2014 April PASO Magazine

The City of Paso Robles Official 125 th Anniversary Publication 

April 2014 

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SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014 10am-4pm 

ENTRY INCLUDES: 

T-Shirt, Goodie Bag, Dash Plaque, Picture of your car 

with Warbird Plane, Event Poster and Entry into: 

SPECIAL DRAWING 

Limited to Car Show Participants Only! Participants 

will receive (1) Ticket per Vehicle Entered! 

1st Prize $600, 2nd Prize $400, 3rd Prize, $200 

Entry Fee $40 

PARK YOUR CAR AMONG THE 

WARBIRDS FOR THAT SPECIAL 

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY! 

MAJOR SPONSOR 

FREE ADMISSION TO SPECTATORS 

All Museum & Auto Display Buildings Open 

Raffle Prizes • 50/50 Cash Drawing • T-Shirt Sales 

Vendors • Food Court • Firestone Walker Beer Garden 

For more information call DAN OR CAROL VERSTUYFT (805) 467-2640 

Special R/C Model Aircraft Demos 

SPECIAL GUEST - 3 TIME INDY 500 WINNER BOBBY UNSER 

Bobby Unser will be on 

hand for photos and to sign 

autographs! Plus his third 

Indianapolis 500 winning 

1981 Penske PC9B Norton 

Spirit Indy Car will be loaned to 

the Woodland Auto Display for 

WWW6! The car took the pole 

at 200.545 mph and a racing 

average speed of 139.084 mph! 

For 22 Years We’ve Memorialized the World War II Estrella Army Airfield 

...which is now Paso Robles Municipal Airport, the Estrella Warbirds 

Museum was chartered as a not-for-profit California corporation in 

1992. We are dedicated to the restoration and preservation of military 

aircraft and memorabilia of those who flew and worked on 

them. Our approach is not to glorify conflict but rather to make a 

future generation aware of the fact our way of life does not come 

without sacrifice. 

When our men and women come home from military service, most 

no longer have access to those wonderfully fast screaming, 

flying machines. Many found those interests fulfilled 

through the building, modifying or racing of automobiles. 

The Woodland Auto Display, one of the best displays of 

automobiles and racing history, opened to the public in 

2009, doubled in size in 2010, featuring a rotating series of automobiles 

in addition to the initial display concentrated on NASCAR Sprint, 

Modified, Super Modified and Midget race cars. 

The museum is located by the Paso Robles Airport at 4251-A Dry Creek Road, normal 

open hours are Thursday through Sunday and Monday Holidays 10 a..m. to 4 p.m. 

For additional information, call (805) 227-0440 or www.ewarbirds.org. 

Estrella Warbird Museum & Woodland Auto Display 

4251 Dry Creek Road, Paso Robles, CA • www.ewarbirds.org 


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CONTENTS 

April 2014 volume 13 number 12 

A Monthly Look at Life in our Remarkable Communities 

Feature Stories 

22 Historic Paso Robles 

125 th Anniversary section 

• Famous Outlaws Ride Into Town 

• Notorious Robbers of Trains and Banks 

26 Water Conservation 

• The Dangerous Toilet - Flushing is 

Hazardous to Our Water Supply 

• Historic Drought Highlights 

Need to Use Water Wisely 

28 Indy Car Racer Bobby Unser 

Special Guest of WWW6 

Open House Planned Saturday, May 10 

for Estrella Warbirds and 

Woodland Auto Display 

51 Hoofbeat 

Hoofbeat Calendar and Trail Tales 

- by Dorothy Rogers 

Departments 

12 Ol’ Oaken Bucket 

Filled with Humor, Timely Tidbits, and 

Mesmorizing Memorabilia..stuff you 

didn’t realize you need to know 

14 Education 

• 10 Very Cool Things for Your Kids to do 

During Spring Break! 

• New Year of SkillsUSA 

Competitions Planned 

• DAR Youth Citizenship Medal 

• An Afternoon of Kindness 

• Up to $2000 in Art Scholarships 

available from PR Art Association 

• Boys & Girls Club Wins National Award 

• Local Dentists Volunteer 

at Elementary Schools 

30 Paso People 

• What a Fun Party! Paso Celebrates 

125th Anniversary in Style! 

• Quasquicentennial Update: 

The Arbor Day Issue 

• DreamWeaver Presents ‘A Step Into Oz’ 

• Easter Week Services and More 

• At the Library 

• Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale 

• Richard Baker Photography 

- Stories Told, Memories Preserved 

and Businesses Succeed 

• This N That - A Collection of ‘Stuff’ 

42 City of Paso Robles 

Library and Recreation 

- cool stuff to do for the month ahead! 

On the cover: 125th Anniversary Historical...Notorious Outlaws of Paso Robles 

44 Round Town 

• Earth Day Food and Wine Weekend 

is Almost Here! 

• Wine 4 Paws 2014 Happening April 26 & 27 

• County Perspective - A Column by Bruce Curtis 

• Templeton Vineyard Dog Park’s 

5 Year Anniversary 

• Templeton 5th Annual Fashion Show Fundraiser 

• Paws Cause Celebrates 3rd Annual Spay Day 

54 Business 

• Locals Operate Park Facilities 

Around Central Coast 

• Idler’s Mom & Apple Pie Contest 

Reaches 30 Year Milestone 

• What’s Happening on Main Street 

• Business Spotlight - a Column by Millie Drum 

• TCCH Adds Physicians and 

Community Members to Board 

58 Time & Place 

Where to find just about anything and 

everything to do in April 

61 Last Word 

PASO ARTSFEST set for Memorial Day Weekend 

EDITORIAL DEADLINE: 

7 th of each month preceding publication 

ADVERTISING DEADLINE: 

10 th of each month preceding publication 

HOW TO REACH US 

Phone: (805) 239-1533 Founding Co-Publisher: 

Karen Chute 1949-2004 

E-mail: 

bob@pasoroblesmagazine.com Publisher/Editor: Bob Chute 

Mailing address: P.O. Box 3996, Editorial Consultant: 

Paso Robles, CA 93447 Chris Weygandt Alba 

In town drop off: Dutch Maytag, Advertising: Millie Drum, Pam 

1501 Riverside, Paso Robles Osborn, Jamie Self, Melissa Chavez, 

Web: pasoroblesmagazine.com and Bob Chute 

WE VALUE YOUR INPUT! 

Paso Robles Magazine (PRM) © 2014, is owned and published by Bob 

Chute. No part of this periodical may be reproduced in any form or by any 

means without prior written consent from Paso Robles Magazine. 

PRM is published monthly and distributed FREE to every residence and 

business, including rural addresses, in Paso Robles, Templeton, Shandon, 

Bradley and San Miguel (zip codes 93426, 93446, 93451, 93461 and 93465). 

Postage paid at Paso Robles, CA 93446. PRM is also available for our visitors 

through local restaurants, Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce, North County 

Transportation Center, and other high traffic tourist-oriented locations. 

Annual subscriptions to PRM, mailed to areas beyond the described distribution 

areas, are available for $18 per year (for orders outside U.S., add $10 

postage). Mailing address: P.O. Box 3996, Paso Robles, CA 93447. Phone: 

(805) 239-1533, Fax (805) 239-1263, e-mail: prmagazine@charter.net. Find 

us on the web at www.pasoroblesmagazine.com 

For advertising inquiries and rates, story ideas and submissions, contact 

Bob Chute at any of the above numbers. In town drop point for photos, 

letters, press releases, etc. at Dutch Maytag Home Appliance Center, 1501 

Riverside. 

Graphics and advertising composition by Janice Pluma, Warpaint Graphics, 

editorial composition, Travis Ruppe, David Butz, art production. 


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the better and must be over 20 acres . Work shop, out buildings, vineyard, orchard would all be welcomed 

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Just a 

Thought 

By Bob Chute 

Our congratulations and appreciation 

to all who have been involved 

for the last year+ in putting together 

THE Party on March 11 honoring 

Paso’s 125th Anniversary, as well 

as events planned for the balance 

of 2014. 

It was awesome to watch all our 

students march around the park - 

led by the PRHS Marching Band, 

to have Harris Stage Lines deliver 

the mail by stage coach from the San 

Miguel post office to the Carnegie 

Library, special flags, 1000 cupcakes...and 

so much more. Read all 

about it on page 30, in a recap by 

Chuck Desmond. 

Wow, that was a fantastic 

125 th Anniversary Party! 

As the City of Paso Robles Official 

125th Anniversary Publication 

we’re proud to salute the origins of 

our remarkable community with a 

special historical section each month 

through 2014. This month Chris will 

take you waaaaay back and you’ll 

read about the Notorious Outlaws 

during the early years of Paso Robles 

- Robbers of Trains and Banks! 

Our first salute last month turned 

out fantastic - if I do say so myself 

- with a beautiful first time glossy 

cover featuring a photo by local photographer 

Richard Baker, incredible 

historical stories describing the 

Birth of a City by Chris Weygandt 

The Paso Robles Ministerial Alliance 

is planning a National Day of 

Prayer event in the City Park, near 

the Gazebo, on May 1, from 9 a.m. 

to 6 p.m. The theme for 2014 is One 

Voice, United in Prayer, emphasizing 

the need for individuals, corporately 

and individually, to place their faith in 

the unfailing character of their Creator, 

who is sovereign over all governments, 

authorities, and men. 

With the Gazebo as the anchor 

and a center for worship, they will 

be setting up stations in the area, 

each one focused on a different topic 

of prayer with many of our area 

churches participating in this event 

by hosting one of the stations. The 

topics to be covered are: Government 

(City, County, State, National); 

Alba and put together by our graphics 

wizard, Travis Ruppe. Everyone 

went above and beyond and I am 

so very proud of all involved in our 

largest issue ever. 

Plus...wasn’t it fun to read so many 

cool stories about our local merchants 

in their interesting ads, put together 

by Janice Pluma? They joined the fun 

sharing their local histories as well! 

Happy Easter Paso Robles! Easter 

Sunday is April 20 and several 

churches provided info on special 

services planned, see page 34...plus 

you’ll find our monthly directory of 

local Houses of Worship for Easter 

on page 60. 

National Day of Prayer set for May 1 

U.S. Military/World; Family; 

Education (focusing on schools 

in this community); Church 

(this community and universal); 

and Commerce (Community 

prosperity – Proverbs 11:10). 

The day will begin with a time of 

musical Praise and Worship, again at 

noon as well as closing the Day of 

Prayer. “By joining together on this 

Victoria Jenks 

joins PRM as 

advertising 

consultant 

“I recently relocated to Paso Robles 

with a firm commitment to never unpack 

a moving box again!” Victoria 

and her three children are actively 

involved in the community through 

school activities and sports programs. 

While assisting local businesses to 

utilize the Paso Robles Magazine to 

enhance their presence in the community 

through advertising and editorial 

opportunities will be her main 

objective, Victoria is also following her 

passion for all things wine and can be 

found pouring in the tasting room at 

Villicana Winery. On occasional days 

off, she will be perfecting her nine iron 

chip-in on the links with friends. 

day to pray, we are letting 

the people of our community 

see that in Christ 

we are one body, loved by 

God and called to live for 

Him,” said event coordinator 

Janine Kramer. 

For more information 

contact Kramer at danjanprayer 

@gmail.com The National Day 

of Prayer website is nationaldayof 

prayer.org. 

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Member SIPC

Loaves & Fishes Fundraiser 

Mark your calendars for Loaves 

& Fishes largest fundraiser of the 

year...Join us for an “Evening in 

New Orleans,” on Saturday, April 

26 supporting our important 

mission of feeding the hungry 

with God’s Love. Guests will enjoy 

local Wine & Multi-Course Cajun 

Dinner, at the Paso Robles Inn. 

For details or to donate, call 238- 

4742. 

“Local boy makes good!” stated 

Don Campbell in introducing Michael 

Dusi, founder and owner of 

Michael Dusi Trucking as the Paso 

Robles Chamber of Commerce 

Roblan of the Month for March. 

“Currently he has 72 trucks in fleet 

with 10 based in Washington and 

20 based in Napa. All trucks have 

Michael Dusi Trucking and PASO 

ROBLES on the door. Major trucker 

for the wine industry hauling bulk 

wine, grapes and glass. Michael also 

has Dante’s Benzene (named after his 

Riddles for the Kids 

• What would happen in the army if a 

tank ran over a peanut? 

A shell would burst and two kernals 

would be crushed. 

• What burns longer, a red candle or 

a white one? 

Both burn shorter. 

• What should a man know before 

trying to teach tricks to a dog? 

More than the dog. 

grandfather) that hauls bulk fuel.” 

Dusi is a major sponsor of all 

sports, little league, soccer, baseball 

and is a major buyer of 4H and FFA 

animals at Mid-State Fair, $15,000 

last year. 

He also is a major sponsor of 

Creston classic rodeo and provides 

trucks, all polished, for all parades, 

Christmas, 4th of July in Templeton, 

Pioneer Day. 

Michael has designated one truck 

as a high profile tribute to cancer 

awareness and in memory of his 

Lexophiles 

(using words in unique ways) 

• Police were called to a day care 

Center where a three-year-old was 

resisting a rest. 

• When a clock is hungry it goes back 

four seconds. 

• The guy who fell onto an upholstery 

machine is now fully recovered. 

Did you know? 

In the 1950s, after developing aerosol 

whipped cream, Reddi-Wip, Inc. 

tried to develop aerosol mayonnaise, 

aerosol ketchup, aerosol shampoo, 

aerosol mustard, and aerosol iodine.” 

No such luck. 

- Offbeat Uses for Everyday Things 

by Joey Green 

Michael Dusi honored as March Roblan 

aunt. The Peterbilt truck-trailer is 

painted pink and highly decorated 

with chrome accessories and he 

donates annually to the Susan Colman 

walk. 

Dusi trucking provides over 100 

head of household jobs in San Luis 

Obispo county. 

“Michael is a quiet yet generous 

giver but stays under the radar and 

does not expect accolades for his community 

service,” stated Campbell, on 

his Roblan Nomination Form. Congratulations 

Michael Dusi, lead on! 

Sandra Engle created this quilt representing 

the City’s 125th Anniversary 

logo. It took her about 10 days to accomplish 

with 3-D leaves, “so maybe 

they will look as though they are rustling 

in a breeze.” Plans are to display it 

for a few weeks in the Carnegie Library 

and/or the City of Paso Robles Library. 

Don Campbell, right, presents the Roblan of the 

Month Award to Michael Dusi. 

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By Judy Bedell 

1. First Tee Central Coast 

Junior Golf Program, Paso Robles 

Golf Club 

Times to be determined 

Does your son or daughter aspire 

to be the next PGA golf pro? Why 

not get them started off right. Mike 

Brabenec, PGA Professional at Paso 

Robles Golf Club is dedicated to 

promoting golf with the youth of the 

north county through the First Tee 

program. Located at Paso Robles Golf 

Club Golf Course, the First Tee program 

is much more than just golf. This 

national program promotes honesty, 

sportsmanship, self-confidence, courtesy 

and respect while also teaching 

the fundamentals of putting, chipping 

and driving the ball. No equipment 

is necessary to join. Call Brabenec at 

431-7615 or Billy Gibbs at 219-0060. 

Additional information is available at 

www.thefirstteecentralcoast.org. 

2. North County Boys 

and Girls Club 

Recently awarded with an Honor 

Award for Program Excellence 

Open during Spring Break 

Still the best deal in town, the 

Paso Robles location at 600 26th 

Street (right behind Flamson Middle 

School) offers drop-in activities and 

programs for students 6 – 17. For a 

minimal annual fee, parents can sign 

their children up for club membership. 

There are many events offered including 

study skills, recreation, art, cooking, 

field trips, and leadership activities. 

For information or to register go to 

www.bgcpaso.org or call 239-3659. 

3. Harris Stage Lines Cowboy 

and Cowgirl Day Camps 

5995 North River Road, 

Paso Robles 

April 14 – 18 and April 21 – 25 

Are your kids begging you for a 

horse? Well, the next best thing is 

a “horse experience” with Tom and 

Debby Harris. At this hands-on (and 

seats-on too!) day camp, youngsters 

between the ages of 7 – 16 will learn 

the basics of horse handling, driving, 

and riding in a safe and educational 

way. They will also learn what is needed 

to care for and feed a horse and the 

safe way to work around large animals. 

The camp culminates in a mini-Wild 

West show where the young campers 

get all duded up to show their families 

all they have learned including some 

pretty fancy rope tricks.Campers can 

participate for the whole week, per day 

or half days. For more information or 

reservations, contact Harris Stagelines 

at 237-1860 or check out their 

webpage at www.harrisstagelines.com. 

4. YMCA Spring Camp 2014 

Centennial Park in Paso Robles 

Grades K – 8, April 14 – April 25 

The YMCA Spring Break Camp is 

a great deal for working families looking 

for a superb day-camp experience. 

Art, cooking, sports and science, fun 

and making new friends are just some 

of the activities they have planned. 

The program is conveniently held at 

Centennial Park in Paso Robles and 

includes crafts, recreation, trips and all 

the fun a child can stand. Call 237- 

0845 for information and sign-ups. 

5. Brushmarks 

8th Annual Juried Art Contest 

for students in grades 6 – 12 

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Gift items, 

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Entries due April 30th to the 

Paso Robles City Library 

How about using Spring Break 

to create a masterpiece? There are 

three categories to enter in this north 

county art competition geared toward 

recognizing and acknowledging our 

aspiring young artists: painting, drawing, 

and the special category theme 

of the Quasquicentennial Celebration. 

Awards will be presented at the Gallery 

Reception on Friday, May 2nd . 

For more information contact Suzanne 

at 237-3870 or at www.prcity.com. 

6. Work Ranch Horseback Riding 

San Miguel 

Bring your own horse or use one of 

ours. Whatever your riding level, we 

try to help you accomplish your goals 

in a safe and fun environment. Give 

your child an experience on a working 

cattle ranch that they will never forget 

or sign up for family sunset ride. 

Check it out at www.workranch.com 

or call Kelly Work for further details. 

467-3362 or 610-0961. 

7. Free Art Classes 

Paso Robles City Library 

Conference Room 

Compliments of the Volunteers from 

the Paso Robles Art Association 

Wednesday & Thursday, April 16 

and 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. 

Sign up right away if you want 

to take advantage of the talents and 

expertise of the Paso Robles Art Association 

guest artists who will be 

hosting art classes during Spring 

Break. These classes are limited to 

20 students between the ages of 8 and 

12 years of age. Sign-ups for one day 

only are available at the front desk 

of the Paso Robles City Library. 

8 . Junior Tennis League 

Centennial Park Courts 

Everyone plays and competes in this 

fast-paced and fun instructional tennis 

program. Many of our Bearcat tennis 

stars got their start with John Siemens 

and the Junior Tennis League. Equipment 

is supplied and children learn the 

fundamentals of tennis through skillbuilding, 

drills and games. Each week 

includes instruction and a match and 

parents are encouraged to participate 

too! To sign up go to www.prcity.com/ 

recreation or call John at 434-0792. 

9. Class Act Dance 

2508 Spring Street, Suite D., 

Paso Robles 

Whether your child aspires to be a 

ballerina or hip-hop dancer, Class Act 

will help them get started. Students 

of all ages and skills are welcome at 

the studio that is famous for their 

annual Nutcracker production. Tap, 

Jazz, Hip Hop, Musical Theater, Ballet 

and Pointe are all offered. Stop by 

the studio to watch a session or call 

239-3668 for additional information. 

10. Studios on the Park 

Youth Arts Program 

1130 Pine Street, Paso Robles 

Learn from the best and take advantage 

of a day in Downtown Paso 

Robles. How about an art class, followed 

by a movie and ice cream!! 

Check out the fabulous classes available 

at Studios on the Park at www. 

studiosonthepark.org. From ceramics 

classes with Art with Anna to the 

Drawing Labs, your children will 

come away with new skills and a 

beautiful project. For information 

call 238-9800. 

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New year of SkillsUSA competitions planned 

SkillsUSA has begun the 2014 season 

of competition. On February 1 over 

100 Paso Robles High School (PRHS) 

students attended the Region 2 competition 

in Salinas, CA. Fifty-eight students 

have advanced to the State Conference 

set for this April in San Diego, CA. 

The students represent 21 different 

occupational training areas PRHS 

instructors teach in their Career Tech 

Education courses. The contestants 

will advance in the following contests: 

Cabinetmaking, Commercial Baking, 

Computer Programming, Criminal Justice, 

Digital Cinema Production, Early 

Childhood Education, Electrical Construction 

Wiring, Firefighting, First Aid- 

CPR, Internetworking, Marine Service 

Tech., Mobile Electronics Installation, 

Mobile Robotics Tech., Motorcycle Service 

Tech., Plumbing, Power Equipment 

Tech., Related Tech. Math, Restaurant 

Service, Telecommunications Cabling, 

T-Shirt Design, Welding, Welding 

Sculpture, Oxy-Acetylene Welding and 

Shielded Metal Arc Welding. 

SkillsUSA students train in their perspective 

classes to compete in all three 

of the season’s competitions. Regional 

competition typically is in February, 

State competition in April. The winner 

of an occupational competition at 

the State Conference will then represent 

Outdoor 

Patio 

California at the 

National competition 

in June. 

This will be the 

last year for National 

competitions 

in Kansas 

City, Mo. 2015 

will see the National Conference move 

to Louisville, Ky. 

The State Conference will be in San 

Diego April 25-27. The SkillsUSA 

students will be out in force to find 

sponsors for their event. Students 

are asked to contribute approximately 

half of their cost to attend. The local 

chapter has been 

supported by our 

community in 

past years and 

expects that support 

to continue. 

Paso Robles 

businesses and 

individuals are 

the most supportive 

community 

on earth. 

The local SkillsUSA Chapter is very 

thankful for the support and encouragement 

given to its students. 

PRHS is fortunate to have a vast 

array of occupational training courses. 

Students in SkillsUSA typically are 

in courses such as; Early Childhood 

Educ. (Bearkittens Preschool), Auto- 

DAR Youth Citizenship Medal 

The El Paso de Robles Chapter of 

Daughters of the American Revolution 

will once again be sponsoring the Youth 

Citizenship Medal (formerly the Good 

Citizenship Medal) for all 6th, 7th and 

8th grade students in North County 

Schools. 

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Tech., Computer Tech., Health 

Care, Graphic Arts and Video Production. 

Each of these instructors will 

have students competing in a number 

of different occupations related to their 

coursework. Students advancing to the 

next level of competition will be required 

to understand more information 

and physical capability from the previous 

competition. This is very representative 

of the workforce need to advance 

their talents and skill sets to become a 

more valuable asset to their trade. 

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is: “Educated and Skilled to Lead 

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If your student wishes to be considered 

for this honor, contact your 

school’s counselor. If your school does 

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An Afternoon of Kindness 

By Jane Fairbank 

On February 21, 2014, the student 

body of Trinity Lutheran 

School embarked on an adventure 

throughout Paso Robles performing 

random acts of kindness. 

Twenty groups went out to eleven 

different locations to perform these 

acts of kindness. Each group had 

$100.00 and small cards that read, 

“Here’s a Random Act of Kindness 

for you! Have a blessed day! Pay it 

forward.” 

We paid for peoples’ meals at 

various fast food drive-thrus or 

inside eating establishments. We 

left quarters in baggies at the car 

wash, at the Laundromat, on vending 

machines, and at the video 

games at the pizza restaurant. One 

group bought chocolates and handed 

them to people as they were 

shopping. Others paid for people’s 

gas or groceries, while some hid 

bills is store displays or upon windshields. 

Some groups had thank 

you baskets to distribute to the Post 

Office, Fire Department, Police 

Department, Library and DMV 

to show appreciation for these 

public servants. 

The goal was to share a 

smile, reach out to others in 

love, spread kindness, and 

show appreciation while not 

getting anything in return. 

We wanted to focus on others 

and not ourselves and hopefully 

make their day a little 

brighter. Try as we might to 

not get anything in return, we 

were blessed with donations 

in the form of gift cards, money, 

and other goods. One group ended 

up with giant stuffed bears which 

we in turn donated to Sierra Vista 

pediatric unit. Gift cards and 

money received were handed out 

to others in the community. Some 

money was donated specifically to 

the school’s scholarship fund of 

which we did graciously accept. 

Most people were very surprised 

and appreciated the jester. 

Some people refused and wouldn’t 

accept anything. A few were 

skeptical and thought we wanted 

something in return. Overall, the 

smiles on peoples’ faces were worth 

a million words. Our hope was 

the students could experience 

firsthand that kindness has its 

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smiling. That was great to see. The 

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many people pay it forward. 

It was an amazing afternoon. The 

teachers, students and adult helpers 

were very pumped up when returning 

to school. 

Watch out Paso Roblans! We had 

so much fun it looks like this might 

turn into an annual event. Remember 

though, random means you never 

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Up to $2,000 in Art Scholarships 

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All North San Luis Obispo County graduating seniors, who plan to continue 

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Scholarships from the Paso Robles Art Association. 

Students must submit their application and a portfolio for review on 

Saturday, April 12, 2014. 

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Boys & Girls Club wins national award 

The Boys & Girls Club in Paso 

Robles has won a Merit award in the 

category of Best Overall Program 

with a budget less than $500,000. 

The Honor Awards for Program 

Excellence is Boys & Girls Clubs 

of America’s (BGCA) most coveted 

and prestigious program award recognizes 

local Clubs from throughout 

the United States for achievements in 

outstanding local program development. 

Award-winning programs are 

fun, demonstrate imagination and are 

linked to observable youth development 

outcomes. And, year after year, 

they set new standards for program 

excellence in nine categories. 


Robles submitted 4 entries; including 

one for Best Overall Program with 

a budget less than $500,000. Merit 

Award winners receive an elegant 

plaque and a cash award of $2,000. 

Both Honor and Merit Award winners 

receive recognition at the Boys 

& Girls Clubs of America’s National 

Conference in May 2014. 

“I can’t express my happiness in 

winning this honor,” says Todd Evenson, 

Board Chairman of Boys & Girls 

Club in Paso Robles. “We have all 

worked very hard in program development 

and strengthening our 

organization as a whole. And 

to have been declared one of 

the best programs in the Nation...well 

we wouldn’t want to 

provide our kids and the community 

with any less.” 


Robles is hosting a Community 

Open House Thursday, April 3rd 

from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Attend and you 

can enjoy appetizers and refreshments 

as you tour the Clubhouse 

and learn about their programs and 

services offered to youth 

and families in our community. 

Meet the staff and 

board members who work 

diligently to provide high 

quality after-school and 

summer activities. This 

event is open to the public, 600 

26th Street, Paso Robles, behind 

Flamson Middle School. For more 

information visit www.bgcpaso.org 

About the Boys & Girls 

Club in Paso Robles 

The Boys & Girls Club of North 

San Luis Obispo is an educational 

afterschool program and summer 

camp available to youth, ages 5- 

17, at an annual membership fee of 

only $20 (with additional fees applied 

during the summer). The Club 

serves children with high-quality 

programs in a safe, fun and caring 

environment. Children are engaged 

in academic, enrichment, and social 

activities that broaden their perspectives, 

develop their skills and enhance 

their lives. The children are inspired 

and enabled to realize their full potential 

as productive, responsible and 

caring adults. 

Local dentists volunteer at elementary schools 

During the month of February, 

many local dentists volunteered their 

time to screen elementary students in 

the Paso Robles Joint Unified School 

District for dental abnormalities or 

decay. These screenings are useful in 

identifying conditions that might 

need further assessment and treatment. 

Treatment for dental problems 

can improve a child’s health and wellbeing. 

Studies show that screening 

and motivation significantly improve 

the percentage of school children 

who seek dental care. The parents of 

SPECIALS EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK 

all students who 

were screened will 

be informed of the 

dentist’s findings. 

Referrals are made 

by district health 

staff to ensure that 

students with obvious 

acute dental 

needs are treated 

promptly. 

The District would like to say 

“thank you” to the dentists who help 

support our students; Dr. Poursemail, 

Dr. Doug Harrington (Pediatric 

Dentist) screening a student, Garrett, 

at Kermit King Elementary. 

Dr. Stout, Dr. Springe, 

Dr. Alltucker, Dr Wearda, 

Dr. Lisa Lu Davis, 

Dr. Edith Pallencaoe, 

and Dr. Harrington. 

If you would like 

more information regarding 

this topic, 

contact Ashley Aiello, 

District Nurse for Paso 

Robles Public Schools 

at 769-1000 x33223, or Dr. Edith 

Pallencaoe of the Gateway Dental 

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1868 

Paso Robles Celebrates 125 Years 

Compiled and written by 

Chris Weygandt Alba 

Drury Woodson James was a law-abiding man from Kentucky, 

orphaned at a very early age. His brother Robert James was a 

Baptist preacher in Missouri, with a wife and four young children. 

The youngest boy shared Drury’s middle name: Jesse Woodson James. 

When the sensational California Gold Rush struck the nation 

in 1850, the ravenous hordes of gold-miners struck the Reverend’s 

soul. Called to the gold fields of California, he left his family to 

minister in the mining camps, accompanied by his brother Drury. 

They had been in Hangtown Gold Camp only a few weeks 

when Reverend James died of fever. Left to care for himself, Drury 

assessed the situation in the gold fields and found a need for meat... 

beef, to be exact. This need he set about fulfilling by buying cattle in 

Los Angeles for a fair price of $20 per head and then driving them 

to Hangtown (now Placerville) where he made a profit. 

An entrepreneur in the West when it was truly the “Wild West,” 

Drury James was a man of means within a decade. In 1860 he 

purchased the Mexican land grant known as La Panza Rancho, 

east of El Paso de Robles, to operate his cattle business. 

Drury was a man of principle. His brother’s boys had made quite 

a name for themselves back in Missouri – Frank and Jesse James. 

Being a well-thought-of citizen in the community, Drury James 

would not hanker to any of his nephews’ unlawful dealings. 

Drury 

Woodson 

James 

The co-founder of Paso 

Robles was the law-abiding 

uncle of outlaws Frank and 

Jesse James, who rested 

from unlawful deeds on 

Drury’s ranch 1868 to 1869. 

In 1868 Frank came to the La Panza for a visit, and to hide out 

from the law, for he and Jesse had just pulled a bank robbery. 

Jesse stayed behind, recuperating from bullet wounds to his chest. 

By August of that year, Uncle Drury had reluctantly invited Jesse 

to join Frank at his ranch, but he would not cotton to any of their 

capers while under his roof. 

— Barbara Rowland (PRM April 2002) 

Jesse James 

After their sojourn in the hot springs of Paso Robles, 

Frank and Jesse James rode into history. 

Their public war on railroads and banks in the Midwest, 

with sensational robberies and stunning escapes, made 

them the most famous outlaws in America. 


1869 

Meet the Wild West Legends 

of El Paso de Robles 

Frank James 

Frank was 7 and Jesse was 3 

when they last saw their father, 

a Baptist minister named Robert 

James, and uncle Drury James 

in 1850, leaving Missouri to 

preach to the Gold Rush miners 

in California. He grew up in his 

father’s library and wanted to be 

a schoolteacher. But the Civil 

War and Confederate Army 

sent Frank and then Jesse into 

guerilla warfare. They used 

those skills against banks 

and trains with a bravado 

that captivated the nation in 

the decades that followed. 

Jesse 

Woodson 

James 

When he arrived in 1868, he 

was just a rapscallion from 

Missouri, barely 21. In 1869, 

he went home to Missouri 

invigorated – and exploded in 

the national news: His hallmark 

heists in a hail of bullets, over 

16 years, made him a legend 

of the Wild West. 

The James-Younger Gang 

Fallout from their first group effort in 1868, a Kentucky bank robbery, 

sent Frank and Jesse to Paso Robles to recuperate. 

In a decade of audacious robberies across 10 states, the James- 

Younger Gang became legends in their own time, hitting banks, 

trains, stagecoaches, and paymasters, in front of large crowds, 

with gunfire raging everywhere. 

The gang dodged bullets, town posses, U.S. marshals, and 

Pinkerton detectives until a Minnesota bank robbery in 1876 put 

the Youngers in prison. 

The James brothers escaped and were never captured by the law. 

Of all the brothers, only Frank James and Cole Younger survived their 

outlaw days. 

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Photo: Frank and Jesse James pose with Cole and Bob Younger, brothers in crime from 1868 to 1876. 


WANTED dead or alive, Jesse James never gave up. 

Ten years after the Civil War turned boys into warriors, the James brothers were 

still Rebel bushwhackers, attacking Union profiteers, stealing the enemy’s resources. 

Outlaw warfare was costly. A bank fiasco in 1876 claimed their brothers, the A-team lost, 

the enemy dogged them, and the bounty inspired big-game hunters. 

Relentlessly pursued, Frank James retreated to a solitary life, while Jesse stayed in business 

with a replacement gang. A new recruit murdered him at home in1882, expecting a $10,000 

reward. Jesse James had been at war since he was 16. 

Five months later, Frank went to the governor of Missouri and surrendered his gun. He was 

tried on two counts of robbery but acquitted. He was never convicted or imprisoned for any 

charges against him. Thereafter, to the end of his long life in 1915, Frank was a law-abiding citizen. 

Frank James, 1898 

“I have been hunted for 

21 years, have literally 

lived in the saddle, have 

never known a day of 

perfect peace. It was one 

long, anxious, inexorable, 

eternal vigil.” 

FRANK JAMES, 1882 

Bill Dalton 

He was a Paso Robles farmer when his 

Dalton Gang brothers embarked on their 

fast and furious career. But when they 

went down in flames, he tore into the 

Territory, co-leader of the Wild Bunch, 

killed in a shootout with U.S, marshals. 

JESSE JAMES REMAINS IN PASO 

Sightseeing with the James Gang 

Fifteen miles east of town, the 10,000-acre La Panza Ranch 

was once a village itself, with a school district, post office, 

voting precinct, even a mining district when it had a little Gold 

Rush of its own in 1878. Old-timers still tell stories handed 

down to them of how Jesse and Frank behaved and what they 

did when they stayed at La Panza. 

• Jesse treated gunshot residue by soaking in the hot mineral 

springs at the original baths downtown. While nothing remains 

of that first spa hotel and bathhouse, or of his Uncle Drury’s 

magnificent Hotel El Paso de Robles, other artifacts exist: 

• The actual log cabin occupied by Jesse and Frank James 

during their sojourn is intact at Norman Winery and used by the 

winemaker today. 

• At Tobin James Winery, the special James Gang Reserve is served 

at a bar where Jesse himself drank. Toby purchased the bar at 

auction in Blue Cut, Missouri, and transported it to Paso Robles. 

• And the original home of Drury James still stands. He built the 

house at 530 Maple St. before he bought the La Panza Ranch. It’s a 

private residence, not open to the public, but you can drive by and ... 

... think of a family, in a turbulent time: 

Men of principle, boys left behind — Shrewd men 

and rebels — bold and skilled. Shaped by war and 

wilderness: Founders of cities and infamous outlaws. 


“Everybody in the neighborhood knew they went armed... 

It was a matter of common notoriety.” Witness testimony, Dalton Trial 1891 

They looked like Boy Scouts 

but they were reckless, restless, 

and constantly armed. They were 

the younger cousins of the infamous 

Younger brothers who rode with 

Jesse James, and they were deputy 

U.S. marshals — until they didn’t 

get paid as promised. Then the 

lawmen became outlaws. 

In their fast and furious career, 

the notorious Dalton Gang farmed, 

hid, and charmed children in the neighborhood. They were regular 

guests at their brother’s ranch a few miles from the new city of Paso 

Robles in 1889 until they skedaddled forever in 1891, in the aftermath 

of a Southern Pacific Railroad robbery nearby. 

Brother Bill Dalton was a state legislator before he took up farming 

in the new city. He came to California in the early 1880s and was a 

frequent host for his Oklahoma brothers Grat, Bob, and Emmett. 

He put them to work when they were on hiatus at his ranch or 

fugitives from justice in the Indian Territories. 

Bob and his brother Emmett were horse thieves with a reward 

posted for their capture when they showed up the last time to hide 

out in Paso. Grat came west from the Territory to check on them. 

Response: the Dalton Gang. Their older cousins were celebrities 

— they had role models in the business. Imagine the table talk. 

How hard could it be? 

Grat Dalton 

The former U.S. marshal came for his brothers 

and was nailed for robbery by Southern Pacific 

Railroad. He escaped, joined the Dalton Gang 

back home, and struck four trains in a row. 

Turned out, considerably harder. Times had changed. Jesse James 

had a stagecoach era. We had a railroad now. We had mass transit. 

Bad news traveled faster. It wasn’t so easy to hide. 

Events got out of hand pretty fast. The three brothers left town on 

horseback the end of January 1891, rode over to the San Joaquin Valley. 

Southern Pacific Railroad was robbed over there. 

Grat and Bill Dalton hung around and got arrested while Bob and 

Emmett vamoosed. There was a sensational trial. Paso and SLO County 

people were called to testify. Newspapers published the proceedings. 

Bill was acquitted, and Grat was convicted. Bound for prison, he 

escaped from handcuffs and dived off a moving train. He found his 

two brothers and hustled back to the Territory. 

Bob Dalton 

The last time he and brother Emmett visited 

Paso, they were fugitive horse thieves, 

a hanging crime. He wanted to be bigger 

than Jesse James. 

They struck four trains in the following months and then plotted 

a heist more daring than Jesse James himself: A simultaneous double 

bank robbery in broad daylight on a Kansas street. 

There in 1892, the Dalton Gang ended their two-year criminal 

career and found fame. Bill Dalton charged back home to Oklahoma 

Territory and hooked up with a partner in the Wild Bunch gang. 

He died in a gunfight with a posse after a bank robbery in 1894. 

The public war on railroads captivated the American people, as they 

watched Jesse James and the Dalton Gang rob the “Robber Barons” of 

America in the national newspapers. 

The transcontinental railroads were the nation’s iron-fisted tyrants, 

attacked at gunpoint, in broad daylight, while they tyrannized nearly every 

type of commercial, transportation and property enterprises in their vicinity. 

Outrage against the monopolies of Southern Pacific and other railroads 

caused enjoyment for many who had been scammed, when infamous 

outlaws robbed the trains protected by the Law of the Land. 


The Dangerous 

Toilet 

So I was sitting around my house last 

month when I had nothing better to do, 

and I thought, 

“Does my toilet endanger the water supply?” 

A front-page newspaper story, that very 

day, said we are flushing our precious water 

down the toilet. No kidding. 

A university research scientist said in that 

March 4 news article that she was really 

surprised by her new study. She had asked 

people to estimate how much water they 

consume in ordinary activities. 

They had no idea how much water 

floods from their pipes into 

the house and down the drain. 

Neither did I. 

How much wasted water 

pours from the shower and the 

bathroom faucets until the hotwater 

heater kicks in? How much 

spouts from the taps while shaving 

and brushing our teeth? While feeding 

and dressing ourselves? 

On the very same day, March 4, our 

county was designated Ground Zero at the 

very worst level of extreme drought, and the 

county declared a Drought Emergency. 

Our city and county ask us to reduce our 

water usage by 20 percent, but I and my 

fellow Americans have no idea where our 

water is going. 

Perched on a pile of newspapers on March 

4, I pondered the vast sea of my ignorance. 

The rainfall has been skimpy for a long time. 

My office overflows with data about water usage 

in drought conditions that I’ve collected 

for eight years. There are hundreds of pages, 

millions of words, calculations, and tactics — 

and buckets to save the wasted water I know 

is pouring from my faucets. 

Too much data, and no idea that the bathroom 

is so treacherous. Not the shower. Not 

the sinks. Not the toothbrush or the razor. 

Flushing is hazardous to 

our water supply By Chris Weygandt Alba 

Now, on March 4, we’ve hit bottom in 

the great drought of our time, and I have an 

urgent question. 

IS IT SAFE TO FLUSH THE TOILET? 

So I looked up the scientific study mentioned 

in the newspaper on March 4 and located 

the expert quoted there. I sent my ignorance 

to a research scientist and university 

professor at Indiana University. 

To: Shahzeen Attari, PhD; School of Public 

and Environmental Affairs; Department of 

Psychological and Brain Sciences; Indiana 

University, Bloomington – March 4, 

2014 

Dear Professor Attari, 

Your study appeared in the local 

newspaper this morning. Our town is at 

the bottom of the drought barrel. 

I read that you are an 

expert in homeowner water 

consumption and that you 

have recently discovered 

that people have 

no idea how much water 

they’re putting 

down the drain. 

You mention that 

we are particularly oblivious about the toilets 

we use so enthusiastically. 

How can a person identify the thirstiest 

places in the house? 

Should he grab a bucket, for example, 

and measure every water-using activity he 

performs at home? Should he learn to read 

his water meter? Or memorize a chart of the 

number of gallons consumed per minute during 

daily activities? 

Basically, where should I put the buckets to 

save the most water? 

Sincerely, 

Chris Alba, Paso Robles, California 

If It’s Yellow, Let It Mellow. 

#1 water user: TOILET – 26.7% Low- flush 

has “1.6gpf” on toilet. Leaky toilet may lose 

200 gal per day. 

#2 water user: CLOTHES WASHER – 21.7% 

Water-efficient uses 35-50 % less water 

Hi Chris, 

Thank you so much for your interest in 

my work. It would be far too challenging 

for everyone to know where every drop of 

water in their house ends up. Some effective 

actions are: 

1. Install a low-flow 

or low-flush toilet 

2. Reduce toilet 

flushes by 25% 

3. Buy a water-efficient 

clothes washer 

4. Do only full loads 

of clothes 

5. Reduce shower 

time to 5 minutes 

Best wishes, 

Shahzeen 

“Water Professor” 

Dr. Shahzeen Attari, 

professor and research 

scientist, public and 

environmental affairs, 

psychology of resource 

consumption, 

Indiana University 

and Columbia 

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By Keith Larson 

Water Conservation Manager 

City of Paso Robles 

klarson@prcity.com 

The last few years have been dry. 

Yes – that’s an understatement. Rainfall 

this winter season through early 

March has been only 34 percent of 

the long-term annual average for Paso 

Robles. 

In response to the drought, 

to avoid potential water shortages 

this summer, the City of 

Paso Robles will be in a Level 2 

Water Shortage Condition. Landscape 

watering restrictions will be 

enforced beginning May 1st through 

Sept. 30th. City water customers will 

soon be receiving a notice in the mail 

with details on the watering schedule 

for their area. For more information 

on the restrictions and for more 

ways to save water and money, visit 

www.pasowater.com. The City will 

also be supplementing its water supplies 

during the drought with Lake 

Nacimiento water percolated into 

the Salinas River channel adjacent 

to the underflow well field to maintain 

water levels and production rates 

through the summer. 

Whether you live in Paso Robles 

or are supplied water from your own 

well, all water users in the North 

County can help in conserving the 

area’s water supplies. With the ma- 

Historic Drought 

Highlights Need to 

Use Water Wisely 

jority of water 

used outdoors 

during summer, 

the most 

effective way 

to conserve is to reduce irrigation use 

by following these tips: 

• Limit watering lawn and other 

landscaping to three days per week 

or less. 

• Raise your mower setting and 

turf height to 3-4”. Longer turf 

uses up to 30% less water. 

• Give your irrigation system 

a tune-up. Check sprinklers and 

drip lines regularly for missing 

emitters and broken 

heads. 

• If your lawn 

has brown spots, 

check first for 

sprinkler coverage problems before 

increasing run times. 

• Raise sprinkler heads that are 

too low. This common problem 

prevents uniform coverage and increases 

water use. 

• Water before 9 a.m. when winds 

and temperatures are lowest. 

• On steep slopes, use multiple 

run times of less than 5 minutes to 

prevent runoff. 

Make the Switch to 

Waterwise Landscaping 

With our climate’s hot-dry 

summers, it makes sense to convert 

lawn areas to drought-tolerant 

plants on drip irrigation. To 

help with the switch, the City of 

Paso Robles provides rebates up 

to $500 for customers replacing 

lawns with drought-tolerant landscaping. 

Call 227-7250 or visit 

www.pasowater.com for program 

details (Please note a pre-inspection 

is required to qualify). The City 

also provides plant lists and landscaping 

guides to help you plan 

and implement your project. Also, 

check out www.slowaterwiseland 

scaping.com, an interactive website 

that helps you plan and design your 

Waterwise landscape. 

Need help with using 

less water? 

The City provides free Home and 

Business Water Surveys. The surveys 

take from 60-90 minutes and 

include a check of your property 

for leaks, installation of low-flow 

showerheads and faucet aerators, 

and an irrigation system check. 

Call 227-7250 to schedule. 

Remember...If we all save a 

little – it can add up, to a lot! 


Race Car Driver Bobby Unser 

is Special Guest of WWW6 Open House 

By Bob Chute 

The Warbirds Wings and Wheels 

6, sponsored by Firestone Walker 

Brewing Company, includes an 

Open House extravaganza, featuring 

a Classic and Vintage Car Show, 

set for Saturday, May 10, from 10 

a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Museum, 4251 

Dry Creek Road in Paso Robles. 

Special Guest, renowned 3 time 

Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby 

Unser, and his 1981 

Indianapolis 500 race 

winning Penske PC9B 

Norton Spirit Indy car 

will be here. Unser will 

be available for photos 

and signing autographs! 

The car took the pole 

at 200.545 mph with 

a average racing speed 

of 139.084 mph! See Part 1 of the 

Bobby Unser interview below. 

There is no cost to enjoy the line 

up of activities for the Family Fun 

Day with plenty of free parking adjacent 

to the 250 cars and specialty 

vehicles parked among military 

aircraft and equipment on display 

vying for 1st Place Class Awards 

in 22 classes and Woodland Auto 

Display Choice of Show Award. 

Enjoy free tours for the day of 

the Estrella Warbirds Museum 

and Woodland Auto Display and 

Firestone Walker will be pouring their 

selection of brews. Wine, sodas and 

water will also be available along 

with a variety of palate pleasers in 

the food court and live music will 

be provided by Triple Threat from 

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. alongside vendors 

By Bob Chute 

Part 1 of 2 

“Among the racing heavens that is 

the celebrated Unser family, Bobby’s 

star shines bright,” a quote from 

the International Motor Sports 

Hall of Fame recognition of Unser, 

inducted in 1990. 

The third son of Jerry and Mary 

Unser, born in 1934, Bobby Unser 

began his racing career driving his 

father’s cars in the annual Mexican 

road race at age 15, and by 18 he 

was winning races and championships. 

His goal in the early days 

was to win at Pike’s Peak, which 

planned Saturday, May 10 for 

Estrella Warbirds and 

Woodland Auto Display 

displaying auto-related 

items. 

The Hind Pavilion 

Grand Entrance with an 

expanded gift shop and 

displays will be open to 

the public. The display 

includes a F18 training 

simulator and an early war years 

LINKS trainer. The North County 

Cloud Clippers radio control 

model aircraft club will be displaying 

their flying skills as well. 

In 2009 the museum welcomed 

the addition of the Woodland Auto 

Display featuring an extensive collection 

of classic cars, vintage era 

cars, Sprints and Midgets, Indy 

cars, NASCAR, and motorcycles 

along with an impressive assortment 

of art work, memorabilia and 

he accomplished at age 

22 in 1956. Then, in 

1958, he put together a 

string of six consecutive 

titles and continued to 

dominate for years. 

“He was the undisputed 

king of the Pikes Peak Hill 

Climb, winning the championship 

13 times,” continues the Hall of 

Fame recognition. “At Indianapolis, 

he was a winner three times, in 

1968, 1975 and again in 1981. He 

has 35 career Indy Car wins and 

was the first to go 190 miles per 

hour at Indianapolis. 

All WWW6 participants will be vying 

for class trophies as well as the 

coveted Woodland Auto Display 

Choice of Show Award, left. 

an automotive research 

library. The Woodland 

Auto Display provides 

an impressive 10,000 sq. 

ft. with something for 

everyone to enjoy. 

How to Enter YOUR Car 

To enter your car in the show 

go to www.ewarbirds.org and click 

on the car show link for further information 

or stop by the museum 

and pick up an entry form. Entry 

fee is $40. All entries will receive a 

goody bag, dash plaque, tee shirt, 

poster and a picture of their car 

with a plane as they enter the museum. 

Plus car show participants 

can enter a drawing to win $600 

“An accomplished 

Sprint Car driver 

- another form of 

racing he pursued 

successfully for years 

- Unser’s Indy Car 

career began in 1962. 

He spent three years driving Noviengined 

cars for Andy Granatelli 

before switching to Bob Willke’s 

team for a four-year period from 

1966-70. 

“In 1968, Unser staged a spirited 

battle with Joe Leonard to win 

his first Indianapolis 500. He was 

the leader for much of the race, 

first prize, $400 second, and $200 

for third. Vehicle parking begins 

at 7 a.m. and ends at 9:45 a.m. the 

day of the event. Judging is 10 a.m. 

to 12 noon. The Awards ceremony 

begins at 3 p.m. All vehicles are 

to remain in the display area until 

the Awards Ceremony 

has ended. Questions, call 

(805) 227-0440. See photos of 

last years’s show at www. 

ewarbirds.org. 

The museum is located 

by the Paso Robles Airport 

at 4251-A Dry Creek 

Road, normal hours it is 

open Thursday through 

Sunday and Monday 

Holidays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

For additional information, 

call (805) 227-0440 or 

www.ewarbirds.org. 

Estrella Warbirds Museum is 

dedicated to the restoration and preservation 

of military aircraft, vehicles 

and the memorabilia of those who 

used and maintained them. Their 

approach is not to glorify conflict, 

but rather to make future generations 

aware of the fact our way of 

life does not come without sacrifice. 

Estrella Warbirds Museum is a nonprofit 

under the provisions of sections 

501(c)(3) of the IRS Code, tax ID 

number is: 77-0324714. All proceeds 

from the car show go to help preserve, 

maintain and expand their displays 

for future generations to enjoy. 

A ConversatioN with Racing Legend Bobby Unser 

until the 400-mile mark. He was 

resigned to second place with 

just 10 laps to go when suddenly 

Leonard’s engine gave out and 

Unser scored the victory, something 

that had, to that time, 

eluded his father, his uncles and 

his brothers. 

“That year, Unser also earned 

his first USAC National Championship. 

He was to win it again in 

1974, one year before he won his 

second Indianapolis 500. That year, 

he won in a Jorgensen Eagle. Six 

years later, he won again in Roger 

Penske’s Norton Spirit.” 


He retired the following year 

but continued to keep his hand 

in Indy Cars, as a television commentator 

for several years, and at 

Pikes Peak - which he won again in 

1986. Bobby has done developmental 

work for Audi, GoodYear tires 

and others over the years and published 

a book in 2003, “Winners are 

Driven: A Champion’s Guide to 

Success in Business and Life.” 

I was privileged recently to spend 

nearly an hour on the phone with a 

true racing legend of our time, Bobby 

Unser, currently residing in Albuquerque, 

New Mexico. Roblan Dick 

Woodland, of Woodland Auto Display, 

set it up for me and Unser plans to be 

in Paso Robles on May 10 for the 

Estrella Warbirds Wings and Wheels 

6 Open House. 

PASO ROBLES MAGAZINE: 

First of all, Bobby, thanks so much 

for taking the time to do this interview 

with me. 

BOBBY UNSER: My pleasure. 

PRM: It was nice of Dick Woodland 

to set this up. Have you been 

to his museum, the Woodland Auto 

Display? 

UNSER: No, I haven’t...seen pictures 

of it and looking forward to 

being up there. 

PRM: I’ve been watching several 

interviews with you on YouTube, 

read numerous articles about you 

preparing for today and...wow, you 

have had one amazing career, sir. 

UNSER: I have been a busy boy. 

PRM: Must have been fun, with 

your racing father and your brothers 

and all the Pikes Peak climbing...a 

great childhood in New Mexico. 

UNSER: I’ve had a great life, still 

enjoying it. Racing-wise...extremely 

good life, often lucky to be in the 

right place at the right time. Not just 

talking about the races or the race 

track but being able to have good 

people that I worked with, being 

able to put a good team together... 

comes down to just good ol’ luck. 

PRM: You guys were trailblazers. I 

was reading where your Dad rode a 

motorcycle to the top of Pikes Peak 

before there was even a road there. 

UNSER: Yes, he and his two brothers, 

put the first motorcycle and 

sidecar on the top of Pikes Peak in 

history. 

PRM: And you learned to drive in 

a Model A on a burro trail, just outside 

Albuquerque. 

UNSER: Yes, absolutely right, sold 

5 burros and bought the Model A. 

PRM: In that racing environment, 

you and your brothers must have 

been pretty competitive as kids. 

UNSER: We were, what was funny 

about that old Model A, it had 

number 3 on the door. Isn’t that an 

amazing coincidence? I was probably 

7 or 8 years old. Yet, it had that 

3 on the door...and two of my Indy 

wins were in number 3. The Good 

Lord was doing a bit of work. 

PRM: Your racing really began 

with the annual Mexican Road race 

at age 15, then you started winning 

at 18. First Pikes Peak victory at 22 

in 1956 with 13 overall and all 

members of your family have raced 

there, even your kids now. 

UNSER: Yes, Robby, my youngest 

son ended up with 9 wins. The 

family, I think has about 38 wins in 

all classes. That’s still a lot of wins. 

PRM: Then you learned to fly 

at an early age so you could get 

around to races and you became 

known as an outstanding Sprint 

Car driver...those are crazy scary 

cars to drive. Dick Woodland used 

to drive those. 

UNSER: I know, Dick and I talk 

about that often. It was fun in those 

days. There wasn’t a lot of money in 

it then. You had to really like it and 

know in your head that you would 

have raced if there was no money. I 

had to have at least enough to get me 

to the racetracks. I had a beat up old 

airplane, but it was better than driving 

a car. Didn’t have freeways then, 

Highway 66 was extremely dangerous. 

It would take me 18 hours to 

drive to California but could fly in 7. 

Flying scared me to death but I had 

to do it to save time...now I probably 

have around 13,000 hours. 

PRM: I notice you first arrived in 

Indianapolis in 1963 but had some 

frustrations the first couple of years, 

but then your first win in 1968... 

what was that like? 

UNSER: That was really good. 

Ironically we’re doing a charity 

thing down in Florida in March 

and they’re bringing my 68 Indy 

Bobby winning a race, left, in 1956 

and below, winning his third Indianapolis 

500 in 1981 in the Penske 

PC9B Norton Spirit, coming to 

Paso...and, lower left, his image on 

the Borg Warner Trophy as a winner 

of the Indy 500. 

“Indianapolis is the biggest thing in automobile racing 

on earth, always has been for the last 100 or so years. Biggest 

sporting event on earth. If it isn’t a guy shouldn’t be there... 

I’m just lucky after being there that I was able to acquire a few wins. 

It’s one thing to be there but another thing to be able to win.” 

winning car from Indianapolis to 

Amelia Island, by Jacksonville. Isn’t 

that a coincidence. Things like that 

still bring back that great memory 

of the first win there. 

PRM: Lot of great memories. Is 

Indianapolis your favorite track? 

UNSER: Well, it naturally has to 

be...Indianapolis is the biggest thing 

in automobile racing on earth, always 

has been for the last 100 or 

so years. Biggest sporting event on 

earth. If it isn’t a guy shouldn’t be 

there...I’m just lucky after being 

there that I was able to acquire a few 

wins. It’s one thing to be there but 

another thing to be able to win. 

PRM: Amazing, your family has so 

many wins there...3 for you, 4 for 

Al and your nephew, Al, Jr. had 2 

others. That’s awesome. 

UNSER: Nine wins for one family, 

that’s totally unheard of... 

PRM: And all three of you are part 

of Indy’s Greatest 33 also. 

UNSER: So Indianapolis has to be 

the place...Pikes Peak obviously was 

a start for all of us. Pikes Peak was 

a national race in those days, with 

points like other races. lt’s also the 

2nd oldest race in the United States, 

Indianapolis being the oldest. So 

Pikes Peak was a big stepping stone 

for our whole family, me for sure. It 

gave me a reputation, it made people 

want me, meaning car owners. It 

gave me ways to proceed on in my 

life called Motor Racing. 

PRM: And you sure were victorious 

in it. I see you had nine front rows 

at Indy 500, are in the Indy Hall 

of Fame, 35 career Indy Car wins, 

49 Indy Car poles...wow...congratulations. 

UNSER: And it wasn’t nearly 

enough, wish I would have had 

more. 

PRM: And it must give you a special 

feeling when you see that Borg 

Warner Trophy with your sculpture 

on there. 

UNSER: Oh, it does, Bob...it’s beyond 

belief. If Indianapolis wasn’t 

such a big thing, such a big place. It 

would be different but it is the biggest 

so it really, really makes a person 

say, “Man, the Good Lord liked me 

an awful lot, otherwise he wouldn’t 

have given me all those opportunities, 

ya know?” 

PRM: Just to change it up a bit, 

how does racing compare today 

with when you were racing. 

UNSER: Drastically different. But 

I certainly wouldn’t knock it today, 

everything in the world has changed. 

We have freeways, computers, all 

types of things are different today. 

But in racing it’s become a spec 

series, almost all forms of racing... 

NASCAR, Indy Cars...not Formula 

One...they’re different. But in a lot 

of the racing they’re all spec series... 

specification cars that are the same. 

The fans are not liking it...they are 

drastically not liking it. The officials, 

or the rules makers, are not knowing 

how to deal with it because they 

do it under the disguise of making 

racing cheaper, more affordable. 

PRM: And more competitive but 

they all look the same, right? 

UNSER: They’re all the same. It 

isn’t more competitive it just means 

all the cars are the same. So it has to 

do with drafting air...fans are not liking 

it. It’s taken away what they like, 

they like to see different race cars, to 

see how different drivers can do well 

in that certain car they helped design 

and helped develop. Dan Gurney 

made one, Roger Penske made one... 

so and so right on down the road, a 

lot of different cars...people like that, 

but we’ve lost all that now. Now what 

we’re talking about is what it used to 

be like in my heyday if you will, and 

the way it is now. And unfortunately, 

the crowds are showing up the same 

way, they’re just not liking the cars 

the way they are. 

Sorry, but that’s all the space we have 

for this month...be sure to watch for 

Part 2 of this interview in next month’s 

PRM...two additional pages of intriguing 

comments from Bobby Unser regarding 

the state of auto racing today. 


PASO PEOPLE 

What a Fun Party! 

By Chuck Desmond 

March 11, 2014, 3:30 in the 

afternoon with perfect weather 

at City Park in front of the 

Carnegie Library. A date and 

event for the residents of El 

Paso de Robles to remember 

for years to come. Our town 

just turned 125 years old as an 

incorporated city! Marvelous! 

At least 1000 people turned 

out to watch the schools’ 

bands, the cheerleaders and 

banner-carrying fresh-faced children 

from all the schools, start off 

the event by marching completely 

around the Park. They ended in front 

of the Historical Society’s Carnegie 

Library where everyone else had 

gathered to cheer and clap for ourselves 

– all the people of Paso! 

And then, the three honored 

guests strolled into the Park from 

the Acorn building. Down the sidewalk 

adorned with 125th flags 

waving in the gentle breeze they 

strode. Yessir, Louisa James, Cecelia 

San Miguel Postmaster Phillip Anguay, left, 

receives the mail satchel from Tommy Harris and 

passes to Paso Robles Postmaster Mike Milby. 


El Paso de Robles – The Pass 

Of The Oaks. We all know that. 

Paso’s Quasquicentennial – 125 

years as an incorporated City. 

Just two weeks ago on March 11, 

we celebrated that grand day in 

our town’s history with a birthday 

party in City Park. We all 

know that. 

Remembering yesterday and 

preserving it today for our children 

and the generations who 

will come after us has been the 

Quasquicentennial focus since 

the year-long celebration planning 

started almost 2 years ago! 

We all know that. 

But Arbor Day? That might not 

be so clear. From the Latin word 

Arbor, meaning tree, it was on 

April 10, 1872 in Nebraska City, 

Louisa James and Cecelia Blackburn made 

an appearance from our past along with 

Andrew Carnegie. 

Blackburn and Andrew Carnegie 

rose from their graves as beautiful 

and dapper as ever to remind us 

why we were celebrating. They 

ascended the stairs and met former 

Mayor Frank Mecham, current 

Mayor Duane Picanco, the City 

Council, the School Board and 

Superintendent, and a representative 

from the State. Julie Dahlen, 

who began the Quasquicentennial 

Year’s events 18 months ago, and 

co-chair Dee Lacey plus the ladies 

who put everything together were 

on hand as well. 

Our brand-new Paso 

Robles City Flag was raised for 

the first time. Beautiful renditions 

of The National Anthem 

and God Bless America by the 

band and choir were followed 

by the Pledge of Allegiance. 

Speeches and resolutions were 

read and applauded to make 

all things official. 

Nebraska that the first celebration 

took place. It is estimated that one 

million trees were planted in Nebraska 

that day! The idea’s roots 

took hold and Arbor Day has 

continued across the USA since 

then. It takes place on the last Friday 

in April, which for us this year 

will be April 25. Many countries 

around the world also now have 

their own versions of Arbor Day 

as well. The goal is to encourage 

individuals and groups to plant 

new trees for Mother Earth. 

So, Paso Robles Magazine read- 

Then, with the thunder of horse 

hooves, Tommy and Debby Harris 

of Harris Stage Lines, with two 

pair of beautiful horses also pulled 

their stagecoach around the park 

and right up to the front of the 

Carnegie. They had just driven 

that stagecoach 13 miles from 

San Miguel with a mail delivery! 

Just like it happened a very, 

very long time ago! Inside the 

stagecoach were the postmasters 

of both Paso-Mike Milby, and 

San Miguel-Phillip Anguay, and 

Paso’s Fire Chief Ken Johnson, 

plus a huge sack of letters written 

by the 4th grade students of 

the schools. These “What does 

Paso mean to me” letters were 

date-stamped for March 11th as 

mementos for the children. 

Following the Pomp and Circumstance, 

Pithy Little Soda 

Works of Paso unveiled a specially 

brewed Ginger Ale made just for 

this celebration and that went 

great with the one-thousand handmade 

cupcakes baked at 

the High School’s Culinary 

Academy. 

To all who came, all 

who organized, all who 

participated, all who 

donated, all who 

smiled and cheered, 

– CONGRATULA- 

TIONS to all of us! 

We are Roblans! 

Quasquicentennial Update: 

The Arbor Day Issue 

ers, what could possibly be better 

than to honor Arbor Day in Paso 

Robles than by planting 125 Oak 

trees during our celebratory year! 

And, so it shall be! 

Liberty High School has a student-run 

plant nursery located 

on the campus. One of the major 

organizations that sponsors this 

project is called One Cool Earth. 

It is a non profit group with a 

charter to enhance outdoor and 

hands-on education in the Paso 

public schools. Mr. Greg Ellis- 

Valencia is a Cal Poly graduate 

Even Paderewski joined in the fun! 

The City’s 125th Anniversary Flag flew 

for the first time. 

The PRHS Bearcat Band circled the park. 

and Director of the program. One 

Cool Earth also reaches out to 

Georgia Brown Elementary where 

the children are taught to grow 

food in their school garden. The 

kids are also taught about waste 

management in conjunction with 

the waste recycling companies in 

the area. Water conservation is 

high on the agenda too. 

At the Liberty School nursery, 

2-3,000 plants are grown each 

year and sold. All kinds of plants 

are grown there but for this article, 

we are focusing on Oak trees. 

Funding comes from grants and 

private donations as well as two 

public sales per year. Profits are 

used to support the small staff and 

for materials. 

Please see ARBOR DAY page 34 


The El Paso de Robles Area Historical Society 

Is seeking volunteer docents for the Carnegie Library 

Greet visitors, meet interesting guests from around the world, 

make new friends, share Paso Robles’ history with others. 

Flexible hours, weekday or weekend. No experience 

necessary, we will train. 

For more information call (805) 238-4996 

Open 

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through Saturday 10am to 4pm 

Sunday 11am to 4pm 

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“Once again, Brett and Debbie elected to offset their PG&E 

bills by using the latest photo-voltaic technology,” said Jim 

Shepard of Cal Paso Solar. “The project utilizes ninety-six 280 

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Brett, a leading Paso Robles developer has recently purchased several historic 

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Debbie agreed and spoke of their great relationship working with Shepard, 

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probably the most photographed building in the city and seeing 

solar panels would really detract. It was a huge challenge and 

they were able to accomplish it.” 

Brian Jones, heading the project for Cal Paso Solar, 

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The Land of Oz is a magical place. 

One many of us have been to sometime 

in our life. “DreamWeaver: A 

Step into Oz,” however, is unlike 

any of the other “Wizard of Oz” 

movies, plays or performances we’ve 

ever seen. It weaves a host of talents 

into one performance to delight the 

senses of any age. 

Ninety people of all ages 

and talents make up this year’s 

DreamWeaver cast. This year’s performance 

is “a tribute to the original 

production of ‘The Wizard of Oz’,” 

celebrating 75 years. 

The show – produced, directed, 

and written by June Greenwalt and 

Bob Woodard – starts with a young 

girl, played by Kaela Nancolas this 

year, who opens a book about a land 

of dreams. The show that follows is 

part of that dream world. 

“It’s not going to be the ‘Wizard 

of Oz,’ everything is tweaked,” said 

Woodard, who first came to the 

county to attend Cal Poly. He left 

for 25 years to dance and choreograph 

professionally for 25 years in 

Los Angeles, New York and around 

the world. Woodard co-owns Artistry 

in Motion in Paso Robles with 

Greenwalt. 

The show started in 2008 with 

Greenwalt, Woodard and Jesus 

Solario. Solario, who grew up 

dancing in the North County, had 

just completed “So You Think You 

Can Dance” and shared a show he 

had written with Greenwalt. The 

first shows were called “Dream 

Catcher.” The name was changed to 

“DreamWeaver” in 2011. 

“He wanted to bring something 

back to the community,” Central 

Coast Dance Foundation Secretary 

Gina Corrales said about Solario. 

Woodard said that the show is 

different each year and while he has 

a general idea what the show will be 

about, it’s not written until after auditions 

are held. 

“We literally use everybody,” 

Woodard said. “We write the script 

around who we have in the show.” 

Photos by Tim Wagner Photography 

While Woodard and Greenwalt 

own their own dance studio, 

their visions – and the reality 

– is that the show includes the 

whole community regardless of 

where they take lessons or who 

they dance with. 

“That’s what I love, what we 

wanted – to open it up to [everyone,” 

Woodard said. 

Corrales described this year’s 

show as “part ‘Wicked,’ part ‘Cirque 

du Soleil’. It’s a little avant garde; it’ll 

surprise you. It’s lots of dancing, lots 

of singing, lots of acrobatics. It’s everything.” 

Everyone who auditions for the 

production gets a role. Performers 

range from 6 to 80 years of age and 

live throughout San Luis Obispo 

County. The cast is a mix of local 

By Heather Young 

and professional talent. Auditions 

were held in January for this year’s 

show and talent of all kinds were 

sought – including one-of-a-kind 

abilities that are blended with the 

singing, dancing and acting. Rehearsals 

began right after auditions 

were held. 

Some of the cast includes Sophie 

Baldwin as Glenda the Good 

Witch, Ali Giroux as Elphoba the 

Wicked Witch, Julia Manson as the 

Maze Singer, Ava Barnill, Brook 

Corrales, McKensie Corrales and 

Michaela Wong as Flying Monkees, 

Eric Young as the Wizard of 

Oz, and Hayley Fuller and Morgan 

Stowell as Chinese Yoyos. In addition 

to the cast members, there is 

also a large crew of volunteers that 

work behind the scenes to make the 

production a reality. 

Corrales got involved the first year 

of “DreamWeaver” when her oldest 

daughter, now-16, auditioned. Now, 

all three of her daughters participate 

in the cast. 

“It really is a professional performance,” 

Corrales said. “We really 

try to showcase what entertainment 

really is.” 

The “DreamWeaver” production 

has singing, music, acrobats, silk 

dancers, acting, jugglers, and more. 

The performance is family friendly, 

and while Corrales said the show 

is darker than the usual “Wizard 

of Oz,” it is upbeat and will 

keep young children entertained 

throughout. Woodard said the goal 

is for the show to run about an hour 

and a half, though it sometimes 

runs a little over, but will not be 

longer than two hours. 

“It won’t take a turn of fear, but 

excitement,” she said. “We don’t try 

to scare anyone.” 

“Kids really love the show,” Woodard 

added. “The show really inspires 

kids [to do performing arts].” 

The show will run Thursday, 

April 24 at 7 p.m., which is student 

night and tickets are $5 with a student 

ID; Friday, April 25 at 7 p.m. 

is opening night, Saturday, April 26 

at 1 and 6 p.m. and Sunday, April 

27 at 1 p.m. Tickets are $15 for students, 

seniors and military, and $20 

for adults. 

To purchase tickets, go to www. 

dancepaso.com and click on the 

“tickets” tab, or call 226-6514. 

“We pretty much sell out every 

night,” Woodard said. “So get your 

tickets early.” 

The production runs about 

$30,000 per performance just for 

the use of the theater, sound, lights, 

costumes, makeup and professionals 

– this year there are two professional 

silk and ring performers from Los 

Angeles. The show is put on by all 

volunteers. To donate to next year’s 

show, go to www.dancepaso.com 

and click on the “donation” tab. 

Auditions are held in January for 

that year’s DreamWeaver production. 

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Paso Robles 

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Monday through Thursday, 

April 14, to 17, 8:45 a.m. to noon 

Vacation Bible School 

All K - 5th grade children are 

invited to “A Royal Adventure” 

Vacation Bible School! A fun, free 

program including music, drama, 

cooking, crafts, and Bible stories. 

Call 238-0927 for registration 

forms. Limited to first 40 children. 

Sunday, April 20, 6:30 a.m. 

Scenic hilltop Easter Sunrise 

Service. Special Easter Worship 

Service at 9:30 am. For more 

information call 238-6927. 

First Baptist Church 

1645 Park Street, Paso Robles 

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Sunday, April 13 

8:45 or 10:30 a.m. 

Hear a story which began in 

victory and ended in outrage, 

following Jesus through the 

streets of Jerusalem to a people 

he loved who would ultimately 

betray him. 

Friday, April 18, 7 p.m. 

Worship and reflection with 

Christ’s own story from communion 

to the cross. This Good 

Friday service will be accompanied 

by the sounds of the 

First Baptist Church EXALT! 

Choir providing special music, 

and the glow of quiet candlelight. 

Childcare for Nursery-2nd 

Grade will be provided. 

Sunday, April 20, 8:45 

or 10:30 a.m. 

Celebrate new life in Christ, 

rejoicing in the resurrection during 

Easter worship services...sing, 

pray, and be inspired by the Word 

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Sunday, April 20, 8:30 a.m. 

(English/Spanish Service) and 

10:30 a.m. 

Easter Celebration “Resurrection 

NOW!” Special events and 

prizes for the children. 

Live Oak Church 

1521 Oak Street, Paso Robles 

Sunday, April 20, 10 a.m. 

Easter Worship Celebration. This 

year move from the fun of Easter 

eggs to hope for unconditional love, 

acceptance and forgiveness; hope 

for a deeper sense of purpose; and 

hope for peace. Following Worship 

you’re invited to hang out for a free 

pancake brunch and an Easter egg 

hunt for the kids. For more information 

call 238-0575. 

St. James Episcopal 

514 14th Street, 1335 Oak Street, 



Palm Sunday, Service of Palms 

– Holy Eucharist and 9:15 a.m. 

Procession of Palms from City 

Park to St. James. led by bagpipes 

and 10 a.m. Service of Palms – 

Holy Eucharist 

Monday, April 14, 7 p.m. 

Taize Prayer around Cross 

Tuesday, April 15, noon 

Stations of the Cross 

and 7 p.m. - Tenebrae 

Wednesday, April 16, 6 p.m. 


Thursday, April 17, 6 p.m. 

Maundy Thursday - Agape Meal 

and 7 p.m. - Holy Eucharist, 

Stripping of Altar 

Friday, April 18 Noon and 7.pm. 

Good Friday Liturgy 

Saturday, April 19 

Easter Saturday 9 a.m. - Liturgy of 

the Word and 8 p.m. - Easter Vigil, 



Sunday of the Resurrection – Holy 

Eucharist and 10 a.m. - Sunday 

of the Resurrection – Holy 

Eucharist 

For Sunday services information 

for other area churches, see page 60. 

ARBOR DAY from page 30 

Paso City collects money 

from construction projects 

where trees have to be taken 

out. These set-aside funds in 

the City’s “Oak Tree Replacement 

Fund” are then used to 

purchase and plant new trees. 

That indeed is where the majority 

of the funds are coming 

from for these 125 trees. 

If you and your family or 

children would like to be a 

part of Paso’s Arbor Day and 

plant a new tree, it is real easy! 

Custom Framing, 

Art Gallery 

& Gifts 

The student run plant nursery at Liberty 

High School that grew the oak trees 

being donated with the sponsorship of 

One Cool Earth, among others. 

Come on down to City Park between 

noon and 6 p.m. and get 

a tree. Of course, I’d suggest to 

come earlier because with 30,000 

residents and 125 free 

trees, they may disappear 

quickly. One to a 

family. The trees will 

be between 4 and 12” 

tall and all will be in 

14” deep pots because 

Oaks like to have the 

roots go deep. 

There will be 

people on hand 

to answer questions 

as to how to 

properly plant and 

protect your new tree 

as well as the ideal location in 

your yard. 

Yes, these trees are FREE but 

a $5 or larger donation would 

certainly be a nice gesture to help 

keep the program going. 

To cap off the true Paso Robles 

Oak Tree Planting experience, 

Martinelli Landscaping has donated 

a substantially larger Oak 

tree and will be planting it in 

City Park that afternoon. 

Thanks to One Cool Earth 

and Martinelli for their help in 

this celebration! To learn more, 

visit One Cool Earth online at 

www.OneCoolEarth.org. 

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BRUSHMARKS 2014 

Aspiring North County artists 

in grades 6-12 are invited to submit 

artwork for the Paso Robles City 

Library’s 8th Annual Brushmarks 

Juried Art Competition for Teens. 

Submissions will be accepted on 

Wednesday, April 2, in three categories 

– painting, drawing, and, new this 

year to commemorate the city’s 125th 

Anniversary, a special Anniversary 

Celebration category. 

A small entry fee is charged to enter 

the event. Winners in each category 

will be selected by Juror Jack Johnson 

and prizes, donated by Johnson, 

will be awarded at the Gallery Reception 

on Friday, April 4. Rules and 

entry forms are available at the library 

and at www.prcity.com/library. For 

more information, contact Suzanne, 

237-3870. 

The Paso Robles City Library is 

located at 1000 Spring Street and 

is open Monday – Friday 10-8, and 

Saturday 10-5. For more information 

AT THE LIBRARY 

on library programs and events, 

please call 237-3870 or visit 

www.prcity.com/library. 

CALLING ALL PEEPS! 

Paso Robles Library celebrates 

National Library Week with 

PEEPS Diorama Contest 

Competitive marshmallow madness 

strikes the Paso Robles library 

this April as kids, teens and adults 

are invited to create and display dioramas 

starring those mushy marshmallow 

goodies. If you like to play 

with your food, this is the contest for 

you. In honor of National Library 

Week (April 13-19), these infamous 

Easter confections must be the 

stars of a shoe box scene depicting a 

favorite book. Break out your crafting 

supplies, glue guns, and of course 

those mushy chicks and bunnies 

and let your imagination run wild! 

For inspiration and ideas do a web 

search for “Peeps Diorama” on your 

favorite search engine. 

Entries will be accepted beginning 

Monday, March 31 and all dioramas 

will be on display until Wednesday, 

April 30. All entries are due to the 

library by Saturday, April 12 at 5 

p.m. Patrons are invited to visit the 

library April 14 through April 28 to 

cast votes for their favorites. Winners 

will be decided by popular vote 

and will be announced Wednesday, 

April 30. 

Here are the official rules of the 

contest: One entry per person or 

group; You must use a shoe or boot 

Paso Robles Library Hosts Spring Book Sale 

The Paso Robles Friends of the 

Library hosts its annual Spring Book 

Sale on April 24-26, in the Paso 

Robles Library Conference Room, 

1000 Spring Street, Paso Robles. 

Thousands of hardcover and paperback 

books, popular authors, in 

dozens of genres - Romance, Suspense, 

Mystery, Western, Biography, 

History, other Fiction and Non 

Fiction, Children’s Books, Collector 

Sets, Children’s Books, DVDs, Books 

on CD, even Books on tapes and 

VHS at bargain prices...and buyers 

pay no sales tax. 

box; At least one Peep must be used 

in the scene (but the more you use, 

the better!). All figures in the diorama 

must be Peeps, or made of 

Peeps; The title of the book 

should be displayed somewhere 

on the box. Your name, 

age and contact information 

should be placed on the bottom 

of the box; This contest 

is open to everyone! Categories are: 

Children (up to age 12), Teens (ages 

13-17), and adults (18 and older); 

The dioramas must be brought to 

the library between Monday, March 

31st and Saturday, April 12th at 5 

p.m. They will be on display until at 

least April 30; Voting will take place 

in the library April 14-April 28th. 

Winners in each category will be 

decided by popular vote. 

Join us in celebrating this season of 

marshmallow glory (and wonderful 

books too!). For additional details 

or questions please contact the Paso 

Robles City Library at 237-3870. 

Shopping will be available to the 

general public Friday, April 25, 10 

a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 26, 

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Materials will be available for just 

$1.00 per bag during the last hour! 

Please see BOOK SALE page 38 

• Thousands of hardcover 

and paperback books 

• Popular authors 

• Cookbooks 

• Romance 

• Suspense 

• Mystery 

• Western 

• Biography 

• History 

• Other fiction and non-fiction 

• Children’s books 

• Collector sets 

• DVDs 

• Books on CD, tape and VHS 


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Richard Baker Photography 

Stories Told, Memories Preserved and Businesses Succeed 

By Millie Drum 

The natural beauty of the 

Central Coast is one of Richard 

Baker’s studios – and his 

photography is the canvas 

upon which he tells the story. 

Richard’s years of experience 

in art direction and conceptual 

photography brings a myriad 

of visual images to life online, in print 

media and framed pieces. 

Many of Richard’s photos have 

been published in the Paso Robles 

Magazine, including the beautiful oak 

tree scene - our first glossy cover for 

the March issue, celebrating the City 

of Paso Robles 125th Anniversary. In 

this emerging era of quick, point and 

shoot digital cameras that anyone can 

use, the defining difference between 

those quick shots and professional 

photography is the quality, clarity and 

Richard and 

Faye Baker 

meticulous detail that Richard 

Baker Photography brings to 

his clients....along with putting 

his “heart” into his work. 

Early in his career as an Art 

Director for major advertising 

agencies, Richard created award 

winning ad campaigns for Sony, 

Chevron, Gulf Oil and others. 

He proudly says, “I’m old school.” After 

decades of shooting film with the accuracy 

of F-stops, shutter speed, depth 

of field and aperture, Richard applies a 

comparable expertise and skill to digital 

photography; bringing his “signature” 

style to the story-telling photos. 

Richard often collaborates with his 

wife Faye, also a professional photographer, 

on large projects and events. 

Clients include City of Paso Robles, 

SLO Destination Guide, Paso Robles 

Chamber of Commerce, Paso Robles 

Vintner’s Association, Hearst Ranch 

Winery, Steinbeck Vineyards, Robert 

Hall Winery, Poalillo Vineyards, 

Heart to Heart Real Estate, Distinc- 

tive Glassware, JD Construction, Cone 

and Associates, Law Offices of Patricia 

Scoles, Sprinkler King, Thunderhead 

Ranch and EponaShoe. 

The Bakers have a wide variety of 

stock location photography of local 

events, vineyards, landscapes and ocean 

scenes that can be purchased for use 

on websites or printed and framed 

to decorate offices and homes. Along 

with photography, Faye is a certified 

instructor in Tai Chi and Qigong. Visit 

Faye’s websites counterchanges.com 

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BOOK SALE from page 36 

Added Days and Hours 

A special early access has been 

added for Friends of the Library 

members only: Thursday, April 24, 

12 noon-7 p.m. Members will have 

exclusive, first access to popular titles. 

If you are not yet a member of the 

Friends of the Library, you can take 

advantage of this special access by 

purchasing a membership at the door 

for as little as $10 per person. Take 

advantage of this opportunity to become 

a member of the Friends of the 

Paso Robles Library!! 

Over the past three years, the 

Paso Robles Friends of the Library 

has contributed almost $100,000 to 

supplement funding for the library. 

Funds are raised primarily by sales 

from the Friends Gift Store, fundraisers, 

used book sales, corporate donations, 

membership dues, and these 

book sales. 


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Mondays 

Ravioli- 

Pesto, Marinara or 

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Tuesdays 

Rib Eye Sandwich with 

Sautéed Onions and 

Mushrooms 

Wednesdays 

Clams & Mussels- 

Steamed in wine 

“Normandy Style” 

Open Easter Sunday 

Eggs Benedict, Leg of Lamb, Coconut Shrimp, Prime Rib 

Prime Rib Dinners on Saturdays and Sundays 

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Symphony of the Vines presents a Choral 

Celebration The North County’s premier orchestra, 

performs with two of the areas’ most celebrated choruses, 

the Canzona Women’s Chorus and the Cuesta 

North County Chorus, on Sunday, April 6 at 3 p.m. 

at the Mission San Miguel, 775 Mission Street in San 

Miguel. The program conducted by Dr. Greg Magie 

combines some of the most inspiring music for orchestra 

and chorus, including “An American Mass” and one 

of Beethoven’s most playful symphonies all under the 

canopy of the historic mission and its beautiful acoustics. 

Tickets are $30, $27 for seniors, $15 for students. Purchase 

at www.symphonyofthevines.org, Matt’s Music in 

Templeton or Boo Boo Records in San Luis Obispo. 

For more information, call Rena Ferro 440-4683. 

Mothers of PreSchoolers April meetings 

-MOPS meet April 14 and 28, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 

Highlands Church, 215 Oak Hill Rd. Paso Robles. For 

kids ages birth to Kindergarten. Childcare provided. 

For more information contact Mindy Klein (831) 596- 

2251 or mops@highlandsadventure.org. 

Welcome to the Family! The Paso Robles Youth 

Arts Foundation presents The Unforgettable Wedding: 

an evening unlike any other show on April 24, 

25 and 26. You just might be part of the show in this 

interactive, catered dinner where the audience truly is 

the wedding party beginning with the ceremony, then 

to the reception, where the cast delivers a different 

performance each night based on how the “audience 

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guests” interact with them; an unforgettable and hilarious 

improvisation. Join the wedding party for dinner, 

dancing, and a night of entertainment! General admission 

- $40 includes dinner, dessert, and dancing with 

the Bride! Guests 12+ years old please. Closed Bar, all 

proceeds from the wedding ensure that their classes 

remain at no cost to students. Call or come into the 

office for tickets sales or donations. Paso Robles Youth 

Arts Foundation is located at 3201 Spring Street, Paso 

Robles. 238-5825. RSVP by April 17. www.pryaf.org. 

for more information. 

Wine Country Golf Classic, presented by 

Derby Wine Estates and Paso Robles Rotary on Saturday, 

April 26, 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start, four 

player team and scramble format. For information, 

contract Fred Roy at 674-2944, fkroy1@gmail.com 

or Rick Runnels at 441-7267, rickrunn@sbcglobal. 

net. www.rotarywinecountrygolfclassic.com 

“Annual Chicken BBQ and White Elephant 

Sale” Hesperia Hall on Sunday, April 27. Food from 

11a.m. to 2 p.m. at historic hall. Chicken, beans, salad, 

French bread, coffee, lemonade, homemade dessert of 

choice. Adults $10, kids 6-12 $5, free for kids under 

6. “White Elephant Auction” with auctioneer fun and 

humor. Great package deals too! Unveiling annual 

raffle quilt. www.hesperiahall.com for directions (Interlake 

road to Bryson-Hesperia Road, follow Bryson- 

Hesperia Road approx 2 miles to the hall). 

Adult Wellness & Prevention Screening 

serves the County of San Luis Obispo providing free 

health screening for adults. Services include monitoring 

of blood pressure, pulse and weight, fingerprick 

blood test screening for anemia, blood sugar 

and cholesterol, nutritional/lifestyle counseling. Free 

dental and oral cancer screening by CHC dentist at 

sites noted below. No appointment needed for basic 

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Senior Center, 5905 E. Mall *Full Lipid Panel 

available at this site for $20 fee, call 544-2484 ext. 1 for 

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California Manor, 10165 El Camino Real 

• Wednesday, April 23, 9 a.m. to noon – Paso Robles 

Senior Center, 270 Scott St., *Free dental screening 

For more information contact Community Action 

Partnership, 1030 Southwood Drive, San Luis Obispo, 

phone 544-2484 ext. 1 

Mom’s Night Out! If you have a Mom, know a 

Mom or love a Mom, this show is for you! The Big 

Laugh Comedy Event – Mom’s Night Out on Friday, 

May 9 at Atascadero Lake Pavilion. 9315 Pismo 

Avenue, Atascadero. Featuring Angela Hoover the 

beautiful mom impressionist from America’s Got Talent, 

internet sensation Mrs. Hughes, stand-up dad Dan 

St. Paul and your host and producer Lizette Mizelle. 

Dinner from Centrally Grown Organic Caterers. 

Doors open at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Reserved seating 

and presale tickets for $30 available online at 

biglaughlive.com and 712-0400, $35 at the door. 

Come to a Barn Dance in Paso Robles Saturday, 

May 31, 7-9 p.m. at Oak Creek Commons Community 

Room, 635 Nicklaus St. (across from Pat Butler 

School). No partner or experience needed; all ages welcome. 

Adult requested donation $7; children free. Live 

music by Calamity House Band. Dances taught and 

called by Gary Shapiro of Santa Barbara. “Like” Paso 

Robles Contra Dances on Facebook for photos of past 

dances and updates on future ones. Information: Arlen 

Bass 239-9134; Risa Kaiser risakaiser@sbcglobal.net. 

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ROUND TOWN 

Earth Day is 

almost here 


The weekend of April 11-13 

will be the 2014 edition of our local 

Earth Day Celebration hosted 

by Vineyard Team. 

It will be a busy weekend, beginning 

Friday night with a gourmet 

feast at Justin Winery. The 

Saturday Festival showcases 200 

grape and food growers showing 

the fruits of their labor at Castoro 

Cellars on 46 West. Sunday is 

Wind Down Day with events at 

various wineries. For all the specifics 

of everything from shuttle 

service & parking to admission 

times, locations, events and ticket 

prices to participating entities, 

go to EARTHDAYFOODAN- 

DWINE.ORG. 

Yes, there will be gallons of 

super wines to taste but “Not by 

Wine Alone, Does Man Live!” 

Here’s a few bits of inside information 

on what to expect: Braised 

beef shanks over creamy polenta! 

Herbed Quinoa Bowl with Baby 

Spinach! Roasted Artichoke Bottoms! 

Goose Eggs – single serving 

avocados! Cheese – oh lordy, do 

I need to say more than just the 

word “Cheese!” 

The falconers of Airstrike Bird 

Control will have a few of their 

amazing birds to show off. 

And, still speaking of food, 

that subject conjures up the word 

and the 101, in 

SLO. It is geared 

toward animal 

protection, adoption 

and the 

medical aspects 

of household 

dogs and cats. 

Paso residents and dog owners 

who like our local wine, Sarah 

and her husband Steve Tomasetti, 

wanted to do something for 

the community. They noticed the 

ol’ winery dogs a-waggin’ around 

and the fur-ball cats curled up in 

sunny window baskets. When the 

idea came up for a weekend-long 

fundraiser, it was a natural. In 2009, 

the event began with 35 local wineries 

donating a portion of their 

“Trash.” Earth Day 

is as much a celebration 

of good things 

we enjoy as it is a day 

to remember that we 

only have one Earth. 

It’s ours to use and 

to ruin or it’s ours 

to savor and protect. 

Imagine, if you will, 

having a party for 

1500 folks and all the 

refuse left over. Not so on Earth 

Day-Saturday. Food waste is composted 

and your wine glass is also 

your water glass so there won’t be 

thousands of plastic bottles. Plates 

and trays and utensils are all recycled. 

Bottom line is that if there 

is more than 5 pounds of actual 

trash, it’d be a complete surprise! 

Getting off the food thingy for 

a bit, pay attention to Saturday’s 

festival entrance at Castoro. It’ll 

be made from used wine barrels. 

There’ll also be a Greenhouse 

made from all salvaged materials 

Wine 4 Paws 2014 happening April 26 & 27 


If you’ve lived in El Paso de 

Robles anytime since April 2009, 

you know that Sarah Tomasetti 

created the WINE 4 PAWS event 

that raises money for Woods Humane 

Society. Folks who enjoy 

drinking wine and love their fourlegged 

pets, know exactly what 

the event is all about. This year it 

takes place the weekend of April 

26 and 27. 

In Paso, we’re just crazy-nuts 

about our dogs and would do anything 

for them. Here’s a primer for 

our newer residents. 

Since 1995, Woods Humane 

Society has been a locally owned, 

non-profit organization, located on 

Oklahoma Street, off Kansas Street 

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profits for one weekend. Wineries 

also placed donation jars on their 

counters. The premise was that at 

the end of April, the weather is perfect 

and folks are out visiting tasting 

rooms. Many will be buying wine 

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that is waaayyy cool. There will be 

exhibits of drought tolerant plants 

to give you ideas for your 2014 

garden and yard. 

In these drought years we are in, 

you’d have to be from Pluto to not 

recognize the water conservation 

issues we face. Vineyard Team is 

just as deep into soil, fertilizers, 

air quality, erosion, chemical usage 

and overall monitoring practices. 

There are 300 members representing 

80,000 planted acres of wine 

grapes. Ms. Kris Beal is the managing 

director of the small team 

that blankets the issues. Results 

in so many areas have been so rewarding 

that other organizations 

and government agencies across 

the country are absorbing the 

roadmaps established right here. 

To learn more about anything 

that is Vineyard Team related or 

to get more information about the 

Earth Day Festival, call 466-2588 

or check out earthdayfoodand 

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to do so on the WINE 4 PAWS 

weekend and make it a win-win for 

everyone. 

The idea caught on and each 

year, the event has grown - this is 

the sixth year and there will be 80 

wine tasting rooms and a few olive 

oil tasting rooms pitching in for the 

cause. Woods receives 100% of the 

net proceeds as it becomes the true 

benefactor of all the hard work and 

hundreds of hours of event preparation 

by Sarah and the volunteers. 

Over the last five years, the 

WINE 4 PAWS event has raised 

$120,000 for Woods. Since 2006, 

when a full spay and neuter clinic 

was established, 20,000 spay and 

neuter procedures have been performed 

at Woods. 

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ROUND TOWN 

County Perspective 

Controversy: The Winter 

Olympics in Sochi are over, and 

along with TV coverage that gave 

us a maddening 60 seconds of commercials 

for every two minutes of 

Olympics, Russia’s controversies 

stubbornly refuse to die. 

Another lingering controversy 

involved an upscale car commercial 

that aired frequently during 

the games. An entrepreneur, coiffed 

and Armani’d, smugly expresses 

passionate fervor for hard-driving, 

dogged labor; work. Some found 

the ad a tad edgy; the ad agency 

says that’s how you connect with 

successful individuals. 

Disclosure: okay, I’m the bad boy 

they’re hustling. I know the value of 

hard work, with property and business 

interests, even an airplane, and 

yet this commercial feels offensive. 

Why? Because life is more than 

work. Indeed there are the benefits 

of income and goals reached, 

but beyond that, labor is a utilitarian 

necessity, little more. This car 

commercial reduces honest toil 

to mindless compulsion, say critics 

who cite divorce and alienated 

family as among the social costs of 

workaholism. 

So, work hard, buy their car, become 

the envy of poor wage-earning 

strangers, though they fail to 

explain in what manner mature 

adults benefit from alienating total 

strangers. 

If money isn’t enough reason 

to work sixty hour weeks, how 

about running for office? Sorry, 

gotcha; the deadline to file your 

candidacy documents with San 

Luis Obispo county passed on 

March 3rd. There is a loophole; 

if an incumbent for the office 

you’re eying doesn’t file his own 

papers to run again, then the 

deadline goes to March 12. But 

you already know this if you are 

running for office, or you’ve just 

now realized you missed the deadline 

and are now mad at me for 

some reason. 

You’ve still got until May 19th 

to register to vote, however. While 

neither of our North County supervisorial 

seats is up for grabs this 

year, I still recommend you register, 

and vote. 

Desiccated: Oh how we loved 

the rain, even thought it hardly put 

a dent in the drought. A fairly energetic 

El Nino style weather event 

– notice how we no longer call them 

storms, but weather events – left us 

2 – 7 inches damper than before. 

That’s good, but we’re way short 

of our average 17 inches of rain, and 

now in late March, we hardly have 

much rainy season left. It simply 

isn’t going to be enough, say county 

officials. When we went to press, 

San Luis Obispo county supervisors 

were expected to proclaim a 

local drought emergency. 

The emergency dec does a number 

of things; for one, it gets county 

agencies moving, cuts red tape and 

positions the county more favorably 

to receive federal assistance. 

The proclamation is not exactly 

a long-term solution. I mean, it 

doesn’t mysteriously manufacture 

water, which is what we really can 

stand more of. Besides, county administrator 

Dan Buckshi will need 

to renew the proclamation every 

month, until the drought ends, or 

the county decides it’s no longer 

needed. 

So...I’m thinking that if emergency 

proclamations get the government 

responsive and moving, 

shouldn’t we declare one every 

month? 

By Bruce Curtis 

Cuesta Off Probation: 

Cuesta College is finally out of 

the academic dog house. We’ve 

followed the saga, going back to 

a loss of oversight touched off by 

high administrative turnover, but 

where things really started to ravel, 

was after David Pelham left the 

president’s office in 2009. He’d only 

had the job a year. Others came and 

went, most leaving under...shall we 

say...troubled circumstances. Dr. 

Cathleen Greiner had been the vice 

president for academic affairs, before 

her ouster in June, 2012 by the 

board of trustees under a recommendation 

by replacement president 

Gil Stork. The official wording, 

that Greiner had “underperformed” 

in her duties. 

Stork, a long time Central Coast 

education administrator had the 

connections and the chops, but 

Cuesta hadn’t lost its GPA overnight; 

Stork and the board had 

to overcome a lot of downward 

momentum. In 2010, when the Accrediting 

Commission for Community 

and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) 

skipped the first level of sanction, 

labeled ‘warning’, putting Cuesta 

directly onto probation. 

By 2012, Cuesta had slipped 

to the third of four sanctions; 

“Show Cause.” That may sound 

ominous, but it’s really a call to action, 

because the final sanction is 

loss of accreditation. When the 

ACCJC normally reviews colleges, 

they either get a ‘good job’, or 

weaknesses found relegate the 

school to one of those sanction levels. 

I always love the way academic 

institutions use euphemisms for 

punishment, but at any rate, Cuesta 

hired outside help, a consultant to 

help rebuild not just the college’s 

academics, but its whole quality 

control process. 

Last year, Cuesta improved 

enough for the ACCJC to raise the 

warning level to a mere “warning,” 

signaling progress had been made 

under Stork’s tutelage. Finally, in 

February, the ACCJC announced 

Cuesta had emerged from its dark 

days and all sanctions were summarily 

lifted. 

Stork held a press in February to 

assure all that not only had Cuesta 

reestablished its academics, it had 

put in place institutional changes 

that now make Cuesta – to put it 

indelicately – ”president proof.” 

Basin Board Blocked: In a 

3-2 split, County supervisors voted 

for a Paso Robles groundwater basin 

management district, but county 

and state officials have run into a 

legal snag: the district, as proposed, 

may not be constitutional. 

The idea originally pitched to 

state assemblyman Katcho Achadjian, 

that of a hybrid board, may 

violate the California constitution. 

Here’s why: of nine board members, 

three would be elected by voters, 

two by large landowners, two by 

medium landowners with between 

40 and 400 acres, and two elected 

by small landowners with less land. 

Constitution students already recognize 

that such an arrangement 

could collide squarely with the 

equal protection clause. 

The board makeup was intended 

to get both large agricultural interests 

and small rural property owners 

on-board, and the current proposal 

is the product of painstaking 

compromise between conflicting 

interests. Creating a workable district 

now gets tougher, maybe a lot 

tougher. Expect the process to create 

a few new 60-hour workaholics. 

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ROUND TOWN 

Templeton Dog Park’s 

Five Year Anniversary 


With puppies, pee wee and 

working breeds to senior dogs 

and their owners, Parks4Pups 

celebrated the 5th anniversary 

of Templeton’s Vineyard 

Dog Park on March 8. It was 

a great day for dog owners, 

Back by popular demand, 

Templeton Community Library Association 

presents the 5th Annual 

Fashion Show and Luncheon at 

McPhee’s Grill on Main Street in 

Templeton, on April 12 to benefit the 

Building Fund for a new Templeton 

Community Library. 

Join the Garden Party and celebrate 

spring at the show and mid-day 

repast as attendees feast their eyes 

on “au courant” fashion (lent to the 

Paula O’Farrell 

Templeton 5 th Annual 

Fashion Show Fundraiser 

the volunteers of Parks4Pups 

and especially Paula O’Farrell. 

She was honored for her 

endless dedication to the 

construction and continued 

funding and support for three 

dog parks in the North 

County - Vineyard Dog Park, 

event by local north 

county stores) and 

enjoy the music. 

Tickets ($40) may 

be purchased at the 

Templeton Community 

Services District 

Office (420 Crocker Street). To order 

tickets ($40) or reserve tables for the 

event, contact Carla Willhoit (434- 

1535), Marcea Petersen (434-0069) 

and any TCLA Board Members. 

Sherwood Dog Park in 

Paso Robles and Heilman 

Dog Park in Atascadero. 

Plaques engraved to honor 

Paula will be displayed at 

the information kiosk at 

each park. Paula recalls the 

rainy, gray day five years 

ago when the park began. 

She says, “Today, we’re 

celebrating with great friends 

WINE 4 PAWS from page 44 

Each year, literally hundreds of animals 

are rescued or helped and a thousand 

or more are adopted! 

Check out the details online at 

www.Wine4Paws.com and there 

you’ll find the complete list of participating 

tasting rooms. Print out a passport 

/ map and decide which ones you 

want to visit. Take the passport with 

you and at each stop, get the 

passport stamped. Or, just get a passport 

at any winery and start from there. 

When you are finished for the day or 

the weekend, leave the passport at your 

last stop. They’ll all be collected and 

and the trees and daffodils 

blooming!” Activities included 

the dog fetch competition 

and free family photos. 

North County Human 

Society offered a low cost 

micro chip clinic for dogs 

and cats. For details on 

participation and donations, 

visit wwwparks4pups.org and call 

239-4437. 

then drawings for some great prizes 

will be awarded. Prizes like hotel stays, 

restaurant meals, wine packages and 

pet goodie-baskets are in the mix. 

Cloud Star is a major sponsor, a local 

pet product company that creates 

all natural dog and cat treats. Logo 

Tee Shirts will be available at $10 for 

the first 100 people who visit Woods 

before the event. These are same shirts 

that the pouring attendants at the 

wineries will be wearing. If any are 

left, they’ll be $20 at the wineries. 

Need some more last minute information 

or want to make a donation? 

Contact Sarah at Info@wine 

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ROUND TOWN 

PAWS CAUSE celebrates 

the 3 rd Annual Spay Day 


It takes a team of dedicated 

volunteers and local 

veterinarians to alter 

120 cats in one day. On 

Sunday, February 23, the 

folks at Paso Petcare and 

North County Animal 

Hospital offered their 

services free of charge to 

help reduce the number 

of unwanted kittens in 

the North County. 

The group of Paws 

Cause volunteers help to trap the 

cats, organize fundraising events 

and often foster kittens and pay 

for expenses out of their own 

pockets. Female cats can produce 

2 to 3 litters a year, so 

with every cat that is altered, 

the number of unwanted kittens 

decreases dramatically. Paws 

Cause founder Cathy Enns 

says, “As a group dedicated to 

making our area a better home 

for cats, we can’t help be drawn 

to the kittens with their sweet 

faces and playful ways. But we 

know that too many kittens 

are born in the North County 

each spring and summer. 

That’s why we hold Spay Day 

every year.” 

The cats altered on Spay Day 

are either captured feral cats or Paws 

Cause “invited guests that belong to 

low income families.” The program 

also finds adoptive families for the 

tame ones, barn homes for the feral 

cats while returning many cats to 

their original colonies. 

The morning of Spay Day begins 

with the long line-up of cat carri- 

Dr. Bob and Dr. Lucy 

of Paso Petcare 

ers with identifying tags; 

staged in order to begin 

the surgery, vaccination 

and recovery. A spay 

procedure takes less than 

15 minutes, a neuter less 

than 5 minutes; after 

which the cats are placed 

in homes until they’ve 

recovered and ready for 

adoption or release back 

to their colony. Cats are 

often available to the 

public through the following 

locations; SLO Petsmart, 

Templeton Farmers Market, Wal 

Mart, Boot Barn and the Post Office 

in Paso Robles. 

Jennifer Toscano, 

Laura Hughes 

and Cathy Enns 

Visit northcountypawscause.org 

for information and the “Happy 

Stories” of rescues and heartwarming 

adoptions. To donate, become 

a volunteer or a foster parent to a 

deserving cat, contact Cathy Enns 

at northcountypawscause@gmail. 

com, 226-8311 or P.O. Box 1505 

Templeton, Ca. 93465. 

Chrissy Burgess, Debra Dill, Mike Dill Joan Muir, Manny Toscano, Laura Hughes, 

Liz Gotzmer, Sandy Curtis Hatch, and Jennifer Toscano, not pictured Debbie Gillis. 


Hoofbeat 

By Dorothy 

Rogers 

We’re blessed in the greening of the 

North County. It’s time to put away the 

lip balm until the horses’ coats change and 

shedding is complete. In the meantime, 

select educational opportunities, look into 

buying a new horse, get your colts started, 

make face to face contact with other horse 

people or just hit the trails. 

Dual Clinic 

Boost your knowledge of what is 

happening physically from the inside 

out with your horse at Knowledge 

Journey Workshop I. Discover energy 

blocks, deeper focus and passages of 

pain that can be alleviated for enhanced 

performance and another level 

of relationship with your horse. Emphasis 

is placed on understanding the 

benefits of bridging on the horse’s back 

and how this is accomplished. 

The North County’s own Ariane 

Rezvani and Jeannette Burrows CMT, 

are offering a dual workshop April 25- 

27 at Golden Hills Farm near Creston. 

Individual attention and intimate 

direction is key, so there are only six 

spaces open. Take action, the registration 

deadline is April 12. 

This special event is 

open to all disciplines, 

levels and breeds. More 

than dressage and massage, 

participants will 

experience hands on, visual 

aids, riding, lectures 

and interaction sessions 

including private sessions 

with the teachers 

are included along with 

Jeannette Burrows CMT with 

the help of her visual aid 

“friend” will teach and guide the 

body work portion of the 

Knowledge Journey workshop 

April 25-27 created to keep bodies 

balanced and in fluid motion. 

weekend stalls/board 

for horses and lunches 

are included in the 

$335. Auditors may 

sign up for $50 per day. Visit silvercup 

training.com. 

The Varian Way 

The Second Annual Varian Hands 

On Clinic: the Varian Way is set for 

April 26-27 is set for the world renowned 

ranch in Arroyo Grande. If 

you are fortunate enough to be one of 

the riders and handlers, you are in for a 

superb educational experience packed 

with fun. Should the clinic be filled, try 

to get on the waiting list AND sign 

up as an auditor so you won’t miss the 

valuable information and experience 

that will be passed down to you. 

Sheila Varian will be joined by the 

flamboyant western dressage champion 

Eitan Beth-Halachmy and his 

Morgans. Mike Damianos, Brett 

and Margie Becker will add to the 

outstanding Varian staff 

including trainers Jaime 

Hernandez and Mike 

Perez. You may elect 

to work with your own 

horse or one of the Varian 

Arabians. Call (489-5802) to reserve 

your space. Visit varianarabians.com 

Work Guest Ranch 

It is an historic time of celebration 

for the Work family and friends. 

George and Elaine celebrate their 

Golden Wedding Anniversary this 

year. Besides their wonderful and varied 

regular guest schedule, the good 

folks at Work Ranch now host a Solider 

Recovery program. “These people 

are injured and many are disabled. It 

is cool to see a first time rider, especially 

one who is disabled, get up on a 

horse,” Kelly explains. “The horses can 

be a part of their healing as the horses 

take care of them and they care for the 

horses.” Check WorkRanch.com. 

Step Back a Century 

March 11 Harris Stage Lines served 

up a hearty lunch prepared by Robert 

and Jill Heely to a number of local 

guests including Paso’s Post Master 

Mike Milby and San Miguel’s Post 

Master E. Phillip Anguay and Paso 

Robles’ Fire Chief Ken Johnson, Herb 

Kunze of River K Pumpkins, Quentin 

Hall of Nebraska and braider/carver 

Aaron Winchell of California Classics. 

A tour of the Stephen R. Yerger of 

SRY Coaches and Harris Stagelines 

carriages and wagons was topped off 

by a new aspect of entertainment at 

the ranch: live music. Tom gave a quick 

audio history of style on a mouth harp 

and Debby unveiled their son, Cactus’ 

unusual and powerful 1920‘s Wurliitzer 

theater organ. Four horses were 

hitched to the stage and they headed to 

Paso Park to post some mail collected 

on River Road for the 125th anniversary 

mail and also to place in the Paso 

time capsule. 

Horsemen’s Re-Union 

Don’t miss the Horsemen’s Re- 

Union April 8-13 at the Paso Events 

Center. We are blessed in this area to 

see many experienced clinicians, teachers 

and competitors. You can compare 

the techniques each clinician uses and 

find what may work for you. Horse aficionados 

are flying and driving in from 

as far away as Europe for the event. 

Please see HOOFBEAT page 52 

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Spring Horse Day Camps 

April 14-18 & 21-25 • Ages 7-18 

Daily Rates, 1/2 or Full Days 

Beginner to Advanced 

Riding and Driving Lessons, All Ages 

Ranch Weddings & Party Facility 

Field Trips, Stage Coach Rides 

Located 4 miles north of Paso Robles 

805-237-1860 

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April 3-6 Sisters on the Fly, www. 

V6ranch.com, Parkfield 

April 4-6 24th Cattlemen’s Western 

Art Show/Sale, Events Center, 11:30- 

1 p.m. BBQ lunch available, Fri. 5-9 

p.m. preview $20, Sat. 10-5 p.m. Sun. 

10-3:30 p.m., free admission, Dee 

423-1319 

April 4-6 Gold Coast March Hunter/ 

Jumper Show, LA Equestrian Center, 

(818) 567-7317, langershows.com 

April 5-6 High School Rodeo, SYVE 

Center 

Proud to serve 

Paso Robles and 

the Central Coast! 

20 clinicians from across the globe 

will gather here to share and start 

Twisselman colts giving fortunate 

spectators an inside look, a chance 

to visit and ask questions plus compare 

working styles. But, that is not 

all. There is an opportunity to watch 

progress, buy one of the colts or a 

more mature horse trained by some 

of the selected clinicians. Check 

out new products and DVDs in the 

Horseman’s Marketplace. There is 

time to ask questions and observe the 

horses prior to bidding. 

Tuesday night Adriane Buckaroogirl 

will charm the audience with some 

of her original songs. Lovely Teale and 

Tara Twisselman join the family project 

to entertain with their singing and 

John Wayne Shultz will help with entertainment. 

Memorabilia will be auctioned 

off to help defray costs of the 

clinicians who finance their own costs 

to teach. 

Be ready to don your favorite western 

duds for a delicious dinner with 

live entertainment Friday night. You’ll 

help with making dreams come true 

for young people through the auction 

of items donated to raising funds for 

Western Wishes and the Cancer Support 

Center of Paso. 

The started colts will be offered for 

sale through auction on Saturday. This 

year, Sunday will find the new owners 

and the colts making contact with the 

help of the clinician who started that 

particular colt. Also, check some of the 

mature horses for sale. There are many 

other aspects to the Re-Union. Check 

horsemmensreunion.com. 

Cattlemen’s Western 

Art Show/Sale 

Redecorating and investing can be a 

two for one with an evening or afternoon 

at the 24th Western Art Show 

at the Events Center April 4-6. One 

of the finest art events in the Pacific 

Slope, this show/sale is a treat. Meet 

the artists (including this year’s Featured 

Artist, Barron Postmus) at the 

western dress preview Friday night 

for $20 per ticket. Saturday and Sunday 

admission is free. The famous 

Cattlemen’s BBQ mid day is $10 a 

plate. A portion of the sales of original 

artwork goes to the Cattlemen’s 

Scholarship fund. 

HOOFBEAT CALENDAR 

April 6 Book launch: Cholama 

Moon by Anne Schroeder, first settlers 

Cholame Valley, raffle, refreshments, 

1-3 p.m., Pioneer Museum, Riverside 

Ave, Paso Robles 

April 6 Sorting, Loftus Ranch, 10 

a.m., 3965 Buena Vista, Paso, John 

440-0877 

April 6 Bryson Hesperia Cattle Club 

Free Calf Sorting, 1 hr. N. of Paso in 

Monterey Co, 1 p.m., Ranch Calf 

Bits and Pieces 

“Mine That Bird” dramatically won 

the Kentucky Derby from last position. 

A feature film has been made 

of the underdog’s story with planned 

release in national theaters. Another 

equine feature, American Mustang 

came through the Central Coast in 

March. Talented hands Jim and Luke 

Neubert of Neubert Custom Colts of 

Paso were featured in the film. 

Historic western novelist, Anne 

Schroeder, will launch the first of a 

series of books with Cholama Moon 

April 6 from 1-3 p.m. at the Pioneer 

Museum. Get your copy autographed 

and help to support those who preserve 

memoirs of local history. A raffle 

will be held and refreshments served. 

anneschroederauthor@gmail.com. 

April 8 Sorting, Loftus Ranch, 6 p.m., 

3965 Buena Vista, Paso, loftusranch. 

Sorting, covered arena, official size com, John 440-0877 

pens, beginners welcome, have fun & April 8-13 Horsemen’s Reunion, Paso 

learn cattle work, Jay Brown 472 9664 Events Center, 20 clinicians/40 colts, 

or Brown1375@aol.com for directions entertainment, forum, demos, 2 man 

& info., 1st Sun. of each month team sorting, Fri. elegant dinner Fri., 

April 7 Vaqueras del Camino meeting, 

Hoover’s, 9975 El Camino Real, sale, horsemmensreunion.com 

Sat. mature horse preview, Sat. horse 

Atascadero, 7 p.m., Patti Keller 503- April 9-13 Double Feature QH Circuit, 

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April 7-12 Collegiate Nationals, Cal 

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April 10-13 AHA Spring Cowboy 

Academy, Parkfield, V6ranch.com 

April 10-13 USEA, HT, CCI & 

YEH, Twin Rivers, 8715 N. River Rd., 

Paso Robles 

April 11 & 12 Poly Royal, open house, 

horse unit, rodeo, Cal Poly 

April 11-13 Paint Horse Show, Kern 

County Fairgrounds, 661-392-8417 

April 12 4H English/Western 

Clinic, Wranglerette Arena, Aragon, 

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a.m., 3965 Buena Vista, Paso, loftusranch.com, 

John 440-0877 

April 14-18 Spring Horse Day Camp, 

Harris Stage Lines, N. River Road, 

Paso, half or full day, ride, drive horses, 

all levels accepted, ages 7-18, 237- 

1860 Tom or Debby, HarrisStage- 

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April 15 Sorting, Loftus Ranch, 

6 p.m., 3965 Buena Vista, Paso, see 

above 

April 16 SLOCQHA meeting, Griff ’s 

Restaurant, Templeton, 6:30 p.m. 

April 19 Ray Berta Cattle Clinic, 

Carmel Valley Trail & Saddle Club, 

Garzas Rd., 9-4 p.m., rayberta.com 


a.m., 3965 Buena Vista, Paso, John 

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April 21-25 Spring Horse Day Camp, 

Harris Stage Lines, N. River Road, 

Paso, half or full day, ride, drive horses, 

all levels accepted, ages 7-18, 237- 

1860 Tom or Debby, HarrisStage- 

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6 p.m., 3965 Buena Vista, Paso, John 

440-0877 

April 24-27 Mule Show, SYEQ, 

Santa Ynez 

April 24-27 Hollywood Charity QH 

Circuit, Burbank 

April 25 Knowledge Journey, Clinic, 

Ariana Rezvani & Jeannette Burrows, 

all breeds, all levels, massage, 

focus, riding, Golden Hill Farms, 

off Creston Road, Paso, silvercup 

training.com 

April 26 CGA Gymkhana, 8 a.m. sign 

up, 9 a.m. ride, set 1, call for location 

& details, Wes Womble 438-3954 

April 26-27 2nd Annual Hands- 

On Clinic: the Varian Way, Sheila 

Varian, Jaime Hernandez, Mike 

Perez, Eitan Beth-Halachmy, Mike 

Damianos, Brett & Margie Becker, 

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Trail: single track & fire road, 

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Khus Camp: tie rails, 2 horse corrals, 

water trough, campfire rings, BBQ, 

Overnight: advance reservations 

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BUSINESS 

Locals operate park facilities around Central Coast 

By Heather Young 

Living on the Central Coast, there 

are dozens of campgrounds, day-use 

parks and boating facilities. But it’s 

unlikely you’ve ever thought about 

who operates the parks, especially for 

those parks located on public property, 

but someone has to. That someone 

is Parks Management, which is 

owned by Shaun and Gina Corrales 

of Templeton and Kimberly and 

Brian Cushman of Lake Isabella. 

The partners – Shaun and Kimberly 

are siblings – have managed and 

operated camping facilities in California 

for the past 18 years. Gina said 

they started with a contract to operate 

federal parks on the Central Coast: 

Nacimiento Campground, Ponderosa 

Campground in Big Sur, Bottchers 

Gap Campground in Big Sur, Cerro 

Alto between Atascadero and Morro 

Bay, Kirk Creek Campground in Big 

Sur and Plaskett Campground in Big 

Sur. Today, they own or manage more 

On April 12th, Idler’s home 

store will begin its 30th annual 

Mom & Apple Pie Contest, culminating 

in the finals on May 3rd at 

the SLO Home Show at the Madonna 

Expo Center. The winner of 

the finals will receive a new 

KitchenAid stainless steel 

range. The event began as 

a way for the Idler Family 

to celebrate and connect 

with the community. 

In 1984, Idler’s was coming up on 

30 successful years of serving the Central 

Coast. The company had recently 

opened a new store in Atascadero. 

It was strong and growing, and the 

Idler Family wanted to celebrate. 

The celebration had to acknowledge 

the company’s foundational values 

than a dozen facilities: the six federal 

parks, Lake Isabella KOA, Limekiln 

State Park in Big Sur, Pyramid Lake, 

Lake Piru, Mill Creek in Big Sur, 

Sand Dollar Beach in Big Sur, Vaquero 

Beach at Pyramid Lake and 

Willow Creek in Big Sur. 

Before managing the outdoor facilities, 

Shaun worked for big corporations 

looking for CEOs and Gina 

was in the music business. 

– Central Coast families, the home, 

bringing people together and “the 

best things in life” (a jingle Idler’s 

used at the time). 

“One of the best things in life was 

mom and her apple pie,” said Tom 

Jones, founder of TJA Advertising 

and the creative mind behind the 

origin of the contest. And the seed 

“After we had kids, we decided we 

wanted a different life,” Gina said. 

The want of a different life prompted 

them to start their own business. 

“Basically, we started managing 

[parks], then decided to buy our 

own [KOA at Lake Isabella],” Gina 

said. The KOA is the only campground 

that they own, the rest are 

operated for the federal park system, 

state of California, Department of 

that would grow into 

the legendary Mom 

& Apple Pie Contest 

was planted. 

“The inaugural 

competition received 

only six 

entries,” said Don 

Idler, President of 

Idler’s. “Today we 

receive dozens of 

entries and the interest continues to 

grow. It’s heartwarming to see such 

a simple, old-fashioned tradition 

remain popular in SLO County.” 

Now in 2014, as Idler’s celebrates 

its 60th anniversary as a company 

and the 30th anniversary of the Mom 

& Apple Pie Contest, the event has 

become a tradition for many, such as 

Water Resources, and United Water 

Conservation District in Ventura 

County. 

The Corraleses moved to North 

County 11 years ago to be more 

centrally located to all of their parks. 

The furthest park the Corraleses and 

Cushmans manage is two and a half 

hours from the North County. 

“Basically, all of our facilities 

are easy to travel to,” Gina said. 

“They’re a weekend getaway.” 

With the number of parks 

they have under their management, 

Gina said there is something 

special about each campground 

– some are more rustic, some with 

beautiful ocean views, others with 

more comfortable amenities. Gina 

said that the Cerro Alto park 

has one of the greatest hikes in the 

county that many local people don’t 

even know about. 

Idler’s Mom & Apple Pie Contest reaches 30-year milestone 

Don Idler, left, with last year’s winners, including 

Grand Prize Winner Marie Atkin, center. 

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Lake Isabella, left and Lake Piru. 

Please see PARKS page 57 

Marie Atkins, who, after participating 

in the competition for 19 years, took 

home the grand prize last year. 

Atkins’ tradition involves handselecting 

each apple (she prefers 

Granny Smiths) at the market. 

She prepares her crusts the day 

before the event and then wakes 

up at 6:30 a.m. on the day of the 

competition to begin baking. 

“When I do that, they are warm 

when the judges taste them,” said 

Atkins. “I think that helped me win.” 

In addition to a first-place prize, 

second place earns a standup mixer 

and third place, a new microwave. 

Nine others will receive a hand 

mixer. Contestants can enter at www. 

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BUSINESS 

What’s happening 

on Main Street? 

By Chris 

Weygandt Alba 

The clocktower is chiming 

3 times a day at 1, 6 and 9 pm. 

For 125 years Paso Robles has been a 

city of people caring for their community 

together. We have a long history of playing 

well and working well with others. 

April is National Volunteer Month. 

We’re able to put on such large events as 

community egg hunts and vintage shows 

because we have the world’s greatest volunteers. 

(We’re biased.) 

This year marks the 40th anniversary 

of National Volunteer Week, April 6-12, 

2014. When you volunteer in your community, 

whether you’re sweeping floors 

or stuffing envelopes, you’re at the center 

of social change – discovering and demonstrating 

the collective power to make 

a difference. It’s about demonstrating 

to the nation that by working together, 

we have the fortitude to meet our challenges 

and accomplish our goals. 

We are transforming our world. 

Points of Light, which spearheads 

National Volunteer Week, is the 

world’s largest organization to create 

meaningful change in their communities. 

Inspiring, recognizing and encouraging 

people to seek out imaginative 

ways to engage in their communities 

and dedicated to volunteer service. 

pointsoflight.org. 

April also brings us Easter April 

20, and income tax day, and Volunteer 

Recognition Week (April 6-12). 

Some other special dates this month: 

Enjoy No Housework Day on the 7th. 

On International Moment of Laughter 

Day, the 14th, have a laugh before tax 

day. Rubber Eraser Day on the 15th: 

To err is human, to erase is divine! 

And zip up the month on Zipper Day, 

the 29th. 

April is Vintage Treasure month 

in downtown Paso Robles. 

For a single day, a gigantic collection 

of historic memorabilia, antiques and 

crafts, historic motorcycles and vintage 

sidecars, all goes on display in the downtown 

park. 

We’re hosting our annual Vintage 

Sidecar Rendezvous and Recycled 

Treasures event on Saturday, April 26, 

in the park from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Admission is free. 

We also offer a motorcycle sidecar 

show, the Vintage Sidecar Rendezvous, 

in a display area of their own. Don’t 

miss this treat! 

Sidecars were a revolutionary idea in 

the early 1920s when a German company 

built a sidecar to go with a touring 

model of motorcycle. BMW came 

out with its motorcycle sidecar in 1938, 

and the U.S. government contracted 

with Harley Davidson to produce an 

American version in 1942/43. They’ve 

been in production ever since. 

They remain popular today, with vintage 

sidecar fans around the world, and 

even a sidecar racing circuit. You’ll enjoy 

checking out this wonderful mode of 

Visit the Easter Bunny 

Kids can meet the Big Bunny, when Main Street volunteers will herd the 

Big Bunny into the downtown park on Saturday, April 19. The friendly 

rabbit will hop into the Holiday House from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to visit with 

children and pose for pictures, probably with a basket of Easter eggs. 

Join the rendezvous at the downtown 

park on April 26 — Historic motorbikes 

and sidecars, vintage treasures, handcraft 

goods! Karyl Lammers at 459-6239 or 

americanmotorcyclestuff@tcsn.net 

transportation. 

The Recycled Treasures portion of the 

whole show will offer something for 

collectors, bargain hunters, and everyone 

who likes all manner of handmade 

items, garden art, jewelry, and crafts. 

The preservation of vintage things is 

more than a hobby for us. It’s what gives 

our downtown that marvelous sense of 

place. Help us keep it that way by shopping 

locally and enjoying our wonderful 

downtown! 

Come downtown on Saturday, April 

26 and spend some time with us. You 

may find a treasure of your own. 

If you have treasures to share, vendor 

spaces are available for the Recycled 

Treasures show. Pick up an application at 

the Paso Robles Main Street office, 835 

12th St. Suite D, in the alley, or click the 

“events” link at pasoroblesdowntown.org. 

To show a vintage motorbike, call 

Main Street for details, at 238-4103. 

Bruce Williams 

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BUSINESS 

New Location for 

Vivant Fine Cheese! 

Vivant is still on Pine 

Street, just a couple 

blocks from downtown 

and across from the 

train station at 821 Pine 

Street. Owner Danika Gordon 

is enjoying her new larger location 

with great parking and outdoor 

seating! Call 226-5530, click www. 

vivantfinecheese.com and follow on 

Facebook and Twitter. 

Not enough time in the day? 

Call Sauret’s Errand Service! 

In only eight months, the mom 

and daughter team of Sherry and 

Kenna Sauret have built their own 

busy business by helping busy people! 

Sauret’s Errand Service helps people 

get things done 

when their time is 

limited. The errand 

service brings not 

only a convenient 

service to individuals 

and small 

Sherry and 

Kenna Sauret 

businesses, it offers 

a secure sense of 

trust for the elderly 

or homebound that 

need groceries, prescriptions, visitations 

and the routine errands that are 

difficult to complete. “It’s just my nature 

to help people and I have a great 

way with older people,” said Sherry. 

Sauret’s Errand Service is the perfect 

business for this mother/daughter 

team that genuinely loves to help 

others and spend time together. 

Sauret’s Errand Service offers grocery, 

personal or gift shopping from 

the store to your door for only $15 

per store plus the cost of your purchase. 

The Pick Up/Drop Off service 

is invaluable. Think of the time spent 

chasing prescriptions, dry cleaning 

and movie rentals. Pet services include 

trips to the vet, groomer and 

drop off/pick up from the kennel. 

Errands for small businesses and 

Business Spotlight 


realtors include document delivery/ 

pick-up, meal delivery, filing, trips to 

DMV, post office, UPS/FedEx and 

shopping for office supplies. Kenna 

adds “We want to do more of the 

services we’re doing now, especially 

house sitting and dog sitting since 

we can take care of them in between 

the random errands that we’re called 

to do at a moment’s notice.” To save 

time and get things done efficiently, 

call 610-7071. Click sauretserrandservice@gmail.com, 

and sauretserrandservice.weebly.com. 

Fusion Real Estate 

Shannon West-Greene takes 

pride in guiding her clients through 

the arduous process of buying or 

selling a home. With a long career 

beginning in property appraisal 

leading to a position as an escrow officer 

for Chicago Title/Fidelity Title, 

the essential groundwork was established 

for Shannon 

to become a realtor. 

With support of 

her kids, grandkids 

and dear friend 

Shannon West- 

Greene 

Cathy Knoeferl, 

Shannon met and 

surpassed her goal 

on not only becoming 

a realtor in 

March 2008; she 

earned the New Agent award for 

exceptional sales performance in her 

Show #15 for 3 Speckled Hens 

May 3 and 4 at Paso Event Center 


What a success story! 

Beginning in May 2007 with 

15 dealers and 300 attendees, 

the May 2014 show has 

over 100 dealers from five 

states and expects more than 4,000 

people through the gate. Kathy Marquart 

says, “Besides authentic early 

American and primitive antiques, 

we’ve added dealers who incorporate 

vintage furniture, house wares 

and redesigned jewelry, re-purposed 

items, rusty farm and industrial items 

and lighting, European cast offs and 

anything old that can add character, 

interest and reflect the homeowners 

collections and style. We feel it is important 

to give back a portion of our 

success. To date we’ve given over 

$11,000 to Multiple Sclerosis, American 

Cancer Society and 

most recently to Jack’s Helping 

Hand.” 

Their business allows 

Kathy, Carrie and Susi to visit 

big shows like Farm Chicks 

in Spokane and Junk Bonanza in 

Minneapolis. After the May show, the 

Hens are traveling to Europe with two 

of their favorite dealers, Chris and 

Dustin of Uber Chic Home who buy 

antiques and unique house wares 

and architectural pieces from many 

different countries. Kathy says, “We 

are so excited to join them! It promises 

to be an experience of a lifetime! 

Hardly your normal tour of Europe! 

The fall show is October 4 and 5. Visit 

www.threespeckledhens.com. Email 

antiques@threespeckledhens.com. 

Call 459-2541 for more information. 

first year. During our economy’s difficult 

years, Shannon gathered her 

strength, worked hard and always 

gave her clients the highest level of 

service possible. 

Four years ago, Shannon joined an 

innovative new agency – Fusion Real 

Estate; a company that offers realtors 

a complete business platform 

on which to create their own business, 

She adds, ”I’ve always wanted 

to build my own brand and company. 

The change was liberating; giving me 

the freedom to focus on how I believe 

my clients should be treated.” 

Today, Shannon’s dad still influences 

her life and business with his words, 

“The key to success is to be true to 

your heart.” Fusion Real Estate is located 

at 105 Main Street, Suite 38 in 

Templeton, call 434-8507. 

Making Forever Friends 

- Varian Kennels 

Patricia Varian’s bond with and 

unending love for dogs began on the 

day she was born. After the family 

dog gave birth, the first picture of Patricia 

shows her swaddled in a blanket 

surrounded by a litter of puppies. 

Growing up, dogs have always been 

a part of her life. Becoming educated 

to compliment her intuitive ability 

to relate to a dog’s natural instincts 

has resulted in a rewarding 25 year 

career now based from a ranch in 

Parkfield - 

Varian Kennels. 

Patricia 

has used the 

“power of the 

pack” to train 

10 well socialized 

dogs 

Patricia Varian 

that help to 

train and rehabilitate 

other dogs as well as training 

owners and their dogs on obedience 

and behavior issues through private 

and group lessons. 

Please see SPOTLIGHT page 57 

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stress reduction 

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First Time Clients receive $10 off 

60 or 90 minute massage 

Gift Certificates Available - All major credit cards accepted 

805-423-8970 • 612 13th Street Suite B 

www.pasomassage.com 

Paso Robles Pet Boarding 

Doggy Day Care 

w/Dog Socialization 

• Pet Boarding 

• Dog Bathing 

2940 Union Road, 

Paso Robles, CA 93446 

Ph (805) 238-4340 

8am - 5pm • 7 Days a week 

www.pasoroblespetboarding.com 


BUSINESS 

Jim’s Locomotive Obsession 

Incoming board members include 

TCCH adds 3 physicians and 2 community members for 2014 Board 

The Twin Cities Community 

Hospital Governing Board recently 

introduced five new board members 

for the 2014 term, joining the 15- 

member body of system representatives, 

staff physicians and community 

representatives charged with overseeing 

the medical staff, the quality 

of professional services, and general 

business affairs of the hospital. 

two new community representatives: 

Maria Eskandanian, Heritage 

Oaks Bank Templeton Branch 

Manager/Assistant Vice President, 

and Kennedy Club Fitness Founder 

and CEO Kevin Kennedy. Additionally, 

the board elected three 

physicians: Jonathan Riegler, M.D., 

Dr. Thomas Hale, M.D., and Sergio 

Toledo, M.D., M.A. 

“After considering several potential 

candidates, the Governing 

Board is happy to inaugurate 

these esteemed leaders as hospital 

and community representatives for 

2014,” says Twin Cities CEO Mark 

Lisa. “With the assistance of these 

talented, dedicated members, we 

will continue to provide the North 

County community with the best 

healthcare, the safest environment, 

and the greatest customer care 

possible.” 

For information about Twin 

Cities Community Hospital, visit 

www.twincitieshospital.com or call 

Press Agency AR & Co. PR and 

Marketing at 239-4443 or email 

pr@arandcompany.com. 

PARKS from page 54 

“I’m more than happy to help [future 

campers] organize their camping 

trip,” she said. “I love dealing with 

customers. I really love to make people 

happy.” 

Gina wasn’t a big camper when 

she was younger, but takes advantage 

of camping with her family 

when they are able to. While her 

first reaction to the question of 

what her favorite park was “it’s like 

picking a favorite child,” she did 

concede that her preferred facility 

has changed over the years depending 

on the ages of her daughters. 

When her children were toddlers, 

she loves Plaskett Creek because it 

was in a huge meadow and it was 

easier to keep an eye on her girls. 

Parks Management employs 50 

to 80 people depending on the peak 

season – while the non-season sees 

fewer visitors, many people still visit 

Big Sur and parks around the state 

year-round as weather permits. 

Gina reported in March that Lake 

Piru and Pyramid Lake have seen an 

increase of water and Parks Management 

owners expect to have a great 

SPOTLIGHT from page 56 

After suffering a long term illness 

herself, Patricia adds, “I realized how 

lonely illness can be and how much 

love, comfort and joy a dog can give. 

She has two certified therapy dogs; 

a lab and a border collie that visits 

the elderly and mentally challenged 

people. Because I know how to train 

season at the lakes despite the low 

water levels seen around the state. 

To learn more about the facilities 

Parks Management operates, go to 

www.campone.com, call 434-1996 

or email gina@campone.com. To 

make reservations, go to www.reservation.gov 

or call 877-444-6777. 

Reservations for Morro Bay, Big Sur 

and Monterey must be made at least 

them, every dog has the potential 

to bring love and joy to their owners. 

I love it. It’s been my whole life 

and feel very blessed to have made 

a career out of it.” Call 748-9046 or 

click patriciavarian@gmail.com. For 

complete information, photos and 

heartwarming videos, visit www. 

variankennels.com, Facebook and 

YouTube. 

eight days in advance. If outside 

the eight-day timeframe, remaining 

spaces will be filled on-site on 

a first-come, first-served basis. Kirk 

Creek, Plaskett Creek, Cerro Alto, 

and Ponderosa campgrounds are 

all half reserve-able and half firstcome, 

first served. Bottchers Gap 

and Nacimiento are all first-come, 

first served. 

Correction for 

Red Scooter 

Deli 

Just to clarify, 

the gal by the 

Red Scooter is 

Stephanie Johnston, 

not Austin 

as printed in the 

March issue. 

Stephanie Johnston 

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TIME & PLACE 

A monthly look at events, meetings 

and special occasions. To submit your 

listing, email bob@pasoroblesmagazine.com, 

bring info to our drop box at Dutch Maytag, 

1501 Riverside Ave. or mail to PO Box 

3996, Paso Robles, 93447 by the 7th of each 

month. Questions? Call 239-1533. 

APRIL 

1 • April Fool’s Day – Not a national holiday! 

1 – 30 • Cancer Support Community is a 

national nonprofit organization that provides 

support, education and hope to those with 

cancer and their loved ones. Visit twcccc.org 

for programs that include support groups, 

classes and lectures such as Wellness Yoga, 

The Artist’s Way, Nutrition One on One, 

Cancer 101, Athlon Vitality Class, and Tai 

Chi Chih. The office is located at 614 13th 

Street, PR. 238-4411. 

2, 9, 16, 23, 30 • Winemaker Wednesdays 

– Bites and Flights. Exceptional pairings 

from the PR Wine Region, 5:30 – 9:00. 

Second Press Wine Bar and Eatery, 810 11th 

Street, PR, 226-7500, secondpress.biz. 

3 – 26 • Paso Robles Inn Steakhouse & 

Cattlemen’s Lounge, 1103 Spring St., 226- 

4925. Steakhouse: Join us for Prime Rib 

Wednesdays! Cattlemen’s Lounge: Happy 

Hour, 4-7pm, includes cocktail and menu specials; 

Mondays Industry Night, 6-9pm, 20% off 

for all professionals; Wednesdays Locals Appreciation 

Night Happy Hour 4-CLOSE; Acoustic 

Thursdays, 7-9pm: 4/3 Lance Robison, 4/10 

Les Beck, 4/17 Pancho and Lefty, 4/24 Matt 

Davis; Saturday Night $5 Drink Specials, 8- 

12pm; Friday & Saturday Live Entertainment, 

9:30-11:30pm: 4/5-4/6 Soul Sauce, 4/11- 

4/12 Shameless, 4/18-4/19 The Belmores, 

4/25-4/26 Julie and the Bad Dogs. 

3, 10. 17, 24 • Second Press presents Live 

Music every Thursday evening. Second Press 

Wine Bar and Eatery, 810 11th Street, PR, 

226-7500, secondpress.biz. 

4 • Almond Country Quilters’ Guild meets 

at Trinity Lutheran Church, 940 Creston 

Road, PR. Social Time 6:30pm, general 

The Wellness Kitchen 

and Resource Center 

1255 Las Tablas Road, Templeton • 434-1800 

RSVP required • Visit TheWKRC.org for complete info 

on programs and services. 

The Weekly Wellness Foods Program offers pre-ordered meals for 

those desiring healthy foods made with nutrient dense, fresh ingredients. 

The Healing Foods program is sustained by the Pay It Forward 

program for those with acute illness, in recovery or chemotherapy 

treatment. 

2, 9, 16, 23, 30 • The Morning Cup of Grace – Start 

the day with inspiration to empower and inspire, 8:30-9:30. 

Healing Tea and gluten free treats, $5 love offering. 

meeting 7:00 pm. Free admission, guest 

speaker Christine Barnes (christinebarnes. 

com), a quilt teacher and author, will present 

a lecture called “Color! Color! Color!” 

For more information about the Guild, visit 

almondcountryquilters.org. 

5 • North County Wellness Festival, 10am 

-4pm, Templeton Legion Hall, 805 S. Main 

PASO ROBLES EVENT CENTER 

Unless otherwise noted, call 239-0655 or email mail@midstatefair.com 

for more information about activities and events at the Paso Robles 

Event Center. 

April 6 • Bird Mart Birds for sale, cages and supplies at wholesale 

prices. Info: Call Roy Cruickshank 239-3339. 

April 8 - 13 • Horsemen’s Re-Union featuring 20 of the best horsemen 

and horsewomen in the world. Exhibitions, benefit auction dinner, live country 

music entertainment, western market place, and horse sale. Info: horesmens 

reunion.com. Contact: horsemensreunion@gmail.com, (808) 878-5466. 

Street, Templeton. 

5 • Wild, Wild West Casino Night & 

BBQ Fundraiser, 6 pm at Centennial Park, 

600 Nickerson, PR. Silent auction, raffle 

prizes. Tickets: www.prysc.org, 227-0155. 

Proceeds benefit the PR Youth Sports Council 

and their effort to renovate and maintain 

our sports fields. 

5 • Open House at Wallace Home Medical 

Supply, 549 10th St. celebrates the 10 year 

anniversary with free burgers and hot dogs 

from 11am-2pm. Call 238-3935. 

5,19 • Vina Robles Saturday Live Feat 

– Every other Saturday at the winery 

with entertainment from 1-4pm. April 5: 

Pam Smith Trio, April 19: Martin Paris. 

Complimentary, no RSVP, wine for purchase 

and tastings available. 

Please see CALENDAR page 59 

7, 21 • Women’s Wellness Workshop – Topics change 

bi-monthly to offer information, inspiration and support 

through life’s journey in health and illness, 6-7:30pm. April 

7: Learn how doTerra Essential Oils can help with household 

cleaning from Debi Goddard and Sandy Walton. $20 for class 

and supplies. April 21: Create Your Hearts Highest Happiness 

and Healthiest Vision presented by Janice Devine-Patterson. 

$20 love offering. 

8,22 • doTerra Team “OM” - 4pm – 8pm. Learn about the 

benefits of the certified, pure therapy grade essential oils. 

10 • Healthy Cooking for People Touched by Cancer – How 

to Eat a Rainbow, taught by Certified Therapeutic Chef Nancy 

Walker. Free for participants touched by cancer through the Pay 

It Forward program. Family, friends and caregivers are welcome 

for a suggested donation of $20. RSVP 434-1800. 

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TIME & PLACE 

CALENDAR from page 58 

6 • Pioneer Museum - Book Signing 

from 1-3pm by author Anne Schroeder with 

her newest book, Cholama Moon about the 

settling of the Cholame Valley. Free admission 

to the museum. 

6 • Symphony of the Vines Presents a 

Choral Celebration at the Mission San 

Miguel at 3pm. Symphony of the Vines, 

the North County’s premier orchestra, performs 

with two of the areas’ most celebrated 

choruses, the Canzona Women’s Chorus 

and the Cuesta North County Chorus. The 

program conducted by Dr. Greg Magie 

combines some of the most inspiring music 

for orchestra and chorus, including “An 

American Mass” and one of Beethoven’s 

most playful symphonies all under the canopy 

of the historic mission and its beautiful 

acoustics. Tickets: $30, $27 for seniors, $15 

for students. Purchase at www.symphonyofthevines.org, 

Matt’s Music in Templeton 

or Boo Boo Records in San Luis Obispo. 

Information, call Rena Ferro 440-4683. 

9 • North County Multiflora Garden Club 

meeting at 1pm. Guest speaker James Rikel 

from Atascadero Kiwanis with an overview 

of the project that transformed the public 

gardens at Pierce College in Woodland Hills. 

Paso Robles Community Church, 2706 

Spring Street, PR. Information: 712-7820. 

9 • Hop to It! Meet the Easter Bunny 

in the City Park from 11am-2pm at the 

Holiday House. 12th and Park Street in 

downtown PR. Sponsored by PR Main 

Street Association. Call 238-4103. pasoroblesdowntown.org. 

11 -13 • Earth Day Food and Wine 

Weekend at Castoro Cellars. Events 

start Friday night with a dinner at Justin 

Vineyards and Winery. The main event is 

Saturday with over 200 vendors at Castoro 

Cellars. Shuttles available. For tickets, click 

earthdayfoodandwine.org. Premier tickets 

allow early admission at 1pm. General 

admission starts at 2pm. Details on Sunday 

farm and winery tours are online. 

13 • Palm Sunday 

15 • Passover 

18 • Good Friday 

20 • Easter 

21 • The Santa Lucia Rockhounds meets 

at The Templeton Community Center, 601 

S. Main St. at 7pm. The program will be rock 

and mineral related. Guests are welcome. 

For more info visit www.slrockhounds.org. 

23 • Business Expo 2014 “Back to the Future” 

presented by the PR Chamber of Commerce, 

4-7pm, Paso Robles Event Center. 

Information: 238-0506, PasoBusiness.com. 

24, 24, 26 • Paso Robles Youth Arts 

Foundation presents “The Unforgettable 

Wedding” - an evening unlike any other 

show! Starting at 6:30 and directed by Claire 

Fundaro – an audience involved interactive 

dinner theatre! General admission - $40 

includes dinner, dessert, entertainment and 

maybe even dancing with the Bride! Closed 

bar, all proceeds from the show ensure that 

our classes remain at no cost to our students. 

Call or come into the office for tickets or to 

make donations. Paso Robles Youth Arts 

Foundation is located at 3201 Spring Street, 

Paso Robles. 238-5825. pryaf.org. 

Celebrate the 65th season of the North 

SLO County CONCERT Association with a concert by 

the Vocalogy Jazz Quintet, Sunday April 6, doors open at 2:30; concert begins at 

3:00 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 940 Creston Rd., PR. Tickets: $20 for adults, $15 

for students. Information: 239-2770, www.nslocca.org. 

Santa Lucia Knights of Co- 

LUMBUS 5th Annual 

Open Bocce TOURNAMENT 

Santa Lucia Knights of Columbus 5th Annual Open 

Bocce Tournament on April 26 at Atascadero 

Colony Park. A fundraiser for Central Coast Veterans and the North County Adaptive 

Sports and Recreation Program. Registration 8:30, tournament play 9 am to 

6 pm, Tri-tip or chicken BBQ 11:30 am-1:30 pm for $8. Breakfast goodies sponsored 

by the St. Williams Altar Society. Four person teams $60. Space is limited. Sign up 

early. Team members must be at least 14 years old. Courts are wheelchair accessible. 

For practice times, lessons and team registration, contact Mike LoPicolo at (661) 

317-6048 or mklopic@msn.com. Monthly play on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 

Atascadero’s Colony Park, from 4 to 6 pm. 

26 • LeVigne Winery – Grand Reopening 

of Newly Re-modeled Tasting Room. 

4-6pm, tours of winery room, appetizers, 

new releases, prizes. Located at 5115 Buena 

Vista, PR, 227-4000, levignewinery.com. 

26 • The Cabs of Distinction Gala, River 

Oaks Hot Springs in Paso Robles. Visit paso 

roblescab.com for events at the wineries 

throughout the weekend. Call 1-888-963- 

9934. Click info@pasoroblescab.com. Presented 

by the Paso Robles Cab Collective. 

26 • Plant Sale hosted by the North County 

Multiflora Garden Club. 9am-1pm. First 

Presbyterian Church, 610 South Main Street, 

Templeton. Lots of quality, locally grown 

plants, including those that are drought 

tolerant. Funds go to a scholarship for a 

student majoring in the earth sciences. Info: 

712-7820. 

26 • Vintage Sidecar Rendezvous and 

Recycled Treasures, Downtown City Park, 

9-3pm. Pre-1950 motorcycles and booths 

of vintage and antique items. Sponsored by 

PR Main Street Association. Call 238-4103. 

pasoroblesdowntown.org. 

26 • Loaves & Fishes “Evening in New 

Orleans” fundraiser. Come support the 

L&F mission of ‘Feeding the Hungry with 

God’s Love’. Guests will enjoy Dinner, 

at the Paso Robles Inn. For details or to 

donate, call Jackie at 238-4742 or Mike 

Goodman at 238-4419. 

26, 27 • 6th Annual Wine 4 Paws Weekend 

to benefit Woods Humane Society. 

Visit participating wineries with FREE 

passports available online or in the Tasting 

Rooms during Wine 4 Paws. Stamp your 

passport and enter raffles at each winery. 

www.wine4paws.com. 

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DIRECTORY of LOCAL HOUSES of WORSHIP 

The following listing of area churches/synagogues is provided free of 

charge as a community service by Adelaide Inn and Paso Robles 

Magazine. 

Our goal is to have this become a complete listing of places of worship 

located in Paso Robles, Templeton, San Miguel and Shandon. For 

Apostolic Assembly of the 

Faith of Christ Jesus 

2706 Spring St., Paso Robles 

Bilingual Services: 

Wed & Fri, 7 p.m., 

Sunday 12 Noon 

Pastor Miguel Alvarado 

(805) 610-2930 

Bethel Lutheran Church 

295 Old County Rd., Templeton 

Service: 9:30 a.m. 

Pastor Russ Gordon 

Pastor Amy Beveridge 

(805) 434-1329 

Bridge Christian Curch 

Currently meeting at 

Centennial Park Banquet Room 

600 Nickerson Dr., Paso Robles 


Pastor Tim Mensing 

805-975-7178 

Calvary Chapel Paso Robles 

1615 Commerce Way, 

Paso Robles 


Pastor Aaron Newman 

(805) 239-4295 

Celebration Worship 

Center-PCOG 

988 Vineyard Drive, Templeton 

Pastor Roy Spinks 

Services: 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m. 

(805) 434-2424 

Central Coast Center 

for Spiritual Living 

689 Crocker St., Templeton 

Service: 10 a.m. 

Rev. Dr. Don and 

Rev. LaVonne Welsh 

(805) 434-9447 

Christian Life Center 

1744 Oak St., Paso Robles 

Service: 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. 

Pastor Don Smith 

(805) 238-3366 

Church of Jesus Christ 

of Latter-day Saints 

1020 Creston Rd., Paso Robles 

Service: 8:30 a.m. - 

Bishop Brian Kerr 

Service: 1:00 p.m. - 

Bishop Mark Goforth 

(805) 238-4216, 

238-4214, 238-4217 

Congregation Ohr Tzafon 

2605 Traffic Way, Atascadero 

Service: Fridays, 7:30 p.m. 

Rabbi Janice Mehring 

(805) 466-0329 

Covenant Presbyterian Church 

1450 Golden Hill Rd., 

Paso Robles 


Pastor Dan Katches 

(805) 238-6927 

Cowboy Church 

Ride For the Brand Ministry 

Templeton Livestock Market 

Sale Barn 

Main St., Templeton 

Service: Thursdays, 7 p.m. 

Pastor Mike Mosby 

(805) 463-2455 

Dayspring Full Gospel 

1101 Riverside, Paso Robles 

Services: 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. 

Pastor Harry Balson 

(805) 239-3273 

Family Praise & Worship 

206 5th St., Templeton 


Pastor Vern H. Haynes Jr. 

(805) 975-8594 

Family Worship Center 



Pastor Patrick Sheean 

(805) 239-4809 

First Baptist Church 

1645 Park St., Paso Robles 

Pastor Michael R. Garman 

Services: 9 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. 

(805) 238-4419 

Christian Science Society 

17th & Chestnut Streets, 

Paso Robles 


(805) 239-1361 

First Mennonite Church 

2343 Park St. Paso Robles 


Pastor Romero 

(805) 238-2445 

First Missionary Baptist Church 

of Paso Robles 

Corner of 3rd & Olive Streets 


Pastor Jeff Barger 

(805) 239-8756 

First Presbyterian Church 

of Templeton 

610 S. Main St., Templeton 


Reverend Charlie Little 

(805) 434-1921 

Fuente de Agua Viva 

1521 Oak St, Paso Robles 

Service: Thursday: 7 p.m. 

and Sunday: 3 p.m. 

Pastor Jorge Alvarez 

(805) 714-3827 

Grace Baptist Church 



Pastor Kelsey Pietsch 

(805) 238-3549 

Heritage Village Church 

At the Senior Center, 

Heritage Ranch 


Pastor Ed Bedrosian 

(805) 238-9240 

Highlands Church 

Corner S. River and Niblick, 

215 Oak Hill, Paso Robles 

Services: Sunday: 8:30, 9:45 & 

11:00 a.m. 

Pastor Sean Martin 

(805) 226-5800 

Adelaide Inn 

1215 Ysabel Ave 

(just off 24th near Hwy 101 

and 46 East intersection) 

Paso Robles, phone 238-2770 

Lake Way Country 

Church/Ministries 

Meeting at Cappy Culver 

Elementary School, 

11011 Heritage Loop Rd. 

Service: 10 a.m. Sunday 

Pastors: Rodger & Julie Coale 

(805) 423-4095 

Life Community Church 

3770 Ruth Way, Templeton 


Pastor Keith Newsome 

(805) 434-5040 

Life Worth Living Church of God 

620 – 17th St., Paso Robles 


Pastor Jim Wilde 

(805) 238-0978 

Lighthouse Community Church 

301 13th St. San Miguel 

Services: 9:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. 

Pastor John Wheat 

(805) 467-3636 

Live Oak 

1521 Oak St., Paso Robles 


Pastor John Kaiser 

(805) 238-0575 

Living Waters 

Christian Fellowship 

2085 Gateway Dr., 

Heritage Ranch 


Pastor Jedidiah McClure 

(805) 239-1716 

Methodist Ministries 

Meeting at 1005 Railroad St. 

at 10th St. 


For information call 238-2006 

Mid State Baptist Church 

1749 Ramada Dr., Paso Robles 

Services: Sundays, 

10 a.m. & 6 p.m. 

Pastor Bruce Fore 

(805) 238-2281 

Mission San Miguel Parish 

775 Misssion Street, San Miguel 

Weekday Mass: 8 a.m. 

Weekend Mass: 

Saturday: 9 a.m. & 5 p.m. (Vigil) 

Sunday: 7 a.m., 11 a.m., 

6 p.m. (Spanish) 

Reverend Pedro Umana 

(805) 467-2131 

New Day Center 

530 12th St., Paso Robles 

English Service: 10 a.m. 

Pastor Brad Alford 

Hispanic Service: 2 p.m. 

Pastor Vincente Salmeron 

(805) 239-9998 

New Life Church of Paso Robles 

Meeting at Holiday Inn Express 

2455 Riverside Ave., 

Paso Robles 

Pastor Randy Bunch 

(805) 769-8120 

those churches/synagogues who have not yet responded to the request 

for information and would like to be included in this directory, please 

email your name, address, phone, service times and pastor’s/rabbi’s 

name to Paso Robles Magazine at: prmagazine@charter.net 

All worship service times listed are for Sundays, unless noted otherwise: 

New Life Tabernacle 

3850 So. Ramada Dr. Ste. D, 

Paso Robles 


Pastor Efrain Cordero 

Niblick Road Baptist Church 

1145 Niblick Rd., Paso Robles 

Services: 10:30 a.m. 

Pastor Christopher Cole 

(805) 238-4614 

North County Christian 

Fellowship 

421 9th St. , Paso Robles 

Service: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. 

Pastor Steve Calagna 

(805) 239-3325 

Oak Shores Christian Fellowship 

2727 Turkey Cove, 

at the Clubhouse, Oak Shores 


Pastor Rodger Coale 

(805) 423-4095 

Paso Robles Bible Church 

2206 Golden Hill Rd., 

Paso Robles 


Pastor Dave Rusco 

Pastor Mark Wheeler 

(805) 226-9670 

Paso Robles Church 

of the Nazarene 

Meeting at the Paso Robles 

Youth Arts Foundation 

3201 Spring St., Paso Robles 


Pastor Brent Wylie 

(805) 238-4300 

Paso Robles Community Church 

2706 Spring St, Paso Robles 


Pastor Shawn Penn 

(805) 239-4771 

Plymouth Congregational 

Church, UCC 

Thirteenth and Oak Streets, 

Paso Robles 


Pastor Steven Mabry 

(805) 238-3321 

Second Baptist Church 

1937 Riverside Ave. 


Pastors: 

Rueben Tate, Gary Jordon 

(805) 238-2011 

Shandon Assembly of God 

420 Mesa Grande, Shandon 


Hispanic Service: 4 p.m. 

Pastor Ted Hunt 

(805) 239-3138 

Shandon United 

Methodist Church 

105 Second Street, Shandon 

Service 9:30 a.m. 

Rev. Fred B. Morris 

(805) 238-3134 

Provided as a community service by... 

Solid Rock Christian Fellowship 

925 Bennett Way, Templeton 


Pastor Jeff Saylor 

(805) 434-2616 

St. James Episcopal Church 

1335 Oak, Paso Robles 

Services: 8 a.m. (Rite I), 

10:00 a.m. (Rite II) 

Interim Pastor, Rev. Robert Eaton 

(805) 238-0819 

St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church 


Weekday Mass: M-S, 7 a.m. 

Weekend Masses: 

Saturday - 5 p.m. (Vigil) 

Sunday - 8 a.m., 

10 a.m. (Family Mass) 

12:30 p.m. (Spanish) 

5 p.m. (Teen) 

& 7 p.m. (Spanish) 

Father Roberto Vera 

(805) 238-2218 

Templeton Hills Seventh-day 

Adventist Church 

930 Templeton Hills Rd., 

Templeton 

Service: Saturday 9:30 & 

10:30 a.m. 

Pastor Ivor Myers 

(805) 434-1710 

The Revival Center 

3850 Ramada Dr., Ste. A-3, 

Paso Robles 


Pastor Gabe Abdelaziz 

(805) 434-5170 

The Rock Church 


Service: 7 p.m. Friday Nights 

Pastors Ed & Char Barger 

(661) 587-7625 

Trinity Lutheran Church 


Contemporary Service: 9 a.m. 

Traditional Service: 10:45 a.m. 

Sr. Pastor Dan Rowe 

(805) 238-3702 

True Life Christian Fellowship 

Lockwood/Jolon Road, across 

from the school in Lockwood 


Pastor Erick Reinstedt 

(805) 472-9325 

Truth Tabernacle 


Services: 9 a.m. & 6 p.m. 

Pastor David Webb 

(805) 423-3135 

Vineyard Church of Christ 

601 So. Main St., Templeton 


Evangelist: Steve Orduno 

(805) 610-4272 

Vintage Community Church 

692 Peterson Ranch Road, 

Templeton 

Services: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. 

Coaches: Aaron Porter, 

Dayn Mansfield 

(805) 543-0943 

Paso Robles Magazine 

P.O. Box 3996, 

Paso Robles, CA 93447, 

phone 239-1533 

or prmagazine@charter.net 


Major Changes in Store for 2014 Art Festival in Paso Robles 

PASO ARTSFEST set for Memorial Day Weekend 

The Paso Robles Festival of the Arts is changing 

its name and effectively “upping its game” 

for 2014 with a list of new features designed 

with art lovers and county visitors in mind. 

Now dubbed “PASO ARTSFEST,” the largest 

free art event in San Luis Obispo County, 

has a week’s worth of activities planned for artists, 

visitors and county residents. Celebrating the 

arts every Memorial Day Weekend in the Paso 

Robles City Park, this year the FREE Main 

Event of the PASO ARTSFEST takes place 

Saturday, May 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

“With all of the fantastic press Paso Robles 

has been getting lately, this is the perfect time for 

our art festival to reach out to potential visitors 

who appreciate wine, food, art and beautiful scenery,” 

states Barbara Partridge, ARTSFEST Chair. 

“We know that people are coming here on vacation 

for Memorial Day weekend, we are offering them 

the opportunity to make the arts part of their experience 

in a much bigger way than ever before.” 

Name Change 

The first major change is the name of the festival. 

The biggest arts event in the county will now 

be called “PASO ARTSFEST” and a new logo has 

been rolled out. “The shorter name reflects the fun 

feeling and easy accessibility of the event and ties 

the event to its parent organization, Studios on the 

Park,” states Anne Laddon, founder of Studios on 

the Park and artistic director for the ARTSFEST. 

Hearst Castle Art Tour 

and Luncheon 

Hearst Castle has been a magnet for art lovers 

since its inception as a state park and continues to 

attract visitors from all over the world to view the 

largest private collection of art ever assembled in 

one place. 

Friends of Hearst Castle (FHC) is partnering 

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Construction 10 

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Bankston, Kim 21 

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Berry Hill Bistro 10 

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Bridge Sportsmen 26 

Burgard Iris Farm 48 

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Camp Roberts 

Museum 33 

Casey Printing 58 

Casper, EJ, DDS 39 

Chalekson, Dr. Char 49 

Cider Creek 45 

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City-Recreation 42 

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Connect Home Loans 7 

Country Oaks Glass 41 

Covenant Presbyterian 35 

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Daylight Gardens 13 

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Dutch Maytag 18 

Eddington Funeral Svs 58 

El Paso de Robles Hist 31 

El Paso Storage 57 

Estrella Restaurant 43 

Estrella Warbirds 4 

First Baptist Church 35 

Forsythe, Dr. 55 

Friends of Library 36 

Frontier Floors 19 

Fusion Real Estate 52 

Gallagher Video 39 

Gettmann, Mary Ann 35 

Gilliss, Keith/PRIME 39 

with PASO ARTSFEST to accomplish 

two important missions – attract 

art-loving visitors to the Central 

Coast on Memorial Day weekend 

and then work with Studios on the 

Park to bring local school children 

to the Castle for an art field trip during 

the 2014 school year. FHC is hosting a behindthe-scenes 

art-focused tour on Friday, May 23. 

Limited to 100 people, the tour led by a special artfocused 

guide, will highlight the unique art collection 

of the Castle and include a luncheon on the beautiful 

terraces of La Casa del Mar, one of the gorgeous 

guest houses on the hilltop. 

“Friends of Hearst Castle is excited to be a sponsor 

of the 2014 PASO ARTSFEST and are looking 

forward to hosting visitors for the special Art Tour 

and Luncheon at Hearst Castle on Friday, May 23,” 

states Kristin Rasmussen, board president of Friends 

of Hearst Castle. “Building a relationship with the 

Central Coast arts community and reminding visitors 

to the area of the Castle’s close proximity to Paso 

Robles wine country is a great way to reach new audiences 

for both organizations.” Tickets for this special 

tour can be purchased at www.pasoartsfest.com 

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Hope Family Wines 38 

Idler’s 63 

Jaffa Cafe 19 

Lansford Dental 21 

Live Oak Church 11 

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Lube N Go 32 

Main St Animal Hosp 49 

Michaels Optical 12 

Mikulics 57 

Moffatt, Jim-Edward 

Jones 11 

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Natural Health 

Solutions 59 

Nature’s Remedy 51 

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Oaks Hotel 37 

Odyssey Cafe 39 

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Paso Massage 

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PR Chamber of Comm 59 

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Friends of Library 36 

PR Glass 47 

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PR Inn 2 

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PR Land Co 43 

PR Main Street 33 

PR Pet Boarding 56 

The MAIN EVENT 

The Outdoor Fine Art Show & Sale will 

feature 50+ nationally- and regionally-acclaimed 

artists who will exhibit and sell artworks ranging 

from painting, jewelry, drawing, ceramic, glass, 

textiles, wood, photography and mixed media on 

Saturday, May 24. 

Thanks to donations from local wineries in 

support of the arts, PASO ARTSFEST has the 

best wine bar in all of Paso Robles. It will be set 

up in the center of the park during 

the Main Event. Nowhere else on 

earth can you find L’Aventure, JUS- 

TIN Isosceles and Windward Pinot 

(among other stellar options) by the 

glass! 100% of the proceeds from wine 

sales at ARTSFEST go to benefit the 

arts in Paso Robles. 

The Kids Art Smart Zone, located 

along Spring Street, will again have eight 

hands-on art stations for kids, along with a 

full day’s performances on the youth stage, 

musical petting zoo, face painters, stilt walkers, etc. 

The extremely popular Sand Masters will return 

with an expanded sand sculpting area on Pine Street 

that will feature demonstrations on the hour and 

half hour. 

There will again be live music throughout the day 

on Pine Street, the signature exhibition showing at 

Studios on the Park, festival merchandise for sale, 

a free Bike Valet service and the signature and 

ever-popular stilt walkers will return to stalk the park, 

to the delight of all. 

There will be food and beverages for sale in the 

park. A portion of the day’s proceeds, including 

food, beverage and art sales, goes to benefit Studios 

on the Park community art programs. 

For more information on the entire weeks’ worth 

of activities, including art workshops, dinners and wine 

tours, go to www.pasoartsfest.com. 

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Office 41 

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Symphony of 

the Vines 47 

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The Loft 34 

Tolosa Childrens 

Dental 18 

Tree of Life 15 

Tubb, J.K. 

Landscaping 46 

Urgent Care 

Twin Cities 17 

Varian Kennels 53 

Vic’s Cafe 20 

Vivant Fine Cheese 16 

Western Heritage RE 12 

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2014 April PASO Magazine

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