August 21, 2008 RSS feed / Family

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Waste a wish

It all started in 1982 when I was 6 years old. I got into trouble and had to take a halfhour timeout. I remember thinking a half-hour meant an hour and a half, figuring that "half" was in addition to the hour. More...

Youth & Government holds free barbecue

High schoolers entering grades nine through 12 are invited to attend a free Triunfo YMCA Youth and Government information barbecue from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 4 at Deerhill Park, 6700 Doubletree Road in Oak Park. More...

T.O. resident graduates in Boston

Scott Matthew Willis of Thousand Oaks was awarded a bachelor's degree in film/video with distinction from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. More...

Cabrillo Music Theatre to hold 'Breaking Up' auditions

Cabrillo Music Theatre will hold auditions for "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do." Auditions for nonEquity performers will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Sun., Sept. 7 at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. More...

Religiously affiliated colleges

Many private colleges were founded by religious groups, and while a lot of these schools are secular institutions today, religious affiliation is a factor for students to consider as choose they a college. More...

Keep preteens, teens healthy and in school with vaccinations

Vaccinations can help protect children from serious diseases. Many parents may not know that as their children get older some childhood shots, including the shot for whooping cough, can begin to wear off after five to 10 years. More...

TOHS to hold carwash

Thousand Oaks High School Girls' Water Polo will hold a carwash fundraiser from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat., Aug. 23 at Thousand Oaks High School, 2323 N. Moorpark Road. Cost is $5 per vehicle. More...

Elemental art exhibit coming to Ventura this month

The Museum of Ventura County artists invitational exhibit, "Between Heaven and Earth: Entre Cielo y Tierra," will open with a free public reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Sat., Aug. 31 at the museum, 89 S. California St., Ventura. More...

Youth theater to hold auditions

Curtain Call Youth Theatre announces its Fall 2008 Season schedule. Auditions for the teen musical "Les Mis: School Edition," will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m Sat., Aug. 23. More...

Steady . . . steady

FUTURE GYMNAST— Newbury Park resident T.J. Hull helps daughter Alena, 3, walk on a balance beam during the Conejo Valley Moms Club End of Summer Kids Olympic-themed Party at Indian Springs Park in Oak Park last Saturday. More...

T.O. resident graduates in Southwest Virginia

Megan Irene Braun of Thousand Oaks graduated from Radford University with a master's degree in psychology at the end of spring semester. The university is in the New River Valley near the Blue Ridge Mountains in Southwest Virginia. More...

Time for a carwash

WIPEOUT—Thousand Oaks High School freshmen, from left, Samir Matin, Daniel Gulbransen, Derek Hard and Phoebe Hung, get soapy as they wash a car during the TOHS Band carwash fundraiser at the school last Saturday in Thousand Oaks. More...