BRIEFLY.Candlelight vigil A candelight vigil is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset. Such events are typically held either to protest at the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of lives lost to some disease, disaster, massacre or other tragedy. held for teacher 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. - Friends held a candlelight vigil Tuesday evening for slain preschool teacher A Preschool Teacher is a type of early childhood educator who instructs children from infancy to age 5, which stands as the youngest stretch of early childhood education. Early Childhood Education teachers need to span the continum of children from birth to age 8. Beverly Snellings and set up a fund to help her 19-year-old daughter Victoria. Snellings, 46, was killed June 3 at her Chatsworth home. Her estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. husband William Van Batenburg, 56, is accused in her slaying. Van Batenburg shot himself in the head, but survived, officials said. ``Everyone who knew her suffered a great loss. She was a warm and devoted teacher who was loved by all,'' said Pam Pasquin, principal of Pinecrest School in Simi Valley, where the vigil was held for Snellings. ``Her friends wanted to set up a fund to help her daughter in this tragic time.'' It's called the V. Van Batenburg Fund at Washington Mutual “WaMu” redirects here. For the Washington, DC radio station, see WAMU. Washington Mutual (or WaMu; NYSE: WM) is the United States' largest savings and loan association. Bank, 2828 Cochran St., PO Box 166, Simi Valley. CA 93065. Further information may be obtained from Pinecrest, (805) 527-7764. -Daily News Band raises cash for housing group THOUSAND OAKS - The Bluez Boys, a high-energy teenage blues band scheduled to perform in Westlake Village today, has raised more than $10,000 to support efforts to provide affordable housing in the Thousand Oaks area, officials said. The money will help support Many Mansions, a group devoted to providing affordable housing and services for low-income people throughout Ventura County and surrounding areas. The Bluez Boyz will perform at the seventh annual Great Conejo Duck Race, Many Mansions' largest fundraiser. The Duck Race will begin at noon and end at 5 p.m., with the band playing at 2:30 p.m. near the Westlake Yacht Club at 32123 Lindero Canyon Road. The Bluez Boys is a 13-member group made up of Conejo Valley teenagers. -Daily News German baroque music performed THOUSAND OAKS - The Music Department at 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. will sponsor an evening of German baroque music performed by Ensemble Bella Musica at 4 p.m. June 26 in Samuelson Chapel. Members of Ensemble Bella Musica include ensemble music director Joshua Shekhtir on baroque violin, Denise Briese on bass viol, Eric Kinsley on harpsichord harpsichord, stringed musical instrument played from a keyboard. Its strings, two or more to a note, are plucked by quills or jacks. The harpsichord originated in the 14th cent. and by the 16th cent. Venice was the center of its manufacture. and Sherril Kannasto Wood on baroque flute. They will perform music from the German baroque period featuring works by Georg Philipp Telemann Noun 1. Georg Philipp Telemann - German baroque composer (1681-1767) Telemann . Admission is $10, and $5 for seniors and Southern California Early Music Society members, or free with 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. identification. For more information about the concert, contact the CLU Music Department at (805) 493-3305 or visit the Web site at www.clunet.edu/music. -Daily News Crandall is head of WIB WIB Workforce Investment Board WIB Women In Business WIB Women in Black WIB Waktu Indonesia Barat (Western Indonesian time zone) WIB Western Independent Bankers (San Francisco, CA) WIB War Industries Board programs VENTURA - The Workforce Investment Board Workforce Investment Boards (or "WIBs") are regional entities created to implement the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 in the United States, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. of Ventura County recently selected Elaine Crandall as its executive director. Crandall comes to the WIB from Work Training Programs Inc., where she served as the senior director of operations, supporting employment and living services to adults with developmental disabilities developmental disabilities (DD), n.pl the pathologic conditions that have their origin in the embryology and growth and development of an individual. DDs usually appear clinically before 18 years of age. , physical disabilities and mental illnesses. Crandall holds a master's degree in psychology from California Lutheran University and a teaching credential designated for adults with disabilities. Ventura County's WIB oversees work force development in the county by integrating employment, training, education and business services for job seekers, workers and employers. Its annual budget of more than $7 million helps create and fund programs that help youth and adults train for available jobs, and help employers create new jobs and upward mobility for workers. -Daily News Moorpark beach bus starts June 21 MOORPARK - The Moorpark Summer Beach Bus schedule gets under way June 21 with two trips to Zuma Beach in the morning and two trips back to Moorpark in the afternoon on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The cost is $1 round-trip for adults and students, and 50 cents for seniors and the disabled. The bus picks up and drops off riders at four locations throughout the city. The service is provided by Moorpark City Transit and is open to the public. There is room for up to 84 passengers and plenty of room set aside for beach accessories such as folding chairs, coolers, and umbrellas, among other items. Riders must carry picture identification on trips. Summer youth passes are currently on sale for unlimited travel on Moorpark City Transit buses through Sept. 15 for $20. Summer youth passes are available at City Hall, 799 N. Moorpark Ave., and the Arroyo Vista Recreation Center, 4550 Tierra Rejada Road, Moorpark. For more information, call (805) 517-6257. The beach bus will pick up and drop off riders Tuesdays and Thursday at College View Park, Moorpark Civic Center, Arroyo Vista Community Park and Peach Hill Park through Aug. 30. For times, call City Hall or go to www.ci.moorpark.ca.us. -Daily News |
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