Templeton CSD Upcoming Meeting August 3
TEMPLETON — The Templeton Community Services District has a regularly scheduled meeting for Tuesday, Aug. 3 at 6:15 p.m. for closed session and open session beginning at 7 p.m. The meeting will cover the Fire And Emergency Services Master Plan as well as the...
Dine in the Vines
Limited access library wines at a 5-course dinner party PASO ROBLES — The library wines are out of the cellar, and in celebration, ONX Wines is hosting Dine in the Vines with sustainable Santa Ynez-based, Industrial Eats. The open-air feast will take...
“Joseph’s Loving Forgiveness of His Brothers” By Dr. Gary M. Barker
Genesis 50:15-21 Dr. Gary Baker is an independent columnist for The Atascadero News and Paso Robles Press; you can email him at pastor@gracebaptistpaso.org. When Joseph’s father Jacob died and was taken back to Canaan to be buried, Joseph’s brothers did something that...
Marguerite Jean Van Ness 1940-2021
Jean Van Ness of Paso Robles passed away on July 19, 2021. She was born Marguerite Jean Cramer in Caldwell, New Jersey, on September 28, 1940. Jean married Richard (Dick) Van Ness, both second marriages, and they formed a family of seven. Jean with her...
Trapped By Lee Pitts
Lee Pitts is an independent columnist for The Atascadero News and Paso Robles Press; you can email them at leepitts@leepittsbooks.com. Because I'm one of the great cow trappers in western folklore, I am often asked to relate my harrowing experiences as a student of...
Mark Your Calendars By Barbie Butz
Barbie Butz is an independent columnist for The Atascadero News and Paso Robles Press; you can email her at barbiewb@hotmail.com. It was a great week. John and I visited the Printmakers Exhibit at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art and the Paso Robles Art Association...
How to Avoid Being the Victim of Fraud or a Scam
By Daniel Rich Unsolicited telephone calls are a common source of fraud or a scam. The caller will most frequently offer to give you car, home, life insurance, or burial insurance plan quotes. I have researched these and have uniformly found these quotes to be...
Big & Rich: For the Love of Country
Unbridled Country Rock and Patriotism at the CMSF PASO ROBLES — American country music duo Big & Rich performed on the Chumash Grandstand Arena at the California Mid-State Fair on Friday, Jul. 24. Local Artist Callie Twisselman opened for Big & Rich and pumped...
Atascadero Storage Wars
Sitting Pismo Beach city council member files suit against Atascadero city council and members ATASCADERO — On Jul. 13, the City of Atascadero was served with a lawsuit by Pismo Beach City Council Member Scott Newton, which alleges that Mayor Pro Tem Heather Newsom...
How to Deal With People Who Take Things Personally
By Valentina Petrova Usually, people who take things personally refuse to admit it. They often project how they feel onto others, justify their emotional states, and make a mountain out of a molehill. They react to what they think is happening, not to what is...
