The electorate speaks in the New Millenium
Pavley takes Assembly seat
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      Fran Pavley, Agoura Hills’ first mayor and long-time workhorse for the environment, earned the biggest prize of her political career Tuesday by defeating Republican candidate Jayne Murphy Shapiro in the race for 41st Assembly District.
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Oak Park elects two to MAC, school board
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      Voters Tuesday reelected a pair of incumbents to the Oak Park Unified School District Board of Education and also gave a vote of confidence to the chairman of the community’s Municipal Advisory Council (MAC).
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Incumbents ousted in LVMWD
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      In a stunning reversal of fortune at Las Virgenes Municipal Water District (LVMWD), two challengers beat their better known incumbent opponents for election to the district’s board of directors on Tuesday.
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Riding club youth beautify Old Agoura
CHUCK ROGERS/The Acorn

      CLEANING UP––Students from Sumac Elementary, A.E. Wright and Lindero Canyon middle schools (members of Rachel’s Riding Club) quietly do good things for many people. Early Saturday morning, 13 members, led by founder Rachel Wachs, right, remove trash from roadsides and ditches that border the Equestrian Center in Old Agoura. They’ve rescued three horses and given riding lessons, and at Thanksgiving, they’ll take their goodies and smiling faces to boost morale at several retirement homes. Members always appear in club T-shirts and bright, sprayed-on red hair.
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