The talents of John Dunn, retired SLO City CAO and this year’s SLO Chamber Citizen of the Year, are in demand in many communities these days. John has agreed to tackle one – the financially-strapped-needs-a-great-leader City of Rohnert Park (adjacent to Santa Rosa) as Interim CAO starting Monday. Wife Sandy will join him for a few weeks every month during the six-month assignment … We had occasion recently to talk with Lon Allan, Atascadero’s resident historian and one of the county’s best known newspaper writers, about his book, Atascadero: The Vision of One – The Work of Many. The book covers the ins and outs of Atascadero from 1776 to its incorporation as a city in the summer of 1979. E.G. Lewis is one interesting fellow and Lon does have a way with words … Audio production go-to guy John Quimby of the Production Room in Santa Barbara is proving he can go-to work anywhere. He’s moving his company and his family full-time to Dunn Creek, the family’s organic farm in Prince Edward Island, Canada. The Quimby’s have spent the last nine summers on the island and are now making it their home. Sound waves and waves of grain to follow.






