by Susan Stewart | Jul 1, 2019 | Community, Cover story, Nonprofit, Paso Robles
As nights grow longer and the temperatures climb, a most-frequently heard conversation around SLO County goes like this: “You going to the Fair this year?” “Sure! Who’s playing?” First held 1946, the California Mid-State Fair is preparing for its 75th anniversary next...
by Susan Stewart | Jun 1, 2019 | Community, History, Nonprofit, San Luis Obispo
Here’s a truly shocking statistic: Fully 30 percent of Millennials—anyone born between 1980 and today—have never heard of the Holocaust. As a baby boomer, I find that alarming. The post-WWII world into which I was born rang loudly with the clarion call, the...
by Susan Stewart | May 1, 2019 | Community, People, San Luis Obispo
IN THE AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY, PERFECT STRANGERS, Eldonna Edwards’ three-year odyssey to become a kidney donor is chronicled. She would later write her own memoir of that journey, Lost in Transplantation, a first book that would launch her career as a writer and...
by Susan Stewart | Apr 1, 2019 | Atascadero, Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
Nature versus nurture: which one has more influence? It’s an age-old argument. If you’re on the side of Nature, look no further than Rich Ferguson. Consider, if you will … A 16-year-old girl gives birth to a baby boy and takes him home to a squalid house in...
by Susan Stewart | Mar 1, 2019 | Cambria, Community, People, San Luis Obispo
At 82, Francesca Nemko is the very definition of self-actualized. Born and raised in London, England, she was one of two daughters raised by a glass and china shop owner and a stay-at-home mother. Introduced to the creative world of American jazz music by her older...
