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Oak Park Unified School District has discontinued its search for a new principal for Oak Park High School. Former principal Lynn McCormack will serve as interim principal for the 2009-10 school year. The search for a permanent administrator will resume in January, said Superintendent Tony Knight. More ... According to security personnel at The Oaks mall, an unknown male voice was coming over their official radios, using profanity and threatening to jam their frequencies. More ... The imprisonment of seven members of the Baha'i Faith in Iran has not been forgotten by local Baha'is. More ... STANDING PROUD—The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District board honored the L.A. County Fire Department on June 23. Pictured, from left: Chief Anthony Williams, firefighters Tim Bernstein and Mark Robinson, Capt. Wayne Miller and LVMWD director Lee Renger. More ... When Comedy Central comedian Craig Shoemaker takes the stage at The Canyon club on July 11 there will be plenty of Conejo Valley humor. More ... The city of Agoura Hills Department of Community Services announces these upcoming events. Unless otherwise noted, all events will take place at the Agoura Hills Recreation Center, 30610 Thousand Oaks Blvd. For more information or to register, call (818) 597-7361. More ... The HomeAid Los Angeles/ Ventura Golf Classic 2009 will be at the Sherwood Lake Club Wed., July 22. The event is open to 18 foursomes. Reservations are requested by Fri., July 17. Cost is $175 per person and $700 per foursome. More ... WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers FAREWELL—Chaparral Elementary School teacher Karen Kohn carries gifts of flowers and a memory book during a school assembly on June 10. Kohn is retiring from Los Virgenes Unifed School District after 27 years. More ... The annual July 4 Janss Marketplace Fireworks Spectacular will be from 4 to 10 p.m. this Saturday at the shopping center, off the 101 Freeway at Moorpark Road and Hillcrest Drive in Thousand Oaks. Admission is free. The event will have free music, games, fireworks viewing, giveaways, balloon twister, face painting, and Bounce House. More ... Historical storytelling programs will be featured at the Fourth of July Celebration event on Saturday at the Reagan Library, 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley. Two identical programs will be presented at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on the Presidential Learning Center stage. More ... The U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West will perform a free concert at 6:30 p.m. Fri., July 3 at Gardens of the World, 2001 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. The concert will take place at the gardens' American Bandstand. Guests may bring lawn seating and picnics. Smoking, glass containers and pets are not allowed. More ... SIZZLE—Ibrahim Ramadan learns how to brand at a recent Living History Day at Leonis Adobe Museum in Calabasas. Visitors learned the basics of roping and making tortillas and adobe bricks. They also helped out with feeding the ranch animals. More ... Star Sage and Jordan Sitzer, students at Viewpoint School in Calabasas, were winners of the 2009 National Scholastic Art and Writing Awards from the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. The students and their families traveled to Carnegie Hall in New York City on June 4 to receive their awards. More ... The 32 annual Calabasas Fourth of July Lakeside Fun Run will take place along Calabasas Lake at 23400 Park Sorrento with 2- and 4-mile runs, a 2-mile walk, and half- and quarter-mile races for youth. More ... Jay Greenlinger is leaving Medea Creek Middle School in Oak Park to become principal of La Mariposa Elementary School in Camarillo. Greenlinger has served as Medea's dean of students since August 2007. Greenlinger joined Oak Park Unified School District in 2003, teaching first third and then fifth grade at Brookside Elementary School. More ... Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County has been awarded a fourstar rating by Charity Navigator, the leading charity evaluator in America. Habitat has earned the rating for its ability to efficiently man age and grow its finances. Approximately 25 percent of the charities evaluated by Charity Navigator receive this, the highest rating. More ... Community RSS feed |
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