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Nearly 20 parents came together last week in Los Cerritos Middle School's multipurpose room to get advice on talking about sex with their children. "Sex and Sexuality, Your Teen" was led by guest speaker Brenda Hunter. Conejo Council Parent-Teacher Association hosted the free seminar. More ... SUMMER'S COMING- Maegan Matheson, right, of Thousand Oaks plows through obstacles in a bounce house with her friend, Rachel Berg. The girls, both 10, were enjoying the recent Boys & Girls Club of Conejo & Las Virgenes Summer Camp Open House. The event also included carnival games, club information and free classes. More ... An Easter Eggstravaganza will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sat., April 11 at The Lakes shopping center, 2200 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. The event will include an egg hunt, pictures with the Easter Bunny, petting zoo and prize raffle. More ... The annual Easter Eggstravaganza is scheduled from noon to 3 p.m. Sat., April 11 at Janss Marketplace, Moorpark Road and Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. The event will have petting zoo, face panting, balloon art and Easter bag decorating. More ... The Southeast Ventura County YMCA and its four branches have ended a sixweek annual fundraiser called the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign. The goal was to raise $405,000 from individuals and businesses through March. Funds will provide financial aid to families in need and to help subsidize the cost of YMCA programs. More ... Students participating in the 25th Youth Congress presented by the Conejo/Las Virgenes Future Foundation are going green. The April 4 summit will focus on challenges the region faces in contributing to a more ecologically friendly world, said Karen Malatesta, executive director of the foundation. More ... A HOT TEAM— The Conejo Valley Youth Basketball Association Sun Devils are champions of the Grade 4 Division. More than 100 boys and 11 teams represented Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park. Kneeling from left are Troy Sylvester, Mateo Althaus and Skye Melendez. More ... A recent landscaping workshop at Oak Park Community Center included nursery and landscape exhibits and a presentation by Owen Dell, a landscape architect and author of "Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies." "You can make a better world just by working in your garden," Dell said. "This is a revolution that starts in your own backyard. More ... HELPING OTHERS- More than 14 bags of books are delivered to the Book Bag, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting literacy and the love of reading. Residents of University Village, a retirement community near the campus of Cal Lutheran University, donated more than 250 books from their library. More ... The Ventura Harbor Village will have a Cottontail Day event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat., April 4 at the Ventura Harbor Village main lawn. The Cottontail Bunny will shake hands and take pictures with children. More ... TALENTED COMPETITOR- Russian gymnast Nastia Belova, 12, shows her skills during a floor exercise at the recent Malibu Coast Challenge. The three-day event was at California Lutheran University and attracted teams from as far away as Russia, the Ukraine, Maryland and Minnesota. More ... Conejo Valley Neighborhood for Learning will host an open house from 10 a.m. to noon Sat., April 4 at its new Neighborhood City Center for Young Children, 110 S. Conejo School Road (next to The Lakes), Thousand Oaks. The event will include a Car Seat Safety Education Session conducted by the Ventura County Fire Department and Safe Kids Worldwide. More ... 2009 brought not only steeper tuition for colleges, but also tough new rules. Dennis Stewart, president of Educational Funding Solutions, knows it is imperative to start planning for college finances early. EFS works with the student individually to determine which schools are the best fit financially and scholastically. More ... Two new members have been added to the board of managers of the Miller Family YMCA serving Newbury Park. Samuel E. Gasowski is a Newbury Park resident and an attorney. He is the former chair of the ABA-YLD's Intellectual Property and Internet Law Committee and the vice-chair of the ABAYLD's Intellectual Property Law Committee. More ... Family RSS feed |
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