May 19, 2005 RSS feed / Community

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Epicurean event helps needy kids

BILL SPARKES/Acorn Newspapers CARDS OF THANKS--At the Taste of our Town fundraising event held at Gardens of the World, Linda Miller, president of Support for the Kids, and David Mizon, executive board member, stand in front of a wall displaying ca More...

Fashion show helps abused kids

SPRING FASHION- Models show the latest Lourdes Chavez spring clothing line to an audience at Sherwood Country Club. More...

NPHS students earn kudos

Thirty students were inducted as members in the founding class of the Newbury Park High School Chapter of the National Honor Society on April 15. More...

CHP officer talks about his job, offers driving suggestions

By Daniel Wolowicz
danielw@theacorn.com

Behind the wheel of his black and white Crown Victoria, officer Ken Ericsson patrols Conejo Valley with the straightforward confidence of a 27-year veteran. More...

CHP myths dispelled

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Local woman’s garden wins award

By Michelle Knight
knight@theacorn.com

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Church celebrates 40 years

By Michelle Knight
knight@theacorn.com

It was the time of Betamax, "Doctor Zhivago" and Sandy Koufax. The year 1965 also saw a small congregation on the outskirts of a recently incorporated city applaud the completion of their church. More...

Celebrating Hospital Week

LUNCH BREAK-Firemen from Los Angeles County Fire Station No. 144 join the employees of the East Campus of Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center to help celebrate National Hospital Week and Nurses Week. More...

Candidates for Senior of the Year announced

The city of Thousand Oaks Council on Aging (COA) is pleased to announce the names of Senior of the Year candidates nominated by residents of Thousand Oaks. More...

Fire Department to host wildfire, safety expo

The Ventura County Fire Department will host its fourth annual Wildland Fire and Safety Expo from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat., May 21 at the Camarillo Airport on the grounds of the Ventura County Fire Department Regional Training Center, 102 E. More...

Kids hear Holocaust survivor speak

Was at Auschwitz
By Sophia Fischer
sfischer@theacorn.com

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Area kids to perform benefit concert for Many Mansions

A group of local students is putting on a concert to benefit Many Mansions, a Thousand Oaks nonprofit group dedicated to providing affordable housing. More...

Registration open for Meals on Wheels Love Run

Registration is open for the Senior Concerns 12th annual Love Run to benefit Meals on Wheels on Sun., June 5 in the parking lot next to the Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. More...

Singer a one-day docent at Wellness Community’s design house in Lake Sherwood

By Stephanie Bertholdo
bertholdo@theacorn.com

Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and The Papas fame was an added attraction at the House for Hope Showcase at Sherwood last Friday. More...

Goebel Center to host festival

The Goebel Senior Adult Center in Thousand Oaks will host the "Celebration of Life" Senior Festival on Sat., May 21. More...

Strickland bill fails in committee

Assembly Bill 743, a bill by state Assemblywoman Audra Strickland (R-Thousand Oaks) to punish juveniles as adults for rape of an unconscious person, was rejected by the Assembly Public Safety Committee. More...

City of Westlake Village to hear Lowe’s proposal

On Wed., May 25 the Westlake Village City Council will hear from Lowe More...

Professor honored

Sigmar Schwarz, PhD, a professor in the English Department at California Lutheran University has recently received the President More...

Kids doing better with Everyday Math

By Michelle Knight
knight@theacorn.com

Responding to complaints from parents, the board of education briefly reviewed last week how students were doing with its two-year-old Everyday Math program. More...

Rotary fights polio

JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers WALKING TO FIGHT POLIO-Nathan Auerbach and fellow Rotarians find their way to the picnic tables at Pepper Tree Park in Newbury Park last week. More...

ATF looking into fire at Cisco’s

Ventura County Fire Department officials haven More...

Two T.O. city employees capture awards

City Clerk Nancy Dillon of Thousand Oaks received the President More...

Theatre group captures grants

Cabrillo Music Theatre recently received $75,000 in grants to help with its operating costs. More...

WHS students to ‘Rock the Arts’

By Michelle Knight
knight@theacorn.com

Pardeese Ehya has always volunteered to help others. More...

Young publisher shares her thoughts through independent publication

By Sylvie Belmond
belmond@theacorn.com

Sixteen-year-old Carolyn Caffrey is an independent thinker who likes to share her ideas. That More...

Local mom honored for saving lives

Deborah Sipos, the 2004 California State Young Mother and the National Young Mother of the Year, was to have been honored by American Mothers, Inc. on Sat. More...

New West Symphony announces newly expanded season

New West Symphony music director Boris Brott and executive director Kenneth Hopper have announced programming for the 2005-06 season. More...

Newbury Park restaurant changes owners

By Michelle Knight
knight@theacorn.com

For the last 10 years Agoura Hills residents Don and Joan Taylor have driven a dozen or so miles west several times a week to eat at Le Rendez-Vous Restaurant in Newbury Park. More...

Local teen chosen for leadership conference

Ashley Lai of Westlake Village has been selected to participate in the National Student Leadership Conference, a leadership development program for outstanding high school students. More...

Maple School to host carnival

Maple School will present its annual Family Days Carnival on Sat., May 21 at 3501 Kimber Drive, Newbury Park. This year More...

Springtime bike ride

ADAM DAVIS/Acorn Newspapers WHEEL FUN-Bruce Benton slows down before taking a break during the 21st annual Cruisin' the Conejo bike ride sponsored by the Conejo Valley Cyclists and Boy Scout Troop No. More...

Free seminar to address common estate-planning mistakes

By Steve Greenwood
Attorney at Law

Estate planning is a very complicated area of the law where myths abound and which can be harmful to you and your loved ones. Below are some of the more common myths being perpetrated. More...