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• Forum scheduled for youth interested in service academies

  Forum scheduled for youth interested in service academies

  Students interested in attending one of the nation’s service academies are invited to a forum Oct. 8 in Paso Robles.

  The various services — U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy — will send officers, cadets and midshipmen, who will provide information on life at an academy.

  These representatives also will delineate the procedure to apply.

• Arroyo Grande teen receives principal nomination for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

  Arroyo Grande teen receives principal nomination for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

  Tyler Dawson, 19, of Arroyo Grande has received a principal nomination for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., from Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield.

  Dawson attends Northwestern Preparatory School in Lake Arrowhead, which was created to train students to gain entrance into one of the service academies. While in high school, he played football and baseball, serving as captain on both teams.

  McCarthy, whose congressional district sprawls from Ridgecrest in the High Desert to Arroyo Grande and other parts of San Luis Obispo County, on Monday announced his nominations to the United States Service Academies. He chose one principal nominee to each academy as well as alternates.

• Atascadero group rallies for Obama’s jobs bill

  Atascadero group rallies for Obama’s jobs bill

  Local citizens Tuesday rallied in support of President Barack Obama’s proposed American Jobs Act at the Atascadero office of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield.

  The public event, organized by the Atascadero Democratic Club, attracted about 60 people. Demonstrators came from Atascadero, Templeton, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande and Cambria, organizers said.

  They also signed a petition against joblessness that was presented to the office.

• North County's first charter school set to open its doors in San Miguel next fall

  North County's first charter school set to open its doors in San Miguel next fall

  After receiving the support of the San Miguel school board Thursday night, the North County’s first charter school is set to open its doors next fall.

  As a result, the San Miguel Joint Unified School District, which has not seen the student growth it had previously projected, could eventually bring in more than 400 new students within the next five years.

  The board’s 4-1 approval means open enrollment can proceed in February, one year after the Paso Robles school district rejected the charter.

• Government Watch: A roundup of this week’s agendas

  Government Watch: A roundup of this week’s agendas

  Atascadero Redevelopment Agency Board of Directors. Meets Tuesday. 461-5000. Regular annual report for the state, including an agency audit.

  Paso Robles City Council. Meets Tuesday. 237-3888. Extension of temporary waiver to development impact fees; clarification of the responsibilities of the city library Board of Trustees and the administration of library services; public works construction standards.

  Pismo Beach City Council. Meets Tuesday. 773-7003. Emergency permit for installation of bluff protection measures at the Vista Del Mar lift station and Eldwayen Ocean Park on Ocean Boulevard; appropriate $12,000 from the general fund reserve to complete preliminary design of shoreline protection projects at Ocean Boulevard between Capistrano and Wawona streets and the Vista Del Mar lift station.