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Thousands Attend Central Coast Craft Beer Festival
Next Generation Science Standards Have Been a Success for TUSD In addition, the district addressed first reading of the A-G Completion Improvement Grant By CHRISTIANNA MARKS christianna@atascaderonews.com
Approximately 2000 people headed out to the Sunken Gardens on Saturday, Mar. 26, for the 4th Annual Central Coast Craft Beer Festival. Photo by Christianna Marks/AN
Sixty-three breweries, cideries, wineries, and other businesses participated in this year’s event By CHRISTIANNA MARKS christianna@atascaderonews.com
ATASCADERO — Two-thousand people headed out to the Sunken Gardens on Saturday, Mar. 26, for the 4th Annual Central Coast Craft Beer Festival. The Beer Fest, last held on Oct. 23, 2021, was back to its regularly
scheduled March date this year. “It was a fast turnaround. There were still a lot of people that had vouchers from 2020; in 2020...when we canceled that event, people could get a refund, or they could hold on to their tickets, and use them for 2021 or 2022. So there were still over 100 ticket buyers from
2020 that joined us this year using those vouchers. It was just good to see that people, even from back in 2020, were still joining us this year,” said Andres Nuno of En Fuego Events. The Central Coast Craft Beer Festival is sponsored by The City of Atascadero, with En Fuego Events managing the
event in conjunction with the Central Coast Brewers Guild. Sixty-three breweries, cideries, wineries, and other hard-alcohol businesses participated in the Beer Fest. On top of food trucks and street faire vendors. A selection of the participants were new CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
COMMUNITY
Atascadero Senior Center Provides Local Residents with Resources and Services The Center is currently asking the community for help in the form of donations and volunteers By CHRISTIANNA MARKS christianna@atascaderonews.com
ATA S C A D E R O — Located on East Mall, next to the Sunken Gardens, the Atascadero Senior Center has been helping seniors in the community since the
mid-1970s. The Senior Center, which is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is entirely volunteer-run. “One of the main things we offer is group activities. We try to get people together to have fun, get out and socialize. Most people, I guess, know this, but one of the main contributors to
things like dementia is a lack of socialization. So we really try to reach out to seniors,” said John Crippen, who shares office manager duties with his wife. Volunteers repaint the Senior Center sign. Contributed photo The center provides things like movie groups, Tai Chi chair yoga, and a discussion also looking to start up a new classes three mornings a week, group that talks about random walking group. a Bunco group on Monday, topics weekly. The Center is CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
TEMPLETON — The Templeton Unified School District (TUSD) met for its regularly scheduled Board of Directors School Board meeting at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 24. It followed the closed-session board meeting with nothing to report. Order of business was passed unanimously. Central Coast Green Building Council donated $1,000 to Vineyard Elementary School and Templeton Firefighters Association donated $5,000 to Templeton High School Football partners. Special Education Director Dawn Brownell gave a presentation to the board on her department. “It’s just been a really strong team. It’s been wonderful working with everyone. The kids are amazing, their families are great. It’s been a great experience,” says Brownell of her first year working for TUSD. The Board then reviewed the School Opening and Safety Plan 2021-22 Revisions. Updates include masking CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
ON THE STAGE
THS’s Drama Department Performs Musical, ‘Sugar’ Three performances of the show are available this upcoming weekend
Sugar Kane (Katelann Harms) performs with Sweet Sue and her Society Syncopaters. Photo by ASB advisor, Matt McFarlane
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their two-week run of the stage musical “Sugar” last weekend, with three more performances available to catch this upcoming weekend. “Sugar,” which premiered By CHRISTIANNA MARKS on Broadway in 1972 and hit christianna@atascaderonews.com London’s West End in 1992, is a musical based on the 1959 TEMPLETON — The film “Some Like It Hot” starDrama Department at Temple- ring Marilyn Monroe, Tony ton High School kicked off Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. The
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musical’s plot centers around Joe and Jerry, two out-of-work musicians who accidentally witness the famous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago. While hiding from gangsters, they pose as female musicians in an all-girls traveling band. However, things get hairy when Joe ( Josephine) falls for fellow bandmate Sugar Kane, and Jerry (Daphne) catches the
eye of millionaire Sir Osgood Fielding. “This is really special to me because it’s my first musical lead. And I’ve worked really hard. I’ve just worked really hard to get where I am musically, so it’s really exciting to be able to showcase the skills that I’ve developed,” said senior Katelann Harms, who plays lead, Sugar CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
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