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Vintage Vehicles, Flyover mark San Miguel Sagebrush Days Parade
PRJUSD Superintendent Proposes Class for Ukrainian Students The school district will celebrate and announce Employees of the Year on May 3 By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District met for a regular meeting on Tuesday, April 26. Action items throughout the meeting included the ESSR III expenditure plan, district-wide phone upgrade, and data center server replacement. On May 3, the district will celebrate site and department CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
Elkhorn Saloon bartenders dressed in vintage attire pose with Fire Dog Sparky at the San Miguel Sagebrush Days Parade on Saturday, April 23. Photos by Shelly Anderson
Procession went down Mission Street on April 23, an annual event put on by firefighters association
for the annual Sagebrush Days Parade. Friends and community members went down Mission Street for the 31st time. The afternoon parade started with a flyover from the Estrella Warbirds Museum and was proceeded by variBy CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com ous equipment and vehicles. Leading the way was the 1937 International SAN MIGUEL — It was a bright Fire Engine, owned by the San Miguel and sunny day on Saturday, April 23, Firefighters Association (SMFA), which
puts on the event. The SMFA was presented new flags by United States Army recruiter Sgt. Shelley Anderson — just in time to show off for Sagebrush Days. The SMFA is a nonprofit organization whose station is right on Mission Street, the main thoroughfare in San Miguel. Founded in 2001 by local resident John Green, they have been a strong support
system for the community. SMFA is responsible for organizing community clean-ups, managing traffic and street closures for parades, maintaining and putting up American flags, teaching children fire, emergency, babysitting and safety skills, and more. San Miguel’s favorite community events are put on by the SMFA, CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
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Many Paso Robles Events Set to Return After Two Years Olive Oil and Lavender Festivals combined again this year, starting on May 7 By KARYL LAMMERS Paso Robles Main Street Association
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e’re four months down and eight months to go in 2022. It seems like everything in life is changing rapidly. Remember, yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to manage. The secret of “change,” I’ve been told, is to focus all our energy not on fighting the old but on building the new! Check your calendar; some of your favorite events are returning this month after over two years. Our downtown city park is again hosting one of the largest events of the year on Saturday, May 7, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. “The Olive Oil and Laven-
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der Festivals” are combined for everyone’s pleasure. The wonderful smell of lavender fills the park along with vendors selling everything, even plants. The olive oil vendors will have a competition while selling everything olive. There will be additional vendors with a variety of wares, something for everyone!! On Sunday, May 8, the Olive and Lavender Farms will have an Open House with tours and specials throughout! What a perfect Mother’s Day outing for the whole family! The Paso Robles Event Center (we will always refer to it as “the fairgrounds”) is center stage for a couple of large public and community events in May. On the 14th, from 5:30 p.m. until 11 p.m., The SLO Sheriff ’s Rodeo and Concert will fill the stands for the first time in several years. This will be a fun-filled evening of food, beverage, music, and local rodeo celebrities! Yeehaw! Y’all come!
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Olive Festival attendees visit vendors’ booths in downtown Paso Robles City Park in 2019. Contributed photo
For more information, visit slosheriiffsrodeo.com. On May 19 thru the 21st “The Paso Robles Wine Festival” returns at the Event Center instead of the Downtown City Park. There is a Winemaker’s Dinner on the evening of the 19th, featuring Thomas Hill Organics and The Hatch. On the evening of the 20th, “Paso Starry Nights Dinner” features Paso’s best Chefs and the region’s most iconic wines. The morning of the 21st, there are
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seminars before the main event, “The Grand Tasting.” For information, contact Pasowine.com or call (805) 239-8463. We’re finishing the month with one of our most popular events. The Friday Night Cruise is back on May 27 from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Spring Street. On the following day, the Downtown City Park fills with classic cars, music, and vendors from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Come and enjoy the camaraderie and vote for your favorites. Thank
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you, Golden State Classic Car Club, for making it happen. For info, call (805)712-1907 or goldenstateclassics.org. Our Concerts in the Park are returning, The Fair is back, and more events will be announced. The feel of small-town America is still in Paso. Sometimes we are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are. The trick is to enjoy life; the mere sense of living is joy enough! See you downtown!
As of April 8, the city has issued 393 shortterm rental permits By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — The short-term rental ordinance was up for discussion during a public hearing at the Paso Robles Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday night, April 26. CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
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