CONEJO VALLEY: BRIEFLY : OXNARD APPROVES BID FOR MINOR LEAGUE BALL.OXNARD - The Oxnard City Council has approved an agreement to bring in a minor league baseball
The league was founded in 1994 by Portland businessman Bruce L. Engel. to begin play next spring. The council's action Thursday night followed the Ventura County Community College District's approval of a similar agreement that calls on the team, now called the Suns, to improve the Oxnard College Oxnard College is a California-state funded community college located in Oxnard, California. It was established in 1975. It serves the Oxnard Plain cities of Oxnard, Camarillo, and Port Hueneme. baseball field for use from April through August. The agreements run for three years. Although the Suns hope to play ball beginning in 1997, the Western Baseball League president has said there could be scheduling problems that would push the opening back to 1998. The proposed move by the Suns, who played in Palm Springs the past two years, comes as both Ventura and Camarillo are working on bringing in an existing franchise within the California League The California League is a minor league baseball league which operates throughout the state of California. Before 2002, it was classified as a "High-A" league, indicating its status as a Class A league with the highest level of competition within that classification, and the fifth . ?13- Daily News Death penalty sought for slaying suspects VENTURA - Ventura County prosecutors decided Friday to seek the death penalty against Diana Haun and Michael Dally, who are charged with conspiring to kidnap and murder Dally's wife earlier this year. Michael Dally, 36, of Ventura, and Haun, 35, of 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. , have pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit those crimes in the killing of Sherri Dally. The pair, who were co-workers at a Vons supermarket in Oxnard, are scheduled to face trial together in Ventura Superior Court in February. They are eligible for the death penalty because prosecutors have charged the pair with the special circumstances special circumstances n. in criminal cases, particularly homicides, actions of the accused or the situation under which the crime was committed for which state statutes allow or require imposition of a more severe punishment. of lying in wait to commit murder and murder for financial gain, according to court records. Sherri Dally was reported missing May 6 after shopping at a Target store in Ventura. Search parties organized by community members found the 35-year-old victim's skeletal remains June 1 in a barranca bar·ran·ca also bar·ran·co n. pl. bar·ran·cas also bar·ran·cos Southwestern U.S. 1. A deep ravine or gorge. 2. A bluff. along Canada Larga Road north of Ventura. ?13- Daily News |
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