Low-interest loans offered to businesses affected by freeze
      Low-interest loans will be available to small businesses that have suffered financial losses due to last month's freeze damage to crops, according to Steven C. Preston, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The deadline to apply is Oct. 24.
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EYE ON LOCAL AREA STOCKS
      Prices are updated weekly from the Internet Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. PST. For accuracy check prices with your stock broker.                         Companies listed in the stock chart are headquartered in the Acorn distribution area.
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Hafner elected vice president of finance
      Mark A. Hafner of Westlake Village has been elected vice president of finance for 2007 at the Commercial Finance Association, a trade organization of the assetbased financial services industry. Hafner is the president and CEO of Celtic Capital Corp. of Santa Monica, a small finance company.
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Recent cold weather won't affect stars of Strawberry Fest
      The recent chilling temperatures will have no impact on the strawberries that will be ripe in time for the 24th annual California Strawberry Festival celebration Sat. and Sun., May 19 and 20, according to Dean Maulhardt, chairman of the California Strawberry Festival.
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Tireman Inc. and Uniroyal Tire donate funds, equipment
      The Tireman Inc. and Uniroyal Tire of Thousand Oaks have donated funds and equipment valued at more than $800 to AYSO Region 9 as part of a longtime program by Uniroyal to support the nation's top youth soccer associations and leagues.
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