CONEJO VALLEY: BRIEFLY : COUNTY OFFICIALS AGREE TO ALLOW SKATING LIMITS.VENTURA - The board of supervisors agreed Tuesday to work on a county skateboard ordinance that would allow owners of private property with public access, such as churches and shopping centers, to post their property against roller-skating, in-line skating and skateboarding skateboarding Form of recreation, popular among youths, in which a person rides standing balanced on a small board mounted on wheels. The skateboard first appeared in the early 1960s on paved areas along California beaches as a makeshift diversion for surfers when the ocean . Supervisor Kathy Long proposed that the county develop such an ordinance after a Camarillo church complained that skaters were using its grounds for their sport, endangering pedestrians. Similar ordinances are in place in most of the county's cities, but the county has no such ordinance for its unincorporated areas. ?13Daily News Amgen gives $3,500 to Free Clinic in Simi 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 Free Clinic of Simi Valley has received a $3,500 grant from the Amgen Foundation. ``This money could not have come at a better time,'' said Nicolette Munoz, a clinic board member. ``Traditional sources of funding have been down. This will give us a boost.'' The Free Clinic, founded in 1971, provides medical care, counseling and legal assistance to individuals regardless of their ability to pay. The clinic primarily services the eastern Ventura County Communities of Simi Valley, Moorpark and 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 . The Amgen Foundation is a nonprofit foundation that serves as the charitable arm of Amgen Inc. For more information about the Free Clinic call (805) 522-3733 weeknights between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. ?13Daily News Teens invited to join city's Youth Council SIMI VALLEY - The Youth Council is seeking Simi Valley residents between the ages of 13 and 19 who would like to serve a one-year term on the panel. Applications are now being accepted for new terms See suggestions for new terms. that begin Nov. 1. The Youth Council is an advisory board appointed by City Council. The panel meets regularly to review youths' concerns, participate in community activities and provide youths with an active role in city government. Each high school and middle school is represented on the 24-member Youth Council, which meets for approximately one hour on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 5 p.m. at City Hall. Applications are available at City Hall and the public library, both located at 2929 Tapo Canyon Road, and the Development Services Building at 3855-A Alamo Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. St. For further information, call Sandra Thompson Sandra Smith "Sandy" Thompson (born ca. 1947) is a veteran Louisiana politician and state administrator, who retired on August 3, 2007, from the directorship of the Atchafalaya Basin Program. She thereafter joined the gubernatorial campaign of Republican Bobby Jindal, a U.S. , Youth Council coordinator, at (805) 522-4473. Application will be accepted at the Development Services Building until Sept. 26. ?13Daily News Creek cleanup a part of statewide efforts 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. - Thousand Oaks residents are invited to participate in California Coastal Cleanup Day on Sept. 20. Volunteers will meet at the Borchard Park picnic area at 190 N. Reino Road, north of the tennis courts. From 9 a.m. until noon, volunteers will clean up the south fork South Fork may refer to:
The event is part of a statewide cleanup of California's coasts and waterways The list of waterways is a link page for any river, canal, estuary or firth. International waterways
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