Motion Picture Fund hospital closing doors
By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com
      The Motion Picture & Television Fund board says it plans to stick to its motto, "Taking care of our own," despite last month's announcement that the hospital and its long-term living facilities in Woodland Hills near Calabasas will be closing.
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Learn fitness
      The city of Calabasas recreation department will offer a onehour Body Evolution class at noon Wed., March 4 at Juan Bautista de Anza Park, 3701 Lost Hills Road, Calabasas. The class includes cardio and resistance exercises to increase energy and help tone muscles.
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Blood donors sought
      United Blood Services will be holding blood drives on Mondays and Wednesdays in Camarillo at 2105 Pickwick, across from the post office, and Tuesdays and Thursdays in Thousand Oaks in the North Star Plaza, 1321 Thousand Oaks Blvd., near Roxy's Deli.
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'Biggest Loser' trainer visits Bay Laurel
     WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers HELPING KIDS STAY FIT—Jillian Michaels, top left, fitness trainer and life coach on NBC's "The Biggest Loser," gets a warm welcome from students at Bay Laurel Elementary School last Friday. Michaels visited the school to help kick off the jog-athon. The entire school was treated to some inspirational words and a few morning exercises led by Michaels.
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Recognize signs of a stroke
      Los Robles neurologist Henry Tang, D.O., will discuss how to recognize the symptoms of a stroke in a free seminar at 9 a.m. Thurs., Feb. 26 at The Oaks mall.
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Lecture on uterine fibroids
      A free lecture about uterine fibroid embolization, a nonsurgical relief for fibroids, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 25 at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, 215 W. Janss Road,, Thousand Oaks.
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