Dona Lou Kirby A Don and Dona have been selected, so it's time to get ready to go to the Triunfo Ball.

But before dusting off the traditional rancho-period fiesta clothes or cowboy boots, gala guests might consider wearing safari outfits: "Remember Jungleland" is the theme of this year's celebration of the history of the Conejo Valley.

"Guests can dress up or not dress up, however they like," spokesperson Elaine Williams said.

She just wants the community to come out to the Stagecoach Inn, enjoy themselves and help support local history.

Dona Lou Kirby is a volunteer in the Conejo Valley, where her family, including her four children, has lived for more than 45 years. She and her late husband, Art, volunteered their time to many of their children's activities, programs with Westlake Athletic Club and Westlake High School among them.

Kirby has also been an active member of American Association of University Women for more than 30 years.

She continues to serve the community as a volunteer at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, where she assists schoolchildren attending the theater.

Don Robert S. Biery A member of the executive board of the Conejo Valley Historical Society for many years, Kirby has served as a docent and chair for events such as the Antique Faire, Pioneer Day and the school tour program.

Don Robert S. Biery has lived with his wife, Patty, in the Conejo Valley since 1981. They have four children and eight grandchildren but still find time to volunteer and support nonprofit organizations including the Grant Brimhall/ Thousand Oaks Library, Conejo Valley Days, Hospice of the Conejo and the Conejo Valley Historical Society.

Biery has been a Rotary Club member for 42 years and a member of St. Matthew's United Methodist Church in Newbury Park's administrative council.

He's been a founder of the Alliance for the Arts and chair of the Civic Arts Plaza board of governors.

The public is invited to attend the Sat., July 18 celebration, which will begin with cocktails at 5:30 p.m. and feature a swing band, dancing, appetizers and a barbecue dinner and a live auction at the Stagecoach Inn Museum, 51 S. Ventu Park Road.

The $85 per person admission price will go to support the museum, which educates children and adults as it brings history to life with tours and events.

The museum was originally built in 1876 as the Grand Union Hotel. At that time stagecoaches were the way to travel, and the horse-drawn coaches would bring guests down a dusty road to their lodgings.

Over the years the building has served as a post office, a tearoom, a boys' military school, a restaurant and a gift shop. A 1930s cowboy movie was filmed there.

The Conejo Valley Historical Society was formed to save the building, and the group had it declared a California Landmark in 1965. The four-acre property was deeded to the Conejo Recreation and Park District, which leases it to the historical society for educational and cultural activities. The original building burned down in 1970, but it was completely rebuilt by 1980.

A one-room schoolhouse and the TriVillage, made up of replicas of a pioneer home, an adobe house and a Chumash Ap dwelling, were added.