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Community mourns loss of Pat Soteras
     Patricia Soteras, executive director of the Agoura/Oak Park/ Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce, died of a heart attack in her home Oct. 26. She was 75.
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Westlake Village resident prepares for bench duty
Wins race for Superior Court
     Westlake Village resident David W. Stuart is tired of being judged. Now he wants to be the judge.
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Voter turnout varies by community
     Westlake Village boasted the highest voter turnout among all local communities in the Nov. 7 election, according to statistics compiled by
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Stalking case involved sordid web
     After enduring months of unsettling incidents, Thousand Oaks resident Michael Stark has finally found relief.
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Helicopter rescue performed in Old Agoura
     ROUGH RIDE--A helicopter rescue squad prepares to airlift a woman out of Old Agoura following an equestrian accident on Nov. 4. The woman, who's name was unavailable, reportedly took a bad fall while riding horses with three friends near Chesebro Road.
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     +Kids' Night Out for children ages 5 to 11 will be 6 to 10 p.m., Fri., Dec. 8 at the Agoura Hills Recreation Center. There will be pizza, a movie, a craft and games supervised by recreation leaders. The cost is $20 for one child or $40 for two or more children from the same family. Register by De
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Local moms will donate to charity
     The West Valley Chapter of Mothers and More hosted a wine and cheese reception at the offices of Dr. Suzanne P. Berger dentistry for children in Agoura Hills, where a check was presented to Janet Lavender, executive director of Dress for Success Los Angeles.
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It's a jungle out here
     GARDEN VISITORS--When these bobcat kittens visited Deborah Ryback's Westlake Village yard last week she had the good sense to keep her dog in the house.
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Calabasas Library book sale coming soon
     The Friends of the Calabasas Library will have a book sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat., Nov. 18 at the library, 23975 Park Sorrento.
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ClvFFie Award recipients annouced
     Exceptional citizens were honored in several categories this month at the Janet and Ray Scherr Forum in Thousand Oaks. More than 200 guests attended the sixth annual Conejo/Las Virgenes Future Foundation CLvFFie Awards.
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Temple women to host boutique
Event to sell secular, Judaica gifts
     Temple Adat Elohim's Sisterhood will present the fourth annual holiday boutique from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sun., Dec. 3 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mon., Dec. 4 at 2420 E. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks.
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Veteran's story told in new book
     Agoura Hills resident David Goldberg served in the U.S. First Army, 79th Field Artillery in World War II. He was a master sergeant and in charge of 12 men in a communications squad. At the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, Goldberg had been in the Army for five years.
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Veterans honored at middle school assembly
     At A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas, Veterans Day receives special treatment beyond just the day off from school.
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Conference on poverty to be held at CSUCI
     The fifth annual Conference on Poverty will begin at 8:30 a.m. Sat., Nov. 18 at California State University at Channel Islands. The conference will feature presentations by internationally recognized experts on issues of poverty in the world, as well as representatives of volunteer organizations working to reduce poverty.
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The brainiest of the bunch
     HONORED--Calabasas High School students Erica Wolfish and Jacob Schwartz meet award-winning physicist Steven Chu at an event held at the Getty Center last week. The students were among 16 high school students chosen out of 600 for their math/science projects completed in the summer COSMOS program.
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Sugar plum fairies spread their wings
     TINY DANCERS--Young ballerinas, from left, Aurora Schnurr and Sofia Rochin, both 8, meet Alison Lubin, Oaks Christian School; Bridget Carpenter, Oak Park High School; and Katie Ho, Calabasas High School at the recent Sugar Plum Tea at Sherwood Country Club. The dancers all study at California Dance Theatre in Agoura Hills. They will perform in "The Nutcracker" at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza on Dec. 16 and 17.
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Make a date with The Acorn
     The Acorn invites community members to submit brief blurbs for free inclusion in our weekly Datebook calendar.
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Santa is coming back to Agoura
     Their motto is simple: "It will all come together."
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Toy drive coming
Native Americans to share culture with families
     Redbird, a group that celebrates Native Americans, will host its annual toy and school supplies drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat., Dec. 2 at the Oakbrook Park Chumash Interpretive Center, 3290 Lang Ranch Parkway, Thousand Oaks.
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Teddy bear design contest winners will receive savings bonds
     Noah's Ark Animal Workshop has announced its inaugural Design Your Own Teddy Bear contest. Designs may be submitted to the home office in Crestwood, Ill., through Thurs., Nov. 30. Design template, entry form and more information are available at the website www.noahsarkworkshop.com or from l
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Candle lighting ceremony coming in December
Families worldwide will celebrate
     Held annually on the second Sunday in December, the Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe as they light candles for one hour to honor and remember children who've died at any age from any cause.
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Students send letters of love
     PEN PALS- White Oak Elementary School fifthgrade students, from left, Olivia Delaurentis, Brett Hollander and Jake Johnson, deliver a box of letters from the student body to Navy Petty Officer Second Class Joe Layman. Layman, who is married to White Oak special education teacher Lena Layman, will se
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Habitat for Humanity names executive director
Stacy Swanson is CLU grad
     The board of directors for Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County, a nonprofit Christian housing effort seeking to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from Ventura County, recently announced Stacy Swanson has been named the new executive director.
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B'nai B'rith to host monthly meeting
     Rabbi Steven Jacobs will speak at the Haverim B'nai B'rith meeting at 7:30 p.m. Mon., Nov. 20 at Temple Adat Elohim, 2420 E. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. The topic will be "The Election and the Middle East."
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