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Brookside Elementary School in Oak Park has been nominated by the California Department of Education to receive the Blue Ribbon Award. Brookside was named a California Distinguished School, (CDS), which is one of the categories the Department of Education chooses from when nominating a school for the Blue Ribbon. More ... California State Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson recently announced the appointment of Assemblywoman Fran Pavley (D-Woodland Hills) to two key advisory positions to protect California More ... State Assemblyman Tony Strickland (R-Thousand Oaks) recently announced the opening of his new district office in Westlake Village. More ... The Metropolitan Water District (MWD), the largest water agency in the state, voted Feb. 12 to add fluoride to the drinking water of millions of Californians and two local residents are being given credit for the effort. More ... The city of Agoura Hills Department of Community Services has announced that West Hills Hospital and Medical Center will be the major sponsor of the city More ... At the Westlake Village City Council meeting last week, Officer Robert Desantis delivered a report of mostly good news for residents. More ... Services for Alyson Ilene Kaplan, 20, will be this Sun., Feb. 23, beginning at 3 p.m. with a graveside service at Valley Oaks Memorial Park, 5600 Lindero Canyon Road in Westlake Village. More ... The family of Elizabeth Hughes, a longtime Agoura resident who was instrumental in the formation of Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, presented valuable documents to LVMWD officials last week that traced the long history of the water agency and many of the land development issues that still affect residents today. More ... One of the most important community events of the year is coming Wed., Feb. 26 to the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza More ... Brookside Elementary recently hosted a unique assembly as the Oak Park school dedicated a tree and a special bench to Robert "Bo" Wagner, a first-grader who courageously fought but lost his battle with a brain tumor last year. More ... Los Angeles Pierce College Extension is offering a course to teach artists how to draw live animals. The class is taught at the Los Angeles Zoo where participants will learn to capture the stride of a lion, the bone structure of a giraffe, the personality of a chimp and the massive volume of an elephant. More ... The community is invited to donate items for the Agoura High School garage sale from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat., March 15 in the teachers More ... Community Conscience/Under One Roof recently announced that Conejo Valley residents Louis "Skip" Padberg and Pat Paulucci will be crowned King and Queen of their 2003 Mardi Gras Ball on Sat. More ... The city of Thousand Oaks Arbor/Earth Day Celebration will be 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat., March 22 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Park, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. More ... In this, the 30th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Whitman is urging Americans to celebrate the Year of Clean Water by becoming aware and pitching in to help. More ... Residents new and old are invited to attend the class, "Discover the Conejo Valley Story," from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 20 and 27 at the Stagecoach Inn Museum, 51 S. Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park. More ... MICHAEL COONS/The Acorn ALMOST DONE-Toni Caruso, left, and Catherine Steiner of the Oak Park/Agoura Hills Moms Club make and collect blankets for foster children in Southern California during a recent gathering. More ... Cub Scout Pack 227 of Agoura Hills will host its annual Blue and Gold Banquet to celebrate the 93rd anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America and the 73rd anniversary of Cub Scouting. More ... The city of Calabasas Community Services Department is offering an excursion to Solvang from 7:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thurs., March 27 departing from de Anza Park, 3701 Lost Hills Road, Calabasas. More ... Marine Corps Capt. Brian H. Kane, a 1989 graduate of Oak Park High School, recently made a port visit in East Timor while on a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf while assigned to the 11th MEU, based in Camp Pendleton. More ... The American Cancer Society needs volunteers to assist in the fight against cancer during this spring More ... Compared to the hundreds of thousands of people who demonstrated elsewhere around the world, the two-dozen anti-war protestors last week in Agoura Hills were hardly noticeable. More ... Graphaids, a full service art and materials store, has opened at 30135A-Agoura Road, just south of Reyes Adobe Road, in Agoura Hills. The family-owned business opened its first store in 1971. More ... There are nurturing, caring, supportive and appropriate options available allowing family members to provide a "gift of love" for their aging and/or infirm parents who can no longer live alone. More ... Tutors4Computers makes "house calls" to teach basic and advanced computer skills to people in the privacy of their own homes or offices. Clients are offered personalized tutoring sessions on their own computers, and at their own pace. More ... A graduate of veterinary school at UC Davis, Joy Craft is a veterinarian, massage therapist, physical therapist, teacher and author who has worked with animals for almost 40 years. More ... February is National Heart Month. Total Woman Gym & Day Spa is motivated to educate as many women as possible that most heart disease risk factors are controllable by engaging in physical activity and healthy eating. More ... "Seven-Up for Teens & In-B-Tweens" is a unique clothing boutique specializing in girls and pre-teen sizes. They carry all the latest styles including Hard Tail, Dickies, Rocky-T, Shameless, Girl Chameleon, Angel Jeans, Picasso Jeans and more. More ... Community RSS feed |
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