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HAPPY SCHOLARS—Local students received $1,000 each from the Conejo Valley Association of Realtors. The association made its scholarship awards during a ceremony recently in Westlake Village. Flanking the top row are, left, Jeff Riggs, chair of the scholarship committee, and, right, Connie Reed, president of the Conejo Valley Association of Realtors (CVAR). Scholarship winners are, top row second from left, Brian Owusu of Oaks Christian High School; Elizabeth Workman of La Reina High School; Alexandra Hernandez of Conejo Valley High School; Ray Zhang of Westlake High School; Rachel Borbas of Oak Park Independent School; and bottom row from left, Emily Rossignal of Thousand Oaks High School; Jesse Chen of Oak Park High School; Sara Marie Pressey of Newbury Park High School; and Rosemary Astoga of Oak View High School. Christine Henderson of Agoura High School was unable to attend.