BRIEFLY.CDBG CDBG Community Development Block Grant workshops are scheduled 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. -- The city expects to receive about $524,000 for the 2007-08 community development block grant program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. To assist nonprofit organizations in applying for part of this money, Simi Valley officials scheduled workshops Oct. 3 from 9-11 a.m. and Oct. 10 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the community room at City Hall, 2929 Tapo Canyon Road. Organizations applying for the funds must attend one of these workshops. People interested in attending should call Lisa Gotham at (805) 583-6836 by Oct. 2. -- Daily News Strathearn hosts History Day today SIMI VALLEY -- History Day will be held today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Strathearn Historical Park and Museum featuring a variety of exhibits, food vendors and historical performances. Visitors can tour the park and museum, watch demonstrations of Chumash dancers and horseshoeing, and see exhibits of antique cars and vintage farm equipment. Actors in period costumes will perform at 1 p.m. to give visitors insight into life in the past, and at 2:30 p.m., an actor will portray Abraham Lincoln. The Strathearn Historical Park is at 137 Strathearn Place. The entrance fee for today's History Day event is $5. For more information, call (805) 526-6453 or go to www.simihistory.com. -- Daily News Applications open for condo unit SIMI VALLEY -- The city is accepting applications from local low-income residents to purchase a city-owned one-bedroom condominium unit in the LeParc condominium complex. Applications will be accepted until a qualified buyer is approved for the 733-square-foot condo at $168,313. The unit must be occupied by the buyer and resold only to a low-income buyer at a restricted resale price. For information on the application process, call (805) 583-6873. -- Daily News Shopper program set for schools SIMI VALLEY -- A Shopping for Students program to raise money for local campuses is starting this month at the Simi Valley Town Center Simi Valley Town Center is a shopping center located in Simi Valley, California. The mall opened in 2005 with Macy's and Robinsons-May as anchor stores. The Robinsons-May store was converted into a Macy's Men and Home Store on September 9, 2006. . Under the program, which lasts through April, visitors who shop or dine at the Town Center can generate donations to their chosen schools by delivering receipts to the mall's Guest Services Center at the base of the tower in Center Court. Last year's program contributed more than $13,000 in donations to 20 local elementary schools. For more information, visit the Guest Services Center, call (800) 539-3273 or go to www.simivalleytc.com. -- Daily News Moorpark folks can dump free MOORPARK -- A free day for Moorpark residents is scheduled today at the Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center. Household waste from residents of Moorpark can be disposed of without charge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the landfill, 2801 Madera Road, north of the Ronald Reagan Freeway. For more information, call Moorpark City Hall at (805) 517-6257 or the Simi Valley Landfill at (805) 579-7267. -- Daily News Radio operation wins state honor MOORPARK -- The city of Moorpark has received this year's Gold Award from the California Emergency Services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' Association for its role in helping Moorpark High School Moorpark High School, located in Moorpark, California, is a public high school in the Moorpark Unified School District and currently has an enrollment of 2,478 students.[1] establish an emergency response and amateur radio disaster operations course. The course was developed by Moorpark High School teachers Guy Aronoff and Thomas Baker Thomas Baker or Tom Baker is a name shared by several notable persons: British people
Mayor Patrick Hunter Patrick Edward Hunter (born October 24, 1964 in San Francisco, California) is a former American football cornerback who played 10 seasons for the Seattle Seahawks and the Arizona Cardinals from 1986 to 1995. was among those who helped, along with Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department. The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. representatives, who are supporting the high school course. It is one of the first high school courses in the nation to integrate amateur radio emergency communications
In times of crisis and natural disasters, Amateur radio is often used as a means of emergency communication when wireline, cell phones and other conventional means of with Community Emergency Response Team training. -- Daily News Moorpark Library affiliation OK'd MOORPARK -- The Library of California Board has approved the city of Moorpark's request for affiliation with the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System. On June 21, the Moorpark City Council decided to withdraw from the Ventura County Library Agency effective Jan. 1, 2007, and form an independent public library. City officials said they would seek final approval from the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System for membership in the independent library cooperative. -- Daily News Class of 2007 schedules benefit 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. -- Teachers and administrators from Westlake High School Westlake High School may refer to:
The event at the Promenade shopping center 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 at Westlake and Thousand Oaks boulevards is sponsored by the high school's graduating Class of 2007, which is raising money for class activities, including the 2007 prom. -- Daily News Town Center has Internet hookups SIMI VALLEY -- A new wireless hot spot is available at the Simi Valley Town center to allow free Internet access for visitors and shoppers at the regional mall. The service is available for all laptop computers or properly equipped personal digital assistants. ``We are very excited to add this high-demand service, for free, to build upon the superior shopping experience at Simi Valley Town Center,'' said Vickie Sherman, director of marketing for the mall, 1555 Simi SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative Town Center Way. -- Daily News |
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