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Growing up meth
When most young children are crawling on the floor, eating Cheerios, and learning to walk, the children of meth are navigating needles, hazardous chemicals, and drugs. In living rooms and bedrooms, children of meth users get a front-row seat for the frightening scene of a country struggling to deal with a drug problem, and they…
Inmate hangs self in county jail
A 42-year-old convicted sex offender committed suicide in the San Luis Obispo County jail last week, hours before officials were to transport him to the Wasco State Prison for a 71-year prison term. Eugene Sloan, a Santa Maria resident, was convicted in 2004 of raping a 40-year-old Los Osos woman. It was his fourth sex…
Back to school
Diligent army recruiters are preparing, like students, for the school year. They’ve spent the summer contacting school officials, offering their help, and anticipating the first day of school. They’ve sharpened their pencils and polished their boots. “The goal is school ownership that can only lead to a greater number of Army enlistments,” states the U.S.…
Gibson remembered
Memorial services for Chris Gibson, who drowned in Cayucos Creek July 26, will be held 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, at Grace Church, 1350 Osos St., in San Luis Obispo. Gibson, a self-educated scholar and adventurer, was 51. -K.H.
More horses get West Nile
Six horses from north SLO County and one bird from the Cambria area have been infected with West Nile Virus within the last month, according to county health officials. Horses can avoid the deadly disease, which is transmitted from the bite of a mosquito, by getting vaccinated. -K.H.
Letters
The Shredder’s on a winning streak Shredder, much as it pains me, I have to compliment you on your “Naked truth” opinion piece (Aug. 18-25). You were right on. The vote by the Council majority that the nudity ordinance will only apply during Mardi Gras implies other ramifications you might wish to expose. You and…
Bamboo guru
Up a steep driveway that stems off of El Camino Real Road between Santa Margarita and Atascadero is a space of land with a unique ambiance. If you visit you might experience a subtle far-away feeling similar to the breezy carefree mood that the sound of Bossa Nova sets as you finish your last glass…
The ultimate solution for Los Osos
Every day we are faced with events that require our participation, that require a choice, that require us to be one way or the other. Every time that these occasions arise, we also are given the opportunity to change something about our response, our reaction, that will move us that much further along the path…
Explosive scene in Templeton
On Aug. 25, SLO County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a volatile scene in Templeton. According to a press release, the sheriff’s department had received a call from an “agitated” male named Bill Hernandez. Hernandez said he had rifles, ammunition, and hand grenades and was “ready to ‘rock and roll.'” According to the press release, he…
Trout raise $82,900 for homeless center
San Luis Obispo reeled in its Trout About Downtown public art exhibit on Saturday, Aug. 27, selling all 25 steelhead sculptures and raising over $82,000 for the Prado Day Center. A collaboration between the city, the chamber of commerce, the Downtown Association, and the arts community, Trout About Downtown raised about $15,000 from pre-auction sales…
Corrections
The vehicle in which 23-year-old Marcel Groesbeck died Aug. 23 was a car and not an SUV, as reported in last week’s New Times. In last week’s news story “Owner of moving company charged with felony fraud,” the deputy district attorney was misidentified. The attorney’s correct name is Peter Von Dohlen.
Help for victims of Hurricane Katrina
As the devastation along the Gulf Coast continues in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, volunteer forces from SLO and Santa Barbara counties are being marshaled to descend upon the ravaged area to lend a helping hand. SLO Red Cross worker Debbi Cristwell arrived Sunday at a Red Cross emergency relief site in Montgomery, Ala. “The…
Body of missing kayaker found
The body of Joseph Wilson, who was last seen Aug. 7 kayaking near Avila Beach, was found near the same beach Aug. 27. An autopsy revealed that he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Wilson, 41, was a guard at the California Men’s Colony and lived in Shell Beach.
Like sands through the hourglass
Of all the Central Coast cities to be throwing their weight around, the last two I’d expect to actually do so would be Guadalupe and Oceano. Guadalupe is too wrapped up in its incestuous political bickering to notice anything going on 30 feet outside of town. I’ll bet they couldn’t even get a city council…
Treefall before recall
A pair of excavators and about a dozen construction workers began bulldozing across the Tri-W proposed sewer site in Los Osos at 8:30 Tuesday morning, uprooting about 20 eucalyptus trees and clearing the way for the contentious middle-of-town wastewater treatment facility. With exactly four weeks remaining before the Sept. 27 CSD recall election, the event…
State suspends MD’s license for 30 days
The Medial Board of California has settled its case against a San Luis Obispo psychiatrist charged with engaging in exploitative relationships with his patients. Dr. Erol Giray – who’s practiced psychiatry in San Luis Obispo since the early 1990s – faced five charges of dishonest and corrupt behavior and negligence, and one charge of “inadequate…
