Lon Allan
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About Lon Allan
Lon Allan writes a weekly column, About the Colony, for The Tribune. He has lived in Atascadero for nearly five decades. Reach him at 805-466-8529 or leallan@tcsn.net .
Not so tech savvy
For those of you who have followed my evolution over the past 40-plus years, you know that my technical savvy has been virtually static.
Lon Allan
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LON ALLAN
Piano with a grand history returns to Atascadero church
One of Atascadero founder E.G. Lewis’ ideas was that the individual denominations of churches get together as one. If they did so, he’d create a building for them. Thus was born the Federated Church of Atascadero. Lewis announced that he had more than 20 denominations of worshipers...
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LON ALLAN
Atascadero should stop ignoring ugly signs around town
I was waiting for the traffic light to turn green the other day, stopped in front of the commercial center that houses Vons, Rite-Aid and a number of smaller retailers.
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LON ALLAN
When Jackie Robinson worked in Atascadero
Because of a surprise bout with the flu, I’m a week late getting to see the movie “42,” which celebrates a portion of the life of Jackie Robinson. It is a great film about a very important moment in America’s history, a time when there was not the equality we have today...
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LON ALLAN
Atascadero High's ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ is going to be a hit
The drama students at Atascadero High School will show off their talents with a repeat of a marvelous show, “Fiddler on the Roof,” which opens Thursday.
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LON ALLAN
Ideas for Atascadero Lake geese prompt quite a response
I can write protests against Walmart coming to Atascadero or the city’s lack of code enforcement on sandwich board signs and get zero responses. But let me write about something rather trivial, and my email and phone light up.
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LON ALLAN
'The Colony' musical returns to the stage — and you can take part
I saw the first act of the musical “The Colony” in 1994 shortly after it was written by Anet Carlin, founder of the local Brickyard Theatre and co-founder of the Great American Melodrama & Vaudeville and the Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts.
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LON ALLAN
Goose barbecue would solve Atascadero Lake’s problem
Atascadero resident Lon Allan has some ideas about how to deal with the messy, noisy geese that have overrun Atascadero Lake Park.
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LON ALLAN
Atascadero has a local treasure in artist Mark Greenaway
I met Mark Greenaway more than 40 years ago when he walked into a class I was teaching as part of the English curriculum at Atascadero High School. It was a class of fewer than 20 students who enrolled in an advanced speech class with one purpose – to produce a 15-minute radio show that was...
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LON ALLAN
Atascadero history is more than E.G. Lewis
Residents should celebrate Atascadero's entire 100-year history, not just the 11 years that Colony founder E.G. Lewis was at the helm.
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LON ALLAN
Atascadero's Eagle Ranch project is far from straightforward
After writing a column on the proposed development of the 3,400-acre Eagle Ranch that borders Atascadero on the south side, Lon Allan learns several facts about the project.
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