Board members sought who will represent low-income residents
      Community Action of Ventura County, formerly the Commission on Human Concerns, Ventura County's community action agency since 1965, is seeking both a low-income sector board member and an alternate board member to represent the lowincome population in the second supervisory district, ...
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Don't forget to 'Take Your T.O. Acorn on Vacation'
      Don't forget to share your vacation with other readers of the T.O. Acorn . It's easy. Take a front page of any edition of the Acorn the next time you go on vacation. Have someone hold the front page so it's visible in the photograph with the background depicting scenery of wherever ...
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City of T.O. gets three new fire trucks
By Nancy Needham nancy@theacorn.com
      Look for bigger numbers and brighter lights on three new fire trucks in Thousand Oaks. According to Division Chief Mike La Plant, the large numbers allow fire captains at a fire to see the trucks from about 500 feet away, so their assignments can be radioed to them earlier.
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GOP women host dignitaries
      POLITICS- Thousand Oaks Republican Women Federated hosts special guests at a luncheon in Westlake Village.
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For the record
      The headline last week about Career Day was incorrect when it referred to Colina. The event was at Los Cerritos Middle School. The spelling of Larry Mack's dog's name was in error last week. We spelled it Scudder when it is, in fact, Scubbers.
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Used books for sale at library to help Friends group
      The Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library will sponsor a used book sale from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Fri., March 7 and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat., March 8 at the Newbury Park Branch Library, 2331 Borchard Road. Thousands of books will be available, along with craft booklets, magazines and VH...
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Man tells the story of a mule named Minnie Poo
By Dale G. Rickards Special to the Acorn
      Minnie Poo was a coal black mule with "white anklets." She was about the size of a Shetland pony. I bought her from the neighbor next door to Jungleland in Thousand Oaks in the late 1960s. Jungleland was closing out but still had a small herd of camels and, I think, one elephant.
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A taste of luck
      LION DANCE- Good fortune is promised to all who give the dancing Chinese New Year Lion a red envelope with money. This gesture of gratitude by Dr. John Chiu, a Thousand Oaks surgeon, took place during a recent Chinese New Year celebration at Chester's Asia Restaurant in Camarillo.
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Westlake High graduate hikes food to needy
By Tech. Sgt. William Farrow Joint Task Force-Bravo public affairs
      What began as way for the outdoor enthusiasts assigned to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, to see the local countryside has grown into a monthly event in which hikers trek through the rural mountains delivering goods to villagers.
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Local foundation launches national 'Mend a Broken Heart' month
      My Stuff Bags Foundation is sponsoring the inaugural national Mend a Broken Heart Month in February. The foundation is asking groups and individuals to serve foster children and other American children in crisis by raising awareness, donating toys and other items, and volunteering th...
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Senior Concerns elects new board
      Ann Eklund and Jeff Pearl of Thousand Oaks and Paul Shane of Westlake Village have been elected to the board of directors of Senior Concerns, a nonprofit service agency that provides quality-of-life services for frail and special needs seniors and their caregiver families in Ventura...
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Time to recycle
      Thousand Oaks High School Girls' Water Polo will host a recycle day from 9 a.m. to noon Sat., Feb. 23 in the parking lot of Thousand Oaks High School, 2323 N. Moorpark Road. Community members can bring plastic and glass drink bottles and aluminum cans to the high school parking lot...
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Audubon Society announces March birding trips
      The Conejo Valley Audubon Society announces its birding trips for March. •A trip to Hill Canyon is scheduled for 8 a.m. Sat., March 1. The group will meet at Santa Rosa Park, over the bridge and into the park in Hill Canyon, and look for goldfinches, sparrows, hawks, ducks,...
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