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February 8, 2008
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Bringing in the New Year gracefully
FAN-TASTIC- Camarillo resident Annie Sheu, 17, performs Chinese Contemporary dance with the Ventura County Chinese Americans Association Dance Tropue at the Chinese New Year Festival Saturday afternoon at Constitution Park in Camarillo. The event included music, dancing, Chinese so... More...
Magner named to park district board
Deadlock broken to make decision
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com

When the Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District board of directors deadlocked after two meetings on a decision to fill a vacancy, one member's vote made all the difference. More...

Survey tracks county homeless
By Nancy Needham nancy@theacorn.com

For anyone who wonders who the local homeless are and wants to know more about them, the 2007 Ventura County Homeless Count Survey is out. Of the 1, 679 homeless adults in Ventura County, 273, or 16 percent, were included in the survey. Of that number, 134 were living on the street a... More...

 Health & Wellness
•Price-Gharzeddine to receive top nursing administrator award
'I truly have a passion for the profession.' - Karen Price-Gharzeddine
Karen Price-Gharzeddine, the chief nurse of St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo, will be honored next week with a Best Practice-Administration award. The Association of California Nurse Leaders will present the award to Price-Gharzeddine at the organization's annual conference on... More...
•Expert panel to give heart-smart advice in Camarillo
•Massage Envy offers a 'tiny vacation'
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 Bulletin Board
•Datebook
FRI., FEB. 8 Who Done It? Stage Door Theatre opens mystery "Murder By Natural Causes" by Tim Kelly, 8 p.m., 28311 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills. Through March 15. 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. 2 p.m. Sun., Feb. 10 & 24, March 9. $12 to $15. (818) 889-5209. More...
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 Business
•AIDS Partnership gives out $100,000 to agencies
Ventura County AIDS Partnership granted a total of $100,036 for HIV prevention and AIDS care services for 2008. More...
•Braunschweiger joins Women's Economic Ventures
•German prime minister visits Camarillo solar factory
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 Schools
•Battle over unification has put new high school on hold
Proposed campus could cost upwards of $96 million
A pair of signs near the Camarillo Library offer the only evidence the 77-acres of scenic farmland behind is slated to become the site of Camarillo's newest high school. More...
•Education foundation gives $17,000 to Camarillo schools
•Grant money went to a variety of programs
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 Sports
•Ventura County Derby Darlins skate for pride, charity
'We may like each other off the rink, but on it we're looking to hit someone. That's just how we roll.' - Harley Barrington (a.k.a. juvE NILE)
Who says ladies can't have their own fight club? After spurts of popularity in the 1950s and 1970s, the sport of roller derby is making a comeback in Camarillo, thanks to the formation of the Ventura County Derby Darlins in January of 2007. More...
•Area football recruits make it official
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 Pets
•Pet of the Week
GENTLE, FRIENDLY- McCoy is a 1-year-old male Chihuahua. He is always happy, friendly and very gentle. McCoy can be adopted at the Camarillo Animal Shelter, his animal ID is A433507. Occasionally pets have already been adopted, so call (805) 388-4341 or visit www.vcar.us before going to the ... More...
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 Police
•Sheriff's Blotter
Camarillo A student at Frontier High School, 545 Airport Way, was arrested Jan. 29 for allegedly punching a teacher. Pickpockets stole the wallet from the jacket pocket of a man in the 300 block of Arneill Road on Jan. 29. Vandals caused $200 in damages to a car parked in the 1400 block of... More...
•Police warn of tax rebate scam
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 Faith
•Lutheran church takes fundraising to the Net
Trading Graces, an online auction on eBay hosted by Lutheran Services in America, opened recently and will continue through June 10. In its third year, Trading Graces' mission is to raise awareness and funds to support Lutheran health and human service organizations across the United Stat... More...
•Temple Ner Ami hosts forum, speaker
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 Family
•Why do teens become volunteers?
Survey found parental example one of motivators
Many believe that volunteer work can be beneficial for young people's personal development and that their communities can benefit as well. More...
•Angels Ball to benefit children at Casa Pacifica
•County libraries to close for holiday
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 On The Town
•"Cloverfield"
Directed by: Matt Reeves Starring: Michael StahlDavid, Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan, Odette Yustman, T.J. More...
•Theater to hold 'Earnest' auditions
•Join Rotarians for magical evening
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 Letters
•Thanks, Sarge
I would like to take a little time to thank Sgt. Harold Hanley with the Camarillo Police Department, Camarillo City officials and all those involved in making the children at Tierra Linda Elementary School safer. More...
•Where's the music, man?
•Count votes carefully
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 Columns
•Squirrel of the Month
TINY- Camarillo resident Natalie Derr submitted this photograph of Dziki, a baby squirrel her family worked to nurse back to health after it was found in a shoebox at the Goodwill store on Mobile Avenue last year. The squirrel eventually went to a local animal shelter, Derr said, and i... More...
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 Editorials
•State budget crunch has Pleasant Valley schools facing tough times
From what we've been told so far, the state budget is drowning in red ink and will likely be using the monies meant for public schools as a life preserver. The showdown over the education budget will be coming to a head in the next few months. More...
•Cartoon
•For the record
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 Vacation Photos
•Take Your Camarillo Acorn on Vacation
HAPPY BIRTHDAY- Joey Hernandez, left, and her daughter Lynn Wickham pose with their favorite hometown newspaper while on vacation in Nova Scotia. The trip was in celebration of Hernandez' birthday. More...
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 Neighbors
•Singing telegrams a sure-fire hit this Valentine's Day
Having performed in a barbershop quartet delivering singing telegrams on Valentine's Day for the past seven years, Michael Murphy has a story or two. Murphy, a member of Pacific Sound Chorus, a Ventura-based men's a cappella group, said he remembers a few years back singing to a coupl... More...
•Award-winning Moorpark College president to retire in coming months
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 Real Estate
•Agents Play An Important Role In Home Transactions
When Shannon Cohen and her husband decided to put their fivebedroom, two-bathroom house on the market this month, they returned to Bob Dougherty, the same REALTOR® they had used the last time they purchased a home. More...
•Donna Gardner
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