BRIEFLY.Group to discuss lab contaminants 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. - A meeting of the Rocketdyne Santa Susana Santa Susana can refer to several places:
The meeting will include an update on work of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory Advisory Panel regarding questions concerning potential off-site health impacts of contaminants from the Rocketdyne site, and site cleanup issues. For information, contact John Beach, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and project coordinator, at (415) 972-3347 or leave a message toll-free at (800) 231-3075. - Daily News Moorpark OKs special election MOORPARK - The City Council has called a special election for Feb. 28 on the massive North Park Village housing project. North Park Village and Nature Preserve, a 1,680-unit housing development slated for 3,500 acres north of town, has been in the planning stages for more than four years and requires voter approval because of the city's growth-control initiative, known as SOAR. Amenities of the project include a 2,121-acre nature preserve, a 52-acre public-access lake, parks, a school and a fire station, but critics fear that the development would worsen traffic and air quality in the city and destroy wildlife habitat. The City Council voted 4-1 to set the election, with Councilwoman Roseann Mikos opposed over wording of the ballot question, which she said should be more neutral. ``I co-authored the Moorpark SOAR initiative and I want the vote as much as anybody, but I think the language in the ballot question is biased for the developer rather than being neutral,'' she said. - Daily News Military academy sessions planned 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. - Two information nights for young people interested in attending one of America's military academies will be held this month by U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly Elton W. Gallegly (born March 7 1944), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, currently representing the 24th District of California (map). , R-Thousand Oaks. Both meetings are scheduled for 7 p.m. and the first is slated for Oct. 17 in the cafeteria at Thousand Oaks High School Thousand Oaks High School is a high school established in 1962 and located in Thousand Oaks, California. It is a California Distinguished School, and offers curriculum at all levels for Thousand Oaks students. The mascot is the lancer. , 2323 N. Moorpark Road. The second will be held Oct. 20 in the cafeteria of Camarillo High School, 4460 Mission Oaks Blvd. Representatives from each branch of the military will be on hand to discuss the application process. For information, contact Steve Lavagnino at (805) 686-2525. - Daily News Board candidates invited to forum CALABASAS - The League of Women Voters League of Women Voters, voluntary public service organization of U.S. citizens. Organized in 1920 in Chicago as an outgrowth of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, it had as its original nucleus the leaders of the latter organization. will hold a forum for candidates for the November Las Virgenes Unified School District Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) is a K-12 school district in north-west Los Angeles County, USA consisting of 14 public schools in the cities of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Westlake Village, and several small portions of the West Hills section of Los Angeles. School Board election beginning at 7 p.m. Monday in the Calabasas High School Calabasas High School is a four-year high school, freshman-senior, in Calabasas, California, United States. Calabasas High School, which serves portions of Calabasas and the West Hills, Los Angeles, California section of Los Angeles, is one of three high schools in the Las Lecture Hall lecture hall n → sala de conferencias; (UNIV) → aula lecture hall lecture n → amphithéâtre m at 22855 W. Mulholland Highway. For information, call (818) 222-7177. - Daily News Cornet to speak at labor seminar OXNARD - Dan Cornet, senior deputy labor commissioner of the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards, will speak before local employers along with Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton attorney Jonathan Light at ``A Day with the Labor Commissioner,'' from 7 a.m. to noon Wednesday in Oxnard. The half-day seminar, presented by the West Ventura County Employer Advisory Council (EAC EAC an abbreviation used in studies of complement, in which E represents erythrocyte, A antibody, and C complement. ) and the California Employment Development Department, will be held at the Courtyard Marriott, 600 East Esplanade Drive, Oxnard. Some of the topics will include how state wage and hour laws differ from federal laws, amendments to the Private Attorney General Act of 2004, required payroll records, how to calculate daily and weekly overtime, timecard requirements in the electronic age, and the rules for determining who qualifies as an exempt employee. The cost for the seminar is $85, which includes breakfast. Reservations must be made by noon Tuesday, and people can call (805) 382-5125 to register. No on-site registrations will be accepted. For more information, visit www.nchc.com. - Daily News Goodwill offers computer classes OXNARD - Free computer classes are being offered through Goodwill Computer School, a division of Goodwill Industries of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties Inc. Classes include 190 hours of computer training in medical office/billing, bookkeeping (QuickBooks), or Access database management and Excel. The eight-week program will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays at Goodwill Computer School, 350 Cactus Drive in Oxnard. Classes are in English and textbooks will be provided. Classes are funded through the state of California Employment Training Panel, which requires that applicants be drawing unemployment or have drawn it in the past 24 months. For more information or to sign up, call (805) 983-3414. - Daily News |
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