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BRIEFS PHOTO COURTESY OF MARY HOUSEL to come up with a plan outlining what the street Library book will look like for the foreseeable future. Political Watch mobile returns —Zac Ezzone • On July 29, U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa The last time the Santa Barbara) released a statement following the House’s Maria Public Library had Santa Maria seeks general passing of two pieces of legislation aimed at supporting a book mobile was the 4 the child care sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 1980s, Library Director plan engagement According to Carbajal’s offi ce, the legislation provides Mary Housel told the Santa Maria wants to know what residents want grants for child care providers to use on staffi ng, Sun. Now, thanks to for the future, according to a new website designed training, and cleaning costs as needed to continue grant funding, the once to gather input for the city’s next general plan operating and provides $850 million to states to fi ll popular library-on- update. wheels is back. in gaps in child care for essential workers during the In a video linked on the Imagine Santa Maria “It’s a brand new pandemic, among other measures. In a statement, website, Mayor Alice Patino said that it’s more service offering, and we important than ever to work together on a plan Carbajal said that many parents can’t return to work hope to reach out to our that can help the local economy thrive. without access to affordable child care. “The Child underserved community, “Especially during these times like we’re having Care is Essential Act and the Child Care for Economic specifi cally to those who right now, being hit so hard with COVID-19,” Recovery Act invest in the struggling child care sector to can’t travel to the library,” Patino said. “It is very imperative that we hear help parents get back to work, keep child care workers Housel said. from you about how you would like to see this city employed, and most importantly, ensure our children While the pandemic grow, and grow into the future.” stay safe and healthy as we work to safely reopen and stops patrons from getting ON THE ROAD AGAIN: For the fi rst time since the ’80s, the Santa Maria Public Library will be This guiding document “outlines policies which rebuild our economy.” on board the mobile just taking its services on the road. The new book mobile will visit parts of the city that are outside will determine how the city will be built into the yet, Housel is hopeful walking distance to the main library. future (think year 2050),” a press release from • Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced a list of that the new service can Public Information Offi cer Mark van de Kamp steps the state is taking to bolster how it delivers commence soon. states. unemployment insurance to California residents. In a “I’m really hopeful that’s going to happen Solvang may close Copenhagen The goal, according to city Planning Division sometime in late August or sooner,” she said. news release from his offi ce on July 29, Newsom said he Manager Ryan Hostetter, is to get community “We’ve even talked about, if we can’t let people Drive for the year members to talk about their vision of the future. created an Employment Development Department strike board it, we could at least do some sidewalk delivery With the COVID-19 pandemic raging on, the “All of these things that create a beautiful team that will develop a list of improvements to make out to the neighborhoods, and have some book Solvang City Council agreed that the city will likely community and amenities in communities, it all within the department, including a technology upgrade. bundles and things people could check out.” need to keep Copenhagen Drive closed to vehicles comes out of the community telling their decision- Additionally, Newsom said the state is prioritizing The eventual goal is to establish a consistent for the rest of the year. makers what they would like to see,” she said. processing a backlog of cases and increasing the schedule for the book mobile’s various locations, The city closed off the road in June to provide “This is the vehicle for the residents to tell their department’s partnership with the state Legislature. so that folks who check out books can also return businesses with space to expand into the street leadership how they want to see the city grow and “There should be no barriers between Californians and them in the same location when they’re done as public health regulations limited shops’ and function for their kids in the future.” the benefi ts they have earned,” Newsom said in the reading. In addition to loaning books, the mobile restaurants’ ability to serve customers indoors. A key portion of the city’s electronic outreach news release. “Unprecedented demand due to job loss will also have Chromebooks that people can check Copenhagen Drive was scheduled to reopen to is in the form of surveys, available on the Imagine during this pandemic paired with an antiquated system out. If they don’t have Wi-Fi at home, Housel said, vehicles after the July 4 weekend, but with many Santa Maria website. Hostetter said these surveys have created an unacceptable backlog of claims. folks can use the bookmobile as a hotspot. The businesses still facing closures of their indoor will be available at least through August. Californians deserve better, and these reform efforts initiative is also partnering with the Central Coast facilities, city leaders said the street would need to While the city has updated “bits and pieces” aim to move the department in that direction.” Literacy Council to connect with families who are remain closed longer. of its general plan over the years, Hostetter said in need of English literacy. “It’s reasonable to say we’re looking at a much it’s been quite a while since the city created a fully “The book mobile and the collaborative efforts refreshed general plan. The plan includes several • On July 27, Lompoc resident Jeremy Ball announced longer period of time,” City Manager Xenia with the Santa Maria Public Library will be a Bradford told the council during its July 27 meeting. key elements mandated by the state, including his plans to run for Lompoc’s 4th District City Council great asset to our community. We will be able to When the closure fi rst took place, some business land use, environmental justice, and economic position. According to his website, Ball was born and provide literacy services to all the local families,” owners weren’t on board. During a council meeting development, to name a few. raised in Lompoc where he operates Bottle Branding, literacy council staff member Laura Arteaga told on June 8, Lions Peak Vineyard owner Jennifer Soni Hostetter explained why now is an important a small business he runs with his wife. The couple also the Sun. “This will be a different venue and a said she was “appalled” by the closure and called time for Santa Maria to reassess its plans for the started a weekly livestream show called Good Morning greater opportunity to expand our efforts and our the effort “pathetic.” But during the council’s July future. Lompoc to connect with members of the community outreach to our community.” 27 meeting, she had reversed course and said the “If you go around, there isn’t a lot of vacant land during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, Ball Housel emphasized that the vehicle purchase closure has been a positive boost for her business. serves on the Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce was entirely funded by grant money and donations. “I really hope that we continue with what NEWS continued page 6 and Visitors Bureau board of directors. In a video on “The fact that we were able to raise the funds for we’re doing on Copenhagen because I have his Facebook page, Ball said that he is running for City it without the city spending any money on it initially [heard] so much positive feedback on the WeekendWeather Council to help the city reach its potential. “I believe our was really an awesome thing, especially when we are weekends from people that come here,” Soni town has a lot of potential that is yet to be discovered, always struggling with our budget,” she said. said. and I’m hopeful that I can be a bridge builder and a One reason the library was able to secure big Scott Shuemake, president of IDK Events, grants—such as $100,000 through the California conduit to help people share ideas that can build us which handles tourism and marketing Microclimate Weather Forecast State Library—was thanks to a survey conducted for the city, said his team has spoken with up,” Ball said. The 4th District covers the southwest Dave Hovde by the county Housing Authority. owners of 90 percent of the businesses on KSBY Chief Meteorologist part of the town and is currently served by longtime “We had many comments that there are people Copenhagen Drive, and all but two are Councilmember Jim Mosby, who hasn’t yet publicly who don’t have the means to get to the library, supportive of the closure. announced his bid for re-election. and they felt that library services brought to those “From a tourism perspective, I think Thursday Friday communities would be very successful,” Housel this is something that should stay at least • Assemblymember Monique Limón (D-Santa said. “That was very validating and helped us in through the end of the COVID restrictions,” Barbara) recently endorsed Dawn Addis, a Democrat, our grant writing.” Shuemake said. for the Assembly’s 35th District seat. Addis is currently Housel said that going forward, city funds will IDK Events initially covered the costs of on the Morro Bay City Council and is challenging be used only for staffi ng the book mobile, gas, and the tables and chairs and other furniture COASTAL ➤ High 70 Low 54 COASTAL ➤ High 71 Low 55 incumbent Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham adding new books. placed in the street to make it more inviting INLAND ➤ High 77 Low 46 INLAND ➤ High 81 Low 52 (R-San Luis Obispo). “Dawn Addis has devoted her The city originally proposed a budget that cut to pedestrians, which totals more than life to serving children and families on the Central funding for the library, but after City Council and $2,200 a week, Shuemake told the council. Coast, and I would be honored to serve alongside her community members advocated for moving capital Because the closure now appears long-term, Saturday Sunday in the state Legislature,” Limón said in a statement. projects funds around to support library services, he asked for the city to take over the rental the budget passed with more money allocated for payments. “In her work as a teacher and city council member, the library. Without that allocation, Housel said, “The cost of the closure was 150 percent Dawn has demonstrated the important values of our staffi ng the mobile would have been a challenge. of our contract value for the fi rst quarter,” communities—hard work, integrity, and caring for “The staff that will be driving it would have Shuemake said. those around us.” Addis is also a co-founder of the been furloughed,” she said. “So the fact that they The council agreed to take on these rental COASTAL ➤ High 73 Low 55 COASTAL ➤ High 73 Low 55 Women’s March in San Luis Obispo, which, according weren’t furloughed means that, when we do get our costs and asked staff to come back with a INLAND ➤ High 83 Low 51 INLAND ➤ High 83 Low 52 to her campaign site, drew a crowd of around 10,000 permission to take it out and it’s safe with COVID, report on what it would cost for other rental Night and morning marine clouds keeps temps people in 2017 and has since become a successful then we will be able to roll it out.” options or to purchase the furniture outright. mild thru the upcoming weekend. For updated nonprofi t organization. ❍ —Malea Martin Mayor Ryan Toussaint said the city needs weather try KSBY.com or our weather app.
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NEWS from page 4 Commissioner as soon as possible. He’s just glad still call your local ag department for further Xenia Bradford told the Sun. The city also opened left within the city limits,” she said. “The state is he was too busy to get around to gardening last instruction, Moscoso said. up a request for proposals on its general plan telling communities that they have to make space month, he said. Although the USDA said in an Aug. 4 press update, which Bradford said the committee will available for a whole lot more housing than we “It is definitely concerning,” Brown said. release that there haven’t yet been any reported also have a hand in. ever have before. We have to plan and figure out Brown is one of dozens of residents in Santa human health risks associated with the packages Recruitment for the Branding & Design how we’re going to do that as a community. Is that Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties who or the seeds they contain, there are concerns that Committee expands to applicants throughout the going to be annexing land? Is it going to be re-use, received unsolicited packages of seeds in the mail some seeds are invasive or exotic species that could Santa Ynez Valley. The other change, she said, is be detrimental to native ecosystems throughout or re-envisioning underutilized properties? Is it a that appear to be coming from various locations the specific requirements for committee seats. The the U.S. There’s no evidence connecting the seeds combination of both? … It’s time to rethink how in China. It’s part of a nationwide trend that the committee will be made up of three professional to agro-terrorism efforts, the USDA wrote in the 6 we’re going to grow.” U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been members with backgrounds in architecture, design, release, and the seeds collected from 22 states —Malea Martin investigating since the end of July. architectural history, urban design, and/or Danish In a July 30 press release, the USDA confirmed thus far have been a mixture of varying species of culture. The remaining two members, Bradford that people across the country have received flowers, fruits, vegetables, herbs, and weeds. said, can have some experience related to those Unsolicited seeds from packages of seeds they did not order, and urged Moscoso said most of the packages that fields but the seats are for general participation. recipients to hold on to the packages, leave have gone through SLO County’s Department In January, the City Council discussed its China arrive locally them unopened, and turn them in to their local of Agriculture contain a variety of vegetables, issues with the BAR, saying the city’s municipal including broccoli and kohlrabi. They’re small Within the last few years, Santa Maria resident agricultural departments for further investigation. code had been inconsistent, the city’s design The Santa Barbara County Agricultural packages, Moscoso said, and labeled as coming guidelines hadn’t been updated since 1988, that Mike Brown has ordered hundreds of items from from varying parts of China—sometimes listed Commissioner’s office started getting calls about the BAR hadn’t been addressed since it was Wish, an e-commerce platform where Brown as vague regions and sometimes very specific such mysterious packages early in the last week of established in 1993, and the committee’s review said you can order pretty much anything at lower addresses. July, according to Deputy Ag Commissioner Rudy requirements weren’t consistently followed. Those than market rates, so long as you’re willing to wait If you’ve received an unsolicited package, Martel. As of Aug. 4, the office had fielded about inconsistencies within the city’s architectural longer than usual for shipping. call the Santa Barbara County Agricultural Brown’s past orders through Wish have all 20 reports so far. Commissioner’s office at (805) 934-6200 or the review process led the City Council to end the come without issue, until a few months ago when SLO County’s Department of Agriculture had SLO County Department of Agriculture at (805) BAR and create the new committee. he ordered some seeds for his garden. After he also received about 20 reports as of Aug. 3, but 781-5910. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply ordered the seeds, he received a package in the Deputy Ag Commissioner Edwin Moscoso said — Kasey Bubnash as soon as possible as the priority filing deadline mail in early July. He assumed it was his Wish the calls are still coming in. is slated for Aug. 17. The City Council will review order, set the package aside, and never got around In both counties, residents are being asked and appoint members for terms that end on Dec. to opening it. Weeks later, he saw a story about to avoid opening, planting, or disposing of Solvang accepts branding 31 of each year. If the city doesn’t receive the mysterious packages of seeds from China showing any unsolicited packages of seeds they receive. required number of qualified applicants or if the up on people’s doorsteps. When he gave his Recipients can either drop the packages off at a local committee applications City Council opts to extend the deadline to seek package a closer look, he realized that, just like the ag office or have them picked up by a staff member. On July 27, Solvang announced it was additional candidates, a new filing deadline will be other reported packages of seeds, his had Chinese “Just call us and give them to us,” Moscoso told beginning the recruitment process for the new publicly posted. writing on it and was labeled as containing the Sun. Branding & Design Committee, which is replacing Branding & Design Committee meetings will “pumpkin stud earrings.” Once local agriculture departments have the Solvang Board of Architectural Review (BAR). be held on the second Thursday of each month His actual order from Wish never arrived, collected the packages, they’ll send them to the The committee of five’s first task will be starting at 6 p.m. Members will be compensated and Brown said he plans to turn these seeds USDA for further investigation. Even if you’ve to create design guidelines for the long-term $100 per meeting. m over to the Santa Barbara County Agricultural already planted or opened the seeds, you should Copenhagen Drive Street closure, City Manager —Karen Garcia
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www.santamariasun.com • August 6 - August 13, 2020 • Sun • 7 CENTRAL NEWS [email protected] PHOTO COURTESY OF TIMOTHY HAWKINS tested in large numbers, VALLEY AUTO you have a big problem at an institution.” ‘No longer human’ Another allegation DISMANTLERS addressed by both the People incarcerated at the Lompoc court case and the penitentiary speak out about how they were inspector general report We buy cars in is the BOP’s temporary treated during one of the largest COVID-19 suspension of shower, 8 any condition phone, email, and prison outbreaks in the nation commissary access. Hawkins told the We buy cars BY MALEA MARTIN Sun in an early June for cash! letter that he was not given shower access for more Editor’s note: This is the second part in a two- than two weeks. part series examining pandemic response in “When everything started, they were letting us We also the federal prison at Lompoc. The first part out to shower every other day,” he wrote. “Then, (“Constitutionally confined?” July 30) covered a pick up cars maybe around the time the first death occurred class-action lawsuit that pushed for more inmates in here, they advised us that we would be locked for free! to be released to home confinement. down for two weeks. During these two weeks we VOICES FROM INSIDE: Timothy Hawkins, pictured here, is currently incarcerated at Lompoc USP. He told the Sun that class-action lawsuit filed against the Lompoc did not get showers. They did come around with shower access was suspended for more than two weeks at one Federal Correctional Complex achieved a some of the soap packets. … They passed them point during the height of the prison’s COVID-19 outbreak. CALL TODAY! A recent victory on July 14 when the court out once a week, but we had to bathe in the sink.” ordered the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to consider According to the July 23 report from the (805) 736-6719 Office of the Inspector General, Lompoc started testing for all 1,162 FCI inmates on May home confinement for individuals incarcerated at 4 through a contracted third party,” the report Lompoc that are either over the age of 50 or who officials “implemented these additional [shower] Or visit us at restrictions because they believed them to be states. “By May 11, at least 891 FCI inmates had have certain underlying health conditions. tested positive for COVID-19,” nearly a 77 percent 613 S. Avalon Street, Lompoc But lawyers working on the case told the Sun necessary to control the spread of COVID-19.” The report states, “The officials told us that positivity rate. that increasing home confinement is only half “Subsequently, Lompoc officials indicated to the battle. A second category of claims in the suit they initially allowed inmates to shower in smaller groups, but because COVID-19 cases continued the OIG [Office of the Inspector General] that alleges that certain actions the prison did take the institution would not continue testing of all may have made the situation worse, and perhaps to rise across the complex, they determined that more aggressive mitigation was necessary.” inmates because the outbreak at the USP and were even unconstitutional. camps had subsided and universal testing was no One of those actions was placing sick inmates Bannett, one of the lawyers representing class members, wrote that the shower suspension is longer warranted,” the report continues, “although into the special housing unit, known among ‘targeted testing in specific units that have an active among the “issues that we have raised with the prisoners as “the hole.” case’ might be conducted on an as-needed basis.” court as evidence of the constitutional violations “They were placing people in solitary, which Hawkins, who is incarcerated in the USP, told occurring at Lompoc.” is basically punitive, under the guise of trying to the Sun that he was eventually tested. However, he “These decisions are being made by people help them from a health standpoint,” said Naeun said, he was never informed of his results. who don’t understand public health, who don’t Rim, a lawyer from Bird Marella P.C. who’s The Sun also spoke with Hollie Mowry, the understand medical care. It’s coming from a very working on the case. daughter of a man named Charles Molesworth institutionalized mindset,” Rim added. “With Shoshana Bannett, another Bird Marella who was incarcerated at Lompoc FCI. respect to the showering, that’s a basic human lawyer involved with the case, said the practice Molesworth wrote a letter to his daughter, rights problem.” does not line up with governmental guidelines. dated May 26, which details the death of an The Sun asked the BOP about the claim that “Isolating COVID-19 positive prisoners in cells inmate named Mohamed Yusuf, who lived on the showers were suspended for more than two weeks in used for punitive measures in this manner [is] same floor as Molesworth, Mowry said. the USP. In a July 2 email response, the public affairs contrary to CDC [Centers for Disease Control] Yusuf “had been complaining that he couldn’t office did not directly address the question, but rather guidelines for correctional facilities,” she wrote in breathe for several days,” Molesworth wrote in ·Vintners Lounge gave an update on the current situation, which now an email. the letter. “But yesterday, after we went down to allows for “inmate movement in small numbers.” “It clearly was not done from a public health, pick up our lunches, he crashed. I’ve had several ·Atrium Bistro The Sun followed up, asking again whether or not professional opinion standpoint,” Rim added. different reports as to the specifics from people showers were suspended for two weeks. A July 24 ·Vintners Grill The Sun asked the BOP for comment on its who were there, but the crux is he died. When alleged use of solitary confinement as a way to response didn’t address the question either, instead he fell out, someone went to the red emergency providing another update on current practices. ·Champagne Sunday Brunch medically isolate inmates. phone to summon help, and no one answered.” In a July 31 email response, BOP representative “Inmates have regular controlled movements Rim said that multiple accounts from those up to five times per week in small numbers to ·Conferences & private Justin Long wrote, “We do not provide the specific who witnessed Yusuf’s death are included in location of particular housing quarters, but we can access commissary, laundry, showers, recreation, the documents her legal team submitted to the parties for up to 350 people confirm that all of our correctional institutions telephone, and email stations, and medical and court. She said those accounts are consistent with have areas set aside for quarantine and isolation. mental health care,” representative Long wrote. Molesworth’s claims, particularly that Yusuf’s Another allegation in the lawsuit that’s 928-8000 · 3455 Skyway Drive, SM … All inmates are managed per CDC guidelines.” medical requests were ignored and that medical Timothy Hawkins, who is currently incarcerated addressed in the inspector general’s report is that attention arrived well after he collapsed. www.radisson.com/santamariaca at Lompoc’s United States Penitentiary (USP) COVID-19 testing at Lompoc was inadequate. “If there had been less people inside, could facility, told the Sun that he witnessed this practice “As evidenced by the small number of active he have gotten medical attention? That’s the and was relieved to not have experienced it himself. cases (eight at USP Lompoc and zero at FCI question that people need to be asking,” Rim said. Hawkins and the Sun have exchanged letters and Lompoc) and large number of recovered cases “It’s not just about if they deserve to be let out. email communications since mid-May. (164 at USP Lompoc and 826 at FCI Lompoc), Not every individual person may be suitable for “From what I know of the infected people that FCC Lompoc’s methodology effectively limited home confinement, but ... when you’re not doing have made it back to the unit, when they were the the virus’ impact within its facilities,” BOP everything you can to reduce the population so you suspected of having the virus they were taken to representative Long wrote in the July 24 email. can take care of somebody like [Yusuf], that’s where the SHU (special housing unit), aka the hole, and But despite the small numbers of active cases, you’re running into the constitutional problem.” lawyer Bannett wrote in her email to the Sun that A beautiful, full-service placed in solitary,” Hawkins wrote in letter he Rim said many inmates “were traumatized by sent in late May. “I haven’t caught any tickets to be widespread testing is still critical. this story.” property located in the placed back there. This is a good thing!” “It does not appear that any ongoing testing is “It points out the abhorrent level of medical care heart of Santa Maria Sara Norman from the Prison Law Office, occurring to try to identify asymptomatic prisoners here, something that is endemic throughout BOP • Banquet Facilities for groups of up to 350 another lawyer on the case, explained why using anywhere at the Lompoc complex,” Bannett wrote. and incarceration in general,” Molesworth wrote • e Century Room Restaurant solitary confinement as medical isolation can do “This is extremely problematic given the inability in his letter. “Once you are in custody, you are no o ering a champagne Sunday Brunch more harm than good. to social distance, lack of adequate hygiene, and the longer human, no longer deserving of decent care.” • English Pub with Happy Hour “It’s absolutely crucial that when people are fact that Lompoc failed to quarantine and isolate Mowry said her father was recently transferred prisoners that have been exposed to COVID-19 in • Wine Cellar o ering complimentary appetizers confirmed cases of COVID, or symptomatic, to put to a halfway house to serve the remainder of his them in what’s called medical isolation to reduce accordance with CDC guidelines.” sentence. their contact with other people,” Norman said, “but The prison conducted universal testing in “I can only assume the ACLU lawsuit and the 801 S. Broadway not to make it punitive, to restrict their privileges. Lompoc’s Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), judge’s orders made that happen,” Mowry wrote. m The difference is incredibly important, because if a separate facility from the USP, in early May. The 805-928-7777 people know that they’re going to the hole, they will inspector general report details those results. Staff Writer Malea Martin can be reached at www.santamariainn.com refuse to be tested often. When people refuse to be “Lompoc officials reported that the institution [email protected].
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FILE PHOTO COURTESY JULIE KING a statement. “ExxonMobil’s proposal will result in chance of at least half an inch of more oil spills, air pollution, and increased climate rain in a 24-hour period on areas change at a time when we need to pursue clean along the truck routes. Restarting energy alternatives.” The report identifies the latter During the 2015 oil spill, which occurred near as the environmentally superior Santa Barbara County Refugio State Beach, nearly 3,000 barrels of crude alternative. oil poured into the ocean, killing birds, fish, and “In the event of an accidental releases environmental other marine life. Earlier this year, Plains All oil spill resulting from a truck American Pipeline reached a civil settlement with accident, the potential to impact impact report for the federal government that required it to pay sensitive resources … exists,” the 9 more than $60 million in penalties and damages, report states. “Spills that occurred ExxonMobil trucking project according to a March statement from the U.S. near drainages or waterways Environmental Protection Agency. during the rainy season could BY ZAC EZZONE ExxonMobil is pitching this trucking proposal be transported downstream anta Barbara County recently released as a temporary solution to resume operations at increasing the severity of the TRUCKING OIL: Santa Barbara County recently released a final supplemental an environmental analysis reviewing its Santa Ynez Unit until the pipeline is replaced. impacts to biological and water environmental impact report on ExxonMobil’s proposal to truck oil through the county. SExxonMobil’s proposal to transport oil on According to the report, Plains All American resources.” local roadways using tanker trucks so that it can Pipeline is in the process of applying for a permit On March 21, a tanker truck A coalition of local chambers commissioned resume the operation of three offshore oil rigs to replace the pipeline, and if it’s successful, overturned on Highway 166, which led to a report from the California Economic Forecast and a processing facility. ExxonMobil would resume transporting oil via about 4,500 gallons of crude oil spilling into in August 2019 that found the trucking project The final supplemental environmental impact the pipeline and the trucking would stop. the Cuyama River upstream of the Twitchell and eventual pipeline replacement would result report the county made public on July 29 assesses The report outlines the different impacts the Reservoir. At the time, California Department in hundreds of new jobs and millions of dollars in ExxonMobil’s plans to move about 11,200 barrels proposed project could have on the environment, of Fish and Wildlife Public Information Officer tax revenue for the county, cities, and schools. of oil per day on 70 trucks through most of Santa such as the increase of greenhouse gas emissions Eric Laughlin said that a Western pond turtle and The report found that between 2015 and 2018, related to the construction and operation of the a belted kingfisher were recovered from the spill numerous property tax recipients lost a combined Barbara County on highways 101 and 166. This project. The report states that the most significant and underwent veterinary care and cleaning. $10 million in revenue as a result of the shutdown proposal would allow ExxonMobil to resume impact is the possibility of trucking-related oil The environmental groups noted this spill in of oil facilities related to the oil spill. operations at its Santa Ynez Unit, a processing spills and fires that would harm plants, animals, their statement pushing back on the project and “Delaying this project delays meaningful facility that has remained offline since the Plains All and other resources. the county’s final supplemental environmental revenues to schools in Santa Barbara County American Pipeline was shut off after a spill in 2015. As required under state law, the report lists impact report. that are necessary for student development and Shortly after releasing the report, a coalition alternatives to ExxonMobil’s proposed project “Trucks are the least safe way to transport enrichment,” the report states. of environmental groups released a statement that would have less impact on the environment. oil—in human death, property destruction, and The county Planning Commission is scheduled pushing back on the findings. These include reducing the number of trucks amount of oil spilled,” said Katie Davis, chair of to review this final supplemental environmental “The county’s final environmental impact allowed per day to 50, limiting trucks to driving the Sierra Club’s Los Padres chapter. impact report and potentially make a decision report fails to disclose the devastating impacts that from the Santa Ynez Unit to a pumping station While environmental groups are opposed to on ExxonMobil’s trucking proposal during two will result if ExxonMobil is allowed to resume oil in Santa Maria—which would prevent trucks the project, it’s previously received support from hearings scheduled for Sept. 2 and 9. m drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel and truck from traveling on Highway 166—and prohibiting local chambers of commerce and some cities, oil along our scenic highways,” Environmental trucks from transporting oil on days when the including Santa Maria, where the City Council Reach Editor Camillia Lanham at clanham@ Defense Center Chief Counsel Linda Krop said in National Weather Service predicts a 50 percent voted 4-1 to support the project in March 2019. santamariasun.com.
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AG EDUCATION: Nipomo High School teacher Rosemary Cummings recently earned national recognition for her Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a drop in work in agricultural education at this year’s California FFA State Conference. well-child visits has resulted in delays in vaccinations,
appropriate screenings and referrals, and anticipatory role in preparing the next generation of industry leaders,” said Brad Liggett, president guidance to assure optimal health. Concern exists of agribusiness at Nationwide, an insurer of that delays in vaccinations may result in secondary farms and ranches. “We’re honored to be able Cultivating to recognize the above-and-beyond efforts of outbreaks with vaccine-preventable illnesses. teachers across the country.” Cummings called the recent honor “humbling” and “validating.” She credited her fellow teachers Pediatric Medical Group is scheduling well exam visits for education and students for the program’s success. children of all ages. Strict safety precautions have been put in “It’s a team effort,” she said. “[The award] Nipomo High School really validates all the hard work that all teachers place to ensure the safety of patients and their parents. do, and specifically ag teachers, because we do so • All individuals entering the building are pre-screened and temperature is taken. teacher honored for ag much work outside of the classroom.” • Face masks are required to be worn education achievements While COVID-19 canceled this year’s FFA competitions, Cummings said she wanted her • Only well-patient visits are seen inside the building BY PETER JOHNSON students to still have a chance to show off their • All sick visits are seen either outside in a tent or via telehealth hen COVID-19 forced schools to close in skills. In June, Nipomo hosted its own community fair where students socially distanced and events • Strict sanitation practices are in place including disinfecting exam rooms after each visit. March, Rosemary Cummings and her WNipomo High School agriculture students were livestreamed to parents watching at home. missed out on the most exciting time of their year. “Because our students missed out on going to Pediatric Medical Group wants to ensure all newborns, infants, children Usually on weekends between March and all these field days, we decided to host our own and adolescents are up-to-date on their comprehensive well-child care, May, Cummings and 50 or more students travel fair,” Cummings explained. “It was logistically a inclusive of appropriate screenings, complete physical exam, to compete on college campuses across the state challenge because we couldn’t have more then 10 kids at a time and there were no parents. We had laboratory exams, fluoride varnish and vaccines. as part of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) program. it separated into three days.” FFA competitions bring California’s Cummings was born in Santa Maria as a Call to schedule your child’s well exam today. agricultural education community together and daughter of two Portuguese immigrant farm provide students a platform to demonstrate skills laborers. She said that her upbringing gave her in livestock evaluation, milk and dairy grading, a deep respect and appreciation for agriculture, veterinary science, horticulture, and other which she’s tried to instill in her students since technical areas. she started teaching at SLO High School in 1995. “Every weekend, from March to the first “Ironically, the majority of our students don’t weekend in May, we’re on the road taking these come from the ag industry and have little to students to these universities,” said Cummings, no knowledge of agriculture,” she said. “That’s who’s taught at Nipomo High School since the exciting thing—opening their eyes to the 2009. “We have so many different events. … It opportunities out there, that they can be involved really gives them an opportunity to look at these in a critical industry in our society.” universities, network with other students, and get them out of Nipomo.” In 2017, Nipomo’s livestock evaluation team Highlight won the FFA state championship and finished • In pre-pandemic times, the city of Santa second in the country, which qualified the team Maria’s Recreation and Parks Department to participate in an international competition in hosted in-person “make and take” craft classes, Scotland. and now the city’s finding creative ways to still “That was amazing to be able to take students make it happen. The new online format—now internationally,” Cummings said. “The reward to appropriately called “take and make”—allows see these kids’ faces when they get to go to all these participants to pick up a project kit to take home, places is probably one of the highlights my career.” which includes all the supplies and instructions Dr. David Ikola, M.D. Dr. Shane Rostermundt, D.O. Dr. Joseph Nunez, M.D. Cummings’ dedication and excellence as a they’ll need to complete the craft. August’s teacher recently earned national recognition. craft class will feature a decorative wooden wall At this year’s California FFA State Conference hanging. After registering, participants will gain in June, Cummings received the Nationwide access to an online instructional video until Aug. Golden Owl Award, which goes to the top 31, and they’ll also get a seat in a live Zoom class agriculture educator in the state. She’s the first on Aug. 13. The class costs $20, and registration California teacher to win the grand prize in begins Aug. 3. Participants can register online at this recognition program, which has honored cityofsantamaria.org/register. m teachers in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, and Lynn Peltier, C.P.N.P. Dr. Michele Kielty, D.O. Geronna Leonards, N.P. Ohio. The prize comes with a $3,000 check New Times Assistant Editor Peter Johnson 1430 E. Main St. www.pmgsm.com to “help further future educational efforts,” wrote this week’s Spotlight. Staff Writer Malea Monday – Friday according to a Nationwide press release. Martin contributed. Send tidbits to spotlight@ Santa Maria, CA 805-922-3548 “Agriculture teachers play such a critical santamariasun.com.
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Each weekday will include interaction between teachers and students for the Online Poll purposes of instruction, tracking progress, and How do you think school districts maintaining school connectedness, and will At a distance, for now include offl ine assignments as well. Schools will should approach the upcoming year? COVID-19 response requires focus on safety, equity across develop plans for re-engaging absent students, 40% At least the first half of the year needs and districts will adopt learning continuity and 11 to be completed online. all school reopening plans attendance plans by Sept. 30. 30% They should start school online and try to BY SUSAN SALCIDO transitions between classes, transportation, The governor’s guidance, provided by the face coverings, food services, and increased California Department of Public Health, allows move to in-class settings as soon as possible. he long-awaited answer about what schools schools to open for in-person learning once the cleaning, among many other factors. Based 30% The schools need to happen in-person will look like in the fall was delivered on July county has been off the monitoring list for 14 on the requirements for physical distancing at the beginning of the year. T17 when Gov. Newsom announced all public days. Elementary schools may apply for a waiver and private schools in counties on the state’s within facilities and with available resources, from local public health departments, which, 0% Younger kids should go to school right plans ranged from full on-campus learning to a away, but high school students could start the monitoring list, which includes Santa Barbara if granted, would allow them to open for in- County, must open via distance learning. This hybrid model to full distance learning, knowing person instruction. year online. includes all public, private, and charter schools that movement between the models could be The waiver process involves consultation 10 Votes serving students from transitional kindergarten required as our county’s metrics change. between Santa Barbara County Public Health Vote online at www.santamariasun.com. through 12th grade. 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www.santamariasun.com • August 6 - August 13, 2020 • Sun • 11 20 Annual OPINION BeSt of Northern Suspicious seeds rder anything from China lately? How about santa Barbara a pair of pumpkin stud earrings? OJust kidding! They’re just seeds. Seeds you didn’t order. And they’re showing up in your County 2020 mailbox after you order random stuff online. And they come labeled as 12 jewelry such as “pumpkin stud earrings.” At least the package that arrived on Mike Brown’s Santa Maria doorstep did. He had ordered seeds through an e-commerce platform called Wish to plant in his backyard. And these were indeed seeds, just not the ones he had ordered—and the package also included Chinese writing! Ooh. Suspicious. The U.S. Department of Agriculture put out a call for these unsolicited packages so it can test the contents for nefarious-type things. You know, pathogens, pests, and potential agro-terrorist intentions (Who knew that was a thing?). Agricultural Commissioner’s Offices in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties have received about 20 reports apiece so far. At this point, 22 states have reported the packages. As have Canada, Australia, and countries in the European Union. The USDA thinks it’s just a “brushing scam” to pick up more business. Although I don’t really understand how scammers can boost sales by mailing random unbranded seed packets to unsuspecting victims. It sounds weird. And you know what else is weird? The fact that it’s apparently illegal to import the “true botanical seed” of a potato into the U.S. from anywhere other than Canada and certain areas of Chile and winnerS will be New Zealand. The more you know, amirite? I know that’s how Lions Peak Vineyard owner Jennifer Soni probably feels. When the Solvang City Council decided to close Copenhagen announced on Drive to vehicle traffic earlier this year and give that space to COVID-19 affected restaurants and businesses, she called the effort “pathetic.” Because that’s the kind of language that people in Solvang use during City Council meetings. But boy did she change her tune! “I really hope that we continue with what we’re AuguSt 27 doing on Copenhagen because I have so much positive feedback on the weekends from people that come here,” she said during a recent council meeting. Turns out some business is better than no business! Who knew? Well ExxonMobil certainly knows that. For four years, the oil company has been begging Book your ad by August 20 Santa Barbara County to allow it to truck oil along highways 101 and 166, because the Plains All American pipeline that carried oil from ocean to land ruptured and has yet to be fixed. Contact your sales rep today! ExxonMobil really wants to be able to open its drilling operations back up because, you know, it wants to make money. Duh! 805-347-1968 Man. It’s truly mind-blowing how slow the county’s planning process is. I had completely forgotten about this, but in July, the county released the final environmental impact report [email protected] for the proposal. Get this: The environmentally superior alternative is to take trucks off the road when it rains! Ha! Those rainy season oil truck accidents are ruining the environment, I tell you. Katie Davis with the Sierra Club’s Los Padres chapter said trucking is the least safe way to transport oil. Oh. Then I guess we better get that pipeline back up and running again then, right? m santaMariasun.com The canary knows that everything we do is bad for the environment. Send thoughts to canary@ santamariasun.com.
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THE SHOW MUST GO ON Orcutt Community Theater holds auditions for its next production, War of the Worlds: A Live Radio Play, at Klein Dance Arts Studio on Monday, Aug. 10, from 6 to 9 p.m. The show is scheduled to begin its run in October AUG. 6 - AUG. 13 and is seeking to fi ll roles of various ages. The auditioning process will 2020 consist of cold readings from the script. Call (805) 973-7264 for more details. The studio is located at 3546 Skyway Drive, suite A, Santa Maria. —Caleb Wiseblood
FILE PHOTO COURTESY OF ORCUTT COMMUNITY THEATER CALL FOR ARTISTS (GRADES 4-12): NEW WORKSHOPS VIA ZOOM Sara Curran Ice, PCPA’s NORTH SLO COUNTY ARTS CHILDREN’S BOOK This art contest will give students Technical Theatre Program Coordinator/Designer, is FREE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ART CLASSES an opportunity create illustrations for a bilingual children’s conducting Workshops via Zoom for local high school (ONLINE) Check the foundation’s site for various classes SANTA YNEZ VALLEY book that will depict local landmarks. Students are to drama students. Check site or call for more info. offered, for ages 5 to 18. Through Oct. 31 Paso Robles create their illustration on a paper template entry form. ongoing PCPA: The Pacifi c Conservatory Theatre, 800 20/20: A RETROSPECTIVE This spring, the Wildling Youth Arts Foundation, 3201 Spring St., Paso Robles, All illustrations shall be created using colored pencils S. College, Santa Maria, 805-922-8313, pcpa.org. 805-238-5825, pryaf.org. Museum of Art and Nature will mark its 20th anniversary only. Through Sept. 25 Abel Maldonado Community Youth with a special exhibition celebrating the Museum’s 20- Center, 600 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. SAN LUIS OBISPO STUDIOS ON THE PARK: ONLINE CLASSES AND year history in the Santa Ynez Valley. View the exhibit WORKSHOPS Check site for a variety of virtual classes Streams live on PCPA’s DIGITAL EXHIBITION: TERMINALLY OPTIMISTIC- online. Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. PCPA: ACTORS TALKBACK and workshops online. ongoing studiosonthepark.org. Instagram every Thursday and spotlights a different -THE PRINTS OF RACHAEL WINN YON This through Sept. 7 805-688-1082. wildlingmuseum.org/ Studios on the Park, 1130 Pine St., Paso Robles, 805- thespian guest each week. Hosted by Erik Stein. retrospective exhibition explores the prints of Rachael news/2020-retrospective. Wildling Museum of Art and 238-9800. Thursdays, 3:30 p.m. Free. pcpa.org. PCPA: The Pacifi c Winn Yon, who was joyous, adventurous, curious, and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang. Conservatory Theatre, Santa Maria, 805-922-8313. energetic. Her large personality is refl ected in her prints, THE ART OF FACE MASKS: VIRTUAL EXHIBIT This A literacy project that uses with playful imagery and imaginative scenes. You can group show reunites several artists from the museum’s PCPA READS AT HOME our students’ learning to serve children and parents who view this digital exhibition at SLOMA.org. Mondays- CULTURE & 2019 exhibit, The Art of Dress, including Georganne Alex, are learning at home. Co-hosted by Allan Hancock College Sundays. through Sept. 27 Free. sloma.org/exhibition/ Carole Coduti, Gwen Samuels, and others. ongoing Free. and the Santa Maria-Bonita School District to bring a love terminally-optimistic/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, artoffacemasks.com. Elverhoj Museum of History and LIFESTYLE of stories and language to people right in their homes. 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 543-8562. Art, 1624 Elverhoy Way, Solvang, 805-686-1211. ongoing PCPA: The Pacifi c Conservatory Theatre, 800 S. SLO CAMERA CLUB Online Zoom meetings and LOMPOC/VANDENBERG A MIGHTY OAK: PERMANENT EXHIBIT ONLINE College, Santa Maria, 805-922-8313, pcpa.org. competitions. Everyone is welcome. Visit site for GOOD MORNING LOMPOC The show is hosted by Depicts the habitat around a Valley oak–one of the largest The Valley meeting links. Second Thursday of every month Free to Lompoc locals Michelle and Jeremy Ball, who aim to and old trees found in our area. View the artwork online. SMPL VALLEY READS BOOK CLUB Reads Book club meets very month on the fourth guest. slocameraclub.org/home.shtml. SLO Guild Hall, keep the community connected while staying home at ongoing Free. Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Tuesday (now over the phone). Interested community 2880 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 805-543-0639. the same time. Episodes are also available to watch Mission Dr., Solvang, 805-688-1082, wildlingmuseum.org. members should email [email protected] to SLOMA: WEEKLY ART PROJECTS Kids can enjoy on YouTube after they’re streamed live. Mondays, REMEMBERING BUD BOTTOMS: A LEGACY OF join. ongoing 805-925-0994. Santa Maria Public Library, new activities from home (posted online every Monday). Wednesdays, Fridays, 8:30 a.m. Facebook, Online, ART AND ACTIVISM This online exhibit features sea 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. Mondays sloma.org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Inquire for Facebook address. life sculpture works by the Santa Barbara artist locally- Every Tuesday 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 543-8562. renowned for his iconic Dolphin Family sculpture installed TECH TALKS: LIVE ON INSTAGRAM SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS at the base of Stearns Wharf. Through Sept. 22 Free. sit down with one of our technical staff and learn about VIRTUAL ART GALLERY Every Friday, we publish our BIZ MASTERS TOASTMASTERS TUESDAYS: Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., the ins and outs of their craft. Get the exclusive with our Virtual Art Gallery to our blog and newsletter. Featuring ZOOM Learn more about Toastmasters, prepare for ‘Your Solvang, 805-688-1082, wildlingmuseum.org. host Erik Stein. Tuesdays, 3:30 p.m. PCPA: The Pacifi c artworks from customers and the community. Fridays, 9 Conservatory Theatre, 800 S. College, Santa Maria, a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 805-747-4200. artcentralslo.wordpress. Competitive Future’, and improve your communication SB COUNTY AND BEYOND Photographic landscapes 805-922-8313, pcpa.org. com/category/gallery-exhibits/virtual-gallery/. Art and leadership skills. Zoom Meeting ID: 317 198 472 by George Rose. View online. ongoing Free. Wildling (Password: 630). Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. through Dec. 15 WINE AND DESIGN VIRTUAL CLASSES Check Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang, Free. 805-570-0620. Santa Maria Airport, 3249 Terminal Wine and Design’s Orcutt website for the complete list VIRTUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION This year, the 805-688-1082, wildlingmuseum.org. Dr., Santa Maria. of virtual classes online, for various ages. Also Cuesta College Harold J Miossi Student Exhibition SOLVANG SCHOOL: INSPIRED BY NATURE offering kids camps for summer. ongoing went online. View student work, including the Salon FLA’S VIRTUAL SUMMER YOUTH SUMMIT View the exhibit online. Features photography Varies. wineanddesign.com/orcutt. Wine des Refuses, on the website. Mondays-Sundays Scholarships ranging from $250 to $1,000 will be by 29 Solvang School Yearbook and Media and Design, 3420 Orcutt Road, suite hjmgallery2020studentshow.org/. Harold J. Miossi awarded. This virtual event will also include daily raffl es. students. The students, grades 7 – 8, 105, Orcutt. Gallery, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo, 805-546-3202. Through Aug. 6, 12-3 p.m. futureleadersnow.org. Future were inspired by philosopher Henry David Leaders of America, 110 S. Lincoln St., suite 103, Santa Thoreau’s quote: “All good things are wild Maria, 805-925-1010. and free.” ongoing Free. Wildling Museum of New Times and the Sun now share their HUMAN BEING SUPPORT AND INSPIRATION Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang, community listings for a complete Central INDEX ONLINE GROUP An online group to listen and get 805-688-1082, wildlingmuseum.org. Coast calendar running from SLO County through support from others from the comfort of your own Arts ...... [13] home. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. $40 monthly subscription. SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS northern Santa Barbara County. Submit events online by logging in with your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account 805-598-1509. divining.weebly.com. Divine Inspiration, AUDITIONS: LIVE RADIO PLAY Auditions will be held Culture & Lifestyle ...... [13] 947 E Orange St., Santa Maria. in Studio 3, consisting of cold readings from the War of at newtimesslo.com. You may also email calendar@ newtimesslo.com. Deadline is one week before the issue VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS OVER ZOOM Visit site or the Worlds script. Roles of various ages needed. Actors Food & Drink ...... [15] call to learn about various virtual workshop offerings. will play multiple roles. Performances run in October. date on Thursdays. Submissions are subject to editing ongoing Varies. Unwind Studio, 130 N. Broadway, suite Aug. 10, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. 805-973-7264. Orcutt and approval. Contact Calendar Editor Caleb Wiseblood B, Santa Maria, 805-748-2539, unwindsantamaria.com. Community Theater (Klein Dance Arts), 3546 Skyway Dr, directly at [email protected]. Music ...... [15] Bldg. 1, Suite A, Orcutt, orcuttcommunitytheater.com. CULTURE & LIFESTYLE continued page 14
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The shower trailer will CENTRAL COAST SUMMER SLIM DOWN A be located between the library and parking structure. 12-week program. Shed those extra pounds and learn Toiletries provided. Sundays, 1-3 p.m. Free. San Luis which foods work with your unique body. ongoing, 8 Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo. a.m.-7 p.m. Call for price and schedule. 805-235-7978. HOW TO THRIVE ON THE COVID ROLLERCOASTER: gratefulbodyhealthcoaching.com. Grateful Body, 850 CURBSIDE PICKUP, ECOMMERCE, ONLINE Shasta, Morro Bay. COVID-19 has truly impacted small RELATIONSHIPS MIDSUMMER MADNESS SUCCULENT PLANTS business owners and the communities they serve. Join to AND POTTERY SALE Four vendors will present a explore the 3 key pieces to thriving in this new marketplace. great plant selection and handmade pots with reasonable Aug. 14, 12-1 p.m. Free. 805-595-1357. mcscorp.org/ AUG. 6 - AUG. 13 prices. Masks/distancing required. Sellers are Steve workshops. 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14 • Sun • August 6 - August 13, 2020 • www.santamariasun.com PHOTO COURTESY OF CREATIVE ME TIME HOT STUFF from page 14 FOOD & DRINK SANTA YNEZ VALLEY KALYRA: PURCHASES AND PICK-UPS Offering varietals from all over the world. Tuesdays-Sundays, 12-5 p.m. 805-693-8864. kalyrawinery.com. Kalyra Winery, 343 N. Refugio Rd., Santa Ynez. STANDING SUN: PURCHASES AND DELIVERIES Winning Visit site for Cellar Club details and more info. Mondays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 805-691-9413. standingsunwines.com. Standing Sun Wines, 92 2nd St., Unit D, Buellton, 805-691-9413. LOMPOC/VANDENBERG 15 FLYING GOAT CELLARS: APPOINTMENT AND PICK-UPS This winery specializes in Pinot Noir and Images sparkling wine. Call or check site for pick-up and appointment info. Mondays, Thursdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. 805-736-9032. flyinggoatcellars.com. Flying Goat Cellars, 1520 Chestnut Court, Lompoc. The entry SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS PRESQU’ILE WINERY: RESERVATIONS ONLY Call or go online to make a reservation (reservations open to the public starting June 6). ongoing Presqu’ile period for our Winery, 5391 Presqu’ile Dr., Santa Maria, 805-937-8110, presquilewine.com. 25th Annual SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY THE MOSAIC ARROYO GRANDE FARMERS MARKET Saturdays, 12-2:25 p.m. Arroyo Grande Farmers Market, Olohan NEVER STOPPED Photography Alley, Arroyo Grande. Pre-registration is now open for Mosaics for Beginners, a virtual workshop to be co- SAN LUIS OBISPO hosted by Creative Me Time and Art Center 100 PICNICS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION To-go Morro Bay on Sunday, Aug. 23, from 10 to Contest & picnic fundraiser. Order now to pick-up on Aug. 15. Only 11 a.m. Participants can learn the basics $50 for a picnic for 4. Enjoy SLO locally sourced food, of creating a mosaic from the comfort of beer and wine, and complimentary gifts. Fundraiser their own homes. Supplies will be available Exhibition also includes a raffle and online auction.Aug. 15, 11 for pickup; call (805) 286-5993 or visit a.m.-1 p.m. $50. themondayclubslo.org/100-PICNICS. Kathleen Gerber, 2019 The Monday Club, 1815 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, creativemetime.com for details. The gallery 805-541-0594. is located at 835 Main St., Morro Bay. begins on — C.W. PALATE RAP WITH JAKE AND JOSH BECKETT Join Jake and Josh Beckett, the second generation of Peachy Canyon as they have fun with virtual tasting. Aug. 8, 4-6 p.m. Donations accepted. my805tix.com. August 20 Aug. 14, 5:30-6 p.m. Complimentary. 805-237-1577. Point San Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach. peachycanyon.com/. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID. DIRTY CELLO: BLUES AND BLUEGRASS ON SLO FARMERS MARKET Hosts more than 60 CELLO A virtual offering. Aug. 15, 6 p.m. Clark Center for vendors. Saturdays, 8-10:45 a.m. World Market Parking the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande, Lot, 325 Madonna Rd., San Luis Obispo. 805-489-9444, clarkcenter.org. Entries are due by NORTH SLO COUNTY RESINATION: VIRTUAL CONCERT Aug. 8, 6 p.m. bigbigslo.com. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 5pm September 7 VIRTUAL WINE TASTING PACKAGES AT CASS Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande, 805-489-9444. WINERY Wine by the glass and bottles are also available for purchase. Check site for specific virtual SAN LUIS OBISPO tasting packages. ongoing Free. 805-239-1730. casswines.com/. Cass Winery And Vineyard, 7350 Linne THE DAYS BETWEEN CELEBRATION: VIRTUAL CATEGORIES: Rd., Paso Robles. Featuring Jerrys Middle Finger. Aug. 8, 6 p.m. bigbigslo. com. SLO Brew Rock, 855 Aerovista Pl., San Luis Obispo, (805) 543-1843. ANIMALS
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VIRTUAL STAGE PHOTO COURTESY OF PCPA PLAYS ON PHOTO COURTESY OF PCPA PLAYS ON Arts Briefs Gallery Los Olivos’ online exhibit showcases local 16 landscapes from Terri Taber, Carol Talley IMAGE COURTESY OF TERRI TABER
HISTORICAL CONTEXT: Yusef Seevers hosts a two-part During the month of August, Gallery Los Olivos’ new workshop series, Black Theatre, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, and website, Gallery Los Olivos Online, will be exhibiting landscapes Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 6 to 7 p.m. both evenings. The by local painters Terri Taber and Carol Talley. Visitors of the site ABBY ROAD: Abby Hogan, left, holds a painting of the stage floor design for PCPA’s 2019 production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. classes will cover parallels between specific plays and the can view more than 20 different paintings from each artist, Hogan, PCPA scenic artist, planned an Aug. 5 virtual workshop on the art and craft of creating stage floors—which she describes real-time experiences of Black Americans during the period in which are also available for sale. Deliveries are free to buyers as the most important scenic element of the theater. which the plays were written. within Santa Barbara and the immediate surrounding area, or purchases can be shipped for an additional charge. prepare yourself for teamwork—mainly breathing Specializing in pastels, Taber resides in Santa Barbara and and emotional prep—while also now looking at enjoys painting countryside landscapes. One of her goals as a how we translate these things to a virtual medium.” landscape artist is to “provide to others through her artwork An emphasis on the virtual realm is the freedom that she feels in these wide open spaces,” appropriately shared by many classes in the according to press materials. Taber is a member of the Pastel Zoom series, including PCPA Casting Director Society of the West Coast, the Pastel Society of America, the Mise-ensemble Erik Stein’s Video Auditioning workshops. While Santa Barbara Art Association, and the Goleta Art Association. Designers, directors, and actors lend their unique perspectives seemingly timely during the course of quarantine, For more info on the artist, visit territaber.com. virtual auditions were already integral to most An art graduate of the University of California (Santa Cruz), to PCPA’s Community Enrichment workshops theater programs, he explained. Talley uses her abstract landscapes to “evoke the sense of both “Video auditions are not only the future of the the familiar and the mysterious,” according to press materials, BY CALEB WISEBLOOD she said. “I was privileged to have so many theater industry, they are a reality,” Stein said. with emphasis on color, texture, and atmosphere. Famed lthough the Marian Theatre’s doors remain encouraging mentors at Webster—Peter Sargent, “Nearly 50 percent of the actors PCPA brings in actor and Monty Python co-founder John Cleese is among the closed, scenic artist Abby Hogan recently Dottie Marshall, and Carolyn Ross—who really for our summer seasons audition by video. It is collectors of Talley’s work over the years. Visit caroltalley.com shed some light on a crucial aspect of the helped point me in the right direction.” A But Hogan also commented on the synergy challenging to find a theater training program to find out more about the painter. venue that often gets overlooked and, quite that does not have a video element to their Gallery Los Olivos, which remains closed until further notice, literally, walked all over—the stage floor, that is. required between stage lighting and painting. audition process. showcases watercolors, oils, acrylics, pastels, photography, Hogan planned to host Painting Floors the “The floor also needs to be able to react well with “We hope to give the students the skills to create and other media from more than 50 artists residing in Santa PCPA Way on Wednesday, Aug. 5, as part of the lighting to help the lighting designer illustrate Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties. Call (805) PCPA Plays On: Community Enrichment, the things like mood and time of day,” she said. video auditions like a pro,” he added, commenting 688-7517 or visit gallerylosolivos.com for more info. company’s ongoing virtual workshop series. Hogan first joined PCPA as an intern in the on the class. “We will talk about framing, lighting, The gallery’s new online exhibit runs through Monday, Aug. “The floor is the most important scenic element props department, during the summer of 1986, in sound, and we will focus on capturing authentic, m 31, and is available to view for free at gallerylosolivosonline. of our theater because the audience sits on a tiered between terms at Webster. After graduating from raw, layered work.” faso.com. rake above stage, and most of the audience see Webster, Hogan was soon offered the staff scenic the actors with the floor as the actors’ backdrop,” artist position at PCPA. Arts Editor Caleb Wiseblood is behind the curtain at Hogan told the Sun. “It is the largest, As one of several PCPA resident [email protected]. Nipomo-based artist group artists participating in the FILE PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIK STEIN most visual element in the theater Come play with us announces new virtual show and it allows us to create realistic Community Enrichment series, To find out more about PCPA some of Hogan’s peers include actor locations, like a wood plank floor in Plays On and its Community and sale for September a rustic cabin or marble tile interior Yusef Seevers, who was last seen IMAGE COURTESY OF KAREN FIELDS Enrichment workshops, visit on PCPA’s Severson stage in The floor in the von Trapp family estate.” pcpa.org. Admission to join Tragedy of Julius Caesar, less than a The design of the stage floor also the classes is free, but pre- serves as a “broad stroke,” Hogan registration is required. week before COVID-19 mitigation explained, that helps support the measures forced the show to end its director’s overall vision for the tone run early. and atmosphere of the play. One of Seevers’ upcoming two-part workshops Hogan, who first began scenic painting for is Black Theatre, which guests will be able to join PCPA in the mid ’80s, offered a virtual trip down via Zoom on Wednesday, Aug. 12, and Wednesday, memory lane—via Zoom—as she prepared to Aug. 26, from 6 to 7 p.m. both evenings. The two share a handful of her favorite floors she and her classes will cover parallels between specific plays students have painted over the past three decades, and the real-time experiences of Black Americans Between Saturday, Sept. 5, and Monday, Sept. 7, the for Jesus Christ Superstar, Tommy, Shrek, and other during the period in which the plays were written. community will be able to view and shop from a new virtual shows. While Black Theatre is recommended for art show and sale at nipomoartists.com. This collaborative She also was planning to take viewers further ages 12 and older, Seevers is also participating website was formed by a group of Central Coast artists hoping back to floor designs before her time with PCPA, in PCPA’s Youth Enrichment series for younger to exhibit and possibly sell their works online amid gallery covering the company’s ’70s and ’80s productions students. Workshops include There is no ‘I’ in closures during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. of Fiddler on the Roof and My Fair Lady. Team, an ensemble acting class co-hosted by Artworks for sale will range from various media, including “Some of our audience members may be Seevers and Leo Cortez, PCPA’s education and paintings, jewelry, functional and decorative ceramics, and surprised at how the stage deck has evolved over outreach director. more. To find out more about the art show, call (805) 633-0796 the last half century,” said Hogan, who originally “Participants can expect to learn some details or email [email protected]. m pursued a different theater concentration during her that will help them understand the importance of STEP-BY-STEP: “We hope to give the students the skills to time at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. an ensemble and the teamwork needed to make create video auditions like a pro,” Erik Stein said, commenting Arts Briefs is compiled by Arts Editor Caleb Wiseblood. Send “When I first started studying theater in a production happen,” Seevers said. “The work on his Video Auditioning workshops. Stein released his book on information to [email protected]. college, I thought I wanted to do lighting,” and exercises I will focus on are all about how to auditioning, No Caution!, in 2019.
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TUB TIME: Ready to relax at Sycamore Mineral Springs, I wait for the hot tub to fill up completely before stepping in. There’s also a NOW OPEN faucet for cold water, just in case I overdo it. THROUGH SEPTEMBER I know this haiku won’t change your mind, but read it anyway:
Hot tub haiku Some call it crazy Walk through a beautiful A day of reflection, Hot coffee in a hot tub garden while nearly 1,000 live Double ecstasy. relaxation, and poetry butterflies flutter freely around at Sycamore Mineral Springs, I also have some reading material to enjoy while I finish my coffee in the tub: a collection you. The exhibit features a inspired by Ghost of Tsushima of free brochures I acquired from the hotel lobby while checking in the previous day. While many dazzling variety of butterflies, BY CALEB WISEBLOOD of them cover theme parks like Six Flags, Knott’s from local favorites to exotic can’t seem to get Ghost of Tsushima (2020) Berry Farm, and Universal Studios, there are out of my head, so I’m taking it with me—in several local destinations in the mix too. tropical varieties. Learn about Ispirit at least (get it?) to the Sycamore Mineral One thing they all have in common is their Springs Resort and Spa in Avila Beach, where inevitable closures over the course of the the life cycle and behavior of I’ve booked a room for the night as a week-early pandemic, making the brochures inaccurate these spectacular invertebrates birthday gift to myself. and seemingly obsolete. But these errors make Since renting one of the resort’s hillside hot them feel more valuable to me; artifacts from an while observing them up close. tubs is not currently an option due to COVID-19 alternate universe. related health and safety concerns, I splurge on the hotel room just for the chance to soak in my Outdated brochures own private tub. But where does a new video Remnants of the old normal game about 13th century samurai warriors fit into this equation? Forever postponed. Jin Sakai, the game’s protagonist, frequents a variety of hot springs during his travels, where he I base my third and final haiku around the stops to rest and reflect (and regain or maximize brochure for the Great American Melodrama his health in the process). I can’t recall another in Oceano, a venue I deeply miss. The catalog video game that emulates the feeling of soaking advertises for The Perils of Pismo Peg and Other your worries away (drowning your characters in Tall Tales, a musical spoof that was originally The Sims can be cathartic, but that deserves its scheduled to open in mid July. I think my last own article). poem is only semi-enjoyable without that context But another unique aspect of Ghost of though, because it forces readers to wonder who Tsushima is its haiku sequences. I’m not the most Pismo Peg is. experienced gamer, but I can’t for the life of me remember ever playing a game that incorporates I should be watching poetry composition. I’m sure I’ll regret saying The Perils of Pismo Peg that later after Googling the subject, but at least I Fate had other plans. m can remain true about my own inaugural poetry experience within a video game. I remember Arts Editor Caleb Wiseblood is counting his Reservations required via sbnature.org/tickets. saving Princess Peach as a kid, but never writing syllables at [email protected]. her a sonnet. I thought to myself, why not combine the two—hot tubbing and haiku writing—for a double dose of reflection during my hedonistic birthday adventure. Fade in: As I turn the faucet, hot water from the mineral springs fills the tub outside my hotel room on the private patio. I wait for the tub to fill completely before stepping in. It’s blissful. Heavenly. I just close my eyes and sit there. I admittedly do not attempt composing a poem at this time. PRESENTED BY: Schipper Construction, But the next morning, I step back in the tub for Santa Barbara Independent, Voice Magazine, El Latino, a second dip. My mind is fresh, and I’m feeling Noozhawk, Santa Maria Sun, and Ventura County Reporter. inspired to try writing something; plus I’ve got MULTITASKING: I know what you’re thinking, drinking hot coffee. I know what you’re thinking, drinking hot coffee while hot tubbing early in the morning sounds like coffee while hot tubbing sounds like overkill. And overkill, but I love it. Especially with some reading material.
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SUN SCREEN PHOTO COURTESY OF ANONYMOUS CONTENT pedophile Leonard Patz (Daniel Henshall)—who amazing boost by the regularly walks through the park where Rifkin’s appearance of J.K. stabbed body was discovered. Seems like an easy Simmons as “Bloody” Did he or case, but soon thanks to comments on an online Billy Barber, Andy’s message board, the DA shifts its attention from estranged father serving Patz to Jacob, and due to the obvious confl ict time for murder. Did the 18 of interest, Andy is replaced by his ambitious senior Barber pass on didn’t he? colleague, Neal Loguidice (Pablo Schreiber). This the “murder gene” to his reated by writer Mark Bomback (Live Free or sets up the court case to follow. grandson? Also added Die Hard, The Wolverine, The Art of Racing Anna: It’s no secret that I love a courtroom to the mix is Cherry in the Rain) based on William Landay’s 2012 drama, and Defending Jacob manages to keep Jones as Jacob’s defense C both satisfaction and mystery at the forefront. attorney, Joanna Klein, novel of the same name, the story revolves around Assistant District Attorney Andy Barber (Chris Let’s face it—teenagers aren’t usually the best who usually battles Andy Evans); his wife, Laurie (Michelle Dockery); and decision-makers, and when Jacob is put under in court—but this case scrutiny, he waffl es under pressure. He’s not now fi nds the former their 14-year-old son, Jacob (Jaeden Martell), who supposed to be on social media, except secretly opponents both working is accused of murdering a classmate. Their world he is still, and he’s holed up in his house with on Jacob’s behalf. Twists PARENTS’ NIGHTMARE: When Jacob (Jaeden Martell, center) is accused of murdering a now torn upside down, Andy and Laurie believe only his parents for company. His friends for the and turns await! Who’s classmate, his father, Andy (Chris Evans), and mother, Laurie (Michelle Dockery), do everything to their son is innocent, but as evidence mounts and most part have turned on him, and the rumors the mysterious Father prove his innocence, in Defending Jacob, available on Apple TV. the plot thickens, the parents fi ght their own battle and accusations won’t stop fl ying. Evans does a O’Leary (William between loyalty to their son and justice for the fantastic job playing the young boy’s father and Xifaras), who seems to (Betty Gabriel), who sticks by him and actually victim. (eight episodes totaling 402 min.) advocate, while Dockery is amazing as the ever be watching the Barber residence from his old spends time with him while he awaits trial, is a more doubtful and ever more on edge mother hulking Lincoln sedan? In another neat twist, brief light in a long dark tunnel. Even Andy gets Glen: This delicious, multilayered mystery is whose own life and position get pulled away from we see fl ash-forwards to a grand jury proceeding caught looking not so innocent when he fi nds and cleverly designed to keep viewers pinballing her in all the drama. There’s no in which Loguidice aggressively questions Andy. decides to destroy some evidence before it can be between “did he or didn’t he do clean ending here, and that’s what We’re in the dark about what it’s concerning, but found. I won’t go into spoilers here, but the twists it?” We see the Barbers’ happy DEFENDING JACOB this series does best—it will make clearly something else has happened that isn’t home life and normal parent/child that fi nished off the series left me with my mouth What’s it rated? TV-MA you argue over and over about it revealed until the very end. Mystery fans, this is agape and also furious that I still didn’t know relationship—a loving marriage What’s it worth, Anna? Full price in your own head. What wouldn’t worth the 400 minutes, and if you know the novel, what the answer was. It’s a crime-drama lover’s and seemingly healthy nuclear What’s it worth, Glen? Full price you do for your child? What are don’t expect the ending to be the same. It’s not. dream and nightmare. I’m still thinking about family. When Andy, a highly Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus you willing to force yourself into Anna: Perhaps it’s the ambiguity that makes ❍ respected attorney and pillar of his believing for their sake? What it even more convincing; after all, many cases this one. suburban community, is assigned really happened here? It’s all a that make it to a jury trial are not black-and- to teenager Ben Rifkin’s murder, he seems like jumble and a mystery, and it kept me on my toes white and easily sussed out. Jacob himself is a New Times Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey and the perfect man for the job—thorough, tenacious the entire time. quiet, seemingly normal kid. But then again, the freelancer Anna Starkey write Sun Screen. Glen in the courtroom, and fair-minded. As the case Glen: It’s a very effective character-driven story, murder victim was his bully, and there are many compiles streaming listings. Comment at gstarkey@ proceeds, a possible suspect emerges—convicted and the principal actors are terrifi c. It gets an signs that point to his guilt. His one friend, Pam newtimesslo.com.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ZIPPER BROS FILMS THE POSTCARD KILLINGS TREAD Film Reviews What’s it rated? Not rated What’s it rated? Not rated PHOTO COURTESY OF GOOD FILMS COLLECTIVE When? 2020 When? 2020 Where’s it showing? Hulu Where’s it showing? Netflix Danis Tanovic (No Man’s Land, Death in Sarajevo) directs On June 4, 2002, personally aggrieved master welder this crime thriller based on the book by Liza Marklund and Marvin Heemeyer unleashed his fury on the town of Granby, James Patterson about NYC police detective Jacob Kanon Colorado, when he drove his heavily fortified 63-ton (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) whose daughter and her new husband bulldozer through town, systematically destroying the are murdered while on their honeymoon in London. businesses and government buildings of those he believed As local authorities seemingly drag their feet on the investigation, Kanon soon deduces that his daughter’s had wronged him. The two-hour rampage resulted in more murder is the work of a pair of serial killers butchering young than $8 million in damages. married couples throughout Europe and arranging their Documentarian Paul Solet—using archival footage bodies in macabre ways that mirror classical art works—the and sound recordings, contemporary interviews with those killings connected by postcards sent after each act. involved, and re-creations of events using actors—explores VIGILANTE INJUSTICE? Tread, a new documentary The story certainly plays like a mystery novel, with the man, his motives, and what led to his breaking point. available on Netfl ix, explores a 2004 fortifi ed-bulldozer It’s a fascinating examination of perception. Was random moments seen early on turning out to be important rampage orchestrated by Marvin Heemeyer, a master Heemeyer, who was well-liked and respected by his friends, clues, and major plot twists cropping up. Unfortunately, welder who felt wronged by the movers and shakers in there isn’t anything particularly fresh about this film, and really the victim of an orchestrated campaign to diminish MOURNING FATHER: NYC police detective Jacob Kanon Granby, Colorado. (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) tracks a pair of serial killers its overarching bleakness drains it of potential pulp-trash him, or was he the victim of his own paranoia? Whichever butchering young married couples throughout Europe, in possibilities, but for a first-run film free with your Hulu way you’re persuaded, there’s no debating his actions were subscription, it’s worth a look. (104 min.) anything short of outsized and outlandish! (89 min.) ❍ Sun film reviews are compiled by New Times Senior Staff Writer The Postcard Killings, a murder mystery screening on Hulu. —Glen Starkey —Glen Glen Starkey. Contact him at [email protected].
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TREASURE CHEST: Launched last fall, J&R Natural Meat and Sausage’s Nourish Meat Club has taken off since March. The meat club offers a variety of local, humanely raised grass-fed beef cuts, pasteurized pork, and free-range chicken with your choice of add-ons.
we’re seeing our customers and that we’re able to help them out, since grocery stores are seeing a OLD-SCHOOL: Saunter on up to the meat The meat of it shortage. counter at the J&R Natural Meat and “It’s also turning more and more people on to Sausage butcher shop in Paso Robles and Demand for locally sourced local meat and grass-fed meat as the alternative,” rewind to the old-school ’50s butcher. she said. “It’s the silver lining.” The coolers were stocked with a variety of meat rises as the Central The latest news at J&R is the Nourish Meat local meat and food essentials. Coast feels the pinch of Club, with monthly, quarterly, and bimonthly meat selections of grass-fed beef, pasteurized pork, PHOTO BY BETH GIUFFRE and free-range chicken. And you can add items on nationwide shortages as well—like grass-fed beef hot dogs or fresh sage Get nourished BY BETH GIUFFRE and ginger bulk sausage. J&R Natural Meat and Sausage offers its Nourish Meat Kroeker said they launched the Nourish mixed Club, a box of fresh, local meat that can be delivered anywhere inding good local meat right now makes one meat box program last November, just a few in California. Visit jrmeats.csaware.com/store to fi nd out more. feel like a pirate searching for pieces of eight months before lockdowns for COVID-19. J&R’s USDA-inspected meat processing center and butcher and buried treasure. F “It’s purely coincidence that there’s this shortage shop is located at 3450 Riverside Ave., Paso Robles, (805) Demand is up, impacting the ability to going on,” she said. “It really started taking off in 237-8100; it also has a shop at 1121 Rossi Road, Templeton, process local supply, thanks in part to the March and April. People didn’t want to go to the (805) 434-5050. Visit jrmeats.com for more info. COVID-19 coronavirus’ impacts across the state. store, and there was a delivery option for locals.” safety policies are in place, and curbside pickup is available at J&R Natural Meat and Sausage’s butcher shop both locations. The Nourish program offers free delivery has been holding the line as one of our only anywhere in California, and J&R just launched livestock processor of meats between Northern a new website for Nourish. If you’re up in North receiving livestock from the Mid-State Fair.” Santa Barbara and SLO counties. Excluding SLO County, I fi nd it’s faster to pick up your At the J&R butcher shop, you can fi nd a variety strictly butcher shops (that’s a whole other animal) subscription in the Templeton or Paso store— of meats and meat boxes, specializing in grass-fed and all you crafty homesteader Barbara Kingsolver curbside is available. beef and lamb, pasture-raised pork, free-range types, the only other butchering facilities in the J&R’s harvest schedule has been booked from poultry, and hand-crafted sausages and bacon. county are the Arroyo Grande Meat Company June all the way into October, Kroeker said. “It’s a You can also fi nd more exotic meats for different and the J and G Lau Family Meat Processing new frontier for all of us—a really high demand tastes, including fresh rotisserie meats at the Center at Cal Poly. all of a sudden. ... So right now we’re mostly taking Templeton store. They make it their goal to have Recently, I noticed a sign at the glass door of USDA customers who sell at farmers’ markets or a fresh local supply of naturally grown beef, pork, J&R Meats’ Paso Robles butcher shop, located just who sell at stores. We’re taking customers who are lamb, buffalo, and chicken on a regular basis, and off the 101 near the Mid-State Fairgrounds: Due to selling to other customers.” both locations have a selection of spices, sauces, BRINGIN’ HOME THE BACON: Finally, I got myself a good- high demand of meat processing, there will be no But if you think the butchers are busy now, just cheeses, and other essential products. looking grass-fed beef box from J&R Meat and Sausage. I butchering of wild game. wait until the fi rst weeks in August. The California They’re busy, but locals know you want the real added on applewood smoked bacon and pork ribs. The Nourish According to Carmen Kroeker, J&R business Mid-State Fair held a virtual livestock auction July deal—talk to owner/partner Jim Fogle or Jerry Meat Club boxes can be delivered anywhere in the state. manager, the reason our local ranchers and hunters 22 to 25. Between Aug. 2 and 10, the livestock will Christiansen, retail and wholesale manager. Laird haven’t been able to get their meat processed is that be headed toward J&R for butchering. Foshay is owner/partner as well, and another meeting to keep the morale up. the statewide demand for local meat is up. “A lot of the 4-H and FFA students did not person you need to know at J&R. “We’re a small business, kind of like a little family “We’ve seen an increase of local farmers and participate this year,” Kroeker said, as the Not everyone in the cutting room at J&R is here, so we all feel it when it’s stressful,” she said. ranchers who have a higher demand from their coronavirus threw a wrench into the iconic Paso called a butcher, and they have about 25 employees “We all try to remember the positive about it.” ❍ customers, so they’re bringing more livestock to tradition of the live auction. at the main processing center. They’re working fi ve process here—a lot of grass-fed beef—a lot of local “It was challenging for all parties involved,” at a table, for long hours these days—usually 60 Contributing writer Beth Giuffre is bringing home pork, lamb,” Kroeker said, adding that their two Kroeker said, noting that one of the fair’s main hours a week. the best applewood smoked bacon on the Central retail butcher shops in Paso and Templeton have buyers was unable to purchase livestock this With long hours and high demand, Kroeker Coast. Send BLT ingredients through the editor at seen an increase in demand. “It’s been good that year. “There are quite a few less, but we are still said they touch base once a week for a good team [email protected].
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