Selling art for Casa Pacifica
      SMALL KIDS, BIG EFFORT- From left, Laurel Lyman, 7, her brother, William, 6, and Teagan Stedman, 7, all of Thousand Oaks display some of their paintings on sale. They were raising money for Casa Pacifica at Janss Marketplace last Saturday.
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Animals young and old star at Fair
      The Ventura County Fair this year features a birthing and education center as well as newborn piglets and lambs. At the birthing and education center are a cow with her calf, a miniature donkey and an angora goat. More ewes are scheduled to give birth during the fair.
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Agoura Hills man named Big Brother of the Year
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
      John Hodak is the best big brother in California- so says Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. The national youth mentoring organization selected the Agoura Hills resident out of 23 nominees across the state as Big of the Year and will honor him at a regional conference in San Francisco next month.
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