SLO County residents reflect on their brushes with fame (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
Friday, December 26th, 2008By Patrick S. Pemberton — Nobody asked for Gloria Toney’s autograph when she was a secretary at the Atascadero State Hospital. But when she appeared in a Jockey underwear ad with her daughter and granddaughter, strangers suddenly began treating her like a celebrity. “I was in Williams Brothers store with my husband, and people came up and asked for my autograph,” said Toney, of Paso Robles. …