Category Archives: Community News

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Time Traveler’s Delight

By Camas Frank, Photos by Erin O’Donnell

IMG_1477    Great Scott! Doc Brown’s Time Machine Rental, a new party entertainment company in SLO is drumming up some business with two screen-accurate DeLoreans from the Back to the Future films.
Signed off on by the producer who supervised the original creations, and with licensed replica props, the time machines are available to rent hourly or by the day. Through some quirk in temporal mechanics, both the original DeLorean from 1985 and the 2015 modified “Mr. Fusion” edition are available.
Nicolette Muñoz, from the PR company contracted by Doc Brown to handle those pesky reporters who’d like to get their hands on the secrets of a flux-capacitor, said that in reality the company is hoping to make back some of the investment on the laborious conversion process. Continue reading Time Traveler’s Delight →

Community News

Blues Society Brings Headliners

Photos by Erin o’ Donnell

IMG_2327The San Luis Obispo Blues Society presented the Sugaray Rayford Band and Code Blues for a memorable dance hall event Jan. 24. The Sugaray Rayford Band is a big blues band, made up of some of LA’s best blues musicians. Code Blues is a West Coast band dedicated to expressing the blues with honesty, integrity, intensity and a little bit of merriment. Tickets for SLO Blues Society events are sold at the door, and may also be purchased at Boo Boo Records and Cheap Thrills in San Luis Obispo.

Bay News, Community News

Republican Women Donate to Honor Flight

COMM BN RepubWmnDonateThe Estero Bay Republican Federated recently donated $1,500 to Honor Flight, the organization that takes World War II and Korean War veterans to Washington D.C. to tour the nation’s war memorials. The donation will pay for one veteran’s trp. Club members donated the money. Honor Flight began in 2005 in Springfield, Ohio. A Central Coast Honor Flight was started in December 2013. Since that time, Honor Flight Central Coast of California has flown 100 veterans to D.C., and plans more flights this year. In the photo are from left: Suzy Moyer and Sandi Tannler of The Republican Women’s Federated and Greg McGill and Rick Powell of Honor Flights. Submitted photo

Community News, SLO City News

County Hires Away State Parks Super

Nick FrancoBy Neil Farrell

San Luis Obispo County has reached into the ranks of the State Parks Department for its new parks and recreation director.
Nick Franco, who has been State Parks’ Coast District superintendent since 2003, will be the new County Parks and Recreation Department director, the County announced Jan. 7.
County Supervisors approved Franco’s hiring Jan. 6 and he begins his new job Feb. 2, replacing the retiring interim parks director, Curtis Black. Continue reading County Hires Away State Parks Super →

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Cold and Flu Combated on the Bus

Cold and Flue Combated on the BusBy Camas Frank

Cold and Flu season got you down? The SLO Transit system wants you to feel better for the important meetings, classes and visits you need to attend.
That’s why they’ve expanded a pilot program to include hand sanitizer on all buses.
The project started last September with sanitizer dispensers installed on about a third of the city buses.

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Mucho Dinero From Ol Juan’s

An Oceano Mexican restaurant has donated “mucho dinero” to a local Boys and Girls Club.
Old Juan’s Cantina raised some $1,200 over the holidays for the Boys and Girls Club of South San Luis Obispo County. The money was raised by Old Juan’s donating $1 for every item ordered off their “Specials” menu during December. This is the fifth consecutive year that the family-owned and operated restaurant has organized a fundraiser for the Club, totaling almost $10,000 in donations to date.

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Community News, SLO City News

Women of Distinction Nominations Sought Now

By Neil Farrell
Nominations for the 38th Annual Women of Distinction Awards, sponsored by Cuesta College and the Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County’s Women’s Legacy Fund, are being taken now and the date for the awards luncheon is set for Thursday, March 19.
The awards celebrate Women’s History Month (March) and “recognize the contributions women have made in the areas of volunteering in the community, their profession and in philanthropy,” reads a news release from Cuesta.

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Coast News, Community News

Arroyo Grande Citizen of the Year Named

Arroyo Grande Citizen of the Year NamedBy Theresa Marie Wilson

Folks who have been around Arroyo Grande for a while have probably seen Lenny Jones with his engaging smile and high-octane energy at numerous festivals, fundraisers, and city or chamber events, or even moderating a candidate forum.
Jones has a new highlight to add to his long list of accolades and accomplishments–the Arroyo Grande & Grover Beach Chamber of Commerce has named him the 2014 Arroyo Grande Citizen of the Year.

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Chamber Names Grover Citizen of the Year

Chamber Names Grover Citizen of the YearBy Theresa Marie Wilson

Longtime resident J. Johnson has been named the Grover Beach 2014 Citizen of the Year by the Arroyo Grande & Grover Beach Chamber of Commerce.
“I was surprised,” Johnson said and jokingly added, “I figure that if you live long enough, they run out of people. They figure, ‘We have given it to everyone else, who’s left?’”
In 1959, 11-year-old Johnson and his family moved from Iowa to what was then Grover City. It didn’t take him long to acclimate to the area and begin what would become a lifetime of community involvement.
He was student body president at Arroyo Grande High School in 1966, was  a member of Eagle Scout  Troop 13 in Grover Beach, where he earned a Silver Beaver award, and worked at Miner’s Hardware and the Kobara strawberry farm during high school.
Johnson went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Cal Poly as well as a teaching credential.  In 1968, he joined the Pismo Beach Police Department working his way up to sergeant before resigning in 1980 to practice law, which he continues to do today.

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