CHAMBER GALA SET FOR JULY 4.Byline: R.A. Hutchinson Daily News Staff Writer The Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by Chamber of Commerce is getting back into the community event business with plans to sponsor an Independence Day Festival at the Janss Marketplace. Terry Greenberg, interim chief executive officer for the chamber, said the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. celebration will serve as a fund-raiser to keep the chamber's $500,000 budget in shape. ``We're a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. and we need to raise money. When this popped up, we thought it would be a good opportunity,'' Greenberg said. ``This also looks like it would be a lot of fun.'' For 38 of its 40 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce sponsored the city's annual western gala, the 10-day Conejo Valley Days festival. Two years ago the chamber turned over the event, which raises money for more than 30 local nonprofit groups, to a coalition of those groups. Chamber officials said the event had grown too large for them to manage. Greenberg, who's been on the job for a month since Steve Rubenstein announced his resignation as head of the chamber, said the Fourth of July festival will be a smaller event designed specifically to become an annual fund-raiser. ``I can't speak for why we're not in Conejo Valley Days any more. I wasn't at the chamber then,'' he said. Nancy Lynch Nancy Lynch is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering in the EECS department and heads the Theory of Distributed Systems research group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. , a chamber staff member who is coordinating the event, said details are still being worked out with the city on how many people will be able to participate, as well as other details. The event is scheduled to take place from noon to 10 p.m. on the top floor of the Janss Marketplace's parking garage. The garage sits in the shadow of Fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to Hill, where the city's annual pyrotechnics pyrotechnics (pī'rōtĕk`nĭks, pī'rə–), technology of making and using fireworks. Gunpowder was used in fireworks by the Chinese as early as the 9th cent. display takes place July 4. Businesses or artisans wanting to take part can rent booths for $35 if they are chamber members, plus 10 percent of the day's sales. Food booths are available to chamber members for $50, plus 25 percent of food-item sales. Nonmembers will be charged $50, plus 10 percent of sales and $75, plus 30 percent of sales, for the same booths. GETTING INVOLVED Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce is renting booth space to businesses and artisans for a chamber-sponsored Fourth of July festival. For more information, contact Nancy Lynch at the chamber (805) 499-1993. CAPTION(S): Box Box: GETTING INVOLVED (See text) |
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