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Community Calendar    Tuesday July 27, 2010

The Morro Bay Museum of Natural History offers docent led tours from various points along the waterfront. This weekend on Saturday you can enjoy The Otter Experience, the Otter Trailer is set up in the south parking lot by Morro Rock at the bay entrance. Hours are 10am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday. This Saturday there’s a guided tour of the “Salt Marsh to Mudflats” at 1 pm. Meet at the southeast end of the marina parking lot, across from the Morro Bay Campground. For details the website is www.ccnha.org or the phone number for the Morro Bay State Park is 772-2694.

SLO The SLO Bytes Computer User group meets the first Sunday of the month, which is this week on August 1st, in San Luis Obispo at the Odd Fellows Hall. Alan Raul moderates his Q & A session from 12:45 PM to 2:00 PM. And an additional users group runs at the same time in an adjoining room to offer advice and answer questions on Windows operating systems.  This is a small group environment specially suited for the novice user. After the break at 2:30, Alan offers expertise on computers, software and the latest gadgets and trends. Questions are always welcome. The main presentation begins at 2:30 this Sunday at 520 Dana Street in San Luis Obispo, for details: www.slobytes.org.

SLO County: The group “Us Too of the Central Coast” is a local volunteer organization doing its part to help local families in need get their children ready for going back-to-school. Their Back-Pack-to-School Program teams up with the local school system to identify those children without the means to acquire their school supplies. Families are finding it more difficult to buy school supplies, so the San Luis Coastal Unified School District has provided school supply list to the organization. Using that list, Us Too is collecting back pack school supply packs with the help of private businesses-such as Starbuck’s and Office Max, local community groups, Church groups, and individuals.  Items include backpacks, binders, zippered tool pouches, dividers, paper, pens, pencils, color pencils and calculators.  The backpacks and supplies are received through donations or purchased.  The backpacks are packed and prepared by volunteers and the local community. For more information and ways you can help, or to donate supplies: Jeannie Bruenning info@ustoocc.org. The website is www.ustoocc.org or call (805) 459-7938 for more information.

Lucia Mar Unified School District Adult Education offers Vocational Tracks for students looking for a new direction. There’s a 250 hour Massage Practitioner Program; an 80 hour basic Culinary class, and an advanced Culinary class to prepare you for working in the restaurant business; Landscape Design; Basic AutoCad - a 48 hour entry level class to learn computer-aided drawing and design; Voice Acting for Cartoon Animation, Radio, and TV; The Art and Business of Becoming a Professional Photographer; and Floral Design, Automotive Maintenance, Intro to Spanish, and online Notary Class. Registration begins online ( http://adulted.lmusd.org ) and in office (1425 19th St., Oceano - 474-3900) August 10th.

Pismo: The City of Pismo Beach Recreation Division in conjunction with the San Luis Distance Club hosts the annual Stride with the Tide 5K Fun Run/Walk this Saturday, July 31. Registrations will take place on site from 7:00 - 8:15 am , with the event  at 8:30 am, the cost is $15 with a T-shirt or $10 without. T-Shirts are available to same day registrants while quantities last.
Dr. Troy Smith, chiropractor from Hands On Health, provides complementary first aid and chiropractic treatment to runners at Stride with the Tide and there are several massage therapists donating their talents to the runners. You can participate in the 5K run with a course out-and-back on the sand, starting at the Pismo Beach Pier, going south. Awards are given for the top three places in the 10 age divisions as outlined by the Recreation Department: That’s Saturday at the Pismo Pier with a start time of 8:30 a.m. 
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Community Calendar    Tuesday July 20, 2010

SLO: The SLO Little Theater production of Shimmy Shake Shine!  is a dazzling crazy quilt of showstoppers by Emmy award-winning choreographer Suzy Miller. Enjoy  22 fantastic singers and dancers who take you to the pyramids of Egypt, the court of Marie Antoinette, a Gospel Revival, a Gothic lair, and through Alice's rabbit hole like you've never seen it before. Free your mind as you experience an unexpected, wild journey through another SLOLT summer spectacular. Performances are at 8 pm Thursday Friday and Saturday nights at the San Luis Obispo Little Theatres, for tickets and more information: www.slolittletheatre.org

SLO: the San Luis Obispo Library is offering a second series of free workshops on job hunting, taught by Kelly Andreson  and George Brusch, from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. at the San Luis Obispo Library 2nd floor computer lab, 995 Palm Street in San Luis Obispo. Participants may sign up for all sessions, the next one is this Saturday  July 24, on  Resumes and cover letters. Session #3 is Saturday, August 21, 2010 Three stages of interviewing: preparing, executive and follow-up. Registration is required – please call (805) 781-5989 to reserve a place. Sessions will be limited to 15 persons. One-on-one assistance with follow-up on these sessions is available on most Tuesday evenings, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Reference Desk at the San Luis Obispo Library. Please call the above number to reserve a session.

S. Barbara: The Music Academy of the West masterclasses tomorrow for trombone, oboe and clarinet and trumpet, with a picnic at Miraflores at 5:30 before the evening concert in the Visiting Artist Recital with Pianist Christopher Taylor performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations at 7:30.  
Christopher Taylor will evoke the awe and admiration of Festival-goers again this summer with a performance of Bach's luxuriant and masterful Goldberg Variations. He will launch his recital with 36 variations on Sergio Ortega's song by Fred Rzewski (pronounced zheff-skee), a contemporary American artist with a penchant for improvisation and political themes.  
Reserved Seating: $38  For tickets the number is 969-8787, for the complete schedule of music now through August 14th the website is www.musicacademy.org.

SLO County: In San Luis Obispo County Girl Scouts sponsor horseback riding camps for all girls through the summer. Registration is taking place now, scholarships are available. Girls do not have to be a current Girl Scout to register and have summer fun at horseback riding camp. For complete details you can visit: www.girlscoutsccc.org to find out more about beginning, Experienced, and Advanced Horseback Riding Day Camps and Resident Camps that include swimming, marshmallow roasts, and more. www.girlscoutccc.org Contact: Tammy Gentry, 800-822-2427, info@girlscoutsccc.org

Templeton: The SLO Folks Society continues its summer concert series at Castoro Cellars Winery in Templeton, presenting the Alison Brown Quartet w/ Joe Craven  Saturday July 24, at 7 pm. For tickets;  Tickets $22 805-238-0725, www.castorocellars.com, with special guest Joe Craven (well-known to KCBX supporters for his role at the Live Oak Festival). Grammy winner Alison Brown takes the banjo and guitar far beyond their Appalachian roots with a high octane blend of bluegrass, jazz, Celtic and Latin influences that has been described as simply jaw-dropping. Bluegrass for jazzers, jazz for bluegrassers; something for everyone in between! Members of her Quartet include John R Burr (piano), Garry West (bass) and Larry Atamanuik (drums). “Like James Taylor’s voice or B.B. King’s guitar, Alison Brown’s banjo is an instrument possessed of a unique sonic signature and an inescapable beauty.” Billboard Magazine. Alison is on the cover of the September/October 2009 issue of Dirty Linen.  

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