Award winners show their 'trophies'
      PINNACLE IN SCOUTING- Girl Scout Troop No. 402 from Aspen Elementary School did much more than sell cookies to take the Bronze Award, the highest for their category. The girls had to win many badges and show leadership and planning in completing a service project, which was organizing and h...
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High blood pressure linked to kids' diets
      A recent study by Morehouse School of Medicine reports that the rate of high blood pressure is on the rise among American children.
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Enjoying art in three dimensions
      SCULPTURE SCRUTINIZED- Danita Leese of Thousand Oaks and her two children, Fletcher, 6, right, and Jenay, 4, examine sculptures by local artist Delesprie. The Leese family visited the Thousand Oaks Art Show last Saturday on the grounds of city hall.
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Hearing loss is growing more prevalent
A concern for the rock 'n' roll generation
      More than 28 million Americans have hearing loss, and a growing number of them are baby boomers. As a generation raised on rock 'n' roll and other loud noise, this group possesses a young state of mind but is often in denial about growing older and the damage it has done to its hear...
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