Poised for winter

BILL SPARKES/Acorn Newspapers CONCENTRATING ON HER BALANCE--Noel Sparks, 9, of Thousand Oaks keeps her balance while her friend, Katrina Kuxhausen, 7, of Vista, Calif. plays in the water at Conejo Creek Park North. The weather is slightly chillier now, but it still makes Midwesterners jealous.