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Veterans Take Honor Flight Around Central Coast
PRJUSD Trustee Resigns and Joins City Council Chris Bausch was appointed to fill Maria Garcia’s vacated seat By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com Veterans pose in front of the aircraft named Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber on Aug. 27 before leaving on the Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. The group met at the Estrella Warbirds Museum at the Paso Robles Municipal Airport before leaving. Photo Courtesy of Paso DAR
Seventeen U.S. veterans met at Estrella Warbirds Museum to fly in the Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber
the “Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber,” a restored World War II C-47 aircraft, for an Honor Flight around the Central Coast. A b o a rd B e t s y w e re two WWII veterans, one pre-Vietnam veteran who By CAMILLE DEVAUL served between Korea and camille@pasoroblespress.com Vietnam, and 14 Vietnam PA S O RO B LES — veterans. They came to the Seventeen U.S. veterans took Estrella Warbirds Museum flight on Saturday, Aug. 27, in in Paso Robles for take-off
from areas ranging from Santa Ynez to Paso Robles. All of them have been waiting their turn for an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., for their Tour of Honor. “The flight yesterday turned out better than we could have expected,” said Flight Coordinator for Honor Flight, Caralee Wade. “Our team at Honor Flight worked hard
with the Gooney Birds and the staff at the Warbirds museum in putting it all together, and it all came off without a hitch.” The flight was gifted to Honor Flight Central Coast California by the Estrella War birds Museum and plane owners, the Gooney Birds, to thank the veterans who have been waiting on the long wait list for their
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Washington, D.C., trip. Honor Flight Central Coast California is a nonprofit organization that takes veterans to Washington, D.C., for a Tour of Honor trip to see the memorials honoring their service. The Saturday Honor Flight took veterans on a 40-minute tour over Morro Rock and Hearst Castle. CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
PASO ROBLES — On Wednesday night, Aug. 24, Paso Robles Joint Unified School District Trustee Chris Bausch was appointed to fill the vacated Paso Robles City Council seat. Following the resignation of City Council member Maria Garcia, the council made the decision to open applications to appoint someone to fill her seat until the end of her term, Dec. 1. The position is an at-large CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
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Justin Vineyards & Winery Sued by Federal Agency The winery and its parent company, The Wonderful Company, have been sued for sexual harassment By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — Justin Vineyards and Winery LLC along with its parent company, The Wonderful Company LLC, is being sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for sexual harassment and retaliation. The EEOC announced on Aug. 25 that they are suing the winemaker and its parent company for allowing sex-based harassment at their Paso Robles location, off Chimney Road. According to the EEOC’s
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lawsuit, male managers at both the winery’s production and restaurant locations in Paso Robles were allowed to sexually harass female employees on a daily basis, beginning at least as early as 2017. The harassment came from unwanted and repeated sexual advances, sexual comments, and sexually offensive conduct, including unwelcome physical contact. The EEOC’s press release states “Despite receiving complaints, Justin Vineyards & Winery LLC and The Wonderful Company LLC Charles “Cap” Capper turns 100 on Friday, Sept. 2. Photo by Christianna Marks failed to properly investigate the complaints or take adequate steps to prevent the The World War II Veteran will celebrate his birthday tomorrow, Sept. 2 ongoing sexual harassment. Instead, some female employwill celebrate his 100th birth- math,’” Cap said with a laugh. becoming part of the 8th By CHRISTIANNA MARKS camille@pasoroblespress.com ees who complained faced Cap was born and raised in Cavalry Reconnaissance in the day this Friday. retaliation or were forced to “If I go to pick up a couple a small town in Illinois. And 8th Division, he traveled from leave the workplace.” ATASCADERO — Born of prescriptions, they always before joining the military at one coast to the other before The suit (EEOC v. Justin on Sept. 2, 1922, World War II ask you your birthdate, and I’ll the age of 20 in 1942, he had being shipped overseas. CONTINUED ON PAGE A15 veteran Charles “Cap” Capper tell them ‘Sept. 2, 1922, do the never left that state. After CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
North County Resident Charles ‘Cap’ Capper Turns 100
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