Conejo Post

This is from Marie Panec, Board Member of the Oak Park Unified School District: I agree with the concern of students running in the heat. When I first joined the Oak Park school board, students were not allowed to wear hats during PE. Allowing and encouraging PE students to wear hats, carry water, and wear [...]

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Derek Ross identified the mystery clock location…congratulations to him!  This is one of a few pedestal clocks around the Conejo Valley for us to enjoy.  FYI, Derek is the founder and editor of www.OakParkNow.com.  Check it out for the latest Oak Park news. Posted by Janna Orkney

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Thanks to Ben Pankratz, longtime Conejo Valley hiker and photographer extrordinaire, for this photo of Boney Mountain.  It is in the Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa Unit of the Santa Monica Mountain National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) in Newbury Park.  Ben says he took the picture in the spring of 2006 from a trail that is no longer [...]

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The Sunday Los Angeles Times (8-1) has a charming article on whether or not three cities’ names reflect reality today.  The cities are Orange, Riverside, and Thousand Oaks, and only T.O. got a yes answer to the question.  The article, with information from local historian Miriam Sprankling, said that in the 1920′s,  developer Homer Hansen chose the name from [...]

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The Ventura County Board of Supervisors at their meeting Tuesday, 7-27, will consider whether or not to better protect the county’s biological resources.  The Supes will look at a staff recommendation that developers must consider “missing linkages” to wildlife corridors. In the Conejo Valley, we are so blessed to have the abundance of natural space, [...]

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No candidates had filed their papers yet, in the Thousand Oaks City Council race, according to a Ventura County Elections Division person at 3:30 Monday.  However, seven candidates have taken out papers, including two of the three incumbents up for election in November.  The incumbents Andy Fox and Dennis Gillette have papers, and Claudia Bell de [...]

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I made some additions and deletions of Conejo Post “Categories,” that I hope will make it easier to find previous posts you are interested in.  The topics of Arts, History, and Movies have been added, and Parks has been removed.  And, Santa Susana Field Lab is replacing the old category of  Rocketdyne. Please note that the new [...]

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Just to let you know, the Conejo Post was experiencing server problems yesterday (7-8), and was offline quite a bit, while the host company worked to get things going again.   We’re back now, and what a relief!  Stay tuned for more posts soon… Posted by Janna Orkney

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God bless America!

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