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The Ventura County Sheriff's Department recently announced the promotions of three veterans of the department effective Aug. 10. Cmdr. Marty Rouse will be promoted to chief deputy; Capt. Guy Stewart will be promoted to commander, and Sgt. Bill Ayub will be promoted to captain. More ... Demand for water in May and June this year was 5 percent higher than during the same period last year, dropping key reservoirs throughout California to their lowest levels since 1994, officials saidMandatory restrictions are likely to be enforced next year if the demand doesn't slow, said Eric Bergh, manager of resources for Calleguas Municipal Water District, More ... The Ventura County District Attorney's Office has issued a consumer protection advisory to residents who may be facing foreclosure due to their inability to make timely payments on their home loans. More ... John Nicoll, Ventura County's assistant chief executive, says he's cautiously optimistic about the financial state of county government. Citizens of Ventura County are served by 29 agencies and 8,048 employees, represented by 12 unions at 661 locations. The county covers more than 1,800 square miles. More ... A large number of people gathered last week to grieve with the husband and four young children of Ginger Clinton, who died as the result of a sudden unidentified health problem early Sun.July 20. She was 30 years old. "Her heart stopped from a rare, unknown condition and she passed away in her sleep," said Jason Zierenberg, Clinton's brother, during a eulogy. More ... Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed Ellen Gay Conroy to a judgeship in the Ventura Superior Court. She was among 30 superior court judicial appointments made recently in 13 counties. Conroy received her undergraduate degree from UC Santa Barbara and her Juris Doctorate, with honors, from the Ventura College of Law. More ... The American Eagles softball club will host tryouts for all divisions on Sat., Aug. 9 and 16 at the Old Town Saticoy Park fields. Tryouts are as scheduled: 8 to 10 a.m., high school division; 10 a.m. More ... It's been a busy summer at the Camarillo Library. And when school starts at the end of the month, youngsters are expected to continue using its services. The Camarillo Library hopes to carry on with several programs, including the teen writing club and PAWs for Reading, while expanding others like the library teen advisory board. More ... Camarillo teen Michele Carter was recently named first runner up to Teen Miss Dance America 2009 in Orlando, Fla. She was also awarded first place in the Dance Masters of America Ballet Scholarship Audition. Carter, 15, is the reigning Teen Miss Dance of Southern California 2008. More ... ON STRINGS— Arla Crane, a puppeteer with the Alphabet Soup Puppeteers, performs July 25 at the Bookworm Bookstore in Camarillo to a group of young children. The youngsters then had a chance to create a puppet from different materials and put on their own play. More ... HOMEWARD BOUND—Ozzie, a sixyear-old German Shepherd, gets lots of love from Jasmine Zuhra, 8, a Flory Elementary School third-grader, as she and her family get to know Ozzie and consider him for adoption during the 4th annual Hugs, Slurps and Slobbers Adoption at the Ventura County Animal Shelter in Camarillo late last month. JANN HENDRY Acorn Newspapers More ... Camarillo's Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 723's Air Expo Weekend will take place 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat. and Sun., Aug. 16 and 17 at the Camarillo Airport on Skyway Drive. The expo will feature warbirds, foreign and domestic military aircraft, vintage and classic planes, homebuilts, factory built sport planes, helicopters and ultralights. More ... ENJOYING TIME OFF— California Retired Teachers Association Ventura County President Janet Parker, above, speaks Wed., July 16 at the association's barbecue luncheon at the Educational Services Center for the Ventura County Office of Education in Camarillo. Stan Mantooth, right, a Camarillo resident and the associate superintendent of administrative services for the County Office of Education, serves a plate of beans to Ventura resident Ruth Stoneman at the event, which included recognition of 2008 scholarship recipients and beginning teachers who received grants. More ... Rotarians to donate backpacks Members of the Rotary Club of Ventura and volunteers led by Ellyn Dembowski will meet to assemble 400 backpacks for students from the Ventura Unified School District from 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow, Sat., Aug. 9 at Hilford Moving and Storage, 1595 S. Arundell Ave., Ventura. More ... |
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