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HOOFBEAT Sept 2-4 Arabian Horse Association of S. Cal, Earl Warren Santa Barbara, 8 a.m.- 8 p.m., free admission & parking, www.ahasc.org Sept. 3-5 Barrel Finals, Salinas Valley Fairgrounds, info@westcoastbarrelracing.com Sept. 3-4 Driving Clinic Harry Councell, Ann McClure’s ranch, AG, lessons possible after clear through Mon. Sept. 3 CCHA #8, Dilday Ranch, free to spectators Sept. 7-11 Cowboy Dressage, Murietta Center near Sacramento, 4 arenas run all day, Sept. 7th free clinic, Harris Stagelines will haul judges in on Fri. & Sat., est. 1,000 rides Sept. 8-11 Creston Classic Rodeo, rodeo grounds Webster & Swayze, Sun. 8 a.m. Cowboy Church, www.crestonclassicrodeo.com Sept. 9-11 Great Basin Buckaroo Gathering, Golden Spike Arena, Ogden, Utah, riders from all over the West in competition, craftsmen/artists Sept. 10-11 Sizzling Summer Schooling Show, Paso Horse Park, Hughes Parkway off of Airport Rd., free admission Sept. 13 Atascadero Horsemen’s Club open meeting, no host supper, 6 p.m., 7 p.m. program, 8 p.m. meeting, A J Spurs, Main St., Templeton, meet new horse people, www.atascaderohorsemensclub.com Sept. 17-18 Santa Barbara Riding Club, Earl Warren Showgrounds, free admission & parking, Barbara Harmon 484-4773 Sept. 17 Ray Berta Horsemanship Clinic, Carmel Valley Saddle Horse Club, monthly (see Oct. 15), patient instruction for you & your horse, www.rayberta.com Sept. 18-Oct. 1 Snaffle Bit Futurity, Reno, tickets required, parking fees Sept 22-25 Fall Hunter Intro-Adv. FEI qualifier, Paso Horse Park The cooperation seen on this new trail system is an inspiring testament to diverse groups working together for a common productive goal. The Preserve remains closed to the public at this time. Over eleven miles of trails are in place on the 900 acres of coastal ranch land. 230 volunteers plus a small professional crew along with educated planning, design and management made the development efficient and thoughtful. It promises to endure for generations to come while treading lightly on the environment. A parking area must be developed and approved along with restrooms and some roadway improvements while the trails settle before heavy use. These are required before the Preserve will be opened to the public hopefully by later this year pending final permits, construction scheduling and Sept. 22-29 50th Arabian & Half Arabian Horse Nationals, Nampa, ID Sept. 24 Cattle Clinic with Ray Berta, Carmel Saddle Club, (see Oct. 8 as well), www.rayberta.com Sept. 25 & Oct. 2 Charro Rodeo, Kern Fairgrounds, $10 gate Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Rodeo, Kern Fairgrounds, 7:30 p.m., entrries for fair & rodeo, Sept. 23-25 $5 (additional entry for the Charro event) funding. It takes the time it takes, but the valleys giving way to spectacular panoramic vistas reminds us all of the blessings and beauty of our California coastline. Cooler recreation and preservation are a boon during the summer months. Volunteers are still needed to prepare for construction, maintain what has already been created and serve as docents. Visitors and residents will then be able to learn about the Preserve in depth from horse people (and other volunteers). Interested in helping? You may write a check, donate or pick up a shovel with direction from the Field Crew. Visit www.lcslo.org or contact (544-9096) to get involved and make a lasting difference. Locally, the Atascadero Horsemen’s Club has been active in this project. They meet the second Tuesday of each month. 50 PASO Magazine, September 2016
BUSINESS ONLY ONE WORD – FANTASTIC! HAMON OVERHEAD DOOR Celebrates 50 Years in Business By Chuck Desmond Back in 1966, Mr. Tom Triol started a franchise distributorship business called Overhead Door of Paso Robles. Of course he had no clue as to what was going to happen with that business, nor how it was going to shape his daughter’s life! John Hamon, a kid from Lompoc, was a student at Cal Poly with aspirations of being a High School shop teacher after graduation. At school, a cute little gal named Marjorie Triol caught his eye. While John was leaning toward the cerebral side of a career, Marjorie was more hands-on while getting her degree in Industrial Engineering. Clearly, love had conquered all and they married in 1975 before either graduated. John became a teacher but in very short order, he told Marjorie, “Teaching doesn’t suit me. I have to find a different career!” In the small town of El Paso de Robles in those days, family get-togethers were quite common with the close-knit family. It’s hard to hide the feelings of not liking one’s job and pretty soon, the conversation shifted to one of maybe the young Hamon family taking over Mr. Triol’s garage door business in 1982. It happened the very year Marjorie graduated. The business, with one employee, started at 801 Paso Robles Street! Marjorie Triol-Hamon and her husband John were business owners. The town grew-slowly; the business grew-rapidly and soon outgrew the Paso Robles Street location. A major move was needed. The City wanted business expansion and they also hoped some of it could be near the airport which was hoped to be a really good air-traffic hub for North-County. The Hamons were interested in land on Propeller Drive. They built the first building and became the first tenants in that section of the industrial park. There were about 10,000 people in Paso then. Things were going well. John was a salesman, an installer, a fork lift driver and a purchasing agent. Marjorie was using her Industrial Engineering skills to help architects and contractors make the right decisions on their overhead doors. However, the relationship as a franchise business began to become strained. In 1995, John and Marjorie ended that phase of their careers and the Hamon Overhead Door (HOD) company was launched. It was great timing as it provided a couple years to settle in on all aspects of a much more broad-lined operation – just before the boom of new arrivals from down South and the Bay Area came full-speed-ahead into our town. The boom was not just in Paso, but all over the then-unknown Central Coast. New homes, business complexes and, oh yes, those wonderful wineries, all needed overhead doors – and lots of them! Through the ups and downs, through the miserable and seemingly never-ending recessions, John and Marjorie weathered whatever life pushed their way. They raised two children and indeed today, John III ( J) has been an important part of the operation since coming on full time in 1998 to work alongside his father. John’s brother Mark came on board back in 1980. As thousands of doors were installed, the call for expansion from the South grew louder. Hamons responded to that and opened a satellite operation in Santa Maria in 1992. HOD services a territory from Santa Barbara to Fort Hunter-Liggett and over to the Ocean. There are four different door suppliers and a list of fifty other vendors plus a fleet of twelve installation-trucks to handle the very large service and installation load. Last year alone, HOD installed some 2,500 new doors across the two counties! They currently have fifteen employees in the company. John’s brother Greg was hired to manage the Santa Maria office in 2006. The Hamon’s family operation has lived a great story but, to me the writer, I think it is only half of their legacy. That answer comes in looking at John and Marjorie as a couple married for forty-one years and what they have done for our hometown. I’m sure if they watched me writing this, they’d be embarrassed or ask me to stop. However, they are Roblans. In my own eighteen years here, I know Roblans give back. It might be in the water – but whatever causes it, Roblans excel! HOD buys American products and whenever possible, from small family-owned, and local companies that are just the way Hamons started out! From local employees to local lumber yards and parts distributors, the goal is to keep the business right here! John was a volunteer fireman for just shy of 19 years – up to the very end when that organization was replaced by Emergency Services. The old fire house was on 13th Street. John was part of Tom and Noreen Martins’ driving force that converted it to the Children’s Museum. To this day, John serves on its board of directors. John saved the original fire-bell from the bulldozers and has it in storage until it can be properly displayed at Pioneer Museum! John is an Eagle Scout and he’s stayed involved with scouting ever since. John and Ole Viborg are now in the initial stages of building a new facility especially for Scouts. As a Rotarian for 27 years, John is the liaison between Rotary and the Scouts. John was on Paso’s Planning Commission for seven years and then on City Council for the past ten years! The couple was honored in 2014 as the Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce Roblans of the Year. Marjorie has taken a different path in her benevolency. The yearly Paderewski Festival and the classical musical talent they invoke grows larger every year, for the past 8 years, she has been very involved on the Paderewski Festival Board. This year’s version takes place November 2-6. Marjorie has also been in Toastmasters helping tongue-tied speakers get past that experience. The local Republican Women’s Organization counts on her as do the music groups at St. Rose where she lends her voice and guitar skills. She has also organized all the Church’s music groups. Yessir, FIFTY YEARS is a long time to do anything. To do it well, is just FANTASTIC! Parents Bettie and Tom Triol, daughters Ginny, Judy, Marjorie, and Barbara John II, Linda, Mark, Greg, parents John and Eva Hamon September 2016, PASO Magazine 51
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