CALABASAS WON'T STAGE MILLENNIUM CELEBRATION; PLANS FOR THOUSAND OAKS' YEARLONG Y2K BASH STILL ON.Byline: Cecilia Chan Staff Writer City Hall's planned blowout to usher in Verb 1. usher in - be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" inaugurate, introduce commence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. the new millennium has been canceled. The City Council decided to forgo the family-oriented cultural festival slated for New Year's Eve because of organizational shortfalls, which leaves 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. as the only nearby municipality hosting a citywide Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 celebration - although Thousand Oaks' is a year-long party and not actually on the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of the new year. ``We just didn't have the staff to pull it off and the place to have it,'' said Calabasas City Manager Charles Cate. ``To make a long story short, after reviewing the situation we felt there was not enough time to pull it off, and when we lost the community service director, it was kind of the final shot, the final death knell death knell Noun something that heralds death or destruction Noun 1. death knell - an omen of death or destruction .'' The city first talked about holding the bash in May, and later formed a Millennium Party Committee to consider ideas. The party was estimated to cost $55,200 to throw and projected to attract up to 3,500 people. The committee favored holding the party at The Commons on Calabasas Road for its plentiful parking and space to accommodate a range of entertainment, but 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 owner Caruso Affliliated Holdings was not warm to the plan. ``The merchants were not really excited about it,'' Cate said. ``The tenants in the center didn't think it was something they would be interested in.'' And then Community Service Director Greg Johnson Greg Johnson may refer to:
``When he left, we lost the spark plug to pull off the program,'' Cate said. Thousand Oaks, however, is moving ahead with its planned yearlong Celebration 2000, which will kick off in February with the city hosting a replica of the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. Memorial at the Civic Arts Plaza. The city is sending out letters inviting representatives from different organizations, such as the Arts Commission and Council on Aging, to join a 12-member community committee to brainstorm ideas for the celebration, said City Clerk Nancy Dillon. The plan is to incorporate the Year 2000 theme in city-sponsored events throughout next year, Dillon said. Dillon said the city opted not to hold its celebration on New Year's Eve because of potential problems that might arise from the so-called millenium bug. Computer devices with date-sensitive chips or software may fail as the date rolls over to the year 2000, officials say. Although Thousand Oaks has prepared its equipment for Y2K compliance, selected staff from each city department will be on stand-by alert on New Year's Eve. |
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