BRIEFLY : MANAGER OF PIRU'S MARINA FOUND DEAD.LAKE PIRU Lake Piru is a lake located in Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County and was created by the construction in 1955 of the Santa Felicia Dam on Piru Creek which is a tributary of the Santa Clara River. - A man who managed Lake Piru Marina for 16 years was found drowned in the lake Monday morning. The body of Arthur Caldara, 61, was found by divers for Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. at about 11 a.m., submerged in water near boats docked at the marina. Mitch Breese, Ventura County deputy coroner, said that while the cause of death will not be determined until after an autopsy scheduled for Tuesday, he suspected Caldara drowned Sunday afternoon. Caldara was reported missing Monday morning when a marina employee arrived for work and found the shop unlocked. - Daily News Land preservation group sets meeting SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources, or S.O.A.R., a new Simi Valley group, will hold its first public meeting at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Club House at Sun Oaks, 1825 Sun Tree Lane. At its initial meeting, S.O.A.R. hopes to recruit volunteers to assist in fund-raising and a petition drive slated for later this spring. The group is expected to gather signatures for a ballot measure that would prevent the rezoning of agricultural land or open space without voter approval. For more information about S.O.A.R., call Jon Palo at (805) 522-8024. - Daily News Area journalist wins $3 million in Lotto OXNARD - Burton Swope, an editor at the Ventura County Star newspaper, won the $3 million California Super Lotto prize in Saturday night's drawing. Swope said Monday that he bought a $5 Quick Pick at Carriage Square Wines, a liquor store in Oxnard. He found out he won when he picked up the paper on Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
``I get paranoid par·a·noid adj. Relating to, characteristic of, or affected with paranoia. n. One affected with paranoia. ,'' Swope said. ``It can't be true, right? So I called my mother in Fresno at 5:30 a.m. and I said: Get The Fresno Bee and get the Lotto numbers. Get them in front of you, and I'm going to read you the numbers, and you tell me if I won the Lotto. ``I read the numbers off to her, and I said, Oh my God.'' Swope said he isn't sure what he will do with the money, but he would like to travel and write ``the great American novel This article is about The Great American Novel (as a concept). For other uses, see Great American Novel (disambiguation). The "Great American Novel" is the concept of a novel that most perfectly represents the spirit of life in the United States at the time of its .'' - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. |
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