BRIEFLY AMBULANCE GETS TWO PARAMEDICS.An ambulance stationed in the Santa Clara Valley
The Santa Clara Valley is a valley just south of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California in the United States. will soon be staffed with two paramedics in response to the closing of Santa Paula Memorial Hospital. The ambulance, which previously carried a paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic and an emergency medical technician e·mer·gen·cy medical technician n. Abbr. EMT A person trained and certified to appraise and initiate the administration of emergency care for victims of trauma or acute illness before or during transportation of victims to a health care , will be upgraded starting Monday, said Mark Norman, a spokesman for American Medical Response American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR) is the largest private ambulance provider in the United States. AMR and EmCare are wholly owned subsidiaries of EMSC L.P., an emergency management company held by the investment firm Onex. AMR is based out of Greenwood Village, Colorado. . Paramedics have been taking between 25 and 30 patients per week from the Santa Clara Valley to hospitals in Ventura and Los Angeles County since Santa Paula Memorial shut its doors Dec. 19, Norman said. - Daily News District to flush street hydrants The Ventura County Waterworks District will perform an annual system flush in the Moorpark area for about two weeks starting Monday. Workers will open fire hydrants and run water in the streets between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. during the flushing operation. Residents may notice a slight discoloration dis·col·or·a·tion n. 1. a. The act of discoloring. b. The condition of being discolored. 2. A discolored spot, smudge, or area; a stain. Noun 1. in their tap water during this period, but water quality will not be affected, district officials said. For information, call (805) 584-4829. - Daily News Volunteers are sought for Habitat Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. of Ventura County is seeking volunteers to help create housing for low-income families. Volunteers are needed for construction crews, fund raising, land acquisition and other services. Volunteer orientations will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. March 13 at the organization's Oxnard headquarters. To sign up or obtain more information, call (805) 485-6065 or visit www.habitatventura.org. - Daily News People sought for local grand jury The Ventura Superior Court is seeking nominations for the 2004-05 grand jury. Applicants must be United States citizens 18 or older, a county resident for at least one year, and never have been convicted of a felony or malfeasance in office Malfeasance in office, or official misconduct, is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties. . Grand jury service is a one-year commitment beginning July 1, and requires 32 to 40 hours per week. The grand jury investigates county and city governments, participates in fiscal and management audits, and prepares reports. For more information, call (805) 654-5025 or visit grandjury.countyofventura.org. Applications must be submitted by April 16. - Daily News Hunter to head government panel Moorpark Mayor Patrick Hunter has been elected to serve a one-year term as chairman-elect of the Ventura Council of Governments, authority of Ventura County and its 10 cities. Hunter will assume responsibility as chairman in January 2005. Each agency is represented on the board by an elected official, which addresses issues of regional interest and attempt to find solutions to common concerns. - Daily News CLU (language) CLU - (CLUster) An object-oriented programming language developed at MIT by Liskov et al in 1974-1975. CLU is an object-oriented language of the Pascal family designed to support data abstraction, similar to Alphard. scholarships open until April 2 Applications for scholarships to California Lutheran University Mission statement The University's mission statement is as follows: "California Lutheran University is a diverse, scholarly community dedicated to excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies. are being accepted through April 2 at the Women's Resource Center on campus. To be eligible for a scholarship, the applicant must be a re-entry RE-ENTRY, estates. The resuming or retaking possession of land which the party lately had. 2. Ground rent deeds and leases frequently contain a clause authorizing the landlord to reenter on the non-payment of rent, or the breach of some covenant, when the woman student over 25 years old and accepted as a CLU undergraduate or fifth-year teaching credential student for fall 2004. Interested students must also have a grade-point average of at least 3.0 and have a need for financial assistance to attend college. The scholarships are funded by proceeds of Creative Options: A Day for Women, taking place at CLU on Saturday. For further information, contact the center at (805) 493-3345. - Daily News |
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