There aren’t too many people who can lawn bowl, and there aren’t too many of those who can lawn bowl into their older age, but Jim Gram isn’t too many people. He started lawn bowling in 1952 at the age of 19 because he thought it looked like an interesting sport. After his first year […]
JIM GRAM
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The Bleacher Bum Chronicles, Vol. V
Dear constant reader (and you first-timers), I’m writing this column from the upper deck of an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train car, barreling northward, heading home to the Central Coast from the Magic Kingdom, also known as Anaheim. As the “Big A” of Anaheim Stadium and the industrially staid Honda Center drift farther from view, I […]
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Dance
Seniors can dance and sing their way to physical health to the sounds of soothing and upbeat folklorico music with a new exercise class beginning June 1 at the Luis Oasis Senior Center. The class will be taught by instructor Lucy Herdman on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the center’s Main […]
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Golf tourney to benefit seniors
Women for Community announced it’s selected Senior Nutrition Program of San Luis Obispo as the beneficiary of its 2010 Hit and Giggle benefit golf tournament. The Senior Nutrition Program provides hot lunches to more than 1,500 seniors at their homes or at nine community locations. Now in its seventh year, the tournament has raised more […]
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Diablo license renewal should be carefully considered
Thank you to Lois Capps, the SLO County Board of Supervisors, California Public Utilities Commission, California Energy Commission, Sierra Club, City of Morro Bay, Mothers for Peace, and Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility: Thank you all for speaking out for the citizens of SLO County. The sensible, reasonable, and necessary seismic studies regarding earthquake faults that […]
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Stop badmouthing rich businesspeople
It’s really starting to bug me how often I seem to hear the wealthy and successful demonized for being … well, wealthy and successful. These comments astonish me because I think most of us aspire to such things. Successful (wealthy) businesspeople and those who aspire to be successful (wealthy) businesspeople represent the engine of our […]
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I’d rather be in sheep’s clothing than be an ignorant sheep
Ignorance demands rebuttal, and in this case, I must challenge Roy Berger (“No-tax groups are really un-American,” May 13). Because I or others like me are against taxes does not make us racists. What was the original Tea Party about, Roy? Taxes, not race. When you can’t argue your side with facts, Roy, and must […]
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Etta Waterfield’s the one
If increased taxes concern your readers, Etta Waterfield is the candidate for the 33rd Assembly District seat most skilled to fight for constituents in Sacramento. Her election would contribute fresh, non-political ideas and common sense at the capitol. Her experience and knowledge as a former director of economic development and as a Santa Maria planning […]
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Joyce Dudley made the election an easy decision
Elections season is in full swing, and along with countless signs around town the commercials are now rolling in. A radio spot promoting Joyce Dudley for Santa Barbara County District Attorney made me chuckle and gave me insight into the best candidate for the job. The ad cites Ms. Dudley’s experience and the number of […]
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Youth theater presents Into the Woods, Jr.
The Pismo Beach Youth Theater will perform Into the Woods, Jr., May 21 through 23 at Clark Center for the Performing Arts. Musical Theater III students will perform the show June 4 through 6, also at the Clark Center, 478 Fair Oaks Drive in Arroyo Grande. The show is inspired by tales from the Brothers […]
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Knight and LeBlanc show at the Gallery
Two artists—Sheryl Knight with paint and Steve LeBlanc with woodturning—will be featured at Gallery Los Olivos throughout June. The show will include Knight’s paintings from the Sierras, coastal scenes, vineyards, and local landscapes and farmhouses. Her work hangs in numerous private collections across the country and abroad. LeBlanc’s featured work will include the Roswell Series, […]
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Homegrown art
Mark Velasquez is kind of an art superhero, in that he has an alter ego. A fry cook by day, a cutting-edge photographer by night, Velasquez remains planted in real life while pushing the envelope in his artistic one. That unlikely balance caught the eye of the producers of the Bravo network’s latest reality competition […]