The dumbing down of America
     Regarding "D's and F's: the new C's and D's?" it should come as no surprise that eventually the Las Virgenes Unified School District would catch up to a large part of the country in the "dumbingdown of America" and that the relatively high quality of education in this district, which
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Boys to men
     I would like to offer a publithanks to the four young men who were skateboarding on Tarrytown near Country Glen Road in thLiberty Canyon Townhomes on Fri., April 28 around 8:30 p.m. Hearing some unusual soundoutside, I went to investigate and
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Suspicious about school bonds
     In its April 27 editorial endors ng the Oak Park school bond measures B6 and C6,
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Bonds need further scrutiny
     Regarding the two bond measures on the ballot for the Oak Park Unified School District, I am concerned that the bond funds will not be used to repair our schools, but instead will be spent on remodelling the district headquarters, building a preschool, installing interactive dry erase boards in a
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Congratulations to Oak Park schools
     I want to take this opportunity to compliment Brookside and Red
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Hold legislature accountable
     If you pay someone else's bills for them, they will let you. This is what we have going on with the bonds that are being proposed on the June ballot.
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Need more patrols in Oak Park
     In response to your cover story of April 27, "Oak Park husbandwife feud ends in suicide," I would like to tell the citizens of Oak Park to "wake up." As a citizen of Oak Park, I am very concerned about the lack of coverage provided to the Oak Park area by the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.
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Slam 'N' Jam good time
     I would like to take a moment and thank the sponsors, players and restaurant participants of the Slam 'N' Jam Fest presented by the Friends of Oak Park Schools on Sun., April 23.
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A healthy thanks to the local hospital
     Too often we hear horror stories about patients' experiences in the hospital. I am writing to compliment, laud and extol our Los Robles Hospital. I spent one week in the main facility and almost two more in the East Campus Rehab. I was so impressed with the coordination of Dr. Philip Barry's
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Pay attention to bicyclists
     I read the letter last week about bicyclists "hogging" the road. As a bicyclist training to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, I found this letter quite offensive. Not only do we obey all traffic laws, we have to be continually looking out for all the cars who want to show us how pow
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Bicyclists are rude
     I have been a resident of Westlake Village for more than 12 years. It is a lovely place in which to reside and a lovely place to bicycle. Over the years, there are a growing number of bicyclists who enjoy riding in the community. Unfortunately, many of them are rude, arrogant and do n
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