Helping fight breast cancer
     JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers FINE FEATHERED FRIENDS-Newbury Park resident Linda Escoto puts a headband of miniature feathered flamingos on Bonnie Quintanilla, a Westlake Village resident, during the Avon Mini Walk for Breast Cancer at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Westlake Village on Saturday.
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'Beyond Atkins' program comes to Conejo YMCA
     The Conejo Valley YMCA is introducing a healthy family weight loss and wellness program based on the principles of Dr. Doug Markham, author of "Total Health and Beyond Atkins." Markham conducts free monthly two-hour introduction seminars at the Y. Participants then take part in weekly cust
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Welfare benefit system to be streamlined
     The Ventura County Human Services Agency recently launched a new automated system for determining eligibility for social service programs that will reduce paperwork, reduce the turnaround time for receiving benefits and provide more opportunity for interaction between staff and client
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