Synagogue to hold service for special needs children
      Congregation Or Ami will have a Shabbat service celebrating children with special needs at 7:30 p.m. Fri., March 28 at 26115 Mureau Road, Ste. B, Calabasas. The service is open to nonmembers and the community at large.
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Program helps those in recovery
      Celebrate Recovery, a faithbased support group, meets at 6 p.m. every Tuesday night at EV Free Church, 999 Rancho Conejo Blvd., Newbury Park. The group is a 12step, Christcentered program addressing life's hurts, habits and hang-ups.
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Latter-day Saints support Lighthouse
Shelter receives gift of clothing, blankets, toys
      Women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park joined together to provide relief and support for the Lighthouse Women's and Children's Shelter in Oxnard.
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Time bandits
      In recent weeks on numerous occasions I've caught myself eating my meals so fast that it quite literally startled me. I have also found myself driving my car faster and with far less mindfulness than normal to get to my points of destination.
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