Going shopping
      I don’t like shopping. I might even say I hate shopping. I prolong clothes shopping for myself for as long as I can, sometimes wearing shredded pants, faded shirts and sole-flapping shoes until my wife is so embarrassed to be around me that she drags me to the store.
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Camarillo Seabee thinking of home
      MIDDLE EAST— Camarillo resident Melissa MacNeill, a chief serving with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five currently deployed in Kuwait, relaxes with the Camarillo Acorn sent to her by her two children, Brianna and Rory.
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Hospital collects toys for Navy base
      Each holiday season the employees of Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, under the direction of hospital chaplain, the Rev. Michael McDonald, donate thousands of dollars worth of toys, clothes and food items and play Santa to special families. This year, the families include ...
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Hanukkah smiles
      HIDE THE GELT— Clockwise from left, Ryan Sassower, 5, Emily Sassower, 3, Alex Sadowski, 2, and Jessica Gihon, 9, all of Camarillo, play a Hanukkah game called Hide the Gelt (money) at Temple Ner Ami in Camarillo last Friday, the first day of Hanukkah. The game involves sitting under a blanket, or ...
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Center hosts open house for Hypnotism Day
      In recognition of the third annual World Hypnotism Day, Thurs., Jan. 4, the Center for Personal Power will host an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. at 1429 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Ste. 203, Thousand Oaks. Hypnotists will offer information and demonstrations to improve awareness of the uses a...
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