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The Jan. 3 edition of the Acorn has early deadlines because of New Year's Day. Space for display ads in the Jan. 3 paper must be reserved by 11 a.m. tomorrow, Fri., Dec. 28, the same deadline for press releases and letters to the editor. More ... SELECTION BOX- Manna Food Bank director John Gorham helps Thousand Oaks resident Corey Williams choose gifts for her teenage daughters at Manna on Monday. Manna distributed gifts from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve to families in need. More ... The county of Ventura has launched a new "Donate, Reuse, Recycle" waste reduction website at www.VCMAX.org. County residents and businesses may tour the site's virtual reuse warehouse, place free "wanted" or "available" ads, and check out items available that are either free or reasonably priced. More ... PRINCIPAL GETS SLIMED- University Elementary School principal Jeff Rickert, above, gets slimed. In a fundraising effort, Rickert helped motivate students to raise money. The winner, fifth-grader Sara Wilson, below, won the Fall Festival silent auction "opportunity to slime the principal. More ... A new president, vice president and clerk were named at Conejo Valley Unified School District board of trustees' annual reorganization meeting last week. More ... For Irene Brennick, the season of giving is year-round. The 48-year-old Simi Valley resident is a board member of the Conejo Hospice. She spends weekends visiting inmates at the Ventura County Jail. And on a daily basis, she manages more than 600 volunteers as the community service director at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center. More ... Applicants are sought to serve on the Goebel Senior Center Commission Inc. when the terms of the present members end on June 30. In March, the commission will consider individuals who apply for appointment or reappointment to the commission. More ... The Thousand Oaks Teen Center will present a New Year's Eve celebration for seventh- and eighth-graders from 8 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. Mon., Dec. 31 at the center, 1375 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. School ID will be required, and the dress code will be enforced. More ... EARLY BIRDS- A line of after Christmas shoppers wait for the 8 a.m. store opening at Zender's in Thousand Oaks on Wed., Dec 26. Zender's sale is extra special; the store is relocating. More ... The Jewish Women's Circle of Thousand Oaks will host a gourmet vegetarian lunch and cooking demonstration at noon Sun., Jan. 13 at Gardens of the World, 2001 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. More ... My Stuff Bags Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides individual duffel bags filled with new belongings to abused, neglected, abandoned and displaced children, sent nearly 9,000 toys, valued at more than $90,000, to at-risk children this holiday season. More ... As a present to her nine grandchildren, Pat Atkins documented her life and family history in nine beautifully decorated scrapbooks. But during the thorough accounting of her life's journey in the memory books, Atkins couldn't shake the knowledge that a page was missing. More ... HELPING HANDS- Thousand Oaks Elks Lodge No. 2477 member and volunteer Duke Kopacz fills his car with food and gifts to be delivered to families in need in the Conejo Valley. More ... The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation UCLA Conejo Valley Guild will host a membership brunch to celebrate its 30th anniversary at 11 a.m. Tues., Jan. 8, at the Los Robles Golf Club, 299 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. The speaker will be a cancer survivor. More ... Volunteer opportunities for the 2008 Amgen Tour of California have been posted at www .amgentourofcalifornia.com. More than 4,000 volunteers are needed for the professional cycling road race, with about 350 needed to support the new event finish in Pasadena. More ... The Ventura County Astronomical Society will hold its monthly membership meeting at 7:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 18, 2008, in the multipurpose room at Mesa Union School, 3901 N. Mesa School Road, Somis. Amateur astronomer John Dobson will speak and answer questions about optics, cosmology, the Big Bang theory and modern astronomy. More ... The Conejo Valley Audubon Society will host its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Mon., Jan. 7, at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 439 Calle San Pablo, Camarillo. Aerospace engineer Phil Barnes will present "How flies the albatross: understanding dynamic soaring. More ... Community RSS feed |
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