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A tiny puppy whimpered nonstop for attention until Josh Pasewaldt picked him up. Then the small German shepherd / mystery mix fell sound asleep in his rescuer's hand. More ... The Thousand Oaks terminus for the Senior Concerns Shuttle serving Conejo Valley seniors with appointments at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Woodland Hills will be shifted on Sun., June 1 from Senior Concerns' facility on Hodencamp Road to the Goebel Senior Center on E. Janss Road. More ... The Newbury Park Branch Library will have a screening of "Charlotte's Web" at 2 p.m. Sat., June 7 at the library, 2331 Borchard Road, Newbury Park. The 2006 film stars Dakota Fanning as Fern and features the voices of Julia Roberts as Charlotte the spider, Dominic Scott Kay as Wilbur the pig and Steve Buscemi as Templeton the rat. More ... The $6,000 grant/loan Mary Malmo received from the city was a godsend to her, she said. But the Mobile Home Rehabilitation program that helped Malmo hasn't been available recently to other lowincome homeowners who need help making safety and health-related repairs. More ... Controversy continues over a local school board trustee and the teachers union. Conejo Valley Unified School District and the Unified Association of Conejo Teachers (UACT) had signed a settlement agreement after UACT filed a lawsuit against the district more than two years ago because of one board member. More ... A 23-year-old U.S. infantry sergeant armed with a telescope and a two-way radio controlled the firepower of at least a dozen cannons and possibly a battleship aimed at the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy on a hot August day in 1944. More ... "I have proof that a great friendship between Arabs and Jews is possible," said Amri Shaffer, a Jewish teen who recently spent two weeks at the American Jewish University Brandeis-Bardin Campus in Simi Valley as a participant in Project TRIUMPH. More ... The Greater Contribution will hold a fundraiser to support the movement to end malaria from 1 to 4 p.m. Sun., June 8 at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. More ... The Conejo Recreation and Park District's Thousand Oaks Community Center will host "Touch-A-Truck" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat., June 14 at the center, 2525 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. The event will give children the opportunity to see, climb on and sit in the driver's seat of a variety of trucks. More ... A popular Thousand Oaks couple who just celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary have now gained celebrity status after appearing on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Irma and Ray Ziff are favorites in the retirement community where they live. Jennifer McGhee, recreation director, enjoys how the two are so loving of each other. More ... The Thousand OaksWestlake Village Community Foundation will present the sixth annual Spirit of Community Awards Celebration from 7 to 9 p.m. Thurs., June 5 at the Los Robles Greens Banquet Center, 299 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. More ... The Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library is asking the community for donations for the library's used book sale. The Friends hold three large two-day book sales each year, as well as smaller daily book sales at both the Grant Brimhall/ Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park Branch libraries. More ... JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers LOVES HER AUDIENCE- Vocalist Nancy Osbourne, left, strolls the audience and meets Thousand Oaks resident Amy Leicht during the Harry Selvin Big Band performance at Conejo Community Park at Dover and Hendrix in Thousand Oaks. The free Summer Concerts in the Park series is presented through Conejo Recreation and Park District. Call (805)-381-1247 for more information. More ... JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers MEMORY MAKER- Singer/songwriter Jonathan Edwards, best known for his 1971 hit "Sunshine," performs. The performance was in conjunction with Concerts at the Bodie House, a recent show at the Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library. More ... International Christian recording artist Michelle Tumes will perform at the fourth annual LoVEfest '08 concert 3 to 7 p.m. Sun., June 29 at Gardens of the World, 2001 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. More ... The Conejo/Las Virgenes Future Foundation is already gearing up to present its eighth annual CLvFFie (pronounced Cliffie) Awards. A call has gone out to the community for nominations of worthy citizens by June 30. The event takes place in November. More ... The Conejo Valley Audubon Society will host the club's annual potluck picnic at 11 a.m. Sun., June 1 at the original Janss House at the end of Greenmeadow Avenue in Thousand Oaks. A bird walk at 8 a.m. will precede the picnic. More ... Residents are invited to participate in any of the following volunteer opportunities in the area. For more information or to sign up, call the phone number listed for the event. •Haven Hills Inc. will begin volunteer training in June and applications are being accepted. More ... The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library announces its June events calendar. All events will take place at the library, 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (805) 522-2977 or visit www.reaganlibrary.com. More ... IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers DEBUTANTE TEA- Conejo Valley National Charity League Ticktockers Brina Clark, left, and Liz Cornelison, both 17, enjoy lunch at Lake Sherwood Country Club during the recent annual Debutante Announcement Tea. Young ladies who've completed NCL's community involvement program graduated at the event and became debutantes. More ... ArtWalk 2008, a juried art and craft show sponsored by the Conejo Valley Art Museum will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat., June 7 and Sun., June 8 at the Countrywide Bank building grounds at Hillcrest Drive and Wilbur Road, Thousand Oaks. More ... JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers COMMON GROUND- Maynard Gentry, who served as a petty officer third class in the U.S. Navy and is also a Korean War veteran and Thousand Oaks resident, left, greets Air Force Staff Sgt. Bill Desmond, a Vietnam War veteran and Agoura Hills resident, right, and Marine Corps Sgt. Anthony Potts, stationed at Port Hueneme, before the start of the Conejo Valley's 2008 Memorial Day Service at the Valley Oaks-Griffin Memorial Park in Westlake Village on Monday. More ... The Valley Fair is offering free admission to youth organizations from Los Angeles and Ventura counties on opening day, June 26. The fair is at the Saugus Speedway, 22500 Soledad Canyon, Santa Clarita. Fair hours are 4 to 10 p.m. More ... 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