BRIEFLY BRING FOOD TO GIVE AND MEET SANTA.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. - Santa Claus Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint. Santa Claus jolly, gift-giving figure who visits children on Christmas Eve. [Christian Tradition: NCE, 1937] See : Christmas Santa Claus will be handing out candy at the Santa Susana Santa Susana can refer to several places:
Visitors are asked to bring a donation of nonperishable food for the Care & Share Christmas Basket Program. The nonprofit Simi Valley charity, which is in part sponsoring the day, gives out between 500 to 700 baskets filled with food every year. This year, the number of needy is expected to rise, with the supermarket strikes and Simi Valley fires having harmed dozens of area residents' income. The Santa Susana Railroad Depot is located at 6503 Katherine Road in the Santa Susana Knolls. For information on donations: (805) 522-5676. The visit is sponsored by the Santa Susana Railroad Depot & Museum, Simi Valley Care & Share program and the Girl Scout Junior Troop No. 683 of Simi Valley. Patrols beefed up for holiday season SIMI VALLEY - Attempting to prevent petty crimes at crowded shopping centers shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into , the 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. is beefing up patrols during the holiday season. In addition to adding extra bicycle patrols in shopping center parking lots and around entrances, the department's 10-person reserve officer unit and members of the citizen's patrol program will be deployed. ``We hope that the increased presence of officers will deter criminal activity,'' said Sgt. Paul Fitzpatrick. ``The purpose is to prevent incidents that would spoil the holiday.'' Professor shows work at gallery MOORPARK - John Grycywacz-Gray, a Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. photography professor who has been taking photographs for nearly 50 years, will show a retrospective of his work at the Moorpark College Administration Building Gallery now through Jan. 17. The gallery, located at 7075 Campus Road, is open to the public Monday- Friday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The gallery is closed Dec. 24 through Jan 1. Since 1971, Grycywacz-Gray has developed photography and communications programs at Moorpark College, co-founded the Learning Community Institutes, masterminded several grants for multimedia curriculum, and integrated high school students with his CyberSummer programs. Seniors can play in indoor games MOORPARK - Dec. 26, is the deadline for those 55 and older to sign up for the Winter Games
n. & v. Variant of bunco. Noun 1. bunko - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property , bingo and checkers checkers, game for two players, known in England as draughts. It is played on a square board, divided into 64 alternately colored—usually red and black or white and black—square spaces, identical with a chessboard. . The checkers tournament is set for Tuesday, Jan. 13; the bunco contest is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 21; and the bingo competition is set for Thursday, Jan. 29. There is no charge to compete. For more information or to request an entry packet, call the Moorpark Active Adult center at (805) 517-6261. Donations sought for free baskets SIMI VALLEY - Sonrise Christian Fellowship will hold a Christmas Food Basket  This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. Giveaway for those in need this holiday season. Donations of nonperishable food items and children's gifts are now being accepted in time for Christmas distribution. Donations may be dropped off at the church office at 2350 Shasta Way. Donation deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday. Names of families or individuals to receive baskets can be submitted now by calling the church office at (805) 581-1628. - Daily News |
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