September 14, 2000 RSS feed / Front Page

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Ground breaks on a new library

GETTING READY FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN More...

Lawsuit against YMCA withdrawn in Westlake Village

Acorn Staff Writer
By Debbie Sporich

The Triunfo YMCA in Westlake Village may get its $5.5 million, 30,957 square-foot facility sooner than expected after the Westlake Canyon Homeowners Association (HOA) announced that it More...

Health & Wellness

Stepping stones to better health LISA ADAMS/The Acorn

TAKING A HEALTHY STEP More...

Needle disposal offered in Ventura County

Many individuals perform home injections as part of the treatment for diabetes, cancer, AIDS, osteoporosis, fertility and allergies. Pets also can have medical conditions that require their owners to give them injections. More...

UCLA to offer personal nutrition course

UCLA Extension is offering "Personal Nutrition: Developing Life Skills for Eating Well" from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, Sept. 27-Dec. 6 at UCLA Extension, Third Street Promenade, Room 300, in Santa Monica. More...

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Schools

Registration begins for Oak Park preschool

Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District conducts a morning enrichment program for ages 3 and 4 at Mae Boyar Park at the corner of Kanan Road and Conifer Street in Oak Park. More...

Local dancers to perform at Olympics

Students from A Step in Time School of Dance in Calabasas were to leave to perform at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. More...

Retired teachers needed to help new ones

A special program seeks retired teachers to help mentor new first-year teachers in Compton, Pasadena, L.A. and Long Beach. More...

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Pets

Pet of the Week CHUCK ROGERS/The Acorn

PERFECT POOCH-This less-than-shy guy is named "Cody." He More...

‘Mouse’ is a dog, an old dog

Acorn Staff Writer
By Kathy Williamson

When Oak Park resident Toni Hanson, 55, adopted a 2-year-old schipperke pup at the El Centro, Calif. dog shelter, she had no way of knowing that 19 years later, Mouse, as he More...

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On the Town

Agoura Hills Harmony Chorus to perform in T.O.

Agoura Hills Harmony Chorus will bring their barbershop-style singing to the stage of the Scherr Forum Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 16. More...

Channelaire Chorus membership drive underway

Award-winning Channelaire Chorus, a Ventura County-based women More...

Power Puff Girls world debut set

As part of the Cartoon Network More...

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Letters

Oak Park’s football team accepts the blame

The occurrences at Santa Ynez are only a memory for the Oak Park football team. More...

Billingsley is the victim of

We have read all of the articles regarding the Oak Park High School football team that included the comments of a few parents and former members of the Oak Park Unified School District Board and feel a strong sense of urgency to make our feelings kn More...

To the Eagle team, staff and coach:

As someone whose two boys went through the Oak Park school system and played football under Coach Billingsley, I am extremely disappointed over reading about the football team More...

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Proposed soundwall in Calabasas may take years to build

Acorn Staff Writer
By Sharon Makokian

About 60 residents from the Saratoga Hills/Saratoga Ranch area packed Calabasas City Council chambers at a meeting last week to support construction of a soundwall to buffer freeway noise near the Lost Hills exit, north of the 101 Freeway. More...

Suspension riles Oak Park

Acorn Staff Writer
By John Loesing

Oak Park High School More...

BMW dealer wants to relocate to Calabasas

Acorn Staff Writer
By Sharon Makokian

The Calabasas Planning Commission discussed a proposal to build a BMW dealership at 24486 Calabasas Road at its last meeting, but didn More...

Community

For the record

The final paragraph about Be Totally Free! (a nonprofit group that helps people with eating disorders and other problems) was accidentally cut by the editor last week. More...

MOMS celebrate by the thousands CHUCK ROGERS/The Acorn

UNITED MOMS More...

YMCA planning youth and government night

The Triunfo YMCA will host a recruitment night for its Youth & Government Program at 6:30 p.m., Thurs., Sept. 21 at Christian Church of the Hills, 29295 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills. More...

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Bulletin Board

Certified nursing class offered by Red Cross

The American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles will offer a 160-hour class designed to train individuals to provide quality care as a nurse assistant caring for residents in nursing homes. More...

Free financial planning course offered at UCLA

UCLA Extension More...

Charity golf tourney will help seniors, children, homeless

The 2000 Charity Golf Tournament sponsored by the San Fernando Valley Interfaith Council and the Daily News will be hosted Mon., Sept. 25 at Porter Valley Country Club in Northridge. More...

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Sports

THIS WEEK IN FOOTBALL

Acorn Sportswriter
By Thomas Wayne Pichotta

Westlake (1-0) vs. More...

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SUPPORT TEAM - Acorn readers celebrate Deena Drossin's showing at the recent Olympic track and field trials in Sacramento. Drossin, a 1991 Agoura High graduate, qualified in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters. More...

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GENE DOWD/The Acorn OFF AND RUNNING - Oak Park's Igor Tregub finished in third place with a time of 18:05 at last week's Oak Park Cross Country Classic, the school's first major meet of the year. More...

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Faith

Temple Adat Elohim schedules High Holy Days

Temple Adat Elohim has announced its schedule of services for the High Holy Days. More...

Israeli lecture coming Monday

Haverim B More...

Christian church plans fall kickoff

Each year Christian Church of the Hills (CCH) sets aside a Sunday in September to celebrate the CCH family. This year More...

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Motoring

Are we tired of tires yet? An Opinion

Acorn Automotive Editor
So have we reached overload yet?
By Michael Binstock

There is no doubt that the whole Firestone/Ford debacle shows that despite all the safeguards we feel are in effect mistakes happen and problems slip by. More...

It’s a pickup, It’s a Lincoln?

Acorn Automotive Editor
By Michael Binstock

The Lincoln Blackwood, which was first shown, as a concept vehicle, at the 1999 Los Angeles Auto Show, will be available at dealerships in the first half of 2001. More...

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