BRIEFLY.Dance concert set at college MOORPARK -- The Dance Department at 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. will present its summer dance concert as part of the Summer Arts Festival An arts festival or art fair is a festival that focuses on the visual arts, but which may also focus on other arts. Arts festivals in the visual arts are exhibitions. at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. The work of student choreographers and performances of ballet, hip-hop, belly dancing, modern and jazz dancing will be featured in the concert. For more information, call (805) 378-1485 or go to www.moorparkcollege.edu/pac. -- Daily News Simi approves lost-firearms law 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. -- Gun owners will have 72 hours to report to police lost or stolen firearms under a new ordinance expected to take effect in Simi Valley in September. The proposed law was given initial approval by the City Council recently, but must receive final approval at the council meeting scheduled for Aug. 13 before taking effect 31 days later. The law also has a retroactive provision, so people who have lost or had firearms stolen within the past five years must report them within 90 days. The neighboring cities of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and 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. have already adopted the provision. The law is designed to help law enforcement officers find the owners of firearms used in the commission of crimes. Police said it should also help in the investigation of "straw purchasers," people who purchase firearms and transfer them to others who cannot legally own firearms. -- Daily News Simi, Conejo free clinics get funds SIMI VALLEY -- The Free Clinic of Simi Valley received $30,000 and the Conejo Free Clinic was granted $20,000 as part of $85,000 in contributions presented to nonprofit agencies in Ventura County in July by Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. . The free clinics provide medical attention to people who are uninsured, underinsured un·der·in·sure tr.v. un·der·in·sured, un·der·in·sur·ing, un·der·in·sures To insure under a policy that provides inadequate benefits: Be certain that you are not underinsured against catastrophic illness. , homeless people and others regardless of their ability to pay. Casa Pacifica-Youth Connection of Ventura County received $25,000 to address health issues facing children in Ventura County and City Impact received $33,500 to support its Healthy Living Program, which addresses the growing epidemic of childhood obesity childhood obesity Public health Overweight in a child, an average BMI of ≥ 85% for age and sex; ≥ 95% for age and sex is very obese. See Body-mass index, Obesity. Cf Adult obesity. . -- Daily News Activities on tap for kids, parents SOLSTICE CANYON -- Students in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table). Youth Program will host their annual We Go Eco program from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the education shelter in Solstice Canyon. Activities set up for families include crafts and short hikes in the canyon off Corral corral a small fenced-in enclosure with high, wooden fences, suitable for holding cattle or horses. corral system a management system in which range cattle are put into corrals and fed hay for a period when the environment is most Canyon Road, a quarter-mile north of Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
For more information, call (805) 370-2301. -- Daily News Moorpark plans frosh orientation MOORPARK -- About 4,500 freshmen between the ages of 17 and 21 entering Moorpark College in the fall are being invited to a freshman orientation and social on the campus quad from 2 to 5 p.m. Aug. 16. The event will include campus tours, talks with faculty members, information about student services such as financial aid and counseling, information about student clubs, musical entertainment and free food. "This is an important first-impression event for our new students in that it introduces them to their new environment in an atmosphere that encourages casual, fun connections with their peers, faculty and staff," said Moorpark College President Eva Conrad. For more information, call (805) 378-1409. -- Daily News $4,000 received for bear program THOUSAND OAKS -- The Swift Memorial Health Care Foundation provided a $4,000 grant to the Share-A-Bear program provided by the Assistance League of Conejo Valley, to be used to purchase stuffed toy bears for children faced with trauma at local hospitals, and through firefighters and paramedics. For more information about the Assistance League of Conejo Valley, to to www.alcv.net. -- Daily News |
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