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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. So when I sat down on the couch to do my stretch of time, I knew I was in for a long haul. More ... 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. This leaves some preteens and teens at risk of getting sick and missing school. More ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, founded in 1873, provides access to professional arts education and general education in the liberal arts. More ... 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 ... 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. Equity auditions will be from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Madilyn Clark Studios, 10852 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood. More ... 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. There are 9,122 students in seven colleges. More ... 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. The largest group of religiously affiliated colleges is Catholic, with more than 200 schools in the United States. More ... 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. JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers More ... Family RSS feed |
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