Lon Allan
After almost seven months of a battered downtown, the work is finally finished, and it looks great. We have our streets back.
A number of our readers may remember Palmer Putnam, who retired to Atascadero in the 1970s with his wife, Betty. They quickly became involved in a number of community activities.
This week Atascadero residents celebrate the 96th anniversary of the founding of their city by Edward Gardner Lewis.
We’re starting to hear about Colony Days around town as the volunteer committee gears up for another celebration of the founding of Atascadero 96 years ago. A number of local businesses have the word “Colony” in them. Even the title of this column is “About the Colony.”
On the first day of school last week, I was sitting in an assembly over at Santa Rosa Academic Academy.
Monday was the last day to trade in your “clunker” for something better and get government help doing it.
I live close to Atascadero High School, so during the school year I see students driving and walking to and from the campus with a cell phone pushed against an ear or fingers fluttering across those miniature keyboards.
Atascadero voters will get the opportunity to decide whether or not to have an elected mayor.
Someone asked me several weeks ago who would win the three seats on the Atascadero City Council. I replied that I thought Tom O’Malley was a sure thing and the other two depended on how voters felt about getting a mega Wal-Mart in their city.
