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February 8th, 2007
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Final respects paid to fallen soldier
SOMBER GOODBYE--A funeral procession accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Anthony Charles Melia, 20, to a Westlake Village church on Monday. Below, Melia's parents, Mike and Vicki, console each other during the service. More...
More arrests made in Oak Park vandalism

More arrests have been made in connection with the vandalism at Deerhill Park in Oak Park, according to police. Near the park at about 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 14 an unidentified man flagged down Senior Dep. Dave Nadon of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department to alert him to a vandalism that w... More...

Cell towers create a stir

A Calabasas resident has filed an appeal with city hall in the hopes of slowing down cellphone tower installation in the city, especially in the Mulwood area where plans are underway to put two towers only hundreds of feet apart. More...

 Community
•Entire eruv comes down
The thin monofilament line that marked a Jewish religious boundary in Oak Park, Agoura Hills and Westlake Village is being removed entirely, officials said last week. More...
•FOR THE RECORD
•Brownley active in Assembly
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 Health & Wellness
•Hospital staff will sing while scrubbing up
Hands will be washed more frequently- often to the tune of a familiar ditty- at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks. Those who hear hospital employees singing "Happy Birthday" or "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" shouldn't be concerned. More...
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 Bulletin Board
•Full Story
THURS. FEB. 8 Rocks Of Ages Conejo Gem and Mineral Club meets 7:30 p.m., Hillcrest Arts Center, 4093 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Special guest Albert Badel, mechanical engineer, describes various machines, techniques for rock cutting. Free; public welcome. Pebble Pup workshop... More...
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 Business
•The Saunders edge
Tracy Saunders has stepped in as managing director of The Bellington Group, a business brokerage company, and edge2edgemarketing.com, a subsidiary, both based in Westlake Village. Saunders brings more than 15 years of retail and businesstobusiness experience to the job. More...
•Online services are expanded
•Business offers child car seat inspections
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 Schools
•On slippery ground
FOUR ON THE FLOOR- Westlake Montessori student Gabrielle Boland, 4, tries roller skating for the first time with help from Oaks Christian School sophomore George Youmans, 15, during the Centennial Guild of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles roller skating party fundraiser at the Thousand Oaks Roller D... More...
•Family gives $112,000 to 3 schools
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 Sports
•Monarch's athletes take home the gold
Gymnasts from Monarch's Gym in Agoura Hills and Newbury Park fared well in recent competitions in the Southland. The Monarchs Gym boys' gymnastics team participated in its first competition last month at the Men's Gymnastics Assocation meet in Chino, Calif. More...
•Coyotes can hold their heads high
•Viewpoint soccer teams lock down Liberty League titles
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 Pets
•Spotting a quick racehorse
Thoroughbred Owners of California will host a free "Horse Conformation Clinic" from 10 a.m. to noon Sat., Feb. 24 at the Top o' the Stretch, Clockers' Corner at the Santa Anita Racetrack, 285 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, Calif. The program includes guided tours of the stable area, giving... More...
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 Police
•Full Story
Agoura Hills Burglars stole a computer monitor worth $379 from the back of a business on Agoura Road Jan. 25 Someone stole a $400 digital camera and accessories from a vehicle parked on Lewis Road on Jan. 19. A $325 window was shattered during the incident. More...
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 Faith
•Full Story
I am just now coming out of a week-long physical challenge dealing with a nasty little virus that snuck up on me and whacked me upside the head. The most startling part about this for me was I never, ever, get sick. More...
•Author of biblical fiction to visit Beth Haverim
•Valentine's dinner theater
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 Family
•Send singing valentine
Send a singing valentine to loved ones on Valentine's Day, Wed., Feb. 14. A quartet from Channelaire Chorus will sing to recipients at work, home, school, in a nursing home or hospital, or in a restaurant. The chorus will deliver two love songs, a rose, Valentine card and a special ... More...
•Multiparish adult ed announces 2007 season
•Child's play at Pepperdine
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 On the Town
•Latin Jazz Ensemble to perform at Lindero Canyon
Lindero Canyon Middle School's jazz program just got jazzier with the announcement that Bill Cunliffe and his Latin Jazz Ensemble will perform a benefit concert on Thurs., Feb. 15 on the school campus. Student jazz bads will perform during the first half hour of the show, s... More...
•Traditional Irish music coming to Civic Arts Plaza
•African Children's Choir to perform
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 Letters
•Action by Yaroslavsky called into question
My wife gave me a report on her experience of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors meeting she personally attended on the Heschel project reported on in The Acorn, and I am mad as hell. Zev Yaroslavsky has blatantly disrespected the concerns of the city of Agoura Hills and Old Agoura ... More...
•School developers not hearing local concerns
•Too much green
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 Editorials
•Valentine's Day game plan
Here's a good starting point for this year's Valentine's Day: Men, get a clue. Women, lighten up. After eons of trying you'd think that husband and wife, boyfriend and girlfriend would get it right. But the intergender struggle--that "battle of the sexes"--still continues. More...
•Political Cartoon
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 Vacation Photos
•Take Your Acorn on Vacation
INDEPENDENCE DAY OVERSEAS- The Mulders gather in front of the Statue of Independence in Kiev, Ukraine on July 4. Margie Mulder sent in the photo. More...
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 Real Estate
•This Pool Home Is In A Good Location On A Quiet Street
This pool home is in a good location on a quiet street. It features many up grades, including hardwood floors, Spanish pavers and custom tile work, French doors, newer dual-pane windows, baths with newer fixtures, tile and glass, air conditioning and heat. More...
•Daniel Raaf
•Lots Of Potential
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