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| publisher’s message My seven-year-old daughter loves looking at old family photos. As we were flipping through a dust-covered album the other day, I came across a shot I had not seen in years, and it stopped me in my tracks. It was a picture of my grandpa working on one of his tractors in his shop, bundled up in a jacket and hat in the middle of the scorching hot summer just outside of Visalia in the San Joaquin Valley. At the time the photo was taken, he was in the final throes of his battle with terminal cancer. Glenn L. Pratt (1920 - 1994) Nothing could keep Grandpa out of his shop. From the time he dropped out of the sixth grade until the moment he drew his final breath, he was a cotton farmer. Like most people of his generation, he believed in the importance of a handshake. He believed in his neighbors. He believed in hard work. And he understood that the key to running a good business was to continually innovate. That’s a word he would have never used himself, but, looking back on it, that’s exactly what he did. He almost never bought new machinery; instead he opted to keep his old, fully-paid-for equipment going. When something could not be revived for another season, he often improvised and fabricated whatever he needed himself. A combination of notes, numbers, and diagrams scratched out on a yellow legal notepad by his massive, grease-stained right hand soon enough became a reality out in the shop. When I was a kid, about the same age my daughter is now, I remember listening in on discussions between Grandpa and his brother Louie. They would debate about the best way to build this or fix that. They would talk for hours about finding a better ball bearing for the harvester. Honestly, I didn’t care what they talked about, and I certainly didn’t understand much of it. I just wanted to be around it. I wanted to soak it in. These were big, important men talking about big and important things. It was cool, and I wanted to be like them. As I reflect on that photo today, it brings about a flood of emotion. I think about my wife and my kids, who never had the chance to meet Grandpa; I think about my many cousins back in the Valley and elsewhere who today apply the lessons learned out at the shop when we were younger; and, I think about how I can see a little bit of Grandpa in the local small business owners I am so privileged to work with here each and every day. As publisher of this magazine, I wear many hats. But, one of my most favorite things I do is visit with our advertisers. Sometimes I feel like a seven-year-old kid again as I learn about their plans for their businesses and what they are doing to innovate. Those conversations leave me with a strong faith that our small business community will continue to lead the way, probably not with some big, complicated high-tech invention, but in small, incremental steps, on a daily basis, with the same grit, dedication and ingenuity that Grandpa displayed in his shop as he built his business, one ball bearing at a time. Live the SLO Life! tom@slolifemagazine.com SLO LIFE magazine 4251 S. Higuera Street • Suite 800 • San luiS obiSpo, Ca 93401 SloliFeMagaZine.CoM • (805) 553-8820 • (805) 456-1677 CONTRIBUTIONS: Submit your story ideas, events, recipes and announcements by visiting us online at slolifemagazine.com Contributions chosen for publication may be edited for clarity and space limitations. ADVERTISING: If you would like to advertise, please contact Tom Franciskovich by phone at (805) 553-8820 or by email at tom@slolifemagazine.com. publiSHer Creative DireCtor Contributing DeSignerS Contributing WRITERS pHotograpHer Tom Franciskovich Sheryl Disher Trent Thibodeaux Casey Miller Jeanette Trompeter Nancy Fox Danielle Dutro Brenda Stickel Danielle Dutro CIRCULATION, COVERAGE AND ADVERTISING RATES: Complete details regarding circulation, coverage and advertising rates, space, sizes and similar information are available to prospective advertisers. Please call or email for a media kit. Closing date is 30 days before date of issue. LETTERS TO THE PUBLISHER/EDITOR: 4251 S. Higuera Street, Suite 800 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Letters chosen for publication may be edited for clarity and space limitations. 4 | slo life magazine
contents Meet Your Neighbor: Kevin Rucks 16 26 Business Makeover: SLO Moped 778 Osos Street, Suite C San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 805.439.2323 www.coastfiduciarylaw.com 6 8 10 12 14 20 22 24 38 42 44 46 The Way We Live: 34 The Avery Home Q & A : Dave Romero’s life and career Places : going SLO on Turri Road How I Found My Way Here : it took getting lost to find home The Way It Was : treasure found Inspiration : the Kalmans fight for a cure No Place Like Home : discover the monarch grove Finds Under Fifty : it’s time to go shopping To Your Health : stand up for yourself Real Estate : local experts share their insight Local Food by Local People : a hearty, healthy meal The Arts : masterworks performed Community Calendar : the best SLO has to offer I grew up in San Luis Obispo before leaving to attend college and pursue my career as an attorney. After a decade of practicing litigation and estate planning, I was ready to return to the place I love, start a practice I believe in and make a difference in the local legal community by offering a competent and caring approach to the practice of law. Central Coast Estate Planning and Fiduciary Services is the culmination of my personal and professional dreams. What makes my firm different is that I haven’t forgotten the human element in the practice of law. I focus on each family or individual and their unique needs and keep my firm small and specialized so that you are always my top priority. Whether you need an estate plan written or updated, require representation in probate, trust or tax litigation or are interested in hiring a trustworthy and knowledgeable personal fiduciary, I can offer the guidance, experienced legal representation and personal touch that is so often lacking from the practice of law today. It’s a tough world out there and trust, probate and tax law can be a minefield, but I am here to help you and your loved ones. Jed D. Hazeltine LL.M. Taxation Attorney At Law slo life magazine | 5
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