Las Posas benefits from grant money
      TECH CHECK- The Barona Band of Mission Indians recently awarded Las Posas Elementary School a $5,000 technology grant.
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University to host career, internship fair
      Career Development Services at California State University Channel Islands will hold its sixth annual Career and Internship Fair from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thurs., April 17. The event gives students a chance to meet with businesses in an attempt to start their careers or find internships that will...
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Somis, Camarillo schools take top spots in engineering competiton
Middle school students built 'missile' from household items as part of conest hosted by Navy
      Port Hueneme Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center has announced the winners of its 2008 National Engineers Week Competition. Mesa Union School in Somis took first place and Las Colinas Middle School in Camarillo won second.
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Program is in the bag
      Since Oct. 15 last year, La Mariposa Elementary School has been participating in its first Plastic Bag Recycling Challenge. The purpose of the program is to recycle some of the billions of plastic bags that are used annually in California and also teach the schoolchildren that they ca...
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Camarillo team tops in Colorado tourney
      CHAMPS- Camarillo's AYSO girl's under-14 tournament team took first place in the Colorado River Invitational Tournament held Feb. 23 and 24 in Bullhead City, Colo. The team played four games and capped the tournament with a 4-0 win over the team from Chino, Calif. The team outscored their opponen...
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Lions offer scholarships
      Pleasant Valley Lions Club is offering $3,000 in scholarships to graduating high school seniors who lived in Camarillo or Somis in the past school year and plan on attending university, community college or technical/trade school within the next school year.
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Knowledge Bowl final round next week in TO
      The Ventura County Knowledge Bowl competition will play the final rounds at 6:30 p.m. Thurs., March 13 at Thousand Oaks High School. Knowledge Bowl was started by Betty Rutherford, a founding member of the Camarillo branch of American Association of University Women, in 1964.
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Somis students learn lesson in giving
Games, toys given to hospital-bound children
      The Ventura County women educators of Epsilon Phi Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International and the students of Mesa Union Elementary School in Somis recently paired up to participate in the Jared Box Project.
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