FOR THE RECORD
      •The Nov. 6 voter turnout in the Westlake Village City Council election was 35 percent, not 61 percent. •A $5,000, not a $1,000 reward is being offered for information regarding vandalism to the Shelley Riggs automobile at Agoura High School on Oct. 25.
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Workshop teaches fire prevention
'It's not a question of if the wildland will burn, but when.' - Valerie Barel UC Extension
By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com
      Residents are invited to attend a free "SAFE Landscapes" workshop this Saturday in Malibu. The program is designed to show people who live near the Santa Monica Mountains how to create sustainable and fire-safe landscaping.
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Leonis Adobe film debuts
Documentary will be part of museum presentation
By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com
      It wasn't in Hollywood and there was no red carpet, but the Leonis Adobe Museum boasted quite a premiere party last weekend when "Share the Legend: The Story of Leonis Adobe" opened to a local crowd. Starting next week the 14-minute film can be seen anytime by museum visitors.
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Community gets talking
      The Ventura County Community Foundation is hosting "Open Wednesdays," a series of meetings in each of the county's 10 cities intended to provide a forum for local nonprofits, donors, community leaders and elected officials to discuss priorities for the foundation's programs, services and grant mak...
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Gourd artist to host workshop
      A free family craft workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m. Sun., Nov. 18 at the Rancho Sierra Vista/ Satwiwa Native American Indian Cultural Center at Lynn Road and Via Goleta in Newbury Park. Nadiya Littlewarrior will lead the workshop, where participants will learn ...
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Local 10-year-old giddy over upcoming 'Nutcracker' role
By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com
      As the end of the month approaches, it's no surprise that 10yearold Emily Hogan is becoming more and more excited, if not a bit anxious. Emily, who lives in Calabasas with her parents and older sister, is to dance the role of Clara in the RozannZimmerman Ballet Center's producti...
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Youths collect trash in Oak Park
      CLEANUP CREW- Volunteers display bags filled with trash that they collected in the community during Oak Park Clean Up Day last Saturday. From left, Oak Park freshmen Chris Shafer, Nick Saucedo, Garrett Stanton, Derek Deakin, Porter Bertanyi, Ryan Schaffer and Alexander Chrysiliou. The students re...
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Westlake Promenade to light Christmas tree tomorrow night
      The community is invited to a holiday spectacular and the 12th annual Tree Lighting Spectacular at The Promenade at Westlake, starting at 7 p.m. Fri., Nov. 16 at 101 Promenade Way. The event is free.
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Santa's coming to Agoura
By Steve Holt steve@theacorn.com
      George Annino hates it when people are hungry. He especially detests that people could be hungry during the holidays. That's why the 25th annual Santa Comes to Agoura and Beyond food drive is in full swing. People love it and so does Annino.
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Community gets a taste of Many Mansions fundraiser
      CAREFUL, IT'S HOT- National Charity League member Joann Tattersall, a Westlake VIllage resident, offers a taste of soup to her daughter Lindsay, a junior at Oaks Christian School, during the Many Mansions Bowls of Hope fundraiser at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu on Sunday.
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Foundation's CLvFFie Awards set
      Tickets are still available for the seventh annual Conejo/Las Virgenes Future Foundation's CLvFFie (pronounced Cliffie) Awards, scheduled for Sat., Nov. 17 at Los Robles Greens Banquet Center in Thousand Oaks, say organizers.
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Acorn Bits
Think tank ponders local issues
      The Conejo Valley/Las Virgenes Future Foundation is a 35yearold apolitical, nonprofit "think tank" that studies issues which may impact the region, said Fran Brough, executive director of the organization. The foundation sponsors annual events, including the Youth Congress for high school ...
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Former White House advisor addresses national issues in talk at Kavli Theater
By Cary Ginell soundthink@aol.com
      At the beginning of his address last week at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza's Fred Kavli Theater, veteran political commentator David Gergen told the audience that he would only spend "30 to 40 minutes" hearing himself talk, preferring to answer questions from the audience.
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Veterans visit Oak Park schools, recall military
By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com
      A group of local veterans is visiting Oak Park schools throughout the month of November to talk about their experiences serving in the United States military. Two of the five schools participating held their events last week in conjunction with Veterans Day.
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Memories of five major battles scar local veteran's soul
By Judi Uthus Special to The Acorn
      David Goldberg says he never suffered a scratch in World War II, yet the memories have left a lasting mark on his soul. At 20 years old, the young man drafted from a poor New York family had no expectations of heroics as he landed at Normandy, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, liberated Buchenwa...
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Veterans of Foreign Wars post receives grant
      Las Virgenes Post 7799 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has received a grant from the Marilyn S. Broad Foundation to support the post's community patriotic programs. The check was presented by foundation member William Serviss to Arthur Borquist, post commander.
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