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November 2017

Avila Beach News

The Avila Beach Foundation (ABCF) invited community members to come, listen

and share stories about the small beach town. Attendees could also get a glimpse of the past through photos and memorabilia put on display.

Rick Cohen, executive director or ABCF, was inspired to host a storytelling event after participat-ing in the showing of “The Storied Past of Avila Beach,” a brief film that details the extensive changes that Avila has gone through. The

film, produced by Grace Tucker, was sponsored by the foundation. It premiered at the Freemont The-ater in front of a crowd of 300. The film was followed by a discussion of a few longtime residents of Avi-la as well as a Q&A session.

“What’s kind of neat about this community, for the most part now, we are transplants who live here,” said Cohen. “Each passing year, there are fewer and fewer long-term locals as the community has changed… and yet these people have an inherent interest in what

Avila was like in the old days.”Much like the premiere’s format,

the movie was shown at the Avila Beach Community Center. After the viewing, speakers, 11 in all, were invited up on stage to share their memories. Hosted by Archie McLaren, each storyteller had five minutes to recount tales before the “Big Dig.” At the end, the audience was invited to step forward and tell their stories.

The Big Dig occurred in the late 90s when a huge portion of the town was dug up to remove oil-

contaminated soil, this resulted in the reconstruction and re-en-visioning of Front Street. Unfor-tunately, afterward a large section of the populace could no longer maintain the cost of living in the new major tourist destination. The funky vibe of the little beach community left with its former oc-cupants, a fact lamented by those who have stayed or transplanted to the town.

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Gone but Not ForgottenBy Mark A. Diaz

Central Coast residents attended an open house at the Cal Poly Pier in Avila Beach on Saturday, October 28. Attendees of the annual open house event were treated to a tour that featured interactive displays, microscopes for viewing ultra-small sea creatures, a “discover SCUBA” experience and more. See more photos on page 8. Photos by Christy Serpa.

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Among the 11 speakers was Har-die Phillips who was a lifeguard for the beach. He is also the reclin-ing lifeguard depicted on lifeguard tower murals painted by Colleen Gnos, whose family has been con-nected to Avila since the 1930s. Hardie jokingly said that he was part lifeguard and part babysitter.

Being a dif-ferent time, p a r e n t s would send the kids to the beach while they went to work.

Jean Nanney who has lived in Avila “on and off” since 1986 was once the general manager at Surft-ide Hotel, now the Inn at Avila Beach commented on the seedier side of the beach.

“Back then it was basically, it was a scuzzbucket basically,” said Nanney, “but it was tons of fun.” She went on to say, “It was the funky town of yesteryear, and I loved it.”

Cohen has not determined if this will be a reoccurring event or simply a onetime thing. He said it

depends on the response the com-munity gives and if others come out of the woodwork to tell their tales of the “Good Old Days.”

The event was made by possible with monetary help from PG&E and SLO County Supervisor Adam Hill.

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The return to SLO is always a wonderful celebration after one has experienced the world. A re-

turn to SLO via Avila Beach is ecstasy. World acclaimed and award-win-

ning Chef Jose Dahan has returned to our tiny hamlet at a culinary des-tination to sing about in Avila Beach called, Blue Moon Over Avila.

My thoughts have always been that those restaurateurs embedded with a stunning ocean view, often do not try as hard to have the menu that com-pliments the view. Blue Moon Over Avila has a perfect view and setting (even when it’s dark), a stunning wine menu, spectacular service, and food prepared with exceeding care and ex-pertise.

At its culinary helm is Chef Jose, the genius behind Et Voila, that left our sandy shores for Europe and has now returned. We dined as a family, from 10 to 70-years old, each a foodie and each enchanted upon sitting in the white and blue wicker chairs.

The children’s menu was as allur-

ing as the main, so we giddily ordered a couple of dishes including potato chip encrusted chicken with a magi-cal ranch dressing with a hint of Dijon mustard.

We all tried this and went as Zen as the waves crashing on the shore. The chef came out say “Bonjour” and explained it was his children’s favor-ite dish. We shared all the remaining plates, for the family that shares food together is more bonded than most.

The ladies shared a bottle of Sinor-LaValle Pinot, while Gary ordered the chocolate moose and ice cream sand-wich combo. Rich, thick, chocolate in black shot glasses melted as the fresh raspberry on top delighted your taste buds.

Pistachio and vanilla ice cream was sandwiched between chocolate brownies and dusted with cocoa pow-der. It was a table pleasure.

Next, we had my favorite dish, coun-try pâté. Pâté is a mixture of cooked duck liver and fat, then minced into a spreadable paste. This was encrusted

with herbs and served with sliced cor-nichons and grilled baguette slices.

I was all at once in Paris, but the crashing of the waves brought me back. Our next shared plate was French garlic bread and a fresh, to-mato sauce for dipping. It was quickly devoured and reordered. After, came the organic red quinoa salad with red and yellow peppers, cranberries and roasted pepitas.

Later we shared the steak tartare with cornichons and grilled baguette slices. Our favorite was the grilled flat iron steak, ordered rare with pepper-corns and a cognac sauce laid over gratin dauphinois (fancy potatoes au gratin), which was the pinnacle of dinning. This impeccably prepared steak with the comfort of sliced pota-toes and Gruyere cheese blew all our minds.

We moved on to dessert, for the la-dies, another bottle of Pinot and the chef’s cheese platter. It was a delight-ful combination of savory and mild cheeses served with fresh raspberries,

grapes, and dried fruit. The choco-late and raspberry Grenache tart was cut into four pieces and made its way around the table twice. The mango sorbet with exotic fruit salad inspired and filled us all.

Chef Jose joined us and we toasted to his return and bringing fine din-ing choices to Avila. Having been in the kitchen since he was 6-years-old, he inspired our special young guest Lucy, as he inspired our palettes, that this is as special as a Blue Moon Over Avila.

At Blue Moon Over Avila, guests will enjoy a rotating menu of seasonal and signature dishes along with im-ported beers and wines designed to impress and satisfy the most discrimi-nating tastes.

Located steps from the sand, Blue Moon Over Avila is seaside dining at its finest. It is located at 460 Front St., in Avila Beach; call them at (805) 595-2583. They are open Tuesdays-Sundays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Blue Moon Over Avila — A Wonderful HomecomingBy Teri Bayus

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Greetings, fellow Avilones I am dedicating this month’s col-umn to the memories of Avila

past, or some might say Avila lost It was with no absence of sentiment—alternating between laughter, sadness and melancholy—that more than 100 of us sat during the Foundation’s Avi-la Storyteller’s Night event on Oct20 as witness to some very personal and passionate tales of Avila lore, some dating back as early as the 1940s and 1950s I enjoyed that evening, listen-ing to stories of children growing up in Avila during World War II; of par-ents sending their kids to the beach to be watched over by friendly life-guards; of businesses long since gone that catered to a grateful and loyal pa-tronage; of a community infused with residents from all walks of life simply thrilled to be living the dream at the beach; of fishing and oil industries no longer present; of shores filled with abalone shells, of softball games pit-ting youth against youth, of corpo-rate-backed baseball teams; of caring, engaged and watchful neighbors, of heroism in the face of what turned out to be a deadly shark attack Per-haps one of the most poignant stories told was of the infamous oil contami-nation discovery that led to the town’s ultimate remake and permanent al-

teration of character—for better or for worse.

We all have memories of growing up in various places that echo a theme that resonated on Storyteller’s Night - simpler times, safer times when we seemed to know our neighbors more intimately than we do nowPerhaps it was the ballgames with our friends at the end of the cul-de-sac, or summer evening block parties that brought residents together to share hot dogs, hamburgers and potato salad, or walking to and from school without fear of predators, blending with oth-ers from different economic status, and the feeling that we were all in this together Hearing the stories and recollections of others brought me back to my own past, as I’m sure it did others in the room As I looked around I recognized folks with deep Avila roots, people I know mostly in passing and from whom I’ve heard an anecdote or two over the years And I recognized a great many others who, like me, are transplants from places near and far

The San Fernando Valley in which I was raised during the 50s and 60s bears no resemblance to what is today very little open space, long-vanished orange groves and dairy farms, cities that spill across borders and traffic

backed up on all main arteries domi-nating the scene I cannot go back Leaving the Valley in 1982, I ventured to Irvine, which at the time remind-ed me of the San Fernando Valley of my youth Lots of open space, orange groves, few traffic lights, and a uni-versity not yet the behemoth it has become In the relative blink of an eye that all changed as money and devel-opers poured into the area much like an avalanche. I no longer recognized the Irvine I thought would bring me the peace and sense of belonging I lost once before. I cannot go back. By the end of the 80s it was time to leave again, time to find another world, simpler, safer, kinder, less corporate and less “every man/woman for him/herself.” First it was Los Osos, then Avila Beach, that offered that re-birth There was, and in most cases still is, lots of open space, cities with distinct and complimentary borders and per-sonalities, and neighbors not so con-cerned with another person’s socio-economic status. Yes, it’s that sense of belonging. But many parts of SLO County have changed—perhaps none more than the small stretch of a jewel known as “downtown” Avila Beach

My wife and I moved to San Luis Bay Estates in 1995, shortly before downtown Avila was to be razed. It

was an odd grouping of businesses, homes and individuals awaiting our stops at the beach. It was so differ-ent than what life in my adult years had become that, looking back, I did not fully appreciate Avila for what it was I was so consumed with work, playing softball, tennis and golf that I hardly noticed what was happen-ing to “funky” Avila. One minute it was there, and the next minute it was gone. Sadly, we cannot go back. On October 20, we heard the stories and felt the loss. But I am grateful that there are still among us those who lived here in the good old days I want to thank our storytellers for sharing and caring. Hats off to Archie McLar-en, Kirt Collins, Denny Wheeler, Pete Kelley, Saro Rizzo, Jean Nanney, Har-die Phillips, Lucy and Colleen Gnos, Dick Kelsey, Mike Harkness, Howard Nicholson and Anne Brown for re-minding us that the past had so much meaning. Special thanks to County Supervisor Adam Hill and Pacific Gas and Electric Company for sponsoring the first ever Avila Beach Storyteller’s Night. Stay tuned for the opportunity to see a now under production video that was taped that evening.

That’s it for now, fellow Avilones See you at the beach!

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For the safety of all participants, dogs, volunteers and spectators, we ask that you abide by the following rules: • Have proper bags to clean up after your dog • Keep all dogs on leash at all times • No female dogs in any stage of heat • If your dog wears a costume, it should be safe and comfortable Pre-registrations must be received by November 23; even if you pre-register, you must check in and/or register at the parade table located on the Avila Beach Promenade at the base of the pier between 10:30–10:45 a.m. Please support the Avila Beach Community Center! Suggested donation $5.


Hi All–Over the past few months, there have been numerous out-of-control fires, hurricanes, and mass shootings that have devastated com-munities and frightened so many of us in our country. With all these horrific things happening, I have been focus-ing more and more on the many bless-ings that I am experiencing in Avila Beach, my adopted hometown. That being said and, since November is the month of Thanksgiving, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of the wonderful people and things that I am grateful for.

Thank you to Avila Beach Com-munity Foundation–The Founda-tion has continued to support the Avila Beach Civic Association by pro-viding a grant each year. They found-ed the Avila Apple Festival four years ago and turned the Festival over to us in 2015, which has become our most profitable fundraiser. The Foundation also invited us to provide wine and beer at their very successful Avila Sto-rytime, which we did in conjunction with Morovino Winery.

Joan Gellert-Sargen–As many of you already know, Joan is one of the most generous women in our commu-nity. She has underwritten so many local non-profit organizations and their worthwhile programs such as the Family Care Network or Rotary Inter-national Polio-Plus program. She has also enabled us to raise funds the past three years’ through the Avila Apple Festival, and has provided funds for our Easter Festival and Healing Gar-den, new chairs, and the 2017 Port San Luis Harbor District parking lot lease, to name just a few of her many, many donations. In addition, I con-sider Joan a warm and caring friend who I truly appreciate.

Supervisor Adam Hill–Supervisor Hill has always been supportive of the Community Center through grants for our programs and participation at our events.

John Shoals, Pacific Gas and Elec-tric Company–Over the years, Pacific Gas and Electric Company has do-nated funds to build the steps through our Healing Garden for access to the Post Office, new chairs, electric power

to the Healing Garden, and several community clean up events with area volunteers.

Juliet Don, Chevron Corporation–Numerous grants have been provided for general operations of the Commu-nity Center through Chevron Corpo-ration’s community grant program.

Avila Wine Trail members–We have been very fortunate to receive donated wine from so many of our lo-cal wineries including: Alapay Cellars, Avila Wine Company, Croma Vera Wines, Kelsey See Canyon Vineyards, Morovino Winery, Peloton Cellars, PierFront Wine & Brew, Silver Horse Winery, Sinor-LaVallee.

Avila Beach merchants–Our local businesses have been donating to the Community Center events and activi-ties for so many years from baskets, food, coffee, merchandise, and, so im-portant, their time.

Volunteers–There is no way that we could put on our many events with-out the continued participation of our many wonderful volunteers. In addi-tion to all our neighbors who assist with our events, the Peace Lutheran Church members have donated so much time and even painted the up-stairs of the Community Center a cou-ple of years ago.

Board of Directors–The Avila Beach Civic Association is a small non-profit organization that has owned and op-erated the Community Center since 1962. During those years, the board of directors has been made up of hard-working, dedicated community members who give of themselves through their work, wisdom, and wealth. Without our generous board members, the Community Center would not be available to the commu-nity for events, weddings, seminars, voting, Alcohol Anonymous meetings, and many, many more activities.

Neighbors–Finally, I must men-tion how terrific my neighbors have been. From the time that I started to work for the Civic Association to the time that Jimmy and I moved to Avila Beach, my neighbors have been so good to us and our dogs, Casey and Buddy. Avila is a small commu-nity and people help each other with bringing meals, taking care of pets,

cleaning up yards, visiting the sick, or listening when someone has lost a loved one. My neighbors have always been there for each other, and I am so grateful that they welcomed us to our forever home.

There are so many more examples that I could cite regarding how special Avila Beach is, but I think that you can see that we are very fortunate, and we should remember what we have and never take it for granted. Thank you all for contributing to our Avila Beach.

Envision Avila –The next meet-ing for Envision Avila is scheduled for Thursday, November 2, from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at the Avila Beach Community Center. During this workshop, a re-cap of the takeaways from the June 8 Envision Avila Workshop will be pre-sented and the key findings from the Community Background Report will be discussed. The Community Back-ground Report is scheduled to be re-leased on November 2. The remaining time will be focused on special events in the Avila Urban Reserve Line and current temporary event standards. For more information, check out www.envisionavila.org or email [email protected] or call 805-781-1397.

Santa’s Doggie Parade–The pressure is on––who will win Santa’s Doggie Parade costume contest this year! To kick off Small Business Sat-urday, November 25, our parade will be held on the Avila Promenade at 11 a.m. The categories for the contest are: Best Costume, Best Dog/Owner Look Alike, Best Holiday Look, Fun-niest Costume, Best in Show, and the Rowdy Award. All participants will re-ceive a yummy goodie bag from Petco – Avila Beach. Volunteers are always needed ,so get in touch with me at [email protected] or call 805-627-1997. Watch our website www.avilabeachcc.com for the registration form and additional details of this fun event.

Avila Beach Holiday Potluck/Annual Meeting–The ABCA will host our annual Holiday Potluck and

Annual Meeting on Friday, December 8, from 6–8 p.m., at the Community Center. Bring a dish to share and join us for a fun time with your neighbors and friends. As always, we are looking for people who want to get involved in our wonderful community and events, and, perhaps, who can sing a few holiday songs to put us all in the spirit. We are also looking forward to a visit by that special someone who is taking time out of his busy schedule to visit with all of you, whether you have been naughty or nice!

Healing Garden Commemora-tive Engraved Paver Program–The Civic Association continues to accept orders for engraved bricks through our Commemorative En-graved Paver Program. We have in-stalled 124 bricks which honor and remember many members of our community currently living in or vis-iting the greater Avila Beach area as well as loved ones who have left us. If you are interested in purchasing a brick, please contact me.

Get Involved–The Avila Beach Civic Association is always in need of people who want to become involved. As you have read above, we have a number of opportunities. If you have a few hours to spare and would like to work in our garden, on our website, or at our events, please contact me.

Avila Beach Community Center Rentals –The Avila Beach Com-munity Center is available for rental for your parties and other special events. We have a large Multi-Purpose Room and a small-er Conference Room that can ac-commodate meetings, reunions, wedding receptions, or any gath-ering.

In addition, our Healing Gar-den, with all of its plants and the arbor, makes a beautiful back-drop for your wedding or special occasion when you rent the Com-munity Center. Non-profit orga-nizations, who are members, re-ceive 10% off our rental rate. For more information, availability, and rates, please contact me.

A View From the BeachBy Mary Foppiano

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Thank you for your support!

The Avila Beach Civic Association is conducting our annual membership drive to support the programs and operations of the Avila Beach Community Center. As a perk for becoming a 2018 member now, you become a new member for the remainder of 2017 as well as 2018. Also, the Avila Bay Athletic Club & Spa continues to offer discounts to all our ABCA

members. Join us today and let us know if you are interested in getting more involved with your community.


November Meetings In Avila: Avila Beach Civic Association–

no meeting date

Avila Beach Community Services District–Tues., Nov. 14 at 7 p.m.

Avila Beach Tourism Alliance–Wed., Nov. 8 at 10 a.m.

Avila Valley Advisory Council–Mon., Nov, 13 at 7 p.m.

Port San Luis Harbor District–Tues., Nov 28 at 6 p.m.

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Classes at the Community Center Gentle Yoga by Jessica Daem will increase your flexibility, strength, and range of motion through Vinyasa style with fluid movements emphasizing posture, breathing, relaxation, and stress release. Gentle Yoga classes are held on Tuesdays/Thursdays from 9:30-–10:45 a.m., from September 5 through December 14. The cost is $109 for the series. Pre-registration is required. Please contact San Luis Coastal Adult School at 805-549-1222 or ae.slcusd.org to register.

Strength Training by Sue Gin is for seniors to promote muscle strength and increase flexibility and coordina-tion while building strength and en-durance. Strength Training classes are held on Tuesdays/Thursdays from 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m., from September 5 through December 14. The cost is $109 for the series. Pre-registration is required. Please contact San Luis Coastal Adult School at 805-549-1222 or ae.slcusd.org to register.

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Courses for Seniors through Cuesta Emeritus College–The first Emeritus College at Cuesta free class began on September 19 with 14 students. Dara Ros-enwasser, a practicing artist and educator with a background in strengthening community through visual storytelling and oral history projects, is teaching the Art History class at the Avila Beach Community Center confer-ence room on Tuesdays from 1–3 p.m. from September 19 through November 14. New students are welcome at any time throughout the class schedule.

Creative Cooking is a class under consideration for the next quarter is. It will be taught by a faculty member who is profes-

sionally trained and has experi-ence teaching culinary. Designed for the adult 50+, this class pres-ents healthy food and cooking choices that maintain optimum health for active older adults. Stu-dents learn basic concepts of nu-trition as well as how to prepare tasty, flavorful, and nutritious meals based on those concepts us-ing fresh food from local markets. The class will be held on Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m. at the Avila Beach Community Center conference room from January 30 through March 27, 2018. Visit cuesta.edu/academics/continuinged/emeri-tus/index.html or call 805-591-6212 to register. Also, please call me with any questions at 805-627-1997.


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POINT SAN LUIS LIGHTHOUSE was established in 1890, operated until the mid-seventies, and was fully restored to museum

quality in 1995. Today the Lighthouse offers docent led tours starting with a trolley ride from Wild Cherry Canyon in Avila to the Light-

house. Tours are every Wednesday and Saturday. For tour reservations, call: 805-540-5771 | pointsanluislighthouse.

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Celebrate ThanksgivingIN YOUR HOMETOWN OF AVILA BEACH

Butternut Squash SOUPcandied pecans, cherry coulis

Baby Kalefuyu persimmons, marcona almonds, pomegranate berries, chevre, champagne vinaigrette

Braised Short Ribblack truffle on crostini, and demi jus

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Avila Valley Grapevine By John Salisbury, [email protected]

It certainly has been a crazy weath-er year. It not only affected the yearly cycle of grape growing, but

made ripening interesting to say the least. That hot spell at the beginning of harvest had all kinds of different varietals wanting to come off at the same time and out of order. Veraison (fr., “Verr-ray-zohn”) is an all impor-tant time of the year because it is the onset of ripening. It can be affected by a late or early spring, hot weather, cold weather, and many other factors.

Veraison is when the grapes turn from green to red and start to soften and sweeten up. It also happens in white grapes, but it changes more from white to just more translucent. Pinot Grigio will turn more of a gray-ish color. As I have said before, there isn’t a prettier bin than one filled with Pinot Grigio grapes.

To be technical, relying on Wine Folly, it is when the vine changes its focus from energy creation (photo-synthesis) to energy consumption and puts the energy into making sweet grapes. The changing color (an-thocyanin) and the making of other polyphenols will act also as protectors of the grape from the sun, wind, and other stresses common during the summer. It takes anywhere from 30 to 70 days after Veraison for berries to be ready to make wine. I use to say, “Bud break in Avila around St. Pat-rick’s Day, Veraison by Fourth of July, and harvest just after Labor Day” all, of course, depending on the varietal.

Before Veraison, the grapes are on the hard side, small, bitterly acidic, and green because of the chlorophyll.

When we start seeing color chang-ing, is when the vine starts transport-ing its energy from the roots below to the grape clusters above. So the chlo-rophyll gets replaced with anthocya-nins in the red grapes and the carot-enoids in the white grapes along with sugars and other nutrients.

After Veraison, the grapes rapidly

increase in size as they col-lect glucose and fruc-tose (sugars, which we can measure the Brix—sugar content, with a hand held re-fractometer). With a good nose, you can start to smell aroma com-pounds. It is also the time we see the damn Star-lings show up. It is like the dinner bell has been sounded. So the nets go up and the sound machines (propane guns, amplified bird stress calls, etc.) start making noise.

At this time, there is the constant reduction of acid levels which con-tinue to drop and the sugars rise until the berries get the right balance for harvest. In cooler climates like ours, winegrowers may (should) choose to drop bunches that haven’t ripened as fast as the others which also ensures the rest of the bunches, those that are closer to each other in ripening, get more nutrients and sugars. Dropping fruit at this time can also make sure that the dropped greener bunches than the others do not get into the bin because even though they may look colored enough at harvest, they aren’t the same and can give the wine a vegetated taste. This is especially true with Pinot Noir, which is a deli-cate thin skinned grape that can pick up all kinds of different taste factors – inside and out. Grapes are like a sponge and can pick up smoke, euca-lyptus, noxious weeds, and other dis-agreeable smells that can be picked up in the wine.

It is a tough time mentally and fi-nancially for the grower to drop fruit because they get paid by the ton. But it is a partnership with the winery

to produce the best fruit possible resulting in

the best wine and also something

that is remem-bered at the next grape contract time both knowing 75+% of the wine is made in the vineyard.

It is the wine-maker’s job to

either not to screw it up or make a silk

purse out of a sow’s ear. In some drier cli-

mates, growers will drop leaves to slow the ripening to delay ripening until later when it is cooler for har-vest. Longer hang time = better com-plexity and more sugars (eventually more alcohol).

Some varietals have bunches that ripen unevenly during Veraison be-cause of outside factors and the type of grape. Something like the old processing tomatoes in the Sac-ramento Valley I used to farm up to the late1960’s. Then tomatoes rip-ened unevenly and had to be picked by hand a couple of times. With the end of the Bracero program around that time, we had harvesting ma-chines being built to cut the vines that were pulled into the machine, toma-toes shaken off, empty vines out the back, and the tomatoes fell through the shakers to sorting belts then con-veyed into bins pulled alongside the harvester by a tractor. Problem was, there wasn’t a tomato yet that rip-ened all at once or tough enough to handle the shaking and bouncing. So, U.C. Davis went to work and spent several years and thousands of hand cross pollination trials requiring a full season of growing in the field for each trial to get results (where was GMO when we needed it? – we will argue

that one another time). They finally came up with some vines that had hard tomatoes that would ripen pretty much together most of the time. Indi-vidual vines were given numbers, not names, because there were so many being tried. One field trial finally pro-duced number 7879 that became a mainstay for a long time to give you an idea of how many were tested be-fore one became successful. It was then hand crossbred into other prom-ising vines. They didn’t taste like an heirloom Beefstake but tough walled (throw against a wall and almost not break). At that time we were grateful because the industry was saved plus the tomatoes were going into a can or a paste barrel, so taste (salt) could be added. Modern processing varietals are now equal in taste, if not better, than commercial store bought types. The Roma tomato you eat now is an improvement on the very first ma-chine harvested tomatoes. When you cut open one of these tomatoes, elon-gated which made handling easier and less prone to breaking, you can see the thicker wall as compared to rounds.

Old vine head pruned Zinfandel is a variety that doesn’t ripen at the same time. A vineyard I managed in the mid-90’s in Paso Robles had to be picked three times. First time on Labor Day, the second time picked at least a three weeks later, and the last in mid-October when they were pretty well raisened up and went into Port. Our Pinot Noir in Avila Valley most years had some problems ripening together requiring a big drop. Oth-ers are Sangiovese, Malbec, Gewurz-traminer, which makes them all the hardest varietals to grow.

“The sun, with all those planets re-volving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do”.–

Galileo Galilei

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Cal Poly professors and students were on hand to explain their ongoing research into local marine life, including Morro Bay’s ecosystem, sustain-

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The pier supports field research for Cal Poly’s Center for Coastal Marine Sciences and the SLOSEA program. Since its donation to the university in 2001 the pier has been used by 1,500 students per year for classes or re-search activities. Photos by Christy Serpa.


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This month’s Community Spotlight fo-cuses on Mo-

rovino Winery. Mo-rovino was founded in 1994 and in 2017 was taken over by current own-ers David and An-drea Bradford. The tasting room was originally located in Solvang, but one of the first things the new owners did was relocate the tasting room to our beauti-ful community. Da-vid and Andrea are now in their third location in Avila at 468 Front Street. It looks like they have been working their way closer to the beach with each move.

Morovino focuses on Ital-ian varietals but isn’t afraid to mix it up a little. As anyone who knows me, I typically don’t drink wine, but I must say that I love their Pinot Grigio, which is a little bit sweet and really easy to drink and enjoy. An-drea is getting ready to open the Charm boutique within the winery’s tasting room. Charm will feature unique gifts for the body, mind, and spirit including jewelry, crystals, and whimsical art. This will make Morovino a

great one-stop-shop to pick up

holiday gifts.David and Andrea are also

huge supporters of the Avila community and donate their delicious wines to our Spaghetti Dinners/Bingo Nights, the Avila Apple Festival, and the Aquari-um’s Catch of the Central Coast, to name just a few. Andrea can always be counted on to help every year at our two annual Doggie Parades and many other Avila events. In 2016, Morovino was awarded the Avila Beach Civic Association Community Service Award.

Community SpotlightBy Mary Foppiano

In the late nineteenth century the newfangled railroad was the hottest

form of travel. The bumping, lurching, wooden benches of the Central and Union Pacif-ic Railroad lines were a god-send to the previously em-ployed manner of crossing the United States, that being the wagon. However on the West Coast of the United States, and the West Coast of the Americas for that matter, the steamship was still the manner of choice in which people and commodi-ties traveled. No railroad at the time connected the West Coast from south to north, and certainly no railroad was planned that would con-nect Cape Horn in Chile to the bus-tling ports of Alaska, a total of 9,356 miles.

With the construction of the Har-ford Pier in 1873, steamships began stopping in to the small port. They had come earlier to Avila Beach to dock at the People’s Pier, and even earlier to drop anchor off shore and send boats of people and supplies to Mallagh’s Landing near modern Pirates Cove. But it was the Harford Pier, which would be the main place of loading following the destruction of the People’s Pier in 1878 and the closing of Mallagh’s Landing short-ly before that. What visitors to the town of Avila Beach in 2017 do not realize is that during the 1870s there

was no town of Avila, and there were very few residents. No streets were laid out, no businesses exist-ed; the roads into town were muddy and horrible. Were things going to change with the introduction of the Harford Pier? Certainly. But until there was a way to get people and goods to and from the Harford Pier and into nearby San Luis Obispo then business would be destined to stagnate.

In 1867, a full seven years before the completion of the first rendition of the Harford Pier, John Harford purchased land along the coastline between Avila Beach and Point San Luis. Purchased from the Avila fam-ily, the original land grantees for whom the town of Avila is named

after, John went to work construct-ing a narrow gauge railway out to his pier. At 30 inches wide, and made with 15-pound rail, the railway was completed and operational by 1873. Its cars were pulled up the hills via horse and workers, and then al-lowed to flow downhill powered by gravity. Although not ideal, it was the first step in the right direction of getting people and cargo to and from the county’s most important pier.

By 1882 John Harford sold the majority of his holdings in and around Avila Beach to Luigi Marre. He had set his sights on new busi-ness ventures in Pataha City, Wash-ington, and he moved his family there the same year. However he

kept one small 30-acre parcel that in his mind he knew could be valu-able. The 30-acres was located at the southern tip of Point San Luis. It was purchased in 1888 by the Unit-ed States Government as the site for the construction of a new lighthouse in Avila Beach.

The Point SLO Lighthouse offers tours on Wednesdays and Satur-days. Do you have family coming to town for the holidays? Take them somewhere special and come see the beautiful Point San Luis Light-house. Holiday events and parties can also be booked at Point SLO. More information can be found at PointSanLuisLighthouse.org.

Building a RailwayBy Jack San Filippo, Program Manager at Point SLO Lighthouse

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But, why join a gym you ask? You know, for all the cool reasons. Once I get in shape gonna finally walk that beach sans shirt, unless I go with my tank top. “Sun’s out, guns out!” Chicks are going to finally dig me. Yeah, here comes the bronze bomber, baby. Dude’s are going to recoil at the sight of my physique. Probably take a knee in worship.

Okay, enough about the new me. (Geez, I’m already worn out!) This column is really about, well, gym guy! And believe you me, there is a variation on the theme. I’m going to attempt to take you into the gym to meet the various gym guys whom I have observed since joining the frater-nity. Names shall not be mentioned in order to protect the innocent, main-ly because I don’t know a soul at my new gym! Now, some of this may be-come visually graphic so turn the page now if you are the squeamish type.

Quiet gym guy. He is the one you want to be working out next to. He goes about his business in a very profes-sional manner and does not disrupt. Loud gym guy is a real nuisance. He is constantly talking out loud. Won’t shut up. Dominates the conversation with any other gym guy. If you are in the treadmill area and he›s there you move to the weight room just to rid yourself of his annoyance. Then he inexplicably pops up in the weight room right next to you, chatty daddy.

And then there is show-off gym guy. You know the one. Big guns. Has a permanent chip on his deltoid. Walks around like he’s going to kick every-one’s ass. Probably can. Probably mine if he discovers this article. Mea-surement from elbow to elbow ex-ceeds his actual height. You swear one day you’re going to take him down, knowing you never will. Admittedly you’re jealous of him.

Well, you were warned, so brace yourself for walk-around-naked gym guy. Look, I don’t look! His thing’s not my thing. It’s just that when your awesome gym has a swimming pool, a sauna, a steam room, showers and a locker room you invariably will run into walk-around-naked gym guy. It’s

inevitable.Actually there are dif-

ferent species of walk-around-naked gym guy. Some are very timid (me) and very adept at rolling the top of the towel to-gether in order to keep that cloth fig leaf cover-ing up your buttocks and junk. This gym guy has mastered the art of get-ting to his locker after

showering, with towel in place, and slyly making the transition from tow-el-wearer to underwear-wearer in an instant. He then exhales a sigh of re-lief. (“I wasn’t seen!”)

The species of walk-around-naked guy that scares me is the one who flaunts. I’m not saying he does it on purpose, but him being a possessor (use your imagination) lends him a bit more credence and he cuts a rather large swath in and around the lock-er room area. His head is held a bit higher and his shoulders are bowed back more so than usual. Listen, as stated earlier I definitely do not look, but there is absolutely nothing you can do about peripheral vision. It just happens. You try to eliminate glances from between the waistline to mid-thigh. Sometimes to top of knee. (proud s.o.b.!)

A real disconcerting aspect about running (literally) into the aforemen-tioned walk-around-naked gym guy is when you are bent over drying your feet and he walks up to his adjoining locker and you raise up to find his crank directly in your face. Yikes!! You swear Groucho Marx is staring you down with that large proboscis and thick, furry unabrow. I still haven’t re-covered from a recent episode.

Meticulous gym guy is very proper. He does as others should and wipes down all equipment and floor mats. Gym girl would love to have meticu-lous gym guy as her hubby.

Grunt gym guy is hilarious and an-noying at the same time. While work-ing the core machines grunt gym guy will amp up the grunt decibels as he ramps up his workout. Sounds like he is imagining having sex as he explodes off of the workout machine when fin-ished with the clanging sound of the weights signifying the euphoria of a job well done. He then heads outside for a smoke.

I love my new gym! Been there for a few weeks now. Can’t wait to get back to run and lift and flex and swim and steam and continue building the new me. Will do, as soon as this pulled ab-dominal muscle heals.

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