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Volume 9 • Issue 7 • November 6 - 12, 2014

There may be some respite in store for the dwindling Laguna Lake after last weekend’s rain, but

it’s not enough to ease the concerns of neighbors who love the lake.

In an open letter to the San Luis Obispo City Council, a group known as the Friends of Laguna Lake has put forward a dredging plan that they’d like to see enacted much sooner than the 10-year plan being pursued by the City.

The new plan was researched by area resident, Jim Foley, but the City’s natural resource manager, Bob Hill, said the regulatory hurdles at the State and federal levels would be far

too onerous for the City to act before signifi cant rainfall puts an end to the viable window for “dry dredging.”

In a letter to the City Council (written separately from his formal proposal) Foley wrote, “It does not take a rocket scientist to fi gure out it is cheaper to empty the silt out of the lake when it is dry then when it is full of water. The proposal was written before the numbers were released for the dredging of Atascadero Lake and I am relieved to fi nd that the costs are not that far apart.”

Laws Leave Laguna Lake Languishing

By Camas Frank

See Laguna Lake, page 33

Have you ever wanted to read the City of San Luis Obispo’s 1911 Charter? How about dig

into the nitty-gritty of the last budget with interactive graphs, fl owcharts and point mapping? Maybe you’d just like to fi nd out where all the heritage trees are downtown.

This week the City will offi cially roll out its “Open Government” website. In development for several months, Greg Hermann, special projects manager for the City, has been working on the project in-between drafts of new ordinances, and—what else—other special projects.

The objective, said Michael Codron, assistant city manager, is to achieve a level of transparency in government data to the point where there will eventually be no boundary between external and internal databases. That is, within reason at least.

Private information the City may have about residents, Codron continued, won’t be up for grabs but they’d like to eliminate “avenues for misunderstandings” that arise from different levels of access or decentralized sources.

Internet Meets Democracy in SLO

By Camas Frank

See Internet, page 33

Cal Poly won their 5th consecutive

game, this time over Montana State.

They’ll travel to Idaho State Saturday

looking for their 7th win of the season.

Photo by Paul Winninghoff.

page 4 page 33 page 36page 3 page 11

Pink in the Park

SLO Transit goes ‘Nacho Libre”

Botso’s the Best

County Picks Horton for Public Works

Pelicans in OpEd

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Table ofContentsContents

Bret Colhouerpublisher

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Neil Farrellmanaging editor The Bay News

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Theresa-Marie Wilsonmanaging editor The Coast News

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Camas Franksection editor

SLO City [email protected]

Paul Winninghoffsports reporter

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Gareth Kellybusiness / lifestyle reporter

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Christy Serpaart director

Jim Bennettgraphic designer

Julia Lombardgraphic designer

Kathrene Tiffi ncopy editor

Kaila Lugoadministrative assistant

Padma Mohanmarketing coordinator

ADVERTISING

Dave Diazinternet, text & loyalty marketing

Dana McGrawsales manager

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Zorina Riccisenior advertising executive

SEO [email protected]

Carrie [email protected]

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS

Teri BayusMichael Gunther

King HarrisVivian Krug

Evanne MingoriBetsey Nash

SLO NightwritersRay Ambler

Ruth Anne AngusAmy Joseph

Carrie JaymesErin O’Donnell

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Strides Against Breast CancerPhotos by Erin O’Donnell

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NEWS

WWII Veterans HonoredBy Dennis Eamon Young

‘El Transporté’ a Big Hit With CommutersBy Camas Frank

A tribute luncheon for WWII Veterans packed the San Luis Obispo Country Club on Thursday, October 30. The event,

organized by Joseph Bracato was orchestrated by Bracato, wife Diane Blakeslee and Dana Cummings, San Luis Obispo County Veterans

The City of San Luis Obispo’ Transit Agency is hoping its latest marketing attempt will

“go viral” on social media. That’s something that is often attempted but seldom accomplished on purpose, still they’ve gotten positive feedback from the public.

For those not in the know, the term doesn’t refer to anything to do with the fl u, rather it’s the sudden popularity of a snippet of video on social websites like Youtube or Facebook that qualifi es. In honor of Rideshare Month, SLO Transit provided free rides for four days in October and they made a little extra effort with

the introduction of a Zorro-esque fi gure they’ve monikered, “El Transporté.” The masked hero, in the blue and yellow of SLO Transit’s insignia traipsed around town distributing golden “goodie bags” fi lled with transit-related perks during the week.

The distribution of the “goodie bags” by El Transporté was of course documented and the reactions of

riders and passersby made their way to YouTube and the SLO Transit Facebook page.

A Luchador is a common enough sight to fans of Mexican wrestling but they’re not often seen in the streets of SLO or behind the steering wheel of city busses.

“We want people to know that public transit is not only good for the environment

Services Director with a staff of volunteers, including students from Grizzly Academy. The sheer amount of history in the room was overwhelming to imagine, from subs, to ships, to land and in the air. Shipmates in war, David Orr and Robert Brown met, amazingly for the fi rst time. Karl Haeuser showed Bracato a model of the plane he was in when shot down. Handshakes, salutes and hugs there were in abundance, for those present and memories of those there in spirit only. These were some of the brave young men and women who spent their youth fi ghting to preserve the legacy of freedom for those who followed. We could at least honor their sacrifi ces by going to the polls to vote. State Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian and county Supervisor Adam Hill brought certifi cates of recognition, as part of a special package presented to all. ✤

and their pocket books but that it also provides a sense of community. Great things happen when we are part of a community,” said transit manager, Gamaliel Anguiano. While not SLO Transit’s only form of communication, social media has started to play a greater role in dispensing pertinent “Rider Alerts” to its passengers. “Success in viral marketing videos will help passengers stay engaged with our page” added Anguiano, noting that 27,000 people took advantage of the free rides in October.

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Man Arrested in Stabbing

Poly Hosts Veterans Awareness Week,

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NEWS

A 55-year-old San Luis Obispo man was arrested last week for allegedly stabbing a

man at Burger King. According to SLOPD Sgt. Brian Amoroso, at 7:15 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, police responded to Burger King parking lot 1358 Madonna Rd., for a reported stabbing.

“Offi cers arrived to fi nd the victim with a laceration to his torso,” Sgt. Amoroso said. “The suspect and victim are acquaintances and were arguing prior to the attack. The victim and an independent witness provided a description of the suspect and his bicycle. The victim was treated at the scene by medical

Cal Poly’s Veterans Success Center will “honor, engage and thank” military

veterans and dependents of veterans for their service during Veterans Awareness Week, Nov. 10-14, in the school’s University Union Plaza.

From 11 a.m. to noon Monday, Nov. 10, Don Morris, 84, a retired U.S. Navy commander who has won more than 100 Senior Olympic medals with his Senior Olympic basketball team and has won the International and National Free Throw Championship multiple times will demonstrate his athleticism in a free-throw contest with the Cal Poly Men’s Basketball Team.

A Cal Poly graduate, emeritus professor, and former director of student housing, Morris, invites participants to challenge the men’s basketball team or him.

On Nov. 11 Cal Poly will be

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A n o t h e r offi cer spotted the bicycle matching the d e s c r i p t i o n across the street at McDonald’s. The suspect, i d e n t i f i e d as James Angelico, 55 of SLO, was arrested and charged with suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on $25,000 bail. Police recovered the knife believed used in the alleged attack. ✤

closed for Veteran’s Day, but from 11 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Nov. 12, the Veterans Success Center invites veterans and their dependents to receive a free meal pass, courtesy of Campus Dining.

The Veterans Success Center will also provide information on the opening of the center, scheduled for mid-January.

From 11 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Cal Poly Club Sports will be in the University Union Plaza and from 11 a.m. to noon Friday the Veterans Success Center will honor Cal Poly football coach, Tim Walsh, who will speak about his family’s military service history and his prior position as football coach at West Point.

The Mustang football team will also host U.C. Davis in the “Battle of the Horseshoe” game with kickoff at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, in Spanos Stadium. ✤

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“The response this year was overwhelming,” Tim Meadows, Christopher’s father and interview committee member said, “and we had an incredibly talented group of applicants, making our decision harder than usual. It is humbling to see so many selfl ess individuals who have chosen such a noble profession — helping others in their darkest hour.”

The Christopher Meadows Memorial EMS Education Fund was established by Taylor and Heather Tucker, co-workers with Meadows at San Luis Ambulance after he was killed in May 2009, while volunteering at Oceano Dunes for the Sheriff’s Department’s Search and Rescue Team.

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POLICE BLOTTERCambria• Oct. 25: A burglary was reported in the 6100 block of Moonstone Beach Dr. Another burglar burgled a bungalow on Burton.• Oct. 28: At 3:08 a.m. at Hwy 1 and Burton Drive, deputies arrested someone for an apparent WIP — walkin’ in public.• Oct. 28: Burglaries were reported in the 2100 block of Ogden and the 1800 block of Windsor, constituting an apparent crime wave, OK, so who got paroled?

Cayucos• Oct. 23: Some vandal left their slimy mark at Butte and Studio Drive.

Los Osos• Oct. 22: Anarchist vandals attacked civilization in the 1900 block of Pine.• Oct. 25: A theft was reported in the 500 block of Highland. Another came in from the 1000 block of LOVR, as some hooligan apparently went on a little shoppin’ spree.• Oct. 26: Someone just up the street from the Sheriff’s Substation, in the 2100 block of 10th reported a burglary in progress by a juvenile delinquent and the Mounties got their boy or girl as the case may be.• Oct. 28: Deputies stopped a suspicious pedestrian at 11:08 p.m. at LOVR and Willow and spanked the twisted switch into the hoosegow.

Morro Bay• Oct. 22: Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic disturbance in the 1500 block of San Bernardo Creek Rd., and arrested some louse for suspicion of abuse of a spouse.• Oct. 27: A citizen in the 2400 block of Juniper told police that he or she had found two fi rearms in their garage. The arsenal consisted of a pellet and a BB gun.• Oct. 29: Police contacted a regular customer at 4:16 p.m. in the 700 block of Quintana who had two felony warrants. He was taken to the hospital “for medical clearance for a pre-existing injury,” according to logs. He was cited and released due to the injury, as jail ain’t no place to get well.• Oct. 29: Police responded at 10:55 p.m. to a disturbance in the 1700 block of Main. Some chalupa as arrested for trespassing at Taco Bell.• Oct. 20: At 2:12 p.m. police went to the 400 block of Dunes for a disturbance. They arrested a 49-year-old woman for suspicion of being a little top-heavy in public.• Oct. 30: At 2:51 p.m. police responded to Rite Aid after some thief made off with $278.98 worth of stuff but dropped $209 worth of it while beating feet out the door.• Nov. 1: Police responded at 3:22 p.m. to a disturbing fellow in the 900 block of Main. The 36-year-old disciple of Bacchus was tossed into the gaol to sleep it off.• Nov. 2: Some scalawag stole a plastic, 6-gallon gas can off a boat in the Harbor.• Nov. 2: Police and paramedics responded at 10:08 a.m. to the 1300

block of Main where a Morro Bay triathloner took a spill on his or her bicycle, suffering minor injuries. A report was done for the lawsuit to follow.• Nov. 2: A citizen in the 300 block of Zanzibar reported that some bogus thief stole two of his surfboards, man. Logs listed “No further investigative leads,” in the case; so the dude will have to go all vigilante and get ‘em back his self.• Nov. 2: Police responded at 7:45 p.m. to the 600 block of Fresno and arrested some bothersome transient man for suspicion of being a few bricks past plastered.

Pismo Beach• Oct. 29: Police were unable to locate a man with a toddler carrying a pillow in the OSH parking lot. The caller thought they were homeless.• Oct. 29: A caller on the 2500 block Solano reported his ex-girlfriend was posting things about him on Facebook. They were nonthreatening posts, so it was deemed a civil matter or in this case an uncivil matter.• Oct. 28: A caller reported a homeless person sleeping in an SUV with out of state plates on Oceanview. In other unfortunate circumstances, a woman with two young children was holding a sign asking for money on 4th Street at Five Cities Drive. She was told to move along, which really doesn’t help.• Oct. 29: Police were unable to locate a driver on Shell Beach Road who was tailgating the caller and trying to push her car off the shoulder of the road. He also fl ipped her off.• Oct. 28: A caller on the 300 block of Pomeroy reported what was possibly a person sitting in a car in a parking lot for more than an hour across from the caller’s location. The caller, however, could not confi rm it was a person. Police couldn’t either as the car was gone when they arrived.• Oct. 28: Two people were cited for camping in a tent on the beach.• Oct. 27: A computer valued at $2,500 was deleted from an unlocked car on Price Street, which is a pricey mistake.• Oct. 27: Some sap on a shoplifting spree got busted for stealing alcohol from California Fresh and offi cers discovered he also had merchandise he lifted from Walmart.• Oct. 27: A caller on the 700 block of Panorama reported being tired of a neighbor who always came over. The pesky one was advised to stay away.• Oct. 27: A woman sitting on the curb at the Outlet Center was waiting for a friend, not breaking any laws.• Oct. 26: A transient man was reportedly sleeping at Ira Lease Park for three days. The caller said he was sleeping on a grassy knoll, which is always suspect.• Oct. 26: Someone at Pismo Lighthouse Suites heard a man screaming in a threatening manner that he would “shoot someone in the throat.” It tuned out mister in need of anger management was arguing about a phone. He had calmed down when police arrived.• Oct. 25: A guy reported that his

girlfriend was extremely intoxicated at Memory Park. When police arrived no one was there. They called the guy who said he had managed to get boozy home.• Oct. 25: Police determined that everything was okay with someone who had just crawled out of the bushes in the Yanagi’s parking lot. Everything was okay except of course that he lives in the bushes.

San Luis Obispo• Oct. 31: Halloween started about 12:40 a.m. in the 100 block of Del Norte, where a group of college students was looking into cars and bounding across front yards. At 12:49, another group of dips was yelling at the people in 7-Eleven on California. At 12:53, a couple of non-guests were at the Best Western on Monterey and one was bleeding from a face wound. At 12:57, at Couper and Westmont, a large group of future leaders was walking in the street bashing cars as they went.• Oct. 31: The CHP was in hot pursuit of a scoffl aw driver at 2 a.m. when the car hit a tree, nature’s tack strip.• Oct. 31: Police went to the Old Mission Church Parish at 4:24 a.m. for a sleeping sinner trespassing on holy ground. He was cited and given the bum’s rush. And at 6 a.m. someone at the LDS Church on Foothill found a heathen in a sleeping bag behind their trashcans. He saw the light and lit out.• Oct. 31: At 6:24 a.m. in the 800 block of Foothill a woman in a white Halloween mask was causing a disturbance outside Club 24, as her tricks were apparently no treat.• Oct. 30: Police were called at 7 a.m. to Santa Rosa Park where a vicious scoundrel was throwing a knife at a tree. • Oct. 30: Paramedics and police were called to the 500 block of Higuera at 8:09 a.m. for someone suffering alcohol poisoning, a.k.a. being fuzzucked, outside of United Staffi ng.• Oct. 30: A woman on Margarita told police that she was followed by a suspicious man in a car while she was jogging, no doubt in short shorts and a sports bra. The creep got away, disappearing amongst all the other freaks.• Oct. 30: A citizen in the 600 block of Skyline was burglarized, the apparently anxious thief taking $100 and a bottle of Xanax, but don’t panic, the pharmacy’s got ‘em by the bucket.• Oct. 30: The homeless rodeo started at 11:37 a.m. in the 1100 block of Broad where some guzzler was sitting on a bench swilling a beer. At 12:35, there was a guy in the 700 block of Higuera banging on a banjo in front of Avanti, He was asked to take the show on the road. And at 1:31, some slacker was at the pool of Creekside MHP playing the drums like he’s at Woodstock or something. • Oct. 30: A city employee called at 3:25 p.m. from City Hall and asked police to do a walk-through because some bums were hanging around the building. They were gone, no doubt quitting time for the bums at City Hall. In an unrelated case, someone at CL Smith

School called to report two “mutt” dogs running around the school.• Oct. 30: A woman at Target called and said her child was kidnapped out of her car. She soon canceled, as the kid apparently didn’t mind his mother and stay put.• Oct. 30: Police and fi refi ghters responded at 7:49 p.m. to Broad and Church where a Prius crashed in a front yard, a case of bad driving trumping fuel effi ciency. • Oct. 23: At 8:45 p.m. someone reported a 40-50-year-old swizzle stick was carrying an acoustic guitar down Monterey and now he’s singing the “Busted in San Luigi Blues…”• Oct. 30: Logs recorded two 9-1-1 open line calls in quick succession from the Elks Lodge, an apparent serial butt dialing. • Oct. 29: Police responded to Staples on Broad at 11:30 a.m. after an employee said a “known huffer” had bought some air and went outside apparently to huff and puff his brains out. At 3:30 another airhead called County Mental Health from the 3300 block of Bullock and said he’d just “huffed.”• Oct. 29: Someone at Fresh Donuts in the Marigold Center at 12:50 p.m. reported a transient man passed out on the lawn. The tattered fellow was gone when police arrived. At 3 p.m. the same garden gnome was now passed out at the CVS. At 3:08, a report came in of another model citizen passed out at Mission Plaza hugging a 12-pack of Bud. The 60-year-old hombre was hauled to the carcel for suspicion of being un borracho.• Oct. 29: A parks worker called at 4:36 p.m. from Sinsheimer Park because skateboarders were riding in the tennis courts, this week’s example of why we need SWAT. At 5:32, at the Parks and Rec Offi ce on Nipomo, they reported that the “Turban Man,” a 6-foot 2-inch, fat fellow in his 50s, was apparently scaring the bureaucrats.• Oct. 29: Stop the presses, at 10:23 p.m. at Sandy’s Liquor a local newsman was picked up for suspicion of being three sheets to the wind.• Oct. 29: Police were called at 2:05 a.m. to the 2000 block of Chorro for some type of loud, drunken “Cheerleading.” Police advised a man and four pom-poms that the pep rally was over.• Oct. 28: At 8 a.m. someone reported three high school kids at the end of San Luis Drive smoking the evil weed. They’d gone to school by the time police arrived. At 9:30, someone reported a transient man smoking a crack pipe at the Bob Jones Trail on Prado. He too slipped the dragnet.• Oct. 28: Logs indicated they got two 9-1-1 calls at 11:25 and 11:33 a.m. from a 3-year-old boy in the 200 block of Higuera. • Oct. 28: Police got a call at 5:08 p.m. from the 900 block of Osos at Mushu Tai Chi of a woman banging her head against the front window. The 33-year-old was arrested for alleged resisting arrest and battery on a peace offi ce, as apparently kicking one’s own a** ain’t yet against the law. ✤


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The San Luis Obispo volleyball team had a memorable senior-night last Thursday beating St. Joseph in straight sets. Black and Gold won the fi rst two sets 25-11 and wrapped up the victory with a 25-16 fi nal set. Sarah Maydole

led the Tigers offense with 7 kills while fellow Senior Callie Hamari anchored the defense recording 19 digs. The Tigers improved to 21-7 on the season. ✤


COMMUNITY CALENDARSan Luis Obispo County’s emPower

will hold two free dinner workshops in November to go over with county homeowners how they can help them access easy and affordable home energy upgrades. San Luis Obispo County 4th District Supervisor Caren Ray will speak at the fi rst workshop on Thursday, November 6 in Nipomo from 5:30 p.m. -7 p.m. in the Nipomo Senior Center, 200 E. Dana St. The second workshop will be held November 13 in Arroyo Grande from 5:30 p.m. -7 p.m.at the South County Regional Center, 800 W. Branch St. Both are free and open to the public. During each workshop, emPower Energy Coach Paul Menconi will present real examples of common issues he has encountered touring homes in San Luis Obispo County. Attendees can ask Paul their own home energy questions, as well as schedule a free Energy Coach Visit for a comprehensive look at their own home’s energy performance.

SWAP docent Vicky Johnson will lead an expedition to fi nd and identify birds in the Los Osos Elfi n Forest at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9. Bring binoculars if you have them. This is a good walk for families. Meet at the end of 15th Street off Santa Ysabel Avenue in Los Osos. Wear comfortable shoes, long sleeves and pants to avoid poison oak and mosquitoes. Park carefully, avoiding driveways and mailboxes and leave pets at home. The easy paced walk will last 1-1/2-2 hours. For more information call (805) 528-0392

The Morro Bay Historical Society will hold its next quarterly meeting at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9 at the Morro Bay Fire Station, corner of Harbor and Piney Way. There’ll be a tour of the new building, a potluck supper and the program will feature three generations of Morro Bay Fire Chiefs — retired chiefs Jeff Jones and Mike Pond, and current Chief Steve Knuckles. The three worked such notable historic events as the 1988 South T-pier Fire, the Floods of March 1995, the Loma Prieta Earthquake and more. Bring a dish to share and place settings, and memberships will be available.

Core Dance in San Luis Obispo is offering a Musical Kids class for ages 5 to 8 and a Musical Theater class for ages 7-12. Classes are $53 a month. Register at: www.coredanceslo.com or call 541-2669 for information. Instructor is Diana Lynn Carter, a performing arts teacher, professional performer, and the author of several children’s music albums, children’s musical plays and children’s music videos. Core Dance Studio is at 3422 Miguelito Ct., Ste. 140 in San Luis Obispo.

Lightshare is offering free energy balancing sessions from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center Auditorium, 1010 Murray Ave., SLO. Sessions last 25 minutes, appropriate for all ages and no appointment is necessary. All are welcome. See: www.lightshare.us, call 438-4347 email Wendy McKenna at: [email protected] to learn about energy balancing or other offerings from Lightshare, which is based in Santa Margarita.

The Salvation Army is looking for volunteer bell ringers to help with its annual fund-raising drive in the move up towards Christmas. The bell ringing will go from Nov. 22 through Dec. 24 at various locations in town and the surrounding areas. Call the Salvation Army at 396-9514 or email Benjamin Greenhaw at: Benjamin.greenhaw@usw.

salvationarmy.org to volunteer. They will work out a schedule with you. All ages welcome but those under-16 must be partnered with an older kid or an adult.

There will be a free healthcare forum sponsored by the Latino Outreach Council (LOC) titled “How to Obtain Coverage Under the Affordable Healthcare Act.” It will be held on Thursday, November 13, in the San Luis Obispo County Government Center, Board of Supervisors Chambers starting at 5:30 p.m. Local attorney and chairperson of the LOC Jacqueline Vitti del Valle Frederick will moderate the forum. Representatives from the ACA, CAPSLO, CenCal, CHCCC, CenCal, CMA and Dept. of Social Services will make presentations and offer information for attendees of the event.

Ceramic artist, Janice Stone, is one of the featured artists in a new show, “Just Go With It,” set to debut at Artwalk Friday, Friday, Nov. 14, at Seven Sisters Gallery, located in Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero, Ste. 8, Morro Bay. Sculptural jeweler Rone Prinz will also have his show, “Flukes, Wings and Flying Things,” debuting along with Stone’s pottery. There’s a reception from 5-8 p.m. Nov. 14 and the show runs through Dec. 11. Stone specializes in slab/hand-built ceramic pottery. Slab ceramics offers an ideal medium to explore silhouette and surface design. It is a demanding process that requires a special understanding and sensitivity to the essential qualities of clay itself. Prinz’ works include droll clockwork shorebirds with antique watch-part tummies and dangling storky legs, silver whale fl ukes on copper seas, and winged beetles and shadow-boxed bees adorned with semi-precious stones.

ARTS Obispo has turned its attention to poetry with three programs in the spotlight. The organization recently handed out the Ingrid Reti Literary Awards, and an Arroyo Grande poet took fi rst place. The awards rotate among several different literature genres and this year was poetry.

Some 19 SLO County poets submitted up to 10 pages of poems each. The fi ve judges award a fi rst, second and three honorary mention awards, splitting the $1,000 prize.

Joe Amaral of Arroyo Grande took fi rst place for his poem, “The Farm I’m From.” Second place sent to Beverly Boyd of Los Osos for her poem, “Rocks Again.” For their bodies of work, honorable mentions were given to Patti Sullivan, Marguerite Costigan and Bonnie Young.

A celebration of the winners with a reading is set for 3-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9 at the San Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry recitation program, is in full swing at area high schools. Students are selecting and memorizing poems to compete in their classrooms, with winners continuing on to school level competitions in December

and January. Each school will send its champions to the SLO County Poetry Out Loud Competition 7-9 p.m. Feb. 12 The Monday Club in SLO. The county winner will compete in Sacramento against 30 other California County Champions. The program is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.

And on Tuesday, Oct. 7 County Supervisors proclaimed SLO poet Marguerite Costigan Poet the “Laureate for 2015/2016.” The Poet Laureate Program is new to ARTS Obispo and Executive Director Jenna Hartzell said, “We are thrilled to be working with Marguerite over the next two years as she promotes poetry and the literary arts in our county.”

ARTS Obispo is the local partner of the California Arts Council. This non-profi t arts agency advances the arts in SLO County through programs that promote public access to the arts, arts in educational settings, local arts planning and collaboration, and opportunities for artists and arts organizations.

All are invited to the free, 17th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner sponsored by the Morro Bay Peace Offi cers’ Association and the Rotary Club of Morro Bay and set for 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 27 at the Community Center, 1001 Kennedy Way. Boy Scouts will serve the meal complete with pumpkin pie, and there’ll be live music too. For Morro Bay residents, if an illness or other circumstance prevents your attendance at the dinner, call police administration at 772-6236 to reserve a meal delivered to your door by one of Morro Bay’s fi nest. Additional sponsors include: Albertsons, Carla’s Country Kitchen, Top Dog Coffee, Culligan Water, Mission Linen Supply, Cookie Crock, Miner’s Ace Hardware, Dorn’s Restaurant, and others. Many volunteers from the police, Rotary and Eco-Rotary Clubs, and the community work behind the scenes to plan the event and cook and serve the food.

Friends of a Los Osos girl fi ghting a brain tumor will hold a benefi t barbecue and silent auction from 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14 at Baywood Elementary School, 1390 9th St. Morgan Buffaloe, 11 and a 6th grader at Los Osos Middle School, has been diagnosed with a malignant “astrocytoma brain tumor.” Morgan is a very strong, determined girl who loves to write daily and is fond of singing,” reads the event poster. Her motto is, “We got this!” Tickets for the barbecue are $15 a person or $40 for a family of four and available at Volumes of Pleasure Book Shoppe, 1016 LOVR; Baywood Elementary Offi ce (during school hours); and from Crizer Const., 1191 4th St., Los Osos. Supporters have started a web account to help Morgan, see: www.gofundme.com/9g7vls. A bank account has been set up as well at Chase Bank, “Morgan Buffaloe Donation Account,” if readers want to help out.

The Pewter Plough Playhouse Readers’ Theatre will produce, “Stripped,” a series of short presentations telling what women often think but do not say. The play will run For one weekend only, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16. Tickets are $10 at the door or call 927-3877 to get tickets. The show, written by Michelle Guerrero, is directed by Kelli Howard, and the cast is Jane Wu, Mindy Nusser-Rains, Rayna Ortiz Bochum, Chrystie Richards, Janice Peters, and Ali Burkhead. Interested in acting in, directing or suggesting a play, for Readers’ Theatre?

Email Anita at: [email protected].

SLO NightWriters will sign its fi rst-ever anthology, “The Best of SLO NightWriters in Tolosa Press, 2009-2013,” from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16 at Coalesce bookstore Chapel, 845 Main St., Morro Bay. Article authors will read their work and sign copies. The book is a collection of the best of the columns published in the Tolosa Press newspapers over a 5-year period. See: www.slonightwriters.org for more on the organization.

Local food and fi lm critic, teacher and screenwriter, Teri Bayus, is teaching a series of writing classes at Cuesta College’s North County Campus in Paso Robles. Bayus, who writes “Dinner and a Movie” weekly for Tolosa Press, was recently named the director of the Central Coast Writer’s Conference, taking over for former Bay News publisher, Judy Salamacha.

The classes don’t have any prerequisites and students can sign up for any class at any time. Each 2-hour class includes a PowerPoint, in-class participation, at home assignments and writer assessment from the instructor. Cost is $30 per course and the whole set is $150. The courses are:

· Writer’s Tool Box: Nov 10, all the tools, skills and mindset needed to start a writing career. Instruction includes tricks and tips to keep writing, what to read, where to write and how to get your best prose out into the world.

· How to Write Strong Characters: Nov 17, How to Write Strong Characters: Class teaches how to build a complete profi le for each character and let them drive the plot.

· Will Write for Food: Nov 24, held at a high-end restaurant where students dine, taste wine pairings, talk with the chef and write on the experience. Instruction includes submission and tips to write for local publications.

· Screenwriting for the Soul: Dec 1, tips, ideas, tools, skill set and more to write a script and sell it to Hollywood or self produce.

· Promoting Your Writing: Dec 8, tips for blogging, magazine, e-publishing, and pitching your work. Instruction includes ideas for script distribution, agents, and marketing your published work.

Students from beginner to published author welcomed. Sign up online at: www.teribayus.com or email to: [email protected] for more information. ✤

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OPINION

Olaf “Ole” Olsen was as big as a barn, and his size almost kept him from serving in the U.S. Armed Forces

just after our country entered World War 2. But the Army Air Corps desperately needed navigators for its bombing fl eets of B-17s, B-24s, and B-25s for use in both the European and Pacifi c theaters.

Since Ole’s map reading and course plotting skills were quite profi cient, the Army allowed the giant 6-foot-5 Swede a seat on a B-24 Liberator after he signed a waiver. The navigator’s spot on the Liberator was an extremely small space located not far behind the pilot and right underneath the plane’s machine-gun bubble mount atop the fuselage.

How Ole managed to get to and fi t in such tight quarters amazed his fellow fl yers, but he was determined to contribute his services to the war effort. He did, of course, and it cost him the use of his left leg, and in a manner that would have left many men bitter. Not Ole. Fact of the matter is, you couldn’t tell that Ole had lost anything at all; he certainly didn’t show it, and that’s what impressed me about him from the moment we fi rst met in 1962.

Ole and his wife Melba lived right next door to my uncle, whose family I was staying with in order to attend my junior year of high school. I soon became a

frequent visitor to the Olsen household, and eventually a surrogate son of sorts, for Ole offered resolution to most of the questions about the mysteries of life I was asking at the time. Chief among them, how to overcome adversity and convert misfortune into an asset; and all too often, I’m sad to say, it is the experience of the warrior which must provide the answer.

When Ole and I were fi rst introduced, he was not wearing his usual prosthetic limb, but instead was hobbling on crutches due to a recent fall that had broken his hip. His amputated leg stuck out like a sore thumb, needless to say, my having never seen one before.

Recognizing my surprise and apparent discomfort, Ole without hesitation described to me his circumstance in a bombing mission over Germany that had gone awry. In an offensive daylight mission, Ole and his crew fl ew over enemy territory, dropped their bombs, and destroyed their targets, but were hit by fl ak in the process, forcing their Liberator to limp back home to their base in Britain. They never made it.

Ole had informed the captain that Switzerland offered the only alternative

for a secure landing, but his commander optimistically opted for the Dover coastline. The B-24 with all aboard ditched in the channel, causing the plane to split apart. The entire crew survived, but the glass bubble housing the machine gun over Ole’s head crashed down on his navigator’s compartment, shattering his left leg.

Surgeons at the nearest Army fi eld hospital successfully grafted the necessary skin and bone to heal his fractured injury, and were confi dent that Ole would walk again and even rejoin his outfi t. But that was not to be.

Someone put his cast on too tightly, and Ole’s wound developed gangrene. Doctor’s were forced to amputate his leg, right above the knee. It was early 1942. The war for the Americans had just begun. For Ole, the war was over. But not his life.

He was transferred back to the Oak Knoll Naval Hospital near Oakland, where he provided service as an experimental patient for the newly-formed prosthetic treatment ward. Testing and wearing what would be today considered rather cumbersome artifi cial devices, Ole, until his death in 1971, lived and worked every

day of his life as if his left leg wasn’t missing at all. No essential chore about the gardens or major repair to his home was too daunting.

I recall one weekend he once installed a new roof on his house. And as a golfer, he tore up the course at the Presidio, in more ways than one.

One fellow duffer damn near quit the game when he drove his ball to the adjacent fairway where Ole was walking. The ball hit Ole squarely on his wooden leg, and bounced 100 yards to the green. Ole was knocked down, of course, but got right back up, as he always did, roaring with laughter.

He even managed, for the most part, to shrug off the curse of every amputee called phantom pains, a hurting sensation where a missing limb feels like it’s still attached to the body. Only when his artifi cial leg refused to cooperate would I sense some frustration and hear an occasional profanity.

But it wasn’t his sainthood I was there to admire; it was his courage and determination, and his ability to more than accept his lot in life.

War is no walk in the park for any veteran, nor is life afterword, and just for that he or she deserves our thanks. Ole Olsen, for me, took it one step further; he taught me how to take it all in stride. ✤

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They say if you do what you love, you’ll never work

a day in your life. At 92 years young, (93 this Christmas Eve) Wachtang Korisheli or Botso (meaning young steer in Georgian), still has an infectious passion for life. As an incredibly talented and passionate music teacher, this gentle man originally from Tbilisi, Georgia, (the country not the state), has been a fi xture in Morro Bay for more than 50 years. “If you wake up worrying and complaining about life, you won’t live very long, you have to remain positive,” Botso said, his Georgian accent still present in his soft voice.

Having survived fi rst Stalin, the man ultimately responsible for executing Botso’s father, and then the tyranny of the Nazi’s, Botso eventually found himself in the U.S.A. With only a suitcase of basic possessions but fi lled with hopes and dreams, Botso, after a brief stay in Hollywood starlet Janet Gaynor’s beach house, fi nally ended up in Morro Bay. “Morro Bay reminded me a little of Georgia. The climate and the hiking. We love to hike in Georgia and I have enjoyed many local hikes here on the coast,” Botso said. He became the music teacher at the elementary school and in 1965 founded the San Luis Obispo Youth Symphony.

Having built his own home that doubles as both a place to teach his students, including the ability to be transformed into a music venue, and a sculpting studio, one of Botso’s other passions, this beautiful wooden home has an almost grotto type feel to it. A place fi lled with a sense of magic, an inspirational place home to an incredible man.

After teaching thousands of students over many generations, Botso has an impressive list of former students including six-time Grammy-winning conductor Kent Nagano and former French horn player from the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra Jerry

Folsom, to name but two.Many years after settling in Morro

Bay, Botso found himself teaching violin to the daughter of another Morro Bay local, Tom Walters. Walters was a fi lmmaker, primarily making fi lms for the education and health industries. As the relationship between Walters and Botso grew, it became clear to the fi lmmaker that the story of Botso’s life was inspiring.

“As the tag line for the movie says, sometimes a story is so inspiring it must be told. Myself, along with writer/producer Hilary Roberts Grant and producer David Thayer, knew we simply had to tell Botso’s story. He has inspired so many people and lived such an incredible life we felt compelled to share it with others,” Walters said.

With the fi lmmakers having regular jobs they frequently had to go back to, the movie itself became a labor of love taking eight years to fi lm, something that ended up only adding to the story and worked in the fi lms favor. “We had footage of some of Botso’s youngest students just starting to learn the piano. Over the course of those eight years, we were able to fi lm and watch their progression from complete novices to

talented virtuosos. We were really able to capture Botso’s patience and passion for his teaching and see it unfold before our eyes,” Walters said.

Having won Best in Fest at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, the movie has subsequently taken the international festival circuit by storm winning fi ve audience awards along with many other accolades and rave reviews from the likes of The L.A. Times, The New York Times and the

Hollywood Reporter.“We have been in 12

festivals and have been really well received in them all. The audience awards really mean a lot to us. We are looking to secure a wider theatrical release right now and will then be available online and DVD etc.,” Walters said.

As for Botso himself, he has completed his autobiography and has a second book on the way. He is still teaching music to both children and adults but most of all he is still inspiring us all to live our lives as passionately and as positively as we can, his secret to a long healthy life.

“Botso: The teacher from Tbilisi” is currently playing at the Palm Theatre in San Luis

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SAGE ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES & NURS-ERY We are passionate about improving the qual-ity of life throughout our community. Through our commitment to lasting re-lationships, and a belief in a sustainable future, we build gardens to grow happi-ness and health. We invite you to use our Design, Con-struction, Maintenance and full retail Nursery divisions as your one-stop landscape resource! Call for a project evaluation at (805) 574-0777 or visit www.SageLand-scapes.net

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Let daylight saving time be a reminder to tackle these im-portant biannual chores.

In a new national survey, 70 per-cent of Americans polled are avoid-ing cleaning tasks that are benefi cial to the health of their homes. The three chores that are most likely to fall to the bottom of the biannual to-do list are rotating and cleaning ceiling fans, cleaning vents and reg-isters, and vacuuming and fl ipping mattresses.

“Air quality is a hugely important part of maintaining a clean home,” says Lisa Fernandes of The Maids of Grover Beach. “When there’s dust built up on your register cov-ers, in your mattress, on your blinds and your ceiling fans, your family is breathing in potentially harmful airborne particles.”

In addition to eradicating dust, other important biannual tasks in-clude cleaning your pantry, fridge and freezer and purging them of expired food, washing or replac-ing your shower curtain or liner, and wiping down baseboards and molding throughout your home. Of course, swapping out seasonal clothing items and cleaning closets is also key.

Fernandes says that Daylight Saving Time is a good reminder to tackle these forgotten tasks because it comes around twice a year and is impossible to ignore. “You know,

you’re gaining that extra hour, at least in the fall,” says Fernandes, “Why not spend it wisely?”

While time plays a role in why homeowners overlook these tasks, competence is also a factor. Nearly a quarter of survey respondents (23 percent) said they feel least compe-tent cleaning vents and registers. It is for this reason that The Maids have put together free resourc-es, including a biannual cleaning checklist with instructions on how to properly complete these tasks, that are available by visiting www.maids.com/cleaningtips.

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What kind of a sleeper are you? Do you sleep on your back, side, or on

your stomach? When you sleep, try to maintain the relaxed natural S curve of your back. This can be achieved by having support under your neck, pillows under your knees if you sleep on your back or pillows between your knees if you sleep on your side. DO NOT sleep on your stomach because it CAUSES neck strain!

But what if you have good support and you’re still not sleeping well? Your mattress may be the problem. I recently had this issue. My mat-tress was 14 years old and lately every time I slept on it, I’d wake up with a headache.

Which mattress to buy? What it boils down to is comfort. Mattress prices can range from $200 to over $4,000 and spending more money does not guarantee better sleep.

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THE MAY FIRM Robert May is the founder of The May Firm, a Central Coast personal injury law fi rm, dedi-cated to protecting the right of acci-dent injury victims–car accidents, dog bite injuries, wrongful death claims. Mr. May has won numerous awards for the results he has obtained on behalf of his clients. Call 805-980-7758 for a free case consultation. 297 Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo

AT THE SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY YMCA we are commit-ted to meeting the needs of parents by offering fun, enriching camps. Vacation camps provide a safe envi-ronment where youth participate in a variety of exciting fi eld trips & activities, and overall help develop stronger, more confi dent young people. Sign-up for spring camp at www.sloymca.org or call 543-8235 for more information.

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Professional Health & Wellness Service DirectoryTHE ABLE CHOICE, INC. of-fers support and services to families and children with special needs by experts in the fi eld. Special Edu-cation Consultant Dr. Jackie Kirk Martinez and her team provide research-based dispute resolution, instruction, and intervention for children by advising families, agencies and school districts; supporting chil-dren’s needs in home, community and school; providing assessments, program development, intervention and su-pervision; and offering professional development. Serv-ing children from birth through 22 years of age. Call for a free consul-tation at (805) 295-8806 • www.theablechoice.com

TERRY MERLO, FINANCIAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL As a licensed agent of New York Life Insurance Company and a registered representative of NYLIFE Securities LLC, I offer a variety of products that can help you meet a number of insurance and fi nancial needs. I invite you to contact me about the insurance and fi nancial products I can offer, and for an in-depth discussion of your fi nancial goals. CA Ins. Lic. #0C59583. 1000 S. Broadway, Suite A, Santa Maria • (805) 614-9507 www.terrymerloinsurance.com

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Side sleepers tend to prefer softer mattresses versus back sleepers who tend to prefer medium to fi rm mattresses.

Memory foam contours your body and tends to be softer. Spring mat-tresses especially with a lot of coils provide fi rmer support. These mat-tresses should be fl ipped over every

six months. Latex mattresses typically provide medium to fi rmer support but are very heavy.

I settled on a dual chamber air mat-tress. This is a great option if you and your partner are different types of sleepers–back ver-sus side sleeper or if there is a large weight difference between partners.

You can program the fi rmness of the bed to each of your likings.

The best test is to go into a mat-tress store and lie down for at least 15 minutes per mattress. Just re-member that regardless of price and brand name, comfort is the key. If available, take advantage of trial options. Until then, Sweet Dreams!

Michele S Jang, PT is a physical therapist who likes to look outside the box. She has been a physical therapist for over 20 years and has extensive training in manu-al therapy or the use of hands to help rehabilitate the body. Michele has been an instructor both in the United States and abroad. She offers Free Consults on Tuesday afternoons. Michele also has a team of therapists at Spirit Winds who offer an array of expertise on exercise, fall prevention, move-ment reeducation, body mechan-ics and proper breathing technique to increase body awareness and healing. Michele can be reached at 805-543-5100 or [email protected]. For more in-formation please also visit www.spiritwindstherapy.com.

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Oh my gosh! What shall I say? I shall say that a bachelor party is a cross between a

wake and a circus...either a side-show or the entire event if it runs that long.

The bachelor party is the respon-sibility of the best man and the groomsmen. There has to be an idea behind it so let’s say it is a com-ing together of the groom’s and the bride’s inner circle of male friends prior to the wedding day. Why such a grouping would choose to do this dastardly partying the evening be-fore the wedding day is beyond me. Why, a groom because of being so intoxicated, has actually missed his wedding day and was appalled that the bride-to-be gathered her senses and those of the best man and ran off together, never to be seen or heard of again.

There is supposed to be a plan to the bachelor party. There is a per-son in charge of the planning of party; there has to be a planning team to carry out the plans; the topic of transportation must be ad-dressed; costs have to be penciled out with a system of everyone pay-ing their own way; and then the all important ‘party idea.’ Going to a gentlemen’s club is not at the

top of the list of ‘party ideas.’ That is old hat. The idea of “Let’s-get-the-groom-drunk-and-leave-him-in-the-arms-of-a-redhead-without-a-credit-card-to-his-name” isn’t going to fl y, either. Why would the best man go through all this trouble to get his pal drunk when he could do this any time he wished?

A survey will tell you that most men who attend bachelor parties regret such events when the groom is drunk all night and ends up in someone’s swimming pool then one of the guests has to jump in to get the poor fool out. Then that makes two ‘not-too-brights’ soaking wet and very unhappy.

I know, men will be men. Great. If the purpose of a bachelor’s party is to build a good relationship during a fun and entertaining evening, how can this be if you cannot remember the event, have no idea who was at the event, have no idea where you were, and have been sworn to secre-cy not to tell the bride or any female who attends the wedding. Childish antics, ladies and gentlemen. And pardon me, it is NOT equivalent to a man going off to war.

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Balancing on an ancient metal step stool in her mother’s kitchen, Emma stretched to

reach an etched crystal wine glass on the top shelf of the cabinet. The delicate stem felt sticky in her hands from the many years of accumulation of cooking grease and dust. Continuing with the long packing of the old house, she counted ten tall stemmed wine glasses, the original twelve water goblets, and eight remaining champagne globes—the kind where the tiny bubbles fl oat up to tickle the tip of your nose when you take a sip.

Examining the crystal that had been a wedding gift to her parents in the early years of the war, Emma decided it would be disrespectful, irreverent even, to pack them away dirty. Her mother often told of how both families pooled their money so her sister could buy the crystal, bone china, and sterling with her employee discount at the downtown department store.

The pungent odor of vinegar fi lled her nostrils as she poured some into the sink of hot sudsy water, remembering the many times she’d performed this task throughout her

life. It was usually on Thanksgiving Day, when Mom was pushing stuffi ng into the big bird, sewing up the gut, and rotating oversized baking sheets of Parker House

rolls in the oven. In the midst of the preparations, someone would remember that the glassware and good china hadn’t been cleaned since it was put away after the holidays last year.

Sponging the grime off of each glass, Emma set them cautiously in the drain tray, then buffed them dry with a dishtowel and held them to the light to admire the sparkle. She surveyed the chaos of packing boxes and newspaper littering the fl oor and thought of the host of holiday tables that these glasses had graced. The faces appeared of all the dear ones who had sat and talked and laughed as they passed the endless parade of serving platters and bowls brimming with the perfectly cooked turkey, yams, creamed pearl onions, Brussels sprouts with bacon, and cranberry chutney.

Humming along to soft rock music on the radio, she bent to place a wrapped glass in the box at her feet and then stopped, holding

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DIVINE THAI CUISINE Enjoy the Exotic fl avor and spice of Thailand and South East Asia. The fi nest authentic Thai Cuisine: Pad Thai Noodles, Spicy Eggplant with Shrimp, Homemade Thai Dumplings, Charbroiled BBQ Chicken and much more. Family oriented atmosphere too. We cook with our hearts and delicious, authentic meals are the result. 501 W. Grand Ave. Grover Beach, CA (805) 481-3663 Open Daily www.angelicfood.com Hours: Lunch: 11am-3pm Dinner: 4:30-9pm

BUTTONS & BOWS-CHILDREN’S CLOTHING STORE Great quality gifts for baby s h o w e r s , b i r t h d a y s , s p e c i a l occasions or just because...Beautiful, clothes and quality toys. It’s fun to browse and chat with the owner as she wraps the gifts and they’re very accommodating! 119 E Branch St. Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 805-473-9186

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it mid -air as she dropped onto the step-stool seat. What if she didn’t put the glasses in the box? What if she unpacked the good china and brought the table leaves in from the garage?

Most of the furniture was still in place. Emma could cook the dinner, and Mom could sit at the kitchen table to make the pies. They’d invite the single guy who lived alone next door, and the elderly lady up the street who lost her husband this year. They’d host a fi nal holiday dinner, a kind of tribute to the hundreds of family dinners that had been prepared and served there. She’d cancel the movers, delay the real estate appraisers, and notify the retirement center that her mother wouldn’t be coming until next month.

They’d unfold the linens, polish the silver, light the candles and fi ll the glasses, remembering the loved ones who had gone before, visiting and laughing with new friends and neighbors. The house would fi ll with the smells of sage dressing, roasting turkey and pumpkin pie.

“Mom, Mom!” she cried, running down the hall to her mother’s bedroom. “I have an idea. . .”

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This is a basic apple pie recipe. You can use any type of apple or even mix them. Just adjust

your sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg according to the sweetness of the apples. Use full recipe for tart apples like Pippins or Granny Smiths or half the amounts for sweeter apples like Gala. Measure a full 8 cups heaping or a bit more to have a nice full pie. Invest in a good apple peeler (check out Williams-Sonoma’s) and a deep dish pie plate. You’ll use them forever!

8 cups peeled, sliced apples¾ cups sugar (see note above)½ teaspoon cinnamon¼ teaspoon nutmeg2 tablespoons flour1/8 teaspoon salt1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice2 tablespoons butter1 egg, beaten for brushing over the top crust before baking

Double Pie crust (try Betty Crocker’s Pie Crust mix found in the cake mix section of your store. You just add water to make the dough, split dough into halves and roll out to make a top and bottom crust.)

Lay a piece of heavy aluminum foil on the bottom of your oven to catch bubble over juices.

Preheat oven to 425 degree FStir together all or half of the

sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, flour and salt, depending on the kind of apples you have.

Sprinkle some of the mixture over

the apple slices, toss and flavor with lemon juice. Now taste carefully. Add the rest of the spices and sugar as needed.

Spread the apples over the dough-lined pan, mounding them in the center. Dot the apples all over with bits of butter.

To make a “Lattice Top” crust:After you have rolled out the dough

as for a top crust, cut it into strips ½ to ¾ inch wide. You’ll have 12 to 14 strips of varying lengths. Using the shorter strips first, then the longer ones as you get to the center, and shorter ones at the opposite edge, place half the strips of dough over the filling. Now pull every other strip back and place the first short crosspiece strip on. Return the pulled-back strips to their former position, pull back alternate strips, and place on the next crosspiece. Continue weaving strips of dough in this fashion until all are used up and pie is covered. Fold the overhang up

over the ends of the strips and press firmly. Decorate or flute the edges.

Brush the beaten egg over the finished crust for a nice brown pie top.

Bake at 450 degree F for 30 minutes then reduce the heat to 350 degree F and continue baking for 20-30 minutes more.

When the pie is done, you may see some juices bubbling up around the edges and through the vents. The crust should be brown (if it starts to get too brown during baking, put some pieces of aluminum foil on top loosely around the edges), and a thin, sharp knife inserted through one of the vents will pierce the apples easily. If the apples are still firm, bake a few minutes longer and test again. If in doubt, it’s better to bake a few minutes longer than to risk having undercooked fruit. Remove the pie from the oven and set the pie pan on a rack to cool. Take a picture and enjoy!

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All those extra sets of sheets, table clothes and napkins can be used elsewhere now that you no longer entertain in such a grand manner.

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The more appropriate term I use in physical therapy to achieve “ideal alignment” is one that works towards “Balance” of structures in order to achieve maximal function versus simply achieving symmetry.

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Sounds pretty dire, doesn’t it? I’m here to tell you that the days of free, affordable live

music may be numbered unless we are willing to do something about it.

By becoming friends with many musicians, I learned some things that surprised me. First, they get treated really poorly. Second, they don’t get paid very much, and sometimes not at all.

Back in the 1970s, an average band at an average gig at an average bar got paid $500. Today, a good gig for a good band pays $300. That’s $200 less than they were making forty years ago.

Things get worse. Many excellent musicians are performing for tips, cover charges, food… and in some cases, get involved in a little racket called “Pay to Play”. In that scenario, the band has to guarantee that they will bring in so many people, and have to sell tickets for the venue owner. If they don’t sell all the tickets, they have to pay the club owner for any they don’t sell!

As far as conditions go, musicians should be treated like honored guests. Instead, they are often subjected to horrendous work conditions. The one I observe most is poor ventilation. Often they are dripping sweat. You would think that someone would turn on a fan. They are often expected to work in the sun for hours with no shade. They often get charged for drinks, even soft drinks or coffee.

One day last winter, I went to a candy store in Pismo where my friend “Mark”was performing. The owner

couldn’t have been paying him much, if anything. No one was coming in. Mark asked for a cup of coffee. The owner said “That will be three dollars.” I said, “I’LL buy him a cup of coffee.” The owner then said, “I’ll give him coffee, but I want him to know, every time I make him a cup of coffee, it costs me three dollars.” Then a family of four came in, also friends of Mark’s, and bought something. If it hadn’t been for Mark, who promoted the gig, the candy store would not have done any business at all that day.

Another time, one of my clients played at a venue in Arroyo Grande, which only pays the musicians 10% of the beer and wine bar. They also get a meal, but would probably be getting between seven and twelve dollars for a two and a half hour gig. None of the proceeds from the restaurant go to the musicians. The waitress brought a menu and said, “You can have anything that is eight dollars or less.” This man had driven from Los Osos, could look forward to making a few bucks plus tips, and was limited to an eight dollar sandwich.

These situations are not rare. Look around at how many sandwich shops, coffee shops, etc., have live music these days. You might wonder, “How can they pay anything?” In most cases, they don’t. I had a musician friend call me recently and ask if I knew a band who could play at a barbecue place in Nipomo. He said, “They don’t pay the bands anything, but the food is good.” I told him I wasn’t going to book anyone anywhere to play

for food. Since then, the place has expanded, and I’m happy to say that they are paying the musicians.

I’ve spent a lot of time trying to fi gure out why places pay bands so much less than they used to, especially when you consider infl ation. In the 1950’s (seventy years ago), a cup of coffee cost fi ve cents, and the cover charge to hear a good band was fi ve dollars. Nowadays, a venti Frappuccino is almost fi ve dollars, and the price to see a good band is… nothing. I think one of my musician friends hit it on the head. The drunk driving laws got stricter, and bars started making less profi t, so they started paying less. Places that sell hard liquor still pay best, although it hasn’t nearly kept pace with infl ation.

So how could all this lead to the death of live music? It’s simple. The musicians are getting fed up. We have a lot of truly great musicians in the area, but even at the better gigs, by the time they split the proceeds among band members, they’re lucky if they make minimum wage. The work doesn’t just entail the three hours or so they are on the stage, they also spend about an hour each setting up and tearing down, and loading and unloading the equipment. Add into that all the hours spent in rehearsal. There are very few musicians who can make a living working just as a musician.

So, how can you help? First and foremost, if you like what you hear, tip the band. A good tip starts at fi ve dollars unless you can’t afford it. Remember that it has to be split among the band members. If you

have special requests, you should tip for those, too. No matter what the venue is paying, it’s probably not nearly enough. Next, be prepared to pay a cover charge, or spend money in the establishment. We need to support the venues that are paying the musicians.

What else can you do? Find out what the venue you’re patronizing is paying the band. If it doesn’t sound fair, tell the management that you’ll take your business elsewhere. Tell them you’re willing to pay a cover charge so that the musicians can get paid better, then put your money where your mouth is.

If you’re having a wedding or other special event, and were thinking about getting a DJ because it’s less expensive, think again. You can get a great band for the same price or less.

Here’s something else you can do: dance. Musicians love to see people dance; it helps them to know they’re having a good time. Next, don’t walk into a place and then walk out if there’s nobody there if the music is good. Stay fi fteen minutes, and you’ll draw people in. If you like what you hear, tell the performers, and tell the management, too.

Is live music worth saving? I think it is. In fact, I know it is. Music speaks to parts of us that are otherwise untapped, and it brings us together. Dancing is fun, it’s a great way to meet people, and it’s good exercise. Please help to keep music alive and accessible to everyone. Let’s show our talented musicians how much we appreciate them. Thank you. ✤

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South CountyTHE CLIFFS RESORT: 2757 Shell Beach Road, 773-5000 or cliffsresort.com.F. MCLINTOCKS SALOON: Two locations: 750 Mattie Road in Pismo Beach and 133 Bridge St. in Arroyo Grande. 773-1892 or mclintocks.com. Live music at the Pismo Beach location every Fri. and Sat. from 6-9pm. Tennessee Jimmy Harrell and Doc Stoltey play on alternating weekends.HARRY’S NIGHT CLUB AND BEACH BAR: Cypress and Pomeroy, downtown Pismo Beach, 773-1010. Every Thu. Front Row Karaoke. 11/6 Front Row Karaoke 11/7 The Replicas 9pm 11/8 Replicas 9pm 11/14 Hindsite 9pmLAETITIA WINERY: 453 Laetitia Vineyard Drive, Arroyo Grande, 805-481-1772. www.laetitiawine.com. Live Music Saturdays and Sundays 1-4pm. LIDO RESTAURANT AT DOLPHIN BAY: 2727 Shell Beach Road, Shell Beach, 773-4300 or thedolphinbay.com. Join Three-Martini Lunch every Thurs. and Fri. from 6-9pm. Live Music Every Tues. from 5:30-6:30 and Thursdays and Fridays 6-9MANROCK BREWING CO. TASTING ROOM: 1750 El Camino Real ste A, Grover Beach, CA 93433. Tasting room M-Th 4pm-10pm, Fri 3pm-12am, Sat noon-12am, Sun noon-7pmMONGO’S SALOON: 359 W. Grand Ave.,

Grover Beach, 489-3639. Karaoke Tuesday and Wednesday 9pm. Live Music and dancing every Friday and Saturday at 9pm. MR. RICK’S: 404 Front St., Avila Beach, 805-595-7425 www.mrricks.com Happy Hour Monday-Thursday 4-7pm 11/7 Indian Valley Band 11/8 Bootyshakers 11/9 Headshine SEAVENTURE: 100 Ocean View, Pismo Beach, 773-4994. www.seaventure.com Live music every Wednesday from 6-9pm in the Fireplace room. Acoustic Sundays from 3-6pm on the Deck. SHELL CAFÉ: 1351 Price St., Pismo Beach, 805-773-8300 www.shellcafepismo.com 10/30 Songwriters at Play 6:30pm 11/8 Blues Master Jam 11/9 Songwriters at Play 11/10 Songwriters at Play 11/10 Scratch 11/11 Cliffnotes TALLEY VINEYARDS: 3031 Lopez Dr., Arroyo Grande, 489-0446, talleyvineyards.comVENTANA GRILL: 2575 Price St. Pismo Beach, 773-0000, or ventanagrill.com. Matt Cross plays on Mon and Wed. evenings.VINO VERSATO: 781 Price St., Pismo Beach, 773-6563 or vinoversato.com. Every Tuesday: Side Effects CREATIVE JUICES LOUNGE: 874 Guadalupe Street, Guadalupe, CA 93434, 805-219-0518 www.creativejuicelounge.com 10/31 The Crisptones with a wild night of fun

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North CountyASUNCION RIDGE: 725 12th St., Paso Robles, 237-1425 Live music Saturdays from 5-8pmAVION & CLAW: 6155 El Camino Real, Atascadero, 461-9463 or avionandclaw.com. Live music Thurs.-Sat. from 7-10pm.BROKEN EARTH WINERY: 5625 Highway 46E, Paso Robles, 239-2562. BRU COFFEEHOUSE: 576 El Camino Real, Atascadero, 464-5007. www.brucoffeehouse.com Live music every Friday from 7-9pm. *No Live music this Friday- Happy Halloween!October Artwork from Anna Johnson CAMOZZI’S: 5855 El Camino Real, Atascadero, 466-1880. D’ANBINO VINEYARDS AND CELLARS: 710 Pine St., Paso Robles,

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Marley will bring his Grammy Award winning sound to the Fremont Theater in Downtown San Luis Obispo on Monday, November 10. Tickets range from $36-$56 and can be purchased at www.t icket f ly .com. ✤ Freddy & Francine is the

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Between 2008 and 2010, Freddy & Francine became favorites on the Los Angeles live circuit, building a word-of-mouth following and drawing over 100 fans to regular gigs at venues that include Hotel Café, Vermont Restaurant, McCabe’s and the Cinema Bar. Additionally, a feature of their song “Brownstone Alley” as TOP TUNE on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic helped to bolster the group’s iTunes sales for their self titled EP and their fi rst album, “The Briar Patch.”

A four year hiatus saw Lee Ferris touring the globe as Carl Perkins with Broadway’s “Million Dollar Quartet” while Bianca Caruso co-created and starred in a musical comedy show called “Zabruso” which has cultivated a strong Los Angeles cult following and has taken her to the stages at the Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival.

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The San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra will feature several virtuoso special guests at its upcoming concert set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 at the Cuesta College Performing Arts Center. General admission tickets are $20, students with ID $10, and children 8-under free. Get 15% off when ordering 10 or more tickets; season tickets also available. Get tickets at the door, from Orchestra members, or online at: www.c p a c t i c ke t s . c u e s t a .edu. Soloists set to play are bassoonist, Lisa Nauful and violinist, Brynn Albanese, and musician and associate conductor, David Rackley, will conduct the world premier of his composition, “Comstock Overture.” See the Orchestra’s website at: www.slowinds.org or call 464-9434 for more

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The San Luis Obispo County Band will perform

its 20th Annual Benefi t Concert for the Homeless at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16 at Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church, 1701 Fredericks St., San Luis Obispo. Proceeds support the Homeless Shelter of SLO and the Maxine Lewis Shelter. The public is invited and there is no admission fee, although a $10 per person donation is suggested. Further information on the County Band and its upcoming performances is available at: www.slocountyband.org or call 543-5691. Headlining the

homeless concert as guest director and soloist is noted violinist, Brynn Albanese of Café Musique. Albanese will direct the band in several numbers and perform the violin solo in Massenet’s “Meditation” from the opera “Thais.” The band, under the baton of long-time director Leonard Lutz, will also perform works by composers from Hector Berlioz and

Gustav Holst to Pharrell Williams’ favorite song “Happy” from the fi lm “Despicable Me 2.”

The next G. Roger Bailey Classical Guitar Scholarship benefi t show will feature classical guitar student, Joseph Seyedan, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9 at St. Benedict’s Church, 2220 Snowy Egret Ln. (off Los Osos Valley Road). Tickets are $15 and proceeds benefi t the scholarship fund for classical guitar students. Call 771-8138 for ticket reservations.

The Morro Bay Community Foundation’s annual live show, “Morro Bay Sings…,” will this year tackle country-western tunes, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Community Center, 1001 Kennedy Way. Doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets are $25 a person, reserved premium table for eight for $250 or a regular reserve table for $200, and proceeds benefi t the Community Foundation,

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Barbeque is all about the meat and the preparation. Sometimes the best dining option is to gnaw on

a bone that had has been slow roasted over an open fl ame.

Good barbeque is hard to fi nd, so I was happy when my grandkids took me to a new place called The Grill Hut in Morro Bay. When we fi rst walked in, I loved the slogan on the wall, “Not Fast Food... Good Food Fast!”

It is a small joint with a pit out front

and a waitress that knew everyone’s name. The Grill Hut is family owned and operated by Jason and Lori Scheer and their four children — Sarah, Jordyn, Hanna and Gabe — who can be seen working hard daily.

Since my kids were ordering, it was a cavalcade of side dishes and one rack of baby back ribs and two orders of tri tip.

I have eaten tri tip up and down the Central

Coast, from parking lots, churches, fi ne dining establishments and more. This was hands down, the best I have had. It was the seasoning and the way it was cut that made it stand out.

I asked about the recipes and they told me that they have been passed down from generation to generation. Jason told me the meat is USDA choice grade that is marinated and seasoned with the family recipe.

They smoke the tri-tip and chicken breasts until the meat is moist and tender, complete mouth watering perfection. They never slice the tri-tip until you order, so it stays fresh just for you. The sides were a favorite of the kids — angel hair pasta with an herb butter sauce was Bell’s favorite, while Izic devoured a side of bacon, corn on the cob and ranch style beans.

Izic told me half way through the menu that I must follow him to the bathroom. This was a weird request, as he is in that “independent stage.” Being the Nana that always says, “Yes!” I followed. The boy’s bathroom is Hulk themed with dozens of Hulk fi sts, pictures and murals. It was beyond cool. It is a 3D masterpiece.

I tried the potato skins with pulled pork and it was exceptionally good. Half a baked potato is hollowed out and then fi lled with cheese and pulled pork, you add baked beans and sour cream and dive in.

This could be a craving for me, it was that wholesome. Dude (a.k.a. Grandpa) had the pulled pork sliders and a rib

eye steak. He ate it without a knife and made yummy noises the whole time.

They really do treat the customers like family, as one wrangled an errant grandchild trying to escape to pet the sweet dog laying out front. This is respectable food, done right with heart and passion.

The Grill Hut was founded in 2009 by Ernie Waldo. The fi rst Grill Hut started in a drive thru kiosk in Bakersfi eld where they only served tri tip, chicken, beans and pasta. They continued to grow so much they outgrew their kiosk and moved into their fi rst sit down restaurant in 2012. Jason Scheer partnered with him and now we have The Grill Hut here. You will thank me for this culinary fi nd as they have noble meat.

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After the Grill Hut, we went to the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center to watch the movie Sound Of

Music in a sing-a-long format. I know a bunch of men just rolled their eyes, but it was so much fun watching, singing and playing along with my favorite musical dynasty.

The Sound Of Music was the fi rst movie I ever watched. I was four and my Nana was my wing girl. After, I made her buy me the sound track record, and I begin a weekend practice of singing to every song over and over.

When they started showing it on TV during Christmas, I remember my father saying, “No one needs to see a movie more than once, this is absurd.” I have owned both the sound track and the movie on every medium in the known universe and I just added it to my iTunes. And 50 years after that fi rst viewing, I watch it every year.

This current incantation includes dressing in costumes (like a family style Rocky Horror Picture Show), fl ashing cards, learning choreography. The lyrics to all songs (even the Latin sung by the nuns) are always fl ashing across the screen. The audience bellows

“Ahhhhh” every time Gretl is on the screen, and boos the Nazi’s out of the theater, along with lots of singing, and Do-Ray-Me-ing.

My family and I absolutely loved our unforgettable night enjoying Sound of Music with all of our fellow fans. We dressed up, sang at the top of our lungs. I cried, they laughed at me, and it is a memory we will treasure forever. We can’t wait to make SOM sing-along a yearly tradition.

About the movie (for those living on Mars): this fi lm is a triumph in all departments. Every aspect, from the cinematography to the acting, the sets, the costumes, the music, choreography, script, is top notch. While the fi lm is family friendly and has a sweet story, it is NOT saccharine and sugary.

Screenwriter Ernest Lehman worked

wonders with the underdeveloped and unremarkable dialogue of the play. He inserted so many moments of wit, humor, romance and poignancy. The art directors purposefully chose muted settings and colors.

Each of the actors bent over backwards to provide a brilliant performance. Julie Andrews is already down in history for the performance of a lifetime (and a voice to match),

but Christopher Plummer is not to be forgotten. Not only is he regal and handsome, but his decision to play the Captain as a complex, sophisticated man with a sly dose of sarcasm was wonderful. His steely, stern persona is eventually melted down by the irrepressible Maria to great effect.

Every supporting performance is also delivered with the right amount of appeal, humor or menace. However, the one that takes the cake is the slinky, catty, toweringly glamorous Eleanor Parker as Baroness Schraeder.

Wisely, her songs were cut, further separating her from all the glee around her, so that she could whip out such zingers as, “Why didn’t you tell me to bring along my harmonica?” It was so much fun hissing at her and reviling in her perfectly delivered dialogue.

Every expression, syllable, glance belies the decades of experience Parker gained as a leading lady during the 1940’s and 50’s. Her clothes by Dorothy Jeakins are awe-inspiring, still.

This was a wonderful experience, please if you haven’t seen it in a while, watch the movie again and join me in the next sing-a-long. ✤

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That’s true said Hill, however Atascadero Lake is a much smaller project and is operating on a tight time schedule.

“They’ve had a surprisingly easy time of it,” said Hill, noting that he’d gone to Atascadero to watch the work. “Perfumo Creek and the Lake are critical habitat for South Central Steelhead.”

The impetus came from City Council in July, when public debate on the use of “Measure Y” sales tax monies gave rise to the project as a fi scal-responsibility mechanism.

During a demonstration at a recent meeting of the Softech “Techbrew” Club in San Luis Obispo Hermann explained that the Open Govt. site, now in Beta testing, had much more potential than as a simple anti-corruption tool.

“Data is fuel,” he said, explaining that until the advent of mobile apps, the tendency had been for city governments to not publish data that they could be using, or letting others use, to improve the lives of residents.

San Luis Obispo County didn’t have to go far to fi nd a new public works director hiring Wade Horton, the

current deputy director of the City of SLO’s Utilities Department for the job.

The search process to fi ll the job has been ongoing since July, when former County Public Works Director, Paavo Ogren resigned and became general manager of the Oceano Community Services District.

“I’m glad they took the time to fi nd the right candidate,” said Horton, adding that he cleared the idea of applying for the post with his current superiors to avoid any appearance of confl ict before beginning the process. “I have a lot of respect for my director and

That means that the City would be up against the requirements of California Fish and Wildlife and the Regional Water Quality Control Board, as well as racing the clock before the rain really gets here.

“That doesn’t mean it’s impossible,” but, Hill added, to his knowledge the City doesn’t have any special representatives in Sacramento that could expedite the process, certainly not an environmental law specialist.

Aside from the logistical challenges

The trend to release information to mobile app developers started in the U.K. with an application offering tree data (one of the fi rst things SLO has available) but quickly centered in the Bay Area. From there it quickly spread across the nation. The City of San Francisco alone has 58 apps using public data, mostly GIS mapping that help fi nd parking spaces, or fi ll a variety of other needs.

Places like Chicago have encouraged civic engagement with adopt-a-fi re hydrant apps, in which residents pledge to help shovel out snowed-in water sources to aid fi refi ghters.

SLO’s site isn’t designed to create any specifi c use for the information being offered, rather makes the information accessible in a central location, and to “provide a launching pad for future

I’ve gotten a lot of support. I wouldn’t say it was drawn out at all; it took time to fi nd the fi t needed.”

He added that he’d worked with many of the county staff over the years to coordinate on technical issues with the City. One of the primary issues in his wheelhouse will continue to be water. Horton has served with County staff on a regional body to maintain supplies for much of his time with the City.

In a news release, Supervisors’ Chairman Bruce Gibson, said that the County would benefi t from Horton’s local and previous private sector experience. “The Board is excited to have Wade accept this position,” said Gibson, who represents District 2. “We

that make follow-through on the proposal unlikely, it was generally well received.

“My main purpose in writing this proposal is to urge the City to take advantage of the drought conditions and save an enormous amount of money in dredging the lake,” Foley wrote.

The city is currently dealing with the most immediate challenges and unanticipated consequences of the drought having recently signed

transparency efforts.”Although the Beta site has been

accessible through the SLO’s homepage on the web for through October, Hermann said what had been available was just the tip of the iceberg in terms of long-term plans.

Getting the information formatted for the online forum software they’re using is the most arduous task.

The City is contracting with Peak Democracy, “a non-partisan company whose mission is to broaden civic engagement and build public trust in government.”

The software is separate from the open source or crowd source models used by other Internet companies for project funding or social networking since the City still controls the fl ow of information but members of the public

are particularly happy to have someone with Wade’s energy and experience. He knows our area and knows our key issues. We are fortunate to have him.”

A Cal Poly graduate, Horton has spent 16 years in civil engineering, fi ve of them with the City of SLO. Horton will start the new job on Dec. 8, leaving the City Dec. 1. He plans to spend the week in-between jobs on duty in the U.S. Navy Reserves, which he has done periodically over the past decade.

“I feel really blessed to have had all these experiences,” Horton told the SLO City News. “I’ve had the chance to work with every level of the City’s organization from the management to the workers in the fi eld and both here

a contract with the California Conservation Corps to remove invasive Tamirisk plants from the lake bed.

The issue of what, when, and how to address the lake’s situation will be part of a Nov. 13 public budget workshop with the City Council.

“Anytime someone goes to this much trouble, this level of detail to be helpful it’s very much appreciated by us,” said Hill, “It’s just not feasible with the permitting and organization required.” ✤

can log in to interact.While that’s being done, an archive

of historic documents and connections to the City’s own GIS resources already provide a world of previously obscure information.

Herman has also been working with the San Luis Obispo Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s Hothouse Program to fi nd out what information the entrepreneurs already in SLO’s backyard might be able to use.

“We’d really like to know what information people would like to see,” said Hermann.

His contact information is part of the site, online now at: www.slocity.org/administration/opengov.asp. ✤

and in my time in the private sector and in the Navy I’ve been given incredible opportunities to lead and work on complex decisions.”

In moving to the County, he will oversee approximately 190 full-time employees. In the meantime, the rain on Halloween has put both County and City utility departments in a better mood.

“I know the kids [were] disappointed,” Horton said, but “it doesn’t take much to fi ll the city’s reserve at Nacimiento [Lake] and they’re saying that we may get an average rainfall year after all.” ✤

County Gets Public Works Head — City Loses DeputyBy Camas Frank


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County Gets Mental Health Grant

Achadjian Named Legislator of the Year

Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara, 24th District) announced last

week that the County will get a grant from the Federal Government to help with mental health services.

The County Behavioral Health Department received a $348,142 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Mental Health Services intended to “provide the resources for a partnership among the Behavioral Health Department, Superior Court

State Assemblyman, Katcho Achadjian of San Luis Obispo, was named the

“2014 Legislator of the Year,” by the California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions or CALAFCo.

Achadjian was honored for his “consensus-based commitment to empowering local communities,” the Association announced.

“I strongly believe that government works best when it’s closest to the people,” Achadjian said in the announcement, “and that is why I am pleased to have been honored by an association

of San Luis Obispo, the Department of Probation, and local community stakeholders to implement an expanded and enhanced treatment program for adults within the existing Adult Treatment Court Collaborative,” reads a statement from Capps’ Washington D.C. offi ce.

The partnership will help provide targeted services for criminal offenders who have mental health disorders and substance abuse disorders, “focusing on the stabilization of mental illness

that helps promote responsible local government.”

A c h a d j i a n , who chairs the Assembly’s Local G o v e r n m e n t Committee, added, “Working with a diverse group of stakeholders, we have been able to pass bipartisan s o l u t i o n s to address challenging issues at the local level.

symptoms to address common reasons for recidivism. The grant will allow the partnership to expand from 52 to 60 participants annually,” said Capps.

“Too often those suffering from mental health issues and substance abuse do not get the coordinated help they need,” Capps said. “This grant will build on the successful collaboration between local service providers to address the underlying mental health and substance abuse issues that may be identifi ed by the

I look forward to building on this progress in the near future when the new Legislature is sworn in.”

In its nomination of Achadjian, the SLO County LAFCo., noted his experience as a commissioner and 3-term County Supervisor as a reason to nominate him. They also m e n t i o n e d

criminal justice system.”Dr. Star Graber, division manager

for County Drug and Alcohol Services said, “San Luis Obispo County Behavioral Health Department is integrating its treatment services to provide a one-stop shop for all issues to be addressed at one time.

“Along with our partners, Probation Department and the Court, we pledge to work with the federal government to demonstrate the success of models such as this.” ✤

Achadjian’s ability to “build consensus and that he is a strong proponent of working with others to solve problems for the community he represents.”

CALAFCo., also honored Achadjian for two pieces of legislation that he shepherded through the Legislature this year. AB 2156 will assist with the formation and oversight of local agencies. Achadjian also carried AB 2453, which creates a hybrid governance structure to assist local governments in addressing critical water issues in the Paso Robles groundwater basin. ✤

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Pelicans Need Our HelpBy Mark Garman

OPINION

This letter is for San Luis Obispo county residents

who enjoy watching brown pelicans effortlessly soar over the waves. Who enjoy watching them fl y overhead like fi ghter planes in formation and enjoy watching them plunge-dive after fi sh.

As a local wildlife advocate and rescue volunteer, I am well aware of the hazards facing our cherished brown pelicans. In addition to all of the hazards young pelicans face from Mother Nature we humans have added our own perils.

Juvenile brown pelicans must learn quickly the skills necessary to survive in the wild. After being born in Baja California or the Mexico mainland, they follow the older pelicans north up our Pacifi c coast in early summer.

These young birds must learn to plunge-dive after natural prey, like anchovies and sardines, to survive. Some of these young birds become desperately hungry and are attracted to coastal fi sh cleaning stations, such as Port San Luis or the Morro Bay station.

They see other birds mingling around these stations when fi shermen are present. They see other wildlife like gulls, seals and sea lions fi ghting over fi sh scraps thrown in the water. They are young, inexperienced and hungry so they start to hang out for scraps.

Unfortunately, by doing this they have started on a downward spiral. At Port San Luis (Harford Pier, Avila) they wait for handouts from fi sherman cleaning their catch.

The current fi sh cleaning station at the base of the pier is busy this time of year. Visit the Harrford Pier any weekend during the summer and you will witness the process. Fisherman bring their catch to the station to clean them. They don’t see the signage asking that they don’t feed the wildlife.

They don’t think they are doing anything wrong. The wildlife seems to enjoy the scraps. They don’t know what’s really happening.

Shame on You

In the Sept. 18-24 Bay News under Police Blotter you trivialize a reported rape on Sept. 4 and poorly fail in your attempt at humor by relating it to a fi reman, shame on you.

Rape is serious and I would hope you never experience such a fate. Also the way you related rape to a fi reman was in very poor taste, again shame on you.

R L Bassett and Carol DeArmon

We are doomingthese birds to beggingfor scraps for life. Theywill never learn theskills to survive. Theywill never migrate tosouthern waters in thewinter to breed. Theywill most likely die ofexposure or starvationby the next year.

Why don’t theysurvive? In theircompetition for fi shscraps they becomecontaminated infi sh oil, which issimilar to petroleum

contamination. The birds’ feathers becomematted with fi sh oil and lose the ability toinsulate them from the cold water.

The birds’ core body temperature lowers,they avoid the water, and they beginshivering. They stop feeding naturally andseek handouts from humans to survive. Somepelicans have been mortally wounded byCalifornia sea lions fi ghting for fi sh carcasses.They are all desperate and starving.

What can we do? We must modify ourcoastal fi sh cleaning stations so our wildlifewill learn the vital skills to forage for theirnatural prey. We must educate the publicto the harm we are unintentionally doingthem. These environmentally unfriendlyand wildlife unfriendly fi sh cleaning stationsare found up and down our coast. We didn’tknow the harm we were doing to our wildlifewhen they were constructed. We know now,so let’s make it right.

We must encourage our local authoritiesto make the necessary changes to protect ourwildlife. If we can create a loud enough voiceour politicians. You are the change. You canmake a difference. Will you help us?

Port San Luis Harbor Commission seatsare coming up for election Nov. 4. More than71,000 voters in San Luis Obispo and theFive Cities area are in the district. Now is thetime to be heard. ✤

Mark Garman lives in Cambria. In thephoto, a juvenile brown pelican has a fi shcarcass stuck in its throat, spines nearlyprotruding out of its skin. Even if the birdscan swallow the fi sh the bones can injure itinternally. Photo courtesy Mark Garman.

Editor’s note: The SLO City News sharesblotter content with the Bay News. TheFireman reference was to the News storyabout the Cayucos Fire captain and aSan Francisco man arrested for rape andsodomy of a teenage girl at the same houseon Pacifi c Avenue as in the police log entry.The Sheriff’s Offi ce said they continue toinvestigate the matter and there may beadditional suspects or victims. The TolosaPress, Publisher of the Bay News and theSLO City News takes this matter seriouslyand has refl ected so in our news pages. ✤

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A recent speaker at one of the monthly Human Resources Association of the Central Coast

(HRCC) meetings had some great suggestions on employee discipline and coaching. I have seen many, many strategies in the past, and these are worth passing along:

• “It’s all in the way you say it.” You may remember this from the EST Training in the 1980s. It still holds true: Use “and,” not “but.” Rather than saying something like “You are a great employee but you are always late.”

The more effective language would be “You are a great employee and you would be even greater if you would come to work on time.”

Using “but” means there is a confl ict present and the employee immediately focuses on the negative, not even hearing the positive that you led with.

It’s not about sandwiching the negative between two positives — a practice I have long abhorred, as it

is disingenuous and nobody falls for it anyway — but about letting the employee know that we want them to build on their strong points. We want to them to be even better.

“We really want you to grow and be even more successful and you will be when you add this skill [getting to work on time.].”

• “The Dr. Phil Approach.” I named this one when my sister-in-law told me about it after watching “the good doctor” use it on his show.

When you talk with the employee about their tardiness, rather than simply telling them to be on time (everybody knows they’re supposed to be on time), ask them how they plan to fi x it. “What do you plan to do differently to make sure you are on time from now on?” And then wait for them to tell you.

Once you agree on a promising strategy and they say they will be on time from

now on, you have permission to do the Dr. Phil thing if they still don’t show up on time. “Remember when you said you were not going to X [be late] anymore? (Wait for the “Yes”). Well, you’re still doing it [being late].” Then pause for their response.

You’re not asking them to do anything they haven’t

already agreed to do: very powerful. The trick is in the waiting.

• “It’s Not My Fault.” Good suggestions for redirecting a conversation that initially makes you want to scream: Employee “Karen” tells you that every time she walks by employee “Beth,” Beth slugs her. You ask Beth what’s going on and she says, “It’s not my fault: Every time I walk by Karen she spits at me, so I slug her.”

The conversation then needs to go like this, you to Beth: “Slugging Karen is not OK. What else could you do instead of slug her?”

Beth: “Well, she shouldn’t spit on me.”

You: “Of course, but slugging her isn’t OK either. What else could you do when she spits at you?”

Beth: “Well, I could spit on her. Or trip her, etc…” (Fight impulse to scream)

You: “What’s another idea?”Beth: “I could let you know when it

happens.”You: “Great idea. Let’s do that. If

it ever happens again, come tell me immediately.”

I thought it would be helpful to offer some words to use in those situations when you’re caught speechless. ‘Cuz screaming is frowned upon, too. ✤

Betsey Nash is a certifi ed senior professional in human resources. She can be reached at [email protected]. Only Human is a regular feature of Tolosa Press.

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Nominations were submitted from around the world and across the United States. Voting is open to the public who are invited to vote once a day for one of the nonprofi t fi nalists. The three fi nalists were chosen from more than 100 nominations from across the United States and internationally from California, to New York, to the Bahamas, Colombia, Kenya and Rowanda. The fi nal nonprofi ts chosen are Community Counseling Center (www.cccslo.com) , Operation COY (operationcoy.org) and Zoo to You Conservation Ambassadors (the-zoo-paso-robles.com).

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over 24 hours from November 20 to 21. The winning nonprofi t will receive a total rebrand from the company and its partners, utilizing all of its departments and services. Verdin employees will spend this full day strategizing, planning and developing everything that goes into a brand including creating a new logo, marketing materials, website, business cards and letterhead. “We are overwhelmed with the responses we received for the 24-Hour Give nomination,” said Mary Verdin, President of Verdin Marketing. “The enthusiastic response we received from all over the world was a wonderful surprise, especially since this is the fi rst time we’ve done anything like this.” Verdin will be working with community partners who have committed to supporting the project with in-kind donations. Those who have volunteered to donate include ITECH Solutions, Red Canary, Mac Superstore, Central Coast Printing, PrintPal, and UPS Store (Marigold Center). The Tolosa Press has joined other media outlets in support. “This is a unique and fun way we can give back to the community,” said Verdin. “Verdin has a strong commitment to giving back and a long history of supporting non-profi ts. This is a huge next step in making a difference.”

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Business News and AnnouncementsCompiled by Camas Frank

Embassy Suites San Luis Obispo has announced that they will be supporting Prado Day Center every third Wednesday of each month by providing a hot, Embassy Suites breakfast to the men, women, and children at the center. “Our hotel has always been a big supporter of local organizations and decided on supporting the Prado Day Center because we understand the importance of providing meals to those in need, to help avoid hunger,” said General Manager, Kevin Phipps, “Prado Day Center has provided essential day-to-day services for homeless members of our community and we felt this was a perfect opportunity to help.” In addition to meals, Prado Day Center also provides showers, laundry facilities and other vital services. More information can be found on their website: pradodaycenter.org.

Buffalo Wild Wings, winner of several “best wings” and “best sports bar awards,” opened its newest location in San Luis Obispo on Nov. 3. The new restaurant is at 309 Madonna Rd. To celebrate, the sports bar and grill offered weekly vouchers for free wings over the next year to the fi rst 100 guests in line for the restaurant’s 10 a.m. opening. The restaurant also has two signature events each week: Wing Tuesdays and Boneless Thursdays. For information see: www.BuffaloWildWings.com.

SESLOC Federal Credit

Union has moved into its new headquarters campus at 3855 Broad St., in SLO. The 44,000 square foot facility includes SESLOC’s administrative offi ce and a member-serving branch. Pacifi c Eye Surgeons will occupy 9,000 s.f. of the building in 2015. SESLOC President and CEO, Geri LaChance, said construction of the new building marked an exciting chapter in the credit union’s 72-year history. “Our membership has grown and so has our community impact,” LaChance said. “The new campus makes a proud statement about all we’ve accomplished, and it prepares us for the next generation of member service.” SESLOC’s unused parking spaces are made available on evenings and weekends to users of the adjacent Damon Garcia sports fi elds. SESLOC also has branch locations Paso Robles, Arroyo Grande, and Atascadero. An ATM remains open at the former location on LOVR.

Each month, the Human Resources Association of the Central Coast (HRCC) holds professional development meetings to discuss, “labor relations, legislation, cutting edge strategic planning options, and employer resources critical to the success of doing business on the Central Coast.” Ben Feld and John Lamoutte, both experts in the Worker’s Comp fi eld will present to the group. Feld is a law partner with the fi rm Ghitterman, Ghitterman & Feld, has been representing injured workers since 2002, providing his expertise in the areas of Workers’ Compensation, Social Security Disability and third party litigation services. Lamoutte represents insurance carriers and self-insured employers in the defense of workers’ compensation claims. This includes the defense of Labor Code Section 132(a) petitions, as well as serious and willful misconduct claims. They will present about: “Plaintiff vs Defense Counsel: Who Wins and Why?”, November 11th, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at the Madonna Inn. For more information, contact Sara Kennedy: 489-0158 x119 or by email at [email protected].

EmPower San Luis Obispo County invites local homeowners to attend a free dinner workshop

in November to learn about affordable home energy upgrades. Dist, 4 County Supervisor Caren Ray will speak at the fi rst workshop on Nov. 6 in Nipomo. The second workshop is Nov. 13 in Arroyo Grande. During each workshop, emPower energy coach, Paul Menconi, will present examples of common issues and questions, and schedule a free energy coach site visit for a comprehensive look at their own home’s energy performance. “It doesn’t matter if your home is brand new, old or recently remodeled,” Menconi said. “Every home I’ve taken a look at has had some degree of energy effi ciency issues, and owners are always grateful for the personalized advice they get from an energy coach.” For more information, call emPower at 781-5982.

Grocery Outlet is opening its new location in San Luis Obispo on Nov. 8 in the former Spencer’s store in the Laguna Village Center. The store will be independently owned and operated by husband-and-wife team, Ryan and Shannon Parrish. The public is invited to the grand opening event from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the store’s location on 1314 Madonna Rd. Participants will have a chance to mingle with store representatives and enter to win prizes, including a Vizio 39-inch TV, “his and hers” Electra Cruiser bikes from Foothill Cyclery, and $600 in free groceries. In addition, the Grocery Outlet will donate $1,000 worth of food to the County Food Bank. For more information see: www.GroceryOutlet.com.

Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and Twin Cities Community Hospital, have received the top grade in The Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2014 Safety Score. The Score is a rating system designed to give consumers information to make healthcare decisions for themselves or

a loved one. The Hospital Safety Score (www.hospitalsafetyscore.org) is an initiative of the national nonprofi t organization, using the tool of collective leverage by large purchasers of health care to improve safety, quality and affordability of health care. The fl agship Survey allows purchasers to structure their contracts and purchasing to reward the highest performing hospitals. The Leapfrog Group was founded in November 2000 with support from the Business Roundtable and national funders and is now independently operated with support from its purchaser and other members.

Coast Fence has been serving the Central Coast since 1998, based in Northern SLO County. The company is now expanding into Los Osos. “Los Osos,...presents a different set of needs from the North County or elsewhere in the county, is not new territory for us, but we are expanding our client base there,” said Coast Fence owner Mike Piwowarski. “You can count on us for a top-notch fence installation in Los Osos or anywhere along the Central Coast of California.” Piwowarski has lived in Atascadero since 1991 and started the company after becoming a local contractor. To request a free estimate, call 459-4480 or send an email to: [email protected].

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