A love that lasts forever sometimes takes sacrifice
'Marriage is forever. Love each other and your children. Work together for what's best for each other.' - Lowell Pincock
By Nancy Needham nancy@theacorn.com
      A love that's lasted more than 62 years is now expressed so profoundly that those around the couple are also filled with joy and comfort. Thousand Oaks residents Lowell and Karma Pincock, married in the spring of 1946 in Washington, D.C., when he was 21 and she was 19. He was the son of a p...
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Chocolate is Valentine's bittersweet surrender
By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com
      Love notes and red roses may convey a certain romance on Valentine's Day, but according to traditional lore- and even medical science- nothing matches the gift of chocolate for its physical and psychological benefits.
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A 'sensitive' issue
      Every couple communicates differently. For example, I speak with my wife through movie analogies. One day my wife had a bad day at work- nothing had gone as planned.
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Quite an artist
      HER POSTER IS NO. 1- Belinda Lai, 16, a junior at La Reina High School in Thousand Oaks, smiles with her poster. It was judged the best by a panel of educators and scientists. The work hightlights the theme of this year's Ventura County Science Fair, "Science in Our Lives.
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