The winner of our annual photo contest

      FIRST PLACE PHOTO–Westlake Village resident George Turek collects $100 for this picture in our Y2K ‘‘Take Your Acorn on Vacation" photo contest.
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Local districts make the grade
Schools score high
in Stanford 9 tests
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      For the second consecutive year, Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) turned in one of the best overall performances in the Conejo and San Fernando valleys as a result of scores posted in standardized testing.
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Apartment complex decision delayed
By Sharon Makokian
Acorn Staff Writer

      Developers of a proposed apartment complex, which was twice rejected by the Calabasas Planning Commission, appealed to the city council for a second time Wednesday, only to have a decision put off until at least the end of the month.
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Festival is a success
CHUCK ROGERS/The Acorn

      A PENNY FOR HER THOUGHTS–Ariel Beesley, a 7-year-old Bay Laurel Elementary student, falls in love with artist Barbara Larson’s garden mermaid on display at last Saturday’s Cultural Festival at Calabasas’ Old Town. The all-day event celebrated October as Los Angeles County’s Arts and Humanities Month.
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Forum planned

      The Community Foundation for Oak Park will host an Election Forum to give residents an opportunity to see and hear the candidates for the Oak Park Municipal Advisory Council (MAC), the Oak Park Unified School District Board, and those supporting and opposing "Measure O" (the Ventura County Tobacco Tax Initiative) on the Nov. 7 ballot. The forum will be at 7:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 18 in the multi-purpose room at Red Oak Elementary School, 4857 Rockfield St., Oak Park.
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