I was sorry to read in the VC Star yesterday(9-7) that David Ross was retiring from the board of the Community Foundation of Oak Park. David Ross is one of the good guys of Oak Park, and has been, since way before I moved to the Conejo Valley in 1997. He was one of the founders [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Oak Park'
Thank You, David Ross!
September 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, History, Oak Park
Tags: Conejo Valley·Oak Park·OPUSD
Back to School and Safety
September 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Agoura Hills, Education, Las Virgenes, Newbury Park, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village
Unusual for the day after Labor Day…we have a misty and gray sky, as the kids head to school on the old traditional starting day. Of course, most students now start back sooner, sometimes by weeks, but today is when my internal alarm clock tells me that it is time for the school year to begin. Above is a [...]
Tags: Conejo Valley·CVUSD·Oak Park·OPUSD·Thousand Oaks·Westlake Village
Hey, Let’s Have the Kids Do a Run This Afternoon!
September 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Conejo Valley, Education, Oak Park
As I left my home this afternoon at 2 PM, I noticed a 20-person or so, bunch of teenage boys, in shorts, running past my house. They were followed by other groups of boys, mostly running, but some walking, and they all looked hot to me. I assumed they were students at Oak Park High School, [...]
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School Days
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Education, Lake Sherwood, Las Virgenes, Meditations, Newbury Park, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village
Here are school start dates, hot off the internet! In Thousand Oaks, Conejo Valley Unified School District started today, August 30. Both Las Virgenes Unified School District and Oak Park Unified School District start Wednesday, September 1. There go those lazy, hazy days of summer, that is, if we ever had them this summer! There [...]
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Thank You to Young Community Volunteers too!
August 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, Green, Oak Park, Outdoors
I just posted on Sunday, about the great work adult volunteers are doing in the Conejo Valley and Ventura County, and today I am highlighting the volunteer efforts of some kids in the Conejo. Harry tells me that almost 20 children, aged three through eight, took a clean-up hike along Medea Creek in Oak Park and picked up trash [...]
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Egret on Wing
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Meditations, Oak Park, Outdoors, Ventura County
Walking along Medea Creek in Oak Park this morning, my granddaughter and I happened upon an egret. As we approached, it spread its wings and flew away. We also spotted eight rabbits along the path. Post and photo (taken from a bridge above the creek) by Janna Orkney
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How is the Conveyance System?
August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Lake Sherwood, Oak Park, Santa Susana Field Lab, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Ventura County, Water Issues, Westlake Village
I spent the end of last week at a California sewage agency conference. With the sanitizing of words, it is actually called the California Association of “Sanitation” Agencies, “Ensuring Clean Water for California.” One of the most interesting sessions was called “New Strategies for Renewing Wastewater Conveyance Systems,” which means, “How are you going to take [...]
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An Election That Won’t be Happening
August 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Elections, Oak Park, Ventura County
Since three candidates filed for three Oak Park MAC positions up for election this November, there will not be an election. I talked with Jan Osterhaven at Supervisor Linda Parks’ office yesterday (8-17) who told me the candidates will be appointed in lieu of election by the Venture County Board of Supervisors, probably in October. Congratulations to incumbents [...]
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Take a Tour and See how Wastewater is Treated
August 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Lake Sherwood, Las Virgenes, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Water Issues, Westlake Village
If you live in the Triunfo Sanitation District or Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, you are invited to a tour to see partnership’s wastewater treatment and composting facilities in Calabasas. I know that a first thought about such a tour might be that it would be boring, but that is not the case! It is interesting [...]
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Let’s Hear It for the Candidates!
August 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, Elections, Lake Sherwood, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Ventura County
With the filing period closed for the November election, it is time to do a candidate count. There are two especially crowded political races in Ventura County. At the Ventura County Elections Division website, there are thirteen candidates listed as filing to run for the Thousand Oaks City Council, with three seats up for election. [...]
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