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The Chapter's Annual Summer BBQ was held Saturday Sept. 7 at Cuesta Park in SLO. Ken Fargen and crew once again prepared delicious grilled beef and chicken served with all the fixin's to chapter members, families, and friends along with this year's Trig*Star winners, their families and teachers. Trig*Star awards were presented and raffle prizes were rewarded to lucky ticket holders. Many THANK YOUs to the Fargen crew, Trig*Star Coordinator Luz Garcia, all those who generously donated the raffle prizes and a personal thank you to Matt Cunningham for pinch hitting for me in the ice/beverage/raffle drawing duties. And a special THANK YOU to Western Land Surveys, Inc for their cooling donation of the ice and beverages on that HOT 102° day !

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1^st place: Ocean Medeiros     Paso Robles High     $500 scholarship

2^nd place: Christian Serna      Paso Robles High     $250 Scholarship

3^rd place: William Gianque    Mission Prep            $100 Scholarship

Paso Robles High School retains the trophy. All three students will be graduating 2026/2027. The Scholarship and Awards will be presented at the Chapter Summer BBQ on September 7, 2024.

*Editor's note - We all recently learned of our Chapter receiving this award, however did you know the back story ? I certainly did not, I had no idea ! (Forgive me, I have missed a couple of chapter meetings this year already !) Thanks to Luz Garcia informing us at the May meeting and circulating a copy of the application submitted to CLSA for consideration for the award. The application was prepared by Tom Mastin. Please take the time to review the application. Within it you will find many tidbits of history about our chapter, understand how some members have been dedicated to the chapter and its mission during the past numerous decades and continue to provide guidance to our newest generation of members. Many THANKS to Tom for the time and work putting together the impressive application package. Something we should all be proud of and appreciate Tom for all is he has done for all of us for a half century !

The California Land Surveyors Association has recognized our very own Central Coast Chapter as the 2023 Chapter of the Year ! Congratulations to all !