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April 27, 2006  RSS feed
Students send love in time of need
JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers GROUP DYNAMICS-Lupin Hill Elementary School students gather in support of the Talbert Family Foundation and Buelow Family Fund last week at the school. Proceeds from student T-shirt sales will benefit the family of Max Buelow, an 11-year-old Calabasas boy who died recently of bone cancer. Max's 13-year-old sister has had leukemia. To contact the fund, call (818) 715-0428. More...
Local teachers seek pay raise
By Avi Rutschman avi@theacorn.com

Members of the Oak Park Teacher's Association gathered at last week's Oak Park Unified School District board meeting and More...

Oak Park husband-wife feud ends in suicide
Wife and child are saved
By Avi Rutschman avi@theacorn.com

A domestic disturbance and apparent suicide roused residents of Firebird Lane in Oak Park on Monday night. More...

 Community
• article has image Westlake Yacht Club launches new season
JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers OPENING DAY SALUTE-Above,Westlake Yacht Club members salute the colors during the opening day ceremony to commemorate the beginning of the 2006 sailing season. Below, Westlake Yacht Club members, from left, Phil Archbold, Dick Bear and Charles Lees raise a toast to the new sailing season. More...
• Group targets child slavery in carpet industry
• Scuffle at Community Center
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 Health & Wellness
• Advice for seniors on avoiding falls
Falls affect tens of thousands of Americans. Each year about one-third of individuals 65 years of age or older fall, and some will be disabled by the broken bones that can follow. Also, falls kill more than 16,000 Americans a year. More...
• article has image Activists raise funds in fight against breast cancer
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 Bulletin
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THURS., APRIL 27 Chamber Mixer Agoura/Oak Park/Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce hosts a mixer at 5:30 p.m. at 805 Fitness, 880 Hampshire Road, Ste. X, Westlake Village to celebrate the facility's grand opening. Food, door prizes. (818) 889-3150 More...
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 Business
• article has image Gas station owner wants pump prices scrutinized
FUMING- With gas prices topping $3 per gallon even some gas station owners are wondering where it will end. This notice, posted at the GASPROM at Westlake Boulevard and Thousand Oaks Boulevard, empathizes with customers' outrage. It says, in part, "We feel as you do that the current fuel prices are More...
• article has image Calabasas business owner lauded
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 Schools
• article has image National Merit scholars named
Three local high school students were announced among the first group of Merit Scholarship winners for 2006. More...
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• Local teacher chosen for national seminar
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 Sports
• Sixth inning offensive explosion dooms Calabasas softball team
Coyotes remain in the postseason hunt despite loss
On a cold Tuesday afternoon at the Thousand Oaks softball field, the Lady Lancers suddenly turned red hot. More...
• article has image The man behind the mask
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 Pets
• article has image New Leonis Adobe goats need a name
The Leonis Adobe Museum has announced the arrival of two baby goats and is inviting the public to name the new additions. More...
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• Teach pups to avoid rattlesnakes
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 Police
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Agoura Hills Burglars stole a gym bag containing workout clothes from a vehicle parked on Agoura Road on April 10. The loss was $500. More...
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 Faith
• YMCA hosts national prayer breakfast
Bringing the spiritual communities together in celebration of fellowship and prayer, the Southeast Ventura County YMCA will host its seventh annual prayer breakfast on the National Day of Prayer, Thurs., May 4, from 6:50 to 8:30 a.m. at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlak More...
• Heschel West students celebrate Passover
• St. Max Kolbe church to sponsor golf tourney
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 Family
• article has image Oak Park has Slam 'N' Jam good time
JAMMIN' FOR DOLLARS- Above, The Oak Park High School Jazz Band performs prior to the Slam 'N' Jam Fest last Sunday. The fundraiser featured culinary treats, entertainment by local bands and a basketball show starring the Harlem Ambassadors and Oak Park Drill Team. Right, Kevin Feinbloom of Thousand More...
• article has image Sticking to the point
• article has image Earth Week encourages families to walk more
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 On the
Town
• CSUN celebrates Mozart's life
Cal State Northridge's Oviatt Library will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with an exhibition of materials related to the composer and the period in which he worked, as well as a special performance of two of his works. More...
• article has image The Canyon books comedian
• Wine tasting to support scholarships
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 Letters
• School bond issue is clarified
On April 13, The Acorn ran an article about the Oak Park Unified School District bond measures B6 and C6, which will appear on the June 6 ballot. Some statements were unclear and left many readers with impressions that are not accurate. More...
• New finance measure deserves full backing
• Graduation fee uncalled for
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 Editorials
• School bonds need our support
Public schools aren't what they used to be. In many respects they're better, but the cost for students to attend public schools has gone up commensurately. Families will face even bigger expenses if a trio of bond measures in the Las Virgenes and Oak Park school districts is passed by voters this J More...
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