New CLU provost
      Leanne Neilson, PsyD., has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at California Lutheran University. Neilson has served as interim provost since April. She joined CLU's psychology faculty in 1993 and has taught in the undergraduate, graduate and adult degree evening programs. Neilson is chair of the United Way of Ventura County board of directors.
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Young teams get incredible opportunity
      MAKING THE BIG TIME- Sycamore Canyon Middle School seventh-grade girls of Newbury Park played Redwood Middle School seventh-grade girls of Thousand Oaks during halftime at the UCLA Bruins/ Cal Berkeley women's basketball game at Pauley Pavilion earlier this month. In back is Redwood coach Bob Deamer.
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Track club will host a blood drive on Saturday
      United Track Club will host a blood drive from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sat., April 4 at the Westlake High School track field, 100 N. Lakeview Canyon Road, Westlake Village. All donors will receive a coupon for a pint of Baskin Robbins ice cream.
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Locals named to dean's list at Boston University
      Three Conejo Valley residents have been named to the dean's list at Boston University for the fall semester: Brendan Callahan of Thousand Oaks, and Allison Banister and Ryan Raithel of Newbury Park. Boston University is an independent university with an enrollment of more than 29,000 students.
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Conejo Valley students
      Students from Conejo Valley area schools were winners at the 55th Ventura County Science Fair on March 24 to 26 at Seaside Park in Ventura. More than 700 students competed in the fair with the theme "Today's Dreams are Tomorrow's Science.
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High School Hi-Lights
      All events (subject to change) are listed by name, location and time if provided. Thousand Oaks Lancers Fri., April 3: Miss Dance drill competition/Irvine Thurs., April 9: Somewhere In Time rally/10:49 a.m.
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Play set to start at Colina Middle School
      The Colina Middle School Drama Department will present Bel Kaufman's "Up the Down Staircase" at the school, 1500 E. Hillcrest Drive. The show takes place in New York during the late 1970s and is about a new teacher overcoming the challenges of her first class and the rebellious students she must teach.
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Los Cerritos Middle School entertains
      VOICES RING FOR MUSIC LOVERS- Jordan Wood, Harini Pichumani and Isabella Moore sing for the Los Cerritos Middle School choir's spring concert, "Sentimental Journey," that was performed last weekend at the Thousand Oaks High School Performing Arts Center.
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