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Stravinski Development Group and Daou Vineyard’s Projects Move Forward
The projects will be presented to City Council for official approval at a later date By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — A public hearing was held at the Tuesday, Jan. 24, planning commission meeting to discuss the Stravinski Development Group and Daou Vineyard’s planned developments. A request was received to subdivide an approximately 19.75-acre property into two parcels off Airport Road. Parcel 1 is requested to develop an approximately 196,000-square-foot warehouse building. Due to some oak tree removals that are a part of the project, Parcel 1 will be recommended by Planning Commission to the City Council for final decision. The building on Parcel 1 will CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
(From left) Stella Gilmore, Jolie Davis, Eleanor Wagner, Emma Ventura, Maren Cuddy, Abby Michaud (front line blue dress) and Kaela Duran (back line, green dress) pose for a photo at the Father and Daughter Sweetheart Ball. Photo by Camille DeVaul/PRP
Father-Daughter Sweethearts Take the Dance Floor fun and love. The proceeds benefit Main At this year’s Sweet- and daughters. The cupcakes Main Street Dance In Paso Robles, fathers and Street Dance company dancheart Ball, some of the older were followed by a slow dance. sells out both nights of daughters returned to the Life ers and help pay for conven- company dancers helped with “It makes it so worth it to annual Sweetheart Ball Community Church dance tion classes and scholarship rose sales and glitter tattoos, see those dads and daughters By CAMILLE DEVAUL and CHRISTIANNA MARKS
PASO ROBLES — Fathers and father figures alike hit the dance floors last weekend with their daughters, all dressed to impress for a night of
floors for the 6th Annual Father and Daughter Sweetheart Ball presented by Main Street Dance. The Templeton dance studio told out both nights of their Sweetheart Ball, held on Friday, Feb. 3, and Saturday, Feb. 4.
auditions. Owner and instructor at Main Street Dance Jocelyn Willis explains, “It is pretty costly to go, but it is definitely great to get out of our small town and see what the dance world is outside of Templeton.”
and dressed up as princesses for the night. “The dancers love being a part of it and participating,” added Willis. “I think it went great.” During the night, candle-lit cupcakes were brought out to the tables for all of the fathers
have that special moment,” said Willis of her favorite part of the night. Main Street Dance opened in Templeton in 2010, with Willis taking over ownership in 2013. CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
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Union Files Charges Against Paso Robles Starbucks Hearing on May 2, in Los Angeles, before an administrative law judge of the NLRB By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
(From left) Michael Baker Willey, Jacob Todd, Audrey Carona, Casey Garcia, Dylan Macfarlane, Melanie Gomez, and Lea Kelley are among the students who help out at Zoo to You. Photo by Connor Allen
Local Special Education Class Volunteers at Zoo To You PRJUSD students learn life skills for future employment
in alternative education in various forms, but one of its classes in particular has been making a big difference in the community. The Independent By CONNOR ALLEN Skills Program, which techniSpecial to Paso Robles Press cally operates under the arm of PASO ROBLES — Paso Liberty High School, focuses Robles Joint Unified School on helping its students naviDistrict (PRJUSD) engages gate daily life and develop
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skills needed in order to live independently. For the past five years, Blaise Smith, one of the teachers of the Independent Skills Program, has been taking his class out to Zoo To You, where the students volunteer to help in any and every way they can. “When we got out to the
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zoo we are working on job readiness skills,” Smith told the Paso Robles Press. “You know — time management, teamwork — we are working on work ethic, hygiene, grooming. Really all the soft skills needed for employment. Some days we work at the zoo and others we work at a car
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wash or whatever it may be. We are always working to prepare them for as independent a life as possible. Many of the kids won’t ever live independently and will have support, but we are just trying to teach them.” O ver the years, the CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
PASO ROBLES — The Region 31 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced on Friday, Feb. 3, that it has issued a complaint against Starbucks for unfair labor practices in Paso Robles. After investigation, the NLRB has found merit in the charges filed by the union and will be pursuing civil prosecution of Starbucks for violations of federal labor law. The complaint alleges that at the Creston and Sherwood store, in an alleged violation of CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
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