Medea Creek gets a new principal
By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com
      A new principal will take over at Oak Park's Medea Creek Middle School on July 1. Brad Benioff, the assistant principal at Sycamore Canyon School in Newbury Park, has been hired to replace Laurel Ford, who is moving on to an Oak Park district position.
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YMCA sponsors beach camps
      The Triunfo YMCA is sponsoring two resident camps on the beach this summer. +Camp Fox, for youth entering grades 6 through 12, will take place on Catalina Island from July 8 through 14. Campers will take part in kayaking, snorkeling, fishing, archery, high and low rope challenges, swimming, h...
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Calabasas teen named volunteer of the year
      When a teen demonstrates an ample dose of smarts, with a great deal of compassion, many take notice, including the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
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Honor roll
      + Eric Budginas from Agoura Hills was named an AllAmerican Scholar-at-Large winner by the U. S. Achievement Academy. Eric is a student at Lindero Canyon Middle School. + Craig Rosen of Agoura Hills graduated Magna Cum Laude from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State...
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Moorpark College nursing students graduate in ceremony
      The traditional pinning ceremony for the 32 graduates of the Moorpark College Nursing Program took place on May 17 at the Moorpark College Performing Arts Center. These new nurses completed the Associate in Science degree and will be eligible to take the national Board of Registered...
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CSUCI's first class grads
      The following area students have graduated in the first class at California State University at Channel Islands in Camarillo. Agoura: Renee Wachter. Agoura Hills: Garret Allard, Jessy Goodman, Christopher Graham, Saxon Knauss, Jeremy Percival, Shirley Wandzura, Kathryn Worthington and Steve...
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Soaring as an Eagle
      HIGH RANK- Ethan Cohen of Boy Scout Troop 716 in Thousand Oaks earns his Eagle Scout rank. The Oak Park High School senior renovated a storage room at the Goebel Senior Center for his community service project. He will attend Moorpark College in the fall and plans to transfer to CS...
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Cal student selected for fellowship on terrorism
      The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, has selected Matthew Brown of Calabasas, a freshman at UC Berkeley, to participate in an undergraduate fellowship program that teaches students about terrorist threats directed ...
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CLU honor society taps members
      Two local residents were among five students selected for membership in the Scholastic Honor Society at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. Ryan Begley, a biology major from Westlake Village, and Raina Witt, a music major from Simi Valley, were new members named during...
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Moorpark College grads
      Moorpark College hosted commencement exercises on May 15 on the Campus Center Quad. The 2006-07 graduating class has 1,170 students- 627 females and 543 males. Current semester graduates number 706, with 276 having already graduated in the fall. At the end of the 2006 summer session, 188 ...
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Youth orchestra holds auditions
      The Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra will present a concert at 3 p.m. Sun., June 3 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks.
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      Thinking about medical school? It's not easy to get into medical school, but making the right choices can help you reach your goal. It's important to start out with a good foundation.
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Pros teach kids 'the business'
      The BizKidz is a group of working professionals who coach children and teens in acting, singing, musical theater, voiceover, on-camera commercials, TV, film and improvisation. Classes are taught by Edd Hall, formerly of "The Tonight Show;" actress and voiceover professional, Sh...
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