by Bruce Badrigian | Jan 1, 2019 | Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
For the first time, SLO County is home to the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) President—our own homegrown, born and raised … Luke O’Leary. When Journal Plus owner/photographer, Tom Meinhold, asked me to write about Luke’s impressive achievements, I readily...
by Tom Meinhold | Dec 1, 2018 | Community, Cover story, Nonprofit, People, San Luis Obispo, Travel
Longtime family friends of mind, Rich and Glenda Powell, have been involved with the local Honor Flight organization for years. They wanted to share this moving experience with our Journal Plus readers, and they offered to pay my way so I could do a story. If you know...
by Don Morris | Nov 1, 2018 | Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo, Sports
Back in the early 2000s, when he was just a college student, the only thing Ben Londo had to worry about was lowering himself onto 1,500 pounds of stallion confined in a bucking chute. Today, as Cal Poly’s Rodeo head coach, he worries about making sure his team wins...
by Aprll Charlton | Oct 1, 2018 | Business, Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
Most people who know Karen Rizzoli would say the 32-year-old San Luis Obispo native was born with adrenaline running in her veins. And they would probably be correct. By the time Rizzoli was 8 years old, the brunette with the big smile was competing in junior drag...
by Susan Stewart | Sep 1, 2018 | Business, Community, Cover story, Food, People, San Luis Obispo
Coker Ellsworth worked in his father’s corner grocery store from the time he was 7 years old. He had a special wooden crate to stand on emblazoned with the words “Shortest Box Boy.” For many summers and vacations to come Coker would stock shelves, work the cash...
by Susan Stewart | Aug 1, 2018 | Atascadero, Community, Cover story, People, Santa Margarita
She wasn’t expected to live more than 20 minutes. That’s what the doctors told Tara Olson’s frantic parents when they arrived at the hospital shortly after the car crash. But against all the odds, and with a defiance no one expected, this month, Tara and her family...
