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.
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Present yourself well
      We like to think that when admissions officers read applications, they approach each one with an open mind, eager to learn about that student's strengths and dreams for the future. But what are they really thinking?
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A summer musical
      CLASSIC ROCK HITS TO BE PERFORMED- Will Crammer is "Galileo" and Jessica Stoll is "Scaramouche" in "We Will Rock You." It's set in the future when artistic expression has been banned. Performed by Young Artists Ensemble, the teen musical is coming to the Janet and Roy Scherr Forum; 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Performances will be July 20 through 29, 7:30 p.m.
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Kids get help at Brain Balance
      A new drug-free program is available for children with AD/HD, OCD, dyslexia, tics and high-functioning autism at Brain Balance Achievement Center of Westlake Village, 650 Hampshire Road, Ste. 102. This is the first location in the western states to help families with this program.
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Newbury Park resident named to TCU dean's list
      Having completed spring 2007 classes with at least a 3.4 GPA, Kaitlin Horan of Newbury Park was named to the dean's list at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
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T.O. student earns academic honors
      Audrey C. Ranieri of Thousand Oaks was named to the dean's list of the spring semester at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass. Ranieri is majoring in health science and maintained a grade point average of at least 3.25.
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Graduates from local high schools receive appointments to U.S. military academies
      Young people from several area schools have been accepted to U.S. military academies. Nominees were interviewed by a board in December at an allday Saturday event and recommendations were made through the competitive nomination process.
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Enrollment for CATS Wizardry and Literacy Camp being accepted
      Enrollment is open for the CATS Wizardry and Literacy Camp offered in various cities this summer. Campers will take a journey though reading, writing and acting as they study the novel "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J.K. Rowling.
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