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I had to have a garden gnome. My wife asked why I had the sudden urge to decorate the garden, and why a gnome. "I just saw the little guy at the store and thought he'd look fabulous in our garden," I said. "How can you not have a gnome in the garden? More ... CELEBRATE!—Diane Gruber of the Scandia Dancers, above, smiles broadly while performing a traditional Scandinavian folk dance during "Celebrate the Child" at the Adolfo Camarillo Ranch House in Camarillo on Oct. 5. The event, hosted by the Child Development Resources of Conejo Valley, featured live entertainment, arts and crafts, games and food from around the world. Child Development Resources helps lowincome and highrisk families. At right, Kaitlyn Richmond, 2, and her 5yearold sister Emily dance along with the Scandinavian performers. Photos by JOE BINOYA Acorn Newspapers More ... CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) is sponsoring its fourth annual 5K Walk/Run to benefit the county's courtdependent abused and neglected children on Sat., Oct. 11 in College Park on Rose Ave. at Channel Islands Blvd. in Oxnard. More ... COUGARS ON DECK—The Camarillo Cougars J1 White football team welcomes home Senior Chief EOCS (SCW) Joe Arnold, center, who returned home to Point Mugu Oct. 7 from his third deployment to Iraq. Arnold and about 280 fellow Seabees from the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 stationed at the Naval Base Ventura County were overseas for 10 months. Arnold's son Bryce is a member of the youth football team. The Arnold family lives in Camarillo. More ... The Harriet H. Samuelsson Foundation recently awarded more than $624,000 in grants to organizations supporting children and adolescents residing in Ventura County. More ... MELLOW FELLOW— Spence is a 6-month-old orange tabby. He is easygoing, sweet and cuddly. If you would like to adopt Spence, ask for animal ID No. A451377 at the Camarillo Animal Shelter, 600 Aviation Drive. Occasionally pets have already been adopted, so visit www.vcar.us or call (805) 388-4341 before visiting the shelter. More ... Naval Base Ventura County will host a surf contest on Sat., Oct. 25 at Point Mugu. Check-in begins at 6:30 a.m., and the competition starts at 7:30 a.m. The contest will last until approximately 4 p.m. The contest is open to the public and will be broken up into six divisions: open men, open women, body board, military men, military women and junior men. More ... |
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