When the 86,000 fans of U2 at the recent Rose Bowl concert screamed and stomped over the talents of keyboardist Terry Lawless, a couple of BCA fans in the crowd cheered even harder for the musician who also plays in local band Unfinished Business. Terry will fly from the U2 tour to play with Unfinished Business on Nov. 7 in Santa Maria for a fundraiser benefitting the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County … All roads lead to BlackHorse? Twenty-month 
old SLO cover star Viggo Brown graces the November cover of Parents magazine, beating out 40,000 entries in Parents’ Little Kid Cover Contest. Proud Mama Catheryne works at BlackHorse Coffee on Broad Street in SLO. And the gorgeous landscaping at the Edna Valley home of Jim and Jamie deYong is featured in this month’s Sunset Magazine (project designed by Ryan Fortini and photographed by Chris Leschinsky). Jim is a BCA creative whiz who spends a lot of time at…BlackHorse … Next fall’s first ever “Savor the Central Coast” food and wine event being produced by Sunset Magazine with the SLO County Visitors and Conference Bureau will have a great boost from the home team. VCB Executive John Summer has assembled a community advisory group led by Noreen Martin to help shape the celebration. Committee members include Lorraine Alban, J&L Wines, Inc.; Jim Brabeck, Farm Supply Company; Doug Filipponi, Ancient Peaks and Santa Margarita Ranch; Robert Gilson, Hotel Cheval; David Hance, Clayhouse Wines; SLO County Supervisors Adam Hill and Frank Mecham; John King, Boutique Hotel Collection, Inc.; Leah Kolt, Cal Poly; Mike Manchak, Economic Vitality Corporation; John H. Niven, Niven Family Wine Estates; John A. Ronca, Jr. Attorney At Law; Pierre Rademaker, Pierre Rademaker Design; Brian Talley, Talley Vineyards and Kristen Yetter, Promega Biosciences … Longtime Exec Director of Hospice of SLO County, Donna Keane, is retiring at the end of the year. A search is on to fill Donna’s very big shoes and duplicate her very caring heart.
