Creative touch
      YOUNG ARTIST- Temple Etz Chaim Preschool student Gesher Elana Ziff, 5, inspects her original art on display during the school's recent art show.
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Making plans for business
      FUTURE ENTREPRENEURS- Westlake High School offers a mentoring program in which local business owners help students learn practical skills on the job. From left, Carol Cudoo of Simi Valley helps Laurel Yetter, 17, Carolina Hernandez, 16, and Taylor Herlihy, 16, organize and plan a dinner honoring p...
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'Do you see what I see?'
      OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS- Meadows Elementary School kindergartner William Hollister, 6, sees more than birds when a deer and two fawns are spotted grazing in the meadows at the Oakbrook-Chumash Museum during Conejo Valley Audubon Society's recent Nature Awareness Day.
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Project helps Panther football team
      LOYAL TO NPHS- For his Eagle Scout project, Stefan Owechko repaired, patched and repainted two large storage rooms for the Newbury Park High School football team. The larger of the two rooms was converted into a conference room for the coaches. He supervised and led 34 Scouts, frien...
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CLU students on dean's list for fall 2006
      California Lutheran University named nearly 400 students to the 2006 fall semester dean's honor list. Students qualify by maintaining a 3.5 grade point average in their academic subjects.
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Entertainment camp comes to Calabasas
      Registration is taking place for PlanetBravo's Techno-tainment Summer Camp. Oneweek sessions will be held at A.E. Wright Middle School, 4029 Las Virgenes Road in Calabasas, from June 25 through July 30. The camp teaches students a variety of technology skills such as video game creation, web...
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What makes a good college?
      A recent report that the president of Arizona State University would get a bonus of up to $60,000 if he raises the school's ranking in U.S. News & World Report raised some eyebrows.
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Federated Women host golf tourney; proceeds will fund scholarships for local students
      The Conejo Valley Republican Women Federated will host "A Shot in the Dark" golf tournament Sat., May 19 at the Sinaloa Golf Club in Simi Valley. A $60 golf package includes registration, green fees and globall event T-shirt. Dinner is an additional $35 and will be served at 6 p.m.
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Showing rambunctious school spirit
      'OUT OF MY WAY'- - Brandon Jeffery, 11, left, and Ricardo Reyes, 10, both of T.O. jostle for a place on the starting line at last Thursday's Conejo Elementary School Jog-a-Thon. About 300 kids participated, hoping to raise about $10,000 for school-related supplies and programs.
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