BRIEFLY : RECYCLING PROGRAM REDUCING JUNK MAIL.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. - The city hopes to reduce the amount of paper going to landfills by expanding its recycling program to help eliminate junk mail See spam and junk faxes. , which makes up nearly 25 percent of residential waste. Residents can get free postcards and information on how to have their names removed from mailing lists that are rented or sold by marketing firms. Residents also can stop flyers and handbills from being distributed at their homes by registering with the City Clerk's office and purchasing decals to put on their property by calling (805) 449-2151. For more information about the Junk Mail Reduction Program, call Gail Kaufman at (805) 449-2151. - Daily News Auto Mall donates $50,000 to schools THOUSAND OAKS - The Thousand Oaks Auto Mall will donate $50,000 to local elementary schools for literacy programs during tonight's Conejo Valley Unified School District Conejo Valley Unified School District or CVUSD is a school district in Ventura County. It serves Thousand Oaks, California and its subsections Newbury Park and Westlake Village. meeting. The auto mall began supporting literacy programs in January, with participating dealers donating $5 for each vehicle sold this year. The year-end goal is $100,000. Today's donation brings the auto mall's total donations to $75,000. Auto mall employees also are paid their hourly wage to volunteer at local schools on a variety of projects, from reading to assisting with homework. The elementary schools to receive funding are Walnut, Conejo, Park Oaks, Manzanita manzanita: see bearberry. and Glenwood. The school board will meet at 7 p.m. at the district office, 1400 E. Janss Road. - Daily News Bridge replacement set for next week BUELLTON - Demolition of a collapsed steel truss truss, in architecture and engineering, a supporting structure or framework composed of beams, girders, or rods commonly of steel or wood lying in a single plane. bridge on Highway 246 is complete and a similar temporary bridge linking Lompoc and Buellton will be completed next week. The new bridge over Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, city, Argentina Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. Bridge could be completed by Nov. 5, said Lauren Wonder of the California Department of Transportation The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is a government agency in the U.S. state of California. Its mission is to improve mobility across the state. It manages the state highway system and is actively involved with public transportation systems in California. . The new 24-foot-wide span will replace the 30-foot wide model made by the same manufacturer, Acrow Corp., of New Jersey, Wonder said. No one was hurt in last week's collapse and investigators are still trying to determine the cause. The new bridge frame will be constructed in its entirety, then set into place by two cranes on Sunday, Wonder said. The 220-ton bridge will have a lower speed limit and a reduced permit load. The bridge that collapsed was originally put in place almost a month ago while construction continued on a permanent Santa Rosa Creek Santa Rosa Creek is a 22 mile (35 km) long stream which rises on Hood Mountain and discharges to the Laguna de Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, California.[1] Description Bridge, which was damaged during the El Nino flooding of 1998. - 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. What a difference one letter makes OXNARD - The newest high school in Ventura County's largest city won't likely bear the name of a popular Mexican beer Beer in Mexico has a long history. Fermented beverages long predate the arrival of European conquistadors in America. Beer in the European style became mass produced in the 19th century, and continues to be popular today. after all. Oxnard Union High School District Oxnard Union High School District is a high school district for public schools in Oxnard, California that also serves the surrounding unincorporated areas of El Rio, Channel Islands and Somis as well as the cities of Port Hueneme and Camarillo trustees were expected to vote this week to change the name of Pacifico High School to Pacifica High School. The letter change would avoid any comparisons to a brand of beer. The name was chosen more than two years ago, but school officials only recently learned there is a popular beer named Pacifico, district board member Nancy Koch said. The future $40 million school at Gonzales Road at Entrada Drive is expected to open in summer 2001. It will be the seventh high school in the district. Oxnard has about 160,000 residents. A committee of parents, students and teachers decided on the name in 1997, selecting Mar Pacifico, which means Pacific Ocean, from 52 possible names. The board shortened it to Pacifico, which in Spanish means easy or calm. ``Actually, when we had the groundbreaking at the school, people said, `You're naming it after a beer?' '' Koch said. Several ministers had expressed some reservations about the name, she said, and a handful of district teachers agree it's best to change it to Pacifica, she said. I think their suggestions were positive,'' Koch said. ``I think we all want kids to refrain from alcohol.'' - Associated Press |
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