1-1. WUBPA AAA’s Cole
Stevenson hit four homeruns including
one grand slam, Collin Douglass
smacked three homeruns, and Lance
Reaber, Brian Wiggins, Justin Rodgers,
Cody Brindley and Kevin Qualey
each homered. PLC’s Jake Bradbury
homered twice and David Patterson
and Casey Nagler each homered for the
winless (0-2) PL Champs.
Street Fair, Aug. 7
T
he Morro Bay Merchant’s
Association is having its 41st
Annual Summer Street Fair,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7 in
Downtown Morro Bay.
Vendor applications are still available
online at: at: http://morro-bay.net/
mbma/fairform.cfm. Early bird vendors
get a discount on their fees or for also
signing up for the Holiday Street Faire,
set for Sunday, Nov. 27.
There will be lots of arts & crafts
vendors, a variety of merchandise, food,
live music, and more. Admission is free.
The Summer Street Fair is a fundraiser
for
the
non-profit,
Merchant’s
Association and a summertime
tradition for more than 40 years. Go to
the website at: morro-bay.net for more
information.
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Rentals, from page 1
and impact the quality of life and
potentially property values. It also
says the rentals could compromise the
public trust in its local government, “to
ensure the public health, welfare and
safety are protected.”
The 22-month 15-day extension of the
emergency ordinance is the maximum
allowed by State law, but can be further
extended by the Council. The point is to
make a new, final ordinance part of the
general plan update, which is expected
to take another 18 months or so.
Community Development Director,
Scot Graham, said they have 180 legal
registered vacation rentals in the City
but, “this number gets a little blurred
as we have some hotels that pay TOT
[transient occupancy taxes] and list
their rooms as vacation rentals without
registering as vacation rentals This
process confuses things a little bit and
is something we likely need to clarify
during the drafting of the updated
ordinance.”
The higher cap gives a little wiggle
room for people to get legal before a
permanent ordinance is approved,
though there is no guarantee that a final
ordinance will mean all existing ones
automatically become legal. They could
come in conflict with a provision that
separates vacation rentals by distance,
for example. That would likely bring up
a conflict over which ones get to remain
Cloisters, from page 3
And there was this from the article,
“Pond noted that the city council has
pledged to use money from the sale of
a .99-acre property in Cloisters to pay
down the USDA debt.”
While not exactly a binding
document, it indicates what the city
council of the day (made up of Mayor
Bill Yates, Council members Carla
Wixom, Nancy Johnson, George Leage
and Noah Smukler) intended be done
with the property proceeds. But the
debt payments aren’t a large part of the
$1.02 million expected M-Q revenues
in the 2016-17 budget.
Finance Director, Susan Slayton said,
“The debt payment is around $83,000
per year. We have to contribute to
a reserve account, so for the first 10
years, we put 10% of the payment into
a reserve ($8,300). So the long and
short answer is Measure Q contributes
roughly $91,000 per year for 10 years
of the loan, then $83,000 for the
remaining 20 years.”
As of the end of June the balance on
that loan stood at $1,386,000, Slayton
said. So paying the full $799,000
towards the debt would bring the
balance down to $587,000, for a payoff
at the current rate in about 7 years.
M-Q monies are slated by Council
policy to be spent on police and fire
department needs, street and storm
drain repairs.
in business and which ones don’t.
“The cap was placed at 250 because
we have some idea that there are
somewhere in the neighborhood of 5060 unregistered vacation rentals out
there,” Graham said.
RV parks and vacation rentals are
required to collect and remit the City’s
10-percent TOT. But neither is part of
the Tourism Business Improvement
District or TBID along with moteliers,
so they don’t pay the extra 3% charge
on a night’s stay, nor do they pay the 1%
County Tourism Marketing District or
CTMD fee.
Another blurring of the definition
comes from people who have secondary
homes here and live elsewhere. Those
folks could be loaning/renting out the
home to family members, friends or
anyone else for that matter, and the
City would have no knowledge that a
transaction had taken place in another
city.
Graham told the City Council that
sometimes they get complaints about a
vacation rental and investigate only to
find that the home is a family’s vacation
home and the people staying there are
relatives.
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There are a few other issues, too, like
the rise of so-called “home shares,” or
renting out a single room in a home for
a short-term stay, listed and booked
over websites like Airbnb.com.
Also, the Council passed a ban to use
secondary dwelling units or “granny
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Such granny units are specifically
allowed by State law in residential zones
to add to the affordable housing stock,
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Red Davis to Run For Council
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Bay’s
election season
kicked off July 18
when candidate papers
became available and the
first hopeful to file papers
will have his first meet-ngreet this weekend.
Robert “Red” Davis
made public Friday what
everyone in town has
known for a few months,
that he will be a candidate
for one of two council
seats up for grabs. Red,
a busy volunteer in town
and the county and honored bicycle
advocate, will meet the public from 2-4
p.m. Saturday, July 30 at his and wife
Gail’s home, 2961 Sandalwood Ave., in
Morro Bay.
“We want to give you a chance to
meet the candidate,” Davis said in a
news release, “to find out what I believe
in and what I want to do as a Council
member, and I want you to tell me what
you believe in and what
you expect of me as a
Council member.
A member of the
Morro Bay Chamber
of Commerce board
and the Merchant’s
Association Secretary,
Davis said he loves
Morro bay and, “I
appreciate what we have
accomplished in the past
3-1/2 years and what we
are planning to do over
the next 10 years. I want
our city to continue
moving forward and to embrace the
future. I think that we, Morro Bay
citizens, have great resources, a positive
vision and a variety of possibilities.”
Davis has a campaign website,
see:
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Instagram,
Twitter,
and
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[email protected].
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“Based on a recommendation
from the Management Partner’s
Financial & Organizational Study of
the City,” reads a Facebook post by
the police department and posted
on the Neighborhood Watch site
(see:
http://mbneighbors.com).
“Council was to consider in 2017
whether or not to obtain proposals
from the SLO County Sheriff on
costs of providing law enforcement
service to the City.”
The Management Partners Report
(to download see: www.morro-bay.
ca.us/920/City-Goals-Objectives
and click on the report at the left),
released in May 2015, analyzes the
City’s organization makes numerous
recommendations. (Management
Partners also conducted a 10-year
budget forecast released earlier
this year that painted an alarming
picture of the City’s potential future
revenues.)
Given vacancies in the department
— they are down a sergeant, a
K-9 officer and police dog, too —
that 2017 schedule is apparently
being moved up. “With the Police
Commander’s departure and Police
Chief’s pending departure, Council
directed staff to bring an agenda
item regarding this matter, likely at
its Aug. 9 meeting.”
Mayor Jamie Irons said the
idea was discussed openly in the
Management Partners report, and
with the unfortunate departure
of the chief and commander, who
had good opportunities, he said, it
makes sense to talk about it now.
“We have to hire a police chief,”
Irons said, “and if we don’t have
this discussion now, a candidate
[for the job] is going to look at
the Management Partners report
and have hesitations about even
applying.”
He added they needed to “clear the
plate” over the police department.
“That’s a significant point,” he said.
He’s been getting a lot of emails,
he added, and encourages the
residents to let them know how
they feel. He was also to meet with
the Neighborhood Watch folks on
Tuesday.
Irons said there seems to be a
lot of misunderstanding out there
about what’s going on and the
nature of the coming agenda item.
He met with the police crew last
week during the morning shift
change, when the most officers are
in station. “A lot of the guys like
working in the City,” he said, “and
the variety of calls here.”
Councilman John Headding
responded via email, “There are
a number of issues that demand
the consideration of potential
alternatives to the existing structure
of police services in Morro Bay, in
News
addition to examining the current
structure of police services as they
exist.” He adds that to continue
services at the same or improved
levels, alternatives must be looked
at, both for costs and “resource
constraints.”
“This was to be considered next
year as one of the council’s goals
that principally came from the
Management Partners study of
the city (2008 and 2015 update),”
Headding said.
The loss of the top officers is an
opportunity to step up that schedule.
“I think we would be remiss if the
council did not evaluate potential
opportunities now, instead of
waiting until next year,” Headding
said. “This is principally because
the significant ‘tension for change’
that was evident in the Management
Partners report continues, and the
major turnover of leadership that
occurred recently, demands in my
opinion, that we evaluate these
alternatives now before moving
forward with duplicating our
existing structure.”
They also have to examine the
City’s tight budget to see if it’s even
possible, he said. It’s too early for
any decisions to be made.
“This is just a determination if an
evaluation of potential contracted
services should occur,” Headding
said. “I certainly do not support
making any ‘final’ decisions
regarding definitive outsourcing at
the Aug. 9 meeting.”
The essential question is this:
“Should the City of Morro Bay
conduct research into the question
of obtaining a proposal from
the SLO County Sheriff Office to
provide law enforcement services
in the City?” according to the City
Manager, who released a public
memorandum July 18 on the
issue (see: www.morro-bay.ca.us/
DocumentCenter/View/9757).
Mayor Irons urged residents read
the memo, as it lays out well the
situation the City faces.
Buckingham’s
memorandum
gives several parameters the
Council reached consensus on:
• Do not consider seeking
proposals for multiple service levels,
but limit the question to only one
level of service. The level of service
to be considered must be equal to,
or better than, the level of service
currently provided by the excellent
Morro Bay PD.
• No reduction in number of
sworn patrol officers on shift will be
considered.
• No reduction in response time
will be considered.
• Law Enforcement services for
Morro Bay must be based from
the current Morro Bay Police
Department.
• The Sheriff’s Office must be
committed to sustaining a “Morro
Bay” police force. That is, officers
will generally be assigned to Morro
Bay on a semi-permanent basis,
perhaps 2-5 years, or more.
• The “Morro Bay” unit will look
and feel, as much is as possible, to
be a Morro Bay Police Department
including driving Morro Bay police
vehicles and having other Morro
Bay specific insignia.
• Any future contract should have
a set term and include provisions
for an orderly end of contract
services and return to an internal
Police Department should the City
determine to cancel the contract.
Management Partners’ report
included: “While such services will
not provide the level of attention
to individual residents currently
provided by the Police Department,
the City may decide that such a high
level of service, while welcome, is
not worth the cost.
“We recommend a new discussion
with the sheriff that starts without
any presumed service levels and
that base proposal be the level of
service the sheriff would provide
if the City were unincorporated.
Additional services can then be
added to the base proposal to bring
it to the level that is most consistent
with community expectations at a
cost that can be afforded.”
And, “Several staffing models may
be available from the sheriff and
should be explored, even if they offer
lesser service to the community
than what is currently enjoyed.”
Buckingham promised to conduct
a “robust public process to gather
input from residents, businesses
and other stakeholders,” in his
memo to the community.
In August 2014, when the City
Council decided to contract out
dispatching services for the police
(with the Sheriff’s Office) and fire
and harbor departments (with Cal
Fire), then interim City Manager Ed
Kriens was asked about rumors that
they were looking at contracting
with the Sheriff too. He told The Bay
News, “Absolutely not… In the first
place it would be cost prohibitive,
but even if it weren’t, residents of
Morro Bay want their own police
and fire.”
Dispatch, at the time, was suffering
a similar crisis of staffing — down
to just three from 5½ budgeted
positions. In 2014, dispatch was
budgeted at $461,133 and the
County contracts were going to
save some $43,000 in the first year
(starting that October), according to
numbers released at the time.
The 2016-17 City Budget lists
the fire department dispatching
contract with Cal Fire at $123,899
and
$252,076
for
Sheriff’s
Dispatching for a total of $375,975.
Adventure
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Vista Lago Adventure Park
By Courtney Haile
Photos by Justin Stoner
F
or the new Adventure Girl series
in Tolosa Press I try new activities,
push beyond my comfort zone of
the gym, and explore what our little
bubble of California has to offer. It
seems dubious to write about Central
Coast adventures without a visit to
Vista Lago Adventure Park, located
in the Lopez Lake recreation area in
Arroyo Grande. Vista Lago is a side-byside adventure and zipline park with
more than 50 elements to challenge
your body and mind.
I woke up on a Saturday morning
excited and a tad nervous, nursing a
slight headache from a sangria-like
concoction I’d prepared the night
before (rookie move, I know). Wanting
to avoid crowds and heat, I arrived right
before the park opened at
10:30 a.m. and checked
in with Amy at the
front window. I
signed a twopage waiver,
relinquished
my keys as
collateral
for safety
gear, and
was ready
for
one
hour
of
unlimited
access.
A
few
other rugged
outdoorsmen
and I started
at
ground
school, a 15-minute
orientation and lesson
on locking and unlocking
oneself to a cable. This comes in handy
and makes more sense in the air as this
is how to transition from element to
element. I stepped into a harness and
got shackled to safety hardware before
I learned how to traverse the cable.
An anxious person, I worried about
absorbing every morsel of information
and compared myself to everyone else.
Crap! Will I have to retain all of
this information and demonstrate in
front of everyone? I was indeed the
first to demo and I didn’t totally have
it down but there was no need to
panic. Vista Lago has young friendly
staff everywhere with a keen sense for
newbies. Plus, I figured my co-worker
Justin Stoner, Tolosa Press’ marketing
guru, was listening. I didn’t have to
attempt my first ropes course and zip
lining adventure alone because Justin
got harnessed in as well!
We climbed the short, steep hill to
the upper course where degrees of
difficulty progress from yellow to black,
20 to 30 feet in the air. Nervous this
was no longer a drill, I promptly forgot
everything I learned in ground school.
To start, I slowly and deliberately crept
across four-inch wide wood planks
while I grabbed ropes for support. I am
not especially fearful of heights so it was
more wiggly than scary. I continued to
an element containing two ropes.
Dependent on one’s positioning
the ropes can be either friend or
adversary. In other words, if you lean
the wrong way you’re screwed. The
sparse elements require more strategy
than strength and I immediately and
awkwardly swung sideways. Struggling
with balance for a few long seconds
was vulnerable; and fear stemmed
not from actual danger but from loss
of bodily control. I remembered the
staffs’ tips to lean in to the supporting
rope and cautiously made my way
across. Relieved, I looked ahead to an
intimidating spider webby wall.
I turned to the seasoned gentlemen
behind us for advice
and they encouraged
me to use my leg
strength. I am pretty
darn
strong,
so
gained confidence as
I picked up speed and
completed the yellow
course. Justin’s time
was up so I had the
option of continuing
through the green
course alone or ziplining for 30 more
minutes. I spotted
another
ropey,
potentially
wobbly
element ahead (yes,
there were children
attempting it with no
hesitation). I opted
for the zip line.
I regret not going
for it because I know
I could’ve done it; but
I’d never zip lined
and it requires far
less skill. I did all three zips and was
excitedly nervous before each one. The
700-footer is the fastest and most fun,
and I screamed with delight each time.
My experience at Vista Lago
Adventure Park was fun, thrilling,
confidence building, and suitable
for the mildly athletic and rarely
adventurous. I will definitely visit again
and give myself two hours to push
myself further. Now that I understand
the general movements, energy, and
strategy involved, I will go in with
confidence-- unafraid to fail or flail.
Choose your own adventure at http://
vistalagoadventurepark.com/.
Courtney Haile is a fitness instructor
and writer living in San Luis Obispo.
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e’ve all heard the saying, “If
you want to get something
done, ask a busy person.”
While recently speaking with San Luis
Obispo surgeon, Dr. Ke-Ping Tsao,
these words definitely resonate.
In addition to maintaining a busy
medical practice during his 36 years on
the Central Coast, Dr. Tsao has always
maintained a “spirit of service.” He has
spent time on the Board of Directors for
the Foundation for the Performing Arts
Center, the Mozart Festival/Festival
Mosaic, SLO County Medical Society,
French Hospital Medical Center, and
the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden
(SLOBG). In 2007 French Hospital
awarded him with the Louis Tedone
Humanitarian Award.
He noted in a recent conversation
about his experience on the SLOBG
board that regardless of background
and expertise, we all have something to
contribute.
“Every organization needs people
with lots of different experiences for its
governing board,” Dr. Tsao said. “This
is a great community, and the greatness
of it is derived from how connected
people are. You’d be surprised how
much you have in common with
others on the board of a non-profit
organization.”
Dr. Tsao noted that of the five current
board members for the Botanical
Garden, only three would consider
themselves “plant people.” And on
the French Hospital Medical Center
Community Board, the majority
of members are not of a medical
background, by design.
Although he is not one of the “plant
people,” Dr. Tsao brought to the
SLOBG board an understanding of
how organizations evolve and grow,
an interest in the outdoors and the
natural world, as well as the desire to
honor the memory of his father, who
was a gardener. “I’m not a gardener,
but I am good with organizations,” he
said. “Everyone brings his or her own
experience to the table.”
That experience was put to the test
when the garden hit upon tough times
during the recession - going from
an organization flush with capital
to a basic operation struggling to
survive. “We would not have survived
it (the recession) without the help of
Spokes,” said Dr. Tsao. Spokes is a
non-profit organization based in San
Luis Obispo that provides solutions,
service, and support for other nonprofit organizations. “Shrinking is very
difficult, and we’re not businesspeople.
We didn’t know what to do, what to cut,
or how to keep the garden functional in
that climate.”
Spokes brought in an executive
director “on loan” as part of a pilot
program, with volunteers who have
that type of business management
experience. Spokes and its CEO, Lesley
Santos Dierks, “made the difficulties
a little less painful,” Dr. Tsao is a challenge, no question,” he said.
added. “Lesley has good insight and “There are problems that have to be
communicates well the idea that we’re solved and when we’re able to do that,
not alone, that a lot of organizations are it’s gratifying. It takes a long time to see
going through similar experiences.”
the fruits of your labor, but it’s a great
Now that the recession is hopefully a feeling and I would encourage people to
thing of the past, the Botanical Garden get involved.”
board is looking to the future, with
To help interested community
a new venture to generate revenue. members do just that, Spokes offers
SLOBG plans to launch a commercial many programs for non-profits and
enterprise –a zipline – that would their volunteers. The monthly Best
be under the auspices of a benefit Practices for Nonprofit Governance
corporation that donates its proceeds class teaches about the roles and
back to the non-profit organization.
responsibilities of board members.
“I thought it would be a win for Happy Hub Hour, on the calendar
everyone,” Dr. Tsao said. The public for September 20, provides a relaxed
will get a fun recreational activity, and environment for meeting other nonthe Garden benefits from the revenue. profit volunteers, staff, and donors. For
Currently, the concept is under review more information, call Spokes at 805for permits and permissions.
547-2244 or visit the website www.
Until it launches, people can still visit spokesfor nonprofits.org.
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garden nestled
in the hills
of El Chorro
Condor Recovery at Hi Mountain
Regional Park,
off Highway 1
with Maracell Bakkula
between
San
Saturday, August 13 at 1 p.m.
Luis
Obispo
and Morro Bay.
Learn
more
Poaching, lead poisoning and habitat destruction
from
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wild in 1987. Due to tremendous efforts, the largest
Seeing
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Paso
Robles
Youth
Arts
Foundation
Drama
Summer
Camp for kids 6-10-years old is set
to run from 9 a.m. to noon MondayFriday, Aug. 1-5 in Paso Robles. Camps
are $125 per child for the 5-day session
and include a pizza party, group photo,
and T-shirt. For more information,
see:
www.pryaf.org/summer-campfundraisers or call, 805-238- 5825. Led
by Drama Department director, Claire
Fundaro and camp counselors Bekah
Hahn, Joseph Truong, Genevieve
Higuera and Gabe Gannage the camp
covers all elements of theater such as
creating costumes, props and sets, and
acting.
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The Clark Center presents the
Central
Coast
Woodstock
Celebration IV. Enjoy wine and
beer, music by Unfinished Business
and barbecue by Central Coast
Smokers. There will be live and silent
auctions with proceeds benefiting
the Clark Center. The afternoon will
contain dancing to the great music of
Woodstock. Grab your favorite tie-dyed
T-shirt and celebrate peace, love, music
and of course, the ‘60s. The event will
take place on August 6 at 4:00 p.m. at
Thousand Hills Ranch. Tickets will be
$75 each. For more information and
tickets, visit www.clarkcenter.org.
•••
“The Best of Big Blue Live,” a
1-hour documentary about Monterey
Bay’s marine life will be shown at the
SLO Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,
2201 Lawton St., SLO at 3 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 6. Free admission. The
film features magnificent photography
of the myriad life forms in Monterey
Bay — humpback whales, blue whales,
The San Luis Obispo
Museum of Art presents
“Fleurs Mortes,” paintings
and drawings by Buena Park
artist, Carol Goldmark
sea lions, dolphins, elephant seals, sea
otters, great white sharks, shearwaters,
and brown pelicans, and more. After
the film is a panel discussion about the
proposed Chumash Heritage National
Marine Sanctuary. Panel members are
Fred Collins, tribal administrator for
the Northern Chumash Tribal Council,
Andrew Christie, director of the Santa
Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club, and
P.J. Webb, chairwoman of the Monterey
Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
•••
Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San
Luis Obispo will host “Visual Tales,”
a 3-person digital photographic art
show running Friday, Aug. 5-29. A free
reception is set for 6 p.m. Aug. 5 during
Art After Dark. See the photographers’
unique visions in story telling through
the art of digital photography. Photogs
are Michael Messina, Dennis Jackson
and Kabe Russell.
•••
The 33rd Annual National Night
Out will be celebrated from 5-7
p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2 in Cloister’s
Park in North Morro Bay. There
will be a barbecue with local police
informational booths and exhibitions
and potluck. Bring a dish to share. The
even is sponsored by the Morro Bay
Neighborhood Watch Assoc., and is a
chance to mingle with neighbors and the
local police officers. See: mbneighbors.
com for more information.
•••
The San Luis Obispo Museum of Art
presents “Fleurs Mortes,” paintings
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and drawings by Buena Park artist,
Carol Goldmark, on exhibit from Aug.
5 through Oct. 2. There’s a free opening
reception from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5
during Art After Dark. Goldmark will
give a free lecture at 3 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 6. Goldmark’s artwork portrays
flowers and other themes surrounding
the fleeting nature of flowering plants
using flowers and insects in varying
degrees of vitality as metaphors for
life and death, beauty and decay,
the passage of time, and the gradual
disintegration of human flesh, bones,
and organs. SLOMA is at 1010 Broad
St., SLO behind Mission Plaza.
•••
San Luis Kitchen Company presents
monthly Free Kitchen Design
Seminars. If you are thinking about
remodeling your kitchen, then this
is the class for you! The next class is
How Do I Start My Kitchen Design and
is a good introduction to those taking
their first steps. The class will be held
Saturday, Aug. 13 at 10:30 a.m. to noon
at the San Luis Kitchen showroom.
Free gourmet brunch included. Seating
is limited so you must RSVP. To RSVP,
call 541-7117.
•••
Author, Ruth Cherry, PhD, will sign
her book, “Practicing Vibrational
Alignment,” from 2-3 p.m. Sunday,
Aug. 14 at Coalesce Bookstore Chapel,
845 Main St., Morro Bay. The book is
written for anyone who faces a challenge
— physical, emotional, financial,
relational — translating time-tested
wisdom principles into daily activities.
It gives readers a life orientation to
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months of journal entries, as well as
professionally, as she teaches readers
to know their inner worlds. She is a
clinical psychologist practicing in San
Luis Obispo. See her web site at: www.
meditationintro.com.
•••
Today’s Internet and technology is
imperative to reaching a business’s
r target market. SCORE is offering
a class on Marketing With
Technology to help small business
owners better understand how to utilize
d technology for their marketing efforts.
Topics discussed will include how to
identify your unique selling position
and to effectively communicate that
message via websites, keyboards,
SEO and blogs to effectively capture
t customers and sales. The class will be
held on Wednesday, Aug. 10 from 9
a.m. to noon at America’s Job Center.
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ARTS Obispo is searching for
volunteers to help with the Arts &
Economic Prosperity 5 study. It
is well known that arts and culture
enriches communities and now is the
time to find out the numbers. The
study is conducted every five years by
Americans for the Arts to examine the
economic impact of arts organizations
and events on communities nationwide.
Volunteers would be aiding in
conducting audience intercept surveys
from now until Dec. 31. For more
information or to volunteer, see: www.
artsobispo.org.
•••
Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., is
hosting inexpensive art workshops
for teenagers, ages 13-18, in August.
The first is from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Wednesday-Thursday, Aug. 3-4. Cost
is $20 a person a second workshop is
third Saturday of the month (Aug. 6) at
2 p.m. They supply free popcorn and a
G or PG-rated movie. Call 528-1862 for
title.
A community theatre reading of
The Philadelphia Story is set for 6:30
p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4. All are welcome
and no auditions required. Free.
The Seabird Olympics, a hands-on,
educational activity for kids to learn
about seabirds’ adaptations is set for 3
p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Free.
The library’s therapy dog, Carly, will
be on hand to listen to kids read at 3
p.m. the second Friday of the month
(Aug. 12). Share stories with Carly.
Free.
The Desert Coast Dancers will
combine dance and storytelling with a
live performance 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
13. Free.
The 8th Annual Children’s Craft
Faire is set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday
Sports activities and social events are
held all year long. See website at: www.
sloskiers.org or call 528-3194 for more
information.
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The
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Bay
Merchant’s
Association is having its 41st Annual
Summer Street Fair, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7 in Downtown
Morro Bay. Vendor applications are
still available on the Association’s
website, at Morro-bay.net. Early bird
vendors get a discount on their fees and
for also signing up for the Merchant’s
Association’s Holiday Street Faire,
set for Sunday, Nov. 27. There will be
lots of arts & crafts vendors, a variety
of merchandise, food, live music, and
more. Admission is free. The Summer
Street Fair is a fundraiser for the nonprofit, Merchant’s Association and a
summertime tradition for more than 40
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gallery at: 772-2504 or Alice Issac at:
The Avila Beach Community Center (805) 225-1286. Gallery is open noon-4
is putting on a Bingo Night and p.m. daily.
Spaghetti Dinner from 6-9 p.m.
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Saturday, Aug. 13 at the Avila Beach
Community Center. All proceeds
Los Osos Library is hosting several
support the operations of the Avila free public events at the library, 2075
Beach Community Center. Tickets at the Palisades Ave., and sponsored by the
door are $10 for adults, $5 for children Friends of the Library. Call 528-1862
8-under. Price includes first bingo for more information.
card with additional cards available
Family Movie Night is held every
for $1 each. Wine and beer available to
purchase. Tickets will be available at
the Avila Beach Civic Association office
and at the
door. For more
Paso Robles Youth Arts Foundation
information,
Drama Summer Camp
call (805) 6271997 or email:
avilabeachcc@
gmail.com.
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For those considering starting a
business, SCORE is offering a free
workshop that provides an overview
of the basics. The class topics include
fundamentals, business plans and how
to use and understand financial reports.
The class takes place on WEDNESDAY,
Aug. 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at America’s Job Center. For more
information, SEE: www.sanluisobispo.
score.org.
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Aug. 20. All are welcome to come and
purchase items. Kids 13-younger are
can bring their handcrafted items
priced $4 or less to sell. Mandatory
applications are due by Aug. 10 and are
available at the Los Osos Library.
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SLO Skiers, a non-profit sport
and social club, is having its next free
monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday,
Aug. 3 at the Elks’ Club Lodge, 222 Elks
Ln., in San Luis Obispo. Membership
is $40 a year and is open to all adults.
years. Go to the website at: morro-bay.
net for more information.
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The Morro Bay Historical Society
presents, “Hidden History,” an
exhibit of rarely seen, exceptional
paintings on display Thursday, Aug.
11 to Friday, Sept. 16 at the Morro Bay
Art Association’s Art Center Gallery,
835 Main St. There’s a free artist’s
reception set for 5-8 p.m. Friday, Aug.
12, part of the monthly Artwalk Fridays
event. Artworks by prominent 20th
Century artists who lived or worked
in the Estero Bay communities, circa
1920 through 1970 will be displayed.
Celebrated artists include, Charles
Hoxsey “Robbie” Robinson (18621945), Aaron E. Kilpatrick (1872-1953),
Marian Barnett, (1913-1978), Joyce
Pike, Gladys and Stanton Gray.
•••
The Pismo Beach Chamber of
Commerce and Arroyo Grande/Grover
Beach Chamber of Commerce presents,
“Party On Price!” a business
mixer open house showcasing local
businesses. Complete the “passport”
by viewing different businesses, and be
entered into a fabulous raffle. The mixer
is Wednesday, Aug. 24 from 5:30-7:30
p.m. Check in will be at the Pismo
Beach Chamber’s booth, 990 Price St.,
(at Pismo Beach Veterinary Clinic).
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Gavino and Xavier nurture
could be a family
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living
and
working
transplanting in the ground
side-by-side,
producing
a
or keeping them in pots. Once
product that energizes daily
bamboo roots, it needs less
while contributing to their
water and fertilizer and can
community.
be harvested annually without
The Gavino Villa Family
killing it.
of Paso Robles is living that
Age is determined by the
dream, but it has taken hard
color of the cane. Full grown,
work to realize their budding
it is strong and light, good
success.
for fencing, walls or even
“Yes, we have a bamboo forest
commercial
construction
in Paso Robles,” said Gavino
scaffolding. Shade gardens
Villa, the chief “Bambusero”
are cooler in the summer and
of the Paso Bamboo Farm
protective in the winter.
& Nursery. He added with a
The Paso Bamboo Farm
proud smile, “This is a family
currently grows 40 varieties.
business. My wife, Fani, is the
“We sell mostly six or seven,”
chief accountant.”
said Gavino. “The world trends
While interviewing for jobs
are to increase density while
before his graduation from Cal
humans have an innate need
Poly, their son, Xavier, accepted
for privacy. Bamboo can thrive
his father’s invitation to partner
on gray water. Our clients can
in the business, digging
have serene privacy for net-zero
trenches to plant bamboo
water use.”
privacy gardens and borders.
Gavino is a proponent of
recycling, creating and using
“I liked seeing the fruits of
mulch. “Mulch can solve our
our labor,” Xavier said. And as
Paso water problems,” he said.
his sisters finish their Cal Poly
“When captured by mulch,
educations,
“Bambuseritas”
rainwater will stay on the
Mariela and Victoria also
land. Mulch keeps weeds from
contribute, including creative
growing, feeds the soil, and
innovations in product sales
reduces our water use.”
and marketing.
He shakes his head and
Gavino’s parents moved to a
farm in Half Moon Bay when
smiles. “I see people fill their
he was 8. “My dad was a farmer
green waste can then go to Home
in Mexico where I first learn
Depot and buy mulch. Xavier
to love plants,” he said. “Our
and I recycle our bamboo,
bay area backyard had a clump
supplement with mulch then
surrounded by bamboo. We
plant with earthworm eggs to
couldn’t afford to go to exotic
continuously energize the soil.”
places so it became our oasis.”
Their biggest jobs to date
College was expected, so
are Allegretto Vineyard Resort
he received a mechanical
of Paso Robles and the new
engineering
degree
from
San Luis Obispo campus of
Gavino Villa touring SLO Retired Active Men’s
the University of the Pacific
MINDBODY. “First we planted
(Stockton) and a Masters from Society (RAMS) at Paso Bamboo Farm & Nursery. Rick Stollmeyer’s (MINDBODY
the University of California,
CEO) backyard. Bamboo fit his
Photo by Judy Salamacha
Santa Barbara.
company’s philosophy.”
“I worked on rockets,” he said.
The farm is open for visitors.
“Yes, a true rocket engineer.” He
“I’m a people person,” Gavino
designed nuclear missiles at Lockheed bamboo’s reputation of creeping into said. “I prefer to have people visit the
Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale. a neighbor’s yard or squeezing out farm and see what we have. The farm
“Our home was in Fremont. My break everything else in a garden. Gavino and and what we do sells itself.”
from aerospace was planting things.”
Paso Bamboo Farm & Nursery is
Xavier understand how to maintain
In 2001, Villa retired and his family bamboo in urban areas. “Fifty to located at 5590
took over an abandoned dairy farm in 80-years ago,” Gavino explained, N. River Road.
Paso Robles. It had an original barn, “bamboo was primarily used as lawn Find directions
now their nursery, but first they had to borders, but it would take over the at:
www.
plant.
lawn. It colonizes where there is water p a s o b a m b o o .
“The farm had no trees,” said Gavino. in dry areas.
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some bamboo. I kept it in trash bags. feet. We plant, contain and irrigate all columnist and
It survived the summer with a little at once.”
author, Judy
bit of water. The challenge was finding
Bamboo has short roots, and growth S a l a m a c h a ’ s
bamboo varieties that could thrive rates vary from 8-inches per day to Then & Now
withstanding the 50-degree differential 70-inches within 2 months. The stock column is a regular feature of Tolosa
of Paso, and the gophers. It was an grows only once with offshoots, its Press. Contact her at: judysalamacha@
expensive hobby period.”
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occurring above and below it.
Pes planus or fallen arches of your
feet cause your knees to roll inwards,
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medial (or middle) aspect of the knee.
This can lead to increased angular
torque and pressure on your knee’s
meniscus, cartilage and/or ligaments,
making your knee more vulnerable to
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The Tensor Fascia Latae is a muscle
that originates on the front of your
pelvis and runs down the outer side
of your thigh, then connects with the
Iliotibial band. The iliotibial band
attaches to the tibia just below your
knee. Tightness of this complex will
lead your thigh to rotate inwards thus
causing you to be knocked kneed. To
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thigh, the lower leg rotates outwards
thus causing further strain of the knee
joint. If not addressed in a timely
manner, this phenomenon puts your
knee at a high risk for injury.
A pelvis or back which is out of
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your knees. Many muscles originate
from the bones of your back and insert
down your thigh and legs. If these boney
attachments are out of alignment, the
muscles attached to them are subject to
altered tension and length imbalances.
Muscles could be tighter or more
stretched out and then will not respond
appropriately to challenges in activity.
Try testing the strains placed on your
knee yourself, by changing your back
position. Simply stand up, then go
back and forth between fully arching
your back to rounding your back. Pay
attention to what your knees and ankles
do as a result of these motions.
Don’t let your knees fall victim
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1pm-9pm
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900 West Branch Street
Arroyo Grande
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3 tbls. chopped fresh mint
1 tbsp. harissa
1 ½ tsp. ground cumin
1 ½ tsp. finely grated fresh ginger
Kosher salt
6 small to medium carrots, grated on
the large holes of a box grater or cut
into thin strips with a julienne peeler
1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. cumin seed
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½ cup crumbled feta
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By Michael Elliott
Rocky
Mountain
High- High. How are
you? Not how high are
you, silly! Ever been
to a Colorado Rockies
professional
baseball
game in Denver? If
so you are an official
member of their milehigh club as Denver’s
elevation is about a
mile above sea level.
Congratulations!
There is a rather perplexing
phenomenon that takes place at
each Rockies home game. And
no, I’m in no way referring to
the occasional waft of legal
marijuana smoke, m-a-a-a-a-n,
which emanates periodically from
individually constructed teepees in
the stands. I’m specifically talking
about the high number of runs
scored at nearly each game played
at Coors Field.
Now, what makes this perplexing
is that the home-team Rockies have
never been, and are not now, great
sluggers of the baseball. They most
always languish around the middle
of the National League Western
Division at .500 or below. They
strike fear in nobody’s heart. But
they do have entertainment value
as a plethora of runs are sure to be
scored anytime one attends their
home games.
Sports books set over and under
totals for each game played. The
normal over and under number
is around 7 or 8 runs projected to
be scored in each game. When a
Rockies game is being played in
Denver the runs total is generally set
at 11 or 12. For purists of the game
that is a huge difference. Different
factors are involved here. The
alluded-to high elevation is most
prominent as the lighter air allows
the baseball to carry further. The
fences are not uncommonly far
from home plate nor are they tall
fences, which make hitters literally
salivate! Additionally, all pitchers
that take the mound at Coors
Field are scared poopless and are
unnerved, as they know that their
earned run averages are about
to take a major hit as home runs
abound in Denver.
The fans get a real high out of all of
those runs being scored. Heck, the
Rockies probably average around
30,000 spectators per home game,
which is above the Major League
Baseball average.
And I think
we all would agree that highs are
better than lows in life, as well as in
ballgames.
ConcussedThink
I bumped my head
because I can’t quite
wrap my head around
this subject and, as
well, I’m just scratching
my head in regards to
this subject matter,
which deals with gray
matter. Definitely a grey
area here. But before
delving deeper into this
sport short, please note that this is
a very serious subject that I do not
take lightly.
Is it right for former wrestlers who
grappled for the World Wrestling
Entertainment (WWE) group to sue
them for head trauma purportedly
attained through their wrestling
efforts while under contract with
the WWE? I suppose one would
have to be privy to the verbiage
contained in the signed contracts
in order to make a determination
here but as an outsider I have a bit
of a problem with the behemoths
filing suit against the organization
that, in essence, “made” them the
entertainment icons that a lot of
them became and paid them quite
handsomely.
I, personally, would assume that
the wrestlers could have bowed out
of further wrestling endeavors after
initial concussions. Recent scientific
data has shown that prolonged
blows to the cranium and repeated
concussions are indeed the cause of
long-term brain damage. Duh! The
wrestler who goes back into the
ring after being concussed is just
asking for possible permanent brain
damage. He should have brains
enough to just say no. You would
assume that he and his handlers are
smart enough to know when enough
is enough in order to get out of the
racket.
On the other hand, if the dude
is a big breadwinner for the
organization, and for his team, they
may not take into consideration his
well-being and push him forward
against foes he has no business
engaging. Money drives a lot of
those decisions. Slippery slope here
ladies and gentlemen. Broaching
this subject is just a heads-up as to
what lies ahead as the lawyers are
going to be the only winners when
these types of suits surface. Purely
head games if you ask me. That
being said, I’m heading out.
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Nightwriters
Carson’s Cat
By Ruth Starr
I
’m a cat! I’m big and beautiful,
orange and white with a bit of
yellow. Very modestly, I think,
I’m more clever and interesting than
most people. My claws are long and
sharp. Don’t mess with me. Bathing
is important. Unlike humans, I don’t
need a tub, just my paw, my tongue,
and voila I’m clean.
There was this one guy, Carson;
his wife wouldn’t let me in the house.
She didn’t like cats. He put me in
his car and left me at the local golf
course. That was scary. I had to fend
for myself. Carson named me D’arcy.
Why do humans think animals need
human names?
There’s a group of three guys who
hang out at the golf clubhouse telling
each other lies that I observe. They
play lousy golf. But, they keep me in
food and drink. Mother of God, one
of ‘em even got me a bag of decent
cat food. Arriving there, I was plain
out starving. Hallucinations of huge
hunks of tuna on a platter plagued
me.
What these guys didn’t
know, is that I know, and
I’ve known, and I’ll
continue to know about
them. You see my
grandma, Angel Cat,
was a psychic. May
be strange that a cat
could be a psychic. Then
a generation was skipped, her magical
qualities passed to me like the ability
to see into people’s minds. It’s a gift.
Can be a nuisance sometimes with
information I don’t care about. Take
the political scene…nah, better not go
there.
Besides the three guys there’s one
woman who hangs with them. They
don’t have a clue about her. I’m tellin’
ya, I know about these people. A book
could be written about each one of
them. If I was the author, boy, I’d
have lots to tell.
Every Tuesday morning, the four
people show up for their golf game.
One guy is always early so he can
make sure everything is set up
properly. Something has to
be in proper order since
his head ain’t. It’s so
pedestrian! Bored, I
licked my paw and
washed my face.
While
I
was
stretching my neck
around to lick my back, I thought,
“Ha, I’ve lasted here awhile and
wasn’t a young chick when I arrived.
I wish someone would give me a
home. I don’t wanna go to no animal
shelter.”
A few more years passed when
Carson showed up one day. “C’mon
here D’arcy, I’ve got big news for
you. I found some nice people who
run an old cats’ home and you have
been selected to live there. It’s time
to retire!”
I settled in, getting my own bed. It’s
not a bad place even with the hissing,
meowing, litter box fights and
groveling
for good
cat food.
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R u t h
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20 years
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Framed
Naked Ladies
Swaying in the
Breeze
Story and photo by www.
PhotoByVivian
T
hat got some folks attention!
Regaining popularity, Naked
Ladies were all the rage in the
mid 1800s. Starting at the end of July
and peaking in August, you may see
Naked Ladies dancing and swaying in
the breeze in old cemeteries, alongside
barns, on the outskirts of farmland,
on the sides of hills and sometimes in
open spaces where a house most likely
stood at one time.
They go by many names,
Belladonna Lily, Magic Lily, Pink
Lily, Resurrection Lily, Madonna Lily
and Surprise Lily, and a few more as
well. They’re called naked because
the flowers have no leaves on their
smooth reddish brown stems. When
it is hot and the earth is bare, spikes
from these amazing flowers seem to
come out of the ground from nowhere
and in a matter of a few days grow to
a foot tall or more stretching towards
the sun.
When they bloom they have a small
bouquet of pink flowers at the tip. After
the flowers die back, the ground is
bare once again until the spring when
a green plant will emerge whose leaves
will then die back during the summer
waiting for the Naked Ladies return in
the late summer.
Naked Ladies love the hot weather
and thrive in the sun or a little shade.
They are an Amaryllis and grow wild
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Jersey sometimes being called a Jersey
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How To Appreciate Non
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hen we look at
a piece of art,
our
response
to it is triggered by our
personal life experiences.
Reactions to the same
image can be very
different, to some; A Rose
is not a Rose. Sometimes
we cannot account for
why we like a painting,
we just do. Then again,
when we view a historical
“masterpiece”, we just
don’t understand why it
was decreed as such.
A local art historian
believes that non-object
art, pure abstraction, Untitled (First Abstract Watercolor) by Kadinsky
has lost its public appeal
because this type of art is
perceived as chaotic. To
line, shape, color, value,
paraphrase; “Paintings
texture, form, and space.
that offer a lifelike image,
These are organized or
especially
landscapes
composed
according
that include a body of
to balance, contrast,
water, transmit feelings
emphasis,
movement,
of peace and tranquility.
pattern, rhythm, unity/
The viewer doesn’t have
variety. The manner
to guess what it is. Our
in which the artist
(Central Coast) hillsides
uses these elements to
and
coastlines
offer
complete the painting is
artists unlimited vistas
the Artist’s signature; i.e.
to paint. Residents and
Jackson Pollock’s drip
tourists alike want to look
paintings. (Try doing
at these. Possessing art
a Pollock like painting
that depicts our area gives
yourself
at
www.
a little piece of ownership
jacksonpollock.org)
in our area.”
A composition without
Is the “sale” what
a literal form is exciting
inspires the artist to
because of how these
make art? Some artists
composition
elements
will even add a body
play upon each. The
of water, a building,
more obscure the subject
people, and animals to
the more subjective
a landscape where none
its interpretation. The
actually exists to facilitate
viewer’s
experience
a sale. This is reality
is not defined by the
The Dancer
that is not real. Artists
realism subject matter;
By Jayne Behman
declare
these
altered
instead the experience
realities as contemporary
is
philosophical,
abstractions.
psychological, and spiritual.
Nonobjective
and
Kandinsky is recognized as the first
nonrepresentational art are intangible artist to abandon the representation of
art forms. These terms conjure similar objects in painting. In 1910 he painted
meanings because of the use of form, “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”, one
color and line to create the composition. of the most important and influential
The core design elements
works of art of the 20th
are what you see in pure
century. His abstracts
abstraction
without
are
characterized
by
visual
references
in
brilliant
color
and
the world. Abstraction
swirling movement, and
art provokes thought
the forcefulness of the
through its composition.
Expressionism
from
Composition
is
which they sprang.
different from subject
Abstraction is departure
matter. All art genres use
from reality. This is a
elements of composition
refreshing thought. Now,
to give the painting
go to a museum or gallery
structure and convey
and look at non-objective
the intent of the artist:
art with a fresh eye.
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Amphora Gallery
4070 Burton Dr.
Cambria
805-927-8273
Arthur Van Rhyn Studio
Cambria
805-927-5576
Artists Garden
316 Grove St.
Los Osos
805-528-1068
Baywood Fine Art
1316 2nd St.
Los Osos
805-528-8021
By The Bay Gallery
895 Embarcadero
Morro Bay
805-772-5563
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Bronze, Silver
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4044 Burton Dr.
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805-927-5421
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Cayucos Art
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10 Cayucos Dr.
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805-995-2049
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Dexter Smith Art Studio
5945 Ebtrada Ave.
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601 Embarcadero
Morro Bay
805-772-4972
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1164 Quintana Rd.
Morro Bay
805-771-9095
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345 Harbor St.
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805-772-2890
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601 Embarcadero
Morro Bay
805-772-4972
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2180 Old Creamery Rd.
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805-927-4248
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407 Morro Bay Blvd.
Morro Bay
805-772-2890
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Lady Spencer
148 N Ocean Ave.
Cayucos
805-995-3771
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Maggie’s Meticulous
Mat & Frame Shop
2280 Sunset Dr.
Los Osos
805-772-4700
The Frame Shop
2131 10th St. Ste A
Los Osos
805-543-1743
Cambria
Harmony
Cayucos
Atascadero
Under The Sea
833 Embarcadero
Morro Bay
805-772-4872
Wild Fowl
2415 Juniper Ave.
Morro Bay
805-772-5811
SAN LUIS OBISPO
A Muse Gallery
845 Higuera St.
San Luis Obispo
805-439-3000
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Amnesia
787 Higuera St.
San Luis Obispo
805-543-4323
Art After Dark
1123 Mill St.
San Luis Obispo
805-544-9251
artobispo.org
Art Central
1329 Monterey St.
San Luis Obispo
805-747-4200
artcentralartsupply.com
Arts Council
San Luis Obispo County
570 Higuera St.
San Luis Obispo
805-544-9251
sloartscouncil.org
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Gene Francis Gallery
1120 Garden St.
San Luis Obispo
805-545-7902
genefrancis.net
Hands Gallery
777 Higuera St.
San Luis Obispo
805-543-1921
handsgallery.com
Beltran Art
102 E Branch St.
Arroyo Grande
805-264-5572
Just Looking Gallery
746 Higuera St.
San Luis Obispo
805-541-6663
justlookinggallery.com
Arroyo Grande
Steynberg Gallery
1531 Monterey St.
San Luis Obispo
805-547-0278
steynberggallery.com
Frame Works
339 Marsh St.
San Luis Obispo
805-542-9000
sloart.com
Hillsborough
Galleries of SLO
793 Higuera St.
San Luis Obispo
805-544-4670
Excellent Center
For Art & Culture
1101 W Grand Ave.
Grover Beach
805-481-7577
Harbor Lights Gallery
580 Cypress St.
Pismo Beach
805-773-8057
iWordArt
Pismo Beach
805-574-9197
Seaside Gallery
580 Cypress St.
Pismo Beach
805-295-6386
theseasidegallery.com
San Luis Obispo
Museum of Art
1010 Broad St.
San Luis Obispo
805-543-8562
sloma.org
Thomas Kinkade Gallery
500 Cypress St.
Pismo Beach
805-773-9424
kinkadecentralcoast.com
Stampluis Studios Blackbird
1036 Chorro St.
San Luis Obispo
805-541-5197
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126 E Branch St.
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1330 Southwood Dr Apt 5, San
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570 Higuera St. Ste 150,
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2198 Main St.
Morro Bay
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530-296-4181
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Native Spirit Gallery
333 Bernardo Ave.
Morro Bay
805-772-2571
morrobay.org/nativespirit-gallery
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2991 Ocean Blvd.
Cayucos
805-900-5232
sunfirearts.com
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835 Main St.
Morro Bay
805-771-2504
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601 Embarcadero
Morro Bay
805-772-2504
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Arroyo Grande
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Downtown SLO Farmers’ Market
kicks off the month of August with
its Fresh Picked Concert Series. The
event, presented by the San Luis
Obispo Collection with support from
Union Bank, features the local band
Babylon Rockers on the Harvest Stage
on August 4th at 6:30 PM. The Babylon
Rockers describe themselves as a hard
working social reggae band with global
influences from the Carribean, Pacific
Islands and right here in California.
They also draw upon inspiration from
reggae artists like Bob Marley, Steel
Pulse, Midnite and many others. With
such eclectic influences, they deliver a
dynamic musical experience playing
both original tunes and weaving
their unique
sound
into
classic reggae
favorites.
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ake in the sights and sounds of
summertime at the Downtown
SLO Farmers’ Market! From an
array of seasonal fruits and vegetables
to the savory scent of barbeque,
Higuera Street becomes a street
fair venue like no other. Locals and
visitors from near and far can enjoy
the last weeks of summer vacation
taking in the beautiful ambiance, free
entertainment, delectable dishes,
locally made products and recognize
the fruits of labor of our farmers during
National Farmers’ Market Week.
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concerts with food, drinks, ice cream.
Bring a chair, the kids & dancing shoes!
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August is also packed with other
musical acts from some of our returning
favorites like Anthony Roselli and
Lord of the Cello on August 11th as
well as Sound on Sound performing
on August 25th. On August 18th, The
Legendary Hotdog Burrito Brothers
will be coming out to the Downtown
SLO Farmers’ Market for the first time!
The duo, made up of Sebastian Luna
and Jody Mulgrew, will be bringing
Americana roots rock music to The
Market with tunes influenced by Steve
Earle, Creedence Clearwater Revival
and The Everly’s. For the complete
entertainment line up you can visit
the Downtown SLO Farmers’ Market
MO’s Smokehouse BBQ won last year’s
Downtown SLO Farmers’ Market FOOD
FIGHT with their MO’s Piggy Mac & Cheese
website at DowntownSLO.com or visit
our social media sites.
Along with great music, there are
a few special events to look forward
to at the Downtown SLO Farmers’
Market this August. We will be hosting
the second annual “Food Fight” on
August 11th in recognition of National
Farmers’ Market Week. Visitors will
have a chance to sample specialty items
from our vendors and vote on their
favorites of the night. We will also be
having our Discover Healthy Living
Tours on August 18th, which have been
revamped now offering more flexibility
to participants. Come by the Downtown
SLO Farmers’ Market booth on Higuera
and Chorro Streets to speak with a
Registered Dietician, play some games
and possibly win a basket of fresh
produce. Lastly, Habitat for Humanity
will be having an event on Morro Street
the evening of August 25th
filled with activities and
opportunities to educate
visitors on their mission
to provide affordable
housing for the county.
August also brings
an exciting selection
of
delicious
fruits
and
vegetables
like
blackberries,
figs,
peaches, super sweet
corn, summer squash
and plums.
You can
find each of these in
our Certified Farmers’
Market section that has
recently expanded onto
Chorro Street with the
latest addition of Branden’s Gourmet
Mushrooms. Just a reminder for those
of you have EBT (CalFresh/SNAP), you
can now spend your EBT funds at The
Market to purchase these fresh fruits
and vegetables along with many others.
You can collect your tokens at the EBT
booth on Higuera directly in front of
the Union Bank Parking Lot.
With so many new developments
underway at The Market there is plenty
going on for our loyal locals and visitors
alike. So don’t let the rest of summer
pass you by without coming out to
Discover Local Flavor at the Downtown
SLO Farmers’ Market.
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WHERE THE PARTY
NEVER ENDS!
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Allen Stone returns
to Castoro Cellars with
a full band on 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 7
St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church,
2220 Snowy Egret Ln., Los Osos will
host a “healing concert” in response
to the tragedy in Orlando, Fla., and
benefiting the Gay and Lesbian Center
of SLO, and St. benedict’s ministry,
set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 29. Cost
is $15 at the door. The show features
The Candlelight Strings, a quartet
performing classics by Bach and Mozart
and other arrangements by violinist,
Bette Byers. Candlelight Strings also
features Dr. Maurice Sklar on violin,
Jeanne Shumway on cello, and Sal
Garza, who was classically trained by
the late-Botso Korisheli. Sponsored by
Waste Connection and St. Benedict’s.
The next Downtown Brown Bag
Concert at San Luis Obispo First
Presbyterian Church is set for noon
Friday, Aug. 5. Free. The show features
award winning singer, songwriter and
producer Phil Sillas, and coffee and
fair trade chocolates will be available.
First Pres is at the corner of Morro and
Marsh streets in Downtown SLO.
Ziggy Marley, he be comin’ to da
Central Coast, mon, with special guest,
Steel Pulse at da Vino Robles Ampa-teater. Ziggy be on a Nort Ah-mere-can tour after releasing him latest
album dat he release last May. Dis’ be
his first album in two year, mon, since
him critically acclaim, “Fly Rasta,” dat
won da 2015 Grammy for Best Raggae
Album. Doors be openin’ at 5:30, and
da show start at 7 on Friday, August de
12th. Tickets be $46 in advance mon,
and dey be $51 at da door. For tickets
and more information, visit de website
at: www.vinaroblesamphitheatre.com.
Hurd, Ricki Weintraub and Danny
Gotlieb. All are know for performing
songs, spirituals, folk tunes with
insightful lyrics in the Jewish musical
traditions. Get there early and bring
a chair to sit on. Sponsored by the
Baywood Navy.
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Allen Stone returns to Castoro Cellars
with a full band for
a fun concert for all
ages set for 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 7. Tickets
are $30 in advance, $35
at the door. The concert
will be a standing
room only with food
and wine available
for purchase. Stone
makes it clear that he
can make incredible
soulful music that goes
beyond everyday pop.
For tickets, see: www.
castorocellars.com or
call (805) 238-0725.
Preparations
are
underway
for
the
“Boatzart
2016,”
concert in Baywood
Park, set for noon1 p.m. Sunday, Aug.
21 at the 2nd Street
Pier. Featured in the
free concert is “The
Chosen Four,” with
Alisa Fineman, Kimball
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Ukulele master, Azo
Bell will perform at the
SLO Museum of Art
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SUMMER
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AUG. 3
Mackle. Come enjoy the sounds of these
critically acclaimed and award-winning
reggae bands as they jam out to their best
tunes, new and old. Gates open at 3:30
p.m. show starts at 5:30 p.m. Sunday,
Aug. 14 at the Avila Beach Resort.
Tickets range from $35.66 to $90.44.
For more information and tickets, see:
www.californiarootspresents.com.
Mark Heyes
and Phil
Salazar will
play the next
Red Barn
Community
Concert
Series, set
for 6 p.m.
Saturday,
Aug. 6
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All concerts start
at 5:00 p.m.
To reserve a table for your party
contact [email protected].
For more information call
805-343-1214 x400 or go to
www.blacklake.com.
Blacklake concerts are performed outside so bring your lawn
chairs and blankets and find a spot on the grass. There are
tables and chairs available as well. There will be a full service
bar featuring draft beer, wine, and alcoholic drinks, as well as
Andy Nelson’s famous BBQ to take care of your drinking and
dining needs. So no outside food or beverage is allowed at the
concerts. But kids and dogs are welcome! There is no cover
charge. Be sure to come out and enjoy the finest music the
Central Coast has to offer.
Individual show tickets go on sale at
10 a.m. Friday, July 29 for the Cal Poly
Arts 2016-17 season at the Performing
Arts Center at Cal Poly and the lineup
is as diverse and entertaining as ever.
See: calpolyarts.org for concert and
performance information and to order
tickets. Or call the PAC Box Office
at 756-4849, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
weekdays.
Now in its 31st year, Cal Poly Arts’
new season has more than 30 diverse
programs, with a wide array of unique
artists from all of the performing arts
genres — from music, to theater to
dance.
Highlights
include
Broadway
musicals, Rent, Once, and Pippin;
comedians David Sedaris, Anjelah
Johnson and ensemble The Capital
Steps; animal act Wild Kingdom
with Peter Gros; the Golden Dragon
Acrobats; and musical acts Pink
Martini, The Chieftains, and Darlene
Love.
Dance shows include the iconic Twyla
Tharp Dance Co., and a new twist on
the ballet, Cinderella. Classical music
shows include the Mozart Orchestra
of New York, jazz with Bella Fleck and
Abigail Washburn, and Bayou picker,
Beaudoleil Avec Michael Doucet,
among numerous others.
“We are really looking forward to
sharing some new and very exciting
performances with our audiences next
season,” said Steve Lerian, Cal Poly Arts
director. “We have shows that appeal to
audiences of all ages and interests.”
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Award winning guitarist, Mark Heyes
and champion fiddler, Phil Salazar, will
play the next Red Barn Community
Concert Series, set for 6 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 6, a the Red Barn, located in the
South Bay Community Park, corner
of LOVR and Palisades Avenue, Los
Osos. Cost is $15 at the door and there’s
a potluck supper starting at 5 p.m.
Bring a dish to share, place settings
and BYOB. Heyes is an Emmy Award
winning composer, singer, songwriter
and guitarist, performing story-driven,
energetic,
emotional
alt-country,
bluegrass, blues and folk songs.
Salazar is an entertainer, teacher,
record producer and champion fiddler,
who straddles the borders between
traditional bluegrass and contemporary
sound, performing worldwide. His
bands include Cache Valley Drifters and
Rincon. Salaza has performed with Bob
Weir, Kenny Loggins, Mason, David
Grisman, John and Jonathan McEuen
and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Heyes
has opened shows for Dave Mason and
Marshall Tucker Band, among others.
The pair has been performing as a duet
for two years.
Rebelution comes to Avila Beach on
its kick off tour for their latest album,
“Falling into Place.” Accompanying
them are The Green & J Bloog, Stick
Figure, Through The Roots and DJ
LA-based
singer/songwriter,
Michelle Lewis, will make three stops
on the Central Coast — Paso Robles’
Sculpterra Winery on Aug. 14, Morro
Bay’s Otter Rock Café on Aug. 15, and
San Luis Obispo’s Bang the Drum
Brewery on Aug 14, for the Songwriters
at Play concert series. Tickets are
a suggested donation of $10 at the
doors. For more information, see:
www.michellelewismusic.com. Lewis’
music is rich with melody and beautiful
lyrics. She tells stories that explore the
emotional remainders of relationships
and her first single of the new album,
“Run, Run, Run,” was a huge hit among
the participants at the Boston Marathon
and was featured theme music for the
Marathon’s TV broadcast.
The legendary rock icons, Steve
Miller Band, comes to the Vina Robles
Amphitheatre in Paso Robles with
special guests Peter Wolf and The
Midnight Travelers, Sunday, Aug. 14.
A recent Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame
inductee, the band will play songs
spanning back to the 1960s. Doors
open at 6:30 p.m., show begins at 8
p.m.. Tickets range from $59 to $125.
For tickets and more information, see:
www.vianroblesamphitheatre.com.
The Cal Poly Collegians Alumni Big
Band will celebrate its “almost golden”
49-year reunion at a performance set
for 7:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
27 in the Madonna Inn Ballroom in
San Luis Obispo. The show is free but
one must make reservations and dine
at the Madonna Inn. To make dinner
Michelle
Lewis, will
make three
stops on the
Central Coast
reservations at the Madonna Inn Steak
House, call 543-3000. Their shows
fill up quickly, so make reservations
now. The 20-piece ensemble will play
Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny
Goodman, Glenn Miller, Les Brown
and other big bands of the 1940s-’60s.
“Fans of big band jazz and swing —
listeners and dancers alike — are
going to love it,” said Bob Alberti, a
t trombonist in the band.
Ukulele master, Azo Bell will perform
and lead a workshop starting at 6:30
p.m. Monday, Aug. 8 at the SLO
Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., SLO.
Tickets for the concert and workshop
are $20 a person and available in
advance at: www.sloma.org or at
the door. Sponsored by the SLO
Strummers and SLOMA, the workshop
starts at 6:30 and the show at 8. Bell
d has released 10 CDs of ukulele music
over his long career.
St. Benedict’s Church, 2220 Snowy
Egret Ln., Los Osos is hosting a benefit
jazz concert featuring Darrell Voss and
the Real Time Jazz All Stars, set for 3
p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21 at the church.
Tickets are $25 a persona nd available
in advance at Boo Boo Records in SLO,
the Abundance Shop Thrift Store, 2190
9th St., Los Osos, online at: www.
stbenslososos.org or at the door. The
All Stars are Bob Bennett on trumpet,
Dave Becker on sax, Marshall Otwell
on piano, Dylan Johnson on bass
and bandleader Voss on vibraphone,
drums and percussion. Complimentary
snacks and beverages available for
all attendees, with beer and wine
for purchase. Proceeds benefit St.
Benedict’s various programs.
The 16-piece, Royal Garden Swing
Orchestra big band will play the
Arroyo Grande Village Summer
Concert series at 1 p.m. Sunday, July
31 at the Rotary Bandstand in Heritage
Square Park in the A.G. Village. Free.
Sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of
Arroyo Grande Valley and the Village
t Crafts Marketplace, the event features
raffles, tours of historic buildings,
and more. The Royal Garden Swing
t Orchestra is made up of professional
musicians from SLO County and is
r celebrating its 29th year performing
the swinging sounds of the Big Band
Era. The featured nonprofit focus for
this concert will be on scholarships for
Arroyo Grande & Nipomo High School
graduates as well as Lopez High School
Key Club Members.
Boy George and Culture Club will
play The Vina Robles Amphitheatre,
at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. The
band received overwhelming and
outstanding reviews during last year’s
mini tour, and are now returning
to play their classic hits. Tickets
range from $55 to $95. For tickets
and more information, see; www.
vinaroblesampitheatre.com.
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Saturday, September 17t h, 2016 at 5 pm
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$100 per person; tables of 8 available
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Most Happy About Hapy’s Eatery
By Teri Bayus
W
hen a new neighborhood
eatery pops up, like a wild
rose in a cornfield, the happy
residents are elated.
When said eatery provides wonderful
wines and beers at beyond reasonable
process, a cigar humidor and fantastic
food, the neighborhood stands,
applauds and eats there often.
Our wild rose in the 5-Cities is the
new happy place for all. Hapy’s Eatery
(not a spelling error, but a water and
fertility god popular in Ancient Egypt)
is the newest bistro on the block with a
few twists.
My first visit was during their
soft opening and seated at the bar
were several of my neighbors. I
was impressed with wine on draft,
a Chamisal Chardonnay, a Trouble
Maker red blend. My neighbor was
waxing poetically about the huge
selection of more than 300 craft beers
in the wall cooler, and a plethora of 20
draft beers.
But the focus was on the new humidor
stuffed with an exciting selection of
cigars.
The owner, Nabil Fadel (who
introduced himself as “Not Sam”),
watched over us and answered
questions. I was struck by how nice this
man was. He really cared if your food
was good and explaining that was the
reason for the “soft opening” — that
they were open to suggestions.
I tired the lamb burger with a mixture
of lamb and beef topped with feta
cheese, sliced red onions and a cumin
mayonnaise. It was as impressive as
the Vegas-like bar and as nice as the
owners
who
were
waiting on everyone
from behind the bar.
The fries are house
cut and fried crisp. I
loved the exciting new
flavors of this typically
American treat. Gary
had the Moussaka,
a dish that we both
love and seldom see
on a menu. Moussaka
is an eggplant and
ground meat dish from
the former Ottoman
Empire.
The layers of sautéed
slices of eggplant are
flavored with tomatoes
and onion and covered
with a mustard sauce
and then sprinkled
with grated cheese. It
was heavenly, so I asked about the chef?
Emerging from the back was Gustavo
Nunez, who had a kind smile and told
us a few secrets from the kitchen. He
is also the head chef at Petros in Los
Olivos, so he introduced his sous chef,
Sami, who did the day-to-day cooking
and prepping using Fadel Family
recipes.
At this point we met the manager/
bartender, Sam Moses, and the other
owner, Samir Fadel, bringing it all
into focus for me. A family running
a restaurant, using ancient recipes,
adapting a customer service only seen
when visiting someone’s home, and
most of the talent was named some
version of Sam.
I came back with
girlfriends to purchase
wines
from
the
extensive
collection
and try the appetizers.
We loved that we
could grab a bottle
of our favorite wine
(at ridiculously low
prices) and drink it with our food. We
started with the bacon wrapped dates
stuffed with almonds. This salty, sweet,
crunchy, and delectable dish was an
instant favorite. We shared a cheese
plate that was distinctive.
Exotic and creamy cheeses like
Kafalotyri, Kefalograviera, Manouri,
Kasseri and Feta (all Greek and made
from sheep or goat milk) accompanied
with dried figs, olives and pita bread.
We also shared the steak bites and
button mushrooms that were tender
and flavorful. We returned that
Thursday night (and I have been every
Thursday night since) with a group.
The boys came because they heard
you could buy cigars and smoke them
in the back patio and
because of the beers.
Quotes were “A real
man’s selection of
beer” and the “Best
beer cooler on the
Central Coast.”
They
scored
a
Padron Anniversary
Reserve and we sat
out back to share
the family platter
— heaping piles of
goodness with beef,
chicken and kefta
shish kabob skewers, hummus, grilled
vegetables and Tzatziki sauce. Served
with pita bread and a big salad, this was
enough delicious food for six of us.
I loved the Kefta, which is a seasoned
minced beef and lamb mixture. But the
Tzatziki blew my mind. Tzatziki is a
Greek sauce served as a dip with grilled
meats. Tzatziki is made of strained
yogurt mixed with cucumbers, garlic,
salt, olive oil, red wine vinegar, and dill,
and this was the best I’ve had.
After, the boys blew smoke rings
and told each other lies, while the girls
finished off a bottle of Clesi Cabernet
Sauvignon. I am now a regular, eating
there often, as the bar is a welcoming
place to dine by yourself or have a glass
of wine or beer after work. I am happy
Hapy came to our neighborhood.
Hapy Eatery is located at 821 N.
Oak Park Blvd. (in the OSH and Ross
shopping center) in Pismo Beach. The
phone number is (805) 270-4327; open
daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
New Star Trek Film, Just Wonderful
A
nyone who reads me regularly
knows that I have a deep love for
Star Trek. At 8, Captain Kirk was
my first crush. At 20, Captain Picard
became my first celebrity crush, and I
own every Star Trek episode, toy and
even a real Star Fleet uniform that I
force Gary to wear every now and then.
At 11 a.m. we were in line to see the
newest incarnation of my favorite
crew, “Star Trek Beyond.” Written by
Simon Peg (who also plays Mr. Scott)
and Doug Jung, their love for Star Trek
is palpable, giving the film a stronger
likeness to the original series than the
previous two films.
Although some plot elements and
details fall between the cracks, it never
upsets the cohesive feeling of joy,
humanity, morality and hope that the
franchise instills.
It’s all done in style, with
unbelievably gorgeous set productions,
intricate creature make-up effects, and
wonderful special effects for an overall
vibrant visual flair.
By Teri Bayus
The story picks up after the Enterprise
crew departs Earth after the events
of prequel, “Into Darkness,” as Kirk,
Spock, and the gang set off to find new
life on the other worlds.
During this mission, they come across
a new species of aliens, led by Idris
Elba as Krall who randomly attacks
with swarms of bee ships that eat away
spectacularly at the beloved Enterprise.
The ship crashes; the crew is
separated into pairs (which cracks me
up that they always land in twos after
escaping in their pods), on a remote
planet.
It’s up to the scattered crew to find
themselves once again, save the rest of
the crew, and stop Krall. Along the way,
Scotty finds a new alien companion who
just so happens to inhabit a working
Starfleet ship called the USS Franklin,
which may or may not hold deeper
information about Krall’s past.
The CGI of the Enterprise and the
Space Station blew my mind. It was
bigger than any of the characters and
incredibly impressive. I can see why
they did focus on that more than story
as their core audience, us die-hard
Trekkies are all about those ships.
J.J. Abrams stays on as producer
while giving the helm to new director
Justin Lin, probably best known for his
work on the “Fast & Furious” films. Lin’s
style here is immediately noticeable,
with that almost too quick pacing that
keeps the film progressing and interest
high, as scenes bombard.
While the film rarely slows down to
allow quieter, more dramatic moments
to fully play out and become significant,
Star Trek’s main themes of compassion,
diversity and unification are back in full
force, and it is just wonderful.
Teri Bayus is the Host of Taste Buds,
shown on Charter Channel 10, KSBY,
CW and on Central Coast Now.TV.
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As has been reported in the media,
the “city fathers” of Morro Bay recently
updated an ordinance that would,
in effect, ban the use of secondary
dwelling units as vacation rentals.
At the June 28 meeting, Councilman
John Headding was absent, and Mayor
Jamie Irons, recusing himself from the
vote for a “conflict of interest,” opposed
the new ordinance because it would set
up a false dichotomy between rentals
of on-site bedrooms and guesthouses.
Mayor Irons is correct, and I want to go
on record as supporting his position for
the following reasons:
Hard data to substantiate the City’s
decision is illusive or nonexistent. There
has never been a viable, unbiased, local
impact study conducted or published
to determine if there are negative
impacts of vacation rentals with regard
to the “affordable housing” issue, OR
to determine what effects they pose
on neighbors, community or the local
economy.
Furthermore if, as the City officials
state, there are only 50 hosts offering
these alternative accommodations, it
doesn’t seem that the impact on Morro
Bay is significant enough to determine
their demise. This seems like killing a
mosquito with a sledgehammer!
As far as the basic terminology, what
is the City’s definition or standard of
“affordable housing?” Based on that
terminology, does the City intend to
mandate what property owners can
charge to maintain its definition of
“affordable housing?”
With the current escalation in the
housing market, rising property taxes
and insurance, utilities and the cost of
living on the rise, and the additional
burden for home owners who cannot
secure local, living-wage jobs, it then
becomes vital for home owners to find
alternative income streams to cover
these increased costs — for their own
basic housing needs. “Affordable
housing” for homeowners is at stake in
Morro Bay as well!
Our visitor serving businesses enjoy
substantial revenues from our visitors,
yet the City seems to ignore the
intrinsic value of those visitors seeking
alternatives to traditional lodging.
What value do our city fathers place on
maintaining the viability of its current
property owners? Who does this new
ordinance benefit? This new ordinance
seems only to benefit the hotel and
motel industry calling into suspicion
the intent of the City’s decision.
Today’s travel industry is changing
and vacation rentals provide travelers
the alternative experience they want;
it is the new ecosphere of travel that is
growing worldwide! The new climate
of travelers, seek diverse lodging
opportunities and distinctive home
stays that allow them to experience our
communities like a “local” rather than
an outsider or “visitor.”
If “affordable housing” is truly the
City’s motive, why not require area
motels and hotels to provide a certain
amount of “affordable housing”
Opinion
efficiency units on site, therefore
bearing a portion of this burden.
This option would create significant
additional
housing
opportunities
citywide.
Morro Bay, local business owners
and residents alike should embrace
this new trend in tourism and get
on-board instead of excluding them
from the economic equation entirely.
Morro Bay should find equitable ways
to work with its homeowners who rely
on this alternative income to be able to
remain in their homes and enjoy being
property owners.
Morro Bay has an opportunity to
embrace this new ecosphere of tourism
andsatisfy the needs of its part time and
full time denizens; to be innovative,
inventive, and find a positive way to
deal with the many issues surrounding
vacation rentals. I believe Morro
Bay can find equitable solutions for
everyone impacted and capitalize on
this new opportunity!
In conclusion, approval of such an
ordinance to ban vacation rentals
— with its far-reaching financial
implications — on only three votes (one
abstention and one absentee) and no
public input, invites legal action by the
affected Morro Bay citizens.
Laurin Christie, Cayucos
Keep Our Police
Department
It has recently come to my attention
that there is talk afoot to retire our
Police Department and have our lawenforcement become the responsibility
of the County Sheriff’s Department.
To anyone familiar with the concerns
of our citizenry, “quality of life” ranks
high on the totem poll; and a major
contributor to our “quality of life” is our
Police Department, and their readily
available service.
A few years ago, we passed Measure
Q, a half-cent sales tax increase,
to help finance the continuation of
maintaining our very own Police and
Fire
Departments,
organizations
that both do very well in serving our
community.
Keeping Morro Bay’s finances in
proper order is an important task, but
not so at the expense of diminishing
the safety of our citizens. So I ask, when
will our City Council realize that Staff’s
vision for Morro Bay is not why most of
us live here; we are not Pismo Beach,
Arroyo Grande, nor Atascadero.
We are a unique, quiet, little seaside
community that enjoys an incredibly
beautiful natural environment. Why
would we want to alter our quality
of life to fit the molds of other city
bureaucracies?
If having the Sheriff’s Department
become our law enforcement agency is
wrong for Morro Bay, then please take
an interest in how our city government
is being managed. Let our City Council
know enough is enough! Respectfully,
Roger Ewing, Morro Bay
Pocket Park A
Sad Story
Letter to the Editor:
It was with extreme sadness that I
read the article regarding our pocket
park near City Hall (“Pocket Park
Furniture Removed,” July 14).
That was a work of love headed by
the Morro Bay Garden Club with 4-H
members and the Guerilla Gardeners.
City officials approved of the project
and came to help dig. Many different
groups donated plants and flowers.
The fruit trees were a brilliant idea
suggested by Taylor Newton. He and
the Guerilla Gardeners along with our
Rec. and Parks Department donated
the tables and benches.
It is sad that all that was torn apart
because our City cannot control the
behavior of a few individuals who
participated in drug related activities,
alcohol and brawls.
I can see that our homeless population
has grown over the past few years and
while it is an important issue, it is also
a very complex problem that cannot be
solved by destroying campsites and our
local parks.
Someone needs to take a multifaceted,
educated approach to this problem.
Perhaps a task force from County
Mental Health could help with the
problem.
I don’t know how to fix this issue I
just know we are not going about it in a
sensible manner.
Nancy Johnson, Morro Bay
Money Squandered
on Police Chief Temp
It has come to my attention that our
City Manager, David Buckingham, is
spending our money in a cavalier way.
He might have had the opportunity to
hire, as interim Police Chief, our former
Police Chief John De Rohan, to take
the position, but never bothered to ask
anyone at the Police Department or the
City if we had someone close by for the
position.
Instead Buckingham hired someone
from Nevada, costing the town money
that would not have to be spent on Chief
De Rohan. Plus the person hired by
Buckingham has a flawed background,
which Chief De Rohan does not. What
was the City Manager thinking?
We will never know if Chief De
Rohan and Buckingham could have
worked an arrangement to each others
satisfaction, but it would have been a
heck of a lot cheaper for our town if we
had a former Chief of Police who knows
the town and the Police Department,
and lives close by.
This is the man our City Council
wants to give more power to. This is the
man who is running our Police Dept.,
with what qualifications?
Sandi Tannler, Morro Bay
Community
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Judges for the 2016 National
America in Bloom Judges in Morro Bay
Edition of Communities in Bloom competition were
in Morro Bay recently getting a tour of the city and
the work being done by Morro Bay In Bloom. Shown
left to right are: Walter Health, president, Morro Bay
in Bloom, judges, Odette Sabourin-Dumais of Canada
and Piet Boersma of the Netherlands. Photo by Judy
Salamacha
T
he City of Morro Bay is
participating in the 2016 National
Edition of Communities in
Bloom in the International Challenge
(Large)
category,
along
with
Fairhope Alabama, USA; Lambton
Shores ON Canada; Letterkenny,
Co Donegal Ireland; Omagh Town,
Fermanagh & Omagh District Council
Northern Ireland UK & Rosemère
QC
Canada.
The
Communities
in
Bloom
judges
are
Odette
Sabourin-Dumais from St-Brunode-Montarville,
Québec
&
Piet
Boersma from Emmeloord, The
Netherlands.
They reviewed Morro Bay July 1112, hosted by Morro Bay In Bloom and
are evaluating competing cities based
on criteria used by both America In
Bloom and Communities in Bloom:
fostering civic pride, environmental
responsibility,
beautification
and
to improving quality of life through
community participation and a national
challenge.
Morro Bay qualified to be invited
to compete when it became a 2015
America In Bloom national award
winner for its size.
Sabourin-Dumais was immediately
struck by the beauty of Morro Rock,
enjoyed the comfortable, as well as
historic home-stay in the heart of
Downtown Morro Bay, dinner at The
Galley Restaurant and the ambiance of
the Embarcadero.
They met over lunch with community
members
at
Dorn’s
Breakers
Restaurant hosted by Jane Heath Law
Office of Morro Bay to assess how the
community members collaborate and
appreciate beautification and historical
preservation efforts for the city.
Boersma is a member of the Dutch
Plant Protection Service and a designer
of home gardens professionally in the
Netherlands.
Sabourin-Dumais is professional
horticulturalist for the City of Montreal,
a member of the Friends of the Montreal
Botanical Society and an active judge
with Communities in Bloom since it
began in 1980.
They will be on tour to judge the
competing cities July 5-30. Each city will
receive a review with recommendations
after the awards ceremony Oct. 27-29
in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The national and international results
will be announced during the Symposium
and Awards. The event will be held in
conjunction with the Saskatchewan
Parks and Recreation Association’s
Annual Conference with the theme of
Healthy Communities — Harvesting
the Benefits.
Fire Destroys Cal
Fire’s Own Building
F
ire investigators are investigating
the cause of an early morning fire
Tuesday that destroyed a large
storage building at their own training
facility at Camp San Luis.
According to Cal Fire, at 3:13 a.m. July
26, a fire was reported at the Cal Fire/
County Fire Department’s “Tactical
Drill Grounds Training Facility” located
between Camp San Luis Obispo and
Cuesta College on Hwy 1.
Arriving firefighters found a 4,000
square foot storage building engulfed
in flames.
It took 25 firefighters from Cal Fire,
the Men’s Colony Fire Department and
SLO City Fire an hour to extinguish the
fire. No injuries were reported.
The building and its contents,
described as “a large amount of fire
department training equipment,” and
one vehicle were destroyed in the fire.
The estimated loss is $500,000 and
the cause of the fire remains under
investigation.
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Montebello Torpedo — An Awesome Scouting Story
By Chris Carey
W
ay back in 1960, my Boy Scout
troop (from Wasco, Calif.)
spent the weekend in Morro
Bay at a “Camporee.”
Camporees were (and perhaps still
are)
multi-council-wide
Scouting
events that provide a wide range of
outdoor activities for boys to involve
themselves with, primarily stressing
pioneering and outdoor skills.
On this particular weekend, on a
break from the Camporee (held in a
State Park there in Morro Bay), our
troop headed into town and ended up
on the fishing docks.
Try to imagine
our
surprise
and
delight,
after poking and
prowling around
the piers, to find
a long, truncated
and
mysterious
looking cylindrical
relic propped up
on one of the piers
next to a fishing
boat.
This we were
told,
was
the
remains
of
a
genuine Japanese submarine’s torpedo
that had fouled the nets of a local
fisherman and been brought up to the
surface, doubtless to the crew of that
boat’s consternation!
Pretty exciting stuff for 14-year olds,
I can assure you, since we were old
enough to be aware of the war and
also of torpedoes, deadly weapons
that could be launched by submarines
against surface ships.
In an instant the old torpedo relic
was mobbed by a crowd of us young
scouts, eager to examine it and poke
around its rusted guts.
A few of us even managed to remove
some lengths of the many convoluted
brass pipes that constituted the section
containing the tube’s propulsion
equipment (these were taken home
as souvenirs; while not the most
trustworthy thing to do, we were, after
all, merely boys, doing what any boy
that age would!).
After we had returned from our trip,
we were told by our scoutmaster that
the Navy had examined the device and
found it to be inert and safe. A bit after
the fact, seemingly, but also a relief,
since no one had quite known whether
the old torpedo was safe or not while it
sat there on the dock, freshly removed
from the boat’s nets and still rank with
sea growth.
At any rate, that was over 50-years
ago. Very recently I was poking through
my old Scout photo albums and was
reminded of that old torpedo. That set
me to wondering what had eventually
happened to it and what its backstory
might be?
So I contacted Larry Newland of
the Central Coast Maritime Museum
there in Morro Bay to inquire. Larry
reminded me of the audacious attack by
Imperial Japanese
Navy Submarine
I-21 on the Union
Oil tanker, the
SS
Montebello,
on Dec. 23, 1941,
not long after the
formal declaration
of
hostilities
between
Japan
and the U.S.
The 8,272 ton
Montebello, which had been hit with
two torpedoes launched by that sub just
off the coast near Cambria, and which
had been carrying over 4.1 million
gallons of crude oil, sank not long after
being hit.
Fortunately, one of the torpedoes
either missed or failed to explode, but
the other torpedo hit a forward hold
just aft of the bow (had it hit the crude
oil cargo hold, the ship would have
been literally vaporized disastrously; in
the event, the Montebello merely sank,
carrying its liquid cargo to the bottom),
and the crew of 38 were able to safely
reach shore in lifeboats — after being
machine-gunned by the sub’s crew on
the surface.
The whole story of the Montebello’s
sinking and subsequent deep research
dives to its 800-foot final resting depth
(made to determine the disposition of
the potentially contaminating oil cargo)
in subsequent years (1996, 2010 and
2012-13), constitutes one of the most
fascinating local vignettes to arise out
of the early war operations carried
out by Japan in Coastal California
shipping waters, and since the recent
investigations into its disposition, there
has been a renewed historical focus on
the story of the Montebello.
The Japanese had some of the most
advanced torpedoes in the world,
capable of levels of devastation and
accuracy that were largely denied to the
U.S. and the Allied nations.
This thanks to an advanced, oxygen
charged propulsion system that gave
the torpedoes a range and precision
that far exceeded those of Western
weapons of similar design and intent in
1941.
Of these, the Japanese “Type 95 and
96” torpedoes, designed specifically
for submarine use posed a potentially
extreme hazard to American coastal
maritime crews and ships.
It was one of these deadly Type 95/96
torpedoes that our troop had found on
the fishing pier back in 1960. Following
my recent inquiry to the CCMA, Larry
kindly gave me the greater details
pertaining to its discovery.
Local Morro Bay fisherman, Pete
Burton, was dragging his nets in
Estero Bay area when he snagged on
the device. They were of course quite
confounded to find a relic of a torpedo
caught in the gear, but hauled it aboard
totally unaware of the possible danger
it posed, despite having spent some 19
years on the bottom.
After bringing it back to their dock,
they placed it on the pier where it
immediate became a local sensation.
Larry said that apparently, the device
had been examined either formally or
informally by the local Coast Guard
and found to be missing its warhead,
thereby rendering it satisfactorily inert.
Shortly
after
that,
a
local
Morro
Bay
physician,
Dr.
Fred
Novy,
who had had a
special interest
in the Montebello
sinking
for
many
years,
told Larry (who
was a neighbor
of Pete Burton)
that a member
of the USCG had
offered Pete $100
for the relic.
The immediate disposition of the
torpedo after Pete sold it remains
uncertain, but what we do know is that
that Japanese Type 95/96 torpedo
(likely the ‘failed’ one fired by the I-29
submarine) ended up at the San Diego
Maritime Museum, where it is today
on display next to a large model of the
Montebello.
After some further research, I
discovered that the torpedo rests on the
deck of the former Southern Pacific (San
Francisco Bay) car ferry, the “Berkeley,”
which is one of the museum’s exhibit
ships.
The San Diego Maritime Museum is
one of the best in the Western U.S., with
a number of famous vessels and related
exhibits among its many interesting
public displays.
Photographs of that torpedo, verified
for me that it is the same specimen my
fellow scouts and I had stumbled across
that foggy day, back in 1960.
There is much information available
online about both the Montebello
and the events that led up to its being
targeted by Japanese Submarine I-21
on that fateful day in 1941. Cheers!
Sacramento resident, Chris Carey,
is a retired space engineer and an
ex-board emeritus member of the
Aerospace Museum of California.
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Chamber Director Files for City Council
By: Erica D. Crawford
T
he Morro Bay Chamber of
Commerce acknowledges that a
member of its Board of Directors,
Robert “Red” Davis, has filed his
Candidate Intention Statement with
City Hall. We wish this private citizen
the very best of luck in his personal
pursuit of office!
The campaign that Mr. Davis
has embarked upon is completely
independent from the Chamber and
from the Chamber’s activities. The
pursuit of office by a Chamber board
director is not unprecedented, both
in our community and across the
country.
The modern Chamber plays a more
significant leadership role in the
community. Our board and executive
staff are, through necessity, in the
center of the sphere of influence,
understanding
and
addressing
community issues and governance.
Local chambers of commerce have
long been a crucial element to a local
area’s business initiatives. They foster
a greater sense of business community,
identify emerging leaders, and
advocate on behalf of small business.
Morro Bay Chamber’s Board of
Directors are leaders in the community,
and it stands to reason that one of our
leaders may at some point hear the call
to serve the community in which they
live as an elected official.
Our board anticipates it will field
questions about campaign finance,
so let’s get the dry technical stuff out
of the way. A Chamber of Commerce
is recognized in the federal tax code
as a 501(c)6 organization because
it possesses certain characteristics,
some of which include the following:
• It must be an association of persons
having some common business
organization interest;
• The purpose must be to promote
this common business interest;
• It must be a membership
organization;
• It must not be organized for-profit;
and,
• No part of its net earnings may
inure to the benefit of any private
shareholder or individual.
Our Chamber does not, indeed it
cannot, financially support a candidate
for office. Doing so would directly
jeopardize our organization’s federal
tax status.
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All Chambers fight for the needs
of business in their region. Think of
Morro Bay’s numerous “mom & pop”
stores and sole proprietor businesses,
who can’t get to a networking event
or a policy discussion because they’re
too busy keeping the lights on and the
register ringing.
While
they’re
running
their
businesses, it’s the Chamber’s
executive and volunteer board of
directors that battle on their behalf.
January of 2016 ushered in some real
change at the Chamber. Relationships
with regional economic vitality and
development organizations in multiple
industry sectors are the strongest that
they’ve been in some time.
The Morro Bay Chamber is
connecting with chambers in SLO
County and throughout the Western
U.S. to gain insight, tools and
experience that is adaptable to our
city.
Our Morro Bay Chamber is also
generating research of its own, like that
from May’s Business Walk, to guide
policy and advocacy efforts. Learning
that 28% of all business owners in the
Downtown and Embarcadero business
districts have leases that are under
one year has focused our efforts on
landlord engagement.
Learning that 44% of business
owners are over the age of 55 has led
us to partner with the Small Business
Development Center to plan an
“Internet for Business” workshop in
September in Morro Bay.
The Morro Bay Chamber of
Commerce is for the businesses,
run by the businesses, and proud of
its members. We invite readers to
call us for more information about
membership or volunteering at 7724467.
It’s a joy to occupy our seat at the
table of City leadership, knowing that
our fellow stakeholders recognize the
hundreds of voices from which we gain
our strength. Join us and strengthen
the voice.
Erica Crawford is the Morro Bay
Chamber of Commerce CEO and
president. Send comments on this
article to: [email protected] for
publication. The Chamber’s column
runs once a month in The Bay News.
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•
Biz Briefs
Calls for Vendors, New Hires, and Parade Theme Named
Biz Briefs
Compiled by Camas Frank
fundraiser largely
as a result of Karen’s
countless
hours
spent over the past
six years as event
chair.” In previous
years the agency
has honored Clint
Pearce, Bill Jodry,
Carol Florence, Hal
Sweasey,
Bryan
Gingg and JED
Nicholson.
The SLO Chamber
of Commerce
welcomed Milestone
Tavern as a new
member
Peoples’ SelfHelp
Housing
is continuing its
growth in efforts
to meet the demand for affordable
housing. They’ve announced their
newest staff members, as well
as hires at its affiliate non-profit
property management agent, The
Duncan Group. Beth Anna Cornett
will serve as project manager
in the Multi-Family Housing
Development Department. Her
primary
responsibilities
will
be the Los Adobes de Maria III
Farmworker and Sierra Madre
Cottages Senior developments in
Santa Maria, as well as a Workforce
Housing Project in SLO. Jim Dorf
comes to PSHH as human resources
manager. As part of his duties,
Dorf will recruit and interview
job applicants, as well as keep up
to date on employment law and
procedures. Michael Hopkins has
been appointed project coordinator
for the Multi-Family Housing
Development Department. He’ll
be assisting project managers with
developments located throughout
the Tri-Counties. Andrew “Darya”
Oreizi comes to the Multi-Family
Housing Development Department
as project coordinator. She’ll be
assisting in PSHH developments
throughout the Tri-Counties. Tito
Ponce will work in the Supportive
Housing Program, serving residents
of PSHH’s Creston Gardens,
Canyon Creek, School House
Lane and Rolling Hills affordable
housing properties. Grady Williams
joins PSHH as the new construction
site superintendent within the
Construction Department. Williams
will schedule and oversee all
subcontractors for multi-family
residential construction projects.
United Way of San Luis Obispo County
Board of Directors 2016-2017
Sponsorship, vendor, and artist
opportunities are now available for
Día de los Muertos, presented
by Wilshire Hospice, in November.
The week-long event begins with
candlelight processions Nov. 2 in
several locations, and culminates
with the grand celebration in
Mission Plaza on Nov. 5, between
10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wilshire Hospice
is working with Mission San Luis
Obispo de Tolosa, Latino Outreach
Council, and the Museum of Art.
And they’re taking applications
now to participate. For Vendor and
Artist Information, contact Lola
Whiteley at 269-0141.
SLO
County
Cannabis
Resource Convention & Green
Houz Solutions of Paso Robles
is hosting the SLO County Cannabis
Resource Conference, set for 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26 at the
Atascadero Lake Pavilion, 9315
Pismo St., Atascadero. Tickets are
$147-$167 a person and include
lunch and wine. Experts doing
business in the cannabis industry
from Arizona, Oregon, Nevada
and California will be on hand to
discuss the burgeoning marijuana
industry, slated for a vote in
November to legalize recreational
use in California, the Adult Use of
Marijuana Act. Register through
Eventbright, email to: SLOCCRC@
outlook.com, join “SLO County
Cannabis Resource Conference”
Facebook Group or call (805) 7125963 for more information.
The
SLO
Chamber
of
Commerce
welcomed
Milestone Tavern as a new
member with a ribbon cutting
ceremony June 28. Milestone
Tavern, 927 E. Foothill Blvd., is
the only restaurant of it’s kind
on the west side of town, with
indoor and outdoor patio seating,
as well as a banquet space for up
to 75 people. They serve pizzas,
burgers, salads, seasonal sides, and
dessert. For more information, see:
milestonetavern.com.
United Way of San Luis
Obispo County’s Board of
Directors have, ”revised [their]
vision and strategic direction
under recently elected volunteer
leadership.” United Way’s newly
adopted vision statement is “a
strong, healthy, compassionate
community that gives youth the
foundation to thrive and succeed.”
CEO Rick London said, “We are
fostering structural change in our
community. By addressing root
causes through our education,
income, health and community
strengthening programs, these
long-term changes will positively
impact the community and grow
opportunities for our volunteers
and donors.” Volunteer leadership
elected for 2016-17 includes:
Officers
—
Ian
Parkinson
(President), Dena Bellman (Vice
President, Community Impact),
Brian Campbell (Vice President,
Resource Development), Debbie
Lewis (Secretary), Ryan Caldwell
(Treasurer), and Hans Poschman
(Director At Large). Directors —
Ashlee Akers, Marian Anderson,
Laurent Bernad, Callum Bolger
(Youth Board President), Dr.
James Brescia, Jeff Brown, Roger
Frederickson, Jeff Hamm, Christine
Johnson,
Judy
Kambestad,
Wade O’Hagan, Julie Paik, Brian
Reynolds, Kelly Sebastian and
James Welsch.
Karen Colombo was recently
honored at the Big Brothers
Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo
County’s annual fundraiser with
the “Legacy Award” for her years of
service to the local youth mentorship
agency. Colombo has served on the
Board of Directors for 10 years,
including two as Board President.
Patty Carpenter, Development
Director said, “It is extremely fitting
that Karen was presented the award
at “The Big Event,” considering that
it is our agency’s most successful
Tolosa Press • July 28 - August 10
•
43
Biz Briefs
The
San
Luis
Obispo
Downtown
Association
announced that its Special Events
Committee
has
unanimously
selected the Holiday Parade theme
— “Dashing Through the SLO” —
for 2016. Now in its 41st year as
a popular and highly anticipated
community event, the Holiday
Parade will be held on Friday, Dec.
2. The Downtown Association is
seeking an artist or graphic artist
to produce the artwork for the
parade poster. The poster is the
most visible public element of
the event, with several hundred
placed in establishments around
the county. The Association is
accepting design proposals through
Aug. 2. Applications for the parade
will be available on Oct. 1 at: www.
DowntownSLO.com.
The Paso Robles Youth
Arts Foundation was given a
$10,000 grant by the Community
Foundation San Luis Obispo
County, the Foundation announced.
In its 15th year, the Youth Arts
Foundation has hundreds of
student musicians, ages 5-18, every
year. The grant will help offset the
costs of instruction and supplies for
the Arts Foundation’s piano, guitar,
drums, voice and band classes.
The support allows expansion of
the piano classes to include more
students with new keyboards. For
more information, see: www.pryaf.
org or call 238- 5825.
In an effort to help more people
enjoy fresh fruits, vegetables and
meats from local farmers, EBT
cards are now being accepted
at the Thursday night farmers’
market in San Luis Obispo.
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)
cards will be welcomed at a booth
located across from Louisa’s Place
in the 900 block of Higuera St.
Those with EBT cards will be given
tokens, the amount depending
on their request that can be
used to purchase food from the
local growers in the SLO County
Farmers’
Market
Association
section. Tokens cannot be used at
booths hosted by local restaurants
or to purchase non-food items.
The tokens can only be used at the
Thursday Night Farmers’ Market
in SLO, and EBT customers will
not be allowed to exchange tokens
for money. EBT cards in California
are issued through the CalFresh
program, formerly known as the
Food Stamp Program. The program
helps low-income people buy the
food needed for good health via a
debit card. Eligibility for CalFresh
is determined by public assistance
programs at the County level. For
more information see San Luis
Obispo County’s food assistance
site at: www.slocounty.ca.gov/dss/
Food.htm.
The Morro Bay Merchant’s
Association is now accepting
applications from vendors for its
Summer Street Fair set for 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7 in Downtown
Morro Bay. An application form
along with pricing is available on
the Association’s website, see: www.
morro-bay.net/mbma/fairform.
cfm. The non-profit Association
puts on two street fairs a year —
the Summer Fair in early August
and a Holiday Street Fair held the
Sunday after Thanksgiving (Nov.
27). Discounts available for signing
up for both.
Send business news briefs for
consideration
to:
reporter@
tolosapress.com.
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New Chiefs and Old Questions
A View From Harbor Street
By David Buckingham
T
here are times when due diligence is
abandoned in lieu of haste. I am happy
to report that, from my perspective,
our City regularly takes the time to perform
strong acts of due diligence.
This week, the Morro Bay Police
Department is in the spotlight.
Before addressing two areas of diligence,
for a second column in a row, it is important
to take a moment to praise the women and
men in blue for their service and sacrifice.
Having served 27 years in uniform myself,
albeit a camouflaged one and not a blue one,
I can say with great confidence that we are
well served by all of the law enforcement
departments across our county, including
the measured, thoughtful and brave men
and women of the Morro Bay PD.
They deserve our thanks every day — not
just every other week in this column.
I can also state with great confidence
that we will be extraordinarily well-served
by Interim Chief Larry Todd, who will be
sworn in this Monday. Chief Todd has an
impeccable record over 40 years in law
enforcement in California, 22 as a police
chief.
When I vetted Chief Todd for the crucial
role as our interim chief, I spoke at length
with a number of his former colleagues and
supervisors. Here’s some of my notes from
those conversations:
• “Chief Todd gets my highest
recommendation; he was respected by
our police officers, was very strong in the
community (the schools loved him), the
council thought he was exceptional, and he
was responsive to the city administration.”
• “Based on my time serving side by side
with Chief Todd I can stay unequivocally
that he is outstanding. He was great with
our employees, great in the community,
and solved a number of high profile cases
while he was here.”
• “Chief Todd? I could not imagine a
better selection for interim chief. I would
trust him with my life, and trust him with
my wife. The troops respected him, he
was excellent with the administration, the
council thought highly of him and he was
great in the community.”
• “Larry Todd is the best interim you will
find. He is recommended by the League of
California Cities on their interim Chief’s list.
He is exactly what you need — great with
both the department and the community.”
In addition to the 15 years Chief Todd
spent as Chief of Police in Los Gatos, Morro
Bay is the fifth city that has called on him to
serve in an interim chief assignment. He is,
indeed, a seasoned professional.
As evidence of the respect he held in his
profession, Chief Todd was elected president
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of the California Police Chiefs Association.
As evidence of his deep commitment to the
people and communities he has served,
Chief Todd received the law enforcement
“Medal of Valor” for heroism above and
beyond the call of duty for rescuing two
adults and a child from a burning vehicle
while serving in West Covina.
Chief Todd will be sworn in as Morro
Bay’s interim police chief next Monday,
Aug. 1, at 8 a.m. at the Morro Bay Police
Department. Friends and supporters of
the MBPD are welcome and encouraged to
attend.
Another item of diligence is the City’s
commitment to fully vetting all of the
recommendations made by the 2015
Management
Partners
organizational
study.
In 2015, the City commissioned a
financial and organization study of the
City to review Morro Bay’s organization,
management processes, and fiscal situation.
That study, completed in May 2015 by
Management Partners, Inc., a professional,
external firm specializing in municipal
management consulting, delivered 65
separate recommendations for the City to
consider.
Recommendation No. 29 was to:
“Obtain formal proposals from the San
Luis Obispo County Sheriff on the cost
of providing law enforcement service to
the City.” In November 2015, the City
Council determined to wait until 2017 to
formally consider this recommendation.
(Management Partners made a similar
recommendation in its 2008 assessment of
the City, which was not fully considered.)
With the recent departure of the police
chief, it is clear that we will have significant
challenges recruiting a new permanent
chief if the City may be considering a
different law enforcement relationship in
2017.
Therefore, at their Aug. 9 meeting,
the City Council will be formally discuss
whether or not to consider researching that
Management Partners recommendation.
Should the Council determine not to
further consider this recommendation in
the foreseeable future, the City will begin
recruitment for our next permanent police
chief.
Should the Council determine to further
research this idea, the city will commence
a significant assessment of this question,
including robust public input. As always,
I look forward to hearing from you at:
[email protected].
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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The Price of Continuous Growth
Bottom Line
By Michael Gunther
I
s too much growth a bad thing for a
business? Growth is necessary for
every business, but growth for the
sake of growth or to reach some lofty
goal, can be damaging to an organization
that isn’t prepared to handle it.
Remember: it wasn’t the hare that won
the race against the turtle.
Sometimes a slow and steady approach
to growth allows for a more lasting,
sustainable and profitable business.
I realize we live in a world where
public companies are continuously
judged on their ability to achieve shortterm, quarter-over-quarter growth. This
short-term focus often leads to poor
decisions for the sake of interim number
achievement.
Instead, leaders should be making
decisions that provide long-term, healthy
progress. It’s not uncommon to see
headlines about organizations cutting
corners or laying people off in order to
meet the quarterly expectations of their
investors or Wall Street.
This singular focus on growth and profit
can actually have a negative impact on the
culture and engagement of employees,
which in turn ensures that the growth will
not be sustainable.
Now, you absolutely should have
growth goals and profit projections to
meet; however, these goals should not be
made solely to demonstrate that you are
growing.
I have seen organizations experience
quick growth, which their operations are
not able to handle. In turn, their product
or service delivery suffered, which then
made it harder for them to bring in new
business.
Every business has to grow just to
keep up with rising costs, salaries, new
product/service development, etc. I
think the smartest organizations are
those that realize all growth requires a
strong foundation to support it. Without
that foundation, the business and the
growth will crumble downward. Imagine
having your team focused on growth and
building the foundation equally.
Also, imagine making the tough
decision to say “No” to new clients in
order for you to prop up your organization
to actually handle the commitments you
would have made.
For entrepreneurs, I think this is
actually a hard concept to understand. As
you start your business, you are trying to
grab every client, expand your revenues,
hire your team and grow your business.
The thought of turning away business is
actually inconceivable.
These entrepreneurs may have
experienced fast growth early on in their
ventures, so they expect to continue to
handle their expansion at the same pace.
These entrepreneurs are so focused on
driving the growth of their businesses
that they lose sight of the challenges
and complexities that come with a larger
organization. They will also see issues with
communication; solving problems takes
longer; and the quick resolutions they are
used to become ever so challenging with a
larger and diverse team.
Without
changing
from
this
entrepreneurial mindset of “growth at
all cost,” these businesses often see a fast
rise to the top and a fast decline to the
bottom.
Building a solid business takes time,
there are no short cuts and it is the
steady, managed growth organizations
that typically win the race.
Bottom Line
As a leader or entrepreneur how are
you focusing on growth? I personally
prefer solid, large goals to reach for, but
I also understand that slowing down to
fine-tune operations can allow for faster
growth in the future.
This is another article in a series on
Michael Gunther’s entrepreneurial story
and how being raised in a large family
and his belief in creating a growth
company with a work-to-live mentality
has influenced his career. To read the
previous articles in this series, visit his
blog at: www.Collaboration-llc.com.
Michael Gunther is Founder and
President
of
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LLC,
a team of highly-skilled business
professionals who are dedicated to
assisting proactive business owners to
build profitable, sustainable businesses
through results-oriented education and
consulting services. Learn more at www.
Collaboration-llc.com. Bottom Lie is a
regular feature of Tolosa Press.
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Church Group Partners with Locals to Go Green
By Camas Frank
C
ongregants
at
a
local
church
known
for
it’s
interfaith relations and
championing of social
justice have unveiled
a solar power rooftop
installation.
About 30 people were
on hand after services
July 17 to witness Rev.
Rod
Richards,
“flip
the switch” on the
panels at the Unitarian
Universalist Church on
South Street in SLO.
In reality the industrial
quality facility, which
uses
photovoltaics
donated from Cal Poly,
surplus via the MidAmerican Solar farm on
the Carrizo Plain, was
feeding energy back into
the grid for several days
ahead of the ceremony.
As always, it’s the
thought that counts.
“We’re very concerned
with
environmental
issues,”
said
Rev.
Richards, “To be as
green as possible is an
important achievement.”
The Unitarians moved
into the building four
years ago, but recently
“things all fell together
for
us,”
said
the
Reverend. “One of our
principles is respect for
the interdependent web
of all existence...this is a step in
the right direction to produce our
power as safely as we can.”
David Heza, on the Church’s
facilities group and tasked with
managing the project, explained,
“The idea was first brought to us
by a congregant, Tod DuBois, he’s
a really interesting fellow with an
energy company...Sangha Energy,”
said Heza, “just as a proposal, and
it was in line with our values. His
business had a unique twist in kind
of a ‘barn raising’ spirit of helping
you to do-it-yourself.”
Heza, an airline pilot by trade,
and as such, rather detail oriented,
was asked to take the solar project
by the horns as a new member of
their facilities group.
“I learned a lot about how solar
works for this level,” he said,
noting that there was also a lot of
administrative work to be done,
setting up contracts with PG&E to
feed back into the grid instead of
having a battery on-site.
By the time the ones and zeros,
not to mention the nuts and bolts
were worked out, another Church
member with the Cal Poly Physics
department had managed to set
the project up as an educational
exercise for students, which allowed
the University to donate the panels
under the same terms they’d gotten
from the industrial scale solar
company.
Rev. Richards and Heza both
noted that it would have been,
perhaps, “overly ambitious” to
attempt a larger installation on the
Unitarian Universalist property.
However, they are producing 90
percent of their on-site needs.
In the end, Sangha Energy wasn’t
the final installer after DuBois
pitched the idea.
“The industrial panels we received
from Cal Poly were different than
what you’d get on your house,” Heza
explained, “We basically put out an
[Request for Proposals]. Another
local company, Pacific Energy...
[they] provided the racks and wiring
and labor for a competitive price
and we’ve been online with PG&E
net-metering. They expectation is
that we’ll produce 90 percent of
what we use.”
In essence, he added they, couldn’t
have gone any larger without serious
upgrades.
While the congregation at SLO’s
Universal
Unitarian
Church
managed to undertake this project
without taking out financing, largely
thanks to Cal Poly and the surplus
stock from a recent industrial solar
plant construction, smaller scale
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financing options for similar
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