BRIEFLY.Ventura County Fair set to openVENTURA -- The Ventura County Fair will open Wednesday and run through Aug. 13 at the county's Seaside Park fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. , featuring farm animals, carnival rides and exhibits of hundreds of home arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. created by county residents. Entertainment includes the Charlie Daniels Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels (born October 28, 1936 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American musician famous for his contributions to country and southern rock music. Band, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a contemporary swing band from southern California. Their notable singles include "Go Daddy-O" and "You and Me and the Bottle Makes Three Tonight". The band went from a regular Wednesday night gig at the Derby in Hollywood, playing for a few hundred people, , Banda Cuisillos, Wynonna, Bobby Vinton
Bobby Vinton (born April 16, 1935) is an American pop music singer. Early life Born Stanley Robert Vinton, Jr. , All American Rejects, Foreigner and Creedence Clearwater Revisited Creedence Clearwater Revisited is a band that was formed in 1995, by former Creedence Clearwater Revival bassist and drummer - Stu Cook and Doug Clifford, respectively. The band . Other attractions include motor-sports races Wednesday and Thursday, a junior livestock auction Aug. 9, and a rodeo Aug. 12 and 13. The fair will open at 11 a.m. on most weekdays and 10 a.m. on weekends. Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for children 12-16 and seniors 62 and older. The Ventura County Fairgrounds is at 10 Harbor Blvd., on 62 acres of oceanfront property at the western edge of the city of Ventura. For more information, go to www.venturacountyfair.org or call (805) 648-3376. -- Daily News Senior Center still cool, open 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 newly remodeled Simi Valley Senior Center has been serving as a cooling center A cooling center is a temporary air-conditioned public space set up by local authorities to deal with the health effects of a heat wave. Usually sited at several locations throughout a city, cooling centers are meant to prevent hyperthermia, especially among the elderly without air on severely hot days. ``The city is encouraging seniors and any others at risk due to the heat or temporary loss of electricity to consider the site when seeking refuge from the heat,'' said Mayor Paul Miller The name Paul Miller is shared by a number of people.
The Senior Center at 3900 Avenida 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 will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the bulk of this week. For information, call the Senior Center at (805) 583-6363. Dial-a-Ride transportation is available for seniors older than 60, who can make arrangements by calling (805) 583-6464. -- Daily News Monday deadline to get into raffle OXNARD -- The deadline is Monday for entries in the first early-bird drawing in the ``House of Ten Thousand Dreams'' raffle benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme Port Hueneme (wī'nē`mē), city (1990 pop. 20,319), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; founded 1870, inc. 1948. It has an artificial deep-sea harbor and is the site of a huge naval construction-battalion (Seabee) center. . Entries must be submitted by 5 p.m. for the Aug. 5 drawing that will include a $15,000 first prize and a $5,000 second prize. Tickets, which cost $150, will be entered for a second early-bird drawing Sept. 16. The final drawing will be for a $1.3 million home in the Channel Islands Harbor, officials said. The drawing is sponsored by the Boys & Girls Clubs in partnership with home developer D.R. Horton. Officials said 18,000 tickets will be sold and the raffle will end Nov. 4. Details are available at www.tenthousanddreams.org or by calling (866) 720-2582. -- Daily News Con men employ lottery scheme SIMI VALLEY -- Police are warning residents to beware of a team of con men who persuaded a man outside a discount store to give them $12,000 in cash Thursday. One man claimed to have a lottery ticket worth $50,000, but said he couldn't cash it because he was an illegal immigrant illegal immigrant n. an alien (non-citizen) who has entered the United States without government permission or stayed beyond the termination date of a visa. (See: alien) . A second man helped persuade the victim to withdraw $12,000 from his bank to buy the ticket. Police described one suspect as 35 to 40 years old with a Hispanic accent; the second was described as about 6 feet tall, with possibly a Ukrainian or Russian accent. -- Daily News Concerts leading to Sept. festival SIMI VALLEY -- Musical entertainment will be featured every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in a series of performances leading up to the Vino Jazz Festival. The Vino Jazz Festival on Sept. 16, a fundraiser for the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the center court of the Town Center, 1555 Simi Town Center Way. Performances leading up to the festival will be held in the center court and will range from jazz and swing to Dixieland and Latin. -- Daily News College dancers to display talents MOORPARK -- The dance department at Moorpark College will showcase work by student choreographers, guest artists and faculty members Thursday, Friday and Saturdayat 8 p.m. in the campus Studio Theater. Tickets are $10 for a Dancing Under the Stars concert. For information, call the Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. box office at (805) 378-1485 or the business office at (805) 378-1437. -- Daily News Amazon program to assist agency WESTLAKE VILLAGE -- The Wellness Community in the Conejo Valley and Ventura County area is getting support from people who shop on Amazon.com after visiting the Wellness Community's Web site. Shoppers who go to www.twcvv.org and click on the Amazon logo will be directed to Amazon.com and 4 percent to 8 percent of all their purchases will be donated to The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura. ``This is a wonderful way to help provide hope for local people fighting cancer, without spending an extra dime,'' said Suzanne Drace, president of the local Wellness Community group, which supports men and women affected by cancer. -- Daily News |
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