2016 April PASO Magazine

ROUND TOWN
By Heather Young
Coffee with a CHP
California Highway Patrol
Templeton office commander Lt.
Scott Parker hosts Coffee with a CHP
the second Tuesday of each month at
Nature’s Touch Nursery & Harvest,
225 Main St. in Templeton, at 8:30
a.m. The idea is have a way for people
interact with local law enforcement
personnel on a more personal level.
Templeton Business Expo
The annual Templeton Business
Expo will be held at Courtney’s House
at 311 6th St. in Templeton, on Thursday,
April 7 from 4 to 7 p.m. Booths
will dot the historic Victorian home,
on the wide veranda, inside the home
and out in the garden. This event is
free and open to the public. For more
information, call Sarah Maggelet at
434-1789 or email sarah@templetonchamber.com.
April Women in Business
Templeton Chamber of Com-
TEMPLETON EVENTS AHEAD…
INCLUDING WINE, BEER FESTIVALS IN MAY
merce’s Women in Business meets the
second Tuesday of the month at 11:30
a.m. at rotating locations. The April
meeting will be held on April 12 at
Templeton Community Center, 420
Crocker St. The cost is $20 for chamber
members and $25 for non-members.
To RSVP, call 434-1789 by the
Thursday at 5 p.m. before the luncheon.
Sound Alliance and
Vocal Union Concert
Sound Alliance/Vocal Union Concert
will take place on Friday, April
15 at 7 p.m. at the Templeton Performing
Arts Center. The16-member
band and 13-member choir from
Brigham Young University-Idaho
will present a multi-faceted program
with both ensembles interwo-
ven. Tickets are $10 for adults and
$8 for students and seniors and may
be purchased at the door or at www.
savu.brownpapertickets.com. This is a
fundraiser for THS Drama Boosters’
“Eagles in Edinburgh” campaign. For
more information, go to www.templetonhs.schoolloop.com/drama.
Spring Dinner Theatre
Templeton High School Drama
Department will have its annual
Spring Dinner Theatre on Saturday,
April 16 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in
Templeton Legion Hall. Tickets are
$30 each. For more information, go
to www.templetonhs.schoolloop.com/
drama.
Templeton Clutter-to-Cash
community-wide yard sale
Templeton Community Services
District will host its annual Clutterto-Cash
Yard Sale on Saturday, April
23 starting at 8 a.m. Residents who live
within the district’s boundaries are able
to participate in the community-wide
yard sale. Maps of participating yard
sales will be available at Templeton
Donut Shop, Templeton Market and
Deli, and the district office on April 24.
For more information, call 434-4900
or go to www.templetoncsd.org.
Templeton Wine Festival
Templeton Chamber of Commerce
will host Templeton Wine Festival in
Templeton Community Park on Saturday,
May 14 from 1 to 5 p.m. Tickets
are $30 each in advance or $40 the
day-of the event and include wine
tasting, souvenir stemless wine glasses
and live music by James Sweetwater
and J.D. Project. Designated Driver or
Under 21 attendee tickets are $5. Food
is available for purchase. No outside
alcohol, coolers or pets are allowed.
Low back chairs or picnic blankets
are welcome. Tickets are on sale on
the Chamber’s website or in our office,
or call 434-1789.
Templeton Beer Festival
The inaugural Templeton Beer
Festival, produced by Rotary Club of
Templeton and Hole Hop Productions,
will take place on Sunday, May
15 from 1 to 5 p.m. in Templeton
Community Park. Truth About Seafood
and Taylor Mac will be the musical
entertainment. There will also
be food and gift vendors. Tickets are
$30 in advance and $40 at the event.
CASA SEEKING NORTH COUNTY VOLUNTEERS
Expanding advocacy in North County for abused children
CASA of San Luis Obispo County
recently entered into a four-year partnership
with must! charities which
will provide $262,551 to CASA
during the collaboration. The investment
will allow CASA to focus additional
volunteer recruitment efforts,
training and assignment of those volunteers
to infants, toddlers, children
and youth in the North County.
A Court Appointed Special
Advocate or CASA volunteer
is a trained community member
who is appointed by a judge
to advocate for a child who has
been removed from home due to
abuse, neglect or abandonment.
Volunteers advocate for needed services
and appropriate placements
for the children and generally spend
time with their assigned child every
week. For many abused children,
their CASA volunteer becomes the
most consistent adult in their life,
providing nurturing support during
a very frightening and confusing
time. Abused children who are assigned
CASA volunteers do better
in school, spend less time in foster
care and are more likely to find safe,
loving and permanent homes.
Currently there are 460 youth in
the jurisdiction of the court countywide
and 180 of those are from the
northern region of SLO County.
Currently, CASA has the capacity to
serve 60 of these children, with 120
remaining on the waitlist.
CASA has selected Melanie Barket
as supervisor for the must! charities
collaboration. Melanie is a Cal
Poly graduate with a degree in Psychology
and Human Development.
She has lived in the North County
for eight years and has provided
health education for local youth
in the past. Melanie has been with
CASA for two years and developed
and implemented the CASA Mentor
Program for transitional aged youth.
CASA is in great need of more
must! charities entered into a four year
partnership with CASA, SLO County,
providing $262,551.
volunteers to serve the most vulnerable
children in North County.
CASA provides five training
sessions, including two in North
County, every year. To learn more
about volunteering, view a list of
Info Sessions and training dates,
visit slocasa.org or call 541-6542.
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Paso Robles Magazine, April 2016