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May 11, 2005  RSS feed
Spring fling—
Your guide
to the area
   ature lovers still have time to hit the local hiking trails    and revel in the colorful display of native wildflowers that are in full bloom this spring. More...
Schools need more nurses
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By Stephanie Bertholdo
bertholdo@theacorn.com

The Las Virgenes Unified School District warns that it has an urgent need for additional school nurses and that the health of students depends on it. More...

New LVUSD superintendent is welcomed
By Stephanie Bertholdo
bertholdo@theacorn.com

Dr. Sandra Smyser, the new superintendent of the Las Virgenes Unified School District, was greeted by approximately 100 members of the community during a reception last week at the district office in Calabasas. More...

 Community
• article has image Embracing Our Differences
I was thrilled when I was able to hire five new, experienced and very professional nurses to work the night shift in our Critical Care Unit, but I was also concerned. More...
• The Power of Nursing
• article has image The Language of Caring
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 Health & Wellness
• article has image Survivor takes message on a ride
Pancreatic cancer survivor Tom Cronan will spend nearly six weeks on his Harley-Davidson visiting 22 Wellness Communities across the country and waging a nationwide war on cancer across 6,600 miles. More...
• article has image Seniors honor volunteer helpers
• Women’s Wellness program adds bone density testing
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 Business
• Soil-Therm wins award
Agoura Hills-based Soil-Therm Equipment, Inc., an environmental technology and equipment manufacturer, has been awarded the "Technology Merit Award" by the Environmental Business Journal. More...
• article has image Sotheby’s opens Calabasas office
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 Schools
• Educator nominations are now due
Nominations are due by Mon., May 16 for the Las Virgenes Special Education Parent Teacher Association More...
• School district wants applicants
• New theatre camp formed in Calabasas
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 Pets
• article has image Pet of the Week
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CONTENTED CAT More...
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 Police
• Agoura Hills
Thieves stole snowboards, computer equipment and a cell phone and other items, from a storage unit at a business in the 29300 block of Agoura Road between April 14 and 30. Loss and damages were estimated at about $1,700. More...
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 Faith
• article has image Often when I talk to people with many problems the question I seem to get often is "Where is God in all this?"
In developing a strategy to deal with this pain, we need to first of all establish one clear fact: everyone suffers. The world we are told about in fairy tales, where people marry and live happily ever after, is a Hollywood set. More...
• Day of Prayer shared by Westlake faithful
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 On the
Town
• Fiddle contest, folk festival returns to Paramount Ranch Sunday
The Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival will return to Paramount Ranch in Agoura from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sun., May 15. Tickets range from $5 to $10; kids under 10 are admitted free of charge. More...
• ‘Mary Poppins’ coming to Kavli Theatre
• article has image `Oaks Chamber singers to present comic operata
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 Letters
• Anti-Heschel spin doctors go to work
Here again go the Old Agoura spin doctors in their relentless campaign to thwart any development in the region. Now they are picking on a nonprofit school. More...
• Old Agoura twisted the facts
• Heschel required to fix existing traffic woes
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 Columns
• article has image Q: When a person dies and is taken to a funeral home, what is done to the body? Where is it held?
A: Several weeks ago during an in-service education program with hospice staff, this was the first question a nurse asked me. Most people are unaware of the procedures that take place following a death. More...
• article has image Full Story
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 Editorials
• Water regulations leave bad taste
The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board is about to set some incredibly high standards for water and sewer agencies upstream from the Pacific Ocean. More...
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