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"If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement." Jimmy Carter, born October 1, 1924
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Morro Bay Museum of Natural History's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Come celebrate the museum's 50th anniversary with the family. Children up to age 17 are free. The museum is located at 20 State Park Road, Morro Bay. October 21st
Skeleton Sunday will return to the Museum of Natural History in Morro Bay, with activities for all ages, featuring the Museum's fantastic bone collection.
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Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival, Jan 18-21
Join Morro Coast Audubon Society (MCAS) for its 17th Annual Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival. Located on California’s scenic Central Coast, Morro Bay is an important stop on the Pacific Flyway and one of the country's preeminent birding spots. The area is recognized worldwide for its diversity of both resident and wintering birds, and at last year’s festival, over 200 species of birds were identified!
To register and for more information about the Festival, visit Morro Bay Bird Festival. Registration begins October 1, 2012 and ends January 6, 2013.
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Peregrine Falcon Image on Banner by Cleve Nash |
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PG&E Cuts Back its Seismic Testing in Face of Protests
In the wake of public concerns and opposition to its planned seismic testing along the local Central Coast, PG&E suddenly announced it plans to reduce the testing to only 12 days and starting in late November, not November 1 as originally planned. The move by PG&E also came just a few days after a new anti-seismic testing organization, C.O.A.S.T., was formed in Morro Bay.
PG&E on Thursday unexpectedly cancelled its plans to launch its much-debated and highly-criticized seismic testing project in waters along the local Central Coast. The tests were scheduled for November 1. The cancellation came after "concerns about the high-energy seismic survey" and "the seismic nature of our region" emerged and after formation last Monday, September 24, of a new organization called C.O.A.S.T. "in opposition to Pacific Gas & Electric's Central Coast Seismic Imaging Project to survey the fault lines around and under the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in Avila Beach." Read More
Status of WWTP "Upgrade?" Who Knows?
Morro Bay and the Cayucos Sanitary District (MB/CSD) cancelled six of their joint meetings in spring and summer. It was just when they were at the peak of their deliberations over how and where to build a new wastewater treatment plant under their Joint Powers Agreement (JPA), and public interest was likely the highest it has been over the past three plus years.
So it was eye-catching and noteworthy when the JPA partners scheduled to scheduled a discussion of a "Status Report on Upgrade Project as of September 1, 2012" at its September 13 meeting in Morro Bay. Some took it to mean that the Morro Bay and Cayucos staffs were planning to recap what had been missed at those six cancelled meetings. Read More
Slo Coast Journal Election 2012 Endorsements
How incredibly lucky we are — those of us who live on the Central Coast and Americans in general — to be able to vote for the array of candidates who are candidates in the June 6 election. Each and every one that the Slo Coast Journal is endorsing are prizes, who will serve us beyond all expectations — if we do our job and just VOTE!
Their— and our— biggest risk is us not voting. Why would we, the voters, fail to do our job and vote? Because among the five we are endorsing, many seem shoo-ins. But they only seem to be because they are such attractive candidates and many people, oddly enough, don't realize that they are not going to win without them getting a lot of votes. Read More
Postcard Causes a Mystery
Many people received large glossy postcards in the mail recently, advocating they support rebuilding the existing wastewater treatment plant where it is. But not all got the cards. Turns out only those who support not moving it got the postcards, for the most part, but who organized the costly effort? No one knows — yet. Read More
The Tale of a Novitiate Baker
It's likely that watching my mother cooking and helping her as a young child early brought me to the notion that cooking somehow might accelerate my growing independence. At least by age five, I could soft-boil my own egg for breakfast. When that young, the culinary art did not attract me enough to where I wanted to learn much more than a handful of rudiments. True, I continued helping my mother, and picked up a few basics on food preparation simply by observation. Read More |
New Monthly Column
Unlocking Hearts and Minds
Ten years ago a hummingbird flew into and out of the prison building I worked in and changed the trajectory of my life. In the brilliant bird's journey, I found the perfect metaphor for the practice of art in prison — and a poem.
While the prison band sings I Shall Be Released,
a hummingbird hovers near the barred window
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Shutterbugs - Featuring Jerry Kirkhart
My photography was originally used to enhance my career of some 43 years of teaching biology and zoology. This was before digital, and almost all my film was converted to slides that had to do with the lessons being taught. My camera was primarily on "program" mode, so I did not think much about post-processing nor camera settings and let the camera decide what was best for each image. That was to change when I moved to the coast. Read More |
Morro Rock Wrap from Dennis Eamon Young Photo
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