Candidates sought for council

Three seats on the Oak Park Municipal Advisory Council are open for election in November. The seats belong to Ron Stark, Bonnie Biddison and Jay Kapitz.

Registered voters residing in Oak Park can qualify to run for the Oak Park council.

The Oak Park council meetings are on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in room G-9 at Oak Park High School. The group deals with issues of concern to the Oak Park community, as well as providing recommendations to the board of supervisors on land use and governmental issues.

Candidates interested in running for election can pick up

nomination packets in the office of Supervisor Linda Parks at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., or at the Ventura County Elections Division at 800 S. Victoria Blvd., Ventura.

All nomination papers must be filed in person at the elections division at Ventura County Government Center.

The deadline for filing nomination papers is 5 p.m. Fri., Aug. 11 if all of the incumbents choose to run. If any choose not to run, the deadline for filing will be extended through Aug. 16.

For more information, call the supervisor's office at (805) 3732564, or e-mail Linda.Parks@ventura.org.