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CONTENTS<br />
AUGUST <strong>2013</strong> volume 13 number 4<br />
A Monthly Look at Life in our Remarkable Communities<br />
Feature Stories<br />
Departments<br />
12 WHAT IF...<br />
A Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
EXCLUSIVE (as of press time)<br />
Local group hopes to convert former<br />
California Youth Authority to Paso Robles<br />
Charter School & Youth Center<br />
46 Hoofbeat<br />
By Dorothy Rogers<br />
Hoofbeat Calendar and Trail Tales<br />
10 Ol’ Oaken Bucket<br />
Filled with Humor, Timely Tidbits, and<br />
Mesmorizing Memorabilia..stuff you didn’t<br />
realize you need to know.<br />
14 Education<br />
• Back to School Helpful Do’s and Don’ts<br />
• Preparing for Back-To-School Night<br />
• Bearcat Boosters Gear up for <strong>2013</strong>-2014<br />
• 1993 PRHS Class Reunion Planned<br />
• Booker Shines in Debut at<br />
Operation Purple Camp<br />
• Class Act Excels in Arizona<br />
24 Paso People<br />
• Robert Burton is Paso’s New Police Chief<br />
• Pioneer Day Parade to Showcase the<br />
Restored Birmingham Grain Wagons<br />
• Quasquicentennial Update<br />
- The Paso’s School Issue/Calendars<br />
• Winemakers Vie for Honors at<br />
Paso Robles Rotary Club’s Annual Cookoff<br />
• must! Charities New Collaboration<br />
with Food Bank<br />
• Dale Zeulner Inducted into the<br />
Police & Fire Games Hall of Fame<br />
• Don Jacobs Honored as Rotarian of Year<br />
• SAVOR the Central Coast set for<br />
September 26-29<br />
• Local Relay for Life Raises Over<br />
$100,000 for American Cancer Society<br />
• This N That - A Collection of ‘Stuff’<br />
• Golden State Classic Car Club<br />
Drives Donations Labor Day Weekend<br />
37 Round Town<br />
• Sue Aikens Twice in a Lifetime Journey<br />
to Ethiopia<br />
• Collaborative Effort ‘Across the Pond’<br />
Results in Above the Waves<br />
• County Perspective ‘<br />
- A Column by Bruce Curtis<br />
• San Miguel Reflections<br />
- A Column by Lynne Schmitz<br />
• Brushmarks <strong>2013</strong> Winners Announced<br />
• Cantinas Music Festival Features<br />
Major Christian Artists on <strong>August</strong> 24<br />
• 7th Annual Templeton Dog Splash Days<br />
• Templeton Update<br />
50 City of Paso Robles Library<br />
and Recreation<br />
Cool stuff to do for the month ahead!<br />
52 Business<br />
• The SLO CountyWine Industry Awards<br />
• Plan to Attend Wellness Kitchen’s<br />
SOUL Kitchen and Top Chef Competition<br />
• Growth at HFG Necessitates<br />
Move to New Building<br />
• Business Spotlight<br />
- A Column by Millie Drum<br />
• Ancient Oil Meets Hi Tech<br />
at Kiler Ridge Olive Farm<br />
• What’s Happening on Main Street?<br />
60 Time & Place<br />
Where to find just about anything<br />
and everything to do in <strong>August</strong><br />
63 Last Word<br />
The Paderewski Piano With a Past<br />
Arrives at Paso Robles Inn<br />
By Melissa Chavez<br />
On the cover: What if? Local group hopes to convert former California Youth<br />
Authority to Paso Robles Charter School & Youth Center. Photo by Richard Baker.<br />
EDITORIAL DEADLINE:<br />
7 th of each month preceding publication<br />
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10 th of each month preceding publication<br />
Phone: (805) 239-1533<br />
E-mail:<br />
bob@pasoroblesmagazine.com<br />
Mailing address: P.O. Box 3996,<br />
Paso Robles, CA 93447<br />
In town drop off: Dutch Maytag,<br />
1501 Riverside, Paso Robles<br />
Web: pasoroblesmagazine.com<br />
HOW TO REACH US<br />
Founding Co-Publisher:<br />
Karen Chute 1949-2004<br />
Publisher/Editor: Bob Chute<br />
Editorial Consultants:<br />
Chris Weygandt Alba and<br />
Steven Martin<br />
Advertising: Millie Drum, Pam<br />
Osborn, Jamie Self, Melissa Chavez,<br />
Steven Martin and Bob Chute<br />
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Graphics and advertising composition by Janice Pluma, Warpaint Graphics,<br />
editorial composition, Travis Ruppe, David Butz, art production.<br />
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Sterling Silver Jewelry<br />
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The Arms of Love<br />
I give to you a gift<br />
That comes from my heart.<br />
It's a gift that keeps giving<br />
Whether together or apart.<br />
Let me be your refuge.<br />
I love you very much.<br />
Rest in my arms of love.<br />
Enjoy my tender touch.<br />
For my arms of love I give<br />
To keep you safe from harm,<br />
As I hold on to you so tightly<br />
In my ever loving arms.<br />
©Deborah J. Birdoes<br />
I Promise You the Moon and Stars<br />
If I could climb to the heavenlies<br />
I’d pick three stars for you.<br />
Each one for our past, present and<br />
future.<br />
To show I love you as I do.<br />
For today with you is a gift<br />
With all of its joy and sorrow.<br />
Holding the memories of yesterday<br />
As well as the promise of tomorrow.<br />
Just like the stars and moon above<br />
You illuminate my soul.<br />
Capturing my heart again and again<br />
More than you’ll ever know.<br />
©Deborah J. Birdoes<br />
Harvest<br />
I worked so hard each day,<br />
But felt I got nowhere.<br />
I looked around and saw<br />
There was nothing there.<br />
So I sought my Father’s help.<br />
I cried to Him in prayer.<br />
He took me in His arms<br />
To show how much He cared.<br />
I worked but gave my time to Him<br />
To find abundance beyond compare.<br />
It was in our relationship<br />
That I saw the harvest there.<br />
Seeds of growth were cultivated<br />
His grace and glory, may fare.<br />
The planting of my harvest<br />
Blossomed from my prayer.<br />
©Deborah J. Birdoes<br />
Pat & Nick<br />
“The Jewel of Downtown” Supporting Paso Since 1976<br />
Tanya and June<br />
1224 Pine Street • Downtown Paso Robles, CA 93446 • (805) 238-2231 • www.panjewelers.com<br />
The Jewelry Doctors at Pan Jewelers<br />
Caution! Chlorine Can Damage Gold And Pearls<br />
Chlorine is a valuable disinfectant with many popular uses, but it can be very harmful to karat gold<br />
jewelry and delicate pearls of every kind.<br />
Even in diluted amounts, chlorine can harm any kind of gold…yellow, pink, and especially white gold,<br />
because it can erode the nickel alloy in it and possibly cause weakened prongs and settings. Chlorine is<br />
also bad news for precious pearls, both cultured and freshwater, since it can easily damage a pearl’s<br />
delicate surface and reduce its luster and beautiful iridescence.<br />
Most swimming pool water contains chlorine, so be sure to remove your gold and pearl jewelry before<br />
taking a dip.<br />
Chlorine is also present in many household products such as bleach, detergents, soaps, and cleaners.<br />
So when using any of these products, always take your jewelry off or wear rubber gloves.<br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 7
Just a<br />
Thought<br />
By Bob Chute<br />
Well now, we’ve been working<br />
on the proposed Charter School<br />
story you’ll read about on page 12<br />
for several weeks now and have<br />
been hoping we could get it to you<br />
as an EXCLUSIVE. The committee<br />
was kind enough to offer that to us<br />
and I have no way of knowing on<br />
the 20th of July (when I’m writing<br />
this) if we were actually able to<br />
pull it off. I can only hope...<br />
Exclusive or not, you’re going to<br />
enjoy reading Melissa Chavez’s excellent<br />
story on page 12, along with<br />
photos by Richard Baker among<br />
others, describing the hopes of the<br />
committee seeking to convert the<br />
approximately 157 acre former El<br />
Paso de Robles Correctional Youth<br />
Facility to the tentatively-named<br />
Paso Robles Charter School &<br />
Youth Center on Airport Road. An<br />
amazing endeavor to say the least.<br />
Check it out.<br />
Back to School<br />
It’s back to school for area youth<br />
this month and we have several<br />
stories by Judy Bedell, starting on<br />
page14, to assist students and their<br />
parents in preparations to return to<br />
the classroom...plus you can read<br />
about Bearcat Boosters and details<br />
on the plans for the PRHS Class<br />
of 1993 Reunion the weekend of<br />
<strong>August</strong> 16-18.<br />
There’s several more amazing<br />
stories on a variety of topics sure to<br />
be enjoyed. Please check ‘em out and<br />
thanks for supporting our local advertisers<br />
that make our FREE mailing<br />
possible! Don’t forget you can<br />
see the entire Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
on line after the 3rd of each month<br />
at pasoroblesmagazine.com. Check<br />
out past issues, only back as far as<br />
April of this year so far, at...<br />
pasoroblesmagazine.com/pdf/<br />
<strong>2013</strong>.04_PasoRobles<strong>Magazine</strong>.pdf<br />
The <strong>2013</strong>.04 connotes April. If you<br />
want May, replace the 04 with 05,<br />
etc. We plan to completely update<br />
our website in the months ahead.<br />
Stay tuned.<br />
Congrats on great fair<br />
Once again, I tip my cap to CEO<br />
Vivian Robertson and her crew at<br />
the California Mid State Fair.<br />
Awesome job, gang. We were there<br />
almost every day and loved it. Our<br />
grandkids really appreciated the<br />
rides in the kiddy area - seemed like<br />
there were new ones this year - and<br />
the workers were extremely polite<br />
helping them...much appreciated<br />
by Gramps and GmaRho!<br />
Congrats to Vina Robles<br />
as well<br />
Vina Robles opened their new<br />
Amphitheatre during July and the<br />
facility is absolutely first class. The<br />
sound system is fantastic, I don’t think<br />
Top: PR Chamber Grand Opening<br />
ribbon cutting honoring Vina Robles<br />
Amphitheatre. Left: YES guitarist Steve<br />
Howe (photo by Mike Kosin), and right,<br />
Jim Reed leads the Amphitheatre tour.<br />
there’s a bad seat in the place, and the<br />
overall ambiance is wonderful...excuse<br />
the superlatives but if you’ve been there<br />
you know what I mean. If not, check it<br />
out. They have an awesome lineup of<br />
acts set up by AEG Goldenvoice and<br />
I’m sure it will get only better once<br />
the word gets out that such a facility,<br />
seating 3500, is now available on<br />
the Central Coast! We were guests<br />
for the opening night performance of<br />
YES and plan on attending at least<br />
five more shows.<br />
We also enjoyed a tour of the facility<br />
before opening night by Project<br />
Manager Tim Reed along with<br />
their official ribbon cutting. The<br />
venue is adjacent to Vina Robles<br />
Hospitality Center at 3700 Mill<br />
Road, just eight minutes east from<br />
the heart of Paso Robles...<br />
AR & Company Donates In-Kind Services to<br />
“It’s been a long pursuit, but Vina<br />
Robles has incredible ownership,”<br />
said Reed. He credits founder/owner<br />
Hans Nef and Hans Michel, Vina<br />
Robles’ managing partner, for their<br />
desire to produce high-quality wines<br />
and with a long-range view for the<br />
area. “After speaking with a mutual<br />
marketing friend and seeing the<br />
property, I realized it was a natural<br />
setting for an amphitheatre. Vina<br />
Robles had a great vision for the Paso<br />
Robles region and grasped the idea.”<br />
Coming soon...Warbirds<br />
Over Paso Returns!<br />
Estrella Warbirds and Planes of<br />
Fame brought back one of the finest<br />
airs shows in Paso Robles during<br />
September of 2012, after an<br />
absence of over ten years, presenting<br />
truly unique aircraft for an air<br />
show that entertained the whole<br />
family. You can expect another<br />
full day of celebration at the Paso<br />
Robles Municipal Airport and the<br />
Estrella Warbirds Museum when<br />
the Estrella Warbirds and Planes of<br />
Fame again present Warbirds Over<br />
Paso Air Show on Saturday, Oct. 5.<br />
Watch for a feature story by our resident<br />
pilot Bruce Curtis next month!<br />
Personal<br />
Daughter Annie celebrates<br />
her birthday<br />
on Friday, Aug. 16.<br />
Have a fantabulous<br />
day!<br />
Loaves & Fishes, a Christian<br />
ministry that exists to feed the<br />
hungry of the greater Paso Robles<br />
area, has been awarded the <strong>2013</strong><br />
AR & Co. PR & Marketing Charity<br />
Event Promotion Program<br />
(CEPP). Designed as a way of giving<br />
back to the community that<br />
has supported AR & Company<br />
for the last 11 years, the program<br />
assists one North County charity<br />
per year with the promotion of an<br />
upcoming charitable event, at no<br />
cost to the charity.<br />
The Paso Robles-based full-service<br />
marketing agency will assist<br />
Loaves & Fishes volunteers and<br />
staff from now until February 2014<br />
to help promote the organization’s<br />
major fundraising event. The 6th<br />
Annual Loaves & Fishes Mardi<br />
Gras Dinner and Silent Auction<br />
will be held on February 25,<br />
2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church<br />
in Paso Robles. Attendees will be<br />
served by volunteer wait staff and<br />
can order off a Cajun – themed,<br />
one-of-a-kind menu.<br />
“We are incredibly grateful to<br />
receive AR & Company’s marketing<br />
and public relations services<br />
this year,” explains Loaves & Fishes<br />
Executive Director Jackie Sebro.<br />
“With their expertise and assistance,<br />
we hope to grow attendance<br />
and raise the much needed funds<br />
that we are short for next year’s basic<br />
level of operations. The event is<br />
very special and close to my heart.<br />
We will serve homemade, authentic<br />
Cajun food and I’ll be using my<br />
dad’s recipes passed down to me<br />
which are all especially delicious.”<br />
Please see AR & CO page 10<br />
CRABTREE AND EVELYN<br />
Largest<br />
Gift store on<br />
the Central<br />
Coast<br />
805-239-3032<br />
www.countryfloristandgift.com<br />
Von’s Shopping Center • 1191 Creston Rd.<br />
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THEY ARE COMING! MARK THE DATE!<br />
including Ernie Andreini in his<br />
super Stearman & P-51 Mustang!<br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 9
Ahhh...Youth!<br />
Congrats to the staff of the<br />
California Mid State Fair...it was<br />
awesome! Rho and I attended on<br />
several occasions<br />
but on opening<br />
night we were in<br />
the carnival area<br />
with grandkids,<br />
3 year old Riley<br />
and 5 year old<br />
Dustin (and mom,<br />
Annie), taking<br />
in the rides (see<br />
photos) when a couple of teen<br />
age girls walked past us from the<br />
Frontier Stage area where an<br />
Eagles tribute band was playing.<br />
One of the girls stated matterof-factly,<br />
“They have those shows<br />
for the poor people that can’t<br />
afford the grandstand shows.”<br />
Ahhh, youth.<br />
* * *<br />
Riddles for the Kids<br />
What three words did Adam use<br />
when he introduced himself to Eve,<br />
which read the same backwards and<br />
forwards?<br />
Madam, I’m Adam.<br />
If a dog lost his tail, where should<br />
he go to get another one?<br />
To a big store where they retail<br />
everything.<br />
Look into my face and I’m everybody;<br />
Scratch my back and I’m<br />
nobody. Who am I?<br />
A mirror.<br />
Why are people so tired on April<br />
1?<br />
They’ve all just finished a March of<br />
thirty-one days.<br />
* * *<br />
Excessive Skepticism<br />
A guy and his dog go into a barroom.<br />
The bartender says, “Hey, get<br />
that dog out of here... we don’t allow<br />
dogs in here.”<br />
Wait a minute, the guy says,<br />
“This is no ordinary dog! This is<br />
‘Plato’ the talking dog!”<br />
“Yeah, sure” says the bartender.<br />
I’ll prove it to you,” says the guy.<br />
“Plato... what’s on top of a building?”<br />
“ROOF!” says the dog.<br />
“Look,” says the bartender, “just<br />
how dumb do you think I am?”<br />
“Wait a minute,” says the guy.<br />
“Plato, how does sandpaper feel?”<br />
“RUFF!” says the dog.<br />
“Do I have ‘stupid’ tattooed across<br />
my forehead or something,” says the<br />
bartender. “Now get that dog out of<br />
here!”<br />
“Wait.. I’m not through,” says the<br />
guy. “Plato, who was the greatest<br />
baseball player of all time?”<br />
“RUTH!” says the dog.<br />
“That does it!!” says the bartender,<br />
and he throws them both out on<br />
the street.<br />
Outside, the dog looks at his<br />
owner and says, “Do you think I<br />
should have gone with DiMaggio?”<br />
* * *<br />
Yet more SPAM<br />
“A SPAMBURGER, ‘the only<br />
hamburger actually made with<br />
ham,’” can be made by grilling, panfrying,<br />
or broiling a slice of SPAM,<br />
and then layering the slice with<br />
lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, and<br />
cheese on a hamburger bun.<br />
“Hormel Foods’ cookbook, The<br />
Great Taste of SPAM, includes recipes<br />
for SPAM Stew with Buttermilk<br />
Topping, SPAM Fajitas, and SPAM<br />
Strudels with Mustard Sauce.”<br />
- Offbeat Uses for Everyday Things<br />
by Joey Green<br />
Cleveland Browns fan zings<br />
team in his obituary<br />
You may have seen this one in<br />
the papers and on TV recently but<br />
I just had to share it. Lifelong<br />
season ticket holder Scott Emtsinger<br />
got in one final jab at the<br />
underachieving franchise. Scott<br />
died recently at the age of 55. The<br />
Columbus, Ohio native was listed<br />
in his obituary as a husband, a<br />
father, a 32-year General<br />
Motors employee and also<br />
an accomplished musician.<br />
He was also listed as a<br />
lifelong Cleveland Browns<br />
fan who “also wrote a song<br />
each year and sent it to the<br />
Cleveland Browns as well<br />
as offering other advice on<br />
how to run the team.”<br />
AR & CO from page 8<br />
The event is open to the public<br />
and proceeds will go to funding<br />
which will provide nutritionally<br />
balanced food for the needy.<br />
“Choosing which organization<br />
to award with this year’s in-kind<br />
donation was a very tough decision,”<br />
says AR & Co. Founder<br />
Angela Robinson. “Each of the<br />
organizations that submitted proposals<br />
addresses essential needs<br />
in our community and works to<br />
make the North County the amazing<br />
place we call home. In the end,<br />
the staff and I are very excited to<br />
But his final bit of wisdom when<br />
it came to the franchise was this<br />
impressive zinger.<br />
“He respectfully requests six<br />
Cleveland Browns pall bearers<br />
so the Browns can let him down<br />
one last time.”<br />
Well played, Scott.<br />
support the noble work of Loaves<br />
& Fishes as they provide vital services<br />
for the needy in our community.”<br />
Loaves & Fishes is located at<br />
2650 Spring Street, Paso Robles,<br />
open to walk-ins weekdays (except<br />
holidays) from 2 to 4 p.m., and<br />
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30<br />
to 7 p.m.<br />
To donate via PayPal or for more<br />
information about Loaves & Fishes,<br />
visit LoavesAndFishesPaso.org,<br />
or call 238-4742. For media inquiries,<br />
contact press agency AR &<br />
Co. PR & Marketing at 239-4443<br />
or email pr@arandcompany.com.<br />
Oops... In our constantly running mode<br />
we made a mistake last month and incorrectly<br />
named the young lady on our cover. We feel awful.<br />
It’s fun to see your photo on the cover but then<br />
to realize we have your name wrong....major bummer.<br />
Correctly, the On the Cover caption on the Contents<br />
page should have identified her as Rachel Wilkins. She<br />
won Grand Champion Meat Rabbits from Lockwood<br />
4-H at the 2012 Fair.<br />
My apologies (and congratulations) to Rachel and her family.<br />
Bob Chute - Owner/Publisher, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
Wrap up your Groundbreaking<br />
Summer Adventure with the Paso<br />
Robles City Library’s <strong>August</strong> programs<br />
and activities.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 1: Bicycle Safety, 1 p.m.,<br />
Library Conference Room. Educators<br />
from the SLO Country Bicycle<br />
Coalition will talk about how to<br />
stay safe on a bicycle and highlight<br />
the best places you can explore by<br />
bike on the Central Coast.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 1: Movie, 7 p.m., Library<br />
Conference Room. Academy Award<br />
<strong>August</strong> Programs at the Library<br />
Winning film first to win best picture,<br />
actor, actress, director and writing,<br />
starring Clark Gable and Claudette<br />
Colbert.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 8: Luce Puppets, The Wizard<br />
of Oz, 1 p.m., Library Conference<br />
Room (free tickets required); 3 p.m.<br />
Study Center (tickets not required).<br />
Luce Puppets performs on a colorful,<br />
portable puppet stage. Beautiful,<br />
hand-made puppets will bring to life<br />
Dorothy and her friends from the<br />
Land of Oz.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 8: Science of Earthquakes,<br />
7 p.m., Library Conference Room<br />
(registration required). Join physicist<br />
John Jasbinsek for an informative<br />
discussion on earthquakes.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 15: Book Group, 7 p.m.,<br />
Library Conference Room. Join in<br />
this month’s discussion of Cheryl<br />
Strayed’s Wild – the story of her<br />
journey on the Pacific Crest Trail as<br />
she tries to find healing following<br />
her mother’s death.<br />
<strong>August</strong> 29: Pajama Storytime, 6:30<br />
p.m., Library Story Hour Room.<br />
Bring your PJs and someone to<br />
snuggle with!<br />
The Paso Robles City Library is<br />
located at 1000 Spring Street and<br />
is open Monday – Friday 10 a.m.<br />
to 8 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. to<br />
5 p.m. For more information on library<br />
programs and events, please<br />
call 237-3870 or visit www.prcity.<br />
com/library.<br />
10 Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 11
Could the California Youth Authority Site<br />
Become a Charter School?<br />
By Melissa Chavez<br />
“What if...?”<br />
Consider the number of cures and<br />
groundbreaking discoveries that began with<br />
“what if...?”<br />
Several successful educators are asking<br />
that very question. They are seriously<br />
considering the former El Paso de Robles<br />
Correctional Youth Facility as the perfect<br />
location to establish the tentatively-named<br />
Paso Robles Charter School & Youth<br />
Center. The estimated 157-acre site is<br />
located inside the city limits at 4545<br />
Airport Road, just north of Highway<br />
46-East.<br />
Vision for a love of learning<br />
Described as a collaborative learning<br />
environment, Paso Robles Charter School<br />
& Youth Center would offer a “hands-on,<br />
diverse, relevant, dynamic and interactive”<br />
curriculum. A primary goal is to ensure that<br />
“students remain engaged and intrinsically<br />
motivated to learn.” To help accomplish<br />
this, the school would offer a program<br />
with a variety of courses, including “discovery<br />
learning camps, technology, the<br />
arts, physical and character education, life<br />
skills, service learning, and languages designed<br />
to prepare students for educational<br />
and internship opportunities.” After-school<br />
programs would further enhance the daily<br />
curriculum.<br />
Among the co-founders are three longtime<br />
area educators. Bob Bourgault is the<br />
current Director/Principal of Almond Acres<br />
Elementary Charter School in San Miguel<br />
and past principal/educator at Liberty High<br />
Continuation School in Paso Robles. Jim<br />
Fotinakes is a past principal of Templeton<br />
High School and co-founder of Almond<br />
Acres Elementary Charter School, and Lyle<br />
Porter, also a co-founder at Almond Acres,<br />
is widely known as the founder of Mission<br />
Prep High School in San Luis Obispo. Assisting<br />
them are many supportive community<br />
partners from all walks of life with career<br />
experience in education, coaching and<br />
business consultation.<br />
Site use possibilities abound<br />
When one considers the prohibitive costs<br />
of new classroom construction, what already<br />
exists is very attractive. A total of 44<br />
structures on the level parcel includes classrooms,<br />
offices, a main building with conference<br />
rooms, two gymnasiums, swimming<br />
and diving facilities, a theater, technology<br />
buildings, sports fields and courts, a 200-<br />
seat dining hall, kitchen and bakery, barbecue<br />
and picnic areas, agricultural land, and<br />
six single-family homes.<br />
The site possibilities are wide-ranging<br />
and would include a preschool, a charter<br />
K-8th grade and charter high school,<br />
after-school programs, language and arts,<br />
tutoring and mentoring, trade-based<br />
training and apprenticeships, a variety<br />
of sports (including baseball, basketball,<br />
volleyball, tennis, swimming, diving, and<br />
track and field), onsite customer service<br />
and entrepreneurial opportunities, an<br />
Independent Study Support Network,<br />
and an Autistic Center to service a growing<br />
population of youths with very specific<br />
needs.<br />
Relevant, interactive and<br />
hands-on learning<br />
Classes in all grades would include a concentration<br />
on English and Language Arts<br />
(including cross-cultural immersion), an<br />
emphasis on spelling, grammar and literary<br />
arts, mathematics (tailored to learning style),<br />
science classes (with seamless transferability<br />
to/from other campuses), plus history and<br />
social studies classes with an emphasis on<br />
global issues. Visual and performing arts<br />
curriculum would include multimedia, theater,<br />
photography and video classes. Physical<br />
education, nutrition classes and onsite<br />
lunches would encourage children to eat<br />
wholesome foods, not only for their physical<br />
well-being, but also to enhance their<br />
academic success.<br />
12 Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>
“Real-world” education would prepare<br />
students toward confident self-sufficiency<br />
as they grow and mature. Character<br />
education would be taught and put into<br />
practice through mutual cooperation<br />
among students and teachers to encourage<br />
a sense of belonging, and self-empowerment<br />
would be fostered toward healthy<br />
life choices.<br />
Basic Life Skills would be a key concept<br />
for students to learn. Grade-appropriate<br />
classes in finance, business, career and home<br />
management would help students develop a<br />
working knowledge of how to steward and<br />
disperse their own resources.<br />
To help ensure a successful education,<br />
a Learning-Style Assessment and Personalized<br />
Learning Plan would be created for<br />
every student following educational precounseling<br />
and pre-semester registration.<br />
California State Standards and Common<br />
Core Standards would be used as a baseline<br />
for curriculum and administration of<br />
standardized tests by fully credentialed teachers.<br />
Another goal of the proposed school<br />
would be to establish “effective, efficient<br />
learning at school and respect for family time<br />
at home.”<br />
Military origins<br />
More commonly known as the “boy’s<br />
school,” the property was originally used<br />
as a Marine Corps Units base, adjacent to<br />
Estrella Army Airfield. From 1947-2008,<br />
the converted property operated as one of<br />
eight California Youth Authority facilities<br />
to house and rehabilitate over 250 young<br />
adult criminals. Passage of SB 81 legislation,<br />
however, later mandated that offenders<br />
remain with their originating counties of<br />
commitment, thereby reducing the population<br />
of juvenile incarceration. Upon its<br />
closure, more than 400 current and retired<br />
staff, dedicated volunteers and area residents<br />
weathered summer’s triple digits in an<br />
official ceremony to bid goodbye as a color<br />
guard and honor guard removed our Flag<br />
suspended high above.<br />
A reincarnation of the site into the<br />
Estrella Correctional Facility for adult inmates,<br />
a reactivated Cal Fire Conservation<br />
Camp and a reentry facility were short-lived<br />
under budget issues (estimated at over $111<br />
million) and ongoing community scrutiny.<br />
The State also rescinded implementation<br />
of the Central Coast Regional Secure<br />
Community Reentry Facility due to the<br />
expense for environmental site study, new<br />
construction and state budget allocations.<br />
Given a 70-percent recidivism rate within<br />
the California State prison system, both<br />
projects seemed doomed from the start. The<br />
facilities have since sat like a barbed-wire<br />
ghost town, and many in North County<br />
have wondered what might become of the<br />
sprawling acreage.<br />
A brighter outlook for<br />
future generations<br />
Recently, a <strong>2013</strong> Surplus Land Bill, AB<br />
826, included the Estrella Correctional Facility<br />
for disposal as surplus real estate, effective<br />
January 1, 2014. Surplus property is<br />
sold pursuant to Government Code Section<br />
11011 and 11011.1. If there is no local<br />
government agency interest in the parcel,<br />
it will be determined whether the property<br />
will be sold as-is. A surplus purchase could<br />
afford an innovative opportunity, not only for<br />
Paso Robles Charter School to find a place<br />
to establish and thrive, but to provide<br />
redemption for old prison cells.<br />
Unlike the public’s concern for a prison<br />
facility over the past five years, might the<br />
community of Paso Robles welcome a charter<br />
school with open-armed support and<br />
enroll their children, too? What has continually<br />
been a financial eyesore for the State<br />
could very well be a serendipitous match<br />
for Paso Robles and parents considering<br />
other alternatives.<br />
Want to learn more about Paso Robles<br />
Charter School & Youth Center? Email Jim<br />
Fotinakes at jfotinakes@yahoo.com.<br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 13
EDUCATION & YOUTH<br />
DO start adjusting weekday bedtime<br />
schedules to earlier times and limiting late<br />
night television and video/computer game<br />
playing. Going to bed early and getting<br />
up on a school schedule starting two<br />
weeks before the actual start of school is<br />
the most effective way to get students back<br />
in routine and eliminates stress those first<br />
few weeks back.<br />
DON’T go on a before school shopping<br />
spree for school supplies unless you actually<br />
know what the teachers will require.<br />
Many of the big box stores have lists of<br />
needed supplies by grade level but these<br />
are created to sell school supplies and are<br />
often NOT the supplies your child will<br />
actually be asked to bring in. Of course<br />
the backpack and lunch pail are always<br />
standard equipment and fun to purchase<br />
and take on the first day. With prices<br />
rising and budgets shrinking, wait to see<br />
what your child’s school will provide before<br />
purchasing school supplies this year.<br />
DO make your child a list of important<br />
contacts and phone numbers in case<br />
of emergencies. This list can be kept in a<br />
wallet, purse or cell phone for older students<br />
and in the backpack for the younger<br />
ones. Consider getting your child an<br />
ID bracelet with your cell phone number<br />
and contact information. This is a<br />
great idea for younger students who have<br />
yet to memorize their phone numbers.<br />
Don’t forget to update the list and contact<br />
the school when your phone number<br />
changes. Many schools are using autodialer<br />
phone call systems to remind you<br />
about upcoming events and activities and<br />
to receive the message, they need a working<br />
phone number.<br />
DON’T plan a big vacation or trip the<br />
weekend before school begins. Spend<br />
some time just relaxing and being together<br />
as a family. If your child will be attending<br />
a new school, take a stroll around the<br />
campus after you get off work or on the<br />
Helpful Do’s<br />
and Don’ts<br />
By Judy Bedell<br />
weekend and check out where the classrooms<br />
are, the location of restrooms and<br />
the cafeteria and office.<br />
DO make sure you and your elementary<br />
age children have a password that<br />
will be shared in the event you have an<br />
emergency and have to send a friend or<br />
co-worker to pick them up. Children<br />
should be taught not to go with strangers<br />
unless they know the password.<br />
This way no one can convince your<br />
child you have been in<br />
an accident and need to<br />
get in the car with him<br />
or her to be taken to see<br />
you. Don’t frighten your<br />
children, but have a plan in<br />
place to assure their safety.<br />
DON’T forget to have<br />
the camera and/or phone charged for those<br />
first day photos.<br />
DO set up a basket or box to use for<br />
papers you need to read and possibly<br />
sign and return to school. There is a lot of<br />
paperwork the first few weeks and with<br />
multiple children it can get misplaced<br />
and lost if there is not a designated spot<br />
for you to check.<br />
DON’T forget to check the bus schedule.<br />
For Paso Robles Schools, it can be<br />
found at www.pasoschools.com under<br />
Support Services. Make sure both you<br />
and your child have a designated place to<br />
meet after school or if they will be walking<br />
or riding a bike home, practice the route<br />
before school actually begins.<br />
DO make sure your child has picked<br />
up a pencil and used it at least once<br />
before school actually begins. Writing<br />
shopping lists, letters to friends and<br />
relatives, or a journal of final summer<br />
activities are all great ways to get back in<br />
the writing routine.<br />
DON’T forget to listen to your child’s<br />
concerns or worries about returning to<br />
school. What might seem like a silly problem<br />
to an adult can cause a child much<br />
stress and anxiety. Encourage your child to<br />
talk to you about what is bothering her and<br />
then make a plan to address the concerns.<br />
DO discuss and put in writing a plan<br />
for when and where homework will<br />
be done. Some families find doing it right<br />
after school works best while others like<br />
to wait until dinner is over. Splitting the<br />
tasks in half and doing some work immediately<br />
after school and then the rest after<br />
dinner works well too. Pencil<br />
in activities such as Awanas,<br />
Girl Scouts, or football and<br />
teach your child time management<br />
skills by planning<br />
ahead each week to get<br />
homework done around the<br />
various activities.<br />
DON’T forget to label backpacks,<br />
lunch pails, sweatshirts and other easily<br />
misplaced items. Every few months,<br />
schools send thousands of dollars worth of<br />
clothing to thrift shops when it is left on<br />
the playground and no name is found to<br />
return the jacket or sweatshirt to the rightful<br />
owner.<br />
DO give lots of hugs and make time<br />
to hear all of the news during the first<br />
few days back at school. It is a time for<br />
new beginnings, new friendships and new<br />
knowledge.<br />
185 Niblick Rd.<br />
Paso Robles CA 93446<br />
14 Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 15
EDUCATION & YOUTH<br />
By Judy Bedell<br />
Back to School Night is an<br />
important date to mark on your<br />
calendar. Even if you have children<br />
at three different schools,<br />
or you are sending your last<br />
child off to kindergarten, you<br />
should make an effort to go.<br />
Many changes are in the works<br />
with new state standards and<br />
Back-to-School Night is also a<br />
wonderful opportunity for community<br />
members to see just how<br />
rigorous the curriculum now is.<br />
At Back-to-School Night<br />
the teacher has the opportunity<br />
to present an overview of the<br />
year’s curriculum, share his/her<br />
classroom management and behavior<br />
plans, and let you know<br />
about any special events and<br />
dates that are forthcoming. Take<br />
along your dayplanner, smart<br />
phone or calendar and mark<br />
these dates down while you have<br />
the time.<br />
For parents, this evening also<br />
gives you a chance to see where<br />
your child is seated and to meet<br />
other parents of children in the<br />
class. Given today’s privacy<br />
laws, teachers are not allowed<br />
to give out<br />
a class list of<br />
phone numbers.<br />
So, introduce<br />
yourself<br />
to other<br />
parents and exchange<br />
phone numbers or e-mail<br />
in case your child needs an<br />
emergency ride to school or<br />
more often, clarification on that<br />
homework assignment your<br />
child suddenly forgot the directions<br />
for.<br />
With some schools having class<br />
sizes of 32 - 35 students, Backto-School<br />
Night is not the place<br />
for a private conference about<br />
your child and any concerns you<br />
have. Do let the teacher know<br />
when the best time to reach you is<br />
and that you<br />
value communication<br />
between<br />
school and<br />
home.<br />
Many teachers<br />
are now utilizing e-mail to keep<br />
in contact with busy working<br />
parents. Take along an index or<br />
business card that you can leave<br />
with the teacher/s that has your<br />
name, child’s name, and contact<br />
information on it.<br />
You can also list ways you are<br />
able to volunteer or help the<br />
teacher. For instance, if you work<br />
during school hours, maybe you<br />
can donate supplies for a special<br />
art project or milk and cookies<br />
for a reading rewards day.<br />
Also ask what projects or supplies<br />
the teacher may need. In<br />
years past the school provided<br />
ample Kleenex, pencils and paper.<br />
That is not the case today.<br />
See if other parents are interested<br />
in teaming up to supply a<br />
special art lesson or field trip<br />
for the classroom.<br />
Lastly, start a folder with<br />
the information you receive at<br />
Back-to-School Night. Keep it<br />
in a special place to refer to and<br />
add to it as the year progresses.<br />
There might be papers to sign and<br />
return so get those back to the<br />
school as soon as possible.<br />
If you are attending Back-to-<br />
School Night as a community<br />
member, introduce yourself to<br />
the teacher and let her know if<br />
you have an area of interest or expertise<br />
you could share with the<br />
class. Find out if there are any<br />
part-time jobs open at the school,<br />
such as yard duty supervision,<br />
which is a paid position that can<br />
be quite rewarding.<br />
Good communication and<br />
positive support from home<br />
and the community will help all<br />
children be successful.<br />
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 17
EDUCATION & YOUTH<br />
Bearcat Boosters Gear Up for <strong>2013</strong>-14<br />
By Judy Bedell<br />
Are you an alumnus of Paso<br />
Robles High School? Do your<br />
children or grandchildren participate<br />
in athletics at Paso<br />
Robles High School? Are you<br />
a local business owner with<br />
a commitment to supporting<br />
Bearcat Athletics and a desire<br />
to have your business name in<br />
the forefront at athletic events?<br />
The Paso Robles Bearcat<br />
Boosters want and need you.<br />
The Bearcat Boosters is a<br />
501c3 organization that supports<br />
all athletic teams at<br />
Paso Robles High<br />
Schools. Some of the<br />
projects the “Boosters”<br />
have taken on<br />
these past few years<br />
include paying for<br />
coach’s stipends to<br />
keep athletic programs running<br />
during tough financial<br />
times; providing uniforms and<br />
equipment for athletes; building<br />
a new softball shed; installing<br />
wind screens for tennis and<br />
purchasing a state of the art<br />
timing clock for<br />
water polo.<br />
Bringing back<br />
the tradition of<br />
Bearcat Pride and<br />
community support<br />
for the Paso<br />
Robles High<br />
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 19
EDUCATION & YOUTH<br />
Booker shines in debut at Operation Purple Camp<br />
Donna Pettit and her therapy<br />
dog, Booker, specifically a R.E.A.D.<br />
(Reading Education Assistance<br />
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on faces in the area and recently<br />
for the children involved in the<br />
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(Santa Barbara area).<br />
More about Booker later....but<br />
first a little background on the National<br />
Military Family Association<br />
and Operation Purple Camp.<br />
Military families often serve without<br />
asking for anything in return. But<br />
as needs arise, programs are required<br />
to address them. Based on what they<br />
have heard from the public, they have<br />
created several programs of their own<br />
to sustain military families.<br />
The military spouse scholarship<br />
program recognizes the importance<br />
of military spouse education and<br />
the difficulties that come with<br />
achieving higher education due<br />
to moves and expenses. Each year,<br />
hundreds of military spouses receive<br />
a scholarship to help them on the<br />
path to a successful career.<br />
In the 2004 Operation Purple®<br />
pilot season, the National Military<br />
Booker entertains Operations Purple campers,<br />
left, and hams it up for the TV crew, right.<br />
Family Association started with<br />
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to 1,000 children. Since then the<br />
program has grown and expanded<br />
and by summer’s end nearly 45,000<br />
military children and teens will have<br />
been served. The Operation Purple<br />
program also includes camps for<br />
teens, family retreats at the<br />
national parks, and camps<br />
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Donna Pettit with Booker<br />
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child bring a picture of his/her deployed<br />
parent to share with other<br />
campers. These pictures are then<br />
mounted on a Wall of<br />
Honor for all to enjoy.<br />
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was started in 2004 by<br />
the National Military<br />
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has served over 30,000<br />
kids to date. This summer<br />
there are 14 camps<br />
throughout the United<br />
States.”<br />
Through Pet Partners,<br />
Booker was recruited<br />
by Amy McCullough,<br />
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Humane Association. “Booker<br />
loved meeting all the kids - many<br />
of them decorated with camouflage<br />
face paint and posing for countless<br />
pictures,” said Pettit. “After observing<br />
Booker’s interaction with the<br />
campers, Amy asked me if an onsite<br />
film crew could use Booker to<br />
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Please see BOOKER page 22<br />
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 21
EDUCATION & YOUTH<br />
BOOKER from page 20 Pettit. “We’re now booked “Booker has recently been registered<br />
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They LOVE Booker, but it port Animal and he traveled with<br />
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Hallmark Channel plans to air this students, we’ve been given freedom<br />
show in November. For now, enjoy to roam the campus. One of my<br />
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from his proud stage mama.” to educate people on therapy animals<br />
and to be an ambassador for<br />
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during finals week helping students<br />
and staff de-stress from the Friends of the Library fundraiser in<br />
to assist Mr. and Mrs. Claus at the<br />
pressure of exams and grades,” said November (see photo).<br />
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 23
<strong>PASO</strong> PEOPLE<br />
Robert Burton is Paso’s new Police Chief<br />
By Chuck Desmond<br />
As you read this article, it has been<br />
fifteen months since we’ve had an official<br />
sworn-in police chief. What a<br />
great relief to have Robert Burton<br />
now filling the position. He is a person<br />
who has earned the title; plus the<br />
respect of those whom he will lead<br />
and those he has sworn to protect and<br />
those who placed their confidence in<br />
him when he was appointed.<br />
While most have undoubtedly<br />
heard his name, perhaps many may<br />
not know his background. Yours truly<br />
was able to spend a couple hours with<br />
the new chief on his very first morning<br />
in office.<br />
First, let’s start off with why his<br />
name is so familiar and then we’ll<br />
peel back the onion and have that<br />
“Ahh Haa” moment of recognition.<br />
The first part is easy. Except for the<br />
first year since he graduated from<br />
the police academy in 1995, Chief<br />
Burton has been with the Paso PD.<br />
Here’s how it came to be.<br />
Robert was born in Glendale in<br />
1965. Soon thereafter, his father a<br />
teacher, was hired at Cal Poly. And,<br />
that’s how the family moved to the<br />
Central Coast – SLO to be specific.<br />
Robert grew up there, graduated from<br />
high school there and, perhaps with<br />
a bit of a connection, was accepted<br />
into Cal Poly for his college education.<br />
College proved to be as good as<br />
gold: A) He graduated with a BS in<br />
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and B) He met a co-ed named Stacia.<br />
More about her in a minute.<br />
Finding work after graduation<br />
wasn’t too difficult but it did cause<br />
him to move to Fresno. After a couple<br />
years of “working for the man,” he<br />
and a friend opened their own printing<br />
business – also in Fresno. In the<br />
meanwhile, he had been making the<br />
“weekend commute” back and forth to<br />
see Stacia. When she graduated and<br />
since their marriage seemed destined<br />
– they did that and now the young<br />
couple no longer had the commute.<br />
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business climate had fallen off.<br />
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Classmates told Robert, “Hey,<br />
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“Why not indeed?” he thought.<br />
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time with a population of about<br />
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to Traffic Officer on motorcycle, to<br />
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through the organization developing<br />
and honing more skills along the way.<br />
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and then to Sergeant of the Detectives<br />
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evidence area as well as departmentwide<br />
training. His Lieutenant’s position<br />
appointment came in 2005 and<br />
then to Captain in July, 2007.<br />
In April, 2012, the PD made a<br />
personnel change and it left the title<br />
and position of Chief open. City<br />
Manager, Jim App, to whom the PD<br />
reports, asked if Robert was interested<br />
in being considered for chief. Robert<br />
thought hard about that. Being a Police<br />
Chief is a great honor and a great<br />
career position. He and his family<br />
concluded it just wasn’t the right time<br />
for him so instead, he accepted App’s<br />
offer to be the interim Chief until a<br />
new one was appointed.<br />
For Paso, the process has been a<br />
very long and often-times taxing ordeal.<br />
However, what was quietly taking<br />
place was that Acting Chief Burton<br />
was rebuilding the organization.<br />
Under his leadership, the department<br />
was stabilizing. Trust in every direction<br />
was growing, gaining momentum<br />
and strength. Twelve months<br />
after Robert’s initial decision to say<br />
‘no,’ again he was asked to reconsider.<br />
Conditions had become a lot better<br />
and now, perhaps it might be the<br />
right time. Into the ring went Captain<br />
Burton’s hat. Some 40 applicants<br />
were whittled down to 5 and the<br />
grilling became more intense. The recruiting<br />
team was good at looking for<br />
exactly the right person. They knew<br />
what they wanted. The 5 became 2<br />
and the City Council had one more<br />
shot at “The Last Two Standing.”<br />
In the third week of June, Captain<br />
Burton was summoned by Manager<br />
App and notified he was going to be<br />
our new Police Chief!<br />
Chief Burton, even though only on<br />
Robert Burton Sworn<br />
in as Paso’s New<br />
Police Chief<br />
City Hall Chambers were packed<br />
with about 150 people on the evening<br />
of July 2, <strong>2013</strong> prior to the regular<br />
City Council meeting. The occasion<br />
was the official swearing-in of Captain<br />
Robert Burton to become the newest<br />
Chief of the Paso Police Department.<br />
board for seemingly a few hours, has<br />
been preparing the next steps for awhile<br />
now. He knew what needed to be done<br />
and he’d been working at it all along.<br />
“My number one job continues to<br />
be three-pronged: strengthening the<br />
department; reach a much deeper relationship<br />
with Paso’s residents; and<br />
fight the drug problems. I am here to<br />
serve; I am here to make things better;<br />
I am here to unite; I am here to make<br />
Paso more safe than it has ever been.<br />
We have two more officers in training<br />
and one in the interviewing process<br />
which will take us to 32 sworn men<br />
and women plus a staff of 14 to support<br />
them. Included in that number is<br />
Officer Jeff DePetro, our K-9 officer.”<br />
The chief is loudly asking the<br />
community to help make this all<br />
work. “If you see a problem, call<br />
us. Let’s work together and make<br />
our town the best it can be. We’re<br />
here and we can fix things that are<br />
broken. There is even a new SET<br />
- Special Enforcement Team with<br />
Officers Tony Ruiz and Tod Rehner<br />
heading it up. We will do this if we<br />
work together! Call 237-6464.”<br />
Chief Burton – from all of us,<br />
Congratulations and may God Bless<br />
you and your family!<br />
City Manager Jim App with Chief Burton<br />
Chief Burton was surrounded by City Manager Jim App, Mayor Duane<br />
Picanco and the rest of the City Council plus law enforcement staff from both<br />
Paso and surrounding communities and agencies. His wife, Stacia, their two<br />
children, Quincey and Clark, his parents and others of the family plus members<br />
of the selection committee, city staffers, and residents were in the room<br />
as well.<br />
Mayor Picanco made a short introduction which was followed by an invocation<br />
asking for guidance and protection of the soon-to-be-Chief. The Mayor<br />
then explained how it was that Burton had been chosen and how proud that<br />
city management was in him becoming the new Chief. He praised the selection<br />
committee for their diligent work and extolled some of Burton’s qualities<br />
that led to this moment.<br />
The actual swearing in was led by Gail Wolff who had been the assistant<br />
to Burton and the previous Chief. Following the last of the “I do promises” a<br />
standing ovation amid cheers and miles-of-smiles raised the roof. Everyone<br />
could feel the sense of relief and a new beginning chapter about to unfold.<br />
Mrs. Burton pinned her husband with the official pin and then it was the<br />
new Chief’s turn to have the microphone. The Chief eloquently commanded<br />
the room as he started with thanks to those who were part of the process in<br />
making the moment happen. From there, he explained his love of Paso and<br />
his heart-felt plan to broaden the cooperation of the community and other<br />
agencies with the PD. Mentoring new members, building bonds with citizen<br />
groups and expanding accessibility are key points in his goals. Keeping Paso<br />
safe for residents and visitors is the umbrella under which all else falls. A<br />
great event and a great opportunity for El Paso de Robles!<br />
24 Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 25
<strong>PASO</strong> PEOPLE<br />
By Chuck<br />
Desmond<br />
Paso Robles Pioneer<br />
Day, October<br />
12, is 2 1⁄2 months<br />
away and things are already<br />
in the works for the<br />
83rd consecutive parade and a<br />
day full of events that grows more legendary<br />
each year.<br />
The focus is on the Bermingham Grain<br />
Wagons. You’ve seen these green beauties<br />
in the parade for years but this time will<br />
be different. Why is that? Because all<br />
three of them are being professionally<br />
restored by one of the USA’s finest wagon<br />
restorers, Loren Marcus, in Marysville,<br />
California.<br />
A bit of background before we go any<br />
further. Ed Charles Bermingham came<br />
from the Ventura-Oxnard area and in the<br />
1880s era, he bought 900 acres of land,<br />
seven miles outside of Shandon on old<br />
Highway 41. The plan was to grow barley<br />
and wheat but he needed wagons to haul<br />
the grain to the train station. Memories are<br />
a bit tricky after three generations but it<br />
seems that the wagons were bought someplace<br />
“down south” and then with mules,<br />
driven up to the ranch. When they were<br />
used, sacks of grain were loaded into the<br />
wagons and then teams of 16-20 mules or<br />
horses (probably mules) pulled the wagons<br />
up the hills by Whitley Gardens and across<br />
the Estrella River. Serious pulling-power<br />
was needed for those trips! Ed Charles’ son,<br />
Ed George, took over the ranch after that<br />
and his son, Ed Grant, who has been known<br />
as Butch since he was born in 1945, was next<br />
in line. But, the ranch didn’t last that long.<br />
It was sold in 1957 and that was the end of<br />
the wagons’ use for hauling grain.<br />
Now, let’s shift to the wagons themselves.<br />
Do you remember (or at least remember<br />
hearing about) the Studebaker Company?<br />
Known for automobiles, right? Yes, but before<br />
that, they made wagons and buggies<br />
– thousands of them! Back in South Bend,<br />
Indiana, pretty close to the geographical<br />
center of an expanding USA, this company<br />
made buggies and wagons for everyone in<br />
every place. Every family, business, traveler,<br />
doctor, stump preacher, traveling medicine<br />
show, farmer and rancher needed a buggy<br />
and probably a wagon too. Just like delivering<br />
autos and trucks to dealerships today, buggies<br />
and wagons had to be shipped to their<br />
destination for purchase. As rail lines expanded,<br />
shipping to the end of the train line<br />
became the most practical method. There, or<br />
someplace along the route, wagons would be<br />
loaded with freight and hopefully, when the<br />
freight was delivered, a buyer for the wagons<br />
was waiting to take them. Ya couldn’t drive<br />
them back empty and remember, all goods<br />
were heading to a growth-filling West; things<br />
didn’t go East. Most likely, that’s how these<br />
three wagons ended up in Los Angeles and<br />
were pulled all the way up here.<br />
Try to imagine how long this took to arrange.<br />
Starting with a hand-written purchase<br />
intent sent by mail, a trip to go get<br />
the wagons, most likely had to buy mules or<br />
horses there and then, a trip all the way back<br />
to Shandon! Maybe the conversation at the<br />
dinner table went something like: “Honey,<br />
I’m going to buy some new wagons. I’ll be<br />
leaving in the morning and I should be back<br />
in about a month!”<br />
After the property sold, what happened<br />
to the wagons? That’s the $64,000 question<br />
but the answer is easy. The Paso area is<br />
perhaps as generous and responsible as any<br />
place on the planet. All three wagons were<br />
donated to the Pioneer Day Committee<br />
in the late ‘50s. For about 50 years, these<br />
wonderful beasts have been kept inside and<br />
protected. On Parade Day, out they come<br />
for all to see!<br />
And now, the saga continues.<br />
Pioneer Day Committee’s main fundraiser<br />
event for the past couple years has been the<br />
Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest held<br />
in the Spring. PDC was able to raise enough<br />
funds for the Board to pass a vote to professionally<br />
restore the beauties. The first one<br />
was taken to Marysville last October. Wade<br />
Taylor, “Paso’s Unofficial With A Heart As<br />
Wade Taylor<br />
Big As Texas Wagon Master,” picked up the<br />
first one and delivered the second one in<br />
April. Wade has been the driving force behind<br />
Paso Wagon Restoration for years! As<br />
Roblan Of The Year a bit back, Wade is a 6th<br />
generation Roblan and his passion for saving<br />
Paso buggies and wagons has earned him<br />
multiple gold bricks on his path to Heaven.<br />
The Studebaker stamp was found under<br />
coats of old paint and the original paint<br />
colors were discovered as well. Fancy pin<br />
striping on the wheels and the bright blue<br />
of the freight boxes were also found and<br />
have been restored. Their green color is now<br />
blue! These wagons were used a lot but surprisingly,<br />
there was little damage as might<br />
be expected for a 130-year old wagon.<br />
Taken virtually completely apart<br />
for inspection and restoration,<br />
the iron was cleaned,<br />
brakes repaired, wheels<br />
tightened and all parts<br />
were re-painted.<br />
This year, the<br />
wagons will be<br />
pulled by draft<br />
horses and in the<br />
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parade<br />
(2014 where everyone<br />
is going<br />
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be pulled by a team<br />
of 20 mules! We’ll<br />
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Ain’t Paso fabulous!<br />
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 27
<strong>PASO</strong> PEOPLE<br />
By Chuck Desmond<br />
Last month, in YOUR Paso<br />
Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>, we looked at the<br />
upcoming Quasquicentennial 2014<br />
wall calendar. In June, the Recipe<br />
book was spotlighted. For this issue,<br />
let’s take a peek at what Superintendent<br />
Kathleen McNamara<br />
has urged the Paso Robles School<br />
district to play in their part of Paso’s<br />
125th celebration year – 2014.<br />
Before we start, let’s have another<br />
short review. In March, we<br />
will celebrate 125 years of El Paso<br />
de Robles as an incorporated city.<br />
The Celebration Committee is<br />
headed by Julie Dahlen and the<br />
co-chairs are Dee Lacey and Frank<br />
Mecham. These names of course<br />
are familiar to you, and with their<br />
leadership, 2014 is becoming a year<br />
to remember.<br />
“REMEMBER” is an excellent<br />
word because that’s what it’s all<br />
about – remembering our history,<br />
preserving our history and passing<br />
it on to the generations who will<br />
come after us. Residents and businesses<br />
have banded together to do<br />
all they can to make a 12-month<br />
celebration party. About 50 dedicated<br />
individuals are spreading the<br />
word, working on events, designing<br />
memorabilia, planning the official<br />
March party, raising funds, digging<br />
into archives and publicizing everything<br />
that comes along.<br />
The logo you’ve seen for a few<br />
months in this column is now accompanied<br />
by a copy of the 11x17<br />
calendar’s first month’s page. Soon,<br />
the calendar with its historic photos<br />
will go to print with all the<br />
events that we know about being<br />
highlighted. With a skoosh of luck,<br />
you’ll be able to buy yours in September<br />
or October – just in time<br />
to hang it when 2014 actually begins.<br />
Next month, the front cover<br />
of the Recipe Book should join this<br />
column’s artwork. About 300 recipes<br />
have been received so far. We’ve<br />
Quasquicentennial Update<br />
been able to hold the recipe-submission-deadline<br />
longer because<br />
the printer has assured us he’ll have<br />
them in time for Christmas presents.<br />
So, if you still want to submit,<br />
do it now! Same for events to go on<br />
the calendar!<br />
Okay, on to the schools. Remember,<br />
we want to pass our history to<br />
our children. That makes this aspect<br />
of 2014 the most exciting part<br />
of the whole year. Of course it has to<br />
go through the schools and at this<br />
early stage, our educators are jumping<br />
in with all cylinders pumping.<br />
Teaching our history will assuredly<br />
strengthen Paso’s future! From K<br />
through 12 and in each location,<br />
the principals are committed.<br />
Blending Paso’s specific history<br />
with the required curriculum<br />
is proving not to be too difficult.<br />
It’s exciting! All the schools have<br />
the full cooperation and openness<br />
of both the Pioneer Museum and<br />
the Historical Society. These two<br />
entities are fabulous resources for<br />
our youths’ educations. The Charter<br />
School is even considering<br />
conducting some of their classes at<br />
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these locations! Field<br />
trips with historical<br />
emphasis are becoming<br />
the norm. K<br />
and 1st grade will be<br />
looking at old time<br />
meal preparation and<br />
studying family life,<br />
transportation and<br />
what schoolhouses and classes were<br />
like in those days.<br />
Speaking, Essay Writing and<br />
Reading Skills come for the next<br />
grades. Books about the life and<br />
times of the area followed by verbalizing<br />
those understandings will<br />
be folded into the regular requirements.<br />
How has the community<br />
changed? Paso’s agricultural history<br />
from grains through livestock<br />
and vines and the impact of the<br />
train coming to Paso will occupy<br />
a great deal of these grade’s education.<br />
Parallel to that is government.<br />
How did and does Paso govern itself?<br />
Why does the city have pride<br />
in itself? Why did families choose<br />
to move here? Who are the famous<br />
people who lived here and what did<br />
they do? All these afford an entry<br />
into tourism plus the sights and<br />
sounds of our past to our present.<br />
Bundle the thoughts of this paragraph<br />
into “needed life skills” and<br />
you get essay writing. What a wonderful<br />
way to cement our past onto<br />
young minds!<br />
By Junior High, the arts are<br />
emerging. Drawing, painting and<br />
music are most dominant. In the<br />
minds’ eyes of the students, capturing<br />
the imagination of the<br />
train station, harvesting, the acorn<br />
building, horses and cattle, The<br />
Hotel or the first traffic signal, the<br />
schoolhouses themselves – all just<br />
screaming for open minds to think<br />
about. Music from early days and<br />
even Paderewski will join with the<br />
choruses of the children’s voices.<br />
The Bearcats have a ton they will<br />
participate in. Sports from day one<br />
of Paso’s history, the band‘s performances,<br />
a self-created drama, Paso’s<br />
economics lessons, music from the<br />
choir, a significant float in the parade,<br />
attending city council meetings<br />
and presentations from the<br />
Mayor and the Council as well as<br />
the Police and Fire Chiefs.<br />
It’s reported that the Culinary<br />
Academy will have a food focus<br />
that spans the generations!<br />
There will be school events for<br />
the parents and the community to<br />
see throughout the year. As each<br />
one becomes scheduled, right here<br />
in this magazine column, we’ll tell<br />
ya about them!<br />
Speaking of scheduling, here is<br />
a partial list of future column spotlights:<br />
The New Year’s Eve Party at<br />
the Inn, both fireworks celebrations,<br />
birthday party in March, Women’s<br />
Day, Toby to Barney 12.5 mile run,<br />
merchandise items and outlets, the<br />
New City Flag and flags for us,<br />
Pioneer Day Parade and weekend,<br />
and the list goes on. Whew, I’m going<br />
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Need info? Want to get involved?<br />
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Chairperson: Julie Dahlen<br />
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Co Chair: Frank Mecham<br />
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Co Chair: Dee Lacey<br />
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 29
<strong>PASO</strong> PEOPLE<br />
Winemakers vie for chef’s<br />
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The Paso Robles Rotary will again<br />
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see who is the best chef. Organizers<br />
expect the tickets to sell out quickly.<br />
Attendance is limited to just 1,200.<br />
Tickets are $75 and are on sale at<br />
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All proceeds from the event benefit<br />
local high school scholarships. Thanks<br />
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Scholarship Fund. IQMS is returning<br />
as the title sponsor of the event.<br />
“The IQMS sponsorship of the Rotary<br />
event underscores our company’s<br />
commitment toward the education<br />
and support of our local youth,” said<br />
Randy Flamm, President and C.E.O.<br />
of IQMS. “As we continue to prosper<br />
here, our involvement in helping to<br />
further the goal of an event like the<br />
Cookoff is one way of giving back.”<br />
“The Paso Robles<br />
Winemakers’ Cookoff<br />
has become one of<br />
Paso Robles’ mostpopular<br />
wine, food<br />
and music events,”<br />
says event co-chairperson<br />
Bob Fonarow.<br />
“Participating<br />
wineries pair their<br />
grilled culinary creations<br />
with their<br />
finest wines and compete for both<br />
Judges’ Choice and People’s Choice<br />
“Real Food for Real Children”<br />
must! charities new collaboration<br />
with Food Bank<br />
must! charities announced recently<br />
it’s new, two-year collaboration and<br />
$220,000 investment with the Food<br />
Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo<br />
(SLO) County, called “Real Food<br />
for Real Children,” designed to meet<br />
the need to provide adequate healthy<br />
food to all children in North SLO<br />
County, especially during the summer<br />
months when school is not in session.<br />
Created to be 100 percent sustainable<br />
within two years, the project will grow<br />
from feeding 500 children in need<br />
to more than 1,500 by summertime<br />
next year and up to 2,500 kids the<br />
following year.<br />
One in five children in the North<br />
SLO County lives in poverty; these<br />
children are particularly susceptible<br />
to health issues like obesity, diabetes,<br />
high blood pressure, heart disease,<br />
and many forms of cancer. School<br />
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“Because we are all about collaboration,<br />
this project will not only focus<br />
on food, but also expand and educate<br />
families on nutrition education in a<br />
variety of ways to both parents and<br />
children,” shared Becky Gray, executive<br />
director of must! charities. “We<br />
will also be bringing in a community<br />
of volunteers who will expand the<br />
program to include other enrichment<br />
opportunities for these children, while<br />
providing food (including literacy<br />
programs, farming and gardening,<br />
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more).”<br />
Meals will have increased nutritional<br />
density, and could include a<br />
lunch plus a breakfast, a dinner or<br />
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program period, the program will be<br />
completely self-sustainable, capable<br />
of expanding even further beyond the<br />
2,500 children reached after the second<br />
year. Ultimately, all 6,124 identified<br />
local children (source: California<br />
Dept. of Education) in need will have<br />
access to healthy food when they<br />
are not in school (summer months,<br />
holidays and after-school hours). This<br />
project is mobile, and will be reaching<br />
out to the most remote places in the<br />
county.<br />
“We are grateful and pleased to<br />
partner with must! charities to serve<br />
more children in North County and<br />
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For more information on<br />
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Club and the Winemakers’<br />
Cookoff visit: www.winemakerscookoff.com<br />
or call toll-free<br />
(877) 264-6979.<br />
Carl R. Hansen, executive director of<br />
the SLO County Food Bank Coalition.<br />
“Healthy food is preventive<br />
health care, and necessary for a child’s<br />
academic and social success in life.<br />
Real Food for Real Children is not<br />
an expense, but an investment in our<br />
children and our future.”<br />
Please see FOOD BANK page 32<br />
Hunger Walk<br />
The <strong>2013</strong> SLO County<br />
Food Bank Hunger Walk<br />
will take place on Saturday,<br />
September 21 at 2 p.m. at four<br />
regional sites conveniently located<br />
across the county. Register as an individual,<br />
a team or as a business. If your<br />
company would like to be involved you<br />
can either register as a team or ask<br />
about sponsorship opportunities. For<br />
more information contact hungerwalk<br />
@slofoodbank.org.<br />
Check-in begins at 1 p.m. and the<br />
walk begins promptly at 2 p.m. All walk<br />
locations are approximately 1 mile long.<br />
Questions? Visit the Hunger Walk FAQ<br />
page. If you have any difficulty registering<br />
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30 Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 31
<strong>PASO</strong> PEOPLE<br />
Dale Zeulner inducted into the<br />
Police & Fire Games Hall of Fame<br />
By Millie Drum<br />
It’s been a year of milestones for<br />
Dale Zeulner. Congressman Kevin<br />
McCarthy congratulated Dale for<br />
two of the most important chapters<br />
of his life by personally presenting<br />
medals for his service in World War<br />
II during the Honor Flight trip to<br />
Washington D.C. in April and acknowledging<br />
Dale’s recent induction<br />
into the Police and Fire Games<br />
Hall of Fame in San Diego.<br />
I was delighted to write the<br />
Honor Flight story for the June<br />
issue of this magazine. Then I told<br />
Dale there was a “Part Two” after<br />
his return from being inducted into<br />
the Hall of Fame.<br />
He replied, “You would do that<br />
for me?” It’s my pleasure, indeed.<br />
Being inducted into the Hall of<br />
Fame is an honor given to a select<br />
few; recognizing individuals who exemplify<br />
the spirit of the Games with<br />
good sportsmanship, camaraderie<br />
and overall excellence in their profession.<br />
Those qualities bridge Dale’s<br />
entire life. After serving in the Navy<br />
in World War II, Dale chose a career<br />
in law enforcement in 1951 with<br />
the Huntington Beach Police Department.<br />
With a pledge to “protect<br />
and serve,” Dale retired with almost<br />
30 years as a Lieutenant. One of his<br />
proudest accomplishments was his<br />
role in the capture of one of the FBI’s<br />
10 most wanted criminals; thereby<br />
receiving a reward and a personal<br />
letter from J. Edgar Hoover.<br />
From lettering in high school,<br />
participating in the International<br />
Police Olympics in 1973 and then<br />
the World Police and Fire Games<br />
for 40 years, sports opened up a<br />
world of opportunity for Dale. He<br />
has won over 90 medals, including<br />
33 gold medals in horseshoes, softball<br />
and bowling AND he pitched<br />
two perfect games in slow pitch<br />
softball in tournament play. He<br />
adds, I had a pretty good team and<br />
4 of those guys came to the Hall of<br />
Fame ceremony and that helped me<br />
a whole bunch!”<br />
The Police and Fire Games took<br />
Dale and his late wife Betty all over<br />
the world. Opening ceremonies<br />
in Melbourne, Australia were held<br />
in the same stadium built for the<br />
Summer Olympics. Dale adds, “A<br />
fire truck and two firemen climbed<br />
a tall ladder to light the flame of<br />
the torch to open the Games and<br />
I watched 56 countries with their<br />
flags flying as they marched around<br />
that track with 50,000 people in the<br />
stadium. Some of the same Olympics<br />
sports are played in the Police<br />
and Fire Games with a few additions<br />
such as a muster, climbing<br />
ladders and rescuing people from<br />
tall buildings for the firemen and<br />
target shooting for the policemen.”<br />
Dale and his buddies competed on<br />
the same level of excellence and<br />
ability as Olympic athletes culminating<br />
with the thrill of winning<br />
the Gold, Silver and Bronze.<br />
If you pitch a few horseshoes<br />
yourself or pass by the pits at the<br />
downtown City Park, take a moment<br />
to thank Dale for his life of achievement<br />
in service to our country and<br />
representing his noble profession as<br />
a member of the Hall of Fame for<br />
the Police and Fire Games.<br />
Don Jacobs honored as Rotarian of the Year<br />
The Paso Robles Rotary Club<br />
recently announced Don Jacobs<br />
as its Rotarian of the Year. Jacobs<br />
is a Paso Robles resident and has<br />
been deeply involved in Rotary<br />
for 35 years. In Orange County,<br />
he served as President of Rotary<br />
International. He moved to Paso<br />
Robles in 1999 and has served<br />
as Secretary, Door Keeper, Cashier<br />
and International Chairman.<br />
When asked why Don<br />
has invested so much<br />
time with Rotary, he says,<br />
“I can only do so much.<br />
If I am with others, I can<br />
give a lot more.”<br />
Regarding Rotary, Jacobs<br />
also says that he<br />
is most interested in the<br />
International aspects of<br />
Rotary, including helping<br />
communities overseas<br />
and working to eradicate<br />
polio... but it’s also the<br />
local aspect of Rotary and<br />
the annual high school<br />
scholarships of $39,000<br />
this year that makes him<br />
feel like he’s making a difference<br />
here at home. Don and his wife<br />
Vera have been very loyal to<br />
Rotary for many years. The Paso<br />
Robles Rotary Club is honored for<br />
their service.<br />
The Paso Robles Rotary Club<br />
meets each Thursday at noon at<br />
the historic Paso Robles Inn<br />
Ballroom.<br />
FOOD BANK from page 30<br />
“We are ‘Venture Philanthropists’<br />
who are coming together, pooling our<br />
funds, to invest heavily in a ‘futures’<br />
market,” continued Gray. “However,<br />
instead of looking for a cash return,<br />
we are looking for a positive social<br />
return in our communities, and we<br />
welcome volunteers who want to get<br />
involved with this new program.”<br />
Founded by must! charities and the<br />
Food Bank, with close collaboration<br />
with the USDA, the California Department<br />
of Education, SLO County<br />
Public Health Services, the University<br />
of California Cooperative Extension,<br />
the Culinary Arts Academy (part of<br />
Paso Robles Unified School District),<br />
Farm to Family, GleanSLO, and the<br />
SLO County Food System Coalition,<br />
additional collaborative partners will<br />
be added as the program expands,<br />
to bring in other resources such as<br />
nutritional education and literacy<br />
programs.<br />
For more information, contact<br />
must! charities at mustcharities.org or<br />
slofoodbank.org.<br />
volunteers needed<br />
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is seeking docents for the Carnegie Historic Library<br />
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 33
<strong>PASO</strong> PEOPLE<br />
Taste. Sip. Indulge. Time to Play. Main Event at the Historic Santa Margarita Ranch<br />
SAVOR the Central Coast set for September 26 thru 29<br />
Celebrate the allure of California’s<br />
Central Coast at the fourth<br />
annual Sunset SAVOR the Central<br />
Coast. This four-day event<br />
will play host to a two-day Main<br />
Event held at historic Santa Margarita<br />
Ranch on September 28<br />
& 29, <strong>2013</strong> in San Luis Obispo<br />
County.<br />
Sip more than 200 wines, indulge<br />
in culinary bites from over 30<br />
local chefs, meet winemakers, brew<br />
masters and artisans, tour the Central<br />
Coast Pavilion and learn from<br />
Sunset <strong>Magazine</strong>’s expert editors.<br />
Special culinary and adventure<br />
events countywide. The Main<br />
Event highlights the beauty and<br />
bounty of this unspoiled region. It<br />
showcases the talents of winemakers,<br />
brew masters, fisherman, chefs,<br />
artisanal food producers and many<br />
more people who call the Central<br />
Coast home.<br />
Delve into the culinary world<br />
with celebrity chefs as they<br />
guide guests through SAVORexclusive<br />
chef demonstrations.<br />
Meet celebrity Chef Michael<br />
Voltaggio, celebrated author, chef<br />
and owner of the popular<br />
Los Angeles restaurants<br />
ink. and ink.sack. Many<br />
more acclaimed chefs will<br />
take to the stage to showcase<br />
their talents throughout<br />
the weekend including<br />
author and Chef<br />
Nathan Lyon.<br />
Meet the Central<br />
Coast chefs, farmers,<br />
artisan purveyors and<br />
more who are<br />
committed to<br />
working with<br />
the freshest, most<br />
flavorful ingredients.<br />
The demonstration<br />
stage<br />
will be stacked<br />
with Farm to<br />
Table demonstrations<br />
throughout the day<br />
featuring topics such as olive oil,<br />
sheep’s milk ice cream, garden<br />
cocktails and more. Also, be sure<br />
to check out the annual School<br />
Garden which will be donated to<br />
a school within San Luis Obispo<br />
County.<br />
Demonstrations will take<br />
place both Saturday and<br />
Sunday throughout the<br />
entire day. Prepare your<br />
palate for a grand tour of<br />
the Central Coast’s acclaimed<br />
wineries – from<br />
Santa Cruz to Ventura<br />
– all in one stop. Arranged<br />
by sub-region, more than<br />
100 wineries will pour<br />
their very best as you stroll<br />
the Marketplace.<br />
Top chefs<br />
from the Central<br />
Coast and<br />
beyond will be<br />
dishing up small<br />
bites throughout<br />
the day.<br />
Take a piece of<br />
the Central<br />
Coast home with you from a<br />
selection of pop-up shops where<br />
you can sample and purchase<br />
gourmet delights such as local<br />
olive oils, cookies and almonds.<br />
Sunset magazine experts will<br />
guide you through once-in-alifetime<br />
Adventure Tours for<br />
a closer look at sustainable<br />
abalone farming, take you behind<br />
the walls of Hearst Castle along<br />
with intimate vineyard visits and<br />
wine tastings. You will have exclusive<br />
access to events including<br />
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will sample award-winning wines<br />
from Sunset’s International Wine<br />
Competition to having dinner<br />
at water’s edge at Sunset on the<br />
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Cap it all off with a culinary<br />
experience under the stars in Paso<br />
Robles wine country and a run<br />
through the streets of downtown<br />
San Luis Obispo. From strolling<br />
the grounds of the Main Event to<br />
exciting Adventure Tours, this<br />
weekend is sure to inspire you<br />
to explore the bounty of San<br />
Luis Obispo County and the<br />
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For more information, visit<br />
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34 Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>
<strong>PASO</strong> PEOPLE<br />
Local Relay for Life Raises $100,000+<br />
for The American Cancer Society<br />
By Millie Drum<br />
The Relay For Life spirit brought<br />
65 teams and over 700 walkers to<br />
the River Oaks Event Center in<br />
June. We are just a small part of the<br />
enormous worldwide effort to fight<br />
cancer with over four million participants<br />
in 65 countries. Thanks to<br />
the millions of dollars raised each<br />
year, there is more hope that ever for<br />
a cure. The top individual fundraiser<br />
for <strong>2013</strong> is David Lee with $8,317.<br />
His team the Star Trekkers took the<br />
‘ ’<br />
THIS THAT<br />
NA collection of stuff<br />
PEARLS partners...<br />
PEARLS Ministries and Paso<br />
Robles Community Church are partnering<br />
for a Summer Fun community<br />
event on Aug. 10 from 3-7 p.m. in<br />
the Paso Robles Community Church<br />
parking lot, 2706 Spring Street, Paso<br />
Robles. There will be a BBQ Cookoff<br />
dinner including meat, beans, potato<br />
salad, and cookies. Buy tickets to<br />
taste and then vote for your favorites.<br />
team honors with $19,493.<br />
Along with funding research,<br />
advocacy and the<br />
most commonly known<br />
programs, the American<br />
Cancer Society also operates<br />
Hope Lodge; facilities<br />
that provide a comfortable<br />
place for patients and caregivers...<br />
free of charge... as they receive treatment<br />
and focus on getting well.<br />
For more information on Hope<br />
Lodge and other ACS programs,<br />
Flea Market and Craft Items will be<br />
for sale by people in the community.<br />
Children’s area is free and will include<br />
a bounce house, cotton candy, popcorn,<br />
snow cones, face painting and<br />
more! For more information contact<br />
PEARLS Ministries at 227-4850 or<br />
pearlsministries@att.net. Proceeds will<br />
further outreaches for families in need<br />
and ex-inmates.<br />
The North County Home,<br />
Garden and Gourmet Expo<br />
The Fall <strong>2013</strong> North County<br />
Home, Garden and Gourmet Expo<br />
will be happening at the Paso Event<br />
Center on Saturday, September 7,<br />
from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, September<br />
8, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The North<br />
visit cancer.org and relayforlife.<br />
org/pasoroblesca.<br />
Calling All Dads! It’s<br />
your turn to WOW us<br />
with your culinary talents!<br />
Join Idler’s 4th Annual<br />
Father’s Day Chili<br />
Cook-off Beer Fest <strong>2013</strong>.<br />
Support Team Idler’s on Saturday,<br />
<strong>August</strong> 17 from noon to 2 p.m. at<br />
both Idler’s locations in Paso Robles<br />
and San Luis Obispo. A $5 donation<br />
to the American Cancer Society<br />
County Home, Garden and Gourmet<br />
Expo presents over 100 exhibitors<br />
including general contractors, flooring,<br />
landscapers, kitchen and bath<br />
cabinets closet organizers, landscape<br />
designers, painters, countertops, tile,<br />
granite, appliances, solar energy, fireplaces,<br />
local restaurants, wineries and<br />
much more! FREE to all attendees<br />
including a Kid’s Area with the Paso<br />
Robles Children’s Museum. Cooking<br />
demonstrations and the Wine and<br />
Gourmet Food Garden with local<br />
wineries and restaurants.<br />
For information, call 772-4600.<br />
Adult Wellness<br />
Adult Wellness & Prevention<br />
Screening serves the County of San<br />
enters you in the raffle for a KitchenAid<br />
Coffee Maker with commuter<br />
cup worth $100. Beer Sampling<br />
courtesy of Firestone Walker Brewery<br />
and Tap It Brewing Co. Dad’s<br />
must register by <strong>August</strong> 14 to compete.<br />
Only 15 contestants per store<br />
will be registered. The grand prize is<br />
a Beefeater Discovery 4 Burner Grill<br />
valued at $1,000.<br />
Relay For Life team Kids Care<br />
for Cancer will be selling soda,<br />
chips, and candy to wind up their<br />
regional fundraising effort for the<br />
Atascadero Relay that comes to an<br />
end on <strong>August</strong> 31. For information<br />
call 543-6600 in SLO and 238-6020<br />
in Paso.<br />
Luis Obispo providing free health<br />
screening for adults. Services include<br />
monitoring of blood pressure, pulse<br />
and weight and finger prick blood test<br />
screening for anemia, blood sugar and<br />
cholesterol and nutritional /lifestyle<br />
counseling. No appointment needed<br />
for basic services. First come first served.<br />
Call for appointments for lipid panels.<br />
The schedule for <strong>August</strong> is as follows:<br />
• Tuesday, Aug. 6, 9 a.m. - 12 noon<br />
- Atascadero Senior Center, 5905 E.<br />
Mall. Full Lipid Panel available at this<br />
site for $20 fee. Call 544-2484 ext 1<br />
for an appointment<br />
Please see T N’ T page 36<br />
530 12th Street, Paso Robles<br />
www.TheNewDayChurch.com 805-239-9998<br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 35
<strong>PASO</strong> PEOPLE<br />
Golden State Classic Car Club Drives Local Donations<br />
Labor Day Weekend Cruise and Show<br />
Golden State Classics Car Club<br />
Inc. is a non-profit organization<br />
formed many years ago by local<br />
classic car owners who liked to get<br />
together and show off their rides.<br />
This year the Golden State Classics,<br />
Inc. Car Show will be held Labor Day<br />
Weekend, <strong>August</strong> 30 and 31 in Paso<br />
Robles. The cruise on Spring Street<br />
will start on Friday at 6 p.m. until<br />
8 p.m. The show in the park on Saturday<br />
will be held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.<br />
This will be the first year the club<br />
has put on the cruise and show by itself.<br />
The City has been supportive of<br />
the club’s efforts and is working to<br />
ensure a successful two day event. It<br />
is a huge undertaking for the club but<br />
many members volunteer their time all<br />
year long in order to make the show a<br />
success.<br />
The profits from car shows have enabled<br />
Golden State Classics Car Club<br />
to donate several thousand dollars to<br />
many local organizations including<br />
Loaves and Fishes, Hospice, Toys for<br />
Tots/Toy Bank, The Women’s Shelter,<br />
Christmas and Thanksgiving baskets,<br />
Meals on Wheels, local Veterans charities<br />
and many other worthwhile local<br />
causes. The club has sponsored scholarships<br />
for students continuing their<br />
studies in automobile related careers.<br />
A club or an organization is needed<br />
to help on cruise night. These<br />
individuals would be responsible for<br />
standing at each intersection to man<br />
the barricades. Please contact Arthur<br />
Anderton at 286-7156 if your club or<br />
organization would be willing to assist<br />
with the Car Show cruise.<br />
The Club always meets weekly on<br />
Saturday mornings early at the Cider<br />
Creek Bakery, 205 Oak Hill Road<br />
in Paso. They<br />
also host a<br />
cruise to King<br />
Oil Tools,<br />
2235 Spring<br />
Street, once<br />
a month<br />
where they<br />
sponsor a<br />
50/50 drawing<br />
with half of the proceeds going to<br />
local charities or projects. Club meetings<br />
are held at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday<br />
every month at the Paso Robles<br />
Elks, 1420 Park Street in Paso Robles.<br />
The Golden State Classics President<br />
this year is Russell Johnson, the car show<br />
Chairman is Gene Otten and the Cruise<br />
Chairman is Arthur Anderton. For<br />
further information please visit www.<br />
goldenstateclassics.org or telephone<br />
President Russ Johnson at 286-6408.<br />
T N’ T from page 35<br />
• Thursday, <strong>August</strong> 15, 9 a.m. - 12<br />
noon - California Manor, 10165 El<br />
Camino Real, Atascadero<br />
• Wednesday, <strong>August</strong> 28, 9 a.m - 12<br />
noon – Paso Robles Senior Center, 270<br />
Scott St., Paso Robles<br />
For more information contact<br />
Community Action Partnership Adult<br />
Wellness and Prevention Screening,<br />
1030 Southwood Drive, San Luis<br />
Obispo, phone 544-2484 ext. 1.<br />
New Mixed Use Development<br />
A new project has been approved for<br />
the former Paso Robles Ford location<br />
at 34th and Spring Streets.<br />
The “Uptown Center” project proposes<br />
to construct 23,500 sq. ft. of<br />
commercial buildings fronting Spring<br />
Street. The first floor would include a<br />
10,000 sq. foot grocery store occupied<br />
by local favorite La Reyna Market, and<br />
3,200 sq. ft. of additional commercial<br />
lease space. The second floor would<br />
provide for 10,300 sq. ft. of lease space<br />
for office use.<br />
There will be 28 detached single<br />
family homes along with 14 attached<br />
ownership residential units constructed<br />
on the eastern portion of the site, with<br />
homes oriented to 34th Street and Park<br />
Street. The homes would be 3 bedrooms<br />
ranging in size from 1,465 to 1,605 sq.<br />
ft. Each unit would have the ability to<br />
have separate ownership including a<br />
one-car garage.<br />
Fundraiser Yard Sale<br />
Methodist Ministries of Paso<br />
Robles is holding a fundraiser yard<br />
sale September 1, from 8 a.m. until<br />
noon at 421 19th St. in Paso Robles.<br />
All proceeds support missions locally<br />
and abroad. Call 238-2006 for more<br />
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36 Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>
ROUND TOWN<br />
Sue Aiken’s Twice in a Lifetime Journey to Ethiopia<br />
By Millie Drum<br />
The Peace Corps was established in<br />
1961 by President John. F. Kennedy. It<br />
came at a time in our country’s history<br />
that beckoned college graduates to immerse<br />
themselves in a new life of service<br />
within a new culture...somewhere in the<br />
world.<br />
Paso Robles resident Sue Aiken joined the<br />
ranks of young Peace Corp volunteers upon her<br />
graduation in 1962. “By that summer the Peace<br />
Corps was in full ‘start up mode’ with many<br />
locations to choose from,” said Sue. “Congress<br />
thought that the Peace Corp was ‘the world’s<br />
worst idea’ so every effort was made to take care<br />
of the program.”<br />
From the Peace Corp’s current perspective,<br />
Collaborative effort “across the pond” results in<br />
Above The Waves<br />
By Steven W. Martin<br />
Local writer Millie Drum and video production<br />
expert Ron Gallagher have joined forces to<br />
shepherd a project of global scope: a new collaborative<br />
book by local photographer Lisa Wilkerson<br />
of Arroyo Grande and British poet Jeremy Reed<br />
entitled Above The Waves. The book is the third<br />
collaborative effort by the two artists. Other<br />
books include Exploding Into Colour, and The Big<br />
Orange Day. The amazing thing about these projects<br />
is that Wilkerson and Reed have never met<br />
face-to-face.<br />
The photographer and the poet connected online<br />
because of a mutual admiration for the music<br />
of Marc Almond (lead singer for Soft Cell,<br />
a group best known for its song, Tainted Love.)<br />
Wilkerson contributed to Reed’s 2001 book Marc<br />
Almond: Adored and Explored. Except for the occasional<br />
phone conversation, Wilkerson and<br />
Reed have communicated exclusively via email.<br />
Reed is widely recognized as an imaginative<br />
and gifted British poet. He has published 40<br />
books of poetry and prose and has been honored<br />
in England by the National Poetry Society,<br />
Somerset Maugham Book Awards and the Royal<br />
Library Fund.<br />
The relationship between Wilkerson and<br />
Reed deepened when in 2007, Wilkerson lost<br />
consider how the world has changed in 50 years.<br />
We have greater access to education, but perhaps<br />
the most striking change is the way the world is<br />
inner-connected through trade, travel and technology<br />
in ways that were unimaginable 50 years<br />
ago. For Sue, returning to Ethiopia, accompanied<br />
by her daughter Kelly, commemorated her<br />
Sue and Kelly Aiken on horseback<br />
and the people of Ethiopia.<br />
Peace Corp service<br />
as a teacher,<br />
became an unforgettable<br />
international<br />
experience<br />
and a tribute to<br />
her grandparent’s<br />
legacy as missionaries<br />
in Kenya for<br />
30 years.<br />
“I wanted to<br />
go to Africa and<br />
Ethiopia was the<br />
only country with<br />
a call for teachers,” Sue adds. With her English<br />
major and an adventurous spirit, Sue was<br />
assigned to teach at a boy’s boarding school.<br />
The students were not well spoken in English<br />
after being taught by people with bad<br />
English habits, “We quickly learned that they<br />
didn’t understand us and we were the first<br />
Americans for them to hear.”<br />
The events leading up to the Ethiopia reunion<br />
her brother, Gregory Scott Wilkerson in a house<br />
fire. The day after the fire Wilkerson began taking<br />
photographs of the California coastline.<br />
After years of encouragement by Reed, the two<br />
decided to collaborate. Reed would add poetry<br />
to complement her photography.<br />
After one design attempt in England they decided<br />
to explore other avenues “across the pond.”<br />
Wilkerson turned to Gallagher for help. He contacted<br />
Drum to handle some of the writing duties.<br />
“I wrote the foreword and Ron designed the<br />
page layout,” said Drum. “From Lisa’s own written<br />
words, I was able to edit them; bringing more<br />
feeling to the story. She really loved what I did<br />
with it.”<br />
“It took me a couple of weeks to do the design,”<br />
said Gallagher. “I loved working with the<br />
quality images that were beautifully crafted.”<br />
Gallagher said he and Drum have known each<br />
other for years and have collaborated on various<br />
projects. Gallagher owns Gallagher Video<br />
Services and specializes in keepsake videos and<br />
film transfer. “I can transfer film and videotape<br />
to DVD or encode them for use on the Internet,”<br />
he said.<br />
Drum owns Straight For/Word Writing and<br />
has been a regular contributor to Paso Robles<br />
<strong>Magazine</strong> for years. “I write for many clients,”<br />
in September of 2012 began with the 50th<br />
celebration of the Peace Corp held in Washington<br />
D.C. in 2011, where Sue’s group of fellow<br />
Peace Corp volunteers were reunited and set<br />
the intention to return to Ethiopia to commemorate<br />
their life there 50 years ago. Sue had<br />
some hesitation about making the trip until<br />
her daughter Kelly made the mistake of saying,<br />
“I’d go to Africa with you!” Sue called her back<br />
to say, “Well, we’re going!”<br />
It was a lot of work for Kelly to arrange her<br />
schedule for the two week trip, but Sue adds,<br />
“Kelly was the right person to go with me being<br />
very multi-culturally interested and out-going.”<br />
Upon arrival, the group of 100 was met with native<br />
people, ceremonial dance and local dignitaries.<br />
Sue and Kelly visited the school where she<br />
taught, the holy city of Lalibela, famous for its<br />
monolithic rock churches, traveled to an Ecolodge<br />
at 10,000 feet on horseback and happily<br />
returned to the modern city of Addis Ababa.<br />
“For a long time I shelved my experience,”<br />
said Sue. “Because we were the early Peace Corp<br />
volunteers 50 years ago, we were viewed with<br />
curiosity upon our return and often asked to<br />
speak publicly.”<br />
In retrospect, Sue’s call to Africa, twice in a<br />
lifetime, is not only a remarkable story...it linked<br />
the legacy of Kelly Aiken’s great grandparents to<br />
a remarkable journey with her mom.<br />
Millie Drum and Ron Gallagher<br />
said Drum, “doing mostly marketing and business<br />
writing.” She said she hopes the new<br />
book will open up new opportunities for her.<br />
“It’s really cool to have your name on a published<br />
book,” she said. “I have several books I want to<br />
write and the time is right.”<br />
Drum also said she feels she can help people<br />
who would like to publish e-books. “E-books<br />
are shorter than regular books,” said Drum.<br />
“The most successful e-books are very contentrich.”<br />
Drum and Gallagher said e-books typically<br />
cost $4 to $5 and can be marketed online through<br />
services such as Amazon.com.<br />
For more information about Straight For/<br />
Word Writing call (805) 610-2554. For more<br />
information about Gallagher Video Services call<br />
(805) 227-0300 or visit gallaghervideo.com.<br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 37
ROUND TOWN<br />
I always feel like somebody’s<br />
watching me... All the news<br />
about NSA surveillance worries me.<br />
It’s not so much the NSA, it’s what<br />
their private sector consultants and<br />
tech providers might do with our personal<br />
data. Are they leaking my stuff<br />
onto Google, or Siri, heaven forbid?<br />
“Hi, Mr. Curtis, I hear you’re down<br />
8 pounds, gotta keep that diet going,<br />
so how about a skinny latte?” asks my<br />
‘buck barista.<br />
“How do you know about my diet?”<br />
I ask, but he’s already gone, waiting on<br />
the next customer.<br />
‘Your 1998 Camry, VIN #_____<br />
averaged 24.6 mpg on your trip to Santa<br />
Barbara; good work, Bruce!’ –reads my<br />
gas receipt. I furtively search under<br />
my hood for an unrecognized black<br />
box, but find nothing. And what’s<br />
with the Crown Vic with the Booz<br />
Allen logo, next to me?<br />
My banker says, “Hi, Mr. Curtis,<br />
how are you? Hey, sorry you’re getting<br />
audited,” Wait! I’m getting audited? I<br />
haven’t heard anything...”<br />
“Oh, [coughs], I’m sorry, excuse<br />
me...” She flashes a glassy smile and<br />
flees to a back office.<br />
Fact is, everyone is tracking us, everywhere;<br />
your credit card histories,<br />
cell phone location, all of it encoded<br />
in tiny binary bits which in the hands<br />
of the right geek reveal all sorts of<br />
intimate stuff about you, your buying<br />
habits, social life, income and political<br />
preference.<br />
The value of your home, for instance,<br />
is common knowledge,<br />
tracked by the California Realtor’s<br />
Association, which says prices have<br />
risen faster than anytime in the past<br />
33 years. Fact is, median home prices<br />
are up 32% from May, a year ago, as<br />
buyers compete for existing homes.<br />
And you don’t always have to possess<br />
all the facts to deduce even more. For<br />
instance, purchasers are fronting bigger<br />
down payments to get more stable<br />
loans and better interest rates, and we<br />
County Perspective<br />
can deduce from this that people have<br />
more cash than they did at the start of<br />
the Great Recession.<br />
Websites like Zillow and Trulia<br />
track Central Coast housing commerce<br />
down to the neighborhood, the<br />
“hottest” zones color-coded in yellow<br />
and red. Where are prices toastiest?<br />
Paso Robles to Templeton, where the<br />
average home goes on the market for<br />
anywhere from $675,000 to $1.05<br />
million and that’s plenty warm.<br />
The main reason for house prices<br />
skyrocketing in an economy seen as<br />
lukewarm at best? Under-supply. Developers<br />
say taxes, fees and assessments<br />
add so much to new home prices that<br />
they’re waiting until homebuyers are<br />
willing to fork over enough extra to<br />
cover those costs.<br />
Economic recovery is a factor with<br />
county jobless rates dropping below<br />
6%, although quality income producing,<br />
(read: home-buying wages)<br />
lags. Economic forecasters look for<br />
double-digit home price inflation this<br />
year, tapering down in 2014.<br />
Templeton TAAG: The Templeton<br />
area advisory group (TAAG)<br />
approved People’s Self Help Housing’s<br />
proposal for 84 new apartment<br />
units, set to be built onto an existing<br />
2-acre apartment property off Las<br />
Tablas Road.<br />
Five buildings, each with six units<br />
will be open to low-income residents,<br />
since the rents will be 30% below<br />
market. Unfortunately, every program<br />
comes with a certain loss of privacy;<br />
residents will be income-checked<br />
LAW OFFICE of JAMIE M. McMILLAN<br />
Jamie M. McMillan - attorney mediator<br />
By Bruce Curtis<br />
annually, to meet income restrictions<br />
of $18,000 to $ 40,000 per year.<br />
Templeton’s first hotel, Las Tablas<br />
Village, was green-lighted by TAAG.<br />
The project proposed for the corner<br />
of Las Tablas Road and Bennett<br />
Way would bring nearly 182,000<br />
square feet of hotel, retail and residential<br />
space to the site. The mixeduse<br />
project brings 120 hotel units to<br />
the 15-acre site.<br />
“...tracked by the California Realtor’s Association,<br />
which says prices have risen faster than anytime in<br />
the past 33 years...Where are prices toastiest?<br />
Paso Robles to Templeton, where the average home<br />
goes on the market for anywhere from $675,000<br />
to $1.05 million and that’s plenty warm.”<br />
Loss: Nipomo supervisor Paul<br />
Teixeira (pronounced teh-share-ah,<br />
in case you wondered), surprised everyone<br />
by unexpectedly passing away.<br />
I realize he was my age, and I shiver.<br />
Teixeira passed away at Marian<br />
Medical Center in Santa Maria<br />
on June 28th of undisclosed causes,<br />
leaving a glaring gap and many questions<br />
about how the board will lean,<br />
now that Teixeira’s pro-growth, conservative<br />
presence is gone. On the<br />
officially non-partisan board, Paso<br />
Robles’ Frank Mecham and Debbie<br />
Arnold, next door, are generally<br />
seen as more pro-growth than their<br />
liberal-leaning counterparts, Bruce<br />
Gibson and Adam Hill.<br />
To add to the confusion, Democrat<br />
Governor Jerry Brown is likely to appoint<br />
an interim supervisor – and you<br />
can just about bet he or she will not<br />
be a conservative – to fill Teixeira’s<br />
remaining term, which runs through<br />
2014.<br />
What policy changes will the<br />
shift in board makeup do? The<br />
likely answer is, not many, because<br />
Brown is not expected to appoint<br />
Teixeira’s successor for at least six<br />
months, and that minimizes the<br />
time and political capital available<br />
to his successor. For now, look for<br />
some gridlock, and acrimony, if<br />
only symbolic. And why does Jerry<br />
Brown get to decide who represents<br />
county voters?<br />
Taking Sides: Anyone who has<br />
tracked groundwater declines along<br />
the 101/Hwy 46 corridor knew sides<br />
would be drawn.<br />
Those sides now have names: Paso<br />
Robles Agricultural Alliance for<br />
Groundwater Solutions, (PRAAGS),<br />
and PRO Water Equity, representing<br />
residential property owners.<br />
Not surprisingly, PRAAGS wants<br />
a fully empowered water management<br />
district, and plans to circulate a<br />
petition in the Fall. PRO Water Equity<br />
believes ag users don’t care about<br />
residential users, even as residential<br />
wells go dry, victims of greater use by<br />
agriculture.<br />
PRAAGS Chair Jerry Reaugh<br />
responds that ag interests are just as<br />
affected by water issues as residents<br />
– and ag users are also residents.<br />
The bottom line that the aquifer<br />
doesn’t respect property lines may<br />
be the one thing both sides will<br />
agree on, even though PRO Water<br />
disagrees with forming a water<br />
management district. Dana Merrill,<br />
PRAAGS vice-chair, sees a district<br />
as the only way to bring powerful<br />
interests together to seek a solution.<br />
By assessing properties based<br />
on acreage, Merrill thinks both ag<br />
and residents could bring together<br />
the clout needed to move politicians<br />
toward real solutions. The immediate<br />
need is to stabilize the aquifers,<br />
Merrill emphasizes.<br />
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 39
ROUND TOWN<br />
San Miguel Enterprise, Part II<br />
San Miguel<br />
Reflections<br />
By Lynne Schmitz<br />
Continuing with the wealth of<br />
information in the first issue of<br />
the San Miguel Enterprise dated<br />
Thursday, July 2, 1903 - 110 years<br />
ago last month – the editorial staff<br />
interviewed farmers. In an article<br />
entitled “What One Man Has<br />
Done Others Can Do,” Mr. J.M.<br />
( Johnson Marshall) Kalar shared<br />
the history of his move to San<br />
Miguel and his success in farming.<br />
He arrived here “...in September,<br />
1893 with fifteen head of horses,<br />
a gang plow, two sections of a sixhorse<br />
harrow, and $150 in cash.”<br />
He began by farming rented land.<br />
Overcoming serious obstacles in his<br />
first year, including short rainfall<br />
and crops and loss of six horses, he<br />
ended the 1894-95 crop year $500<br />
in arrears.<br />
Weather, markets and hog cholera<br />
notwithstanding, Mr. Kalar’s<br />
energy and perseverance triumphed.<br />
By 1903, he owned 1290 acres of<br />
good land and had a net worth of<br />
over $16,000. His great-grandsons,<br />
Steve on the family farm just<br />
The Paso<br />
Robles City<br />
Library recently<br />
announced the<br />
winners of the<br />
7th annual juried<br />
art exhibit<br />
for area teens<br />
– Brushmarks<br />
<strong>2013</strong>.<br />
Best of Show<br />
was awarded to<br />
northeast of San Miguel and David<br />
in Paso Robles, carry wonderful<br />
memories of their pioneer roots.<br />
Today, a large mural painted with<br />
love by Steve Kalar and centered by<br />
cameos of his great-grandparents,<br />
is mounted on the north end of the<br />
warehouse on Mission Street near<br />
11th Street.<br />
Returning to the 1903 Enterprise,<br />
Robert S. Kirk ran an extensive<br />
advertisement selling farm land<br />
in the area from 40 to 240 acres<br />
“With climate unsurpassed. With<br />
Scenic Beauty of Hill, Dale and<br />
Valley, Good Water, Excellent Soil.”<br />
A 160-acre parcel on the Estrella<br />
River with a house, barn, well and<br />
small orchard was priced at $4,000<br />
($25 per acre) although some farms<br />
were advertised from $5 (unimproved)<br />
to $10 per acre.<br />
Under the heading “Thorough<br />
Farming – An Instance of Prosperity<br />
of Interest to Home Seekers”<br />
Mr. V.M. Corbaley told his<br />
story of successful farming.<br />
His family resided on 80<br />
acres near San Miguel<br />
on Estrella Creek.<br />
The previous year he<br />
earned $630 by selling<br />
14 acres of melons<br />
which had cost him<br />
approximately $14 per acre to plant.<br />
He grew peaches, almonds and<br />
pears on another 16 acres. Sales of<br />
the fruits came to $1370. Added to<br />
that was income from 36 1⁄2 tons of<br />
dry-farmed hay (not irrigated). He<br />
raised hogs for sale and there was a<br />
large family garden. Mr. Corbaley<br />
was contemplating drilling a well<br />
the following year hoping to double<br />
his yields.<br />
In the “Local Items” column we<br />
learn that Frank Lowe of Lowe’s<br />
Canyon had recently been to Salinas<br />
and while there he exhibited<br />
some of the wheat grown on his<br />
property, impressing people with<br />
the excellent quality of the product<br />
in what was termed ‘an off year’ and<br />
eliciting many inquiries about the<br />
land which produced it.<br />
Farming was big business in the<br />
north county and San Miguel was<br />
still a major center for shipping by<br />
rail although the railroad had been<br />
completed through the<br />
north county. A list<br />
of grain and livestock<br />
shipment totals was<br />
included in the issue<br />
under the title<br />
“Interesting Figures”<br />
for the year ending<br />
on December 1,<br />
Elisa Santiago for Weekend Warrior<br />
5th Place: Sigourney Harrington<br />
for Weaver of Words<br />
Magdalene Thompson for Empty<br />
Mind<br />
Honorable Mention:<br />
Cody Colombo for Spiral Shell<br />
Cher Haas for The Koi and<br />
the Turtle<br />
Awards were provided and<br />
presented by distinguished juror<br />
Jack Johnson – winner of numerous<br />
1902, “...10,085 tons, or 201,700<br />
centals, or 20,170,000 pounds of<br />
grain.” Sale price was around $1.10<br />
per cental, netting $221,870. Approximately<br />
1400 head of cattle<br />
and hogs, weighing some 355 tons<br />
altogether, were valued at approximately<br />
$56,000.<br />
However, this was the value of<br />
only about one-third of the total<br />
stock shipped that year because San<br />
Miguel did not have livestock scales<br />
– animals were weighed elsewhere.<br />
New livestock scales had just recently<br />
been installed. Actual totals<br />
for the year were estimated at close<br />
to $168,000.<br />
The Southern Pacific trains also<br />
carried passengers. A Coast Division<br />
schedule shows two North<br />
Bound passenger trains leaving<br />
San Miguel in the mornings and<br />
two South Bound trains departing,<br />
one in the afternoon and one in the<br />
middle of the night. Throughout<br />
the turn of the 20th Century, San<br />
Miguel thrived.<br />
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 41
ROUND TOWN<br />
Multi-Platinum Michael W. Smith and Grammy Nominated Francesca Battistelli<br />
Cantinas Music Festival features<br />
major Christian artists on <strong>August</strong> 24<br />
The Cantinas Ranch<br />
Foundation will embark<br />
on its second annual<br />
Cantinas Music<br />
Festival at the Paso<br />
Robles Event Center<br />
on <strong>August</strong> 24, featuring<br />
three-time Grammy Award winner<br />
and multi-platinum selling artist Michael<br />
W. Smith and Grammy nominated<br />
vocalist Francesca Battistelli.<br />
General Admission tickets for the<br />
event are available for $35 at www.<br />
CantinasMusicFestival.com.<br />
Cantinas Ranch Foundation is a<br />
non-profit 501(C)(3) entity whose<br />
mission is to encourage talented<br />
Christian teen and college-level artists<br />
to promote healthy family values<br />
and interaction. Last year’s debut festival<br />
was a sold-out success drawing<br />
over 5,000 attendees to engage in a<br />
full day of festivities and entertainment<br />
by multi-platinum selling band<br />
MercyMe, Newsboys, Building 429<br />
and breakout artist Kylie Rose.<br />
“Knocking on heaven’s door once<br />
again on <strong>August</strong> 24, we hope you<br />
join us in seeking His presence and<br />
impacting families,<br />
future leaders, and the<br />
community, for the<br />
glory of God,” says<br />
Wendy Hughes, Co-<br />
Founder & Executive<br />
Director of Cantinas<br />
Ranch Foundation.<br />
The <strong>2013</strong> Cantinas Music Festival<br />
will kick off at 12 noon with its<br />
popular Village Festival featuring an<br />
array of options in interactive fun<br />
for the entire family. In addition, attendees<br />
will have the opportunity to<br />
experience live entertainment from<br />
various community vendors as they<br />
meet local artists and enjoy arts and<br />
crafts, photo booths, food concessions<br />
and more. Opening the main stage<br />
show is American Idol finalist Jason<br />
Castro with headlining acts taking<br />
the main stage at 6 p.m. National hip<br />
hop dance crew, The Groovaloos, will<br />
close the show.<br />
To coincide with this year’s music<br />
festival, Cantinas Ranch Foundation<br />
will once again host its annual Worship<br />
Song Talent Contest. Finalists<br />
will be chosen to perform in front of<br />
a soon-to-be announced all-star panel<br />
of judges at the festival. In 2012,<br />
three frontrunners (out of thousands<br />
7th Annual Dog Splash Days<br />
Dog owners can bring their dogs for<br />
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scheduled for September 6-8. The<br />
pool officially closes to the public<br />
prior to this event and will be cleaned<br />
before reopening.<br />
“Little Dog and Senior Dog<br />
Swim” is set for Friday, September<br />
6 from 12:30 – 2 p.m., reserved for<br />
dogs under 30 pounds or older or infirm<br />
dogs.<br />
Dogs of all sizes are welcome on<br />
Friday, Sept 6, from 2 – 5 p.m.,<br />
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of submissions) were selected to take<br />
the stage before celebrity judges<br />
that included Today Show’s Kathie<br />
Lee Gifford, actress and former Full<br />
House star Candace Cameron Bure,<br />
and T.V./Feature Literary Agent<br />
Michael Van Dyck. The 2012 winner,<br />
Kyler Gentry, from Simi Valley,<br />
Calif., took home the grand prize of<br />
$2,000. Additional details and submissions<br />
for the <strong>2013</strong> contest will<br />
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ROUND TOWN<br />
DOG SPLASH from page 42<br />
Frisbees, tennis balls, rubber ducks,<br />
and other retrieval toys filled the<br />
pool and pool deck.<br />
Admission is $15 by early-bird<br />
paid reservations through September<br />
3rd and $20 thereafter. Reservations<br />
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Please include the desired date and<br />
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Event proceeds benefit Vineyard<br />
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TEMPLETON UPDATE<br />
“Kings of Cool” returning<br />
After selling out their previous show<br />
the “Kings of Cool” - A Tribute to the<br />
Rat Pack - returns to the Templeton<br />
Performing Arts Center on Saturday,<br />
Aug. 24 at 7 p.m., presented by<br />
Templeton Chamber of Commerce<br />
and Templeton Unified School District.<br />
Tickets $15 advance, $20 at door,<br />
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Templeton Chamber of<br />
Commerce <strong>2013</strong> Installation<br />
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The Templeton Chamber of Commerce<br />
held its Installation Dinner on<br />
July 11 at Castoro Cellars. Awards<br />
were presented for Citizen of the<br />
Year, Carla Willhoit, Business of the<br />
Year, Applynx, and Ambassador of<br />
the Year, Cheryl Carnevali along with<br />
announcing the incoming Board of<br />
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Officers include President, Rob<br />
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President Mike Lane, Twin Cities<br />
Community Hospital, Secretary, Katty<br />
Coffron, M.A., L.M.F.T. and Treasurer<br />
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Publishing, Ray Fritz, The Mortgage<br />
House, Kristen Handley, Continental<br />
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Event sponsors include<br />
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Reservations are recommended<br />
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 45
Hoofbeat<br />
By Dorothy<br />
Rogers<br />
Grab your hat or helmet and pull on<br />
your boots whether you are competing in<br />
English or western, camping out with<br />
your horses or exploring the trail. There<br />
is fun awaiting!<br />
Whitehorse Challenge<br />
No, you need not own a white or<br />
gray horse to compete. Our friends<br />
at Whitehorse Tack and Veterinary<br />
Supply continue to support the<br />
equine community. The next round<br />
in the Whitehorse Challenge Series<br />
is set for <strong>August</strong> 18 at Vulcan Mesa<br />
Ranch in Atascadero.<br />
There is something for all with<br />
twenty-three classes include flat, hunter<br />
and jumper challenge as well as stakes.<br />
Ribbons will be presented to fifth place<br />
as well as High Point, Junior, Amateur<br />
and Open divisions. Each class is just<br />
$15. For further information contact<br />
Eric Smith (712-4579). The next show<br />
in the Challenge is September 22 at<br />
Shadow Hills Riding School at the<br />
former LOVE Farm in Los Osos.<br />
Summer Jubilee & Academy<br />
The Summer Jubilee at Varian Arabians<br />
is set for <strong>August</strong> 3 and 4. This is<br />
your chance to see some of the local<br />
horses that have made history. Don’t<br />
miss a tour of the main barn with it’s<br />
extensive “History Wall.” Sheila and<br />
her staff will present the famed stallions<br />
and mares with their “get” (offspring)<br />
representing half a century of<br />
Varian breeding. This year’s collection<br />
of sale horses will be showcased at as<br />
their personalities are revealed at liberty<br />
and then later under saddle.<br />
Guest presenter for <strong>2013</strong>, Tommy<br />
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Brazilian National Champion Arabian<br />
and Half Arabian Western and<br />
Hunter Pleasure titles. Tommy has also<br />
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Horse Colt Starting in 2008 and 2009.<br />
The Big Ball and it’s benefits should<br />
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Saturday afternoon followed by<br />
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Your reservation of $100 for Saturday<br />
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and fully catered BBQ. Cowgirl<br />
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I Love Horses.” Selected craftsmen<br />
and vendors will be available for<br />
shopping on the lawns surrounded<br />
by abundant flowers.<br />
The famous Sunday Varian Mare<br />
Sheila Varian<br />
photo by Sharon P. Fibelkorn<br />
Walk lead by Sheila is unlike any other.<br />
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The following week, <strong>August</strong> 7-<br />
11, Sheila and her cousins at Parkfield<br />
will conduct a Family Style<br />
Cowboy Academy at the V6 Ranch.<br />
Enjoy Jack Varian’s delicious ranch<br />
raised beef while learning some of<br />
the skills needed on the ranch or in<br />
ranch competition. Reservations are<br />
a MUST. www.parkfield.com<br />
Silver Buckles<br />
Schooling shows used to be quite<br />
prevalent here giving youth, novices<br />
and young horses a training and testing<br />
ground as they develop. Sadly, these<br />
shows are much harder to come by with<br />
time and financial pressures today.<br />
One organization that has made a<br />
commitment to these shows on different<br />
levels is the San Luis Obispo<br />
County Quarter Horse Association.<br />
The good folks at Pat Mar Ranch<br />
in Templeton and an active core are<br />
continuing with their second in the<br />
Open Show Silver Buckle Series on<br />
<strong>August</strong> 11.<br />
An open show means that there<br />
are no major qualifications to participate<br />
and all breeds are welcome to<br />
come and “play.” Spectators are admitted<br />
free. Competitors show in the<br />
series to amass points toward flashy<br />
silver buckles.<br />
If you want to learn what is involved<br />
with showing and preparation<br />
for events, stop in at Pat Mar at 405<br />
N. Main Street in Templeton and<br />
ask. Who knows? We might see you<br />
in the arena by next year. Call Marie<br />
who gladly shares her knowledge on<br />
getting started (434-1597). The next<br />
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Fall Fling<br />
<strong>August</strong> 24-25 finds the California<br />
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near Geneseo, the lovely farm sports a<br />
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Aug. 3 & 4 Varian Summer Jubilee,<br />
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stallion presentation, selected shopping,<br />
music, catered, horses & breedings<br />
for sale, varianarabians.com<br />
the spotlight at the Events Center<br />
<strong>August</strong> 13-18.<br />
Some of the best horses and riders<br />
will also compete for bragging rights<br />
and a big check in the Richest Stock<br />
Horse title. Vendors will be set up for<br />
shopping and admission is free except<br />
for the finals.<br />
Lots of locals will compete in a<br />
variety of divisions. Make certain<br />
to watch for Roblan Luke Neubert<br />
and “This Cats Crackin” (or one of<br />
his other Neubert Custom Colts) to<br />
possibly repeat their winning fence<br />
run from the June NRCHA event.<br />
Double R<br />
The Rossell family have been engaged<br />
with horses, shows and announcing<br />
for decades. Rex is staging<br />
the Double R Cutting at the Events<br />
Center <strong>August</strong> 29-September 1.<br />
Pack up the family and take them for<br />
HOOFBEAT CALENDAR<br />
Aug. 2-4 Miller’s Day Camp, SLO,<br />
tent. MdO, 235-3834<br />
Aug. 2-4 Gold N Grand Summer<br />
Series, Rancho Murieta, Shady Schneider,<br />
916-985-7334, shady@murie<br />
taequestriancenter.com<br />
Aug. 4 CCCAHA All Breed Horse<br />
Show, 3 buckle high pt. series, Buckley<br />
Stables, SLO, also 8/4 & 10/6,<br />
BLAKE’S, INC.<br />
some excitement. Admission is free<br />
so cheer on your favorite horses and<br />
riders as they vie against the cattle.<br />
Call Rex (331-5978) for details.<br />
Take a Short Ride<br />
Earl Warren Showgrounds continues<br />
to host some of the most<br />
historic shows in California. <strong>August</strong><br />
14-17 the Morgan Medallion Classic<br />
gathers in Santa Barbara. The<br />
action begins at 10 a.m. till 3 p.m.<br />
with the evening show scheduled<br />
from 7-9 p.m. www.morganmedallionclassic.com<br />
<strong>August</strong> 30 the 69th Arabian and<br />
Half Arabian Show begins. Admission<br />
and parking are free with the<br />
colorful event beginning at 8 a.m.<br />
each day. Classes include all of the<br />
standard western and English levels,<br />
plus cattle, driving, costume, and if<br />
enough entries, enjoy a touch of the<br />
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with 30 assortments and over 300 items.<br />
High quality chrome fasteners in American and<br />
metric sizes, giving motorcycle and classic car<br />
enthusiasts a place to buy their fasteners.<br />
We have the chrome for you!<br />
From nuts & bolts to water heaters, BLAKE’S has been<br />
providing our community with the hardware you need for over 61 years<br />
Now Carrying<br />
Pressure Washer<br />
Parts & Hoses<br />
old world with the elegant entries in<br />
side saddle. For more information<br />
contact S. Lease (209-642-0360).<br />
Fast Times<br />
<strong>August</strong> 17 District 14A will hold<br />
a gymkhana at the Railhead Arena.<br />
Sign ups are at 8 a.m. with the first<br />
ride at 9 a.m. Be ready to cheer on<br />
the speed since admission is free.<br />
Call Margo (467-3535 or Vicky<br />
438-3954) for specifics.<br />
Margo Abatti and Vicky Womble<br />
have volunteered to run and stage<br />
California Gymkhana Association<br />
competitions based in Santa Margarita<br />
and south Atascadero. Kudos<br />
to these two ladies and their families<br />
who have helped to not only introduce<br />
many riders to the sport, but<br />
encouraged them to excel at state<br />
championships and then in the arena<br />
in their barrel racing careers.<br />
www.cccaha.org<br />
Aug. 5-9 Miller’s Day Camp, SLO,<br />
235-3834<br />
Aug. 7-11 Family Style Cowboy<br />
Academy, V6 Ranch, parkfield.com<br />
Aug. 8-11 Alliance National Championships<br />
Western Dressage Association,<br />
LA Equestrian Center,<br />
Burbank, www.Andalusian-Lusitano-Alliance.com<br />
Aug. 10 & 11 CA Jr. Cowboys Assoc.<br />
Rodeo, Woodlake Lion’s Rodeo<br />
Arena, Michelle or Rocky Steagall<br />
559-876-1892, www.cjca.us<br />
Aug. 10 (Tentative) Deanise Heer<br />
Memorial Barrel Race, Rancho del<br />
Salinas near 101 North of Paso, BBQ<br />
& bonfire after<br />
Please see HOOFBEAT page 48<br />
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 47
HOOFBEAT<br />
HOOFBEAT from page 47<br />
Aug. 11 SLOCQHA #2 Open Show<br />
Silver Buckle Series, Eng/West open,<br />
Pat Mar Ranch, 405 N. Main St.,<br />
Templeton, Marie 434-1597, also<br />
Oct. 27, www.SLOCQHA.com<br />
Aug. 12 SLO-CDS meeting, Vulcan<br />
Mesa, 6-9 p.m., potluck 6 p.m., meeting<br />
to follow<br />
Aug. 12-16 Miller’s Day Camp, SLO,<br />
235-3834, sessions all month<br />
Aug. 13-18 National Stock Horse<br />
Show, Futurity & World’s Richest,<br />
Events Center, Paso, free for spectators<br />
till the finals, then tickets, free parking<br />
Aug. 13 Atascadero Horsemen’s<br />
meeting, 6 p.m., 7 p.m. program, 8<br />
p.m. meeting, A Town Cafe off of El<br />
Camino Real<br />
Aug. 13 CCCAHA meeting, 6 p.m.,<br />
Pat Wagner Bluehills2@aol.com<br />
Aug. 14-17 Morgan Medallion Classic,<br />
Earl Warren, Santa Barbara, 10-3<br />
p.m. & 7-9 p.m., free, M. Sanderson<br />
951-735-4646, www.morganmedallionclassic.com<br />
Aug. 17 CGA District 14A, Santa<br />
Margarita Railhead Arena, sign up 8<br />
a.m., ride 9 a.m., Margo Abatti 467-<br />
3535 or Vicky Womble 438-3954<br />
Aug. 17 Ray Berta Horsemanship<br />
Clinic, Carmel Valley Saddle Club<br />
Arena, 85 E. Garzas Rd., fee includes<br />
lunch, 9-4 p.m., www.rayberta.com<br />
Aug. 18 Whitehorse Challenge Series,<br />
Vulcan Mesa Ranch, Rocky Canyon<br />
Rd. near Hwy. 41, Atascadero,<br />
7:30 a.m. start, 23 classes, flat, eq, h/j,<br />
jumper challenge & stakes, $15 class,<br />
ribbons to 5th, high pt. Jr., Am., Open,<br />
please no dogs, 712-4579 Eric<br />
Aug. 20 CCCMB meeting, 5:30 p.m.,<br />
SLO Parks & Rec. 1341 Nipomo,<br />
SLO<br />
Aug. 21 (Tent.) SLOCQHA meeting,<br />
Griff ’s Restaurant, Main St.,<br />
Templeton, 6 p.m dinner, meeting<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
Aug. 24 Ray Berta Cattle Clinic,<br />
Carmel Valley Saddle Club Arena,<br />
85 E. Garzas Rd., fee includes lunch,<br />
9-4 p.m., www.rayberta.com<br />
Aug. 24-25 SLO-CDS Fall Fling,<br />
Golden Hills Farm, off Creston Rd.,<br />
Paso Robles, judge H. Gurney “S”<br />
if numbers warrant second judge,<br />
ASEF, USDF, CDS, AQHA for pts.,<br />
Ellen Corob 440-2947, www.slocds<br />
.org<br />
Aug. 27 Ray Berta Cattle Clinic, Carmel<br />
Valley Saddle Club Arena, 85 E.<br />
Garzas Rd., fee includes lunch, 9-4<br />
p.m., www.rayberta.com<br />
Aug. 29-Sept. 1 Double R Cutting,<br />
Events Center, Rex Rossoll 331-<br />
5978<br />
Aug. 30-Sept. 6 9th Arabian & Half<br />
Show, Earl Warren, SB, free admission/parking,<br />
8-8 p.m. Fri. & Sat., 8-5<br />
p.m. Sun., S. Lease 209-642-0360<br />
Aug. 31-Sept. 2 or Sept. 13-15<br />
Miller’s Rancho Osos Adv. overnight<br />
camp, tentative, 235-3834<br />
Aug. 31 Pinedorado Parade on Sat.,<br />
Cambria<br />
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View: Breathtaking oak lands,<br />
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Access: Pozo Rd.. about 20 min.<br />
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Fees: $7/vehicle, $3/horse,<br />
“Iron Ranger” uses cash/check<br />
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Time Factor: at walk 2 hrs.<br />
Trail: single track & fire road,<br />
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Feet: suggest shod<br />
Dogs: on leash<br />
Khus Camp: tie rails, 2 horse corrals,<br />
water trough, campfire rings, BBQ,<br />
Overnight: advance reservations<br />
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Main Ranger Station: SM Lake<br />
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Cell Reception: Spotty<br />
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 49
City of Paso Robles<br />
Recreation Opportunities in Paso<br />
ART AT THE LIBRARY<br />
Artist of the Month:<br />
Parks 4 Pups<br />
This exhibit will feature professional and<br />
amateur photographers’ best photographs<br />
from Dog Splash Days of 2012. Parks<br />
4 Pups is a nonprofit organization that<br />
promotes activities for dogs and their<br />
owners. Check out the wonderful dog<br />
park they helped to establish next to the<br />
Senior Center on Scott Street!<br />
COMMUNITY EVENTS<br />
Concerts in the Park – FREE!<br />
Friday’s, <strong>August</strong> 2nd – 23rd<br />
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.<br />
City Park Gazebo at 12th & Pine Street<br />
Our fun, fabulous FREE concerts continue<br />
through <strong>August</strong> 23rd. Featured<br />
beverages available for purchase are provided<br />
by our presenting sponsors, J. Lohr<br />
Winery and Firestone Walker Brewing<br />
Company. Proceeds from the beverage<br />
sales benefit the REC Foundation, a<br />
non-profit organization currently raising<br />
funds for the Downtown City Park Playground<br />
Project. Food from local eateries<br />
Kindermusik Adventures<br />
Beach Days<br />
Tuesday’s, <strong>August</strong> 6 – 27<br />
10 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.<br />
Dance a seashell dance, pretend to wiggle<br />
your toes in the sand, move like whales,<br />
count with an octopus, splash and sail,<br />
and so much more! These engaging activites<br />
will help your child experience<br />
musical concepts, such as legato and staccato,.<br />
Your child will enjoy the interactive<br />
digital home materials and theme-based<br />
snacks. Grab your sunglasses, it’s time for<br />
Beach Days! Ages 18M – 3Y. $52<br />
LEGO Jedi Engineering:<br />
<strong>August</strong> 19, 21, 22 &23, 9 a.m. – Noon.<br />
Explore worlds far, far away while you<br />
defeat the Empire by designing and refining<br />
X-Wings, R2-units, and settlements.<br />
Create motorized and architectural<br />
projects. Ages 5 – 6. $147<br />
LEGO Jedi Master Engineering<br />
<strong>August</strong> 19 – 23, 1 – 4 p.m.<br />
Build complex machines and structures<br />
such as X-Wings, AT-AT walkers, Pod<br />
Racers, Star Destroyers, Cloud Cities,<br />
settlements, and fortresses.Projects reis<br />
also available. Bring your lawn chairs<br />
and enjoy our wonderful Paso Robles<br />
evenings with your friends and family.<br />
Thank you to our concert partners, Paso<br />
Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> and the Paso Robles<br />
Main Street Association. Presented by<br />
the REC Foundation and the City of<br />
Paso Robles.<br />
Demonstration Garden at<br />
Centennial Park<br />
<strong>August</strong> 24th, 10 a.m. – Noon<br />
FREE Workshop<br />
For details, go to www.pasorobles<br />
demogarden.org. Presented by Transition<br />
Food Group of Paso Robles.<br />
RECREATION CLASSES<br />
& CAMPS<br />
Paso Robles Summer Swim<br />
Program<br />
Municipal Pool, 29th<br />
& Oak Street<br />
Open Public Swim through<br />
Friday, <strong>August</strong> 16th.<br />
Monday – Friday, 1 – 3:30 p.m.<br />
Saturday’s, Noon – 5 p.m.<br />
Day Pass: $3 (Under age 1 is free!)<br />
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Science Camp: Anatomy<br />
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<strong>August</strong> 12 – 15<br />
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moving through LIVE. Animals, and<br />
create models of respiratory and digestive<br />
systems. Ages 7 – 11. $124<br />
Science Camp: Chemistry:<br />
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<strong>August</strong> 5 – 8<br />
Concoct mixtures and solutions, create<br />
chemical reactions, and learn how it all<br />
happens! Lay a solid foundation for your<br />
future in chemistry! Ages 6 – 10. $124<br />
Zoo to You Camps<br />
Junior Keeper Camp for Teens<br />
<strong>August</strong> 5 – 8 or <strong>August</strong> 12 – 15,<br />
8 a.m. - Noon<br />
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trainers, teens will discover what it takes<br />
to become a zookeeper, including diet<br />
preparation, cleaning, creating enrichment<br />
devices, and animal health care.<br />
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 51
BUSINESS<br />
The SLO County Wine Industry Awards<br />
The San Luis Obispo County<br />
wine industry came together to nominate<br />
their own for the most respected<br />
awards honoring members of the<br />
local wine community with the<br />
resulting honorees announced recently.<br />
The <strong>2013</strong> San Luis Obispo<br />
County Wine Industry Awards go to<br />
– Wine Industry Person of the Year,<br />
Keith Patterson, Cal Poly Wine and<br />
Viticulture Professor (posthumous);<br />
Winemaker of the Year, Neil Collins,<br />
Tablas Creek Vineyard and Lone<br />
Madrone; and Wine Grape Grower<br />
of the Year, George Donati, Pacific<br />
Vineyard Company.<br />
The Paso Robles Wine Country<br />
Alliance in partnership with the<br />
San Luis Obispo Vintners Association,<br />
the Independent Grape Growers<br />
Association, the Central Coast<br />
Vineyard Team and past award<br />
recipients worked together to<br />
identify the <strong>2013</strong> honorees. The<br />
award recipients were honored<br />
at an awards ceremony during<br />
the California Mid-State<br />
Fair on Friday, July 19. Each<br />
recipient was nominated and voted<br />
on by their peers for their leadership<br />
in California’s third largest wine<br />
region, San Luis Obispo County.<br />
“These awards showcase leaders in<br />
our community who have worked to<br />
raise the profile and elevate the quality<br />
of the region,” said Jennifer Porter,<br />
Executive Director of the Paso Robles<br />
Wine Country Alliance. “Honoring<br />
Keith, Neil and George, recognizes<br />
their contributions as mentors, innovators<br />
and industry stewards within<br />
this wine grape growing region we call<br />
home.”<br />
By Millie Drum<br />
Wellness Kitchen by Day<br />
- Soul Kitchen by Night<br />
On one Thursday night each<br />
month, The Wellness Kitchen invites<br />
you to enjoy live music and wine<br />
tasting while getting a “closer look at<br />
the Kitchen.” By day, the kitchen uses<br />
S.O.U.L – Seasonal, Organic, Un-<br />
Refined and Local ingredients to prepare<br />
the Wellness, Transitional and<br />
Healing Foods and the weekday lunch<br />
service from 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.<br />
The next Soul Kitchen is <strong>August</strong><br />
29 from 6-8 p.m. featuring live<br />
music, wine tasting and a Wellness<br />
Food Sampler plate. The donation at<br />
the door funds the Healing Foods program<br />
that is being expanded to service<br />
Wine Industry<br />
Person of the<br />
Year<br />
Keith Patterson,<br />
Cal Poly Wine and<br />
Viticulture Professor<br />
(posthumous)<br />
Dr. Patterson was<br />
professor of viticulture<br />
at California Polytechnic State<br />
University, San Luis Obispo from<br />
1997 to <strong>2013</strong>. He developed and<br />
taught core viticulture classes, carried<br />
out a variety of viticulture research<br />
projects, and shared his passion for<br />
wine grape growing and winemaking<br />
with thousands of students, of whom<br />
many are part of the current leadership<br />
and talent in the San Luis<br />
Obispo County wine industry.<br />
Keith was one of the founding<br />
fathers of the Wine and Viticulture<br />
Program at Cal Poly, instrumental in<br />
getting the program minor approved<br />
in 1999 and the major in 2000. He<br />
helped launch the service-based student<br />
club Vines to Wines, which<br />
has been instrumental in connecting<br />
Cal Poly students with wine industry<br />
events and professionals. Known<br />
as both a professor and pioneer in<br />
the world of viticulture, colleagues<br />
and students alike consider Patterson<br />
one of the best and most influential<br />
instructors they have ever known at<br />
Cal Poly. With his great sense of<br />
humor and unmatched knowledge,<br />
Patterson shared his passion for the<br />
teaching and research of wine and<br />
viticulture. He constantly inspired<br />
those around him to do their best and<br />
follow what they love.<br />
Winemaker of<br />
the Year<br />
Neil Collins,<br />
Tablas Creek<br />
Vineyard /<br />
Lone Madrone<br />
Neil Collins moved<br />
to the United<br />
States from Bristol, England after<br />
beginnings as a chef and began his<br />
winemaking career in the local wine<br />
industry in the early 1990s with Adelaida<br />
Cellars and Wild Horse Winery<br />
& Vineyards.<br />
In 1997, in a pursuit to hone his<br />
craft, he moved his family to the<br />
vineyards of Chateauneuf-du-Pape<br />
in southern France where he spent a<br />
year learning the cellars and vineyards<br />
of the famed Chateau de Beaucastel,<br />
one of the oldest and most highly regarded<br />
estates in France.<br />
Neil returned to Paso Robles to<br />
take up the new role of winemaker<br />
and vineyard manager at Tablas Creek<br />
Vineyard, the California property of<br />
Château de Beaucastel. Since that<br />
time, great success and accolades has<br />
been achieved by Tablas Creek Vineyard,<br />
success in which Neil’s hand has<br />
been significant.<br />
Neil and his sister, Jackie Meisinger,<br />
began the winery Lone Madrone<br />
(5800 Adelaida Road, Paso Robles)<br />
in 1996 with the premier goal of producing<br />
distinctive wines exclusively<br />
from vineyards in the rugged limestone<br />
hills of west side Paso Robles.<br />
Growing slowly yet steadily since, the<br />
focus has become largely on vineyards<br />
Millie Drum, Stephanie Austin, Jennifer Hamman, Executive Director Nancy Walker,<br />
Taylor Belmore, Janice Patterson and Debi Goddard<br />
members of our community that are<br />
in acute need of nutritious, prepared<br />
food. Future Soul Kitchen dates are<br />
Sept. 26, Oct. 24 and Nov. 21.<br />
2nd Annual Top Chef<br />
Competition<br />
On Thursday, Sept. 12 at 5 p.m.,<br />
the beautiful demonstration kitchen<br />
at Idler’s Appliances in Paso Robles<br />
becomes center stage for three local<br />
chefs, a panel of judges and guests<br />
for the 2nd Annual Top Chef<br />
Competition.<br />
Chef Alex Martin of Crush<br />
that are dry farmed and head trained,<br />
which winemaker Neil Collins believes<br />
to be “the purest expression of<br />
the unparalleled terroir of west Paso<br />
Robles.” Neil strongly believes that in<br />
order to produce wines of the highest<br />
caliber you must first start with grapes<br />
of exceptional quality. Neil’s technique<br />
of marrying old world growing methods<br />
and winemaking preferences with<br />
new exciting blends of Rhône, Bordeaux<br />
and Italian varieties is a result<br />
of carefully honing his craft over many<br />
harvests. Neil, his wife Marcy and two<br />
children live, farm, and work in the<br />
western hills of Paso Robles.<br />
Winegrape<br />
Grower<br />
of the Year<br />
George Donati,<br />
Pacific Vineyard<br />
Company<br />
George is a fourthgeneration<br />
agriculturist<br />
on the Central Coast, dating<br />
back to his great grandfather’s emigration<br />
from Switzerland in 1870 to<br />
Cayucos, where he grew up on a<br />
family farm in Santa Maria and later<br />
earned a degree in agriculture business<br />
management with a minor in crop<br />
science from California Polytechnic<br />
State University, San Luis Obispo in<br />
1974.<br />
After graduation, Donati continued<br />
farming with the family in Santa<br />
Maria and later moved to farming<br />
vineyards in Madera, California,<br />
Please see Wine Awards page 54<br />
The Wellness Kitchen and Resource Center<br />
Plan to attend SOUL Kitchen and TOP Chef Competition<br />
Catering will be defending his title<br />
as the 2012 winner against Jeffry<br />
Weisinger of Jeffrys Catering and<br />
another chef yet to be chosen. Similar<br />
to the popular Food Network<br />
series Chopped, each chef will have<br />
a pot of secret ingredients, a full<br />
basic pantry (without gluten and<br />
dairy) and one hour to prepare an<br />
appetizer, main course and dessert!<br />
Guests will enjoy wine tasting,<br />
food prepared by The Wellness<br />
Kitchen and a silent auction. For<br />
tickets, call 434-1800 or go online<br />
TheWKRC.org.<br />
The Wellness Kitchen and Resource<br />
Center is located next to<br />
Heritage Oaks Bank, 1255 Las Tablas<br />
Road in Templeton.<br />
52 Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>
BUSINESS<br />
Growth at HFG necessitates move to new building<br />
By Bob Chute<br />
Business is good at Hinds Financial<br />
Group, Inc., and growing pains have<br />
necessitated a move to their new location<br />
at 1818 Spring Street in Paso<br />
Robles, “We’ve doubled in size in<br />
the last two years and recently added<br />
two new agents, Ty Barnhart and<br />
Michael Talen,” said CEO Dee Hinds.<br />
“We’re truly a financial planning full<br />
service firm offering every type of insurance<br />
and able to broker with most<br />
of the A+ rated firms. We also offer<br />
financial planning and estate planning<br />
- you name it - and you’ll have<br />
just one phone number to memorize,<br />
239-7443.<br />
“Plus we’re the local experts on the<br />
President’s new Patient Protect and Affordable<br />
Care Act. Many don’t realize<br />
that under this new program everyone<br />
will have to buy insurance, like it or<br />
not, and the window will only be open<br />
October 1 of this year until March 31<br />
of 2014,” said Hinds. “There are only<br />
17 agents in the North County who are<br />
preparing to help with enrolling people<br />
for coverage under this new Act. Only<br />
17 agents to handle over 10,000 uninsured<br />
in North SLO County and four of<br />
them are in our office.”<br />
The HFG Team includes, from left: Ted Davantzis, Shelli Maldonado, Sarah Hinds,<br />
Edward Dee Hinds III, Michael R. Talen, Olga Hinds, Ty Barnhart, and Simon Lobo.<br />
“Plus, for the majority of people<br />
with insurance policies already in effect,<br />
those will be superseded by this<br />
new program,” added Hinds. “It’s<br />
going to be a nightmare for many<br />
people. The government is setting up<br />
‘exchanges’ to answer your questions<br />
and where people can buy insurance<br />
and they expect people to either wade<br />
through the new criteria on line to<br />
make their decisions or, if they don’t<br />
understand, they’ll have to call an<br />
800 number and deal with ‘navigators’<br />
or ‘assistors’ to answer questions.<br />
But those are not licensed agents.<br />
“I don’t mean to scare anyone, we<br />
can guide you through the confusion.<br />
The good news is you’ll be paying the<br />
same price buying direct through the<br />
‘exchange’ as you’ll pay meeting with us<br />
one-on-one.”<br />
“Would you prefer dealing through<br />
an ‘800’ number or an ‘805’ with a local<br />
person always available to assist?” added<br />
Sarah Hinds, one of those trained in<br />
the new programs. “We’re here for you<br />
at no extra cost. We are preparing in the<br />
weeks ahead to explain the Affordable<br />
Care Act. Of course, we’ll be available<br />
for individual appointments as well. We<br />
are coordinating with Twin Cities Hospital<br />
and other agents in North County<br />
to set up enrollments.”<br />
The team at HFG includes:<br />
• Edward Dee Hinds III is the<br />
Chief Financial Officer of HFG and<br />
received his insurance licenses in May<br />
of 1983, awarded the CLU designation<br />
in 1989. He became series 6<br />
and 63 securities licensed in 1991 and<br />
obtained his Series 7 and 65 in 1995<br />
and his Series 24 license in 2008. He<br />
was awarded the ChFC designation in<br />
2001. In 2002 he became a Fellow of<br />
the Life Underwriter Training Council,<br />
and became a Certified Financial<br />
Planner in 2006 and was approved for<br />
the CFP designation, while qualifying<br />
for the AEP (Accredited Estate Planner)<br />
designation. In 2007 he obtained<br />
the Chartered Advisor for Senior Living<br />
(CASL) designation. He is a life<br />
and qualifying member of Million<br />
Dollar Roundtable, membership in<br />
which is restricted to the top 5% of<br />
life insurance agents in the world. Dee<br />
has had work published in the peer-reviewed<br />
Journal of Financial Planning.<br />
He is Past President of both Paso<br />
Robles Sunrise Rotary and NAIFA<br />
Central Coast.<br />
• Olga Hinds serves as President<br />
of HFG. She obtained her Life and<br />
Health license in September of 2003<br />
and her Series 65 Securities license in<br />
Please see HFG page 54<br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 53
BUSINESS<br />
An Outdoor Oasis Awaits!<br />
Dave Miklovic started his career as<br />
most contractors do - working “from<br />
the ground up” beginning as a brick<br />
and block mason which led to jobs<br />
as a carpenter with the film studios<br />
in Southern California building sets,<br />
editing and sweetening bays. In the<br />
early 80’s he worked<br />
with his uncle building<br />
spec homes and commercial<br />
projects along<br />
with building swimming<br />
pools and installing fiberglass<br />
Dave Miklovic pools.<br />
Business Spotlight<br />
By Millie Drum<br />
In 1991 Dave became a licensed<br />
contractor and started his business<br />
Professional Design & Construction.<br />
The scope of his work expanded from<br />
new custom construction and remodels<br />
to luxurious backyard renovation that<br />
includes spa retreats, pools, concrete<br />
work, outdoor kitchens, patio covers,<br />
pergolas, waterfalls and water features.<br />
For residential projects, Dave offers his<br />
comprehensive design perspective that<br />
incorporates the indoor and outdoor<br />
lifestyle of his clients.<br />
Professional Design & Construction<br />
is a dealer for Viking, San Juan<br />
and Aloha fiberglass pools; all offering<br />
a wide variety of designs to fit every<br />
homeowner’s needs. Typically a fiber-<br />
glass pool can be installed in 3 to 4<br />
weeks.<br />
The most rewarding part of<br />
Dave’s business is satisfying his<br />
clients, whether it’s remodeling their<br />
home or creating an oasis in their<br />
backyard. Free estimates and financing<br />
is available. Call (805) 239-4905<br />
or (805) 674-4002 and visit www.<br />
pasobuilder.com for the gallery of<br />
beautiful projects completed by Dave<br />
Miklovic and Professional Design and<br />
Construction.<br />
Please see SPOTLIGHT page 56<br />
HFG from page 53<br />
May of 2007. She specializes in helping<br />
seniors with Medicare Supplements<br />
and Part D.<br />
• Simon Lobo obtained his Property<br />
& Casualty license in 2005 and<br />
Life & Health in 2009 when he joined<br />
with Dee and Olga Hinds, becoming<br />
one of the owners to incorporate<br />
HFG. He is the Secretary of HFG<br />
and manages the Property & Casualty<br />
division of the agency. He enjoys<br />
involvement in community projects<br />
and organizations, primarily the Paso<br />
Robles Rotary Club.<br />
• Sarah Hinds joined HFG and was<br />
licensed as a Life and Health Agent in<br />
2007. She heads the Employee Benefits<br />
and Health Insurance division<br />
of HFG with over 6 years experience<br />
in Human Resources with a Seattle<br />
based fishing company that had over<br />
100 employees. She has received the<br />
certificate in Health Reform from<br />
the Certified Insurance Professional<br />
program and she is going on her fifth<br />
year as the Association Executive for<br />
NAIFA, (National Association of Insurance<br />
and Financial Advisors) Central<br />
Coast.<br />
• Ted Davantzis obtained his Life &<br />
Health license in 2009, Property & Casualty<br />
in 2010, the year he joined HFG.<br />
He has owned his own businesses for<br />
30 years and relies on that experience to<br />
service his business clients.<br />
• Shelli Maldonado has been the<br />
insurance industry for more than 20<br />
years and received her Property & Casualty<br />
license in 2000. Her background<br />
consists of Underwriting, Commercial<br />
and Personal Insurance, she joined<br />
HFG in 2011.<br />
• Michael R. Talen joined HFG<br />
this year - Mike received his insurance<br />
licenses in 1990, his Associate in Risk<br />
Management (ARM) designation<br />
in 1995, and has a degree in business<br />
from Cal Poly. He offers a unique<br />
understanding for his business clients<br />
service needs because he owns two local<br />
businesses.<br />
• Ty Barnhart also joined HFG this<br />
year. Ty received his insurance licenses<br />
in 2010, and recently joined HFG with<br />
a State Farm background, strong ties to<br />
the area and a winning attitude.<br />
Interesting days ahead for all of us<br />
to be sure. The team at Hinds is here to<br />
help, as their slogan states, “We don’t<br />
just sell insurance...we explain it.”<br />
Contact Hinds Financial Group,<br />
Inc. at 239-7443, 1818 Spring Street<br />
in Paso Robles, and find them on line<br />
at www.hindsfinancial.com or www.<br />
hfginsurance.net “Our insurance policies<br />
are offered through HFG Coastal<br />
Insurance Services, Inc.,” said Hinds.<br />
“And our securities offered through<br />
The O.N. Equity Sales Company,<br />
member FINRA/SIPC.”<br />
Wine Awards from page 52<br />
growing table grapes and wine grapes.<br />
Upon his return to San Luis Obispo<br />
County he established Pacific Vineyard<br />
Company and currently serves as<br />
the company’s General Manager.<br />
Donati and his team have been<br />
managing premium varietal wine<br />
grapes on the Central Coast since<br />
planting its first vineyards in 1973<br />
and currently manage 80 percent of<br />
the vineyards in the Edna Valley appellation<br />
with a focus on sustainable<br />
vineyard practices and the production<br />
of high quality fruit.<br />
George Donati and Pacific Vineyard<br />
Company were honored with a<br />
2012 Green Award by the San Luis<br />
Obispo Chamber of Commerce for<br />
their efficiencies in water management<br />
and emissions. Donati shares<br />
his lifetime of agricultural experience<br />
by serving on a variety of grower organizations,<br />
is a member of the Cal<br />
Poly Wine and Viticulture Program<br />
Advisory Council, is a member of the<br />
California Farm Bureau and is also a<br />
licensed California Farm Labor Contractor.<br />
George and his wife Kristi live<br />
and farm in the Edna Valley.<br />
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54 Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 55
BUSINESS<br />
SPOTLIGHT from page 54<br />
Gina and her Westie<br />
Grooming from<br />
Nose to Tail<br />
Georgina “Gina”<br />
Webster loves<br />
grooming dogs.<br />
From her homebased<br />
business and<br />
the workshop that<br />
she calls her “sanctuary,” Gina gives<br />
each dog extra care by bathing with an<br />
organic shampoo, grooming and skillful<br />
scissor clipping. She adds, “I stay<br />
calm and collected to keep the dogs<br />
comfortable. I always put the dogs first<br />
because they can sense when people<br />
are uptight. And you can never win an<br />
argument with a dog anyway!”<br />
Since Nose to Tail is located east<br />
of town off Ground Squirrel Hollow,<br />
the collection and delivery service is<br />
a great convenience for her in-town<br />
clients. She adds, “Most of my dogs<br />
go ballistic when I go to the house to<br />
collect them up. They know they’re<br />
going to be groomed! I also offer a<br />
service for people that live out here<br />
instead of them taking their dogs to<br />
town. I have customers that come all<br />
the way out here from Templeton and<br />
Atascadero.” Georgina has several elderly<br />
and housebound clients whose<br />
pets are such loving companions. She<br />
adds, “I have a close relationship with<br />
my clients and pay particular attention<br />
to the older dogs.<br />
My favorite dogs of all are the ones<br />
I’ve had as puppies that nobody else<br />
has touched because they totally trust<br />
me. Call Gina at (805) 610-0256<br />
for professional and convenient dog<br />
grooming.<br />
Takken’s Shoes – Leading the<br />
way in comfort – with Style!<br />
Paso Robles Store Manager Don<br />
Pummill has been with Takken’s since<br />
1987. Working in the company’s first<br />
store in San Luis Obispo led to his current<br />
position beginning in 1989. Don<br />
adds, “We have 24 stores throughout<br />
the Valley and the Bay Area, but generally<br />
this store is the busiest in the<br />
company.<br />
“Our focus is comfort<br />
and we have a big repair<br />
business that dates back<br />
to the 30’s. Our previous<br />
shoe repairman David<br />
Don Pummill<br />
Moreno recently retired<br />
and turned over the<br />
business to his son Mike.” Don adds,<br />
“Mike’s doing a great job. His work<br />
is done on the premises, usually with<br />
same day service.”<br />
Takken’s Shoes is known for the<br />
Semi-Annual Clearance Sale. “All of<br />
our other stores are in malls, so we<br />
consolidate the large inventory and<br />
filter the product here with a big tent<br />
and parking lot sales. We greet every<br />
customer; creating an experience for<br />
them with proper fitting and suggestions<br />
for new products and our services.<br />
We also take a wellness approach with<br />
socks, orthotics and proper sizing. We<br />
often refer customers to local chiropractors<br />
and podiatrists. Our employees<br />
know the benefits of the specialized<br />
styles, especially those related to work<br />
and leisure activity requirements such as<br />
running and hiking.” Outside sales is a<br />
huge part of Takken’s service particularly<br />
with small industries that require standardized<br />
footwear for safety purposes.<br />
In general Don adds, “I like to see<br />
my employee’s success. Over the years,<br />
I’ve trained several employees to be<br />
managers in our company. To maintain<br />
the sales volume and success of this<br />
store is very satisfying.” Takken’s Shoes<br />
is located at 747 Spring Street, Paso<br />
Robles, call 238-7778, takkens.com<br />
Mod Studio –<br />
Three Beautiful Spaces<br />
The newest phase of Mod Studio<br />
recently opened to complete the trio of<br />
suites that provide a full range of hair,<br />
nail and spa services. Hair, skin care<br />
and massage services are located upstairs<br />
and the new nail studio is below<br />
on the ground floor. Owner Michele<br />
Bagnall adds, “Eight years ago, we began<br />
as just a hair salon, but as the spaces<br />
became available and our client’s re-<br />
quested more services, we’ve expanded<br />
slowly. The great thing about slow and<br />
steady growth is that we’ve mastered<br />
one thing before we take on something<br />
else. We’ve found that separating the<br />
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Our clients are looking for a semi-private<br />
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As an Aveda based salon we emphasize<br />
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Mod Studio’s interior<br />
design is simple, uncluttered<br />
and refreshing. Michele<br />
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Michele<br />
Bagnal<br />
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I’m attracted to the minimalist look and<br />
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Mod Studio is open Tuesday through<br />
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56 Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>
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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> 57
BUSINESS<br />
By Steven<br />
W. Martin<br />
Imagine a Hollywood<br />
“pitch session” for a movie<br />
based on the Kiler Ridge Olive Farm<br />
in Paso Robles.<br />
“It’s Tuscan romance-meets green<br />
industry-meets Star Wars. A guy and<br />
a gal cycle through Italy, fall in love<br />
with olive oil, return to California and<br />
start a frantoio using a combination of<br />
traditional methods, environmentally<br />
friendly processes and cutting edge<br />
technology.”<br />
Gregg Bone and Audrey Burnam<br />
are the guy and gal. A frantoio<br />
refers to the machinery, or mill, that<br />
produces olive oil. It also refers to the<br />
factory where olive oil is made. At<br />
Kiler Ridge Olive Farm, Gregg and<br />
Audrey have built a beautiful showroom/processing<br />
facility utilizing hay<br />
bale insulation and organic composting<br />
techniques overlooking a stunning<br />
view of the western hillsides. Gregg, a<br />
CalTech graduate with engineering<br />
degrees in electronics, computer science<br />
and optics (as well as studies in<br />
Ancient oil meets high-tech at<br />
Kiler Ridge Olive Farm<br />
Gregg Bone<br />
and Audrey<br />
Burman, and<br />
below, their<br />
frantoio.<br />
chemistry and mechanical<br />
engineering)<br />
has modified<br />
loading and bottling<br />
equipment as well as cooling systems.<br />
He even uses a 3D-printer to fabricate<br />
some of his own parts.<br />
The couple purchased their property<br />
on Kiler Canyon Road on the<br />
west side of Paso Robles about 13<br />
years ago. Since then they have planted<br />
about 2,700 olive trees. Eventually<br />
they hope to increase that to 3,600<br />
trees. It takes five years for a tree to<br />
start bearing usable fruit. It takes<br />
up to 15 years for a tree to fully<br />
mature. At full maturity an olive<br />
tree will produce enough fruit<br />
to generate one gallon of oil per<br />
year.<br />
Tasting olive oil is somewhat<br />
like tasting wine. First you<br />
hold a small container of oil in<br />
the palm of your hand to warm<br />
it and release the oil’s aromas.<br />
Then you sniff the oil to detect<br />
a faint grassy or citrus odor.<br />
Then you taste the oil, allowing<br />
it to coat your tongue. The first<br />
sensation comes from the front<br />
of the tongue where the aroma<br />
becomes a flavor. The second<br />
sensation is at the back of the<br />
tongue where a slight bitterness is perceived.<br />
Finally, in the throat, a peppery<br />
flavor manifests, which is evidence of<br />
the presence of antioxidants in the<br />
oil, one of its major health benefits.<br />
“If these three components aren’t<br />
present,” said Audrey, “you don’t have<br />
good oil.”<br />
In fact, according to Gregg, much<br />
of the oil marketed in this country<br />
is produced by introducing solvents<br />
to already crushed and processed<br />
olive fruit, leaving a smoky, machine<br />
oil taste. Oil of this quality isn’t even<br />
defined as being food grade in Italy,<br />
where it is sold as lamp oil.<br />
Gregg likens the emerging olive oil<br />
industry in this area to the progression<br />
of the wine industry. “Here in this<br />
country we have a word for the place<br />
where wine is made, but we don’t have<br />
one for where olive oil is made,” said<br />
Gregg. “The Italians do. And just as<br />
the world is beginning to understand<br />
the quality of wines made in California,<br />
they’re beginning to realize the<br />
quality of our olive oil. Right now the<br />
olive oil business here is about where<br />
the wine industry was in the 1960s.”<br />
Olive oil production tours begin at<br />
11 a.m. Thursday through Monday,<br />
and take about an hour. For groups<br />
of 6 or more, please call in advance<br />
for appointments for tasting and<br />
tours. Reservations required for oliveoil<br />
paired lunches, served 11 a.m. -<br />
2:30 p.m. Thursday through Monday.<br />
Phone (805) 400-1439. Learn more<br />
about the Kiler Ridge Olive Farm<br />
by visiting www.kilerridge.com.<br />
Kiler Ridge Olive Farm will be<br />
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BUSINESS<br />
What’s happening on Main Street?<br />
By Chris<br />
Weygandt Alba Our Love Affair<br />
I threw away a<br />
perfectly good bottle<br />
of olive oil 10<br />
years ago and never looked back.<br />
Although it had a fine gold label<br />
– “Primera Extraccione! Oliva<br />
Virgen Extra! Importado de Italia!”–<br />
that imported bottle of Italian<br />
extra-virgin, first-press olive oil<br />
still got the old heave-ho after I<br />
tasted the olive oils produced here,<br />
my hometown. I’ve bought local<br />
olive oil ever since.<br />
Central Coast olive-oil producers<br />
specialize in high-quality artisan<br />
olive oil that adds spice to life.<br />
The 10th Annual Olive Festival, a<br />
Paso Robles Main Street Association<br />
event, brings that zest to the<br />
downtown city park on Saturday,<br />
Aug. 17, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
There’s no admission charge, either,<br />
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tasting, free olive-oil ice cream,<br />
tasting seminars, cooking demonstrations,<br />
and a head-to-head<br />
chef cook-off in an outdoor<br />
kitchen stadium. They will be<br />
joined by artists working in different<br />
mediums, crafters, and a children’s<br />
activity area. Local wineries<br />
and breweries will feature tastings<br />
and a commemorative wine glass<br />
for a $15 fee. With plant nurseries<br />
in attendance, you might be<br />
inspired to get a start on your own<br />
olive orchard.<br />
Delicious olive-inspired food<br />
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With the OLIVE!<br />
The 10 th Annual Olive Festival on Saturday,<br />
<strong>August</strong> 17, celebrates all things deliciously olive.<br />
ries: olive tapenade, olive-inspired<br />
appetizer, olive-inspired main<br />
dish, and dessert with olives. Entry<br />
forms are available online at<br />
pasoolivefestival.com, and at the<br />
Main Street office, 835 12th Street,<br />
around back in the alley. For more<br />
information, call the office at 238-<br />
4103. You’re also invited to submit<br />
recipes for our upcoming Olive<br />
Festival cookbook.<br />
Olive-oil tasting, like wine tasting,<br />
has enough simple basics<br />
that the novice can enjoy the fun<br />
and education of the experience.<br />
Fresh-pressed, extra-virgin olive<br />
oil is an adventure in robust flavors.<br />
The taste will vary according<br />
to variety and harvest time, as well<br />
as the trees’ cultivation, the climate,<br />
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all kinds of oils, with flavors<br />
ranging from fruity, sweet,<br />
buttery, grassy, peppery, and even<br />
jalapeno.<br />
To taste olive oil, you’ll be given<br />
a tiny plastic cup containing a<br />
small amount of oil. Gently warm<br />
it in your hand and smell it. It<br />
should smell fresh and fruity in an<br />
olive way.<br />
Then sip a bit into your mouth<br />
and move it around to see that it<br />
feels clean, not heavy. Suck in a<br />
little air to experience another<br />
level of fruitiness or pleasant<br />
bitterness. Finally, swallow it, and<br />
if it’s an early- or mid-harvest oil,<br />
enjoy the spicy cough sensation<br />
in the back of your throat. If it’s<br />
a late-harvest oil, savor the buttery<br />
flavor.<br />
A pre-festival mixer Friday evening,<br />
6-8 p.m. <strong>August</strong> 16, offers<br />
the opportunity to mingle with<br />
the olive oil producers in an intimate,<br />
artistic atmosphere, featuring<br />
gourmet hors d’oeuvres and local<br />
wines. Tickets are available for<br />
$25 per person. Call the Main<br />
Street office at 238-4103 or visit<br />
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TIME & PLACE<br />
A monthly look at events, meetings and<br />
special occasions. To submit your listing, email<br />
prmagazine@charter.net, bring info to our drop<br />
box at Dutch Maytag, 1501 Riverside Ave.<br />
or mail to PO Box 3996, Paso Robles, 93447<br />
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AUGUST<br />
1-31 • El Paso de Robles Area Historical<br />
Society is in ongoing need of volunteers at<br />
Carnegie Library Museum, located at Downtown<br />
City Park. Examples of ways to help<br />
include: docents, archival research, cataloguing<br />
of donations, reorganization, and glass<br />
plate negative collection. All-day or part-time<br />
shifts are available from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily,<br />
except Monday/Wednesday. Meetings at the<br />
Carnegie are held on the third Monday of<br />
every month at 5 p.m. Call 238-4996 or email:<br />
pasohistory@sbcglobal.net.<br />
1 • ‘The Odd Couple (female version)’ at<br />
Pewter Plough Playhouse at Main/Sheffield,<br />
Cambria, reinvents Neil Simon’s classic<br />
comedy of mismatched roommates. Performances<br />
at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays,<br />
plus Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. Wine<br />
Bar Lounge with live music, featuring Dave<br />
Manion at the Baldwin. Call the box office<br />
at (805) 927-3877. Visit www.pewterploughplayhouse.org.<br />
2, 20 • Atascadero Historic City Hall<br />
Grand Opening festivities include “An<br />
Evening at the Rotunda” on <strong>August</strong> 2, from<br />
6-11 p.m. Take a special tour of the newly<br />
restored structure at 6605 Palma Avenue.<br />
Enjoy a progressive heavy hors d’oeuvres dinner<br />
with different courses in each part of the<br />
building. Semi-formal event features a special<br />
program, silent auction and dancing. Tickets<br />
($100) at City Hall (805-461-5000). <strong>August</strong><br />
20: Grand Opening Ceremonies and Ribbon<br />
Cutting begins at 10 a.m. The public is invited<br />
to participate in a self-guided tour until<br />
6 p.m. Suggested donation ($5). Proceeds<br />
from both events to benefit the Fountain<br />
Restoration Project.<br />
2, 9, 16, 23 • <strong>2013</strong> Paso Robles<br />
Concerts in the Park on Fridays, from<br />
5:30-7:30 p.m., at Paso Robles City Park.<br />
8/2: Paisano’s Band. 8/9: JD Project. 8/16:<br />
Monte Mills. 8/23: Incendio. Sponsored by<br />
the City of Paso Robles, J. Lohr Vineyards<br />
and Wines and Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>. For<br />
more details, call 237-3987.<br />
2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31 •<br />
Paso Robles Inn Steakhouse & Cattlemen’s<br />
Lounge, 1103 Spring Street, PR. Steakhouse:<br />
Join us for Prime Rib Wednesdays! Cattlemen’s<br />
Lounge: Happy Hour, 4-6 p.m., includes<br />
cocktail and menu specials. Monday: Industry<br />
Night, 6-9 p.m., 20% off for all professionals.<br />
Wednesday: Locals Appreciation Night.<br />
Happy Hour, 4 p.m.-CLOSE. Friday: Ladies<br />
Night, 7-10 p.m., half-off drink specials;<br />
Saturday: $5 Drink Specials, 8-12 p.m. Friday<br />
& Saturday: Live Entertainment, 9:30-<br />
11:30 p.m. 8/2-8/3: Ballistic Cats, 8/9-8/10:<br />
Steve Sturgis and Road House, 8/18-8/17:<br />
Julie and the Bad Dogs. 8/23-8/24: Nataly<br />
Lola and Guest. 8/30-8/31: Soul Sauce.<br />
Call 226-4925.<br />
4 • Community Summer BBQ at New<br />
Day Church, 530 12th Street, PR, from<br />
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free hot dogs and hamburgers<br />
with BBQ by Stein’s Catering. Call<br />
(805) 239-9998. Visit www.TheNewDay<br />
Church.com.<br />
5, 17, 19 • Almond Country Quilters<br />
meets at Trinity Lutheran Fellowship Hall,<br />
940 Creston Road, PR. 8/5: General Meeting<br />
at Trinity Lutheran Fellowship Hall, 940<br />
Creston Road, PR. Social time begins at 6:30<br />
p.m.with the meeting to follow at 7:30 p.m.<br />
Topics include members helping with Community<br />
Quilts/Kids Kovers. 8/17: Community<br />
Quilts Meeting from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
at Bethel Lutheran Church in Templeton.<br />
8/19: Board Meeting at Rabobank in Templeton,<br />
7-8:30 p.m. Visit www.almondcountry<br />
quilters.org.<br />
10 • 15th Paso Robles Rotary Winemakers’<br />
Cook-Off at Paso Robles Event Center, 2198<br />
Riverside Drive, PR. Meet over 30 of the Paso<br />
Robles Appellation’s finest winemakers in a<br />
casual outdoor evening as they pair their own<br />
grilled culinary creations with their best wines<br />
from 6-9 p.m. Live music by Julie Beaver and<br />
the Bad Dogs, performing covers from Bach<br />
to bluegrass. Raffle for event t-shirt patchwork<br />
quilt, crafted by Isolde Lata. Cook-off<br />
proceeds benefit the Harlow Ford Scholarship<br />
Foundation to assist local high school seniors.<br />
Cost: $75/person (21 and over) or $40/Designated<br />
Driver discount. Buy online, call (877)<br />
264-6979 or at the event. Visit winemakers<br />
cookoff.com.<br />
14 • Coffee for CASA at Starbucks, 7029 El<br />
Camino Real, at 6:30 p.m., is an information<br />
session about helping abused children through<br />
advocacy. Male and female volunteers are needed.<br />
To learn more, call 541-6542 or visit www.<br />
slocasa.org.<br />
16 • Paso Robles Pre-Olive Festival from<br />
6-8 p.m. is a fun way to mingle with the olive<br />
oil growers, winners of the tasting competition<br />
and festival volunteers. Location: TBA<br />
at press time. For more details and to purchase<br />
tickets, contact the Main Street Office<br />
at 835 12th Street “D” in PR. VISA/Disc/<br />
MC. Call 238-4103.<br />
16-18 • 1993 PRHS Class Reunion starts<br />
with Music in the Park on Friday night,<br />
dinner and dancing at PR Event Center<br />
on Saturday night and Family Day at Star<br />
Please see CALENDAR page 61<br />
The Wellness Kitchen<br />
and Resource Center<br />
1255 Las Tablas Road, Templeton.<br />
434-1800. RSVP required.<br />
Visit TheWKRC.org for detailed class info.<br />
The Weekly Wellness Food Program offers pre-ordered meals for those experiencing illness, recovery<br />
or chemotherapy. See menu and ordering deadlines online.<br />
6 • ‘Get Well, Stay Well Naturally’ with Paula Vetter, RN, MSN, FNP-C, a Board<br />
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with over 30 years’ experience. See www.profound<br />
wellness.com. Learn about tuning into your “inner healer” toward vibrant health and<br />
vitality, naturally. RSVP (330) 815-0340. Donations gratefully accepted.<br />
10 • Hands-On Cooking, Part 1: Intro to Wellness from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. discusses and<br />
tastes different salts and make a salt replacement; taste non-dairy milks and make almond<br />
milk, taste low-glycemic index and more natural sweeteners and discuss good fats and<br />
which oils to use. Learn and practice knife skills, too. Cost: $70/class (if individual space<br />
available) or $300/5-class series.<br />
17 • Hands-On Cooking, Part 2: Stocks & Soups from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. will show you<br />
how to make stock and then prepare recipes such as: Creamy Roasted Garlic Soup w/Kale<br />
Chips; Tuscan Bean Soup w/Swiss Chard & Basil Arugula Pesto; Carrot-Ginger Soup<br />
w/Cashew Cream. Cost: $70/class or $300/5-class series.<br />
24 • Hands-On Cooking, Part 3: Grains, Beans & Greens from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
will show you how to use a pressure cooker and make recipes such as: Spicy Sweet<br />
Potato Quinoa w/Black Beans; Hearty Greens w/Cashew Curry Sauce; Broccoli & Millet<br />
Salad w/Toasted Cashews; Adzuki Beans w/Chard & Dandelion Greens; Spicy Amaranth<br />
Porridge w/Coconut Blueberry Sauce - $70/class or $300/5-class series.<br />
29 • ‘Wellness Kitchen by Day, Soul Kitchen by Night’ from 6-8 p.m. supports nonprofit<br />
wellness programs in this monthly fundraiser with a light dinner, wines by area vintners and<br />
music by local artists. Limited seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Donations of $15<br />
gratefully accepted at the door, includes dinner and wine tasting. Call 434-1800.<br />
31 • Hands-On Cooking, Part 4: Poultry and Fish from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. will show<br />
you how to cut up a whole chicken and try new cooking techniques by preparing recipes,<br />
including Roasted Salmon with Tomatoes & Tarragon, Steamed Cod with Roasted Vegetables<br />
& Dandelion Greens, Fish en Papilotte (baked in parchment), Braised Moroccan<br />
Chicken with Lemon Charmoula Sauce and Olives, Fig & Cranberry Stuffed Chicken<br />
Breast, Poached Chicken with Leeks & Salsa Verde. Cost: $70/class or $300/5-class series.<br />
Hot El Camino Cruise Night<br />
from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on <strong>August</strong> 16 is a controlled cruise<br />
route from Curbaril to Traffic Way in Atascadero. Bring<br />
the family and enjoy classic favorites to new and flashy hot<br />
rods. For more details, call 470-3360 or email: panton<br />
@atascadero.org. Visit www.atascadero.org<br />
<strong>PASO</strong> ROBLES EVENT CENTER<br />
Unless otherwise noted, please call 239-0655 for more details about activities<br />
at the Paso Robles Event Center. E-mail mail@midstatefair.com.<br />
Winemakers Dinner, Frontier Town, on <strong>August</strong> 10. More info to come<br />
Check PR Event Center website for updates.<br />
National Stock Horse Show, Snaffle Bit Futurity, on <strong>August</strong> 11-18 at the Equestrian<br />
Center. For event details, registration or vendor info, visit www.nationalstockhorse.com.<br />
Class of ’93 Reunion on <strong>August</strong> 17. Check the PR Event Center website for updates.<br />
Double R Cutting, Equestrian Center, <strong>August</strong> 29-September 1, Equestrian Center. For more<br />
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17 • 8th Annual Benefit Concert for<br />
Escuela del Rio at Castoro Cellars, 1315 N.<br />
Bethel Road, Templeton, features songwriter,<br />
storyteller and entertainer Christopher<br />
Williams with Special Guest Dulcie Taylor<br />
under the stars on the outdoor stage. Williams<br />
has toured with Jars of Clay and performed<br />
with Arlo Guthrie, Phil Keaggy, David<br />
Wilcox and more. Taylor has shared the<br />
stage with Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers,<br />
Dave Mason, Kathy Mattea and many<br />
more. Doors open 6 p.m. Show starts at<br />
7 p.m. Tickets: $25. Santa Maria-Style Tri-<br />
Tip BBQ available for purchase includes<br />
salad, beans and bread. Portion of proceeds<br />
to benefit Escuela del Rio. Cost: $12 (cash<br />
only, please).<br />
17 • ‘A Garden Party’ hosted by Pacific<br />
Coast Wine Trail at The Garden Shed,<br />
2024 Main Street, Cambria, offers handcrafted<br />
wines paired with artisan cheeses,<br />
live music and a raffle drawing. Proceeds<br />
benefit Project Surf Camp. Cost: $20/person.<br />
Purchase tickets at HarmonyCellars.com.<br />
17 • Paso Robles Olive Festival at Paso<br />
Robles City Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission<br />
to the festival is free. Cooking contest,<br />
wine tasting, artists, food for purchase,<br />
jewelry and plenty of handmade items from<br />
craft vendors, too! Call 238-4103. E-mail<br />
mainstreet@tcsn.net.<br />
20 • Templeton Rotary Club meets at<br />
7 a.m. for breakfast, fellowship and to hear an<br />
informative guest speaker at McPhee’s Grill,<br />
416 S. Main Street (side door in parking<br />
lot), Templeton. Meetings: New members<br />
and guests welcome first and third Tuesdays<br />
unless otherwise noted. 8/20: Speaker is Bill<br />
Van Orden. Visit www.templetonrotary.com.<br />
24 • “Kings of Cool” A Tribute to the Rat<br />
Pack at Templeton Performing Arts Center,<br />
7 p.m. Presented by Templeton Chamber of<br />
Commerce and Templeton Unified School<br />
District. Tickets $15 advance, $20 at door,<br />
templetonchamber.com<br />
27 • North County Newcomers Club<br />
gathering at Mission San Miguel, 775 Mission<br />
Street, San Miguel, begins at 8 p.m.<br />
Cost: $20. Please RSVP. Deadline is <strong>August</strong><br />
27 for the September 4 gathering. Please<br />
bring exact change or a check made out to<br />
NCNC with you. North County Newcomers<br />
Club is open to those who have<br />
resided in the area for less than three years.<br />
For more details, visit www.northcounty<br />
newcomers.com.<br />
30-31 • Golden State Classics Car Show,<br />
Labor Day Weekend, Spring Street Cruise:<br />
Friday night, 6-8 p.m. Show in Park: 9 a.m.<br />
- 4 p.m. See story, page 36, for full information.<br />
Third Thursday<br />
Poetry Reading<br />
takes place <strong>August</strong> 15 at<br />
7 p.m. Poet Sam Duarte<br />
will read his original<br />
work at St. Luke’s Episcopal<br />
Church, 5318<br />
Palma, Atascadero. An open mic poetry<br />
reading will follow. Visiting poets and<br />
guests are welcome; no charge. Presented<br />
by the Third Thursday Poetry<br />
Group in Atascadero. For more info, call<br />
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The following listing of area churches/synagogues is provided free of<br />
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2706 Spring St., Paso Robles<br />
Bilingual Services:<br />
Wed & Fri, 7 p.m.,<br />
Sunday 12 Noon<br />
Pastor Miguel Alvarado<br />
(805) 610-2930<br />
Bethel Lutheran Church<br />
295 Old County Rd., Templeton<br />
Service: 9:30 a.m.<br />
Pastor Russ Gordon<br />
Pastor Amy Beveridge<br />
(805) 434-1329<br />
Bridge Christian Curch<br />
Currently meeting at<br />
Centennial Park Banquet Room<br />
600 Nickerson Dr., Paso Robles<br />
Service: 9:30 a.m.<br />
Pastor Tim Mensing<br />
805-975-7178<br />
Calvary Chapel Paso Robles<br />
1615 Commerce Way,<br />
Paso Robles<br />
Service: 9:30 a.m.<br />
Pastor Aaron Newman<br />
(805) 239-4295<br />
Celebration Worship<br />
Center-PCOG<br />
988 Vineyard Drive, Templeton<br />
Pastor Roy Spinks<br />
Services: 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.<br />
(805) 434-2424<br />
Central Coast Center<br />
for Spiritual Living<br />
689 Crocker St., Templeton<br />
Service: 10 a.m.<br />
Rev. Dr. Don and<br />
Rev. LaVonne Welsh<br />
(805) 434-9447<br />
Christian Life Center<br />
1744 Oak St., Paso Robles<br />
Service: 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.<br />
Pastor Don Smith<br />
(805) 238-3366<br />
Church of Jesus Christ<br />
of Latter-day Saints<br />
1020 Creston Rd., Paso Robles<br />
Service: 8:30 a.m. -<br />
Bishop Brian Kerr<br />
Service: 1:00 p.m. -<br />
Bishop Mark Goforth<br />
(805) 238-4216,<br />
238-4214, 238-4217<br />
Congregation Ohr Tzafon<br />
2605 Traffic Way, Atascadero<br />
Service: Fridays, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Rabbi Janice Mehring<br />
(805) 466-0329<br />
Covenant Presbyterian Church<br />
1450 Golden Hill Rd.,<br />
Paso Robles<br />
Service: 9:30 a.m.<br />
Pastor Dan Katches<br />
(805) 238-6927<br />
Cowboy Church<br />
Ride For the Brand Ministry<br />
Templeton Livestock Market<br />
Sale Barn<br />
Main St., Templeton<br />
Service: Thursdays, 7 p.m.<br />
Pastor Mike Mosby<br />
(805) 463-2455<br />
Dayspring Full Gospel<br />
1101 Riverside, Paso Robles<br />
Services: 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.<br />
Pastor Harry Balson<br />
(805) 239-3273<br />
Family Praise & Worship<br />
206 5th St., Templeton<br />
Service: 10 a.m.<br />
Pastor Vern H. Haynes Jr.<br />
(805) 975-8594<br />
Family Worship Center<br />
616 Creston Rd., Paso Robles<br />
Service: 10 a.m.<br />
Pastor Patrick Sheean<br />
(805) 239-4809<br />
First Baptist Church<br />
1645 Park St., Paso Robles<br />
Pastor Michael R. Garman<br />
Services: 9 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.<br />
(805) 238-4419<br />
Christian Science Society<br />
17th & Chestnut Streets,<br />
Paso Robles<br />
Service: 10 a.m.<br />
(805) 239-1361<br />
First Mennonite Church<br />
2343 Park St. Paso Robles<br />
Service: 11 a.m.<br />
Pastor Romero<br />
(805) 238-2445<br />
First Missionary Baptist Church<br />
of Paso Robles<br />
Corner of 3rd & Olive Streets<br />
Service: 11 a.m.<br />
Pastor Jeff Barger<br />
(805) 239-8756<br />
First Presbyterian Church<br />
of Templeton<br />
610 S. Main St., Templeton<br />
Service: 10 a.m.<br />
Reverend Charlie Little<br />
(805) 434-1921<br />
Fuente de Agua Viva<br />
1521 Oak St, Paso Robles<br />
Service: Thursday: 7 p.m.<br />
and Sunday: 3 p.m.<br />
Pastor Jorge Alvarez<br />
(805) 714-3827<br />
Grace Baptist Church<br />
535 Creston Rd., Paso Robles<br />
Service: 10 a.m.<br />
Pastor Kelsey Pietsch<br />
(805) 238-3549<br />
Heritage Village Church<br />
At the Senior Center,<br />
Heritage Ranch<br />
Service: 11 a.m.<br />
Pastor Ed Bedrosian<br />
(805) 238-9240<br />
Highlands Church<br />
Corner S. River and Niblick,<br />
215 Oak Hill, Paso Robles<br />
Services: Sunday: 8:30, 9:45 &<br />
11:00 a.m.<br />
Pastor Sean Martin<br />
(805) 226-5800<br />
Adelaide Inn<br />
1215 Ysabel Ave<br />
(just off 24th near Hwy 101<br />
and 46 East intersection)<br />
Paso Robles, phone 238-2770<br />
Lake Way Country<br />
Church/Ministries<br />
Meeting at Cappy Culver<br />
Elementary School,<br />
11011 Heritage Loop Rd.<br />
Service: 10 a.m. Sunday<br />
Pastors: Rodger & Julie Coale<br />
(805) 423-4095<br />
Life Community Church<br />
3770 Ruth Way, Templeton<br />
Service: 9:30 a.m.<br />
Pastor Keith Newsome<br />
(805) 434-5040<br />
Life Worth Living Church of God<br />
620 – 17th St., Paso Robles<br />
Service: 11 a.m.<br />
Pastor Jim Wilde<br />
(805) 238-0978<br />
Lighthouse Community Church<br />
301 13th St. San Miguel<br />
Services: 9:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.<br />
Pastor John Wheat<br />
(805) 467-3636<br />
Live Oak<br />
1521 Oak St., Paso Robles<br />
Service: 10 a.m.<br />
Pastor John Kaiser<br />
(805) 238-0575<br />
Living Waters<br />
Christian Fellowship<br />
2085 Gateway Dr.,<br />
Heritage Ranch<br />
Service: 9:30 a.m.<br />
Pastor Steve and<br />
Christina Boggan<br />
(805) 239-1716<br />
Methodist Ministries<br />
Meeting at 1005 Railroad St.<br />
at 10th St.<br />
Service: 10:30 a.m.<br />
For information call 238-2006<br />
Mid State Baptist Church<br />
1749 Ramada Dr., Paso Robles<br />
Services: Sundays,<br />
10 a.m. & 6 p.m.<br />
Pastor Bruce Fore<br />
(805) 238-2281<br />
Mission San Miguel Parish<br />
775 Misssion Street, San Miguel<br />
Weekday Mass: 8 a.m.<br />
Weekend Mass:<br />
Saturday: 9 a.m. & 5 p.m. (Vigil)<br />
Sunday: 7 a.m., 11 a.m.,<br />
6 p.m. (Spanish)<br />
Fr. Ignatius DeGroot, OFM<br />
(805) 467-2131<br />
New Day Center<br />
530 12th St., Paso Robles<br />
English Service: 10 a.m.<br />
Pastor Brad Alford<br />
Hispanic Service: 2 p.m.<br />
Pastor Vincente Salmeron<br />
(805) 239-9998<br />
New Life Church of Paso Robles<br />
Meeting at Holiday Inn Express<br />
2455 Riverside Ave.,<br />
Paso Robles<br />
Pastor Randy Bunch<br />
(805) 769-8120<br />
those churches/synagogues who have not yet responded to the request<br />
for information and would like to be included in this directory, please<br />
email your name, address, phone, service times and pastor’s/rabbi’s<br />
name to Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong> at: prmagazine@charter.net<br />
All worship service times listed are for Sundays, unless noted otherwise:<br />
New Life Tabernacle<br />
3850 So. Ramada Dr. Ste. D,<br />
Paso Robles<br />
Service: 10 a.m.<br />
Pastor Efrain Cordero<br />
Niblick Road Baptist Church<br />
1145 Niblick Rd., Paso Robles<br />
Services: 10:30 a.m.<br />
Pastor Christopher Cole<br />
(805) 238-4614<br />
North County Christian<br />
Fellowship<br />
421 9th St. , Paso Robles<br />
Service: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.<br />
Pastor Steve Calagna<br />
(805) 239-3325<br />
Oak Shores Christian Fellowship<br />
2727 Turkey Cove,<br />
at the Clubhouse, Oak Shores<br />
Service: 8:30 a.m.<br />
Pastor Christopher Cole<br />
(805) 238-4614<br />
Paso Robles Bible Church<br />
2206 Golden Hill Rd.,<br />
Paso Robles<br />
Service: 10:30 a.m.<br />
Pastor Dave Rusco<br />
Pastor Mark Wheeler<br />
(805) 226-9670<br />
Paso Robles Church<br />
of the Nazarene<br />
Meeting at the Paso Robles<br />
Youth Arts Foundation<br />
3201 Spring St., Paso Robles<br />
Service: 10:30 a.m.<br />
Pastor Brent Wylie<br />
(805) 238-4300<br />
Paso Robles Community Church<br />
2706 Spring St, Paso Robles<br />
Service: 9 a.m.<br />
Pastor Shawn Penn<br />
(805) 239-4771<br />
Plymouth Congregational<br />
Church, UCC<br />
Thirteenth and Oak Streets,<br />
Paso Robles<br />
Service: 10 a.m.<br />
Pastor Steven Mabry<br />
(805) 238-3321<br />
Second Baptist Church<br />
1937 Riverside Ave.<br />
Service: 11 a.m.<br />
Pastors:<br />
Rueben Tate, Gary Jordon<br />
(805) 238-2011<br />
Shandon Assembly of God<br />
420 Mesa Grande, Shandon<br />
Service: 10:30 a.m.<br />
Hispanic Service: 4 p.m.<br />
Pastor Ted Hunt<br />
(805) 239-3138<br />
Shandon United<br />
Methodist Church<br />
105 Second Street, Shandon<br />
Service 9:30 a.m.<br />
Rev. Fred B. Morris<br />
(805) 238-3134<br />
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St. James Episcopal Church<br />
1335 Oak, Paso Robles<br />
Services: 8 a.m. (Rite I),<br />
10:00 a.m. (Rite II)<br />
The Rev. Mary K. Morrison,<br />
Rector<br />
(805) 238-0819<br />
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church<br />
820 Creston Rd., Paso Robles<br />
Weekday Mass: M-S, 7 a.m.<br />
Weekend Masses:<br />
Saturday - 5 p.m. (Vigil)<br />
Sunday - 8 a.m.,<br />
10 a.m. (Family Mass)<br />
12:30 p.m. (Spanish)<br />
5 p.m. (Teen)<br />
& 7 p.m. (Spanish)<br />
Father Roberto Vera<br />
(805) 238-2218<br />
Templeton Assembly of God<br />
925 Bennett Way, Templeton<br />
Service: 10:00 a.m.<br />
Pastor Jeff Saylor<br />
(805) 434-2616<br />
Templeton Hills Seventh-day<br />
Adventist Church<br />
930 Templeton Hills Rd.,<br />
Templeton<br />
Service: Saturday 9:30 &<br />
10:30 a.m.<br />
Pastor Ivor Myers<br />
(805) 434-1710<br />
The Revival Center<br />
3850 Ramada Dr., Ste. A-3,<br />
Paso Robles<br />
Service: 10 a.m.<br />
Pastor Gabe Abdelaziz<br />
(805) 434-5170<br />
The Rock Church<br />
616 Creston Rd., Paso Robles<br />
Service: 11 a.m. Saturday<br />
Pastors Ed & Char Barger<br />
(661) 587-7625<br />
Trinity Lutheran Church<br />
940 Creston Rd., Paso Robles<br />
Contemporary Service: 9 a.m.<br />
Traditional Service: 10:45 a.m.<br />
Sr. Pastor Dan Rowe<br />
(805) 238-3702<br />
True Life Christian Fellowship<br />
Lockwood/Jolon Road, across<br />
from the school in Lockwood<br />
Service: 9:30 a.m.<br />
Pastor Erick Reinstedt<br />
(805) 472-9325<br />
Truth Tabernacle<br />
915 Creston Rd., Paso Robles<br />
Services: 9 a.m. & 6 p.m.<br />
Pastor David Webb<br />
(805) 423-3135<br />
Vineyard Church of Christ<br />
601 So. Main St., Templeton<br />
Service: 10 a.m.<br />
Evangelist: Steve Orduno<br />
(805) 226-9122<br />
Vintage Community Church<br />
692 Peterson Ranch Road,<br />
Templeton<br />
Services: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.<br />
Coaches: Aaron Porter,<br />
Dayn Mansfield<br />
(805) 543-0943<br />
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62 Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>2013</strong>
A piano with a colorful history<br />
has found a home in the Paso<br />
Robles Inn Ballroom. The Weber,<br />
constructed in part of hand-carved<br />
rosewood, once belonged to Ignacy<br />
Jan Paderewski. It traveled by Canadian<br />
Pacific Railway for the late<br />
pianist’s 1907-1908 concert<br />
tours of North America, just<br />
before his return to Poland to<br />
serve as Prime Minister.<br />
In 1910, the piano was auctioned<br />
and purchased by the town<br />
of Walhachin, British Columbia.<br />
Now dormant, the once affluent<br />
colony of 300 was once popularized<br />
as “Canada’s Camelot.”<br />
An enterprising musician, Fanny<br />
Faucault, often played the piano<br />
at lavish community celebrations.<br />
In true devotion to her townsfolk,<br />
Fanny relinquished her earnings to<br />
help subsidize improvements to the<br />
town hall (complete with a spruce<br />
plank floating dance floor) while she<br />
and her hired orchestra performed<br />
jazz, ragtime and classical music for<br />
British businessmen and gentleman<br />
farmers. Tragically, the First World<br />
War blighted the settlement when<br />
97 of its 117 men enlisted for battle,<br />
many of whom did not return.<br />
Over the next 50 years, Paderewski’s<br />
piano remained unharmed in<br />
Walhachin until its donation to<br />
University of British Columbia’s<br />
School of Music. In the ’60s, the<br />
university was a far cry from the<br />
glamor the piano once knew. The<br />
makeshift music building was a<br />
former forestry products lab, where<br />
concrete blocks that once crushed<br />
timber were stored. Former faculty<br />
member Hans-Karl Piltz was quoted<br />
as saying that “it was in terrible<br />
condition because it had been used<br />
as a barroom piano. It would go out<br />
of tune as soon as you looked at it.”<br />
The Paderewski piano<br />
with a past<br />
arrives at<br />
Paso Robles Inn<br />
By Melissa Chavez<br />
A subsequent relocation to the<br />
school’s Cecil Green Park in 1976<br />
put the piano back into service<br />
as a social event rental, but<br />
facility renovations found the<br />
instrument in the way and it<br />
was moved to the music school’s<br />
aging auditorium. By 2007, the<br />
Paderewski Heritage Committee<br />
purchased the piano, where it was<br />
housed at the Polish Consulate in<br />
Vancouver for nearly six years<br />
until a permanent location could<br />
be found.<br />
When the Polish Ministry<br />
of Foreign Affairs announced a<br />
relocation of its offices from<br />
Vancouver to Edmonton, the<br />
Paderewski Heritage Committee<br />
considered Paso Robles the ideal<br />
location to house the 19th-century<br />
instrument. Marek Żebrowski,<br />
Artistic Director of the Paderewski<br />
Festival in Paso Robles,<br />
traveled to Vancouver and approached<br />
the Paderewski Heritage<br />
Committee with an offer<br />
to provide it permanent residence.<br />
After much consideration,<br />
Paso Robles was chosen<br />
as the ideal place in which Paderewski’s<br />
piano could serve as “an<br />
ambassador of Polish culture.”<br />
On July 8, the piano arrived<br />
safe and sound to a well-deserved<br />
tuning and an official welcome to<br />
Downtown Paso Robles. Finally,<br />
Paderewski’s piano can remain to<br />
inspire a population that is discovering<br />
his ties to the California<br />
region where the artist found<br />
healing and respite.<br />
The Weber grand now replaces a<br />
previous instrument, affectionately<br />
dubbed “the square,” which graced<br />
the original El Paso de Robles<br />
Hotel where Paderewski also<br />
resided. The “Square” will be<br />
displayed in the Acorn Building<br />
lobby on the northeast corner of<br />
12th and Park Street.<br />
Yet another piano, called the<br />
“O,” is a Steinway that has been<br />
used for intimate Paderewski concerts<br />
at Cass Winery by distinguished<br />
artists, including William<br />
Koseluk and Leszek Możdżer.<br />
The “O” has been moved to the<br />
Park Ballroom at 1232 Park<br />
Street, where the Paderewski<br />
Festival will soon utilize this<br />
historic location for upcoming<br />
performances.<br />
To learn more about the Paso Robles<br />
Paderewski Festival visit www.<br />
paderwskifest.com, e-mail tickets<br />
@paderewskifest.com or call 769-<br />
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