Volunteers needed for Amgen tour
International cycling teams will race from Northern to Southern California, pass through Ventura County
      Volunteer opportunities for the 2008 Amgen Tour of California have been posted at www .amgentourofcalifornia.com. More than 4,000 volunteers are needed for the professional cycling road race, with about 350 needed to support the new event finish in Pasadena.
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Nearly 300 motorists arrested in countywide DUI crackdown
      In the last sobriety checkpoint of the Avoid the 14 anti-DUI crackdown in Ventura County, police in Oxnard checked 904 motorists on Saviers Road at Laurel Street. Officers made one DUI arrest, cited 31 people for not having proper licenses and towed 12 cars, said Senior Officer ...
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County Habitat for Humanity receives bequest
      The estate of Margery H. Ferrier has donated $89,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County to help build affordable homes. Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County has served the county since 1983.
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Bikers, celebrities on toy run
      FOR THE KIDS- Actor and legendary drummer Mickey Jones, center, waits with Santa and another motorcyclist for last month's Kids2Kids sixth annual Toy Run that began in Camarillo. Jones and Nick St. Nicholas, former bass player for Steppenwolf, were grand marshals for the nonprofit group's toy dri...
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Annual pass to national parks now available via Internet
      Visiting America's national parks and other federal recreation sites has just gotten more convenient, due to an annual pass that can be purchased in advance of a trip via the Internet or by calling a tollfree telephone number.
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Santa Rosa Valley man heads public relations for national Elks organization
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com
      Richard Goldner remembers when he visited Veterans Hospital in Los Angeles on Flag Day five years ago. "To this day, I still get choked up telling the story," said Goldner, whose local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks provided a buffet lunch to veterans that day.
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3 storms headed for county
By Darleen Principe darleen@theacorn.com
      Ventura County residents should take extra precautions while driving on the road this weekend as weather officials are predicting a major storm system full of gusty winds and intense rainfall.
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Presto Pasta to host fundraiser for injured Camarillo CHP officer
      Presto Pasta restaurants in Camarillo, Newbury Park and Ventura will donate 20 percent of their sales on Jan. 7 and 8 to raise money for Anthony Pedeferri, a California Highway Patrol officer who was critically injured by a suspected drunk driver last month.
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Learn how to prune old roses
      The Ventura County Rose Society and the Gold Coast Heritage Rose Group will co-sponsor the seventh annual "Pruning Old Garden Roses Demonstration" at 8:30 a.m. Sat., Jan. 12 at the Stagecoach Inn Museum Rose Garden, 51 S. Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park.
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Arrests up in 2007 for immigrant fugitives
      U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently announced that its teams of officers who track down criminal aliens and immigration fugitives arrested almost twice as many in 2007 than in the previous year. For the first time since records have been kept, the nation's fugitive alien pop...
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County launches new recycling website
A virtual warehouse for used electronics
      The county of Ventura has launched a new "Donate, Reuse, Recycle" waste reduction website at www.VCMAX.org. County residents and businesses may tour the site's virtual reuse warehouse, place free "wanted" or "available" ads, and check out items available that are either free or reaso...
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Make a 'date' with the Acorn
      The Camarillo Acorn invites community members to submit brief news items for free inclusion in the weekly calendar, Datebook. Datebook is primarily devoted to announcements of lo cal events that are offered free of charge to the public or require a minimal fee; exceptions are...
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Community Briefs
      Enter contest with marine or coastal theme The California Coastal Commission invites students in kindergarten through 12the grade to enter the 2008 California Coastal Art and Poetry Contest. Arts and poetry must have a California coastal or marine theme to be eligible.
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Bargain hunter
      WHAT A DEAL- Camarillo resident Greg Smith arrives early at Zenders in Thousand Oaks to shop the after-Christmas sale. The store opened at 8 a.m. on Wed., Dec. 26.
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