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Paso Robles Joint Unified School District Candidates 2022 Q&A Part I Get to know your nine candidates campaigning for your vote this November By THE PASO ROBLES PRESS EDITORIAL BOARD
PASO ROBLES — The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District Board has four seats open, three districts, and one at-large seat. This year nine candidates are vying for the seats. Candidates running for PRJUSD trustee seats in the 2022 November election are: District 1 • Jim Cogan • Chris Arend • Peter Byrne District 2 • Joel Peterson District 4 • Frank Triggs • Sondra Williams At-Large • Adelita Hiteshew • Laurene D. McCoy • James “Jim” Irving
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words or less in addition to their introduction at 200 words. The candidate’s statement in its entirety is provided below, with the exception of Chris Arend, Peter Byrne, Frank Triggs, Adelita Hiteshew, and Laurene D. McCoy, who did not participate. The candidates are listed by District and in alphabetical order by last name. Candidate Statements DISTRICT 1
Jim Cogan Chief Operating Off icer, Acre Cloud, LLC. VoteCogan.com I am from New Hampshire Each candidate had the and a parent of two students opportunity to answer the in the Paso Robles School same list of questions in 100 District. My wife and I moved
CHRIS AREND
LAURENE MCCOY
JOEL PETERSON
FRANK TRIGGS
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SONDRA WILLIAMS
ADELITA HITESCHEW
PETER BYRNE
JAMES “JIM” IRVING
to Paso looking for a community like my hometown in NH, and we found that home in Paso Robles. The school district has been very good to our sons. They have been taught by dedicated and professional teachers, coached by hardworking coaches, and served by excellent administrators.
I am running for school board, because this is a way I can give back to a school district and community that has given us so much. I have over 20 years of local government public service experience and have dedicated a great deal of time and energy to serving the Paso Robles community. I am
the Vice President of the Heritage Ranch Owners Association Board, Chair of the Paso Robles Supplemental Sales Tax Oversight Committee, an Elder at Highlands Church, and serve on the Board of Directors of both the Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce and the Paso Robles Recreation Foundation.
The school board needs to rededicate itself to the sacred trust it has been given to ensure the free and appropriate education of our students, all of our students. Rather than focusing on intentionally divisive issues, the school board needs to redouble the
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Estrella Warbirds Museum Celebrates 30th Anniversary
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GOVERNMENT
PRJUSD Discuss Trustee Area 2 Election Ballot Trustees will discuss cannabis retail in the city at the next board meeting By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — Board Trustees rejected a bid on the surplus 25-yard swimming pool at the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
The pool, posted for sale on GovDeals.com, received an offer for $25,000. It was placed up for auction after the district changed its plans for the Aquatics Complex to install a different pool. Instead of accepting the current offer,
the district will be negotiating with a previous bidder, who is still in California. Trustees additionally directed staff to reach out again to the community for a local purchaser of the pool. The motion passed CONTINUED ON PAGE A12
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Emcee and Board President John Couch presents the proposed expansion to the crowd at the Estrella Warbirds Museum. Contributed Photo
The celebration kicked off funding for proposed expansion By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — The Estrella Warbirds Museum celebrated 30 years of preserving and hosting aviation history on Saturday, Oct. 15. The celebration honored the
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museum’s beginnings, remembered late aviator Sherman Smoot, and kicked off funding for the museum’s proposed western expansion. Museum Board President John Couch said the event was set to “honor those who started the museum: Glen Thomson and Gary Corippo, who started the museum 30 years ago and then developed it into what it is today, but we
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are maxing out on our space.” The museum began as an idea between the two pilots, Corippo and Thomson, who wanted to build an aviation museum in their hometown of Paso Robles. They originally started as the Estrella Squadron and by January 2000, had grown enough to become the Estrella Warbird Museum, Inc. CONTINUED ON PAGE A12
SENIOR LIVING
Hundreds Attend Paso Kids Cross Country Event Third-, fourth-, and fifth-graders competed in the friendly run By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — Elementary students from Paso Robles schools met at Barney Swartz Park on Friday, Oct. 14, for their annual cross country finals event. Around 200
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Elementary school runners line up at the start of the cross country race at Barney Swartz Park. Contributed Photo
students from the third, fourth, and fifth grades competed in the friendly run. Paso Robles Para Educator and Elementary Athletic Director Kellie Burbank
started the after-school athletic program eight years ago. Six of the districts schools participate in not only the cross country event but also their upcoming CONTINUED ON PAGE A12
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