Compiled by Camas Frank
San Luis Obispo’s new skate park in Santa Rosa Park will open on Saturday, Feb. 28, the City has announced. The grand opening ceremonies will take place at 1 p.m. with the park remaining open to the public until 10. The event will include comments from the leaders of the project, a ribbon cutting ceremony, music, food trucks, vendor booths, and skating. At its April 15, 2014 meeting, the City Council awarded the construction contract to ProWest Constructors of Wildomar, Calif. The 15,500 square foot concrete park was paid for by tax dollars and grants including one from the Tony Hawk Foundation. Businesses can email Faith McDonald at: for sponsorship and booth information.
The Yoga Centre, co-founded Peter Sterios is celebrating over 22 years in business as the first yoga studio in San Luis Obispo. Now Sterios is returning to the fold, as an internationally acclaimed yoga instructor, a former contributing editor for Yoga Journal magazine, and the founder and former CEO of the Manduka eco yoga products company. Sterios is partnering with Yoga Centre for a series of monthly clinics in 2015. The workshop-style classes will be open to all levels, offering novices and advanced students the opportunity to enhance their understanding of yoga postures and philosophies, while training with a widely acclaimed yoga expert. For yoga instructors, the 3-hour clinics are also eligible for Yoga Alliance Continuing Education units, and can count towards 300-hour certifications. For information about his studio, mBODY Yoga, and other upcoming workshops, see: mbodyslo.com.
On Jan. 7, KLIFE-FM announced that it is changing the station’s name and brand to LIFE 89.3. The change “reflects a new season of music and ministry to the Central Coast,” said Matt Williams, station program director. “After 20 years of being on the air, we realized that reevaluating who we are and who we are trying to reach was a necessity. Our goal is to be locally unique from other Christian stations. Tune in to 89.3 FM on the radio dial or listen online at: www.life893.com. Connect on Facebook at: facebook/life893.
Austin-based SaaS software provider, ProjectManager.com, announced the winner of its “Give me $1,000 in 1 minute” video scholarship contest and Alyssa Parr, a Cal Poly architecture student, was the winner. The contest entailed a 1-minute video answering the statement: “A great project manager is someone who…” Entrants posted their videos to Instagram at: #pmscholarship. Parr is the co-project manager of the Cal Poly Solar Decathlon, a U.S. Department of Energy collegiate competition where teams compete to design and build a net-zero energy efficient home.
Visitors and locals alike have been experiencing regionally inspired cuisine throughout Restaurant Month in January, as participating eateries and wineries offer special menus and promotions. San Luis Obispo hosts 16 restaurants and 12 wineries participating in the eighth annual Visit California Restaurant Month. More than 40 destinations across California, from the desert and coast to wine country and the High Sierras, are hosting restaurant months and other value-driven food programming. Visit California is a non-profit organization with a mission to develop and maintain marketing programs in partnership with the state’s travel industry that keep California top-of-mind as a premier travel destination.
This January marks the 14th Annual National Mentoring Month, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo County is participating in the campaign aimed at expanding quality mentoring opportunities to, “connect more of our community’s young people with caring adults. This year also marks the 20th anniversary of the local mentoring agency’s first mentor match on the Central Coast, and a new partnership with must! Charities aimed at creating 80 new mentor relationships in the North County. The annual Thank A Mentor Day was held Jan. 15. “There is a powerful mentoring effect demonstrated by research and the experiences of young people who are connected to a mentor,” said Anna Boyd-Bucy, executive director for Big Brothers Big Sisters. For more information on volunteering or contributing, call 781-3226, or log onto: www.slobigs.org.
CASA of San Luis Obispo County has received a donation of $1,365 from the students of Erin Serafin’s fifth grade class at Teach Elementary School, in SLO. The money will go towards the recruiting, training and supervision of volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children in SLO County. The funds were raised via a learn-by-doing project in which the students created products to benefit CASA. The children worked in teams to produce items to sell in the school’s mini-mall. Among the creative items they produced were decorated water bottles, lava lamps, stress balls, key chains, and origami wallets.
Dr. Roman Bukachevsky and his staff have opened a second office in San Luis Obispo County. The Bukachevsky Center for Facial Rejuvenation opens Jan. 15 at 1288 Morro St., Ste. 120, in SLO, the former location of Rejuvenation Medical Skincare. “We’re always looking for ways to better serve our patients, and this move reflects that dedication to service and convenience,” said Bukachevsky. “This second location will be a great option for our San Luis Obispo and South County patients who are looking for anti-aging treatment options closer to home.” The Center is a full-service facial rejuvenation medical practice, specializing in minimally invasive plastic and reconstructive surgical procedures and anti-aging facial rejuvenation treatments, such as BOTOX cosmetic, dysport, intense pulse light, and chemical peels. Call the new office, 781-3800. There’s also a Templeton office. See: www.BukachevskyMD.com for information.
Cal Poly has a new cyber expert. William J. Britton, the vice president for Cyber Strategy at Parsons Inc., will serve as visiting director of Cal Poly’s Cybersecurity Center. Britton will be responsible for “leading Cal Poly’s cyber initiative into a nationally prominent center that includes educational, research, outreach, and partnering activities.” “Parsons is pleased that one of our top cyber-security experts will be partnering with Cal Poly surrounding its initiative to become the leading supplier of cyber-security professionals,” said Chuck Harrington, Parsons’ chairman and CEO. The goals of the cyber initiative are to produce qualified graduates in computer science with a cyber-security specialization, as well as to educate them in advanced engineering, science, and business applications of cyber technologies and systems. In late 2013, Parsons pledged $100,000 to Cal Poly’s cyber initiative. The money is being distributed over a 2-year period, which began in 2014.
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