My son the chef
'Can I cook dinner tonight? And can I use real food, not just Tinker Toys?'
      My father-in-law bought my 5-year-old son a chef's jacket for stirring a pot of soup the other day, and now the kid thinks he's Wolfgang Puck, cooking "masterpiece meals" made from Tinker Toy pieces. So when the boy came home from school yesterday with news of a career fair later this month, he was erupting with enthusiasm.
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Showing support for Make-A-Wish
      A FULFILLING WALK— Thousand Oaks residents, from left, Yeman Wong, Dennis Michael and the MacFadyen family—John, Brooke, 5, and Stephanie—participate in the recent Make-A-Wish Camarillo 5K race at Freedom Park in Camarillo. John MacFadyen is the board chair of the MakeAWish Foundation of the TriCounties.
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Stages presents children's audition workshop
      Stages Performing Arts Inc., a nonprofit children's theater camp, will present an audition workshop from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sat., May 2 at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks.
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