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A healthy pour
Every morning a predictably loyal congregation assembles to join its minister in thanksgiving for traditional, and frequent, libations. The members of the flock begin to drip in at 8 (or 7:30 on the Sabbath). That’s when they saddle up, to bow at the altar of McCarthy’s, just as they have for nearly 50 years. # In…
Is that a bat in your pocket or…
 A party last Saturday night at a Grand Ave. residence in SLO ended in violence, when a disgruntled guest allegedly began assaulting people with a bat. According to police reports, 20-year-old Christopher Rose of SLO was arguing with another guest, when he produced a small, metal bat from his pants and started swinging it through…
Gardiner Files
It’s official. Jim Gardiner, former SLO Chief of Police, filed papers last Thursday in his quest to unseat the county’s top cop,Sheriff Pat Hedges.  Gardiner faced off against Hedges in 1998, but lost by about 1400 votes.  “The reason I’m running this time, and this is pretty much where I want to keep it, is…
Shredder’s gone wild
Spring Break is literally just around the corner for Cal Poly students. Seriously. It called me and asked me to tell you that it’s running a little late, but it’ll be here in a few minutes. It just stopped off at the liquor store to get a couple more kegs and some red plastic cups.…
Make life work
Athletes have coaches to help improve their game. Performers have coaches to make the most of their god-given talents. We coach women through childbirth and teenagers through their SAT’s. We even coach coaches to coach. But when it comes to life, the greatest challenge of them all, it sometimes seems as if we’re on our…
FAST FACTS
Imagine receiving a deluxe spa treatment in the privacy of your own home. Or how about a luxurious massage in the comfort of your lush garden? Your fantasies have officially been elevated to the status of reality, thanks to the expert services of Spa Anywhere, a destination spa service that gracefully transforms your home, work,…
Systems overload
If you’re thinking of applying for public assistance, you might want to schedule your meeting well in advance. If you’re already scheduled for an appointment, set aside plenty of time to wait. This is the message being sent out throughout the county by the Department of Social Services as it prepares to overhaul its computer…
More than books…it’s our future!
Sometimes it is easy to take the basic necessities of life for granted. While there may be a debate on what the basic necessities are, although they certainly include air, water, food, shelter and love, and what was a basic necessity yesterday may not seem like a basic necessity today, and when we lose one…
Letters
One of “the rest of usâ€? I am truly impressed with your press coverage of the “FUNdraiserâ€? for the SLO Little Theatre (“Legends of Little Theatreâ€?, New Times, March 9). I am certain the theater is very grateful.  However, I wish to take issue with and personal offense of Ms. Meserve, who made some very blatant…
Two campaigning against Katcho
Growth on the Nipomo Mesa is a major campaign issue for both candidates who are challenging 4th District county supervisor Katcho Achadjian in the June 6 primary.  Chris McSweeney and Judith Wirsing filed their campaign papers last week. Wirsing, who’s served six years on the board of the Nipomo Community Services District, has said she’s…
Sewage, swimmers, and sea otters
A surging wave of protest is rising in Morro Bay over the continuing discharge of partially-treated sewage into the ocean, near one of the area’s most popular swimming and surfing beaches.  # More than 300 people have written or e-mailed the Regional Water Quality Control Board to object to a clean-up timeline of nearly ten…
New owners for the Trib
 The Tribune, that other newspaper in San Luis Obispo, has been sold—part of a huge deal in which the relatively small McClatchy Company purchased the large Knight Ridder chain. According to an article published in The Tribune, McClatchy was about one-third the size of Knight Ridder before purchasing the newspaper giant for $4.5 billion, assuming…
Capps faces ag man
Though virtually anyone who pays attention to local media already knew that Victor Tognazzini was eyeing Lois Capps’s 23rd congressional seat for the upcoming election, the general manager of Tri-Valley Vegetable Harvesting held a small press conference at the Santa Maria Inn on March 10 to formally announce his candidacy. In front of about 30 supporters…
