Happy New Year, yes indeed
      My wife and I have a 3yearold son, which means we don’t get New Year’s Eve celebrations. First of all, nobody’s going to baby-sit on New Year’s Eve. Second, my wife and I are usually so worn out from Christmas we couldn’t even stay up as late as midnight. We’re lucky if we make it to 9:...
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Newbury Park YMCA offers memberships
      Charter memberships for the new Miller Family YMCA in Newbury Park will be available beginning Sat., Jan. 13. The YMCA, in the Dos Vientos portion of Newbury Park on Via las Brisas, is scheduled to open in March. The new facility will offer aquatics programs for all ages in a full...
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City delivers toys
      GENEROUS GIVERS— Thousand Oaks city employees, from left, Ellen Rosa, Sandi Bravo, Marianne Osborne and Lois Herman pack up toys into city vans for recent delivery to emotionally disturbed, abused or neglected children at Casa Pacifica in Camarillo. More than 650 employees ...
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Audubon Society to sponsor field trips
      The Conejo Valley Audubon Society will sponsor various birding field trips in January. On Sat., Jan. 6, the group will visit Lake Casitas. Meet at Las Posas park-and-ride at 8 a.m. or at the lake at 8:30 a.m. Among the birds to see will be ducks, grebes, sparrows, hawks and woodpeckers...
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