 SOCK HOP CHEER- - Hayley Mulchay, 10, left, Jenna Sergott, 10, and Kelsey Blois, 10, right, cheer during a Monday rehearsal for the play "Ducktails and Bobbysox" which will be performed at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 and 16 at Camarillo Heights Elementary School. More...
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Critics upset, but board president says TV makes staff 'nervous'
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
The Pleasant Valley school board voted unanimously in January that it will only televise the first meeting of each month this year. Board President Ron Speakman said the board wanted the second meeting to be an informal workshop, which, he said, could only be held without cameras. More...
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Ex-assemblyman sees answers in initiative process
By Daniel Wolowicz camarillo@theacorn.com
Former 38th District Assemblymember Keith Richman called the rising costs of California's public employee pensions a ticking time bomb that could send the state into financial ruin. "I think people are generally surprised and don't know how bad the situation is," Richman said last w... More...
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Having already spent $500,000 in the effort to add high school students to the Pleasant Valley School District, the school board voted last week to set aside $100,000 for expected legal fees in the ongoing battle for unification. The board voted 4-1, with Suzanne Kitchens the only di... More... |
The Alzheimer's Association Central Coast Chapter offers free patient and family consultation, support groups, help line and referral information. It also offers information on available adult day care programs, and provides a caregiver university to educate and support family care partners... More... |
FRI, FEB. 9 Play Premiere Student written and directed play, "Melt," opens Newbury Park High School, Performing Arts Center on campus. 7 p.m., today and tomorrow. $5 students, $8 adults. Sing For Supper Thousand Oaks High School Choral Program hosts benefit, "Singing Waiter Night," 6 to 9 ... More... |
But delinquent returns aren't cause for panic
It's tax time. Your family and friends are busy collecting and organizing their tax documents. Some of your friends received their refunds weeks ago. So why aren't you among them? Maybe it's been a while since you filed a tax return, and you're not sure what to do, where to turn for help o... More... |
Claire McCarthy, a secondgrade teacher at St. Mary Magdalen School, received the Educator of the Month award Fri., Feb. 2 from Camarillo Mayor Jan McDonald and the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce. McCarthy has been teaching for more than 20 years at St. Mary Magdalen School... More... |
Gymnasts from Monarch's Gym in Agoura Hills and Newbury Park fared well in recent competitions in the Southland. The Monarchs Gym boys' gymnastics team participated in its first competition last month at the Men's Gymnastics Assocation's meet in Chino, Calif. More... |
ANOTHER RESIDENT NOW FAMOUS- Dave Cragoe of Thousand Oaks shot this fantastic creature in front of his neighbor's house on Wellesley Drive. Cragoe, who will be sought by thousands who want his autograph (squirrels and people), said the bushy tailed subject is feasting on firethorn berries. He ... More... |
Camarillo Sometime between last September and Jan. 30, someone entered a home in the 1800 block of Lakehurst Avenue and stole a fire safe from the closet in the master bedroom. Total loss was about $400. Between November and Jan. 29, someone stole nearly $13,000 in property from a... More... |
OPEN DOORS- Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2304 Antonio Drive, hosts two Sunday services. A contemporary praise service is held at 9 a.m. A more traditional service follows at 10:30 a.m. For more information, please call (805)484-0530. More... |
Their romance interrupted by distance and war, couple's 57-year marriage thrives on give and take
Stationed on a tiny island in Micronesia during World War II, Navy Seaman Ken Neil was lovesick and longed to return home to his fiancée, Doris. The two had been high school sweethearts in their Pennsylvania hometown but their romance was interrupted when Doris' family moved to Cal... More... |
FIRED UP - Camarillo Community Theatre's production of "The Spitfire Grill" opens tonight and runs through March 11. Cast includes, back row, from left, Mark Heulitt, Adam DeWinter and Das Baker. Front row, Erin Fagundes, Juanita Seavey, Alexandra Lastort and Valorie Paradise-Lant. The theater, 330... More... |
I am continually disappointed in Mr. Speakman's inability to allow for dissent of opinion in school board meetings, but not surprised as this has been a pattern. I was and am surprised by Mrs. Berg's public castigation of "The 11 private Camarillo citizens," who are "responsible for the allocat... More... |
The Pleasant Valley School Board is wrong in its recent decision not to televise each of the school board meetings this year. Yes, the meetings are still open to the public, but turning off the cameras during half of the semimonthly sessions makes it difficult for many busy parents to keep ... More... |
CRUISING- While on vacation in Taurunga, New Zealand, last month, Camarillo residents Don and Liz Heckman take a moment to pose with Camarillo's hometown newspaper. The couple said they enjoyed the beautiful waterways of New Zealand and Australia aboard the MS Statendam. More... |
Once private museum now public
In 1969, the brown pelican was on the verge of extinction. Only four chicks hatched in the nearly 750 known nests throughout California that year, and researchers were at a loss as to what was causing the seafaring birds' population to decline. More... |
For November 200, the award for top listing agents from Prudential California Realty's Oxnard/Channel Islands office went to Michael and Arleen Delgado. This brings their total to 16 monthly awards in 2006. The Delgados took many honors in several months, which accounts for the total. More... |
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