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FEATURES<br />
contents<br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2018</strong>, Issue 208<br />
25<br />
ROTARY READY FOR COOKOFF<br />
20TH ANNUAL WINEMAKERS’ COOKOFF, AUG. 11<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
28<br />
BEARCAT COUNTRY<br />
<strong>PASO</strong> ROBLES HIGH SCHOOL PREPS FOR NEW SEASON<br />
22 34 50<br />
SOMETHING WORTH READING<br />
8 Publisher’s Letter<br />
ROUND TOWN<br />
9 City of Paso Robles Rec Activities<br />
10 Main Street & Downtown Daydreaming<br />
12 Through the Grapevine: Bits of Great Info<br />
14 Paso PetCare: Pets & Family<br />
16 Hoofbeat: Hot Summer Tips & Trails<br />
18 San Miguel Reflections, by Lynne Schmitz<br />
20 Food Bank: Roots in Paso Robles<br />
<strong>PASO</strong> PEOPLE<br />
22 Jessie Gilliam: GIPHY Brand Director<br />
24 Wellness Kitchen: Gena Greib Steps into<br />
Executive Director Role<br />
BUSINESS<br />
30 Chamber of Commerce: Econ. Development<br />
31 Local Goods Report: Gnome Sauce<br />
OAK LEAF<br />
32 Education: San Joaquin Valley College Opens<br />
33 Education: Summer Adventure<br />
By County Superintendent Jim Brescia<br />
34 Arts: Studios on the Park Host Allen Cox and<br />
Tom Peck<br />
35 Arts: Upfront Gift Shop for a Good Cause<br />
36 Youth: Boys and Girls Club Get Interim CEO<br />
and Name Todd Evenson as Champion of Youth<br />
37 Wellness: Natural Alternative<br />
38 Performing Arts: Templeton PAC Foundation<br />
BEARCAT COUNTRY<br />
40 Preview: Bearcats and Eagles Roundup<br />
41 Bearcats Football Ready for Action<br />
41 VOP: Voice of Paso to Simulcast LiveStream<br />
TASTE OF <strong>PASO</strong><br />
42 Sip & Savor: Robert Hall Winery<br />
43 Borrowed & Bleu<br />
EVENTS<br />
44 All-New No. SLO County Activities<br />
and Events Guide: Everything You Want<br />
to Know in One Place<br />
LAST WORD<br />
50 Estrella Warbirds: WWW10 & Jeff Gordon’s<br />
Silver Crown<br />
ON THE COVER<br />
<strong>2018</strong> Paso Robles High School Football Players<br />
Photo by Nicholas Mattson<br />
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“Whatever your mind<br />
can conceive and believe<br />
the mind can achieve<br />
regardless of how many<br />
times you may have<br />
failed in the past”<br />
— Napoleon Hill<br />
Wow, another<br />
great California<br />
Mid-State<br />
Fair! We got to a couple<br />
shows, saw Tim McGraw<br />
and Faith Hill, and joined<br />
a great table for KC and<br />
the Sunshine Band. We<br />
took our daughter Elle to<br />
see Demi Lovato, and my wife remarked on the moving performance<br />
of “Sober” she gave. We were saddened to hear the news that she was<br />
hospitalized two days later for an apparent overdose.<br />
When we saw Demi, Elle enjoyed herself, and that is saying a lot<br />
because she was there with her parents a week after her 14th birthday.<br />
It was nice. She’s growing up with some of the memories we<br />
shared as kids, like going to the fair.<br />
Traditions are a great thing, and we are honored and blessed to be<br />
a part of great traditions here on the Central Coast. From the Mid-<br />
State Fair, to beach days, to hiking, biking, and a great arts community.<br />
We share some neat things here I try to stay grateful for every day.<br />
As a kid, maybe I took things for granted, or maybe I didn’t get a<br />
chance to see how hard people worked to put on something like a<br />
parade. These days, we are happy to do some heavy lifting for those<br />
events. I’ll encourage you to do the same, when you have the chance.<br />
We appreciate the hard work going into planning the upcoming<br />
Rotary Winemakers’ Cookoff, back at the Paso Robles Event Center<br />
and now in its 20th year. I didn’t get any scholarships out of high<br />
school, and no looks as a student-athlete for my role as the team captain<br />
of the Templeton Eagles basketball team, but it is a blessing to<br />
be a part of Rotary and raise money to help give scholarships to the<br />
graduating seniors. We are all paving the way for the next generation.<br />
Speaking of paving, I’m glad to see that Paso Robles Street is getting<br />
some attention! Just like our magazine, our surface streets are<br />
ways we welcome others into our community and that improvement<br />
will be fantastic as part of a warm welcome.<br />
Another great event coming is Made in the Shade to fund the<br />
installation of shade structures at the Uptown Paso Park. The fundraiser<br />
is scheduled for <strong>August</strong> 25. Check out the ad for it on page 45<br />
and get ready for a GREAT time out at Rava Winery.<br />
Please enjoy this issue of <strong>PASO</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>.<br />
Nicholas Mattson<br />
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With the blazing summer heat of <strong>August</strong><br />
upon us, it’s hard to imagine that fall is<br />
just around the corner, but Recreation<br />
Services is already busy planning a fall<br />
lineup packed with lots of classes and<br />
activities for all ages.<br />
Look for the Fall Recreation Guide<br />
arriving in your city water bill during the<br />
first week of <strong>August</strong>. Below is a sneak<br />
peek of some of the wonderful new<br />
classes and a few returning favorites<br />
that will be offered during the<br />
fall season.<br />
Local ukulele instructor Brian Schwartz<br />
will be teaching a Ukulele 101 class for<br />
students ages ten to adult<br />
this fall on Monday<br />
evenings beginning<br />
October<br />
22. Since 2016,<br />
Schwartz has<br />
taught over 200<br />
people of all ages to<br />
play this versatile instrument. His engaging<br />
and highly entertaining classes have<br />
become quite popular in other locations<br />
around the county.<br />
"The central coast is home to one of the<br />
most vibrant ukulele communities in the<br />
nation,” says Schwartz. “Students will<br />
leave the class with the confidence to join<br />
any of the many uke jams in the region."<br />
Students will also receive a 100+ page<br />
workbook to help them continue practicing<br />
and learning even when the class is<br />
over. "From Riptide to Purple<br />
Rain, I've hand-picked more than<br />
20 songs that are not only easy to<br />
play, but fun to sing along to," says<br />
Schwartz.“The ukulele is one of the<br />
easiest, least expensive, and most<br />
enjoyable instruments anyone can<br />
learn to play,” Schwartz continues.<br />
"Whether you are 10 years old or 99<br />
years young, you will discover just<br />
how magically the little four-stringed<br />
instrument truly is."<br />
The musical theme continues this fall<br />
as Recreation Services welcomes<br />
Cristina Averseng as a Zumba Gold<br />
instructor. This low-impact aerobic<br />
dance workout set to<br />
Latin music is<br />
designed specifically<br />
for the mature<br />
dancer. "Cristina's<br />
classes offer a good workout,<br />
but are nicely geared toward<br />
those who have never Zumba'd,”<br />
says Zumba Gold participant<br />
Jeanine Bush. “After just a couple<br />
of classes, it's easy to follow along,<br />
move a lot and work off plenty of<br />
calories! It’s far more fun than I<br />
expected, now I am a regular." Cristina's<br />
classes meet every Monday and<br />
Friday at 9:30 am at Centennial Park.<br />
For those looking for a faster paced<br />
higher-impact Zumba workout, Jennifer<br />
Loewen will take over the Zumba reins<br />
from Tiffaney Henry beginning in<br />
September, offering two evenings of<br />
Zumba each week on Mondays at 6pm and<br />
Thursdays at 7:15pm. Come Zumba at<br />
Centennial Park!<br />
This Fall, RV Workamping for Beginners will<br />
return with new classes in September, October<br />
and November for those who dream of packing<br />
up and hitting the road while working and<br />
volunteering in National Parks and various<br />
tourist destinations all over our beautiful country.<br />
RV Workamping instructors Don and<br />
Joyce Wells will be teaching these two-night<br />
classes drawing from their 35 years of<br />
workamping and RV’ing experiences.<br />
They’ll focus on the basics of how to<br />
get on the road along with the ins<br />
and outs of workamping.<br />
Please Join Us for a<br />
For more information about<br />
these and other summer<br />
classes through Paso Robles<br />
Recreation Services, visit<br />
prcity.com/recreation and<br />
look for the Recreation<br />
Guide link.<br />
Register online at<br />
prcity.com/recreationonline<br />
or by visiting the Recreation<br />
Services registration<br />
desk (600 Nickerson<br />
Drive) Monday through<br />
Friday, noon-5 p.m.<br />
FREE Event!
ROUND TOWN<br />
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON MAIN STREET ?<br />
By Millie Drum<br />
TRADING DAY<br />
& KIDS FLEA MARKET<br />
Saturday, <strong>August</strong> 25<br />
Who doesn’t love a bargain? Especially<br />
when it’s an unexpected<br />
treasure found on Trading Day and<br />
the Kids Flea Market! On Saturday,<br />
<strong>August</strong> 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the<br />
Downtown Paso City Park becomes<br />
North County’s biggest yard, bazaar,<br />
rummage and garage sale! Booths<br />
will feature antiques, vintage collectibles,<br />
glassware, furniture, garden art,<br />
crafts and lots of second hand stuff.<br />
This event is free to attend, but bring<br />
your wallet for all of the unique finds.<br />
OK, parents! Here’s your chance!<br />
Tell your kids to clean their rooms<br />
and make summer vacation spending<br />
money! The booth fee for Kids<br />
Flea Market is only $5 for kids from<br />
the 3 rd to 8 th grade only. There must<br />
be adult supervision and merchandise<br />
must be kid’s items priced at<br />
$10 or less. For vendor booth registration,<br />
download application at<br />
pasoroblesdowntown.org.<br />
PAJAMA PARTY MOVIE!<br />
Sunday, September 9<br />
Flash back to 1969 for the western<br />
comedy, Support Your Local Sheriff,<br />
starring James Garner. Your $10<br />
ticket for the Sunday, September 9<br />
showing at 7:00 p.m. at Park Cinemas<br />
includes popcorn and soda. PJs<br />
are optional but encouraged (cozy<br />
and comfortable) for fun! Join in on<br />
the pajama contest to win fun prizes.<br />
Movie night is a popular fundraiser<br />
for Main Street which is sure to sell<br />
out! For tickets, call Main Street at<br />
805-238-4103 or visit the office at<br />
835 12 th Street #D.<br />
TASTE OF DOWNTOWN<br />
Saturday, September 15<br />
From 11 to 4, over 40 restaurants<br />
and wine tasting rooms will offer<br />
scrumptious samples and tastes for<br />
the 21st Annual Taste of Downtown.<br />
Visit our popular, established<br />
eateries as well as the new ones, yet<br />
to be discovered. Contact Main<br />
Street to purchase your $25 Taste<br />
Pass and map of restaurant and<br />
wine tasting rooms.<br />
CHALK IT UP IN STYLE!<br />
ARTE DE TISA!<br />
Sunday, September 16<br />
The 16 th annual Arte de Tisa is<br />
sponsored by the Paso Robles Art<br />
Association. The sidewalk chalk art<br />
show on Pine Street across from<br />
Studios on the Park begins Sunday,<br />
September 16 at 8:00 a.m. Chalk<br />
and art supplies are provided, but<br />
sidewalk space is limited, so artists<br />
... come early! By the time Taste of<br />
Downtown begins at 11 a.m., the<br />
sidewalk turned artist palette will be<br />
transformed with bright color, shapes<br />
and images that might inspire the<br />
artist in you! The goal of PRAA is<br />
to fund scholarships for local art students.<br />
Visit pasoroblesartassociation.<br />
org for membership and donor information.<br />
Explore the Arts by visiting<br />
their gallery at Studios on the Park.<br />
Millie Drum can be reached<br />
at Millie@pasomagazine.com<br />
By Karyl Lammers<br />
Main Street<br />
Ambassador<br />
Downtown Paso Robles is<br />
alive and well. Every day of<br />
the week, people are enjoying<br />
themselves. One young couple<br />
walking north on Park Street was<br />
having so much fun discussing the<br />
changes in Paso since they graduated<br />
from high school in 2010. They<br />
returned for a wedding but had just<br />
left the Carnegie Library and the<br />
Bearcat Alley exhibit. They were<br />
giddy and excited to tell me about<br />
the changes they see, but mostly<br />
how they are so glad Paso still<br />
has that small-town feel; no parking<br />
meters, great restaurants and<br />
friendly people everywhere. It was<br />
a great home coming!<br />
I visited with a group of six from<br />
Monterey, Wyoming and Orange<br />
County for a few days of wine and<br />
fun. We met at the kiosk on the<br />
corner of 12 th and Park Streets<br />
which by the way is the perfect<br />
stop for up-to-date pamphlets on<br />
local businesses and events. One<br />
couple frequents Paso often; sharing<br />
us with their friends. The ladies<br />
were shopping and the men headed<br />
for a good place to have a beer<br />
and watch soccer. Many comments<br />
were made about our town’s charm,<br />
good food and great wines while<br />
walking everywhere with no parking<br />
meters to check on.<br />
Occasionally a tour bus arrives<br />
near the City Park for lunch and<br />
a shopping break. Recently I met<br />
several different groups from Texas,<br />
New Mexico, Ohio and North Carolina.<br />
The majority tells me how<br />
impressed they are with friendly<br />
people everywhere; you just don’t<br />
find that in too many places any<br />
more. These encounters always remind<br />
me of a message I once heard,<br />
“Our happiest moments as tourists<br />
always seem to come when we<br />
stumble upon one thing while in<br />
pursuit of something else.”<br />
I enjoy highlighting a business<br />
each month as a reminder for<br />
our residents to shop downtown.<br />
While there are many shops on<br />
12th Street, there are others west<br />
of Spring Street, too. This tip is for<br />
the ladies: the only women’s consignment<br />
boutique in Paso is “New<br />
with Tags” located at 585 12 th<br />
Street in The Courtyard.<br />
With many years of consignment<br />
experience, Wendy Berti<br />
offers pre-loved and sought-after<br />
brands of top-quality clothes, jewelry<br />
and accessories at more than<br />
half off the original retail price.<br />
Wendy’s customers come from all<br />
over the county for the selection<br />
and quality she carries.<br />
Anyone who tells you money<br />
and shopping downtown doesn’t<br />
buy happiness hasn’t discovered<br />
our happy place …<br />
Downtown Paso Robles.<br />
10 | pasomagazine.com <strong>PASO</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>2018</strong>
Country, Rock, Blues<br />
Classic Piano Rock<br />
Rockin' Old Soul<br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2018</strong>, <strong>PASO</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> pasomagazine.com | 11
ROUND TOWN<br />
GIVING BACK TO OUR<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
They say that a kind act can change another person’s life forever<br />
and for the better. Being a volunteer affords you the opportunity<br />
of lifting another person’s spirits and even improving<br />
their life. At Literacy for Life, we tutor English to adults who need to<br />
improve their skill at speaking, reading and writing English. Anyone<br />
with average English skills and a willingness to help others can be a<br />
tutor. Completing two days of training is all that is necessary for you to<br />
become an English Tutor for Literacy for Life. Tutor training is offered<br />
several times per year. Currently, it is scheduled in the city of San Luis<br />
Obispo on Saturday, September 8, <strong>2018</strong>, and Saturday, September 15,<br />
<strong>2018</strong> from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. both days.<br />
There is an urgent need for this volunteer service in Paso Robles.<br />
For more information, your local contact is Judy at 805-709-5654, or<br />
visit our website at info@literacyforlifeslo.org<br />
Library Grand Reopening<br />
On Monday, Aug. 20, at 2:30 p.m. the Library, in partnership with the<br />
Library Foundation, will be hosting the “Grand Reopening” of the<br />
Library Study Center at 3600 Oak Street.<br />
The Library Foundation approved funding for the refurbishment of the<br />
study center as one of their major <strong>2018</strong> projects. The grand reopening<br />
will include a free book giveaway for children and a ribbon cutting<br />
ceremony open to the public. The guest list includes the City Mayor<br />
and Council, representatives from Cuesta College and Literacy for Life,<br />
Foundation Board members and Library staff and volunteers.<br />
End of Summer<br />
POOL PARTY<br />
FOR PUPS!<br />
Parks4Pups and proud sponsor<br />
Las Tablas Animal Hospital celebrate<br />
the 12th annual Dog Splash<br />
Days over the weekend of Sept.<br />
8-9 at the Templeton Community Pool. Even if you don’t have a faithful,<br />
four-legged friend, come to watch the fun. Spectators bring chairs and<br />
a picnic lunch! It’s become extremely popular for locals and tourists<br />
looking for fun.<br />
In 2017, 250 dogs enjoyed the play, and the event is the major fundraiser for<br />
Vineyard Dog Park in Templeton.<br />
The swim schedule is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Saturday 10 a.m. and<br />
Sunday 3 p.m. sessions are reserved for small (under 30 pounds), senior,<br />
or disabled dogs. Reservations are advisable, though not required. Small<br />
and senior dogs are welcome at all other sessions.<br />
Admission is $20 per dog, per swim session; scheduled on the hour<br />
and limited to 20 dogs at a time for safe play. For new swimmers, dog<br />
life vests are available along with floating toys for added entertainment.<br />
Only dogs are allowed in the pool. Dog owners observe local trainers<br />
and therapists wearing wetsuits serving as “lifeguards” to help dogs in<br />
and out of the pool.<br />
For everyone’s safety and enjoyment, strict guidelines must be followed.<br />
Dogs must be 5 months or older. Additional rules are available on the<br />
website.<br />
For info about Vineyard Dog Park and to make “Dog Splash Days”<br />
reservations, visit parks4pups.org or call 805-239-4437.<br />
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ROUND TOWN<br />
Caring for Pets and their People!<br />
A few weeks ago, a letter sent to a<br />
well-known advice columnist began<br />
“A recent death in my family<br />
has affected me greatly.” The letter<br />
went on to describe the wonderful<br />
traits of her beloved 9-year<br />
old Labradoodle. “Her love for<br />
others was boundless. Her enthusiasm<br />
for life unparalleled. Her<br />
sense of humor was remarkable.<br />
She greeted me with love every<br />
day.” The owner was suffering very<br />
real grief. Sadly, this person has<br />
encountered a number of people<br />
whose attitude is “get over it, she<br />
was just a dog.” Now obviously,<br />
not all people care to have pets,<br />
but fortunately more people do<br />
understand her sense of loss.<br />
Pets can be a great prescription<br />
for people. Recent medical studies<br />
have documented many physical<br />
benefits of caring for a pet;<br />
lowering blood pressure, aiding in<br />
healing, increasing longevity, and<br />
even relaxing and improving the<br />
appetites of patients. The benefit<br />
of a dog for those suffering from<br />
PTSD is now widely recognized.<br />
Unconditional love from a pet reduces<br />
stress and depression and<br />
helps alleviate loneliness, especially<br />
for the elderly. Dog ownership<br />
also contributes to increased<br />
exercise and positive social interactions.<br />
Pets add richness to our<br />
lives and provide a great antidote<br />
to any stressful day.<br />
I am proud that my profession<br />
contributes to the well-being of<br />
both people and their pets. The<br />
vets at Paso Petcare have increased<br />
the lifespan of our pets<br />
with vaccinations, improved nutrition,<br />
parasite treatment, and<br />
birth control, but it is still a sad<br />
fact that most animals have much<br />
shorter lives than we do. Since<br />
many people consider their pets<br />
to be full-fledged family members,<br />
they mourn their loss deeply.<br />
In my almost 40 years as a small<br />
animal vet, I’ve seen owners (including<br />
adults) cry over the loss<br />
of even the tiniest pet. This human-animal<br />
bond is strong and<br />
real, and certainly nothing to be<br />
embarrassed about. While the<br />
loss can often seem unbearable,<br />
we still would not go without the<br />
joy and benefits our pets bring to<br />
our lives every day.<br />
This year we celebrate “The Year<br />
of the Dog” on the Chinese calendar.<br />
They observe that dogs<br />
are loyal and honest, amiable and<br />
kind, cautious and prudent. With<br />
their strong sense of loyalty and<br />
sincerity, dogs will do anything<br />
for the person most important<br />
to them. I would add dogs help<br />
keep us happy and healthy. I am<br />
very honored and grateful to be<br />
entrusted with the care of beloved<br />
pets every day.<br />
Dr. Ann and her dedicated staff at<br />
Paso Petcare Veterinary Hospital<br />
provide compassionate, quality<br />
care for all sorts of small animal<br />
pets at their full-service facility;<br />
serving our local community since<br />
2000. For more information visit<br />
pasopetcare.com.<br />
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ROUND TOWN<br />
By Bec Braitling<br />
he warmer months are upon<br />
us, so early morning rides, if<br />
possible, are most ideal for both<br />
horse and rider. Most days I<br />
have between 10 or 11 horses to<br />
work so avoiding the heat can be<br />
tough. I’m eternally grateful for<br />
covered arenas this time of year.<br />
Trips to the beach or coastal trails<br />
are the best at this time of year<br />
and it’s great to give your horse<br />
a break from the heat, especially<br />
for those of us in North County!<br />
July has been a busy month of<br />
clinics, horse shows, Mid State<br />
Fair fun and 4th of July celebrations<br />
and I’m looking forward<br />
to some quiet, down time at the<br />
beach in <strong>August</strong>.<br />
Another warm summer is<br />
greeting us here on the Central<br />
Coast; the threat of fires<br />
is always imminent. I am<br />
thinking of our friends north<br />
and south of us battling blazes<br />
already this year. I’ve had<br />
to evacuate a few times in the<br />
past, and one thing I’ve learned<br />
with horses is to be on standby<br />
at all times during the danger<br />
months. It is important to<br />
have halters and leads (avoid nylon)<br />
ready for each horse on the<br />
property, with names and contact<br />
numbers already on them.<br />
If you have a truck and trailer<br />
that resides permanently at your<br />
place, keep it hooked up (especially<br />
if you’re headed out of<br />
town) so others can step in and<br />
move horses efficiently and safely.<br />
Consider microchipping your<br />
horses, take photos of brands or<br />
identifying markings and keep<br />
ownership records in an easy to<br />
get to place for quick access or<br />
removal if needed. For more info<br />
on wildfire preparedness for horses,<br />
visit nfpa.org.<br />
A small but motivated group<br />
of Cal Poly students, led by president<br />
and founder Lexie Thacker,<br />
have embarked on their dream of<br />
adding an Eventing Team to Cal<br />
Poly’s existing team of equestrian<br />
athletes. Inspired by the United<br />
States Eventing Association,<br />
implementation of a nationwide<br />
Intercollegiate Eventing<br />
Program, Thacker hopes to put<br />
the college on the map at a national<br />
level within the sport of<br />
eventing. Cal Poly already hosts<br />
an English and Western show<br />
team, dressage team, rodeo team<br />
and polo team. Contact calpolyeventing@gmail.com<br />
for more<br />
info on joining and upcoming<br />
intercollegiate events.<br />
We’ve all had one of those<br />
falls; it happens so quickly and<br />
is seemingly harmless that you<br />
think you’re fine. The next thing<br />
you know, you’re suffering from<br />
headaches, memory loss, physical<br />
complications and even<br />
epilepsy. So many equestrians<br />
pride themselves on mental and<br />
physical toughness, yet we can be a<br />
stubborn bunch. Brain health<br />
awareness within our industry,<br />
amongst amateurs and professionals<br />
alike, should be taken very<br />
seriously. Check out Michelle Nicole’s<br />
blog about her experience<br />
with a TBI and subsequent complications<br />
from her fall on misfitsinwellington.com/the-blog.<br />
Take care of yourselves riders,<br />
even if it’s a minor fall, don’t go<br />
unchecked!<br />
Aug. 1-5 La Fiesta, Santa Barbara,<br />
Old Spanish Days, shows<br />
at Earl Warren Showgrounds,<br />
parades downtown. oldspanishdays-fiesta.org<br />
<strong>August</strong> 8 : Haul-In Schooling<br />
Day at Golden Hills Farm, 8455<br />
Creston Rd, Paso Robles. 8am-<br />
1pm, $15 per horse. Also happening<br />
the same day is a Cavaletti<br />
Workshop with Mary Anguiano<br />
760-250-5707<br />
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ROUND TOWN<br />
<strong>August</strong> 10 & 11 : Back to School<br />
Bash at the Paso Robles Horse<br />
Park - This weekend is filled<br />
with equine education, access<br />
to horses for the entire community<br />
and fun in the sun! This is<br />
a fantastic opportunity to bring<br />
young horses and/or new riders<br />
to experience an event “off<br />
property” while supporting the<br />
Paso Robles Horse Park Foundation.<br />
For more info call 805-<br />
369-1338 or email info@pasorobleshorsepark.com<br />
or visit<br />
pasorobleshorsepark.com for info<br />
on upcoming events.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 10 & 12 : SLO - CDS<br />
Fall Fling and CDS Regional<br />
Adult Amateur Competition at<br />
Twin Rivers Ranch, 8715 N River<br />
Rd, Paso Robles (USEF, USDF,<br />
CDS, AQHA, US PRE High<br />
Point Program). Come and enjoy<br />
dressage in Wine Country, spectators<br />
welcome and food available<br />
on grounds. Contact show manager<br />
and secretary Ellen Corob 805-<br />
440-2947 or emcorob@charter.net<br />
<strong>August</strong> 16 & 17 : Melissa Creswick,<br />
‘S’ level judge, will be teaching<br />
a clinic at both Moon Valley<br />
Farm, 5625 Linne Rd, Paso Robles,<br />
and Four Corners Dressage,<br />
5720 El Pharo Dr, Paso Robles.<br />
Contact Katey Augsberger Katz<br />
kateyaugsburger@gmail.com for<br />
more info, auditors welcome.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 18 & 19 : Cal Poly Alumni<br />
Tournament, Central Coast<br />
Polo Club, 2320 Clark Valley Rd,<br />
Los Osos. Contact Megan at 805-<br />
801-9410 or email megan@centralcoastpolo.com<br />
for more info.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 19 : Barrel Racing Clinic<br />
with Katelyn and Lindsey<br />
McLeod at the Jones Ranch<br />
Arena, 2095 Adobe Rd, Morro<br />
Bay. Auditor fee is $75. Contact<br />
jmacandcompany@gmail.com for<br />
more info.<br />
If you want your clinic,<br />
event or show to be added<br />
to the Hoofbeat Calendar<br />
please email<br />
bec @ pasomagazine.com<br />
wilder ranch<br />
santa cruz horse camps<br />
(For hot weekend getaways with your horse.)<br />
Directions: Hwy. 1 North of Santa Cruz (831-423-9703) 50+ miles of<br />
multi use trails. Fire roads & single track through meadows and<br />
redwoods. Connector trails to Henry Cowell State Park (day<br />
use). Wilder’s horse camp on inland or East side of Hwy. 1<br />
(not main entry). Call for gate combo.<br />
Facilities: 5 corrals w. spigots (bring own hoses and buckets). Porta-potty.<br />
Additional Info: No dogs or fires. Direct access to trails. Reservations<br />
not typically necessary, but do call for combo/verify. Day use is allowed.<br />
Check CA State Parks: Keep an eye and an ear out for<br />
potential fire alerts. Be aware, but have fun.<br />
Trail Tales brought to you by<br />
Whitehorse Tack<br />
2805 Black Oak Drive<br />
Paso Robles, CA 93446<br />
whitehorsetack.com<br />
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ROUND TOWN<br />
by<br />
Lynne Schmitz<br />
The California<br />
Farm Bureau Federation<br />
was created in<br />
1919 and the SLO<br />
County Farm Bureau<br />
was formed in 1922.<br />
In the first membership drive, 481 farmers<br />
signed up, paying $2.50 each. In the order of<br />
the day it was an all-male organization. Wives<br />
and daughters worked alongside the men but<br />
in the background. In 1923 the state organization<br />
formed the Farm Home Department as<br />
an auxiliary for the women.<br />
In San Luis Obispo County over 350 women<br />
joined. Their principal objectives were<br />
school lunches, improved nutrition and farm<br />
home improvement. Later renamed Farm<br />
Bureau Women they continued to bring farm<br />
values and education in food and homemaking<br />
skills to the public, raising money with bake<br />
sales to fund their projects.<br />
In 1949 the San Luis Obispo County Farm<br />
Bureau Board of Directors, recognizing the<br />
place and power of the women’s group, added<br />
a voting seat on the board for the Chair of the<br />
San Miguel reflections<br />
Farm Bureau Women. This was a very progressive<br />
move as the Farm Bureau organizations<br />
in other California counties only allowed<br />
them an advisory position. The women became<br />
active in both local and national politics.<br />
In the early 1950s they began selling corn<br />
brooms made in the Midwest and later made<br />
up a 15-bean soup mix to sell. By 1959, recognizing<br />
the need to distribute current and<br />
pertinent information in home economics, the<br />
SLO County Farm Bureau instituted a newsletter<br />
to which the women contributed articles.<br />
700 families received the first issue.<br />
In 1965 Farm Bureau Women established<br />
a Scholarship Fund for children of Farm Bureau<br />
Members and later expanded it to include<br />
students in 4-H and FFA. They established a<br />
successful booth at the SLO County Fair in<br />
the Home Arts Building which they ran until<br />
2012 when the building was remodeled and<br />
reorganized.<br />
From the 1940s through 2016 they sold<br />
See’s candies for Christmas. Now they sell<br />
their ‘brooms and beans’ at the Mid-State Fair<br />
on Farmers and Ranchers Day each year in<br />
the agriculture area where the barbeque dinner<br />
and wine tasting are held. They also have a<br />
booth at the bi-annual ‘Three Speckled Hens’<br />
antique shows, held in May and October at<br />
the Paso Robles Events Center. Several years<br />
ago the state organization integrated Farm<br />
Bureau Women into the Farm Bureau.<br />
Today, the San Luis Obispo County Farm<br />
Bureau Women, which was the largest chapter<br />
in California, is the only group still active<br />
in California. Meetings are held on the second<br />
Monday of each month (excepting July<br />
and <strong>August</strong>) from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.<br />
at a chosen restaurant. Women interested in<br />
agriculture are welcome. For information call<br />
Jeanne Myers at 805-312-0865. Today’s Farm<br />
Bureau is a necessary national force including<br />
non-farming members who understand the<br />
importance of American agriculture.<br />
For more information about the benefits of<br />
belonging to San Luis Obispo County Farm<br />
Bureau visit the office at 4875 Morabito Place<br />
in San Luis Obispo or call 805-543-3654.<br />
San Miguel story ideas?<br />
Lynne Schmitz can be contacted at lynne@<br />
pasomagazine.com<br />
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ROUND TOWN<br />
The Food Bank’s<br />
Roots in<br />
Paso Robles<br />
By Kevin Drabinski, CEO<br />
Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County<br />
Every corner of our county<br />
has a story to tell; its claim<br />
to some extraordinary<br />
event or movement.<br />
Paso Robles has many highlights<br />
from its historic past. One highlight<br />
that it can certainly be proud<br />
of is its distinction as the birthplace<br />
of the Food Bank Coalition,<br />
which now serves all of San Luis<br />
Obispo County.<br />
Inspired in part by its rural setting,<br />
Paso Robles has long been<br />
populated by independent people<br />
who see that a community thrives<br />
when it cares for a neighbor until<br />
they can get back on their feet.<br />
Back in 1989, Paso Robles was<br />
where a small cadre of volunteers<br />
formalized efforts to ensure vulnerable<br />
populations, especially<br />
children and seniors, had reliable<br />
access to healthy and nutritious<br />
food.<br />
From these early chapters, the<br />
Food Bank extended its reach,<br />
and today distributions take place<br />
in communities from San Miguel<br />
to Nipomo, and San Simeon to<br />
California Valley.<br />
Last year alone, 5 million pounds<br />
of food was distributed throughout<br />
the county, with 40 percent of<br />
it going to children and another<br />
Elementary students in Paso Robles enjoy the harvest from a<br />
children’s farmers market.<br />
20 percent to seniors. Over half<br />
of the food distributed was fresh<br />
produce, which helps advance vital<br />
public health outcomes.<br />
Specialized programming, like<br />
farmer’s markets for children,<br />
shares the message of nutrition to<br />
up-and-coming generations.<br />
If one were to look for a distinctive,<br />
present-day feature of the<br />
Food Bank, it would have to be<br />
the home-grown attitude that<br />
says, “We take care of our own.”<br />
That same Paso spirit lives on in<br />
the care extended from the 4,700<br />
volunteers who helped out last<br />
year in the Food Bank’s GleanS-<br />
LO program, provided nutrition<br />
education and outreach and many<br />
hours at the operations warehouse.<br />
That spirit also lives on in the al-<br />
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most 90 nonprofits in the county<br />
who find the Food Bank an economically<br />
viable way to source<br />
wholesome, nutritious food for<br />
their own distributions.<br />
This coalition effort and the Paso<br />
Robles spirit enable the Food<br />
Bank to reach 14,000 households<br />
and 30,000 individuals every<br />
month.<br />
Paso Robles is a “can-do” community,<br />
brimming with neighbors<br />
who are proud of their independence.<br />
Thanks to that first impetus,<br />
the Food Bank carries on the original<br />
founding ideals. Only now, it’s<br />
not just Paso Robles, it’s a whole<br />
county who is able to show, “We<br />
take care of our own.”<br />
FOOD BANK COALITION<br />
OF SAN LUIS OBISPO<br />
COUNTY<br />
2212 Golden Hill Rd<br />
Paso Robles, CA 93446<br />
805-238-4664<br />
slofoodbank.org<br />
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<strong>PASO</strong> PEOPLE<br />
GIPHY’s Jess Gilliam<br />
Looks Forward to Lunch in Paso<br />
Her tattoo of California keeps her grounded<br />
in a world of animated GIFs<br />
How can a visit to a pizza place change your<br />
life? It happened to Jess Gilliam in 2013 after a<br />
chance meeting with GIPHY company founder<br />
Alex Chung. The graphics interchange<br />
format (GIF) entrepreneur would proceed to<br />
build a $300-million-dollar empire in just five<br />
years. Today, Chung’s wildly successful company<br />
is estimated at $600 million. And Jess?<br />
She’s part of his core team in the Big Apple.<br />
Smack dab in the middle of Manhattan,<br />
Jess Gilliam is surrounded by the excitement,<br />
glamour and nonstop bustle indicative of<br />
New York City, population 8.6 million — a far<br />
cry from Paso Robles.<br />
“Eight years. Time goes by so much faster<br />
now,” said the 29-year-old. “The biggest thing<br />
I’ve learned in New York is that I so deeply love<br />
California. Being here has made me appreciate<br />
it and it’s becoming increasingly important to<br />
come back,” said Gilliam.<br />
Raised in Paso since seventh grade, Gilliam<br />
graduated from Paso Robles High School in<br />
2007 before moving to San Francisco to earn<br />
her AA degree at the Institute for Fashion Design<br />
& Merchandising. In 2010, she moved to<br />
the East Coast, where she landed a job at Surface<br />
magazine. Gilliam expanded her skillset<br />
and social connections led to more work, including<br />
marketing coordination at the Tribeca<br />
Grand Hotel.<br />
Enter 2013 and Her Pizza<br />
Place Run-in With Alex Chung.<br />
“It was really crazy since the beginning. Alex<br />
talked about a new startup and asked me if I<br />
wanted to work on a project. It was pretty appealing,<br />
but risky, too, because most startups<br />
fail,” said Gilliam.<br />
By Melissa Chavez<br />
But GIPHY Kept Growing.<br />
Jess describes GIFs as “short-form pieces of<br />
media, usually a few seconds long, that loop<br />
without sound.” One popular example of a<br />
GIF used on Facebook is of Michael Jackson<br />
in a movie theater, eating popcorn.<br />
At GIPHY, Gilliam created a line of promotional<br />
materials and produced two art shows.<br />
Her role as GIPHY’s Brand Creative Director<br />
in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District involves<br />
team brainstorming to invent and fabricate<br />
GIPHY’s unique and whimsical office spaces.<br />
“Work hard, find a good job, and take on as<br />
much as you can, but stay true to yourself.”<br />
“My mom, Sandy Frazee, has always has<br />
been so supportive and on board with any decision<br />
I’ve had,” said Gilliam, who advises other<br />
young adults to “work hard, find a good job,<br />
and take on as much as you can, but stay true to<br />
yourself. If you like sketching, devote yourself<br />
100 percent and continue feeding your creative<br />
side, too. Don’t just be a crazy workaholic.”<br />
“I’m making it more of a priority to work in<br />
creative projects that I’ve dabbled in and forced<br />
myself to make that time. My mom and I have<br />
just launched Paso Pups, high-quality, all-natural<br />
gourmet dog treats in six flavors, made<br />
without corn, wheat, or soy.”<br />
For NYC’s appeal, Gilliam misses Paso<br />
Robles and ponders a permanent return. Her<br />
brother, Rich Gilliam, 26, lives in Paso. Her<br />
boyfriend, Nestor Judkins, also has family in<br />
California.<br />
“I wouldn’t romanticize the subway,” Gilliam<br />
said dryly. “I miss driving. I miss open space. I<br />
miss animals! The city is amazing, but I never<br />
thought about missing the beautiful oak trees,<br />
walking around the park in Downtown Paso<br />
and going into Firefly, the General Store, Basil<br />
Restaurant, La Mexicana and Fish Gaucho for<br />
those pineapple jalapeño margaritas!”<br />
“It Always Helps to Get Perspective.<br />
Values change. Partly, it’s getting older and just<br />
realizing from a distance that being near family<br />
is really important to me,” said Gilliam. “It’s a<br />
bummer to call mom and not be able to say,<br />
‘Do you want to get lunch on Sunday?’”<br />
Until her return, Gilliam has a California<br />
tattoo on her arm to console her.<br />
“I love spring and fall in New York, but I<br />
miss the California sunshine on my face,” said<br />
Gilliam. “I miss home.”<br />
Publisher’s Note: Recently, I’ve been running<br />
into some of the college students I covered as<br />
high school athletes, and some are in a zone<br />
of not knowing what the rest of their lives<br />
will look like, or even what is next. Jessie Gilliam’s<br />
story supports my advice to all of us:<br />
“Don’t be too committed to knowing what you<br />
will do for the rest of your life, or even what<br />
you are going to do next; but whatever you do,<br />
do your absolute best, so when you finally get<br />
into what it is you want to do for the rest of<br />
your life, you will be ready to be the best.” And<br />
the other thing I hope everyone wakes up everyday<br />
knowing, that we live in one of the best<br />
places in the entire world, and we are all rich<br />
because of it — we should find a way to recognize<br />
that — every day.<br />
Melissa Chavez can be reached at<br />
Melissa@pasomagazine.com<br />
Photo by Jess Gilliam<br />
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<strong>PASO</strong> PEOPLE<br />
The Wellness Kitchen<br />
HEALING FOOD & HELPING HEARTS<br />
By Heather Young<br />
The Wellness Kitchen, 1255 Las Tablas<br />
Road in Templeton, has been helping<br />
people treat illness through food. The<br />
nonprofit not only provided therapeutic foods,<br />
but also provides education for prevention and<br />
continued wellness.<br />
Since its beginning, the nonprofit has grown.<br />
The most recent growth has been founder and<br />
executive director Nancy Walker stepping<br />
aside so she could focus on education.<br />
The change has a been couple of years coming,<br />
Walker said.<br />
“I kept thinking, ‘this needs to go to the next<br />
step,’” she said. “I knew my skills were not in<br />
the fundraising and getting us in the public eye.<br />
I’d rather be in the kitchen.”<br />
Gena Grieb began as the nonprofit’s executive<br />
director on May 28, Memorial Day.<br />
“I’ve always enjoyed working for nonprofits because<br />
[I want] to make a difference,” Grieb said.<br />
Once Grieb has been fully transitioned to<br />
executive director, the kitchen is where Walker<br />
will be. Her new title is founder, visionary and<br />
therapeutic chef.<br />
“Knowing I need to step aside, I wanted to<br />
bring in someone strong and a strong board,”<br />
Walker said.<br />
While Grieb is getting settled in and jumping<br />
into fundraising and marketing the nonprofit<br />
that many people have not heard about.<br />
“It’s not difficult for me [to promote the Wellness<br />
Kitchen] because I emphasize the importance<br />
of what we do,” Grieb said. “This is how<br />
we’re making a difference in [people’s] lives.”<br />
Walker is a trained chef, having attended<br />
The Arts Institute of Phoenix and then Bauman<br />
College, which focuses on teaching holistic<br />
nutrition and culinary arts. At Bauman<br />
College, Walker learned how to cook with love<br />
and healing intention and how important sunshine,<br />
water and dirt are to the food people eat.<br />
The Wellness Kitchen already offers a wide<br />
range of education, and Walker wants to continue<br />
to expand and is already working on a<br />
diabetes educational program with half-hour<br />
instructional lessons and the rest of the time<br />
will focus on hands-on learning. Those in attendance<br />
will go home with prepared meals.<br />
Nancy Walker and Gena Grieb<br />
For more information about the<br />
Wellness Kitchen, to volunteer or<br />
donate, go to TheWKRC.org or call<br />
805-434-1800.<br />
The Wellness Kitchen is open Monday<br />
through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<br />
and until 6 p.m. on Wednesday.<br />
Evan Vossler<br />
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Paso Robles Rotary Club<br />
Gives Local and International in <strong>2018</strong><br />
By Nicholas Mattson<br />
The mission of Rotary International is to<br />
provide service to others, promote integrity, and<br />
advance world understanding, goodwill, and<br />
peace through its fellowship of business, professional,<br />
and community leaders. In service to<br />
others, Paso Robles is home to two of the seven<br />
clubs in the North SLO County, and through a<br />
variety of fundraisers, they produce a bounty of<br />
goodwill for the local community.<br />
The Paso Robles Rotary Club meets weekly<br />
at noon on Thursdays at Paso Robles Inn for<br />
lunch and business. With two big annual fundraisers<br />
and the management of a scholarship<br />
fund, the club produces more than $100,000 in<br />
local support.<br />
Club president Gail Tannehill began her<br />
term in July, and intends on developing the<br />
club’s international participation, but knows<br />
how important it is for the club to focus on our<br />
local community.<br />
“We do a lot in our community, and in the<br />
world,” Tannehill said. “We are going to be<br />
highlighting some international activity, but our<br />
club is very concerned about supporting our local<br />
community.”<br />
One of the ways the club supports local community<br />
is through the annual golf tournament,<br />
which was renamed the “Tee It Up For OUR<br />
Kids” golf tournament with a dedication to deliver<br />
all proceeds to programs and organizations<br />
that serve our local Paso Robles youth.<br />
“We decided to support non-profit organizations<br />
that work with the children of Paso<br />
Robles,” tournament organizer Rick Goree<br />
said. “We invited the organizations to attend a<br />
Rotary lunch as our guest and we presented the<br />
big check to them. It is a good opportunity to<br />
let our sponsors and community know where<br />
the money is going.”<br />
From the 2017 proceeds, $5,000 was donated<br />
to each of the Boy Scouts, Children’s<br />
Museum, CASA, Boys and Girls Club, Paso<br />
Robles Youth Arts Foundation, SKILLS USA;<br />
$2,500 donated to Morning Star Youth Ranch<br />
and Youth Works; and $1,000 donated to Paso<br />
Robles Youth Soccer, North County Dance and<br />
El Chorro.<br />
In March, the annual golf tournament raised<br />
about $35,000 to be distributed among local<br />
charities or causes. The list of beneficiaries is<br />
currently under review, with a number of past<br />
recipients — such as the local Boy Scouts troop,<br />
North San Luis Obispo County Boys & Girls<br />
Club and SkillsUSA — in the running for a<br />
contribution.<br />
In July, $2,500<br />
of that sum was<br />
donated to the<br />
“Made in the<br />
Shade” fundraiser<br />
for the construction<br />
of shade over<br />
the playground<br />
of Paso Robles’<br />
Uptown Family<br />
Park. The park<br />
playground provides a great local resource, but<br />
without any large trees or other shade structures<br />
it is often too hot to use. Rotary’s mission gives<br />
local businesspersons a means to impact the<br />
local and international community with large<br />
donations and service opportunities such<br />
as this.<br />
Following the success of the golf<br />
tournament, the Rotary Club of Paso<br />
Robles prepared for the distribution of<br />
more than $75,000 in local scholarships<br />
to graduating Paso Robles High School<br />
students in June. The scholarships ranged<br />
from $1,000 to $5,000, and assisted 22 PRHS<br />
seniors’ trips into higher education.<br />
A majority of the money raised for those<br />
annual scholarships comes from the Rotary<br />
Winemakers’ Cookoff. The event was founded<br />
by Gary Eberle when he was the Rotary president<br />
in 1998. Before the Cookoff, the club donated<br />
between $1,000-3,000.<br />
“It was an embarrassingly low amount for<br />
such a strong Rotary club,” Eberle said.<br />
Twenty years later, and that has dramatically<br />
changed. Proceeds from the cookoff are paired<br />
with the interest from a foundation fund —<br />
jointly named after Harlow Ford and Callum<br />
Black — managed by the Paso Robles Rotary.<br />
The general Paso Robles public can be a part<br />
of the scholarship fundraising effort by enjoying<br />
an <strong>August</strong> evening at the 20th annual<br />
Winemakers’ Cookoff, as the community gathers<br />
to wine and dine with the best of what Paso<br />
Robles has to offer.<br />
“Just come down,” Eberle said “You will have<br />
all the food you can possibly eat. Phyllis Madonna<br />
still gives us those sheet cakes for desert<br />
— great desserts. You could not eat all the food<br />
presented — and all the wine and music.”<br />
Wine country has made room for some<br />
world-famous beer producers, and the cookoff<br />
has made room as well.<br />
“We have some breweries involved now, so if<br />
you don’t like wine with your ribs, you can have<br />
a beer,” Eberle said.<br />
At the end of the day, bellies are full, and<br />
glasses are empty, with the profits of the event<br />
making their way to the scholarship counts of<br />
the next generation of<br />
PRHS graduates.<br />
“The money stays in<br />
Paso Robles,” Eberle<br />
said. “It is truly a community<br />
event.”<br />
Between the cookoff<br />
and the scholarship<br />
fund, the Paso Robles<br />
Rotary continues to<br />
build a head of steam<br />
in serving local students’ transition from high<br />
school to college, and Eberle set his sights on<br />
another threshold.<br />
“Three years from now, we will be doing<br />
$100,000 per year in scholarships at the high<br />
school,” Eberle predicted.<br />
Looking forward to a great event, Rotary<br />
sends out an invitation to those looking for a<br />
good time and a good cause.<br />
“Each year it is a little bigger, and better run,”<br />
Eberle said. “The wineries are always coming up<br />
with new foods, and bribes for the judges.”<br />
The <strong>2018</strong> lineup of cookoff judges will be<br />
Robert Whitley, Bridget Binns, Mira Honeycutt,<br />
Mike Cervin, and William Carter.<br />
Throwing events and raising money is only<br />
part of what it means to be a Rotarian, and Tannehill<br />
invited anyone interested in getting more<br />
involved in the community to reach out.<br />
“We want to encourage new members,” Tannehill<br />
said. “If you are at all interested in Rotary,<br />
go to our website and contact any of our<br />
members.”<br />
20TH ANNUAL<br />
WINEMAKERS’ COOKOFF<br />
Paso Robles Event Center<br />
Saturday, <strong>August</strong> 11<br />
Participants pour their finest wines and<br />
beer to compete for the best grilled<br />
appetizer north of Cuesta Grade!<br />
Tickets: winemakerscookoff.com<br />
$90 each, $50 for Designated Driver<br />
Must be 21 or older to attend<br />
All money raised goes directly to local<br />
high school scholarships.<br />
To date, Paso Robles Rotary Club has<br />
raised nearly $1.4 million dollars toward<br />
local scholarships.<br />
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Stephanie Rothbauer Seeks Stem Cell Donor<br />
<strong>2018</strong> Big Sister of the Year Battles Life-Threatening Cancer<br />
Publisher’s Note: In May, we recognized<br />
Stephanie Rothbauer for her<br />
selection as the Big Sister of the Year<br />
for <strong>2018</strong>. She was recognized for an<br />
outpouring of her mind, body and<br />
spirit upon others, and it is our honor<br />
to publish a call for help for Stephanie<br />
as she faces an internal battle of<br />
mind, body and spirit for her life.<br />
By Tracey Earl<br />
Here on the Central Coast<br />
we have many hero’s disguised<br />
as ordinary people<br />
and one that is special to me and<br />
many others is Stephanie Rothbauer.<br />
Her story is like other ordinary<br />
people dealt circumstances<br />
beyond their control — circumstances<br />
in which you have the<br />
choice to fight or be defeated.<br />
Stephanie is a warrior and a Hero<br />
and being defeated is not in her<br />
vocabulary.<br />
Stephanie, Our Warrior Queen,<br />
recently entered the ring for the<br />
fight of her life and she needs the<br />
an army of support to get through<br />
this. She was diagnosed with<br />
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML.<br />
FLT3), and on May 17 she was<br />
sent to Stanford Medical Center<br />
after results from a local blood test<br />
came back with dangerous levels of<br />
white blood cells.<br />
The tests were a result of Stephanie<br />
seeking medical attention<br />
after experiencing a recent series<br />
of issues that she had believed to<br />
be related to her Multiple Sclerosis.<br />
Severe, headaches, debilitating<br />
in nature, a terrible ulcer on her<br />
tongue that made it impossible for<br />
her to eat and she even blacked out<br />
at one point. It was then that she<br />
realized this was beyond the challenges<br />
that she already dealt with<br />
and considered part of her “normal”<br />
with MS.<br />
Upon her arrival at Stanford<br />
they immediately began chemo<br />
treatment and told her that she<br />
had cancer. It took a couple of<br />
days and a very painful bone marrow<br />
biopsy to reveal exactly what<br />
form of leukemia she would be<br />
battling. Given the seriousness of<br />
Stephanie’s already highly-compromised<br />
immunity the treatment<br />
plan for her is very individualized<br />
and she is being taken care of with<br />
extra care and attention.<br />
Tad, Stephanie’s husband, has<br />
only left her side to come home<br />
for their son’s promotion from the<br />
eighth grade. It was a heartwarming<br />
surprise that left few dry eyes<br />
as young TJ was surprised by his<br />
father’s appearance. Stephanie is<br />
currently undergoing her second<br />
four-week induction chemotherapy<br />
with hopes of putting the cancer<br />
into remission before a bone<br />
marrow transplant. When her<br />
marrow test come back clean of<br />
the cancer cells she will undergo<br />
stem cell therapy, with a 100-day<br />
stay in Palo Alto for 24-hour care<br />
and treatment.<br />
The previous induction chemotherapy<br />
brought her close to the<br />
edge multiple times, but her body<br />
fought back against insurmountable<br />
odds — well enough for her<br />
to get a one-week break at home at<br />
the end of June before beginning<br />
this second round. As of mid-July,<br />
we are waiting for results of her<br />
most recent biopsy to determine<br />
whether or not her numbers are<br />
within the parameters of remission.<br />
If they are, and the stem cell<br />
donor is found, she can begin the<br />
process of rebuilding her immune<br />
system. There is a chance that not<br />
only would she be cancer free, but<br />
that her MS would be eliminated as<br />
well — truly, a second chance at life.<br />
We recently found out that her<br />
siblings are not matches for stem<br />
cell, and they are currently searching<br />
the national database for a match.<br />
Are you between the ages 18-<br />
44* and want to help Stephanie?<br />
Join Be The Match’s National<br />
Marrow Registry. Bone Marrow<br />
and Stem Cells have the ability to<br />
cure life threatening diseases. Joining<br />
the registry is easy.<br />
You can go to join.bethematch.<br />
org/SRothbauer for a free swab kit<br />
to complete at home. The process<br />
is similar to blood donations, and<br />
donors say it is pain free and easy<br />
— a couple hours of their time<br />
for the rest of a patient’s life. If<br />
you have any questions or would<br />
like to host a Be The Match drive<br />
at your place of worship, work,<br />
school, or community center,<br />
please reach out to Claire Bendig,<br />
cbendig@coh.org. Learn more at<br />
bethematch.org.<br />
ABOUT STEPHANIE<br />
To know Steph is too love<br />
her. Her vibrancy and genuine<br />
love of life is present in everything<br />
she does, even during<br />
these difficult times.<br />
What would cripple many<br />
only displayed her strengths<br />
more. Her passion is displayed<br />
in everything she is a<br />
part of, and a supporter of the<br />
national and local MS Foundation.<br />
She’s also a well-recognized<br />
interior designer.<br />
She was recently honored<br />
as Big Sister of the Year for<br />
<strong>2018</strong>, because of her commitment<br />
to her Little Sister, which<br />
she plans to see through the<br />
young lady’s time in school<br />
and beyond.<br />
Steph’s family is her biggest<br />
passion and her focus is and<br />
always has been to ensure<br />
that TJ (14), Brayden (12), and<br />
Mia (8) are happy, loved and<br />
know their place in her heart.<br />
Our number one priority is<br />
securing a donor so Stephanie<br />
can be home and cancer<br />
free and return to be a mother,<br />
wife and friend to so many.<br />
Signing up to be a donor is<br />
such a worthy cause that will<br />
help someone to live a better<br />
life, whether it is Stephanie’s<br />
or someone like her fighting<br />
for their chance to be a part<br />
of the everyday little things so<br />
many of us take for granted.<br />
Facebook: Steph’s Army: Going<br />
to Battle Against AML<br />
gofundme.com/stephanie-rothbauer<br />
join.bethematch.org/SRothbauer<br />
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LOCAL BUSINESS<br />
BEST Team to provide<br />
ongoing support for<br />
local businesses<br />
Paso Robles Chamber<br />
Builds on Summit and Public Input<br />
By Melissa Chavez<br />
Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce recently announced<br />
two support resources which entrepreneurs can use toward<br />
building successful businesses within the community.<br />
BUSINESS LEADER SUMMIT<br />
One resource includes findings<br />
discovered through a recent Business<br />
Leader Summit at Adelaida<br />
Winery in Paso Robles. Hosted<br />
by the Chamber, the Summit was<br />
comprised of 55 business leaders<br />
who represent a variety of sectors,<br />
including hospitality, tourism, retail,<br />
technology, media, real estate,<br />
wine, professional services, construction<br />
and development, and<br />
manufacturing. The Chamber’s<br />
goal was to explore a collective<br />
vision for economic development<br />
within the City of Paso Robles.<br />
The Summit was hosted by<br />
Don Masurka, whose book,<br />
How Great Decisions Get Made –<br />
10 Easy Steps for Reaching Agreement<br />
on Even the Toughest Issues,<br />
has been utilized by nonprofits and<br />
government agencies alike. The<br />
publication uses a cooperativebased,<br />
problem-solving methodology<br />
to yield the most positive<br />
results and leverage each participant’s<br />
talents and abilities toward<br />
benefiting the whole.<br />
Among the goals of both the<br />
Chamber and the City are business<br />
retention, expansion, attraction,<br />
and effective leadership by which to<br />
implement these economic efforts.<br />
To this end, the Chamber partnered<br />
with the City to hire Josh<br />
Cross as Director of Economic<br />
Development. At the Business<br />
Leader Summit, Cross enlisted<br />
the assistance of stakeholders to<br />
present the results of a Strengths,<br />
Weakness, Opportunities and<br />
Threats (SWOT) analysis as the<br />
subject for discussion and explore<br />
how these areas could be improved<br />
upon and used to meet their goals.<br />
The Chamber’s goal was to<br />
explore a collective vision<br />
for economic development<br />
within the City of Paso Robles.<br />
Chamber of Commerce CEO<br />
Gina Fitzpatrick emphasized her<br />
organization’s goal to update the<br />
2006 City of Paso Robles Economic<br />
Strategy and provide 21st<br />
century support with in-house<br />
economic development services.<br />
Seven concerns rose to the top<br />
by way of a Chamber survey. They<br />
include improving the northern<br />
section and northern gateway of<br />
Paso Robles, providing insight to<br />
Part II of a series following the progress of the Paso Robles<br />
Chamber’s Economic Development program.<br />
the public’s awareness of the wine<br />
industry as an employer of supplemental<br />
services, acquirement and<br />
development of the 157-acre former<br />
El Paso de Robles Correctional<br />
Youth Facility at 4545 Airport<br />
Road, business development within<br />
proximity of the airport, preservation<br />
of the values and quality of life,<br />
development of a performing arts<br />
and conference center, attraction<br />
of technological firms with headof-household<br />
jobs, and retainment<br />
of existing Paso Robles businesses<br />
from relocation.<br />
Among the Summit’s takeaways<br />
were the need for affordable housing<br />
(74 percent), infrastructure (77<br />
percent), workforce (70 percent),<br />
and workforce concerns (70 percent).<br />
Detailed results of the Summit<br />
will be utilized to better effect<br />
development of a Strategic Plan<br />
due this fall. Business merchants<br />
and the public are welcomed to<br />
add input by calling Director of<br />
Economic Development Josh<br />
Cross at Paso Robles Chamber<br />
at 805-238-0506 or by email at<br />
josh@pasorobleschamber.com.<br />
BUSINESS AND<br />
ENTREPRENEURIAL<br />
SUPPORT TEAM<br />
Another ongoing resource is development<br />
of a Business and Entrepreneurial<br />
Support Team (BEST)<br />
to those interested in initiating, expanding<br />
or relocating their existing<br />
businesses to Paso Robles. The way<br />
it works is that the City of Paso Robles<br />
refers inquiries to a Chamber<br />
Point Person who is familiar with<br />
the trades and specialties of the<br />
BEST Team and collaborates with<br />
entrepreneurs, using information<br />
and local expertise to assist them.<br />
Detailed results of the<br />
Summit will be utilized to<br />
better effect development of<br />
a Strategic Plan due this fall.<br />
Within the Chamber Resource<br />
Center and Business Economic<br />
Committee for advanced planning<br />
are an assortment of resources, such<br />
as business support roundtables,<br />
website information, social media<br />
posting, event creation and participation,<br />
a quarterly forum, mentorship,<br />
and a Build Relocation Packet<br />
toolkit. Strategic follow-up is also<br />
just one more way in which the<br />
Chamber and City of Paso Robles<br />
are working together to come alongside<br />
new and existing businesses.<br />
To learn more about BEST or to<br />
become a mentor with BEST Team,<br />
call the Chamber at 805-238-0506.<br />
Melissa Chavez can be reached<br />
at Melissa@pasomagazine.com<br />
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LOCAL GOODS REPORT<br />
from General Store Paso Robles<br />
t’s back to school season, but we know<br />
Paso’s summer is long from over. We hope<br />
you’ll stop in and check out our organic cotton<br />
lunch bags and Blackwing pencils if you’re getting<br />
your school supplies in order. (**AND remember<br />
that our second store, General Store<br />
Notable Goods, will be opening later this month.<br />
It’s a small space chock full of books, cards and<br />
happiness. We’ve been geeking out over pens,<br />
pencils and erasers that would make homework<br />
a LOT more fun. Check our website, Instagram<br />
or Facebook to see when we open those doors!)<br />
So. Summer in Paso, still going strong. Did you<br />
know that consuming hot sauce can cool you<br />
down in hot weather? Spicy foods make you<br />
sweat, and once it evaporates, your body is cooler.<br />
You can turn up the AC or you could grab a<br />
bottle of Gnome Hot Sauce!<br />
Gnome Hot Sauce is made in tiny batches here on the Central<br />
Coast using fresh veggies that are smoked, giving it depth and delicious<br />
flavor. We asked Jane, the Queen Gnome (Is that a title? We’re giving it<br />
to her!) a few questions about their hot sauce, which comes in both<br />
regular and extra spicy.<br />
Is there special significance to the gnome in Gnome Hot Sauce?<br />
“Yes! One of our founders is called “the gnome” in the restaurant he<br />
works for. So, we decided it would be perfect since we knew we would be<br />
using lots of garden fresh veggies!”<br />
What is your favorite way to use your hot sauce?<br />
“I love it on eggs. But it’s truly good on everything. I like marinating<br />
pork shoulder in our hot sauce; then sticking it in the crock pot.<br />
It tastes like it has been in the smoker for days! I also like it on salads.<br />
I mix it up with some lemon juice and olive oil for a smoky addition to<br />
my greens. Oh, and I LOVE it in a Bloody Mary!”<br />
Tell us about the spicy sauce.<br />
“It’s amazing! It starts with all the same veggies as in our classic sauce<br />
as well as apple cider vinegar, lime juice and cilantro. We add some smoky<br />
ghost peppers to give it a real pop! It has a delicious burn! I love this addition<br />
to our gnome family. Or, as we like to call it, our “gnomily.”<br />
Stay cool, neighbors!<br />
The Team at General Store Paso Robles<br />
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OAK LEAF<br />
PRIVATE SCHOOL OFFERS BUSINESS AND MEDICAL VOCATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS<br />
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COLLEGE TO BEGIN CLASSES IN ATASCADERO<br />
By Melissa Chavez<br />
here’s a new education option for people<br />
looking for vocational training in North<br />
San Luis Obispo County. San Joaquin<br />
Valley College (SJVC) — a private junior college<br />
— offers nine-month programs designed<br />
for people who want to accelerate their training<br />
toward jobs in demand.<br />
SJVC offers one business administration<br />
and two medical training programs with<br />
on-campus services to assist their students.<br />
While a permanent three-classroom campus<br />
is being constructed at 8845 El Camino<br />
Real, Atascadero — the former site of Player’s<br />
Restaurant — a campus has been established at<br />
7301 Morro Road, Suite 105A.<br />
Founded in 1977, SJVC is accredited by the<br />
Accrediting Commission for Community and<br />
Junior Colleges (ACCJC/WASC). Currently,<br />
the college has 15 campus locations throughout<br />
California and one online campus<br />
THREE CERTIFICATIONS AVAILABLE<br />
SJVC’s three certificate programs are Medical<br />
Assistant, Medical Office Administration and<br />
Business Administration. Both medical courses<br />
take nine months to complete, while the business<br />
classes lasts seven months. SJVC considers<br />
the three courses as core programs, given their<br />
proximity to three hospitals and numerous prospective<br />
medical and business employers located<br />
within San Luis Obispo County.<br />
The new campus will include a medical laboratory<br />
and a student center with a computer<br />
room and a library with reference materials for<br />
quiet studying. Two student lounges will offer<br />
inside and outside access for students.<br />
“The medical lab will have an EKG machine<br />
and other equipment used in medical offices,”<br />
said Campus President Alyssa Perry, so that<br />
students become familiar with what they will<br />
utilize in their work environment.<br />
The intensive courses are available<br />
year-round on a continual basis that<br />
begin every five weeks.<br />
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,<br />
an independent statistical agency, the<br />
median hourly wage for medical assistants is<br />
$18.33 in San Luis Obispo County.<br />
The intensive courses are available year-round<br />
on a continual basis that begin every five weeks.<br />
Class hours are from 7:15 a.m. to 12 noon,<br />
Monday through Thursday. The class sizes will<br />
be kept small, especially as the college becomes<br />
established. Perry projects an initial enrollment<br />
of approximately 30 students, with an eventual<br />
census of 50 to 60 business and medical students.<br />
“Holding classes year-round is part of how<br />
we’re able to serve as many students as we do,”<br />
said Perry. “Our programs include externship<br />
where students work with the employers in<br />
their field of study, receiving real-world<br />
experiences. And our Career<br />
Services department will help<br />
prepare students for externship<br />
and employment opportunities<br />
by helping them with resume writing<br />
and mock interviews. We want them feeling<br />
confident in front of employers.”<br />
HELPING NEIGHBORS<br />
“One of the aspects that is important to us is involvement<br />
within the community,” said Perry. “At<br />
local high schools, we’ll make presentations to the<br />
students of what their educational opportunities<br />
are. Through the Chamber of Commerce, we will<br />
be able to connect with employers throughout the<br />
area and help meet their needs, too.”<br />
Recently, SJVC donated restaurant equipment<br />
to Atascadero Printery, a local nonprofit, from<br />
Player’s Restaurant, a local favorite that has been<br />
closed for a decade. The college also donated 30<br />
lunch tables to Morro Bay High School.<br />
“As an institution, we look forward to establishing<br />
our Atascadero campus where we can serve<br />
the Central Coast communities and make a positive<br />
impact,” said Perry.<br />
REGISTRATION<br />
Fall registration can be made by calling 805-<br />
470-7130 or onsite at 7301 Morro Road,<br />
Suite 105A in Atascadero. Visit sjvc.edu.<br />
Melissa Chavez can be reached<br />
at Melissa@pasomagazine.com<br />
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OAK LEAF<br />
SUMMER IS AN ADVENTURE<br />
By Jim Brescia<br />
he San Luis Obispo County Office of<br />
Education operates the Rancho El Chorro<br />
Outdoor Educational Campus that is<br />
tucked away in the hills above San Luis Obispo.<br />
These 250 protected acres include a nature preserve,<br />
a school campus, a one-room schoolhouse,<br />
incredible learning resources, and a regional education<br />
conference center. The school provides<br />
hands-on learning opportunities for students<br />
studying science and ecology in a natural setting.<br />
The San Luis Obispo County Office of Education<br />
has been providing outdoor education to the<br />
community for over 40 years. Nearly 300,000<br />
students Jeremy and Deming 10,000 adults have enjoyed and benefited<br />
from the programs and facilities which were<br />
previously part of Camp San Luis Obispo.<br />
The Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School once<br />
again offered Summer Outdoor Adventures<br />
for Kids (SOAK) Camp this year. Nestled between<br />
San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay off of<br />
Highway One, the Rancho El Chorro Outdoor<br />
School preserve affords some beautiful hiking<br />
trails along Pennington Creek, an oak woodland<br />
forest, a pond, classrooms, and a newly renovated<br />
amphitheater courtesy of local Rotary clubs. Our<br />
outdoor education programs bring North County<br />
students closer to nature while providing fun and<br />
adventure. When students participate in outdoor<br />
education, their understanding of the environment<br />
and human communities grow. Stronger<br />
environmental attitudes, civic responsibility, and<br />
community participation strengthen through<br />
outdoor education. These types of schools are one<br />
tool in building a solid foundation of stewardship<br />
within the next generation.<br />
Outdoor education can connect families and<br />
the greater community with our schools. Many<br />
times when classrooms are outdoors an entry point<br />
for involvement in education emergers. The first<br />
time my father became more involved with my<br />
schooling was in the late 1960s on an outdoor education<br />
field trip. I have many people throughout<br />
the county stop me to relay stories about chaperoning<br />
for a field trip. Some of the stories have included<br />
recollections about sleeping at Rancho El<br />
Chorro as a youth. I commend our local, state, and<br />
national Rotary Clubs for their dedication to our<br />
community, our youth, and society.<br />
This summer I was able to join the Cayucos Rotary<br />
Club along with other Central Coast Rotary<br />
Clubs and participate as a Paso Robles Delegate<br />
at the Rotary International Conference in Toronto,<br />
Canada. The Cayucos Club hosted a booth<br />
in support of the San Luis Obispo County Office<br />
of Education Outdoor Education Campus,<br />
Paso Robles Rotary Club Member Brescia pointing<br />
to map listing the over 200 counties represented<br />
at the Rotary International Conference<br />
Rancho El Chorro. Over 24,000 Rotarians from<br />
more than 200 counties joined forces in Canada<br />
to promote the Rotary motto of “Service Above<br />
Self.” It is an honor to have multiple Rotary clubs<br />
from San Luis Obispo County, the greater Rotary<br />
district (including adjacent counties), clubs from<br />
Oregon, Mexico, Canada, Brasil, Burundi, and<br />
Myanmar supporting the educational programs<br />
offer at Rancho El Chorro. I am proud to serve<br />
as your county superintendent of schools, employ<br />
a talented workforce, and work with community-minded<br />
individuals in our local Rotary Clubs.<br />
I invite the entire community to tour Rancho El<br />
Chorro and learn about this gem right here in our<br />
backyard promoting environmental education,<br />
stewardship, peace mediation, and leadership.<br />
“Now I see the secret of making the best<br />
persons; it is to grow in the open air and<br />
to eat and sleep with the earth.”<br />
~Walt Whitman~<br />
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“Obelisk“ by Allen Cox<br />
o celebrate the unique exhibit<br />
of art on display at Studios on<br />
the Park by Allen Cox and Tom<br />
Peck, a fundraiser will be held at<br />
the spectacular home of Ken and<br />
Marilyn Riding on Sunday, Sept.<br />
16. The intimate event – We’d Like<br />
to Explain Ourselves - Confessions<br />
of Two Abstract Painters – promises<br />
to be an exciting evening of art,<br />
dinner, and wine.<br />
“Naming our shows is always an<br />
ordeal for us,” Peck said. “At this<br />
event, we are going to talk about<br />
how and why we do the work we<br />
do, with examples of our paintings,<br />
so this ‘Explain Ourselves’<br />
name seemed to fit. Plus, it suits<br />
our personalities. We have different<br />
styles and concepts, but we are<br />
Abstract Artists Allen Cox and Tom Peck<br />
featured at benefit for STUDIOS ON THE PARK<br />
EXPERIENCE ART, DINNER, AND WINE AT SEPTEMBER 16 EVENT<br />
both of the abstract persuasion. I<br />
don’t remember how we met, but<br />
we hit it off because we take our<br />
work seriously, but not ourselves.”<br />
The Ridings will complement the<br />
conversation with their perspective<br />
as life-long collectors, and guests<br />
will have the opportunity to view<br />
their incredible art collection. Ken<br />
is a board member at Studios, and<br />
Marilyn volunteers with Studio’s<br />
Kids Art Smart program.<br />
“We enjoy art, and have always<br />
been enamored by Studios and what<br />
they are doing,” Ken said. Hosting<br />
the fundraiser at their home, Marilyn<br />
said, is “A way of giving back to<br />
Studios and to the community in<br />
general. We love sharing and motivating<br />
people to collect art at whatever<br />
level they are able – reproductions<br />
or original pieces.”<br />
Dinner will be provided by<br />
Carole and Santos MacDonal of<br />
Il Cortile and La Cosecha, from<br />
their new culinary enterprise,<br />
The Truck. Studio’s Winery<br />
Partners will pair fine wines of<br />
Paso Robles with the meal, and<br />
guests will enjoy stunning views<br />
of the Adelaida countryside<br />
while dining on the patio.<br />
“This [will be] a very cool<br />
event, attended by interesting<br />
people who are not only interested<br />
in the arts, but in actively<br />
supporting the arts,” Peck<br />
said. “The venue is spectacular<br />
and then there’s fine food, fine<br />
art, and fine wine. Really, what<br />
more could one want?”<br />
Proceeds from the event will<br />
benefit Studio’s Kids Art Smart<br />
programming. Since 2011, thousands<br />
of schoolchildren have<br />
visited Studios on the Park for<br />
hands-on professional art classes<br />
completely free of charge.<br />
By Meagan Friberg<br />
“Big Sur“ by Tom Peck<br />
WE’D LIKE TO EXPLAIN<br />
OURSELVES - CONFESSIONS<br />
OF TWO ABSTRACT PAINTERS<br />
Sunday, September 16 • 4 p.m.<br />
$120 per person<br />
For tickets, contact Sasha<br />
at 805-238-9800 or<br />
sasha@studiosonthepark.org<br />
Meagan Friberg can be reached<br />
at Meagan@pasomagazine.com<br />
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UP FRONT: Good Cause, Great Gifts<br />
Gift shop sales generate funds for Studios on the Park programs<br />
By Meagan Friberg<br />
Discover the Art of Shopping<br />
when you step inside Up Front<br />
Gift Store, located inside Studios<br />
on the Park at 1130 Pine St. in<br />
downtown Paso Robles. This oneof-a-kind<br />
marketplace features<br />
unique, handmade creations including<br />
baskets, greeting cards, ceramics,<br />
glass, jewelry, scarves, wood<br />
products, bags, and more. Find that<br />
perfect gift for a special occasion or<br />
special someone…or treat yourself!<br />
Sales Manager Elaina Stangle<br />
oversees the store, and counts on<br />
Assistant Meagan Robbins and<br />
a slew of volunteers to keep Up<br />
Front running smoothly. Over the<br />
past few years, they have helped<br />
move the store from a smaller space<br />
in the back of Studios to a larger<br />
space that is, well, right up front!<br />
“It’s been amazing to see this<br />
space grow and evolve,” Stangle<br />
said. “Ninety percent of the store<br />
features art by local artists, and<br />
families really enjoy our selection<br />
of children’s items and gifts.”<br />
Support local artists, a local studio, and local programming –<br />
all by shopping and sending friends to shop at Up Front!<br />
Best of all, a gift from Up Front<br />
is also a gift to the local community<br />
– all purchases support arts programming<br />
for children, teens, and<br />
adults including Kids Art Smart.<br />
Good Cause, Great Gifts!<br />
“Our main focal point at Studios<br />
is to support Kids Art Smart,”<br />
Stangle said, “and forty percent of<br />
the sales from Up Front go towards<br />
this; the other percentage goes to<br />
the artists who have their items on<br />
consignment. We are completely<br />
a non-profit organization, so any<br />
donations we receive such as sales<br />
from the store, or sales from the<br />
main gallery, go towards keeping<br />
Kids Art Smart running. During<br />
the school year, a bus shows up<br />
each morning to Studios, and<br />
artists and volunteers donate<br />
their time to bring art to local<br />
children. All of th takes money, of<br />
course. It is an awesome program,<br />
and we are all quite proud to be<br />
part of this.”<br />
Stock is rotated on a regular<br />
basis, with seasonal items added<br />
throughout the year. The colors and<br />
fabrics of the handbags and scarves<br />
change with the seasons, and the<br />
price point on all Up Front items<br />
are easy on the pocketbook!<br />
Stangle and her crew will gladly<br />
wrap up your purchase in seasonal<br />
colored tissue paper, and place it in<br />
a logo gift bag complete with ribbon.<br />
Don’t forget to stock up on<br />
hostess gifts – those holiday parties<br />
are right around the corner! Shipping<br />
options are also available; ask<br />
for details while shopping. For more<br />
information, call 805-238-9800.<br />
Meagan Friberg can be reached<br />
at Meagan@pasomagazine.com<br />
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OAK LEAF<br />
Boys and Girls Club Preps for the Future<br />
Interim CEO Takes Over, Todd Evenson Named Champion for Youth<br />
By Heather Young<br />
With the departure of Boys and Girls Club<br />
of North SLO County CEO, Kate Morgans, at<br />
the end of January, the organization remains in<br />
the midst of deciding what to do for the future.<br />
After Morgans’ departure, board member Pat<br />
Bland became interim<br />
CEO until an agreement<br />
could be reached with<br />
the Santa Maria Boys<br />
and Girls Club.<br />
As of April 1, Jeremy<br />
Deming took over as<br />
interim CEO until the<br />
board decides what its<br />
next steps will be. He<br />
Jeremy Deming<br />
will serve as CEO for six<br />
months.<br />
“We’re just deciding<br />
what to do,” board chairwoman Nadine Sullivan<br />
said. “We have several options to choose from,<br />
so this gives us time to decide.”<br />
The Santa Maria boys and Girls Club serves<br />
2,000 children in 10 sites.<br />
“They really do have the support we’ve never<br />
had,” Bland said of the Santa Maria club.<br />
Deming has been the CEO of the Santa Maria<br />
organization for the last three years and has<br />
overseen growth for donors, staff and programs.<br />
The Boys and Girls Club offers after school<br />
care at a low cost to families, as well as all-day<br />
care when school is not in session at two locations<br />
in North County. In the summer, summer<br />
day camps are held from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. in<br />
Paso Robles and Atascadero.<br />
The Boys and Girls Club offers after school<br />
care at a low cost to families, as well as<br />
all-day care when school is not in session<br />
at two locations in North County.<br />
On Saturday, September 8, he club will host<br />
its annual gala with its champions of children<br />
at the Paso Robles Event Center, 2198 Riverside<br />
Ave., at 5:30 p.m.<br />
Annually, 200 people come together for a<br />
lively social hour, a five-course dinner catered<br />
Chef Jeffrey Scott with local wine pairings,<br />
live and silent auctions and dancing.<br />
Tickets can be purchased by calling Karen at<br />
805-440-8783.<br />
This year’s Champion<br />
of Youth honoree is<br />
Todd Evenson, who<br />
has been on the Boys<br />
and Girls Board since<br />
January 2012. He was<br />
board chair from January<br />
2014 to January<br />
<strong>2018</strong>.<br />
“Todd has helped to<br />
guide our board and organization<br />
while we ex-<br />
Todd Evenson<br />
panded our donors and<br />
constituents in order to serve more kids in both<br />
Paso Robles and Atascadero,” Bland said.<br />
For more information about the club, go to<br />
bgcslocounty.org.<br />
For more information about the club,<br />
go to bgcslocounty.org.<br />
Heather Young can be reached<br />
at Heather@pasomagazine.com<br />
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THE NATURAL ALTERNATIVE<br />
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2018</strong>, <strong>PASO</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> pasomagazine.com | 37
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support local fine arts through<br />
Templeton Performing<br />
Arts Center Foundation<br />
Hard work and generosity<br />
are community values<br />
in Templeton and<br />
the evidence is on display at the<br />
Templeton Performing Arts Center.<br />
Many people volunteered<br />
their time for several years and<br />
many others donated funds in<br />
order to complete the inside<br />
of the theatre, while Templeton<br />
Unified School District<br />
and a state grant paid for the<br />
construction of the exterior.<br />
This beautiful facility is on the<br />
campus of Templeton High<br />
School at 1200 S. Main St. and<br />
is managed and maintained by<br />
TUSD.<br />
Since opening in 2003, it has<br />
become part of the community.<br />
It has also become apparent<br />
that a theatre like this<br />
requires an ongoing<br />
commitment-far<br />
beyond completing<br />
the construction,<br />
and far beyond the<br />
commitment required<br />
by standard<br />
school facilities.<br />
The TPAC is used by<br />
many different groups<br />
for many types of activities,<br />
from dance recitals<br />
and performances<br />
to orchestra and band;<br />
school assemblies,<br />
plays and musicals, to<br />
community events. In<br />
all this time, the facility<br />
has not had any significant updates<br />
(or in some cases, even standard<br />
theatre maintenance).<br />
The Templeton Performing Arts<br />
Center Foundation formed this<br />
year with the specific purpose to<br />
create additional support and funding<br />
for the TPAC, beyond the usual<br />
budget provided by TUSD. The<br />
non-profit organization’s mission<br />
is to increase the utilization of the<br />
facility by underwriting, sponsoring,<br />
promoting, and/or assisting in<br />
performing arts programs, cultural<br />
projects, and educational and civic<br />
events that take place in this facility.<br />
The foundation also supports<br />
and assists in the operation of<br />
the building to ensure it reaches<br />
its maximum potential as a venue<br />
for the performing arts, learning,<br />
entertainment, and community-building,<br />
for both TUSD and<br />
the community.<br />
The TPAC is one of North<br />
County’s premier venues for worldclass,<br />
professional performing arts<br />
in a small, intimate setting of 330<br />
seats, each with an unobstructed<br />
view of the stage due to the steep<br />
angle of construction. It has a full<br />
orchestra pit, green room, full curtains,<br />
lighting, and sound systems.<br />
The TPAC is a hub for cultural<br />
events serving all the people of<br />
the North SLO County and their<br />
families, as well as providing an institution<br />
for career and vocational<br />
technical education for Templeton<br />
High School Theatre Marketing<br />
and Management students.<br />
You can join the newly formed<br />
board of parents, teachers, counselors,<br />
current and retired administrators,<br />
business owners, and citizens<br />
who want to help promote the<br />
field of fine and performing arts.<br />
The foundation is seeking individuals<br />
and organizations to help in<br />
the following ways:<br />
• Become a member of the<br />
foundation board — planning<br />
and working events,<br />
organizational issues, donation<br />
solicitation, etc.<br />
• Become a donor<br />
• Support the foundation as a<br />
consultant on specific items,<br />
i.e. sound systems, electrical,<br />
planning events, stage production,<br />
video, sound, etc.<br />
• Donate goods & services<br />
to be used at fundraising<br />
events<br />
• Participate and attend future<br />
fundraising functions<br />
There are several events already<br />
planned to benefit the foundation.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 25, <strong>2018</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
“The John Jorgensen Quartet”<br />
The first in a series of fundraiser<br />
concerts planned by the foundation.<br />
It will feature John Jorgensen,<br />
best known for his guitar work<br />
with bands such as the Desert<br />
Rose Band and The Hellecasters.<br />
He is also proficient on the mandolin,<br />
mandocello, Dobro, pedal steel<br />
guitar, piano, upright bass, clarinet,<br />
bassoon, and saxophone. While a<br />
member of the Desert Rose Band,<br />
he won the Academy of Country<br />
Music’s “Guitarist of the Year”<br />
award three consecutive years.<br />
Jorgenson has recorded and or<br />
toured with Elton John, The Byrds,<br />
Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Willie<br />
Nelson, Johnny Cash, Emmylou<br />
Harris, Hank Williams Jr., Barbra<br />
Streisand, Luciano Pavarotti, Roy<br />
Orbison, Patty Loveless, Michael<br />
Nesmith, and Bonnie Raitt.<br />
Tickets: $30 for adults and $15<br />
for students. Buy your tickets at<br />
jjquartet.bpt.me, or call 805-391-<br />
7003.<br />
Other future productions include:<br />
October 6, <strong>2018</strong>, 7p.m.<br />
“A Night to Remember”<br />
January 12, 2019, 7p.m.<br />
“An Evening with Muriel Anderson”<br />
Interested in becoming part of<br />
the foundation or volunteering,<br />
please email the TPACF President<br />
Vicki van den Eikhof at templeton<br />
PACfoundation@gmail.com or<br />
call 805-391-7003.<br />
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the
BEARCAT COUNTRY<br />
Fall Sports Season Kicks Off at Local High Schools<br />
Catching Up with the Bearcats and Eagles<br />
By Meagan Friberg<br />
For student-athletes, there is no such thing<br />
as Summer Break. It takes dedication,<br />
drive and lots of practice to stay in shape.<br />
With the fall sports season just around the<br />
corner, and non-conference games for some<br />
teams kicking off in mid-<strong>August</strong>, athletes and<br />
coaches are putting in their time on the fields,<br />
courts and tracks across Northern San Luis<br />
Obispo County.<br />
Recently, I had the chance to chat with Paso<br />
Robles High School’s Director of Athletics<br />
Anthony Morales, and Templeton High School’s<br />
Director of Athletics Lindsay Franklin to get<br />
their take on the upcoming fall sports season.<br />
It was nice to catch up with them, and learn<br />
a bit about what we can look forward to with<br />
the Bearcats and Eagles as the <strong>2018</strong>-19 school<br />
year begins.<br />
Student-Athletes & Coaches<br />
For fall, Paso Robles High<br />
School athletes will participate<br />
in Men and Women’s Cross<br />
Country, Football, Women’s<br />
Golf, Women’s Tennis, Women’s<br />
Volleyball, Cheer, and Men<br />
and Women’s Water Polo. At<br />
Templeton High School, athletes<br />
will participate in Football,<br />
Cheer, Cross Country, Women’s<br />
Tennis and Women’s Volleyball.<br />
Head coaches for the Bearcats<br />
include: Ivan Huff (Cross<br />
Country, 35+ seasons), JR<br />
Reynolds (Football, two years as interim, with<br />
this being first official season as head coach),<br />
Kevin LeClair (Women’s Golf, 1st season),<br />
Laura Clowes (Women’s Tennis, 18th season),<br />
Sophie Flemion (Women’s Volleyball, 1st season),<br />
Duane McRoy (Men’s Water Polo, 20th<br />
season) and Grant East (Women’s Water Polo,<br />
third season).<br />
For the Eagles, head coaches include: Tyler<br />
Lane (Football, 3rd season), Erin Farley (Cheer,<br />
1st season), Mary K Housinger (Women’s Tennis,<br />
5th season), and Cameron Schaeffer (Women’s<br />
Volleyball, fourth season). At press time, the<br />
head coach position for THS Cross Country is<br />
open – applications are being accepted.<br />
Central Coast Athletic Association<br />
Both PRHS and THS are part of the Central<br />
Coast Athletic Association. The Bearcats will be<br />
competing in the CCAA Mountain League for<br />
all fall sports, according to Morales. The Eagles,<br />
according to Franklin, will participate in the<br />
CCAA Ocean League for Football, Cross Country<br />
and Women’s Tennis, whereas the Women’s<br />
Volleyball team will be competing<br />
in the Mountain League.<br />
Are any of the teams defending<br />
championship titles from last year?<br />
Glad you asked! The PRHS Men’s<br />
Cross Country and Football teams<br />
won PAC-8 League titles last fall.<br />
Over at THS, the Women’s Volleyball<br />
team won the Los Padres<br />
League last fall. Over the next several<br />
months, it will become clear<br />
which teams will be in the running<br />
to earn titles this season.<br />
Community Support for Student-Athletes<br />
When asked what they’d like our readers to<br />
know about the student-athletes at their schools<br />
and why it’s important to lend support to the<br />
Bearcats and Eagles, Morales and Franklin were<br />
both quick to respond.<br />
“We encourage our entire community to<br />
Anthony Morales<br />
come out and support all athletic/co-curricular<br />
programs,” Morales said. “PRJUSD offers<br />
the BEST facilities for our community to enjoy<br />
while supporting our youth. In addition, this is<br />
a great way for our community to get together,<br />
while observing PRJUSD’s finest from within<br />
our entire PRJUSD student body. [We have] a<br />
rich history and a strong track record of putting<br />
student excellence first. We believe that we are<br />
one team working towards the one dream of<br />
ensuring our students success. Without a doubt,<br />
[the Bearcats] always enjoy the moments when<br />
members of our<br />
community come<br />
out and support<br />
them.”<br />
Franklin would<br />
like everyone to<br />
consider attending<br />
the Eagles’ games,<br />
support THS athletes<br />
and be part of<br />
the greater sense of<br />
the local community.<br />
“We call our<br />
territory ‘Eagle<br />
Lindsay Franklin<br />
Country’ and our athletes and alumni are very<br />
proud of the traditions we uphold,” Franklin<br />
said. “Whether it’s football on Friday nights,<br />
or girls’ volleyball or tennis on Tuesdays and<br />
Thursdays, our athletes are very appreciative<br />
of those who come out to support their sport.<br />
Once you come out for a few games, our athletes<br />
welcome you and make the extra effort to make<br />
sure you are a part of the tight group known as<br />
‘Eagle Country’!”<br />
Find the complete fall schedule for individual<br />
sports at MaxPreps.com or go to the Athletics<br />
Page at the high school’s website…and support<br />
your local student-athletes!<br />
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BEARCAT COUNTRY<br />
Bearcat Football<br />
Paso Robles High School begins<br />
the season with a fresh look — staring<br />
down the Mountain League football<br />
opposition and into their new<br />
post season environment, the CIF<br />
Central Section.<br />
After pulling out a 4-0 league<br />
mopping in 2017, the Bearcats have<br />
some swagger heading into the <strong>2018</strong><br />
season. Talk has it, Arroyo Grande<br />
might have their number, but it will<br />
be decided on the field.<br />
Head coach J.R. Reynolds has the<br />
team of nearly 100 players working<br />
through the heatwaves and getting<br />
ready for the first game of the season<br />
coming up in a couple weeks.<br />
Reynolds has weathered some<br />
storms over the past couple years as<br />
the football program worked to put<br />
some distractions behind it. Putting<br />
pieces in place, he said he has not<br />
yet found his starting quarterback.<br />
There are undoubtedly some other<br />
questions still to be answered but at<br />
least the schedule is out.<br />
The Bearcats travel on Friday,<br />
Aug. 17 to Clovis to face Buchanan<br />
High School. The first home game<br />
is against Frontier on Friday, Aug.<br />
24 at War Memorial High School.<br />
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is time<br />
to get some new crimson swag, break<br />
out the foam fingers, and head to the<br />
field for some good old fashioned<br />
sporting fun.<br />
League begins on Friday, Sept. 28<br />
with a road trip to Righetti High<br />
School in Santa Maria and then<br />
Paso hosts Arroyo Grande and San<br />
Luis Obispo. Finally, the game of the<br />
year up to that point will take place<br />
in Atascadero, where the Bearcats<br />
will be likely playing for a title, and<br />
possible defending an undefeated<br />
league record, against the Atascadero<br />
Greyhounds on Friday, Oct. 26.<br />
If you are new to the area, and you<br />
haven’t been to a game at your local<br />
high school yet, make this the year.<br />
Join in the great community tradition<br />
and get yourself some Bearcats’ gear.<br />
Voice Of Paso<br />
With Steve Martin’s launch of<br />
voiceofpaso.com, and the long history<br />
of live radio coverage given<br />
by Jim Wiemann and a variety of<br />
co-hosts, including his better half<br />
during football season, Bill Stansbury,<br />
the live on-air coverage of<br />
local high school sports continues<br />
to improve.<br />
This year is no exception, as<br />
the crew heads into fall. With the<br />
change from CIF Southern Section,<br />
which has played host to the local<br />
high school postseason for many<br />
years, the crew takes on some wider<br />
scope of coverage, including a simulcast<br />
of the show with coverage on<br />
LiveStream and local KZOZ 93.3.<br />
“It is not going to be ESPN<br />
right off the bat, but we will do a<br />
good job,” Wiemann said. “It’s local<br />
small town broadcasting, the way it<br />
should be.”<br />
During football season, the VOP<br />
crew travels with the team.<br />
“We do a traveling Locker Room<br />
in a local restaurant,” Wiemann said,<br />
“then we do the Facebook Live and<br />
then we will simulcast the game live<br />
on the radio and on livestream.com.<br />
That is game day on Fridays for us.”<br />
But as much attention as football<br />
gets around here, it is not all football.<br />
“We are doing all the other<br />
sports as well,” Wiemann said, “all<br />
the basketball, wrestling, and track<br />
and field.”<br />
It isn’t even just sports that catches<br />
their attention and voice into the<br />
microphone.<br />
“We did Templeton Fourth of<br />
July Parade and Paso Pops,” Wiemann<br />
said, “and we will do Colony<br />
Days parade and Pioneer Day<br />
parade.”<br />
The crew keeps busy, and this<br />
year Wiemann and Stansbury open<br />
football season doing their 100th<br />
show, and it also marks Wiemann’s<br />
1,000th play-by-play performance.<br />
He’s been working on it since high<br />
school as a Bearcat himself.<br />
For more information, look the<br />
crew up at voiceofpaso.com, or the<br />
Voice of Paso Facebook page.<br />
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TASTE OF <strong>PASO</strong><br />
Robert Hall Winery<br />
showcases <strong>PASO</strong> ROBLES diversity<br />
Robert Hall Winery’s founding winemaker<br />
Don Brady is crafting exciting<br />
new wines under<br />
the Cavern Select label,<br />
available through the tast- ing<br />
room only. This portfolio<br />
of small lot production<br />
includes impressive Rhône<br />
style wines, cabernet<br />
sauvignon, chardonnay,<br />
zinfandel — and the new<br />
addition of vermentino.<br />
Not many Paso winemakers<br />
are producing vermentino, a crisp fresh white<br />
wine native to Italy and France’s Provence<br />
and Languedoc- Roussilion regions. So I was<br />
delighted to stop by recently at Robert Hall’s<br />
hospitality center to savor this refreshing wine<br />
on a hot Paso afternoon.<br />
The tasting lineup of the Cavern Select portfolio<br />
was conducted by assistant winemaker<br />
Amanda Gorter (Brady was out of town). Vermentino,<br />
I learnt, is Brady’s initial foray into<br />
crafting this varietal. He found the fruit in the<br />
El Pomar district tucked in the hills behind<br />
the winery.<br />
Gorter was joined by Breck O’Neill, general<br />
manager and managing<br />
director at Robert Hall Winery. In 2016, the<br />
winery (including production facilities, hospitality<br />
center, inventory, vineyards and brand)<br />
was acquired by Larkspur-based O’Neill<br />
Vintners & Distillers, the seventh largest<br />
wine producer in California by volume. Breck,<br />
who’s a fourth-generation vintner is based in<br />
San Francisco and makes weekly visits to Paso<br />
while overseeing the main winery in Fresno<br />
on a monthly basis.<br />
“There’s not much planted in Paso,” Gorter<br />
commented on the vermentino, a wine<br />
well-suited for Paso’s hot summers as it makes<br />
ideal pairing with seafood and salads. The<br />
small production (229 cases) of vermentino,<br />
available in the tasting room only,<br />
is gradually gathering momentum<br />
with visitors as an alternative to<br />
chardonnay and sauvignon blanc.<br />
The 2017 vintage shines with citrus<br />
notes and fragrant aromas of white<br />
peach ending with a crisp finish. At<br />
13.5 percent level, it’s<br />
also low in alcohol. “We<br />
wanted to make sure we<br />
respected its varietal expression,”<br />
Gorter affirmed.<br />
With an annual production<br />
of 3,000 cases, the<br />
small lot Cavern Select<br />
portfolio is minuscule<br />
compared to the approachable<br />
white label Robert<br />
Hall wines, the workhorse<br />
of a brand that’s available<br />
in grocery stores.<br />
The difference with Cavern<br />
Select lies in vineyard<br />
sources from Paso’s top<br />
notch vineyards in the<br />
Willow Creek, Adelaida and El Pomar regions.<br />
Plus the French barrels used are crafted<br />
by artisanal coopers for these high-end<br />
wines. “They get the best barrels, there’s diligent<br />
winemaking practice and we put extra<br />
TLC,” O’Neill said. All this effort enhances<br />
the wine’s aging potential.<br />
The 2016 vintages of Cavern Select portfolio<br />
includes the lush peppery GSM (grenache,<br />
syrah mourvedre blend) and a spicy, smoky,<br />
Breck O’Neill and Amanda Gorter. Photo by Mira Honeycutt<br />
full-bodied 2016 mourvedre evoking the essence<br />
of Paso garrigue, redolent with traces of<br />
wild sagebrush. The restrained zinfandel produced<br />
from Dante Dusi vineyard sings with<br />
notes of dry herbs and white pepper.<br />
From its estate Monahan Ranch, the 2015<br />
cabernet sauvignon is blended with a splash<br />
of merlot and petit verdot. Packed with black<br />
currant and cocoa aromas, the wine begs to be<br />
opened two hours before drinking.<br />
Through the summer season the hospitality<br />
center is rocking with Friday night music<br />
series on the scenic terrace. An art exhibit by<br />
San Luis Obispo’s Pop Up Phantom Gallery is<br />
scheduled through the month of <strong>August</strong>.<br />
O’Neill is excited about his family’s acquisition<br />
of Robert Hall. “Paso fits the bill — you’re<br />
getting incredible quality,” he said in comparison<br />
to Napa Valley. “That’s why we’re here in<br />
Paso, there’s room to grow, quality is getting<br />
better and people are great.”<br />
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Let’s talk about trends and<br />
traditions. When planning<br />
By Azurae Shults a wedding there are tons<br />
of decisions to consider when it<br />
comes to traditions. Many options<br />
are just trends, but some have been around since ancient Roman<br />
times. Every few years the shift changes and I find clients teetering<br />
between trends and traditions.<br />
Trends in attire, ceremonies and receptions are constantly evolving.<br />
Pop culture and the latest celeb wedding play into these shifts.<br />
A tradition typically sticks around wedding culture much longer.<br />
Traditions tends to have more family influence and historical merit<br />
and what’s interesting about traditions is that a lot of them are being<br />
replaced by trends.<br />
Have you ever asked where did these wedding traditions come<br />
from? Why do brides toss their bouquet? Why do you wear a wedding<br />
ring? Why do we save the top of our cake? Are these traditions<br />
important to you?<br />
Here are some facts about wedding traditions we all know so well.<br />
Bridal parties developed in ancient Rome. Bridesmaids dressed like<br />
the bride to help confuse evil spirits who may try to kidnap her. The<br />
groomsmen dressed alike to help abduct the bride if she was unwilling<br />
to get married. Now bridal parties wear similar clothes to represent<br />
friendship and support. My how times have changed! Trends today<br />
include having a man of honor or a grooms-woman. Couples are now<br />
opting for no bridal party at all and some even ask their parents or<br />
their favorite pet to stand in as maid of honor and best man!<br />
Have you ever wondered why the bride tosses her bouquet at the<br />
end of the night? Ancient folklore says this tradition began as a way<br />
for the bride to escape the single women at her wedding who would<br />
rip off pieces of her flowers or dress to keep for good luck. Everyone<br />
wanted to be married back then! If you’re not a fan of this tradition<br />
try gifting the bouquet to a special friend or relative or have your<br />
florist place a single stem at each single woman’s place setting with a<br />
special note.<br />
How about the placement of the ring? Romans believed the vein<br />
in the third finger of your left hand ran directly to your heart. A ring<br />
on that finger was symbolic of a couple’s love. A circle is thought to<br />
have no beginning and no end- hence the symbolism of the wedding<br />
ring. While the diamond is best known for bridal jewelry new styles<br />
are becoming trendy. Sapphires, rubies and even yellow diamonds are<br />
making the cut now!<br />
How about the crazy tradition of saving the top layer of your wedding<br />
cake for a year? 19th Century couples saved the cake for their<br />
first child’s christening. Couples wait longer to have kids now so the<br />
tradition is losing popularity. New dessert trends like smaller cakes,<br />
ice cream, donuts, bite sized dessert bars, s’mores stations and even<br />
boozy milkshakes are becoming more popular! If you insist on keeping<br />
with tradition- have your baker make you a fresh cake on your<br />
anniversary and avoid eating freezer burned slices!<br />
Whether you favor trends or traditions planning a wedding is an<br />
opportunity to share things that are important to you and reflect your<br />
style. Have some fun with it! Happy planning!<br />
HAVE A WEDDING QUESTION ?<br />
Email me at hello@cielbleuevents.com<br />
Azurae Shults | Ciel Bleu Event Design<br />
www.cielbleuevents.com<br />
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EVENTS<br />
Special Events<br />
<strong>August</strong> 11 - Rotary Winemakers’ Cook-off is presented by The<br />
Paso Robles Rotary. It brings together Paso Robles’ top winemakers<br />
to compete to see who the best chef is. This event is held from 6–9<br />
p.m. at the Paso Robles Event Center. For tickets or more information,<br />
visit winemakerscookoff.com.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 17 - Cruisin’ Weekend begins with Hot El Camino Cruise<br />
Night starting at 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. down El Camino Real in Atascadero.<br />
A new burn out competition and mini car show will be held in the<br />
Sunken Gardens with live music and several food trucks on site. More<br />
information available by calling 805-470-3360 or visitatascadero.com<br />
<strong>August</strong> 18 - 28th Annual Atascadero Lake Car Show presented<br />
by the Mid-State Cruizers brings in 175 – 200 cars annually. Rock<br />
and roll will play as you stroll past the cars from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.<br />
Food and drink vendors will be onsite and trophies will be presented<br />
around 1 p.m. More information available, visit midstatecruizers.org<br />
<strong>August</strong> 18 - 3rd Annual Dancing in the Streets is an evening<br />
filled with live music throughout downtown Atascadero from 5 – 9<br />
p.m. Be prepared to dance in the streets and enjoy the variety of food<br />
and drink vendors set up in the streets. More information available<br />
by calling 805-470-3360 or visitatascadero.com<br />
<strong>August</strong> 25 - Art & Wine Tour is an enjoyable evening stroll<br />
through beautiful Downtown Atascadero. Tickets include a wine glass,<br />
tastings among downtown merchants and tours of Historic City Hall.<br />
Tickets are available online at atascaderochamber.org ahead of time<br />
or day of in front of Historic City Hall located at 6500. Palma Ave.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 25 - Trading Day & Kids’ Flea Market is a one-stop-shop yard<br />
sale experience in the park from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. This event is free to the<br />
public and features arts, crafts, antiques, furniture and much more. Vendor<br />
spaces and more information available from pasoroblesdowntown.org.<br />
September 21-22 - Heart & Soul Women’s Conference<br />
invites you to God’s Growing Places with keynote speaker Poppy<br />
Smith, and musician Jena Brancart at Trinity Lutheran Church at 940<br />
Creston Rd. Friday, Sept 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 22<br />
from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Call Debbi 805-610-5194, or register online<br />
at heartandsoulwomensconference.com<br />
September 28 & 29 - North County Christian Fellowship’s<br />
is hosting the First Annual Sisterhood Retreat - for ALL sisters in<br />
Christ. Worship, meals, speakers, ministry, fellowship and fun will be<br />
had! 905 Vine St, Paso Robles. Contact Lora Dawes for more info.<br />
805-391-0154 or lora@stoveandspa.com.<br />
Submit listings to events@nosloco.com, and visit nosloco.com for more information on events.<br />
Fundraisers<br />
<strong>August</strong> 18 — Harvest Hope & Healing Gala to benefit the Cancer Support Community invites you to travel back in time for A Night in Old<br />
Hollywood from 5-10 p.m. The evening will be filled with decadent delights, a variety of local wines, cocktails and entertainment.<br />
Visit cscslo.org/Support-Our-Work/Harvest-Hope—Healing or call 805-238-4411.<br />
Concerts & Entertainment — Visit NoSLOCo.com for More Info<br />
Paso Robles Concerts in the Park<br />
Paso Robles Downtown, every Thursday, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.<br />
Templeton Concerts in the Park<br />
Templeton Park, every Wednesday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.<br />
Atascadero Concerts in the Park<br />
Atascadero Lake Park, every Saturday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.<br />
Tuesday BBQ in the Park<br />
Atascadero Lake Park, every Tuesday through <strong>August</strong> 28, 5 to 8 p.m<br />
Live Music Wednesdays on the Veranda — 5:30 to 8 p.m., Paso Robles<br />
Golf Club. See ad in this issue for local musicians. Reservations 805-238-<br />
4722, PasoRoblesGolfClub.com.<br />
Saturday Live — Every Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m., slowdown from your week,<br />
sit back and enjoy live music - all while savoring award-winning Vina<br />
Robles wines.<br />
Whale Rock Music Festival — Sept. 15 & 16<br />
Castoro Cellars, Sept. 15 & 16, see whalerockmusicfestival.com for<br />
schedule and ticket information.<br />
Blues Concert with Valerie Johnson<br />
5:30 p.m. in the Polin Community Room, Atascadero Library.<br />
Movies in the Garden<br />
Atascadero Sunken Gardens, <strong>August</strong> 4, 11 & 25 & September 1 & 9, 8 to<br />
11 p.m., visitatascadero.com to see the movie schedule.<br />
Culture & The Arts<br />
Winery Partners Wine Bar — Wine tasting at Studios on the Park every<br />
Friday and Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m. benefits the free arts education program<br />
for local kids. Studiosonthepark.org<br />
Art After Dark Paso — first Saturday, wine tasting, 5 to 9 p.m., Downtown<br />
Paso. Hosted by Studios on the Park.<br />
Farmers Markets<br />
Atascadero - Wednesdays 3-6 p.m., Sunken Gardens, 5942 West Mall;<br />
Special Event: Summer Sizzle event through <strong>August</strong> 8.<br />
Paso Robles - Tuesdays 3-6 p.m., Paso Robles City Park at 11th Street<br />
and Spring Street<br />
Templeton<br />
Saturdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Templeton Community Park at 6th and Crocker<br />
Street<br />
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EVENTS | North Slo County Activity & Event Guide<br />
At the Library<br />
Atascadero Library<br />
6555 Capistrano, Atascadero • 805- 461-6161<br />
Tuesday & Wednesday — 10:30 a.m., Preschool<br />
Story time for 1-5 year olds<br />
Friday — 10:30 a.m., Toddler Story time for 1-3<br />
year olds<br />
Special Events<br />
<strong>August</strong> 1 — Craft Club 3:30-4:30 p.m., open to<br />
6-12 year olds, registration is required<br />
<strong>August</strong> 3 — Games & More! 1-3 p.m., open to<br />
10-17 year olds<br />
<strong>August</strong> 4 — Family Movie 2-4 p.m., Early Man<br />
<strong>August</strong> 7 — Gems in the Stacks Book Discussion<br />
11 a.m.-12 p.m., open to adults<br />
<strong>August</strong> 8 — Pajama Story time 5:30 p.m., open<br />
to 1-5 year olds<br />
<strong>August</strong> 9 — Sewing Teen Buddies 2-4 p.m., open<br />
to ages 10-17 year olds<br />
<strong>August</strong> 16 — Mixed Minds Book Group 2:30-3:30<br />
p.m., open to adults<br />
<strong>August</strong> 18 — LEGO Club 2-3 p.m., open to 5-12<br />
year olds, registration is required<br />
<strong>August</strong> 21 — Paddock Puppet Players 10:30 a.m.,<br />
open to 1-5 year olds<br />
Paso Robles Library<br />
1000 Spring St., Paso Robles • 805- 237-3870<br />
Monday & Friday — 10:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.,<br />
Preschool Story time for 1-3 year olds<br />
Wednesday — 2:30 p.m., Grandparents & Books<br />
for kids of all ages<br />
Thursday — 10:30 a.m., Mother Goose on the<br />
Loose for ages 0-18 months<br />
Special Events<br />
<strong>August</strong> 3 — Club Ghibi 4 p.m., open to 13-17<br />
year olds<br />
<strong>August</strong> 7 — World Crafts 4 p.m., open to 7-12<br />
year olds<br />
<strong>August</strong> 8 — Pyjama Drama Interactive Theater<br />
10: 30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m., open to 1-7 year olds<br />
<strong>August</strong> 13 — LEGO Build 4 p.m., open to all ages<br />
<strong>August</strong> 27 — Maker Monday 4 p.m., open to<br />
7-12 year olds<br />
Creston Library<br />
6290 Adams, Creston • 805- 237-3010<br />
<strong>August</strong> 2 — Movies at the Library, 4-6 p.m., A<br />
League of Their Own<br />
San Miguel Library<br />
254 13th St, San Miguel • 805- 467-3224<br />
<strong>August</strong> 11 — Movie and Craft, 1-3 p.m., open<br />
to all ages<br />
Santa Margarita Library<br />
9630 Murphy Ave, Santa Margarita • 805- 438-<br />
5622<br />
<strong>August</strong> 4 — Young People’s Reading Round Table<br />
& Movie, 4-5:30 p.m., open to 12-16 year olds<br />
<strong>August</strong> 11— Pushing the Limits Book discussion,<br />
4:30-5:30 p.m., open to adults, registration is<br />
open online<br />
September 1 — Young People’s Reading Round<br />
Table & Movie, 4-5:30 p.m., open to 12-16 year<br />
olds<br />
Shandon Library<br />
195 N 2nd St, Shandon • 805- 237-3009<br />
<strong>August</strong> 8 — Movies at the Library, 4-6 p.m., Peter<br />
Rabbit<br />
Chambers of Commerce<br />
Atascadero Chamber of Commerce<br />
Atascaderochamber.org • 805-466-2044<br />
6904 El Camino Real, Atascadero, CA 93422<br />
<strong>August</strong> 16 — Chamber Grand Opening &<br />
Monthly Mixer, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Chamber<br />
of Commerce Office<br />
Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce<br />
pasorobleschamber.com • 805-238-0506<br />
1225 Park St, Paso Robles, CA 93446<br />
Restaurant of the Month Appreciation, first<br />
Tuesday, time/location TBA at website.<br />
Office Hours with Supervisor John Peschong<br />
Third Thursday, 9–11 a.m., Paso Robles Chamber<br />
of Commerce Conference Room. Contact Vicki<br />
Janssen for appointment, vjanssen@co.clo.ca.us,<br />
805-781-4491.<br />
Office Hours with Field Representative for<br />
Senator Bill Monning — Third Thursday, 2 to<br />
4 p.m., Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce<br />
Conference Room. Contact Hunter Snider for<br />
appointment, 805-549-3784.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 8 — Chamber Membership Mixer, 5:30-7<br />
p.m., Hosted by Tolosa Family Dental<br />
Templeton Chamber of Commerce<br />
templetonchamber.com • 805- 434-1789<br />
321 S. Main Street #C, Templeton, CA 93465<br />
Chamber Board of Directors Meeting — July 11<br />
4:00 to 5:30 p.m., every 2nd Wednesday of the<br />
month. Pacific Premier Bank Conference Room<br />
on Las Tablas Rd.<br />
Taking Care of Business<br />
North County Toast ‘N Talk Toastmasters —<br />
Mondays, 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. Keller Williams Real<br />
Estate, Paso Robles, 805-464-9229.<br />
BNI— Early But Worth It Chapter — Business<br />
Networking International — Tuesdays, 7 to 8:30<br />
a.m., Culinary Arts Academy, Paso Robles, Visitors<br />
welcome, bniccc.com<br />
Business Networking International — Wednesdays,<br />
7 to 8:30 a.m., Cricket’s, 9700 El Camino<br />
Real, #104, Atascadero. Visitors welcome, bniccc.<br />
com.<br />
Above the Grade Advanced Toastmasters —<br />
first Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m. Kennedy Club Fitness,<br />
Paso Robles. 805-238-0524, 930206.<br />
toastmastersclubs.org.<br />
BNI — Partners in $uccess —Thursday, 7 to 8:30<br />
a.m. Paso Robles Assn. of Realtors, 1101 Riverside<br />
Ave., Paso Robles Visitors welcome, bniccc.com.<br />
Speak Easy Toastmasters — Friday, 12:10 to 1:15<br />
p.m. Founders Pavilion, Twin Cities Community<br />
Hospital. 9797. toastmastersclubs.org.<br />
Coffee at the Carlton — Entrepreneurs and<br />
business leaders. Wednesday, 9-10 a.m. at The<br />
Carlton Hotel in Atascadero. Free, open networking.<br />
Meet and learn from other business<br />
members and expand your network. 6005 El<br />
Camino Real, Atascadero.<br />
Clubs & Meetings<br />
Almond Country Quilters Guild Meeting –<br />
<strong>August</strong> 6 at 6:30 p.m., lecture by Laurel Anderson,<br />
Trinity Lutheran Church, 940 Creston Road,<br />
Paso. Community Quilts, <strong>August</strong> 18, 10 a.m.-2<br />
p.m., Bethel Lutheran Church, 295 Old County<br />
Rd, Templeton. Contact kajquilter@ gmail.com<br />
or lisajguerrero@msn.com, acqguild.com.<br />
Coffee with a CHP — second Tuesday, 8:30<br />
a.m., Nature’s Touch Nursery & Harvest, 225<br />
Main St., Templeton.<br />
Exchange Club — second Tuesday, 12:15-1:30<br />
p.m. McPhee’s, Templeton. 805-610-8096,<br />
exchangeclubofnorthslocounty.org<br />
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)<br />
Chapter 465 — second Wednesday, 7 p.m. at<br />
Paso Airport Terminal. Getting youth involved<br />
with aviation, EAA465.org.<br />
North County Multiflora Garden Club — second<br />
Wednesday, Noon to 3 p.m. Public is welcome,<br />
no charge. PR Community Church, 2706<br />
Spring St., 805-712-7820, guests welcome,<br />
multifloragardenclub.org<br />
Monthly Dinner at Estrella Warbirds Museum<br />
— First Wednesday, 6 p.m., guest speakers. 805-<br />
296-1935 for dinner reservations, ewarbirds.org<br />
North County Newcomers — July 24 deadline<br />
for <strong>August</strong> 1 luncheon at Estrella Warbirds Museum,<br />
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gatherings held first<br />
Wednesday for residents living here less than<br />
3 years. RSVP and info go to northcountynew<br />
comers.org<br />
Active Senior Club of Templeton — first Friday,<br />
10:30 a.m., Templeton Community Center, 601<br />
S. Main St, Templeton.<br />
North County Women’s Connection Luncheon<br />
— second Friday, 11 a.m., Templeton<br />
Community Center. $12.00. Reservations by<br />
July 10 to JoAnn Pickering, 805-239-1096.<br />
Central Coast Violet Society — second Saturday,<br />
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Brookdale Activity Room,<br />
1919 Creston Road, Paso. Znailady1@aol.com.<br />
Classic Car Cruise Night — second Saturday<br />
(weather permitting), 5 to 7 p.m., King Oil Tools,<br />
2235 Spring St., Paso. Tony Ororato, 805-712-<br />
0551.<br />
Daughters of the American Revolution — first<br />
Sunday. For time and place, email dmcpatriot<br />
daughter@gmail.com.<br />
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EVENTS | North Slo County Activity & Event Guide<br />
Service Organizations<br />
American Legion Post 50 • 240 Scott St., Paso<br />
Robles • 805-239-7370<br />
Commander John Irwin, 805-286-6187.<br />
Hamburger Lunch — every Thursday, 11 a.m.-1<br />
p.m., $5<br />
Pancake Breakfast — 3rd Saturday, 8-11 a.m., $6<br />
Post Meeting — 4th Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.<br />
American Legion Post 220 • 805 Main Street,<br />
Templeton<br />
Post Meeting — 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 6 p.m.<br />
Elks Lodges<br />
Atascadero Lodge 2733 • 1516 El Camino Real<br />
• 805-466-3557<br />
Lodge Meeting — second and fourth Thursdays<br />
Paso Robles Lodge 2364 • 1420 Park Street •<br />
805-239-1411<br />
Lodge Meeting — first and third Wednesdays<br />
El Paso de Robles Grange #555<br />
627 Creston Rd., • 805-239-4100<br />
Zumba — Tuesday and Thursday, 8:45 a.m.<br />
Do Paso Square Dancers — second Thursday,<br />
7-9 p.m.<br />
Pancake Breakfast — 2nd Sunday, 7:30-11 a.m.<br />
Kiwanis International<br />
Atascadero • 7848 Pismo Ave. • 805-610-7229<br />
Key Club — every Wednesday, 11:55 a.m.<br />
Kiwanis Club — every Thursday, 7 a.m.<br />
Paso Robles • 1900 Golden Hill Rd. (Culinary<br />
Arts Academy)<br />
Kiwanis Club — every Tuesday, 12 p.m.<br />
Board Members — 1st Tuesday, 1 p.m.<br />
Night Meeting — third Wednesday, 6 p.m., Su<br />
Casa Restaurant (2927 Spring St.)<br />
Lions Club Meetings<br />
Atascadero Club 2385 • 5035 Palma Ave.<br />
Meeting – second & fourth Wednesday, 7 p.m.<br />
Paso Robles Club 2407 • 1420 Park St.<br />
Meeting – second & fourth Tuesday, 7 p.m.<br />
San Miguel Club 2413 • 256 13th St.<br />
Meeting – first & third Thursdays, 7 p.m.<br />
Santa Margarita Club 2418 • 9610 Murphy St.<br />
Meeting – second & fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Shandon Valley Club • 630-571-5466<br />
Templeton Club • 601 Main St. • 805-434-1071<br />
Meeting – first & third Thursdays, 7 pm<br />
Loyal Order of Moose<br />
Atascadero #2067 • 8507 El Camino Real •<br />
805-466-5121<br />
Meeting — first and third Thursday, 6 p.m.<br />
Bingo — first Sunday, 12-2 p.m.<br />
Queen of Hearts — every Tuesday, 7 p.m.<br />
Pool League — every Wednesday<br />
Paso Robles #243 • 2548 Spring St. • 805-239-<br />
0503. Visit mooseintl.org for more information.<br />
Optimist Club<br />
Atascadero • dinner meetings second and<br />
fourth Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Outlaws Bar & Grill,<br />
9850 E. Front Rd. or call 805-712-5090<br />
Paso Robles • dinner meetings second and<br />
fourth Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Paso Robles Elks<br />
Lodge, 1420 Park St.<br />
Rotary International<br />
Atascadero • 9315 Pismo Ave.<br />
Meeting — every Wednesday, 12 p.m. at<br />
Atascadero Lake Pavillion<br />
Paso Robles Sunrise • 1900 Golden Hill Rd.<br />
Meeting — every Wednesday, 7 a.m. at Culinary<br />
Arts Academy<br />
Templeton • 416 Main St.<br />
Meeting — first and third Tuesday, 7 a.m. at<br />
McPhee’s Grill<br />
Veterans of Foreign Wars<br />
Atascadero #2814 • 9555 Morro Rd., • 805-<br />
466-3305<br />
Meeting — first Thursday, 6:30 p.m.<br />
Paso Robles #10965 • 240 Scott St., • 805-239-<br />
7370<br />
Meeting — first Tuesday, 7 p.m.<br />
Health & Wellness<br />
WELLNESS KITCHEN AND RESOURCE CENTER<br />
1255 Las Tablas Rd., Templeton. Visit thewkrc.<br />
org, 805-434-1800 for information on Healing<br />
and Wellness Foods meal programs, volunteer<br />
opportunities, and classes (to RSVP, register and<br />
pay online.) Hours: Monday through Friday 10<br />
a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday until 6 p.m.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 16 — Healthy Cooking Class: Thirst<br />
Quenchers — Instructor Evan Vossler. 5:30-7:30<br />
p.m., FREE for those facing illness, otherwise<br />
$20. No one will be turned away for lack of<br />
funds.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 17 — Healthy Cooking Class: Thirst<br />
Quenchers — 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Idler’s Home,<br />
122 Cross St., San Luis Obispo. RSVP required<br />
to 805-434-1800 or nancy@TheWKRC.org.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 22 — Intro to Wellness: A Taste of<br />
Change with Registered Dietitian Hayley<br />
Garelli. Learn 10 simple ways to begin your<br />
clean eating journey, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Please<br />
RSVP. Class is FREE.<br />
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY<br />
1051 Las Tablas Road, Templeton provides support,<br />
education and hope. 805-238-4411. Cancer<br />
Support Helpline, 888-793-9355, 6 a.m.-6<br />
p.m. PST. Visit cscslo.org for support groups,<br />
social events, education and kid’s programs.<br />
SPECIAL PROGRAMS:<br />
8/2 • Open House & BBQ, 6 p.m.<br />
8/6 • Walking Together, 5:45 p.m.<br />
8/8 • Young Survivors Peer Gathering, 6 p.m.<br />
8/15 • Art Time with Katie; 1:30 p.m.<br />
8/16 • Advanced Cancer Support Grp, 11 a.m.<br />
8/18 • Harvest Hope and Healing Gala, 5 p.m.<br />
8/23 • Breast Cancer Support Group, 12 p.m.,<br />
8/23 • Education: Nutrition, 1 p.m.<br />
8/27 • Walking Together, 5:45 p.m.<br />
8/29 • Mindfulness Hour, 11:30 a.m., Must RSVP<br />
8/27 • Drumming: Musical Expression, 6 p.m.<br />
WEEKLY SCHEDULE: MONDAY: Therapeutic<br />
Yoga at Dharma Yoga, 11:30 a.m.<br />
TUESDAY: Educational Radio Show, 1 p.m.<br />
WEDNESDAY: Living with Cancer Support<br />
Group — Newly Diagnosed/Active Treatment,<br />
10 a.m.<br />
FRIDAY: 8/10 & 8/24-Grupo Fuerza y Esperanza,<br />
6 p.m.<br />
Healthy Lifestyle — Navigate with Niki-Thursdays<br />
by appointment, call 805-238-4411; Cancer<br />
Well-Fit® at Paso Robles Sports Club, Mondays<br />
and Thursdays 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., pre-registration<br />
required with Kathy Thomas at kathytho<br />
mas10@hotmail.com or 805-610-6486.; Beautification<br />
Boutique offers products for hair loss<br />
and resources for mastectomy patients knitted<br />
knockers.org.<br />
SUPPORT & ENCOURAGEMENT<br />
North County Overeaters Anonymous — 5:30<br />
p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Fireside Room,<br />
940 Creston Rd., Paso, OA.org.<br />
MOPS — Mothers of Pre-schoolers — first & third<br />
Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. Trinity Lutheran Church,<br />
940 Creston Road, Paso, Ashley Hazell, 805-<br />
459-6049, nocomops@gmail.com.<br />
Chronic Pain Support Group — CRPS (Chronic<br />
Regional Pain Syndrome), third Tuesdays, 5 to 6<br />
p.m. Rabobank, 1025 Las Tablas Rd, Templeton.<br />
Suzanne Miller 805-704-5970, suzanne.miller@<br />
ymail.com.<br />
North County Parkinson’s Support Group —<br />
third Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Templeton Presbyterian<br />
Church, 610 So. Main St. Info: Rosemary Dexter<br />
805-466-7226.<br />
Overeaters Anonymous — 7 p.m. Lutheran<br />
Church of the Redeemer, 4500 El Camino Real,<br />
Atascadero. Irene 818-415-0353.<br />
North County Prostate Cancer Support Group<br />
— third Thursday, 7 p.m., Twin Cities Community<br />
Hospital Pavilion Room. Bill Houston 805-995-<br />
2254 or American Cancer Society 805-473-1748.<br />
Lupus/Auto Immune Disorder Support Group —<br />
fourth Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Nature’s Touch, 225<br />
So. Main St., Templeton.<br />
GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS<br />
Meetings at RISE: 1030 Vine St., Paso Robles<br />
Sponsored by Hospice SLO, 805-544-2266,<br />
hospiceslo.org<br />
Bereaved Parents Group - Tues, 5:30 to 7 p.m.<br />
Suicide Bereavement Support — fourth<br />
Wednesdays, 3 to 4:30 p.m.<br />
General Grief Support – Wednesdays, 5 to 6:30<br />
p.m. Meeting at 517 13th Street, Paso. No cost,<br />
no pre-registration.<br />
GriefShare All Saturdays in <strong>August</strong>, A 13-week<br />
seminar/support group for people grieving<br />
loss. 10 a.m. to noon. $15 enrollment. Trinity Lutheran<br />
Church, Fireside Room, 940 Creston Rd.,<br />
Paso. Call Deaconess Juliet Thompson, 805-<br />
238-3702, ext. 205 to RSVP.<br />
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LAST WORD<br />
Estrella Warbirds Museum & Woodland Auto Display<br />
Warbirds, Wings & Wheels Soars to Record Heights<br />
The 10th annual Warbirds, Wings and<br />
Wheels gave attendees a record show in<br />
May that is worth another look!<br />
Among the usual wings that were out at the<br />
Estrella Warbirds Museum were a record number<br />
of autos for the show.<br />
“We ended with 298 cars,” event director<br />
Carol Verstuyft said. “Last year we had 210 cars,<br />
and the most we had prior to this year was 230.<br />
We were running out of places to park cars.”<br />
Along with the cars came people, and the<br />
evening barn dance with Monte Mills & the<br />
Lucky Horseshoe Band was packed with 210<br />
dancers. The one-day show brought thousands.<br />
“If you take all the car show attendance, we<br />
were pushing 5,000 attendees,” Verstuyft said.<br />
One of the big hits was the first-ever Cacklefest<br />
at WWW, put together by the Throttle<br />
Merchants. The old front-engine dragsters<br />
popped the throttle and flames roared out of<br />
the pipes to thrill the crowd. There was so much<br />
going on around the property that nobody even<br />
signed up for the corn hole tournament!<br />
The event is complete with a giant swap<br />
meet, and 132 “swappers” were on display to<br />
send people home with trunks full of new-old<br />
treasures. All together, the show brought folks<br />
from all over the west coast.<br />
“We had folks from the state of Washington,<br />
Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and all over California,”<br />
Verstuyft said. “Locally they also come<br />
from the Valley, Bakersfield, Santa Cruz, and<br />
Salinas.”<br />
Nationally renown TV car show host Dennis<br />
Gage (My Classic Car) was on hand with his<br />
“cartoon custom” VW Bus.<br />
“He was a huge attention-getter at the show,”<br />
Verstuyft said. “People loved looking at his car.”<br />
Along with several attractions, there were<br />
also more food venders than ever and as always,<br />
Firestone Walker was keeping the crowds cool<br />
with kegs and cases of beer.<br />
Among the winners of the car show, the<br />
Woodland Auto Display winner was Tom<br />
Young in a 1932 Cadillac 452 AWP.<br />
Class winners ran the alphabet with an A-Z<br />
of categories. Kelly Rohrer and Rob Rohrer<br />
won for best Model A and Model T, respectively.<br />
Barry Lewis won for best Military, with a<br />
1945 Willis Jeep, and Chuck Wentworth won<br />
best Race Car with a 1927 Buick Racer.<br />
Inside, the Estrella Warbirds Museum continues<br />
to improve. Even if you saw it at the<br />
show, it has undergone some great new changes.<br />
The flight simulator offers a variety of trips<br />
for would-be pilots, with up to 30 different options.<br />
Museum curator, Dr. Jill Thayer, has been<br />
busy arranging the halls, and a few interior<br />
walls now boast new paint jobs.<br />
If you are interested in meeting the vast supporters<br />
of the museum, the Warbirds host a<br />
monthly dinner on the first Wednesday of the<br />
month. The hall opens at 6 p.m. and dinner begins<br />
at 7 p.m. The cost is $20 per person, and<br />
tickets can be purchased at ewarbirds.org, or<br />
805-296-1935.<br />
The facilities are also home to many other<br />
great events, and are available for rent for large<br />
gatherings and events. Call Vicki Conger at<br />
805-674-3939. Conger rentals also has table<br />
and chairs and more available for large crowds<br />
and custom events.<br />
SILVER CROWN<br />
The museum, and Woodland’s Auto Display<br />
are proud to announce that Jeff Gordon’s famous<br />
“Silver Crown” race car is now on view<br />
for museum patrons. The car is on loan from<br />
Fred Ede of Fresno, who, with his father, campaigned<br />
the car with Jeff Gordon as their driver.<br />
The Woodland Auto Display is well known<br />
for having a large variety of historic race cars<br />
and very collectable automobiles, but this is the<br />
first time that a “Silver Crown” race car is being<br />
shown there. This unique car, “.. looks like a<br />
sprint car on steroids.”<br />
With a longer wheelbase of 96 inches —<br />
vs. 86 for a sprint car — it weighs over 1400<br />
pounds and can carry up to 75 gallons of fuel. Its<br />
engine is limited to 355 cubic inches versus 410<br />
for a sprint car, it still produces approximately<br />
750 horsepower. Silver Crown cars are designed<br />
for 1-mile dirt and pavement tracks and their<br />
fuel load allows them to run 100 miles without<br />
refueling. These cars are extremely tricky as the<br />
combination of tire wear and lighter fuel load<br />
during the race challenges drivers.<br />
Head out to Estrella Warbirds Museum and<br />
Woodland’s Auto Display today!<br />
MARK YOUR CALENDARS.<br />
Warbirds, Wings, and Wheels 11<br />
May 11, 2019<br />
Go to ewarbirds.org for info,<br />
or visit the museum at<br />
4251 Dry Creek Road<br />
Paso Robles, CA 93446<br />
ACC, Inc. 24<br />
Adelaide Inn Worship Dir. 49<br />
Adrienne Hagan 34<br />
AM Sun Solar 25<br />
Amdal Transport 47<br />
American Riviera Bank 27<br />
Awakening Ways 34<br />
Blake’s True Value 21<br />
Blenders 34<br />
Body Basics 34<br />
Bridge Sportsmen Center 17<br />
Brookdale Senior Living 13<br />
Brooklin Oaks Pharmacy 40<br />
Cal Sun Electric & Solar 21<br />
California Mid-State Fair 51<br />
CASA 41<br />
Central Coast<br />
Woodworking Association 47<br />
Chandra Corley 42<br />
Cider Creek Bakery 22<br />
City of Paso Robles-Concerts 11<br />
City of Paso Robles-REC 09<br />
Colony Media 23<br />
Cone & Associates 29<br />
Connect Home Loans 36<br />
Cotton and Rust 22<br />
Dale Gustin 38<br />
Di Raimondo’s Italian Mkt 47<br />
Diversified Landscaping 41<br />
Dr. Chalekson, Charles 39<br />
Dr. Stanislaus, Maureeni 43<br />
Dutch Maytag 15<br />
Edwards Barber Shop 29<br />
El Paso de Robles<br />
Historical Society 37<br />
Equine Experience 17<br />
Estrella Warbirds 04<br />
Fox Hill Pools 42<br />
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Friends of Library 47<br />
Gallagher Video Services 20<br />
General Store Paso Robles 31<br />
Golden Collar 29<br />
Golden Hills Farm 17<br />
Golden Reverse Mortgage 29<br />
H.M. Holloway 19<br />
Hamon OHD 19<br />
HDH Construction 29<br />
Hearing Aid Specialists<br />
of the Central Coast 03<br />
Hearing Solutions 19<br />
Heart to Heart RE 11<br />
Heather Desmond Real Estate 07<br />
HFG Coastal Insurance Service 47<br />
Kaitilin Riley DDS 33<br />
Koker’s Tree & Demo Service 29<br />
Lansford Dental 05<br />
Las Tablas Animal Hosp 25<br />
Law Office of Patricia Scoles 38<br />
Lera Butterfield<br />
Platinum Properties 36<br />
Lube N Go 39<br />
Made In The Shade 45<br />
Main Street Small<br />
Animal Hospital 16<br />
Mary Ann Austin 47<br />
Michael’s Optical 28<br />
Mikulics, Dr. 33<br />
Monteiro & Savage<br />
Concrete Contractors 41<br />
Natural Alternative 37<br />
New with Tags 32<br />
Nose to Tail 39<br />
Odyssey World Cafe 24<br />
Pacific Trust Mortgage 30<br />
Painted Oaks Salon 39<br />
Paradigm Advisors 35<br />
Paso PetCare 14<br />
Patterson Realty - Paso Robles 02<br />
Perfect Air 20<br />
Photo Stop 11<br />
PR Casino 43<br />
PR Chamber of Commerce 27<br />
PR District Cemetery 25<br />
PR Golf Club 27<br />
PR Handyman 14<br />
PR Insurance 25<br />
PR Main Street Assoc. 20<br />
PR Safe & Lock 31<br />
PR Waste 04<br />
Ranch Wifi 18<br />
Red Scooter Deli 32<br />
Reneau, J Scott - Ins 10<br />
Reverse Mortgage Pros 10<br />
San Joaquin Valley College 13<br />
Solarponics 35<br />
Spice of Life 30<br />
Ted Hamm Ins. 23<br />
Templeton Door & Trim 14<br />
The Art Works 37<br />
The Auto Bahn 23<br />
The Carlton Hotel 12<br />
The Loft 31<br />
Tolosa Dental 39<br />
Twin Cities Hospital 52<br />
Vic’s Cafe 40<br />
Voice of Paso 41<br />
Western Janitor Supply 28<br />
Whit’s Turn Tree Service 15<br />
Whitehorse 17<br />
Wink Lash & Brow Bar 19<br />
Writing Support Group 47<br />
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