Protect children from common respiratory virus
      With cough and cold season still in force, parents with infants and small children should be on the lookout for a common virus that may lead to potentially serious complications- respiratory syncytial virus. Nearly half of all children are infected during their first year of life, and almost ...
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Cancer group hosts retreat
      Cancer Hope Foundation, a nonprofit organization with a mission to enhance the lives of people affected by cancer, is accepting applications for their Camp Keepsake weekend retreats in September and October. Camp Keepsake offers adult cancer patients the opportunity to bring up to fiv...
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Life coach launches practice in Conejo
      The Conejo Valley is home to a new life coaching business called "Create a New Season." Mary Ann Lowry, M.Ed. launched her new business this year after completing the training requirements to be a Martha Beck Certified Life Coach. Dr.
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Kids learn safety first
     IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers RULES OF THE ROAD- David, 9, and Sophie Friedl, 12, talk with Safe Moves instructor Bill Howard during the city of Agoura Hills' 18th annual Bike Rodeo and inaugural Public Safety Day. Safe Moves, a nonprofit based in Van Nuys, instructed kids on traffic laws and help...
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New nonprofit center aims to empower girls
By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com
      Despite the fact that she's working on her therapy licensing exam, JoHanna Jones says she's more interested in keeping girls out of the psychologist's office, not in it. A desire to prevent girls from heading to therapy is what motivated Jones to open a new center in Westlake Villag...
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Students focus on fitness, health
     BECKY LEMON/Special to The Acorn GETTING FIT- A.E. Wright eighth-graders engage in a tug-of-war as part of the school's recent fitness celebration. During the daylong event students, led by the school's physical education teachers and volunteers from local businesses, visited different activity stat...
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