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Sold out Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest expands festivities to include more locals
(From left) Templeton High School Valedictorian Serafina Jarboe, Salutatorian Walker Craven, and Valedictorian Tatyana Ilieva are shown at Templeton High School’s Evening of Our Stars event. Photo by Matt Macfarlane
Three students named valedictorian and salutatorian at Templeton High School Salutatorian Walker Craven to attend U.S. Naval Academy after getting hit by car sophomore year By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
TEMPLETON — Three Templeton High School seniors’ hard work has paid off as they were named the valedictorians and salutatorian of their class. Serafina Jarboe and Tatyana Ilieva tied as co-valedictorians and Walker Craven is the salutatorian for the Class of 2024. Combined, these three scholars had a total of 152 semesters of weighted honors, Advanced Placement, and college coursework.
Valedictorian Serafina Jarboe: UC San Diego — Bio Engineering During her time at THS, Jarboe was in the National RR (From left to right) David Walker, Gabriel Magliaro, founder of Half Acre Beer Company, Matt Brynildson, and Nick Firestone are shown at the 11th Annual Firestone Society Mock Trial, science Walker Invitational Beer Festival in Paso Robles. Photo provided by Firestone Walker. school and was in the Society The FWIBF featured north to Paso Robles and concluding at “Events like this, I think, remind all of us of Women Engineers. the final destination of Ancient Owl Beer about having fun and the joy that you get “I’m really interested in bioen- 68 breweries from Garden in Atascadero on the 30th. to share, the hospitality, the thrill that you gineering ever since I took the all over the world “You really do feel like you’re a little bit have sharing your passion for the craft,” stated theory and applications of By CHRISTIANNA MARKS special when you get invited to be a part of FWIBF first-timer Ben Edmunds, who is molecular biotechnology class christianna@pasoroblespress.com this,” said Scotty Hargrave, the Brewmaster the Brewmaster at Breakside Brewery in at the high school,” said Jarboe PASO ROBLES—The sold-out Firestone at Balter Brewing from Australia, at the event Portland, Oregon. who currently has an internship On Friday, May 31, the community was at Cuesta College studying Walker Invitational Beer Festival (FWIBF) at Ancient Owl. “There’s a whole bunch of molecular science, which she returned to the Paso Robles Event Center great brewers from all around the world. invited to the Firestone Walker Brewery for says has solidified her interest for its 11th annual year on Saturday, June Obviously, a lot of friends here in the U.S. a Block Party from 1:30 to 10 p.m. They 1. But that wasn’t all: This year, the Fires- who are magnificent brewers, and there’s just blocked off the street, and the community in biology. was invited to taste a selection of beers that Jarboe strives to excel in tone Walker team expanded its program- so much good beer this weekend.” academics and consistently ming, which started on Tuesday, May 28, and Hargrave has been coming out for the would be featured at the fest the next day. took classes that would chal- went through Sunday, June 2. FWIBF since 2019 and also commented on There was also a barbecue and live music May 28-30 was a San Luis Obispo the hospitality he’s been shown every time from Clouship, Bearded Uke, and Soundlenge herself. “I didn’t go out of my way Countywide pub crawl that started in San he and his beers make the long trek to the house to go along with the tastings. CONTINUED ON PAGE A2 CONTINUED ON PAGE A2 Luis Obispo and Pismo before heading Central Coast.
SafetyFest brings community and safety together in third annual event City Council OKs pickleball court project to be put out for bid
The community event was created to connect the public with our local first responders and safety experts
November tax measure, potential repeal of dog ordinance also discussed at Tuesday meeting By MIKE CHALDU Special to Paso Robles Press
By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — First responders came together in the name of safety at the third annual SafetyFest in Paso Robles City Park on Saturday, June 1. The community event was created to connect the public with our local first responders and safety experts. Volunteer creator and co-producer of PASOSafe Mark Elterman explained they want to connect the public with these responders to help them, “fully understand and prepare for: natural disasters, extreme hazardous events and various threats to personal, home, and commercial safety.” Elterman told Paso Robles Press that they saw a significant increase in attendance at this
year’s event. The event is free to the public and offered plenty of activities for children, live music and safety merchandise was available. The “family fun day” attitude of the day made it a fun enviornment for some usually serious safety topics. Safety learning activities were available from City of Paso Robles
Fire and Emergency Services, Police Department, North SLO County CERT, Children’s Museum and the City Recreation Department. New this year, PASOSafe — the community volunteer-based initiative that produces the event — saw a great increase in volunteer participation.
“We were so fortunate that several additional volunteers turned out to help promote, set up the event, deliver food and refreshments to first responders, and clean up post-event,” said Elterman. Live entertainment was also available from local musicians,
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Those attending the SafetyFest in Paso Robles enjoyed live music in addition to meeting first responders and learning about safety topics. Photos by Spencer Brown
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After a drawn-out design process, which has also increased the estimated cost of the project, the Paso Robles City Council authorized the next step for pickleball courts to be built at Sherwood Park. The council authorized the project to be put out for bid during its regular meeting on Tuesday, June 4. During the meeting, the council also approved resolutions establishing the November general elections, but not before an involved discussion of the measure to extend the current sales tax, and approved the first reading of the repeal of a city ordinance banning dogs from city parks. In her report on the pickleball court project, Public Works Director Freda Berman outlined the history of the project: The
City Council approved initiation of design services in August 2021, and awarded a contract for design services two months later. Originally, the pickleball courts were envisioned to be located on the south side of Scott Street adjacent to Sherwood Dog Park, but due to flood plain considerations, the project was relocated to the north side of Scott Street adjacent to Sherwood Well #9. The final pickleball complex design includes seven lighted courts, restrooms, parking improvements and associated amenities. The city’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee endorsed the design in August 2022, and soon after authorized preparation on construction bid documents. Berman said while the estimated cost of the project was set at $1.2 million at the project’s beginning, that cost has ballooned to $3.4 million, and increase of $2.2 million or 183 percent. Factors delaying the CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
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