BRIEFLY : FLOWERS, KIND WORDS END PARKS' TENURE.THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - Upon turning over her gavel gavel small mallet used by judge or presiding officer to signal order. [Western Culture: Misc.] See : Authority to Dennis Gillette on Tuesday night, outgoing Thousand Oaks Mayor Linda Parks was greeted with arm loads of flowers, plaques and kind words for her service to the city. ``I felt like I was hearing my eulogy,'' Parks said. ``There were so many kind words. It felt like a homecoming to see so many people from so many causes coming together.'' Gillette as well as Councilmen Michael Markey and Andy Fox For the FoxTrot character, see . Andy Fox is a first base/infield coach for the Florida Marlins and a former professional baseball player. In Major League Baseball, he played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Montreal Expos, and the Florida Marlins. declined to say anything to the outgoing mayor. ``I don't take it personally,'' Parks said. ``I feel like I'm a duck and all this just rolls right off my back.'' Parks said she feels confident that Gillette, as the new mayor, will be able to run smooth meetings in a polite manner. ``He's a very articulate speaker and will serve the city well as its figurehead figurehead, carved decoration usually representing a head or figure placed under the bowsprit of a ship. The art is of extreme antiquity. Ancient galleys and triremes carried rostrums, or beaks, on the bow to ram enemy vessels. ,'' she said. - Daily News Probation search nets drug suspects MOORPARK - An adult and juvenile were arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession during a morning probation search at the homes of 18 residents on probation in Moorpark, authorities said. Daniel Barron Daniel Barron is the author of DansGuardian and is the technical director of SmoothWall Ltd. , 20, of the 800 block of Walnut Canyon, was arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession for sale. A 17-year-old in the 600 block of Shasta Avenue, who was not named because he is a minor, was arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession. The multiagency probation search involved the Moorpark Police Department, Ventura County Probation Agency and Simi Valley Police Department The Simi Valley Police Department (SVPD) is the police department of the city of Simi Valley, California. The department currently has over 120 sworn officers, and more than 65 support personnel[1]. The department has a patrol area that covers over 39 square miles. . - Daily News |
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