slo city news 10-11-12

Volume 7 • Issue 6 • October 11 – 17, 2012

That’s Bosspage 5

50+ Expopage 11

Capps on Manufacturingpage 25

Election Time! Questions of the Candidatespage 31

YOUR COMMUNITY IN YOUR HANDS

Walk a Mile in His Shoes

By Camas Frank

Montaña de Oro Bluff Trail to Be

Wheelchair Accessible

By Jack Beardwood

AED Saves Another Life

As San Luis Obispo County got ready for the ban on plastic grocery bags that took effect Oct. 1, the city had a visitor, one

on a halfway point stopover in a 700-mile hike to raise awareness of plastic pollution.

After 12 years in Orange County, Ivan Martinetti, a 41-year-old entrepreneur originally from Herceg Novi, a coastal town in Montenegro, is launching himself into yet another career, one as a Californian anti-plastic crusader.

On Sept. 1, his backers and friends in the Bay Area gave him a send off and started logging online to see his progress, “One Step at a Time” down the coast.

During his two-day layover in San Luis Obispo, he was busy thinking about what was to come in the long stretch between here and Santa Barbara.

As part of a settlement of a lawsuit alleging violations of the American Disabilities Act at State Parks, the picturesque

Bluff Trail at Montana de Oro State Park will be converted to allow for handicapped accessibility.

The work will include rebuilding a pair of bridges so there will be no stairs, construction of two new bridges, building two new restrooms, placing decomposed granite on trails for stability, rerouting some trails, 25 new parking spaces (including construction of fi ve handicapped spaces), fi ve “lookout” areas and rehabilitation of approximately six miles of trails.

Having a defi brillator in the trunk of a sheriff’s patrol car has saved another man’s life.

According to Sheriff’s spokesman Tony Cipolla, on Sept. 29 during the SLO Bicycle Club’s Century Ride, one of the 1,500 cyclists had a heart attack while riding on Highway 1 near Harmony.

Among the people who stopped to help were two local nurses, also riding in the event, who started CPR immediately. Sheriff’s deputy Todd Steed soon arrived and the stricken rider had no pulse. Steed used an Automated External Defi brillator (AED) that deputies carry in the trunks of patrol cars. The man, identifi ed as Steven Lee Gorman, 57 of Sacramento, was shocked back to life and started breathing on his own again. He was taken to Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and then

See Walk, page 7 See Trail, page 7 See AED, page 6

INSIDE INFORMATION

TOLOSA PRESS

Isla Wright of SLO took part in the Central Coast

Railroad Festival at the restored Southern Pacifi c

Freight House on Saturday, October 6. More photos

on page 4. Photo by Christopher Gardner.

YOUR LOCAL REAL ESTATE EXPERT Nancy Puder

Need Competitive Edge to Buy or Sell

To have a competitive edge in today’s market you simply must take some necessary steps to avoid disappointment when you go to buy or sell. Although the real estate market is improving, it can still be tricky to accomplish what you set out to do.

For buyers, this means that you simply must have a pre-approval letter from a sound and reputable lender if you want the seller to seriously consider your offer. In some price ranges, if a property is priced well, it will generate several offers within 1-3 days. Being fi rst, does not always mean that the seller will work with you.

Not having your fi nancing in place before you look at property, keeps you completely out of the game. Be prepared to pay close to asking price or even higher unless you have all cash if the home you want is in one of those “hot spots”. Cash buyers should understand that in even in certain hot spots, they may have to pay full price to get the property they want.

For sellers, it is critical that your home is priced right in the beginning. Just because you may be hearing that prices are rising, this may not be true yet in your particular neighborhood. Find a professional agent who will be straightforward with you and tell you the truth, no matter what

you want to get. Hire one who has embraced the technology of marketing in today’s world and who has survived the past few years and even prospered. That is the Realtor, who has learned how to make it happen regardless of what the economy is doing.

Nancy Puder is the broker and owner of Signature Properties, a prestigious real estate sales and management fi rm in Arroyo Grande, CA. You may contact her at [email protected] or (805)710-2415 Your calls are always welcome!

SLO City News • October 11 – 17, 2012 • SCN 3

4 SCN • October 11 – 17, 2012 • SLO City News

communityslocity

Railroad Festival

Photos by Christopher Gardner

The Central Coast Railroad Festival steamed into town

to the delight of children of all ages last week. There were model displays, speeder rides and live music at the restored Southern Pacifi c Freight House in the SLO Historic Railroad District. ✤


Focal PointFocal Point By Christopher Gardner

opinionslocity

Good to Be KingNational Bosses Day

By King Harris

Send us your letters and submissions for the Opinion page [email protected] or 615 Clarion Ct., Ste. #2, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401Letters and articles may be edited for grammar and length.

Mary [email protected]

Christopher Gardnerexecutive [email protected]

Claire Flahertyassistant to the publisher

Romany Watersart director

C. Milographic designer

Leni Litonjuagraphic designer

Jack Beardwoodsports [email protected]

Camas [email protected]

Contributing Writers and Photographers

SLO City News is a publication of Tolosa Press, Inc., Copyright 2007–2012 all rights reserved. One free copy per person. Additional copies can be obtained at our offi ces 615 Clarion Court, #2, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401. Tolosa Press makes every reasonable effort to ensure the accuracy of its contents. Please notify us if information is incorrect.

phone (805) 543-6397 • fax (805) 543-3698615 Clarion Ct., #2, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

www.tolosapress.com

Call 543-NEWS

Paul OrfaleaSLO Nightwriters

Randy SteigerDean Zatkowsky

Teri BayusWalter Lynn CollettMichael GuntherKing HarrisBetsey Nash

Bret Colhouersales manager

[email protected]

Neil Farrellmanaging editor

Bay [email protected]

Theresa-Marie Wilsonmanaging editor

Coast [email protected]

Lisa Campolmimarketing manager

[email protected]

Carol Furtadoaccount executive

[email protected]

Kathrene Tiffi ncopy editor

When most people think of celebrations in the month of October, they look forward to Halloween. Me, I prefer

National Bosses Day, which arrives on the 16th, a day that might be just as frightening if I were to wake up and fi nd myself still laboring for just about any one of the bosses for whom I’ve ever worked, but since I’m not, I shall choose to spend those 24 hours rejoicing in appreciation of that circumstance. You might, too, if you’ve ever been employed by someone who is incompetent, inept, insensitive, unfair, egotistical, power crazy, abusive, bullying, insecure, paranoiac, fearful, corrupt, drunk, or just plain brainless. Like the bandleader who wanted me to drive to Alaska to play some gigs in the frozen tundra but was too cheap to pay for gas. Or like the radio programmer who told me upon hearing about the sudden death of Elvis Presley that in no way was I to feature his recorded legacy on my midnight shift because “he was just another hack singer, and if you do play just one of his records, you’re fi red!”

the security chief. A former deputy with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, he also happened to be the husband of Sandy Benton. The following day, media was still not allowed into the area, despite it being a possible crime scene. So Sandy, obviously miffed, contacted a helicopter service, and had a chopper fl y over the burned house for four hours, much to the chagrin and ire of all the Birnam Woods golfers who, needless to say, didn’t appreciate the deafening commotion of an air assault. As a nod to Sandy

and her good sport of a husband, Chuck, I gifted him with a slightly seared Birnam Wood golf hat, complete with a toy plastic TV news helicopter attached to the brim.

Despite the many managerial skills I learned from Sandy Benton when I fi rst became a news director, and learning what not to do from my predecessors, I still found myself unprepared for some of the quirky challenges that would come my way. For example, after hiring a major market co-anchor who’d been under the thumb of macho-types, she made it clear that she wanted equal billing at the top of the news (her name fi rst every other night). Fine by me. Another wanted to read the entire newscast because she believed she wasn’t getting enough air time. Fine by me. Not fi ne by me? When co-anchors say “Lah Dodgers” instead of L.A. Dodgers; and when co-anchors say “Re-TRAH-fi tting” instead of RETROfi tting. And be careful of what you ask of your weatherman. “Hey Phil, since this is a holiday weekend, give a motorist warning after your weather forecast, OK?” Sure, King.

“And that’s our weather picture. Now a reminder. Many of us are going to be maimed or killed this holiday weekend.”

Not what I had in mind, Phil, but that’ll work, I guess. Boy, am I glad I’m no longer a manager. I’ll think about that as well on National Bosses Day. ✤

He was forced to relent when we were inundated with hundreds of pleading telephone calls. Or the TV news director who interviewed me for the anchor position two weeks after I’d already been hired by the general manager. Or the TV news director who was better suited for a position as a security guard. Or the TV news director who openly had an affair with the county fi re chief. Or the TV news director whose previous job must have been that of a third grade schoolmarm from Kansas. Or the TV general manager who demanded my station-purchased suits be returned because I was leaving during a ratings period. Or the TV general manager who spent most of his time at a local sports bar. Or the TV general manager who I wished had spent more time at any bar. Or the TV general manager who really wanted to be a news anchor with his own show. And any or all managers I ever worked for who constantly had to remind themselves and everybody else that they were the boss in no unlimited terms.

I can also use National Bosses Day to refl ect on all the sensational supervisors it has been my pleasure to work with, and there were a few, fortunately. I recall one TV general manager/vice-president in particular, Sandy Benton, a fi reball of a short, stout woman who not only excelled in television operations but knew how to build them from the ground up as well. That Sandy knew so much about electronics as well. She certainly fooled the chief engineer, who as soon as she arrived, was fi red when it was determined that he was defrauding the company. Thus it was no surprise that she could be quite bold, which she proved in the aftermath of a fatal house fi re in an exclusive gated community known as Birnam Wood, where, we were to learn later, a husband whose wife was killed asked, upon seeing the charred structure, nothing about his wife but instead wanted to know if their safe was still intact.

One night our TV news crew responded to a house burning within the compound, but we, along with all other media, were denied access by a fellow who was


transferred to French Hospital for further treatment, Cipolla said.

Last year, two deputies used an AED on an elderly man who collapsed in Cayucos outside Duckies Restaurant and saved his life as well. ✤

AED, from page 1

newsslocity


newsslocity

Walk, from page 1

Trail, from page 1

But he proudly said, true to his word, the only time he’s accepted a ride was to get out of being stalked by coyotes in a long stretch down Highway 1.

Along the way he’s taken part in clean-up events, made presentations to local businesses and seen fi rst-hand the scope of the problem he wants others to be aware of. In particular, one menace stands out along with the traditional plastic bags fl oating along the roadside.

“You see it everywhere walking,” he said. “These lids are the worst. They collect in ditches, drains, everywhere by the side of the road.”

Martinetti is referring to the little white and black discs that come with nearly every cup of coffee served at Starbucks, Pete’s or virtually any coffee shop in town. Despite carrying the triangular arrow logo indicating recyclability, he explains that they hardly ever can be. Besides, the nature of plastic recycles means that millions of clean, identical discs must be bundled together and sent to China for further processing. Even then, he adds, the products are “down cycled” resulting in a compromised quality product and not returned as an equally useful material. The whole process takes fuel, energy and manpower at enormous outlay.

“What I’m doing on this trip is to just ask people, ‘Do you need that lid?,’ and most of the time they don’t really,” he said.

With the bag ban, San Luis Obispo County’s Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA) has already begun to calculate just how many millions of pounds in plastic bags have been kept out of the local waste-stream in the last week. It’s an effect that Bill Worrel, IWMA manager, said would have an immediate impact.

Martinetti wonders what a similar decline in the use of plastic coffee cup lids would look like. His next goal after the walk is to present companies like Starbucks with a petition to at least begin asking their customers, “For here or to go?” rather than automatically using plastic.

A gregarious and friendly individual by nature, Martinetti possesses the perfect skill-set for life on the road or as a mobile pollster, activist or agent of social change.

no one person could even attempt to solve.“The name of the campaign is a kind of a play on

words. It’s Every Step Counts, both because every step counts in walking, each foot, each mile, but also because each person makes a difference,” he said, adding, “The Blue Turtle organization is for clean oceans but it also shows us getting there be simply being slow and steady.”

Follow Martinetti’s blog at BlueTurtle.com or check out related websites at the TrashCounter.com and www.TurtlesofChange.com.

To learn more about San Luis Obispo’s local recycling effort, visit the IWMA’s website at www.iwma.com. ✤

“People are amazing if you give them a chance to be,” he said. “We just don’t talk to each other anymore. We need connections. You know, there are housing tracts built down in Orange County where the homes didn’t have doorbells? That’s sad, to never expect anyone to visit.”

Traveling, however, he sees a different side to the communities he visits.

“People help each other if you talk with them,” he said. “I’m not kidding. People will stop and give you a hug if you ask them for it. But you have to reach out.”

The co-founder of the nonprofi t organization Blue Turtle, based in San Francisco, an inventor and CEO of his own company before focusing on social issues, Martinetti’s taking the project walking from San Francisco to San Diego as an opportunity to use all his skills.

He talks to everyone he can (and takes photos for his blog) and plays gigs with his guitar in coffee shops and at parties along the way.

“I can’t get everyone to stop a destructive behavior just by saying something, but I can get them to think,” he said.

On the website announcing his send off, Martinetti explained the project for anyone whose curiosity was piqued, “I choose to walk instead of riding a bicycle to demonstrate the power of taking small steps and that every action counts no matter how small. It is important that we all do something and not allow the enormity of the human-caused environmental disasters such as ocean plastic pollution to overwhelm us to the point where we feel that there is nothing that we can do. The truth is that anyone can make a difference just by simply saying, ‘NO LID PLEASE,’ next time they order that coffee in their favorite coffee shop!”

Martinetti estimates that he personally talks with around 100 people per day and will have an impact on 20,000 individuals by the time he makes it to San Diego.

“It’s just something simple like saying, ‘I’d like that for here.’ If someone gets curious about what I’m doing while I’m in mine, I explain it to them,” he said. “That’s a success.”

Everything Martinetti does to get just a few people at a coffee shop or a couple clicks on his blog is a symbolic effort, a way to tackle larger problems that

“It’s going to be a good level surface that has a gentle grade to most of it,” said Nick Franco, district supervisor for the San Luis Obispo Coast District of the state Department of Parks and Recreation.

The Bluff Trail parking area is located above Spooner’s Cove. From there the trail heads to the edge of the bluff and goes south to Pacifi c Gas and Electric’s Diablo Canyon property. It is an unsurpassed ocean view.

According to the settlement in Tucker vs. California Department of Parks and Recreation, at least 1.5 miles of accessible trail must be provided. This project will provide 2 miles.

“It’s a good project that’s going to provide better accessibility to everyone,” Franco said.

There will also be some work done on Oates Peak and Valencia Peak to improve accessibility. They will not be able to accommodate wheelchair access to the summit.

“As you go up those trails now, you notice there’s a whole bunch of rutting and a whole bunch of erosion that has happened either because it’s cut into not very stable soils or the alignment isn’t one that is

in the vicinity of the bridges and “seasonable drainages.”

The Bluff Trail project includes a picnic table and three or four new benches along the Bluff Trail.

A cultural resource specialist will survey areas where ground disturbance will occur. Ground disturbance will be monitored by a qualifi ed archeologist and/or historian.

The matter will likely be before the county Planning Commission in November. Franco said work would not begin until after spring.

The project was recommended for approval by a 9-0 vote of the Los Osos Community Advisory Council.

Montana de Oro is 8,000 acres of cliffs, sandy beaches, sand dunes, eucalyptus forests, streams, canyons, hills and trails, including the 1,347-foot Valencia Peak. The park has many hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian trails, as well as a campground located across from Spooner’s Cove, a popular beach. ✤

sustainable that allows for water drainage,” Franco said. “It’s restructuring it so it can shed the water better and won’t have the same erosion issues that we currently have.”

“Accessibility doesn’t mean that a person in a wheelchair can wheel themselves everywhere,” Franco said. “It means that what you’ve done is you’ve created conditions where people of different mobility challenges can experience different things. Being disabled isn’t just being in a wheelchair. There are different kinds of disabilities. For Valencia and Oates Peak we are not looking at designing in a way that a person in a wheelchair can make it up to the top. It’s really not feasible.”

However, when they are done, a wheelchair will be able to roll on the Valencia Peak Trail to elevations that will offer views of Spooner’s Cove, Morro Bay to the north and Pt. Buchon to the south, said Doug Barker, district environmental coordinator.

Cost for the Bluff Trail work is estimated at $502,000. The work on Oates Peak and Valencia Peak is expected to cost about $100,000.

In their application to the county for a minor use permit, it states that to offset impacts from bridge work, 120 sq. ft of native vegetation will be planted


newsslocity

solution on p. 28

solution on p. 28

Police BlotterSan Luis Obispo Police Logs

Oct. 5• Fight: A citizen on the 3800 block of Higuera St., called at midnight to report two men were in the middle of the street having a fi st fi ght. One 47-year-old borracho was hauled to County Jail for being bent.• Disturbance: A citizen on the fi rst block of Stenner St., called at 12:55 a.m. to report a gaggle of 15 tosspots walking towards Sierra Vista Hospital tried to get into two parked cars.• Alcohol: Police contacted an apparently prone woman at 1:30 a.m. in the Garden Street Alleyway and arrested the 22-year-old rookie for being schwasted in public.• Treed: A citizen on the 2900 block of Higuera St., called at 3:23 a.m. to report that a large, city-owned, cypress tree fell on his or her fence.• Alarm: A motion-sensor burglar alarm sounded at 4:12 a.m. on the 1500 block of Froom Ranch Rd., at the T.J. Maxx store. Logs indicated it was “an act of God,” that little prankster.

Oct. 4• Burglary: A citizen on the 700 block of Islay St., was robbed. The scoundrels made off with a 16-gig iPad and a 32-gig iPad II. No word on the value.• Theft: Police responded at 6:43 p.m. to the 1100 block of Garden St., where some ditz stole from the California Blonde store.• Crash: Police and paramedics responded at 7:08 p.m. to the 800 block of Marsh St., after a Toyota Avalon hit a pedestrian outside Jamba Juice.• Welfare check: Police were called at 7:25 p.m. to the Conserve Fuel station on the 200 block of Santa Rosa St., to check the welfare of an elderly man who was crossing Santa Rosa and drooling. Ol’ dribbles was gone when offi cers arrived.• Disturbance: Police responded at 8:08 p.m. to an undisclosed address in town for a report of a man destroying things while trying to hang himself, so much for going quietly. • Disturbance: A man on the 3300 block of Bullock Ln., called at 8:27 p.m. to report that his girlfriend is fi ghting with her family but he doesn’t know where they are. Needless to say police couldn’t fi nd her either.• Suspicious: A citizen on the 1700 block of McCollum St., called at 9:11 p.m. to say that a strange man just walked into his or her unlocked house and then tried to attack them, as if he was deranged. The whack-a-doodle was gone when offi cers arrived.• Walkers: Someone on the 600 block of Grove St., called at 8:20 p.m. to report six men and a woman were walking down the street talking loudly, a hanging offense here in San Loopy.• Assist: Police were called at 10:41 p.m. by a man on the 11600 block of LOVR who said his dad is drunk and he’s a recovering drug addict who is getting upset and fears he might start using again, as a besotted father can do that to a guy.• Trespassing: Police were called at 7:22 a.m. to the 900 block of Foothill Blvd., at Health

Plus Pharmacy because a guy was sleeping in a vehicle out in the parking lot. At 7:25 a.m. they went to Mission Chevron on the 300 block of Marsh St., where they have an ongoing issue of transient slobs using the bathroom and leaving a mess. One 18-year-old scoffl aw was arrested on a warrant, and can now use the facilities at the Parkinson Plaza.• Theft: Police responded at 9:18 a.m. to the 1500 block of Slack St., where they arrested an 18-year-old man for suspicion of possessing stolen property. The hoodlum went to the hoosegow.• Abandoned: Police went to the 800 block of Islay St., and cited a trailer with two jet skis for parking too long on the street.• Assist: A citizen came into the police station on Walnut St., and said he or she bought a cell phone off the Internet and then was shocked to discover it was stolen, which no doubt explains why it was so cheap.• Alcohol: Police were called at 12:41 p.m. to The Globe on the 600 block of Higuera St., because six or seven transient rum hounds were outside swilling grog. Offi cers gave them the bum’s rush.• Disturbances: Police responded at 1:24 p.m. to Motel 6 on the 1600 block of Calle Joaquin because a female guest was yelling at the staff. Offi cers advised ol’ Leona to pipe down. Then at 1:35 p.m. they responded to the 2000 block of Monterey St., at the Peach Tree Inn where the manager asked them to keep the peace with their “contract employees.” Police spoke with them, though they can’t be expected to be too helpful in a labor dispute.• Shut up: Police were called at 2:36 p.m. to the 1500 block of Monterey St., at the Savvi Skin Studio to deal with an obnoxious woman who was outside yelling profanities. She wisely left before the speech police arrived. Then at 2:57 p.m. they went to Mission Plaza for a report of a plastered transient man sitting around and yelling profanities at passersby. That ignoranus got cited. And at 3:26 p.m. they went to a coin-op laundry at Broad and South Sts., where a woman said two boorish transient men were accosting her. • Noise: Police were called at 2:42 p.m. to the 1800 block of Santa Barbara St., for a complaint that a “new tenant” was playing an electric guitar. Police detected no violation of the noise ordinance.• Alcohol: Once again a transient man was sitting outside The Globe on Higuera Street at 3:45 p.m. swigging a 40 oz. beer. He too was cited.• Hit-run: Police took a report on the 1200 block of Fredericks St., of someone hitting a parked car and then hitting the gas.• Disturbance: Police were called at 5 p.m. to the area of Osos and Pismo Sts., for two transient men fi ghting in the middle of the street. • Boats: Police tagged a boat for mooring in the street on the 1300 block of Garcia St. They tagged a second boat on a trailer on the 1800 block of Pereira St.• Alcohol: Police responded at 12:48 a.m. to the 1100 block of Chorro St., next to the


newsslocity

Sanctuary where a man was passed out drunk.

Oct. 3• Oh deer: Police were called at 7:46 p.m. to Madonna Road and Oceanaire St., after a car hit a deer and killed it. In an unrelated matter, someone at CVS Pharmacy on the 3900 block of Broad St., called to report two boys “ramming each other with shopping carts,” also called being boys.• Spooky: A citizen called at 8:08 p.m. from San Luis Toyota on the 12300 block of LOVR to report that the lights of all the cars in the parking lot were fl ashing off and on. Offi cers no doubt donned their tinfoil hats before responding.• Cited: Police responded at 10:22 p.m. to the 500 block of Higuera St., and cited six people for possessing open containers of hooch.• Dope: Police responded at 8:30 a.m. to the 800 block of Osos St., where fi ve men were hanging with Maryjane, also called a wake and bake. They were up in smoke before offi cers arrived.• Reckless: Police were called at 8:40 a.m. by a motorist reporting some guy in a small, white, Ford pick-up was driving recklessly, tailgating and cutting people off but offi cers couldn’t fi nd the four-wheeled menace.• Alarms: Police documented testing of the emergency sirens for the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. As this was only a test residents didn’t have to place their heads between their legs…• Suspicious: A citizen at the AAA Offi ce on the 1400 block of Calle Joaquin reported a suspicious man in the street who was thankfully wearing clothes but wasn’t wearing shoes. Ol’ Shoeless Joe was nowhere to be found.• Trespassing: Police were called at 10:44 a.m. to Budget Truck Rental on the 2800 block of Broad St., where they’d found an apparently homeless man sleeping in the cab of one of their trucks. And at 11:06 a.m. they were called by someone at the homeless daycare center on Prado Road because a

client, who was suspended and thus only allowed to get lunch and then get lost, was hanging around.• Smoked: A citizen called at 11:14 a.m. from Gus’ Grocery on the 1600 block of Osos St., to snitch off a female employee who was standing in a driveway smoking. She’d gone back to work before police arrived.• Weapon: Police responded at noon to the 1900 block of Vicente St., because some ruffi an brought a knife to the Community School.• Car theft: Police responded to the 1800 block of Monterey St., at the Holiday Inn Express for a report of a stolen car. Logs indicated the car was last seen on the night of Saturday, Sept. 29.• Disturbances: Police responded at 12:43 p.m. to the CVS Pharmacy on the 700 block of Marsh St., where one transient was kicking another transient. At 1:08 p.m. they went to Ross Dress for Less on the 800 block of Higuera St., because yet another transient loudmouth had yelled at a citizen when she parked her car and yelled at her again when she was leaving.• Sex: Police were called at 2:26 p.m. to the Z Club on the 2000 block of Parker St., where some guy had exposed his shortcomings and was now sitting over by the Path Point Offi ce.• DUI: Police were called at 2:33 p.m. to the 3100 block of Broad St., for a disoriented woman inside a vehicle. Logs indicated the 28-year-old was arrested for suspicion of driving on a toot.• Theft: Police responded at 3:13 p.m. to CVS on the 3900 block of Broad St., where they had an uncooperative shoplifter hand-cuffed and in custody. Police arrested the 33-year-old sticky-fi ngered fellow for suspicion of burglary and petty theft with

a prior conviction.• Dopes: Police were called at 3:14 p.m. to the 1300 block of Madonna Rd., where four men, 18-20-years old were standing outside CVS smoking the evil

weed. They’d wafted away before police arrived.

• Alcohol: Police were called at 4:57 p.m. to the 800 block of Higuera St., at

the Wineman Hotel because four transient men were passing

around a whiskey bottle and they’re smoking

too. They too were gone before police arrived.

• BOLO: Police were notifi ed at 12:29 a.m. of a

wrong-way driver going north on the southbound

side of Hwy 101 at LOVR. O f f i c e r s put a be-on-the-lookout (BOLO)

bulletin over the wires.• Puke: A citizen on the 2100 block of Story St., called at 12:33 a.m. to report some little puke was on the side of his or her house vomiting. Logs indicated the call was unfounded, as it was no doubt just the dry heaves. • Pig: Police got a call at 1:05 a.m. from the 1000 block of Pacifi c St., reporting that some trespassing swine was urinating off the balcony of a second-story offi ce.

Oct. 2• Found: A citizen on the 200 block of Branch St., found a backpack in his or her backyard that had pills and a syringe “sharp box” in it.• Loud: Police were called at 10:08 p.m. to Circle K on the 100 block of Higuera St., because there were several transients hanging around being loud and sounding like they’re schnockered. ✤


Some Show and Tell

newsslocity

An elementary school student in San Miguel made a big bang last week

when he brought a World War II-era hand grenade to school for show and tell.

According to County Sheriff’s spokesman Tony Cipolla, on Oct. 5, the San Luis Obispo County Bomb Task Force responded to a report that an 11-year-old boy brought an antique hand grenade to Almond Acres Charter Academy, which is located on the campus of Lillian Larsen Elementary School in San Miguel.

The school was placed under a partial lock down and deputies evacuated fi ve nearby homes as a precaution. The bomb

squad disposed of the hand grenade and no one was injured. People were allowed to return to their homes by 11 a.m. According to Cipolla, “The student was not arrested. He was turned over to his parents and counseled.” ✤

www.tolosapress

.com

50 Plus Expo • Special Advertising Section • October 11 – 17, 2012 • TP 11

Expo

October 18thSouth County Regional Center10am – 2pm

12 TP • October 11 – 17, 2012 • Special Advertising Section • 50 Plus Expo

Th e Arroyo Grande & Grover Beach Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present the Eighth Annual 50+ Expo. Free to attendees, the expo is designed to showcase services and information specifi cally for the fi ft y plus population, their caregivers and those who someday plan to retire in comfort.

We are fortunate to have a strong partnership with our lead sponsors the Arroyo Grande Community Hospital, (Dignity Health), and Community Health Centers. Th ey off er a huge benefi t to attendees with their contribution of staff , time and resources to provide free fl u shots and health screenings.

We also welcome two additional sponsors this year: Davies and Glenn Fiduciary Associates and Mid State Inventory, and are proud to present a very diverse group of over 50 local business exhibitors. Attendees can compare options and “shop around” all under one roof. It’s all part of the Chamber’s eff orts to promote a strong local economy from the lake to the sea. We hope to see you there. ◆

Judith Bean, ACEPresident/CEOArroyo Grande Chamber of Commerce

Welcome


2012 Exhibitor ListBooth Vendor Booth Vendor0 ..........Las Brisas Retirement Community1A .......Comfort Keepers1 ..........Bend Chiropractic, Inc.2 ..........Wal-Mart3 ..........Home Instead Senior Care4 ..........Five Cities Fire Authority5 ..........CHC7 .......... E C Loomis & Son

Insurance Associates8 ..........Elder Placement Professionals9 ..........Send Out Cards11 ........SLO County Health Promotion12 ........Steve Hogge Insurance Services13 ........Wells Fargo Bank14 ........Hospice Partners15 ........RSVP/ Wilshire Foundation16 ........Wyndham Residence17 ........New York Life18 ........ Home Helpers of

Th e Central Coast20 ........ActiveLink Lifestyles Inc.21 ........Zumba Fitness with Trish Hall22 ........Th e Mortgage House, Inc.23 ........5 Cities Men’s Club24 ........Dr John R. Ziomek, DPM25 ........Bill Senna Insurance

26 ........Th e Villages of San Luis Obispo27 ........ Marketing Solutions/

San Luis Bay Inn Resort28 ........Jones Goodell & Associates, Inc.29 ........Senior Legal Services30 ........Costco31 ........Mary Kay Cosmetics32 ........ All Seasons

Gardening & Landscaping33 ........Senior Living Consultants34 ........Community Action Partnership35 ........Gulliver’s Travel36 ........Nerium International37 ........ Sonna Gideons,

Independent Insurance Agent39 ........Bankers Life40 ........Cole Linen Company41 ........ Physicians Choice

by GEM Care Health Plan43 ........Senior Assistance Network44 ........Davies & Glenn45 ........Farrell Smyth, Inc.46 ........Network Plus47 ........Mid State Inventory48 ........Central Coast Public Safety49 ........Tolosa Press


Can you list everything you own from memory? Didn’t think so.

Th e fact is most people own more things than they realize. It’s easy

to remember the TV, sofa and computer. But what about that holiday

china in the garage, or every pair of shoes? All of it is regarded as

Personal Property for insurance purposes. And if your home is de-

stroyed by fi re or some other disaster, having a list of your possessions

makes fi ling a claim easier, and helps you put your life back together.

Comparing the value of your belongings to the “Personal Property”

limit in your policy helps make sure you have enough insurance to

replace them if they are lost, stolen or destroyed as a result of a cov-

ered loss. An easy way to take an inventory is to use a video camera,

recording and describing items as you walk through your house, room

by room. Using a regular camera can

also create a home inventory checklist.

Including brand names,

descriptions, serial numbers and

receipts will enhance the accuracy of

your inventory. Be sure to store your

inventory off site so it cannot be de-

stroyed if your home is damaged.

Make sure your Personal Property is

covered on a Replacement Cost basis, as some

policies only provide Actual Cash Value which is the depreciated

value of the property. Th e diff erence can be substantial. A 5-year-old

TV is worth much less than what it would cost to purchase a new one.

Your homeowners policy covers valuable items such as jewelry, furs,

silverware and other categories of personal property only up to set

dollar limits. If the replacement cost of those items in your home

exceeds these limits, you may want to purchase Scheduled Personal

Property coverage. Your insurance agent can assist you in analyzing

your insurance needs, review your coverages, and help you decide

how to most eff ectively protect your personal property.

Th e Insurance Information Institute has a free online tool and mo-

bile app that can help you create an inventory. Just visit www.know-

yourstuff .org for more details. Th ough the task may seem daunting,

creating an inventory is an important part of protecting your personal

property. Even an incomplete inventory is better than nothing at all.

Hopefully you’ll never need it, but preparing for the worst can prevent

a lot of hassle later. ◆

James Shammas is an agent with Neal Truesdale Insurance, a locally

owned and operated Insurance Agency in SLO. James can be contacted

at 805-593-1119 or [email protected]

s some

Why a Home Inventory is Important by James Shammas

Having a list of your possessions makes fi ling an insurance claim easier.


If the role of Trustee, Executor, Administrator, Conservator or Guardian is familiar, know that a “Professional Fiduciary” serves in these capacities for a living. Th eir role is to assist

with estate administration in

the following scenarios, for

example:

• People who are elderly or

disabled, and who are at

risk for physical or fi nancial

abuse;

• “Blended” families, families

split by death or divorce, or

families in confl ict;

• Persons who have a disa-

bling injury, the settlement

proceeds for which must be

placed in a “Special Needs”

trust;

• Persons with mental health

issues and no family mem-

ber willing or able to serve

as a long-term trustee or

conservator;

• Persons who have no

children, close relatives, or

others to assist with man-

agement of their fi nances

and estate assets.

• Persons whose relatives

live far away or in another

country;

• Persons who need or prefer

to have a professional man-

age their estate assets.

A fi duciary can off er guid-

ance, protection, a neutral

prospective and the profes-

sionalism needed to preserve

estates and family relation-

ships throughout an estate

administration.

To locate a professional fi duci-

ary in California, contact the

Professional Fiduciaries Bu-

reau (www.fi duciary.ca.gov),

or the Professional Fiduciary

Association of California

(www.pfac-pro.org). ◆

Provided by Davies & Glenn

Fiduciary Associates in Grover

Beach, CA. Visit their website

at www.daviesandglenn.com

Deepa Willingham, founder of PACE UNIVERSAL, will be speaking in Cam-bria at the Community Room at the

Rabobank Cambria Branch from 4pm to

7pm on Saturday, October 20,

in a free event that is open to the public.

Deepa, Nominee for the 2012 CNN Hero

Award, recipient of the Marigold Ideas for

Good Award, and past District Governor

of Rotary District 5240 will be discuss-

ing her work in founding PACE (Promise

of Assurance to Children Everywhere)

UNIVERSAL, a school with a vision for

empowering girls in developing countries.

Deepa has begun her work combating the

unforgiveable abuses waged against girls

and women in the rural village of Piyali

Junction, in the State of Bengal, India.

PACE exists to nurture the educational,

health, nutritional, social and cultural

development of girls in the world’s poorest

regions. PACE believes that change begins

with girls. Th e fact that girls suff er greatest

in the face of poverty creates an imperative

to act. PACE envisions a global commu-

nity where girls are not prevented from

reaching their potential. Instead, they are

empowered to change the world.

Over 200 girls are in the PACE school,

and over 50 women attend adult literacy

and vocational training classes. What’s

more, 25 clean water wells, 165 sanitation

units, improved roads, and more than

10,000 fruit trees can be found throughout

the Piyali Junction community. Working

together PACE, its friends and supporters

are changing the face of extreme poverty

one girl, one village at a time.

Please RSVP to Bruce Howard at bruce@

brucehowardrealtor.com or (805) 909-

0780. For additional information about

PACE Universal: www.paceuniversal.

com/c/index.php/the-story-of-pace. ◆

Sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of

Cambria, CA.

What Is a “Professional Fiduciary” and What Can They Do For You?

Founder of PACE UNIVERSAL to speak in Cambriaby Bruce Howard

PACE seeks to help the development of girls in the world’s poorest regions.


The Perfect Age or Aged to Perfection by Susan K. Boyd, MS MFT

Is there gold in the golden years? Having an

optimistic outlook and living life to the full-

est, as we mature, makes for good if not great

mental health.

Research shows, seniors who nurture

relationships while keeping their minds and

bodies continually challenged, report less

depression or health related problems. Th ey

also live longer.

Connecting with loved ones

by ‘face time’ on ‘I’ phones

or ‘Skype’ on computers is

shrinking the miles and time

between family visits. Friend-

ships remain priceless as

children move and spouses

die. Senior adults fi ll pews

in churches, not necessar-

ily because death is on the

horizon but because they

want a deeper relationship with God and their

community of faith. Where, once, ambition and

accumulating things may have taken priority, in

later years relationships become paramount.

Trying new ventures and taking risks keeps the

older mind alert and body moving. Seniors are

playing on-line games with their family and

friends, taking classes online or going to classes

at the gym. Th ey enjoy pushing the age enve-

lope. Some silver heads are even seen, gracefully,

paddle-boarding, kayaking or surfi ng along

our central coast. Th is is not exactly the ste-

reotypical rocking chair generation.

As seniors experience poor health, activity

slows and mobility is limited. But some just

refuse to have a poor attitude. Th ey continue

to learn new things, help or mentor oth-

ers, pass on wisdom, laugh loud and off er

uninhibited hugs. Maybe they are ‘Aged to

Perfection.’ And just maybe, for them and us,

the ‘Perfect Age’ is when we decide to never

stop growing. ◆

Susan K. Boyd MS, MFT is a Licensed Mar-

riage & Family Th erapist in private practice

downtown SLO. For more info contact her at:

www.susankboydmft .com or 805-782-9800.

Seniors who nurture relationships while keeping their minds and bodies

continually challenged report less depression or health related problems.


Basic Nutritional Protocol by Gary E. Foresman, M.D.

In a world of misinformation, I would like for you to look at Middle Path Medicine (MPM) as the source for unbiased information regarding healthcare. What separates us from the more fa-mous newsletters and other integrative websites is that we are a team of integrative healthcare practitioners who research and actually treat our patients with the protocols that you fi nd at Middle Path Medicine. Below is my beginning supplement protocol, recommended for most all of my patients as long as they are well tolerated.

Multivitamins (MVIs) – Life Force Multiple by Source Naturals, 2 caps twice per day with food. Nationally recognized as the highest ranked MVI (by Th e Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements), it provides a broad basis of B-vi-tamins, anti-oxidants, and multi-nutritional sup-port meant to optimize well-being. MVIs have been shown to decrease the risk of colon cancer by 75%, decrease the risk of infections and are recommended by all health organizations, even the American Medical Association.

Fish Oils/Essential Fatty Acids/EPA and DHA – Cod Liver Oil (fl avored) by Carlson, one table-spoon daily, or fi sh oil capsules daily as needed to add up to an average of EPA+DHA combined equal to 2000mg-3000mg per day, brands in-clude Arctic Pure, Pure Encapsulations. Keep all oils refrigerated aft er opening.

One of the most common nutritional defi cien-cies in America is the lack of healthy Omega 3 fatty acids. Important in brain health, joint health, the prevention of sudden cardiac death, immune health, emotional stability and a myriad of other documented benefi ts. Fish Oils are essential for anyone not eating three servings of cold-water fi sh per week. Most fi sh oil supplements are ran-cid fat pellets that can hurt your health, so only

buy the best quality when it comes to this supplement, or nothing at all. Flax oil may have unique health properties, but it just doesn’t replace fi sh oils. Don’t fall for the 3-6-9 combos out there as every American is oversaturated with Omega 6s and 9s and supplementing with these is totally unnecessary.

Vitamin D3 – Th e only vitamin proven to prolong life. Vitamin D3 is actually a steroid hor-mone which your body produces when exposed to the sun. D3 helps prevent a variety of auto-im-mune diseases and cancers, including breast and prostate. Also, it helps decrease the risk of heart attack, so it does much more than just promote bone health. Th e optimal dosage is usually 2000 IU to 8000 IU daily and levels can be monitored by your doctor. ◆

Gary E. Foresman, MD is Board Certifi ed and

Fellowship Trained in Internal Medicine, Function-

al, Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, and a

Fellow in Integrative Cancer Th erapies. He is Presi-

dent of Middle Path Medicine in Arroyo Grande.

More articles and information

can be found on Middle Path

Medicine’s website,

www.MiddlePathMedicine.com

Questions you would like to see

addressed? Feel free to send them to

[email protected]

and check back here for answers!


Take a pen and a paper and write down all the words that you associate Happiness with. Th ink synonyms. Do it and don’t read ahead!

Th en take a moment to write down all the

words you associate your “real life” with …

Are there similarities and what are the diff er-

ences?

Bottom line is that we have a picture of hap-

piness more like the yellow smiley face with a

stretched out curve representing a grin from

ear to ear and when we look in the mirror we

are neither yellow, nor grinning that much.

We think we are not happy, but I think we just

don’t recognize happiness in “real life” even

when it is staring at us in the face.

Th is sort of goes along with “practicing

gratitude.” You can’t know that you are happy

unless you take the time to practice gratitude.

Which means you need to take the time to

count your blessings. Which means you must

make the time. In other words, what can you

give up today to make room for counting your

blessings? In my life, I’ve noticed that I usually

have to give up distractedness, a moment of

doing nothing mindful in order to become

mindful, a few breaths before falling asleep

as I scan through my day for awesomeness…

Time for counting my blessings is cheap. Th e

benefi ts are priceless.

Imagine in your mind a dial, kind of like the

speedometer in your car. If you stop for a

moment and feel the rush of your gratitude

as you focus on something awesome, you’d

see the needle of the dial rush from 0 – 60 or

even 120 in less than 60 seconds. You’d feel

the dazzling eff ect of elation and your lips will

indeed stretch from ear

to ear, even painfully so.

You’d feel like a fool in

the clouds and inno-

cent bystanders may

become infected with

your seemingly un-

conditional jolliness.

On the other hand

you could be driving

the speed limit of 25

in a populated area

and basically coast

through all sorts of things to be grateful for

on an autopilot,

arriving at your evening with nothing mean-

ingfully memorable and an empty heart.

Life off ers plenty of points of interest one can

focus on and feel grateful about. However,

even more magical and even more addictive

is the kind of happiness which comes from

being grateful for your own gift s, talents,

uniqueness and potential as you go about

realizing them. It becomes a perpetuum

mobile of a sorts, as you discover more about

yourself while you are exercising everything

you already know about yourself. You fi nd

out that your life has gift ed you of you and it

keeps on giving. Th at’s when you get a perma-

grin and you realize what the cliché “you can’t

become happy, you can only be happy” really

means. Th at’s also when you fi nd out that the

two lists above contain the same words. Real

life and Happiness are one and the same.

How long will that take? It all depends on

how motivated you are to be yourself, hon-

estly embracing your uniqueness and respect-

fully fi nding it ways to shine, contribute and

evolve. Th at’s not the same as having your

way and it does not mean it’s all about you. It’s

really all about contributing your You-ness to

the canvas of Life as it paint’s itself.

You wanna try? You can always start easy

with some yoga. Th en ad mediation. Read a

few books. Contemplate. Experiment. Enjoy.

Call me for a little exploration session of your

deepest treasures.

Cheers. ◆

Valentina Petrova (E-RYT500) is the owner of

HMC Yoga & Wellness SPA in Morro Bay, since

2002. She’s an experienced yoga teacher, Reiki

Master, Life & Spiritual Advisor. For group

classes and events, visit the website at

www.HolisticMovementCenter.com or call

(805) 909-1401 for private appointments.

Becoming Happy

ngs to be grateful for

.

by Valentina Petrova

Happiness which comes from being grateful for your own uniqueness

can be the most nurturing.


Th is season, Et Voilà’s chef José Dahan will be featuring something special on his new fall dinner menu: generosity. During the month of

October, part of the proceeds from

lunch and dinner at Et Voilà will be

donated to United Way of San Luis

Obispo County.

Instead of a fi xed menu, the menu

at Et Voilà changes according to the

season, the market, and the chef ’s

inspiration. With several decades of

experience under his toque, Dahan

off ers a broad range of specialties

from traditional French and interna-

tional to more contemporary cuisine.

Chef Dahan will be extending his

generosity through the end of the

year, donating part of the proceeds

to Big Brothers Big Sisters of San

Luis Obispo County in November

and Court Appointed Special

Advocates of San Luis Obispo

County in December.

Et Voilà is located at 12304 Los Osos

Valley Road in San Luis Obispo, and

is open for lunch Tuesday through

Friday and dinner Th ursday through

Saturday. Visit their website at www.

etvoilarestaurant.com or call (805)

544-3663 for hours. ◆

United Way of SLO County is an independent, nonprofi t organization

governed by a board of local volun-teers. It is affi liated by membership with United Way Worldwide and strives to build a stronger, healthier, more compassionate community by investing in programs serving educa-tion, income and health. For more information call (805) 541-1234 or visit www.unitedwayslo.org.

Dining Out for a Good Cause


Don’t miss the classic motorcycle display at Farmers’ Market in San Luis Obispo on Oct 11. Park your motorcycle amongst classic motorcycles from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Bank & Trust parking lot on Higuera Street. This event is free and is a kickoff for the Central Coast Classic Motorcycle Club’s fundraiser for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. For more details, call 704-6357 or visit centralcoastclassicmc.com.

The Rock A Billy Legends western dance band comes to the Grover Beach Community Library annual Cowboy Poetry Night on Oct. 12 at the Grover City Grange from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Once again, cowboy poets, Bob Perault, Joan Coplin, Cynthia Bates, Curt Hinkle, George Adsel, and Wanda Parker, will be featured along with Sam Cotton, a renowned gun slinger and champion fast-draw artist. Refreshments will be served and all ages are welcome. Tickets are $15 per person and may be purchased in advance at Nan’s Pre-Owned Books or by calling Claire at 489-8211. Attendance will be limited.

Woods Humane Society is celebrating its 20th annual Wiggle Waggle Walk For Woods and everyone is invited to participate on Oct. 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The goal of Wiggle Waggle is to provide local K9 lovers an opportunity to celebrate the human/animal bond with their beloved four-legged companion, all while helping to generate much-needed fi nancial support for the homeless animals that are staying at Woods. Events include pet-related vendors, local businesses, food, games, raffl e, pet photography, and a 1-mile K9 Pack Walk. Contests include Best in Theme Costume Contests, Best Costume, and Best K9 Trick! First place K9’s from each contest are automatically entered into the Best in Show Contest. For more information, call 543-9316 x19 or send an e-mail to [email protected].

Books for all interests and ages, along with DVDs and CDs, will be on sale at the Arroyo Grande Library on Oct. 13 from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Choose from among fi ction and history, biography, science, self-help and children’s books and a special selection of collectible and coffee table books. Come early for the best selection. The sale is sponsored by the Friends of the Arroyo Grande Library, and new members are always welcome.

Get a little exercise and support local artists during ArtWalk4 on Oct.13 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy strolling Shell Beach Road from Vista del Mar to Cliff Drive and view the talents of local artists and crafters. Many returning and new participants will make this event even better than before. Profi ts will be donated to the El Camino Art Association scholarship fund for local students. For more information, e-mail Lani Briceland at [email protected] or call 709-3311. This event is sponsored by the Shell Beach Improvement Group.

The South County Historical Society will present Powerful Secrets of Personal History on Oct.13 at 3 p.m. at the IOOF Hall in Arroyo Grande. This is part of their Second Saturdays programs. The speaker

with guitar, banjo, and mandolin, will open the show. All ages are welcome. General admission is $10 at the door.

Lynn Anderson will play the Clark Center Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. Anderson is one of the most successful

female country music artists of all time. In a career that spans four decades, she has won virtually every award available to a female recording artist and has 11 #1, 18 Top-10 and more than 50 Top-40 recordings. Lynn’s Grammy Award-winning, worldwide mega-hit, “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden,” remains one of the biggest selling country crossover hits of all time. Tickets range from $39 to $48 and can be purchased by calling 489-9444 or online at www.clarkcenter.org.

The Italian Catholic Federation at St. Patrick’s Church in Arroyo Grande will host a spaghetti dinner on Oct. 20 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the church hall. Tickets can be purchased at the door; $8 for adults, $5 for children 6-12 and free for children 5 and under. Proceeds support academic scholarships and local charities. For more information, call 489-2680.

Students from area high schools and colleges will have their paintings, sculptures and photography in the Morro Bay Art Association’s Student Scholarship Show running through Nov. 8. Professional judges will present monetary awards for each category at a reception on Sunday, Oct.14, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Art Center Gallery. The public is invited and refreshments will be served.

is Darlene Roth, historian, museum professional and author, who serves on the board for the California Council for Promotion of History and the editorial board for The Public Historian. She is a pioneer public historian whose credits include names like the National Park Service, the Atlanta Bicentennial Commission, the State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and numerous museums. The event is free, but donations are requested. Coffee and cookies are provided.

Morro Coast Audubon Society presents Birds of San Luis Obispo on Oct. 15 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the SLO Botanical Garden’s Oak Glen Pavilion. This is a show not to be missed. Dave Keeling returns for this second installment of the most popular program. Come see awe-inspiring photos by the county’s best birding photographers. Bob Clark will accompany the slideshow on guitar. The event is free and open to the public, all ages welcome. Refreshments provided but bring a mug. For more information, visit www.morrocoastaudubon.org or call 772-1991. Photo by Cleve Nash

The Avila Beach Civic Association is hosting its Fourth Annual Avila Beach Albacore Feed and Silent Auction at the Avila Beach Community Center on Oct. 13. This delicious event is a fundraiser for the programs and operations of the Community Center. There will be two seatings, one at 5 p.m. and one at 6:30 p.m. Albacore will be caught by local fi shermen, purchased by the Port San Luis Harbor District, and donated to the Avila Beach Civic Association. Chef Pete Kelley will prepare the albacore on the Old Custom House barbecue grill. Local wine will be for sale at $5/glass. To order your tickets, call 627-1997.

NYC’s Greg Trooper brings soul, folk and twang to Kreuzberg in SLO for another Song Writers at Play on Oct. 16 starting at 6:30 p.m. Trooper has released 11 albums. Music critics praise his poetic feel, infectious melodies and insightful lyrics. There is no cover charge and all ages are welcome.

A Songwriters At Play Concert featuring Mare Wakefi eld takes place Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Upper Crust Trattoria in SLO. Wakefi eld is a frequent visitor to the Central Coast, with her Martin acoustic guitar and piano-playing husband (aptly named Nomad). The Railfl owers, a captivating trio of sisters from Chico, who blend soothing three-part harmonies

WHO • WHAT • WHERE • WHENCompiled by Theresa-Marie Wilson

SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (R)

Weekdays except Wed: 4:15, 7:00

Sat-Sun: 1:30, 4:15, 7:00Wed: 4:15

SAMSARA (PG-13)Weekdays except Mon.:

4:15, 7:00Sat-Sun: 1:30, 4:15, 7:00

Mon: 7:00

ROBOT AND FRANK (PG-13)

Weekdays: 4:15, 7:00Sat-Sun: 1:30, 4:15, 7:00

kioskslocity

24

In the Black

OK for employees to discuss their pay. Fred fi nds out that he’s making $2 an hour less than Susie and he’s really going to get inappropriate. At you.

But how do you curb political discussion in your break room and hallways? Well, fi rst of all, don’t start it. Don’t tell your employees what or who to vote for. Like harassment, even when all parties agree to have the conversation and even agree with what is said, the discussion can be insulting and disrespectful to someone who overhears it. As with any kind of confl ict, political discussions distract from work, lower productivity and morale. And today’s discussions are venomous and demonizing: they remind me of the ones we had in the 60’s when whoever was talking was right and anyone who didn’t agree with them was a communist or a moron and didn’t deserve to talk.

Respecting each other’s opinions is probably already part of your company’s culture. But during election time, your employees may not even want to hear their coworkers’ opinions, much less respect them.

It is easy to state the ideal: like sex, politics and religion are not to be discussed in the workplace. It is not easy to enforce, but, as with sex, some of your employees will self-enforce, once they know the rules and the reasons behind them. A reminder about respect, the volatility and to stay away from the topic may be a good idea.

By the way, I don’t recommend you start fi ring those who break the rule – that’ll really start a disrespectful discussion. Be diplomatic, like you want your employees to be. ❖

thing to say at work.” And Fred replies: “Hey it’s a free country; I’m exercising my freedom of speech.” Here is the supervisor’s r e s p o n s e : “Free speech is between you and the government. There is no such thing as free speech at work.”

Is Fred’s supervisor right about that?

First of all, I love that line and I have been suggesting in my Sexual Harassment Prevention courses that supervisors use it for years: it receives a chuckle, they get it, and we move on.

As the 2012 election season heats up I think the phrase deserves another look.

Short answer: Yes, the supervisor is correct. Freedom of expression is not an employee right in privately owned businesses: that right is only guaranteed in public places. BUT, just as an individual’s right to free speech in public is limited by their responsibility to not shout “fi re” in a crowded theater unless there really is one, an employer’s right to constrain an employee’s speech is limited, as well.

According to Phoenix attorney, Stephan Wheeless, an employer is “well within their rights to stop employees’ political discussions if they are talking about their support for a certain candidate or disparaging the political stances of others. However, all that changes if the political speech is tied to the workers’ employment situation”. Employees are perfectly within their rights when they talk about their pay, their workplace conditions, and union organizing. I know, you hate it when you hear that it’s

Fred is overheard saying, “Susie’s got a great ____.” Fred’s Supervisor immediately jumps in with “Hey, knock it off, Fred, – you know that’s not an appropriate

Only HumanFree Speech

By Betsey Nash

Tolosa Press • October 11 – 17, 2012 • TP 25

In the Black

Capps Promotes Head-of-Household JobsPhoto by Christopher Gardner

Experts agree that high tech manufacturing jobs are desirable for local economies. Last week Congresswoman Lois Capps visited one of San Luis Obispo’s leaders in the high tech fi eld of manufacturing. CEO Alan Strasbaugh hosted the event in which Capps toured the facility and spoke to the 80 employees about the future of job growth and retention. Strausbaugh makes the machines that sand the surfaces of silicon wafers used to create computer chips. “For decades, Strasbaugh has

been one of San Luis Obispo County’s leading high tech manufacturing fi rms, developing the technologies for emerging fi elds, like energy effi cient lighting and telecommunications. I’m excited to tour their facility and meet with employees to discuss how the federal government can be a more effective partner in helping companies grow and hire,” said Capps in an earlier press release. ❖

Refl ection of the times: Lois Capps is refl ected in a silicon disk prepared at locally based technology company Strasbaugh.

26

In the BlackBiz Briefs

Business News and AnnouncementsCompiled by Camas Frank

Ruby Shoes Wine Club celebrated their grand opening with a ribbon cutting with the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce. Ruby Shoes is a club for those that like to explore wine, beautiful scenery and good food. There are no entry fees and no long-term commitments. Members of the club will receive quarterly selections from a different local winery personally selected by owner Jeanette Trompeter at prices discounted from 10-25 percent. For more information visit www.rubyshoeswine.com.

❖ ❖ ❖

First California Bank presented Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo County with $2,000 for the agency’s youth mentoring programs. The donation is part of the Community Support Campaign fundraising drive which has raised $30,000 toward their 2012 goal of $105,000. Big Brothers Big Sisters Executive Director, Anna Boyd-Bucy said “We are delighted at the value First California Bank places on providing role models to vulnerable children in San Luis Obispo County. Their funds will be used to that end.” To contribute or for more information call 781-3226 or visit www.slobigs.org.

❖ ❖ ❖

Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial brokerage fi rms, has recently completed the sale of the industrial property located at 4388 Old Santa Fe Road in San Luis Obispo, Calif. The 21,382-square-foot building was valued at $3.7 million. Marty Indvik of Lee & Associates Central Coast offi ce represented the seller, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, who is consolidating to other California and Texas locations. The buyer, Corral De Piedra Land Company, a subsidiary of Waste Connections, plans to use the property for administration, servicing and storage of vehicles.

❖ ❖ ❖

An information session to help applicants interested in Cuesta College’s Licensed Vocational Nurse program understand the pre-program requirements, application process and program will be offered from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 16 at Cuesta’s North County Campus, 2800 Buena Vista Drive, Paso Robles, Room N2409. LVN applications will be accepted for Cuesta’s

LVN Program Oct. 15 through Nov. 15 for classes beginning May 2013. The yearlong program will end May 2014, with an extended 11-week summer that does not follow the traditional Cuesta calendar. Applications will be available on the Cuesta College Nursing and Allied Health Program website: academic.cuesta.edu/nursing. Call the counselors for the Pre-RN and Allied Health Programs at 546-3100, ext. 2414 for more information.

❖ ❖ ❖

HumanKind Fair Trade in San Luis Obispo has new store hours: Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm, and now Sunday 11am-5pm at982 Monterey St in Downtown. Claire Dierksen was hired in July to work Sundays in the store as well as to help out with graphic design. Dierksen is a Cal Poly undergraduate student majoring in Graphic Design. If you’re in town on a Sunday, drop by to say “Hi” and check out the in-store signage that she has been hard at work on.

❖ ❖ ❖

The SLO Women’s Network is kicking off their next series of events through October with a

luncheon held Oct. 17 at 11:30 am at The Monday Club in San Luis Obispo. The event will be quickly followed by the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, Oct. 20 at Laguna Lake Park. Their “Girl’s Night Out” will be held Oct. 31, starting at 5:30 pm at Quantum Waves Biofeedback. To take part contact: [email protected].

❖ ❖ ❖

At the start of the month San Luis Obispo County implemented the new “B.Y.O.B.” – Bring Your Own Bag – program. The program was authorized earlier this year by the County’s Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA). Customers at a variety of stores from grocery outlets to bookstores will now need their own method to carry home their purchases or pay 10 cents per paper bag. San Luis Obispo City Councilman John Ashbaugh

was a major advocate for the ban on single-use plastic carryout bags, in his role as the City’s delegate to the IWMA. As part of his re-election campaign last week, Ashbaugh gave away free reusable bags at several locations throughout the City. For those that haven’t gotten a free bag, the new ordinance mandates that retailers have them available for sale.

❖ ❖ ❖

The City of San Luis Obispo’s Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) is recruiting for a San Luis Obispo Ambassador to showcase the city and all it has to offer over the next year. The ‘best job in the happiest City in America’ is the newest marketing campaign created and led by the TBID’s marketing agency, Rosetta. The campaign has begun its sneak preview phase which involves gathering interest and information from locals who would want to apply for the role as the SLO Ambassador. The position will be paid $50,000 for a year to perform social marketing services and the chance to be the face of San Luis Obispo. For more information on how to apply go online to: www.shareslo.com.

❖ ❖ ❖

Solarponics, the longest o w n e r o p e r a t e d s o l a r company in Cal i forn ia , is providing solar safety t r a i n i n g

courses for Five Cities Firefi ghters. The courses took place in early Sept. Classes covered the basics of how solar electric works, equipment components and other knowledge fi refi ghters working around solar electric need to understand. “Although solar panels have been around for some time, the fi re service is now encountering more and more solar installations on businesses and residences,” said Riki Heath, Five Cities Fire Authority Battalion Chief. The training took place at CJ’s Café, located at 611 E. Grand Avenue in Arroyo Grande. CJ’s was one of the fi rst restaurants to install a solar panel system on the Central Coast.

❖ ❖ ❖

Home sales in San Luis Obispo County rose 7.5 percent year-over-year according to real estate tracker, DataQuick. By comparison, the National Association of Realtors recently said that the sales of previously occupied homes in the United States rose 7.8 percent between August and July. “I see a continuing demand and scarcity until the amount of housing inventory is increased signifi cantly. Our new home inventory has not kept up with the needs of our residents,” said Dawna Davies, owner and broker of local Davies Company Real Estate. “

———Send your biz briefs for consideration to [email protected].


sportsslocity

SLO Sports Round-up

Tigers Maul Pioneer Valley

Defensive back Nick Hill’s three interceptions, including one that he returned 50 yards for a touchdown, helped San Luis Obispo stay alive in the race for the Pac-7 championship with a 35-21 victory over Pioneer Valley.

The Tigers started the game highly focused as they rolled to a 28-0 halftime lead. However, Pioneer came back to cut it to 28-14 with a pair of touchdowns by Codie Corbin in the third quarter.

Hill’s touchdown restored order, giving them an insurmountable 35-14 lead with four minutes remaining.

San Luis Obispo, which was out-gained 303-276 in the Oct. 5 road game, opened the scoring on a 34-yard run by quarterback Garrett Giovannelli. Later in the fi rst quarter Riley Humphrey made it 14-0 on a 4-yard run.

In the second period Parker Lauritzen scored on a 9-yard pass from Giovannelli. Things looked fully in control when Giovannelli connected with Cole Bradley on a 47-yard pass for a 28-0 lead just before halftime.

“We played a good fi rst half, an OK fourth quarter and we got our ass kicked in the third quarter,” says SLO head coach David Kelley. “We talked about not coming out fl at (after halftime) and they came out fl at and let them stay around. They (Pioneer Valley) started to believe a little bit. We responded a little bit better in the fourth quarter, especially defensively. Our defense stepped up and decided to make some plays and had some pretty critical turnovers. I felt like our kids were going to respond. I know what kind of character they have. Our defense decided, ‘After these 14 points we’re going to take care of business,’ and they did.”

With the win, the Tigers improved to 2-1 in the Pac-7 and 4-3 overall. Two of their games they lost by one point.

Kelley says his team has yet to play to their potential. “The only thing slowing us down is ourselves. We are still getting penalties. We have blown assignments. It’s just a matter of us getting out of the way of ourselves and executing. When we do that we get 28 points in a half and shut people down. Overall, I think we are in a good place. We have our last three games at home.”

Next game is against Righetti on Friday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. ✤

Girls Golfers Runner-up

Nora Zakaria came in with the third lowest individual score as the San Luis Obispo girls golf team took second place at a Pac-7 tournament held Oct. 4 at Blacklake Golf Course in Nipomo.

Zakaria shot an 85. Teammate Neha Sikand was not far behind. She was fourth with an 88.

The Tigers are looking for their fi rst ever league championship.

Arroyo Grande won the tourney with an 18-hole score of 454. The Tigers came in with a 464.Desirae Gillaspy of St. Joseph’s was the medalist. She shot a 73. ✤

Poloists 3-2 in Tourney

The San Luis Obispo boys water polo team won three-out-of-fi ve matches as they took 14th place out of 23 teams in their own invitational.

On Oct. 5, the Tigers opened with a 14-8 loss to Newbury Park. Tim Maas led the locals with three goals. They bounced back with a 15-6 win over St. Joseph’s. Chase Andersen scored fi ve goals.

On Oct. 6, SLO started with an 11-10 win over Cabrillo. Maas scored the winning goal. Andersen scored four times. Next up was a 13-9 win over El Diamante in which Andersen again led with four goals. Kent Murphy made 19 saves in goal. The Tigers fi nished the tourney with a 13-6 loss to Santa Ynez. Dan Crozier led with two goals.

San Luis Obispo is now 11-5 overall and 3-0 in the Pac-7.

“We took another good step in the journey of learning how to win,” coach Randy Hower says. “I thought they played well. There are lessons to be learned, but we are making steady progress.” ✤

Tigers Double Up Greyhounds

With a sweep of all nine doubles sets, the San Luis Obispo girls tennis team kept their CIF playoff hopes alive with a 12-6 win over Atascadero Oct. 4.

Lauren Hutkin and Joelle Lewis won 6-1, 6-1, 6-1, Darla Berkefeld and Courtney Gallagher were victorious 6-4, 6-3, 6-1, while Caroline Burke and Anna Lippold won 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, 6-4.

The Tigers, who have qualifi ed for the playoffs the last 15 years, improved to 6-2 in the Pac-7 and 7-6 overall. They have won nine league championships and advanced to the CIF fi nals in 2009. ✤ Josh Ernst and San Luis Obispo will compete in the

annual San Luis Obispo County Meet on Thursday, Oct. 25. Photo by Mark Smith


electionsslocity

Mayoral / City Council Election

Occupation: Architect, Businessman

Steve Barasch is a long-time business owner in San Luis Obispo running for the position of mayor. He describes himself as “an active member of several community-based organizations,” and “most

and reasonable incentives” to attract “targeted new businesses” that are compatible with existing businesses by reducing excessive city development “impact fees,” expediting our currently cumbersome and rather slow development processing time, as well as making the appropriately zoned sites available in the city’s new annexation areas for the desired types of land uses and targeted new business enterprises while encouraging the expansion of existing businesses that have originated here in the future.

SCN: Which development project currently in the works has the most potential to improve life for existing residents? Why?

Barasch: I believe that the new residential development, consisting of approximately 177 new homes now under construction along Prado Road, has the potential to encourage the

SCN: If the scope of your public service were reduced to working on one local issue, which one would you pick?

Barasch: I would choose “Providing local public services to San Luis Obispo City residents at the most affordable costs possible without sacrifi cing the quality of those services” as my number one local issue.

SCN: What can the council or mayor actually do to grow and support local business? Can San Luis Obispo offer incentives to attract business? Barasch: The mayor and the council can be a lot more sensitive to the needs of local business by addressing the specifi c operating requirements of what businesses really need to survive in our remote Central California Coast location. The city should offer “appropriate

importantly, as an involved resident for over 23 years, father of two SLO High School graduates and the husband of an outstanding teacher in our community.” In his ballot statement, Barasch said, “It’s now time to reevaluate the ‘tax and spend business as usual mind set’ at city hall. I will make our city’s actions and fi nances transparent, and our local leaders accountable.” His campaign website is steveformayor2012.com.

SCN: Should the mayoral or council seats be a full-time, paid position?

Barasch: I believe that both the mayor and City Council members should be full-time, paid positions as the current and former past council members spend upwards of 30 to 40 hours per week to effectively perform the required public services for the citizens of San Luis Obispo, California.

Steve Barasch

✓


electionsslocity

completion of the Prado Road extension to Broad Street as well as the long-term future construction of the Prado Road Overpass across US 101 onto the Dalideo Family Property, to complete this vital East-West arterial road connection for the entire community.

SCN: Multiple-choice: If you were homeless, would you rather sleep at the shelter, in a tent or in an RV?

Barasch: I’d rather live and travel in an RV to have the fl exibility to sleep, cook and be mobile in order to allow for the integration into a preferred new community that will provide some meaningful assistance to contribute something meaningful back into any new community, which I and my family will know when we fi nd that “special place” to resettle.

SCN: What city would you choose to move to if you couldn’t live inside the city limits of San Luis Obispo?

Barasch: I would choose to live in Pasadena, California, which has many of the same historical and community-minded citizens that San Luis Obispo has but on a bit larger scale.

SCN: Name the charitable organizations you are of a member of and/or volunteer for.

Barasch: I volunteer my current, rather limited spare time to the San Luis Obispo Property and Business Owners Association, The American Red Cross (a tenant in my building) as a Certifi ed Disaster Relief Building Inspector, as well as the Jewish Community Center of San Luis Obispo Building Committee when needed.

SCN: Have you ever been arrested? Y/N Care to explain?

Barasch: No, I have never been formally arrested or charged with any major crime in my life!

Carpenter: I’d rather sleep in a shelter There are bathrooms, electricity, running water and security to sleep peacefully.

SCN: What city would you choose to move to if you couldn’t live inside the city limits of San Luis Obispo?

Carpenter: None....I have lived in SLO my entire life and can’t imagine living anywhere else.

SCN: Name the charitable organizations you are of a member of and/or volunteer for.

Carpenter: Noor Foundation (Board Member), CAPSLO, Prado Day Center, Peoples Kitchen, History Center of SLO County, Interfaith Coalition for the Homeless, and Homeless Services Oversight Council (Board Member).

SCN: Have you ever been arrested? Y/N Care to explain?

Carpenter: Never been arrested. ✤

development by reducing the unnecessarily high fees and streamline the application process. This will spur job growth and contribute to a healthy local economy that provides quality services to its residents.

SCN: Which development project currently in the works has the most potential to improve life for existing residents? Why?

Carpenter: I believe the Garden Street Terraces project, which consumes almost an entire block in the heart of Downtown, has the most potential. It will upgrade a run-down area that has been in need of improvement. It will add public open space, housing, retail and hopefully a much needed Downtown grocery store. It will also contribute fi nancially to the next parking structure at the corner of Palm and Nipomo.

SCN: Multiple-choice: If you were homeless, would you rather sleep at the shelter, in a tent or in an RV?

Occupation: SLO City Councilmember, Community Volunteer

Dan Carpenter is an incumbent San Luis Obispo City Councilmember standing for re-election. A lifelong SLO resident, he has a business degree from Cal Poly and operated a family business for more than 20 years. He is retired from the Cal Poly Foundation, and has volunteered with local non-profi t organizations. In his ballot statement, Carpenter said, “My presence on council has helped advance pension reform and allowed us to move forward with some long overdue capital improvement projects. We must continue to maintain fi scal responsibility and transparency in these times of limited resources so that the public will be assured that we are being accountable to them.” His campaign website is www.DanCarpenterSLO.org.

SCN: Should the mayoral or council seats be a full-time paid position?

Carpenter: Even though the workload to serve on council is close to full time, I believe there is value in keeping the compensation low. Serving the public is a sacrifi ce for the good of the community and thus could become a “job” instead of “service” if the compensation were competitive to the job market in the surrounding area.

SCN: If the scope of your public service were reduced to working on one local issue, which one would you pick?

Carpenter: I would pick fi nancial sustainability. Our city operates on a $96 million budget and the council has a tremendous burden in overseeing this quantity of taxpayers’ money.

SCN: What can the council or mayor actually do to grow and support local business? Can San Luis Obispo offer incentives to attract business?

Carpenter: The council can encourage

Dan Carpenter

✓

SCN • Volume 7 • Issue 6 • October 11 – 17, 2012 • SLO City News

slo city news 10-11-12

Documents