Girl Scout Cookie Rally And Bake-off

Sat., Jan. 15


10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center, California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. Local county chefs, motherdaughter teams compete in bake-off using Girl Scout cookies. Silent auction, tasting tickets for public. Money raised supports Girl Scout leadership program and local Gold Award scholarships.

Phone: 800.822.2427
Contact: Pattie Mullins
Email: pmullins@girlscoutsccc.org
Time: 10:00 a.m. Date: 1/15/2011

THURS., JAN. 13

Simi Valley Community Council

Monthly meeting at Lost Canyons Golf Club, 3301 Lost Canyons Drive, Simi Valley. Meet-and-greet 11:30 a.m. Luncheon at noon. Guest speaker Vicky Howard, coordinator for Master Gardener Series, Home Gardening Education. $15 lunch menu includes beverage, tax, tip. Phone: 805.526.8006 Contact: Mary Email: mrlmrs34@sbcglobal.net Time: 11:30 a.m. Date: 1/13/ 2011

‘The Magic Ends At Midnight’

Original musical created and presented by Moorpark High School’s musical show production class. 7 p.m. Jan. 13 and 14 at MHS performing arts center, 4500 Tierra Rejada Road, Moorpark. $7 adults, $5 students and seniors. Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: 1/13/2011

Conejo Gem & Mineral Club Meeting

7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Hillcrest Arts Center, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Mary Pat Weber discusses “Cave Systems in Australia and New Zealand.” Public welcome, no fee to attend. Pebble Pup youth program at 7 p.m. Phone: 805.494.7734 Contact: Deb Sankovich Email: rmsorca@adelphia.net Web: www.cgamc.org Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 1/13/2011

Conejo Valley Chapter Mothers & More

Meets at Westlake Village Civic Center, 31200 E. Oak Crest Drive. Jennifer Roberts, National Association of Professional Organizers, discusses “home organization on a budget.” Free, open to public. Contact: Lucy Email: CVMothersAndMore@gmail.com Web: www.conejovalleymothersandmore.org Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 1/13/2011

Conejo Senior Singles

Meets at United Methodist Church of Westlake Village, Alton Hall, back of rear parking lot, 1049 Westlake Blvd. For seniors ages 55 and up. Not affiliated with church. Free. Phone: 805.494.9863 Contact: Judy Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 1/13/ 2011

FRI., JAN. 14

West Valley Folk Dancers

7:15 to 10 p.m. at Canoga Park Senior Center, 7326 Jordan Ave. Ukrainian couple mixer “Poroya” taught. Review Greek line dance “Tsamikos.” Wear soft shoes. $5. Phone: 818.591.9078 Email: hobnoblax@roadrunner.com Time: 7:15 p.m. Date: 1/14/2011

SAT., JAN. 15

‘Band On A Run’ 5K Run/Walk

8 to 10:30 a.m. begins/ends at Los Cerritos Middle School softball field, 2100 E. Avenida de Las Flores, Thousand Oaks. Vendor expo. Proceeds support Thousand Oaks High School Band and Color Guard. Advance registration $30, day of race $35. Phone: 805.379.0437 Contact: Frances Fleming Email: bandonarun5K@aol.com Web: www.active.com Time: 8:00 a.m. Date: 1/15/2011

Ventura County Rose Society

Pruning demonstration of old garden roses, 9 a.m. at Stagecoach Inn Museum, 51 S. Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park. Sponsored by Ventura County Rose Society and Gold Coast Heritage Rose Group. Jim Delahanty, Jeri Jennings and Clay Jennings will speak and conduct the demonstrations.

Free. Phone: 818.993.6622 Contact: Janet Time: 9:00 a.m. Date: 1/15/ 2011

Democratic Women’s Council Of Conejo Valley

9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Boccaccio’s restaurant, 32123 Lindero Canyon Road, Westlake Village. Champagne brunch meeting. Guest speaker Eric Bauman, vice chair of California Democratic Party. Updates from area nonprofits. $20. RSVP requested. Phone: 805.495.1515 Web: www.dwccv.org Time: 9:30 a.m. Date: 1/ 15/2011

Ventura County Genealogical Society

Meets at LDS Family History Center, 3501 Loma Vista Road, Ventura. Alice Colby Volkert discusses “Naming children in Colonial New England.” Workshops on beginning research, Snagit, computer lab. Genealogy books and supplies for sale. Guests welcome, free. Web: www .rootsweb.ancestry.com Time: 1:00 p.m. Date: 1/ 15/2011

Thousand Oaks Dance Club

7: 30 to 10: 30 p. m. at Goebel Senior Adult Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Doors open 7 p.m. Music by Ed LaFata and The Starlighters. Singles and couples welcome. Light refreshments. Ballroom, Latin, swing, line dancing. $ 5 members, $ 7 nonmembers. Phone: 805.381.2744 Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 1/ 15/2011

SUN., JAN. 16

Car Wash Fundraiser

9 a. m. to noon at Lighthouse Church, 3353 Old Conejo Road, Newbury Park. Payment by donation. Funds help high and middle school students from all schools in Conejo Valley to attend winter camp at Camp Cedar Crest. Time: 9:00 a.m. Date: 1/16/2011

MON., JAN. 17

Healthy Food Demonstration

At La Siesta Market, 1372 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Ideas on incorporating fruits and vegetables into meals and snacks. 2 to 6 p.m. Free. Sponsored by Network for a Healthy California- Gold Coast Region. Phone: 805.677.5225 Contact: Cristina Web: www.cachampionsforchange.net Time: 2:00 p.m. Date: 1/17/2011

Freethinkers Of Ventura County

Meets at Round Table Pizza, 880 Arneill Road, Camarillo. Evan Clark, founder of CLU Secular Student Alliance, speaks on secular student movement. Question and discussion period follows. Phone: 805.443.8753 Contact: Charlotte Poe Email: FrThVC@yahoo.com Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 1/17/2011

TUES., JAN. 18

Camarillo/Las Posas Republican Women

Meets at Spanish Hills Country Club, 999 Crestview Ave., Camarillo. Dr. David Newton, founder of Westmont College entrepreneurship program, speaks on “Job creation: How it really works and why government doesn’t understand it.” Luncheon served. Open to public. RSVP requested. Phone: 805.482.4990 Contact: Lois Denardo Time: 11:30 a.m. Date: 1/18/2011

WED., JAN. 19

Rotary Club Of Westlake Village

Luncheon meeting at North Ranch Country Club, 4761 Valley Spring Road, Westlake Village. Nick Vujicic discusses his book “Life Without Limbs,” how he overcame his disability to live independently. Guests welcome. $20. Phone: 805.379.9585 Contact: Sam Greene Email: sam. greene@roadrunner.com Time: 12:00 p.m. Date: 1/19/2011

Simi Valley/Moorpark Democratic Club

Meets in Simi Valley Library community room, 2969 Tapo Canyon Road. Discussion of privatization of Ventura County libraries. Open to public. Refreshments served. Book exchange. Phone: 805.210.6061 Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: 1/19/2011

THURS., JAN. 20

Pleasant Valley Garden Club

Meets at Seventh-day Adventist Church, 3975 Las Posas Road, Camarillo. Ann Dustan, owner of Love House Dahlias in Ventura, demonstrates how to divide and propagate dahlias. Snacks provided. Free, public welcome. Phone: 805.484.5484 Contact: Sandy Time: 9:00 a.m. Date: 1/20/ 2011

Happy Little Ukulele Club

6 to 8:30 p.m. at Greenhouse Cafe, 652 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. For all levels of players and singers. Bring own ukulele. Free. Phone: 805.418.7332 Contact: Nancy Tamarin Email: wzthatus@yahoo.com Time: 6:00 p.m. Date: 1/20/2011

Thousand Oaks Art Association

7 to 9 p.m. at Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, 2331 Borchard Road, Newbury Park. Mary Gail King demonstrates watercolor painting on Yupo synthetic paper. Members and Westlake Village Art Guild members free, all others $10. Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: 1/20/2011

Conejo Valley Bonsai Society

Meets at Westlake Village Community Center, 31200 Oak Crest Drive. Roy Nagatoshi demonstrates grafting techniques on junipers. Refreshments served. Phone: 805.495.7480 Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 1/20/2011

Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club

Meets at East County Sheriff’s Station, 2010 E. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. Len Larson, systems design engineer, discusses emergency communications and ham radio operators. Guests welcome. Phone: 805.496.1073 Contact: Mike D’Amore Web: www.cvarc.org Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 1/20/2011

FRI., JAN. 21

Conejo Valley Republican Women Federated

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Best Western Thousand Oaks Inn, 75 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Assemblymember Sharon Runner discusses her goals for California. $25 includes lunch, drinks, dessert. RSVP requested. Phone: 805.796.9732 Email: CVRWF@verizon.net Time: 11:30 a.m. Date: 1/21/2011

Ventura County Astronomical Society

Meets in multipurpose room, Mesa Union School, 3901 Mesa School Road, Somis. David Coppedge, team lead system administrator for Cassini and Titan missions at JPL, speaks on “Saturn exploration from equinox to solstice.” Public invited. Phone: 805.642.5166 Contact: Carl Ashley Email: vcas1@aol.com Web: www.vcas.org Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 1/21/2011

SAT., JAN. 22

Ventura County Handweavers & Spinners

Meets at SCIART Education Classroom A-4, across from 156 Elm Drive, Camarillo. Norma Ames, guild’s longest members, discusses history of guild. Open to public. Contact: Allyn Ritz Email: allyn.ritz@yahoo.com Web: www.venturaweavespin.com Time: 9:30 a.m. Date: 1/22/2011

Winter Carnival

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Oak Park Neighborhood School, 1010 Kanan Road, Oak Park. On campus of Oak Hills Elementary School. Play and sled in 15 tons of snow. Family fun for all ages. Petting zoo, pony rides, food and drinks, arts and crafts, games, face painting, DJ music, bouncy houses, slides, boutique shopping, silent auction. $10 admission; age 2 and under free. Extra charge for food and animals. Phone: 818.707.7742 Contact: Jessica Gehle Time: 10:00 a.m. Date: 1/22/2011

Healthy Eating Class

1 to 4 p.m. at Agoura Hills Library, 29901 Ladyface Court. Free handson cooking class with Zel and Reuben Allen of Vegetarians in Paradise. Prior sign-up required. For adults. Phone: 818.889.2278 Contact: Sue Yamamoto Email: syamamoto@library.lacounty.gov Web: www.colapublib.org/ libs/ agourahills/ Time: 1:00 p.m. Date: 1/22/2011

Local Authors Talk Series

At Grant Brimhall Library community room, 1401 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Thousand Oaks resident Cary Ginell discusses his book “ Hot Jazz for Sale: Hollywood’s Jazz Man Record Shop.” Musical selections and signing after program. Free admission, books for sale. Phone: 805.449.2660 Contact: Jana Covell Email: jcovell@tolibrary.org Web: www.toaks.org/ library Time: 2:00 p.m. Date: 1/22/ 2011

School Fundraiser

4 to 7 p.m. at Saticoy Country Club, 4450 N. Clubhouse Drive, Somis. Food and wine tastings, silent and live auctions. Reserve wine tasting 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. for additional $10. Fundraiser for science curriculum for St. Bonaventure High School, Ventura. $40 advance, $50 at door. Phone: 805.650.2708 Contact: Annemarie Sacher Web: www.saintbonaventure.com Time: 4:00 p.m. Date: 1/22/2011

Buckles & Bows Square Dance Club

7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Goebel Senior Center, Janss Road and 23 Freeway, Thousand Oaks. Mike Seastrom, guest caller. Cue rounds 7:30 to 8 p.m. and between tips. $7 donation. Phone: 805.495.8077 Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 1/22/2011

Channel Islands PC Users Group

Meets at Camarillo Boys & Girls Club, 1500 Temple Ave. Doors open 8:30 p.m. Internet and network program, hands-on computer training 8:45 p.m. Tuneups $15 per computer for members. Phone: 805.984.7722 Time: 8:30 p.m. Date: 1/22/2011

SUN., JAN. 23

Medea Creek Cleanup Hike

Meet at Chaparral Park, 217 Medea Creek Lane, Oak Park. Walk loop trail around high school and library while picking up trash. Potluck supper at park 4:30 p.m. Gloves provided, Prizes for participating children. Trails are strollerand wheelchair- friendly. Sponsored by CHEVRE Club of Chabad of Oak Park. Open to public. Free. Contact: Harry Medved Email: chevreclub@yahoo.com Time: 3:30 p.m. Date: 1/23/2011

TUES., JAN. 25

Global Exchange Ventura County Supporters

7 to 8:45 p.m. at Grant Brimhall Library, 1401 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Activists discuss experiences and perspectives on situation in Israel/Palestine. Panelists Argel Arens, Karin Pally and Mary Hughes-Thompson. Phone: 818.879.0462 Web: www.globalexchange.org Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: 1/25/2011

Conejo Valley Organic Garden Club

7 to 9 p.m. at Newbury Park Library, 2331 Borchard Road. Debi Markley shows how to graft with avocado trees. Guests can bring avocado seedling in pot for handson grafting. Free, open to public. Phone: 818.470.7909 Contact: Jennifer De La Torre Email: delajennifer@gmail.com Web: conejoorganicgardening.org Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: 1/25/2011

WED., JAN. 26

The Embroiderers’ Guild Channel Islands Chapter

Meets at Camarillo United Methodist Church, 291 Anacapa Drive. Guests welcome. Phone: 805.498.5956 Time: 9:30 a.m. Date: 1/26/2011

Thousand Oaks Woman’s Club

Meets at Los Robles Greens Golf Course, 220 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. Business meeting, luncheon with salmon and capers, entertainment by Judith Helton portraying Abigail Adams. RSVP requested. Phone: 805.498.5115 Contact: Jean Park Time: 11:00 a.m. Date: 1/26/2011



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