Colby Jack Cafe opens at The Carlton Hotel in Atascadero

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  Cider Creek Bakery opening in Atascadero

  Paso Robles’ Cider Creek Bakery and Deli is expanding its operation, opening a second location in Atascadero where Cassie’s Custom Cakes used to be located.

  Cider Creek opened in 1995 in a green barn on Highway 46 West in Templeton. In 2008, the business moved to Paso Robles and has become a favorite among locals.

  While the location in Paso Robles serves an extensive menu of pastries, breads, soups and salads, the new location will offer a slightly reduced menu.

• Carlton Hotel corner alive again

  Carlton Hotel corner alive again

  Back in 1928, the Atascadero Development Syndicate, headed by Oscar Willett of Seattle, ripped out a large oak and razed the Lone Star Garage at the corner of the State Highway and La Plaza Lane. Today, the location is El Camino Real and Traffic Way.

  Town founder E.G. Lewis had been relieved of anything to do with Atascadero three years earlier. A new single-story building was begun, but before it went much further, the man leasing the former Mercantile Building said he wanted to add a second floor with 52 rooms. A large concrete beam over the corner entrance had the letters “ADS” molded in. It was there until the wall was knocked down in 2000.

  One month after the fall of the stock market in 1929, the two-story building opened with a restaurant, hotel rooms on the second floor, and three national retail stores below, J.C. Penney, Safeway and Sprouse-Reitz. The restaurant was first known as the Hotel Halfway and Coffee Shop because it was a subsidiary of the large Atascadero Inn two blocks away toward Olmeda

• Jim Patterson and Debbie Arnold to hold final debate May 10

  Jim Patterson and Debbie Arnold to hold final debate May 10

  County supervisor candidates Jim Patterson and Debbie Arnold will hold the campaign’s final debate Thursday by the Latino Outreach Council, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Colby Jack’s in The Carlton Hotel, 6005 El Camino Real in Atascadero.

  Two-term incumbent Patterson is facing a challenge from Arnold, whom he defeated in 2008, in the June 5 election to represent the 5th District.

  The event is free and open to the public. For information, call C.R. Lara at 610-3385.

• Making memories for those overseas

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  When 13-year-old Brianna Soto recently snapped a photograph of an Atascadero landscape dotted with trees, she said she was drawn to the many shades of green.

  Brianna is one of 12 members of Atascadero’s Cerro Alto 4-H club who are creating a photo book of spots around town to send as mementos to military service members overseas. The project would fulfill the community service aspect of the group’s many goals to shape young leaders.

  “There are a lot of people who do military service, and some might get homesick,” Brianna said. “And sending the photo book might make them feel good inside.”

• Splash Café marks 20th anniversary

  Splash Café marks 20th anniversary

  Twenty years ago, Joanne and Ross Currie bought a restaurant on the corner of Pomeroy Avenue and Cypress Street in Pismo Beach and began working to improve a clam chowder recipe.

  Now, the couple is celebrating their 20th anniversary of Splash Café by offering free cups of their signature chowder with every purchase of an entrée in December.

  The Curries purchased the Pismo Beach restaurant in 1991, a year after it was turned from a Mexican restaurant into a fish and chips joint. In 2005, they opened a location on Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo.