Paso Robles Press • August 13, 2020

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Hometown News Since 1889 Making Communities Better Through Print.™ VOL. CXXXI, NO. IX

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2020

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1920-2020 CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

Centennial Anniversary of the U.S. Constitution’s 19th Amendment Giving Women the Right to Vote By HAYLEY MATTSON and MEGAN OLSHEFSKI

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his year August 18 marks the centennial anniversary of the United States Constitution’s 19th Amendment’s ratification. The 19th Amendment enfranchised all American women and declared for the first time that they, like men, deserve all the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. After the founding of the United States in 1776, the thirteen states were left to decide separately upon

their voting rights. This resulted in state-byreligious movements, moral-reform societies, state requirements based on gender, religion, anti-slavery organizations, and in many of race, tax bracket, and property ownership. these, women played a prominent role. Initially, New Jersey’s 1776 constitution This lead to many American women to permitted “all inhabitants” (including began rebelling against the “Cult of True women) the right to vote; but an 1807 law Womanhood,” that is, the idea that the only ensured the end of women’s attendance at the “true” woman was a virtuous, obedient wife polls. Interestingly though women, even though and mother concerned exclusively with home they could not vote, could run for office. family. In turn, this contributed to a new way of thinkDuring this time, several reform groups started multi- ing about what it meant to be a woman and a citizen plying across the United States, temperance leagues, of the United States.

As the years went on and women sought to pass reform legislation, the drive to change society intensified. In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Martha Wright, Mary Ann M’Clintock, and Jane Hunt issued a call for a women’s rights conference at Seneca Falls, New York, where Stanton lived. Prior to the event, Stanton drafted the “Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances,” which she modeled after the Declaration

POLITICS

BUSINESS

First Candidate Filing Period Closes

Santa Maria Brewing Co. Opens Atascadero Location

Deadline for some races extended to Aug. 12, some incumbents did not file to run again By BRIAN WILLIAMS brian@pasoroblespress.com SAN LUIS OBISPO — City and county officials are reporting that election deadlines for numerous local offices on the November ballot, including city councils and school and special district boards, have been extended because some incumbents have not filed to run again. The nomination periods for the Atascadero and Paso Robles city councils opened early in July, with two seats on each up for election on Nov. 3. One of the two incumbents on the Atascadero City Council did not file by the deadline, which means the filing period extends to Aug. 12. Incumbent CONTINUED ON PAGE A15

EVENT

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EDUCATION

Harley-Davidson. The 35-year motorcycle dealer closed the location in December of 2015. In 2013, Moles and his wife, Karen, along with brewer ATASCADERO — The wait is over. It’s been a couple of Dan Hilker purchased Santa Maria Brewing Co., which had minutes, well four years worth of minutes actually, but Santa produced award-winning craft beer for 15 years. They moved it Maria Brewing Co. officially opened in Atascadero on Friday. into a new home, expanded barrel production, partnering with SMBC owner Byron Moles knows people have been wait- select pubs, restaurants, and retailers across the U.S, started a ing, and waiting, and waiting. successful Beer of the Month Club. “Everyone has been like, ‘Dude, are you ever really going They quickly outgrew the Santa Maria location and began to open. I’m just hoping looking to move to that they all haven’t North County. given up yet,” Moles “My wife and I have said with a smile and always loved Paso a laugh from inside Robles and Atascadero, the 27,000 square foot the upper part of SLO building on 7935 San County,” Moles said. Luis Avenue. “It’s been “We outgrew the brewa long time, four years, ery in Santa Maria and but we haven’t lost were looking to open excitement because we up something this way. just knew it was going Four years ago when to be the turning point this building was sitting for us as a company.” here, I talked a friend Moles candidly said Santa Maria Brewing Co. opened its location in Atascadero on Friday, into purchasing it for he bit off more than he Aug. 7. Photo by Brian Williams us and told him kind of could chew four years ago when he acquired the Atascadero what the dream was and what we wanted to do, he said yeah building. Things were going well, Santa Maria Brewing Co. go for it and helped us out.” was growing fast. Moles purchased Tap It Brewing in San Luis The dream was to build a destination brewery and distillery Obispo and Moles opened an SMBC taproom and restaurant in Atascadero that had room for expansion as production and in Paso Robles on Park Street with plans for Atascadero to distribution grew. come online not long after. “All of the production needs that we have as a company “I spread myself too thin. Fortunately, I’ve got some fantastic for the next couple of years can definitely be met from here,” partners that have helped us get through the whole thing, but Moles said. “We are excited to be able to get things under one because this was such a big one, it was hard to funnel enough roof now and do what we wanted to do.” money through here to get it done any sooner than what we The restaurant and taproom occupy 14,000 square feet and did,” he said. “Hindsight should have let some of the other the distillery and brewhouse with bottling and canning lines things go, but hindsight is always easy.” The Atascadero building used to be home to Gary Bang CONTINUED ON PAGE A15

By BRIAN WILLIAMS brian@pasoroblespress.com

LOCAL NEWS

COVID UPDATE

WEEKLY FEATURE

Pawlowski: State Budget is Good News for PRJUSD Budget District trustees also approve purchase of 1,100 iPads By CAMILLE DeVAUL For The Paso Robles Press PASO ROBLES — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the 2020 Budget Act, the state’s $202.1 billion spending plan last month, and it is just what Paso Robles Joint Unified School District needed. PRJUSD put its not-so-rosy budget in place before the state finalized its plan like it is supposed to do, knowing it was going to be revised. PRJUSD Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Brad Pawlowski presented the positive revisions to trustees during Tuesday’s, Aug. 11, meeting. “We were able to change our revenue significantly. We had planned from the May revision — we anticipated our revenue going down approximately 7.92%,” Pawlowski reported. “That has changed with the signing of the budget.” CONTINUED ON PAGE A15

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CANCER SUPPORT Fundraiser goes virtual on Aug. 22 | A3

SUPERVISOR ADAM HILL passed away at his Pismo Beach home Aug. 7 | A4

CALIF. MEN’S COLONY joins forces with Public Health Works to contain outbreak | A5

SPENCER HOWARD, makes his MLB debut with the Philadelphia Phillies | A13

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