Community Briefs
Rabobank donates $25,000 to nursing association

Rabobank recently made a donation of $25,000 to Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association's nurse reentry program.

The program trains registered nurses who have been away from the field, either to raise children, due to relocation or for other reasons, to return as home health or hospice nurses. Bringing nurses back to practice helps relieve Ventura County's nursing shortage.

The gift was made in conjunction with Livingston's 60th anniversary Gala Celebration which will be May 17 at the Hummingbird Nest Ranch.

The Weingart Foundation had previously awarded Livingston $50,000 for the nurse re-entry program, with an additional $25,000 contingent on a match from another funder. Rabobank's sponsorship fulfilled that requirement.

Livingston Medical Visiting Nurse Association is a community-supported nonprofit agency which provides healthcare in the home for the sick, handicapped, elderly and homebound.

9/11 author to sign book

Dr. David Ray Griffin will sign copies of his book "9/11 Contradictions: An Open Message to Congress and the Press" at 7 p.m. tonight, Fri., March 28 at the Ventura Women's Center Poinsettia Pavilion, 3451 Foothill Road in Ventura.

Griffin is a leader of the international movement calling for an independent investigation of the events of Sept. 11, 2001. He will give a presentation on his new book and answer questions from the audience.

Griffin is professor emeritus at Claremont School of Theology and has written books such as "The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions" and "Debunking 9/11 Debunking: An Answer to Popular Mechanics and Other Defenders of the Official Conspiracy Theory."

For information, call (805) 644-3268 or (805) 643-7472. Designer wins award for ad work

Camarillo graphic designer Carol Gravelle was awarded one gold and two silver awards at the Central Coast Advertising Federation's ADDY Awards in February.

Competing against design and advertising firms from Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, the one-woman studio Carol Gravelle Graphic Design won for entries in the categories of logo and illustration design.

The judging was round one of a three-tiered competition to award the best in American advertising. Division winners advance to regional competition, and winners there proceed to national finals.

Gravelle won a gold award for her digital illustration of a "creative platform."

Gravelle also won silver awards for logos created recently for Carmina McGee Well-Being for Women, a holistic wellness center, and the Restorative Exercise Institute, both Ventura-based businesses.

A graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Gravelle has been working in graphic design and illustration for 25 years.

A past winner at the national level, she will compete in the second round judging with entries from Southern California and Southern Nevada on April 12.

Camarillo woman appointed to national chair

Shirley Sadler, president of the National Federation of Republican Women, has announced that Lois Glab of Camarillo has been appointed chair of the organization's Resolutions Committee.

Glab traveled to the NFRW board meeting at the Gateway Marriot in Arlington, Va., on March 14 and 15.

During the trip, she visited first lady Laura Bush for tea and a photo op at the White House and was given a private tour of the Pentagon with other regents of the organization.

Glab is a past president of Ventura County Republican Women and Camarillo Republican Women Federated.

Quilters at Orchid Room

The Camarillo Quilters will hold a meeting at 9:30 a.m. Tues., April 8 in the Orchid Room at the Orchid Professional Building, 830 Camarillo Springs Road.

The guest speaker will be Leora Raikin, who will share her expertise on African folklore. Guest fee is $5.

Raikin will also host a workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Orchid building. Cost of the workshop is $30. Participants must buy a kit from Raikin. A sewing machine is not required. For more information, call Beth at (805) 482-3201.

Card party

The Camarillo Women's Club will hold a card party from 1 to 4 p.m. Sat., April 19 at the Health Care District Community Room, 3639 Las Posas Road, Ste. 117, Camarillo.

Cost is $10. For details, call (805) 647-5530.