by Joe Carotenuti | Jun 1, 2019 | Community, History, Nonprofit, People, San Luis Obispo
SYNONYMOUS WITH THE COUNTY LIBRARY CENTENNIAL is a century of people who served and were served by the parade of material provided in an extensive array of locations. A key person at any given time is the County Librarian. They earned little but added enormously to...
by Christine Heinrichs | Jun 1, 2019 | Cambria, Community, Nonprofit, San Luis Obispo
Local organizations partner to connect students with nature Students love field trips that take them out of the classroom. Greenspace’s Environmental Education Field Program connects students with nature by inviting sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students out into...
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 Will Jones | Jun 1, 2019 | Community, People, San Luis Obispo
Jessica Clarkson discovered her talent for the vocal arts when she took choir at Laguna Middle School. It led to private voice lessons, a starring role in a musical, selection to the American Choral Director’s Association Western Regional Choir and to the National...
by Dr. James J. Brescia | Jun 1, 2019 | Community, Nonprofit, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ~Pablo Picasso WHEN FIRST ELECTED TO OFFICE IN 2014, I PLEDGED to promote the arts for all schools throughout San Luis Obispo County as part of a balanced education. Five years later I...
by Deborah Cash | Jun 1, 2019 | Atascadero, Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
Stationed in Frankfurt, Germany, while serving in the U.S. Army in the 1960s, an off-duty Don Saueressig loved cruising the famed Autobahn where drivers often exceed 100 mph on the venerable racetrack. Those familiar with the European motorway say it’s not uncommon...
