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November 13, 2008  RSS feed
Regarding flu shots: No pain, no gain
IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers EASY VACCINATION—Helen Troy of Thousand Oaks jokes with Moorpark College student nurse Kristen Ferrill as Troy gets her yearly flu shot during a drive-through flu innoculation clinic at the Westlake Campus of Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center. Saturday's event was sponsored by Ventura County Public Health in partnership with Los Robles Hospital. More...
Water rates will go up, heavy users to pay most
By Nancy Needham nancy@theacorn.com

The water company that serves most of Thousand Oaks west of Moorpark Road is changing to what the company is calling "conservation rates" for residential customers. More...

More people than ever need turkeys and food for Thanksgiving
By Nancy Needham nancy@theacorn.com

Manna, the Conejo Valley food bank, needs to collect food for at least 1,000 turkey dinners this year to feed enough families on Thanksgiving Day. "This is a wonderful and challenging time of year," said Manna director John Gorham. More...

 Community
• article has image T.O. man served our country in World War II
Tuesday was Veterans Day
In 1943, Clyde Crew turned 18 years old and he joined the service. His widowed mother cried. Edith Crew didn't want her only son to leave their home in Salem, Ohio, to go to war. Clyde Crew's father had died when he was 14, and his mother and two sisters were all he had. More...
• article has image Firefighters save life of infant
• Circuit City to close local store
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 Health & Wellness
• What to do in an earthquake
Residents of Southern California need to think about what they will do during a major earthquake. Will they panic, dial 911 or a law enforcement office, and find it's too late to get help because communications are already down? Residents could be on their own for days, camping out at a house or stuck in a car or at work. More...
• Medical advances in blood work the topic for Hadassah group
• Infant massage class coming to T.O.
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 Dining & Entertainment
• article has image The Movie Nut
" Rachel Getting Married " is a powerful, significant film for lovers of deep, serious drama. It is a very good film, but hardly a film for everybody's tastes. It is both an uncomfortable and a conceivably disturbing film about a dysfunctional family dealing with a reunion with their daughter, who's in rehab, on the eve of her sister's wedding. More...
• article has image Canyon concert benefits Newbury Park man
• Concert review
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 Bulletin Board
• Datebook
THURS., NOV. 13 Gingerbread Fundraising Boutique 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, 5801 Kanan Road, Westlake Village. Bid on themedecorated trees in silent auction. Homemade baked goods, gingerbread cookies for sale. All proceeds of baked goods go to local charities. Portion of vendor sales go to charity. More...
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 Schools
• For the record
There's been some confusion over what families will have priority in the school choice process for the 2009-10 school year. More...
• article has image NPHS drama club presents two versions of 'Odd Couple' play
• article has image Highschool Hi-Lights
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 Sports
• Volleyball league holds tryouts
The Spectrum Volleyball Club is hosting tryouts for aspiring girl volleyball players. Tryouts and practices will be held at Thousand Oaks Spectrum Health Club, 2400 Willow Lane, Thousand Oaks. Tryouts for players ages 15 and 16 (birthdates between Sept. 1, 1990-91) will be 7:30 to 9 p.m. today, Nov. 12. More...
• article has image Curling rocks the house in Simi Valley
• Girls' softball raises hope
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 Business
• New grocery opens today in Newbury Park
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market announced it will open the doors at its Newbury Park store at 10 a.m. today, Nov. 13, at Wendy Drive and Old Conejo Road. Everyone is invited to attend the kickoff event for the store's 5-day grand opening celebration. More...
• Chamber business referral group gets permanent site
• Santa Barbara Bank & Trust is going 'green'
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 Police
• Newspaper deliverywoman stops to help motorists, but they steal her car
A 37-year-old newspaper deliverywoman was robbed at knifepoint after she stopped to help what appeared to be a stranded motorist at 5:15 a.m. Monday. The Thousand Oaks resident saw a Toyota Camry stopped in one of the traffic lanes on Moorpark Road near Rolling Oaks Drive. More...
• article has image Change in police oversight to affect Lake Sherwood and unincorporated areas
• Ventura County crime lab works in the real world
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 Faith
• article has image The Art of Being
"Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against your self or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the di rection of truth and love. More...
• Jewish life in Shanghai to be discussed
• California Baptist University Choir and Orchestra will perform on Sunday
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 Family
• article has image Family Men
Men Aren't Giving A telephone rings. I answer it. ME: Hello . . . Hello? . . . HELLO, IS ANYONE THERE? Click . Twenty minutes later, the telephone rings again. I answer it. ME: Hello . . . Hello? . . . Look, whoever this is, I can hear you breathing . . . Hello . . . Can you hear me? More...
• article has image What's a movie without popcorn?
• article has image Another So Cal picture postcard
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