Cooking safely for the holidays
     As Americans prepare Thanksgiving meals, it is imperative that they keep safety in mind since cooking fires are more likely to occur on Thanksgiving than on any other day of the year. The incidence of home cooking fires on Thanksgiving is roughly three times the daily average.
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Kaiser hosts weekly grief support group
Also sponsoring blood drives
     Kaiser Permanente hosts a bereavement support group from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursdays in cafeteria classrooms one and two at Woodland Hills Medical Center, 5601 De Soto Ave., Woodland Hills.
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Dole donates to YMCA
     Dole Food Company donated $22,000 to the Southeast Ventura County YMCA to help sponsor Healthy Families Day events at the three East Ventura County YMCAs: Conejo Valley, Triunfo and Simi Valley Family. Healthy Families Day will feature activities for kids and booths that will provide inf
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Design center supports Heart Association
     IO Design, a new design and cultural center in Westlake Village, kicked off its Design Celebration 2006 recently with a fundraiser that included live and silent auctions. The benefit raised $7,735 to support the American Heart Association, Ventura County Division's fight against childhood obe
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