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July 5, 2007  RSS feed
Getting familiar with art
GOING FOR A BRONZE--Westlake Village resident Jimmy Burgee, 22 months, plays on a sculpture at The Lakes shopping center on a recent Sunday. The original bronze sculpture called "A Day at The Lakes" was created in 2005 by artist De L'Esprie. More...
What's in a name? Cash--lots of it--for Alliance for the Arts
By Nancy Needham nancy@theacorn.com

Someone with $5 million to spare can get publicity through Alliance for the Arts by naming the performing arts center. A list of naming opportunities was included in last week's City Council agenda packet. Naming the Civic Arts Plaza Park goes for $3 million. The lobby of the Fred Kavli Theatre for Performing Arts can bear your name for only $1 million. More...

Web rumors persist about traffic laws
By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com

Hundreds, maybe thousands of people have received the e-mail, and, trying to be helpful, they've forwarded it on to their family and friends. Unfortunately, the e-mail regarding California's traffic laws is bogus and has caused much confusion among drivers. More...

 Community
• Practice makes perfect for disaster response
The Camarillo Disaster Assistance Response Team hosted an Amtrak/Metrolink train disaster drill recently. Other local DART groups, including the Thousand Oaks DART and the Sheriff's Explorers, participated in the drill. More...
• Grand jury panel selected
• For the record
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 Health & Wellness
• Backpacks break backs
Every day, hikers, working adults and about 40 million teens carry backpacks. Load them up too heavily or wear ones that don't fit properly, doctors warn, and you could be risking injury. "Backpacks weighing more than 15 pounds that are slung over a shoulder produce an imbalance in the rib cage," said Dr. Gerard W. More...
• Helping pets live longer, healthier lives
• What women need to know about lung conditions
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 Dining & Entertainment
• Lifehouse performs at Best Buy
Shoppers heading into Thousand Oaks' Best Buy store to pick up a movie or browse for appliances were surprised to see a line curving around the building last month. The crowd wasn't due to a sale or new release but a bigname concert that swept in and out of town in just a few hours. More...
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• What's new on DVD
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 Bulletin Board
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THURS., JULY 5 African Violets Thousand Oaks African Violet Society meets 7 p.m., Redeemer Lutheran Church, 667 Camino Dos Rios, Thousand Oaks. Program: slide show of African Violet Society of America's 2006 convention in Minneapolis. Visitors and their plants welcome. (805) 581-0014. More...
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 Schools
• Poster contest winners announced
Brett Watanabe, a 10th-grader at Newbury Park High School, won first prize of $150 in First 5 Ventura County's second annual poster contest. The contest theme was "Healthy Teeth Begin at Birth." Brett's poster shows a baby tooth, with a diaper and a pacifier, held between an adult's fingers. More...
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• article has image A summer musical
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 Sports
• article has image Frisbee celebrates 50th anniversary
Sport's popularity increasing with age
Oh, how the years seem to fly by. Frisbee, the round, plastic disc that found its way into the American culture like Joseph McCarthy and rock 'n' roll in the 1950s, turned 50 years old this summer. More...
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• Local talent
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 Business
• EYE ON LOCAL AREA STOCKS
Company Name Symbol July 3 June 27 Jun 55.19 THOUSAND OAKS AMGEN AMGN 7.86 CALABASAS BEVERLY HILLS BANCORP BHBC 0.10 WESTLAKE VILLAGE CAMINOSOFT CORP. CMSF 24.88 CALABASAS CHEESECAKE FACTORY CAKE 37. More...
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 Pets
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LONELY FOR LOVE- Oliver, a 1-year-old male tricolor guinea pig, needs a home. Oliver can be adopted from the Agoura Animal Shelter at 29525 Agoura Road. To take Oliver home, ask about identification No. A3689861. Occasionally pets pictured have already been adopted, so always call (818) 991-0071 first or visit animalcontrol.co.la.ca.us. More...
• Pooches parade to raise funds
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 Police
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Newbury Park When he was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance at 9:39 p.m. June 10 in the 600 block of Paseo La Perla, a male, 22, also wrongfully identified himself and had a warrant for his arrest. More...
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 Faith
• article has image Conejo Valley houses of worship
CALVARY COMMUNITY CHURCH- There are several weekly worship services at this nondenominational Christian church. Services are at 5 p.m. on Saturdays, and 9 and 11 a.m. on Sundays. Middle and high school students meet at 5:30 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. on Sundays Calvary is located at 5495 Via Rocas in the city of Westlake Village. More...
• EV Free Church to host day camp
• Proof of God to be Sunday's sermon topic
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 Family
• article has image Hoping for a big one
BIDING HIS TIME- Carson Huncke, 8, of Westlake tries his luck fishing at the lake in Westlake Village last Thursday evening. More...
• CWOTO Orchestra presents final concert
• article has image A toe-tapping good time
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 Letters
• Bad decisions are getting to be a habit in city hall
Which is it? The mayor of Thousand Oaks has been quoted as stating, "The city of Thousand Oaks is in outstanding financial condition. We're not experiencing hard times. We're not having cash flow problems." He also said, "Revenues and expenditures have come to a collision point. More...
• Parents the best teachers about sex and drugs
• Christian fundamentalists have been poorly served by the people they've embraced
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 Editorials
• Saving water makes sense
In a summer following the driest Southern California winter on record, the only thing louder than the crackling of dry twigs is the deafening silence surrounding water conservation. (See story on page 8. More...
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• Guest opinion
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 Real Estate
• article has image Luxury With Room To Spare
This home has nearly 7,000 square feet and includes plans to build a 2,000-square-foot guest house. There is extensive use of stone, including French limestone, onyx, various marble and granites. The furniture-grade cabinetry is made from walnut, cherry and alder. More...
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