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The Paso Robles school district has reached an agreement with its teachers union on contract terms.
The differences between the district and union were considered by a state mediator after the two sides could not reach an agreement.
The district and union issued a joint statement last week saying they have reached a tentative agreement. The terms were not revealed.
The union members and district board still have to ratify the agreement. It will go to a vote of teachers by June 30.
The terms will be made public after the teachers vote.
—Leah Etling
Morro Bay
Two Morro Bay High School students were awarded $1,000 college scholarships from the Morro Bay chapter of Quota International.
The prizes were given to 2008 graduates Jeffrey Traughber and Madeleine Koster.
Traughber, a Los Osos resident, will attend Cal Poly, where he will major in biochemistry and minor in music with hopes of becoming a doctor and youth minister.
Koster, who also lives in Los Osos, plans on studying liberal arts and music. She is a recipient of the Betty Powell Memorial Scholarship.
Quota International is a nonprofit group known for its service to deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, disadvantaged women and children and for providing support for men and women in the military.
—Sona Patel
Paso Robles
Warning that the water supply is critically low because of scant rainfall and plenty of hot weather, city officials are asking for voluntary conservation.
In a Friday press release, the city asked residents to water lawns no more than every other day for a maximum of 10 minutes.
The city also recommended that residents use only automated car washes.
The city Web site at www.prcity.com offers water conservation tips. To reach the tips, click on government, then public works and then water conservation. —Tribune staff report
Atascadero
A community meeting, facilitated by Applied Development Economics, to gather information for a city economic development plan is scheduled for Thursday.
The City Council hired Applied Development in April for $100,000 to help develop an economic strategy for the struggling city.
A focus group discussion will center on the economic health of the city and ways to strengthen it.
The meeting is set for 6 to 9 p. m. at the Atascadero Junior High School, 6501 Lewis Ave.
—AnnMarie Cornejo
Atascadero
The Community Services Department is seeking sponsors for two summer events: Movies in the Park at the Sunken Gardens and the 16th annual Hot El Camino Cruise Nite.
Movies in the Park start Aug. 2 and continue every Saturday until Aug. 30.
The car cruise will be held Aug. 15.
Both events are funded by donations. For more details, call 461-5000.
—AnnMarie Cornejo
SLO County
The James Irvine Foundation has awarded the San Luis Obispo County Community Foundation a $400,000 grant.
The foundation, which received another grant from Irvine in 2005, was one of seven foundations in California to receive a second award.
The Irvine Foundation started the Community Foundations Initiative in 2005 to strengthen local philanthropy in what it deemed underserved areas of the state, according to a press release.
It was part of an initiative to provide $4 million in grants to emerging nonprofit groups.
The SLO Community Foundation was founded in 1998 and now has assets of more than $27 million, according to the press release.
—Stephen Curran
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