In Which The Maker Faire Restores Your Humble Correspondent’s Faith In Humanity

A life-size fire-breathing dragon. A fully robotic calliope band. A full-scale flight simulator built by teenagers . An entire herd of homemade R2-D2s. Electric cars, steampunk fashion, a robot petting zoo, a piano made of bananas, and a cardboard Trojan Horse. Plus a zillion different interactive attractions, classes, and events for kids of all ages. Yes, the Maker Faire is back in town, and ...

On a roll with quilling

  Quilling, quillers say, is a perfect craft — or, ahem, art — in a tight economy.Quilling is the art of rolling and forming narrow strips of paper into shapes, and then turning those shapes into designs. It's called quilling because early practitioners rolled paper onto bird quills...

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Paso Robles honors teachers, manager of the year

PASO ROBLES – The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District honored its 2011-12 teachers and manager of the year on Tuesday. DeCou is currently the Director of Curriculum for the district and has served admirably in that position for many years.