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HOST WITH THE MOST— Tom Bergeron, a Calabasas resident and host of TV's "Dancing with the Stars" and "America's Funniest Home Videos," introduces Nancy Alspaugh-Jackson of Hidden Hills, executive director of the nonprofit group Autism Care and Treatment, at last week's kickoff party for the Wyatt's Run for Autism. Wyatt is Alspaugh-Jackson's son. The fundraiser for ACT is Sat., May 16 at the Hidden Hills Community Center. Visit the website wyattsrun.kintera.org. JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers More ... Agoura High School is raising STAR (Standardized Testing and Reporting) awareness through a unique campaign involving school and community. The STAR testing is administered to second through 11thgrade students each May, but is not always taken seriously by students, school officials say. More ... Two probable cases of swine flu have been identified in Conejo Valley Unified School District this week, one at Newbury Park High School and one at Redwood Middle School. CVUSD officials had informed parents on Monday that NPHS would be shut down from May 5 through May 11, but the district reversed its decision and reopened the campus yesterday, May 6. More ... DEDICATED TO OPEN SPACE—From left, Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Director Joe Edmiston, and Pepperdine University President Andrew Benton stand on a 72-acre parcel of Las Flores Canyon donated recently by the Malibu university to the Conservancy. The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, of which the Conservancy is a part, was granted an easement to manage the property. More ... The Oak Park Unified School District Board of Education is seeking applications for appointment as a member of the C6 School Safety, Equipment and Technology Improvement Bond Oversight Committee. The committee will review projections and collections of C6 funding and produce twiceyearly review of budgets, revenues and expenditures using the bond funds. More ... Oak Park will host the inaugural Youth Sidewalk Chalk Contest from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sat., May 16 at Oak Canyon Community Park, 5600 Holleytree Drive, Oak Park. Youths ages 6 to 18 may create outdoor chalk drawings on the theme "What I Think About Summer. More ... Auto manufacturers might want to visit Medea Creek Middle School in Oak Park where sixthgraders recently built solarpowered vehicles and raced them in honor of Earth Week. The solar derby finals were held for sixth-graders during lunch. Music provided by Associated Student Body members including "Walking on Sunshine" and "Here Comes the Sun. More ... Members of the Conejo Valley Rotary Club heard a presentation April 29 from a young man whose life had been saved 26 years earlier with the help of former First Lady Nancy Reagan. The man is now returning the favor by helping others gain a new lease on life. More ... The Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour will be at the Camarillo Airport at the General Aviation Ramp, 325 Durley Ave. through Fri., May 8. Ground tours and displays will be from 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. Thurs., May 7; 9 a.m. through noon Fri., May 8. More ... Oak Park High School senior Nikki Mercado has taken a multipronged approach to fulfilling her dreams. Mercado, 18, recently won first place in the Oil and Acrylic category at the Conejo Valley Senior Arts competition sponsored by the Westlake Village Art Guild. More ... JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers SHE'S A BEAUTY—Jeff Candreva, a Westlake Village resident and owner of this pink 1957 Chevrolet Belair, tells the history of his grandmother's car to Oak Park resident Laurie Willinger during the County Line Car Show at the Westlake Village Inn last Sunday in Westlake Village. More ... Other winners at the Conejo Valley Senior Art Show were Kate Freeman of Thousand Oaks High School for a sculpture called "Walter" and Newbury Park High School student Jean Wang for "Are You Ready," a mixedmedia piece. More ... STILL KICKIN'—Kaos, a women's over-30 soccer team, takes first place in the Las Vegas Friendship Soccer Tournament on April 5. Players are from Agoura, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley, and range in age from 30 to over 40 years old. Kaos has been an ongoing team in the Adult Soccer League Simi Valley for more than 20 years. For more information, call (818) 889-6273 or e-mail Marsha Fabiano at mjftbtswim@sbcglobal. More ... Realtors say curb appeal is one of the most important tools to help sell a home. "Planting flowers is one of the least expensive ways to make the front of your house look inviting," said Bayer Advanced garden expert Lance Walheim, co-author of "Landscaping for Dummies." "It's like putting out a welcome sign that entices buyers. More ... JANN HENDRY Acorn Newspapers MADE FOR THE SHADE— Above, hand-crafted umbrellas from La Quintabased Canvas in the Garden provide a perfect location from which to stay cool and observe the action at the 12th annual Calabasas Fine Arts Festival on May 2 and 3. More ... NEVER TOO EARLY—Soccer tykes Wyatt Elswick and Danika Kerner might be a long way from the pros, but they're having fun learning the basics of the game in the 3- to 4-year-old age division of the Dolesponsored soccer program. The eightweek series, run by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Conejo & Las Virgenes, takes place Sunday afternoons at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas and includes uniforms, trophies and pictures. For information, call (818) 706-0905, ext. 111. More ... Reservations are being accepted for the three sessions of Mountains Restoration Trust's "Discovery Nature Camp" at 3815 Old Topanga Canyon Road, Calabasas. The camp, for youths ages 8 to 12, will present the wonders of nature with a science and environmental focus using scientific tools, hands-on activities, crafts, games and talks by guest speakers. More ... JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers SEE THE LIGHT—White Oak Elementary School second-grade student Christina Kilkeary uses lemons as conductors to light a bulb for her Sour Power Science Project on display at the White Oak Science Fair April 23 in Westlake Village. More ... Nature of Wildworks will present "Calabasas Goes Wild" from 2 to 5 p.m. Sun., June 7 at the Leonis Adobe Museum, 23537 Calabasas Road in Calabasas. Funds raised will help the nonprofit wildlife education organization raise money to meet rising costs. More ... Jim Beaver will speak about and sign his new book "Life's Like That" at 2 p.m. Sun., May 17 at the Calabasas Library,200 Civic Center Way. The talk is free and books will be on sale at the event. Beaver is an actor who has appeared in many TV shows, including "Deadwood" and "Supernatural. More ... COMMUNITY SERVICE—Westlake High School teacher and student adviser Diane Blackburn welcomes Ventura County service officers, including Fire Station No. 31 firefighters, from left, Noah White, Sean Davy and Paul Torres, to a thank you luncheon at the school on April 24. More ... The ninth annual Kids 4 Kids Carnival will be from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat., May 9 at Willow Elementary School, 29026 Laro Drive, Agoura Hills. The family-oriented event will have carnival games, Zoom go-carts, quadracycles, inflatable rides, face painting, airbrush tattoos, raffle, and auction. More ... Viewpoint School's eighthgraders recently tied for first place among the 21 schools competing from Los Angeles County's Northwest Region in the California Math League Contest. More ... Destino: The Hispanic Legacy Fund recently awarded eight grants totaling $51,000 to programs serving Ventura County's Latino community. In its 13th year, Destino is an endowed grantmaking fund at the Ventura County Community Foundation which seeks to strengthen organizations serving the Latino community in Ventura County. More ... Taryn Wayne of the Calabasas Historical Society will speak on the history of the oldest subdivision in Calabasas, Park Moderne, at the next meeting of the CanogaOwensmouth Historical Society at 7:30 p.m. Wed., May 13 at the historic 1935 fire station at 7248 Owensmouth Ave., Canoga Park. More ... FREE RIDE—Eddie Wolfson, 8, of Calabasas, gets an inside look at an ambulance from emergency service techs Josh Smith of Simi Valley, left, and Paul McReynolds of Orange County during the Calabasas Emergency Preparedness Expo on Sat., April 25. IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers More ... Community RSS feed |
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