Golf tourney is family's stroke of love
Screenings of newborns can help prevent disorder
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com
      Kathleen Scott wants to do everything in her power to fight Krabbe leukodystrophy, what she calls a "cruel, hideous disease." Scott's daughter Jacquelyn died of the degenerative nervous system disorder on Feb. 10, 2007, five months before her fifth birthday.
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Group wants mentoring program for foster girls
Survey shows that along with housing, it's a critical need
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
      A volunteer group wants to match mentors with young women aging out of the county's foster care system and is asking agencies capable of sustaining such a program to step forward. The 70-member United Women's Leadership Council wants organizations to submit proposals between April 21...
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We are the champions
      FANTASTIC- The Camarillo Field Hockey Club's girls' under-19 team captured the championship at the University of the Pacific's annual 7-versus-7 tournament in Stockton, Calif. last weekend. This is Camarillo's second championship in the six years they have attended the event.
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Student driver
      AUTO RECALL- Camarillo Heights Elementary School fourth-grade student Brian Jeffers, 9, guesses "How Many Cars Traveled This Road" during Book Fair Family Night at the school earlier this month.
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