GROUND BROKEN FOR ADOBE'S RENOVATION.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer Agoura Hills city officials celebrated the groundbreaking Saturday for restoration of one of the city's prize historic sites, the 200-year-old Reyes Adobe. ``It's really a community achievement,'' said Agoura Hills Mayor Jeff Reinhardt. ``You go back east and there are so many resources - George Washington slept here, Revolutionary War battle sites, Civil War battle sites. We don't have a lot here for our kids.'' The Reyes Adobe, nestled nes·tle v. nes·tled, nes·tling, nes·tles v.intr. 1. To settle snugly and comfortably: The cat nestled among the pillows. 2. into a modern housing community off Reyes Adobe Road and Rainbow Crest Drive, will undergo a $1.2 million restoration that begins Monday. Through grants, state ballot initiatives and money from the city's general fund, officials will begin on Monday landscaping the grounds and furnishing the three-room adobe with furniture from the early 1800s. A barn will become a museum, with photos and text documenting the history of the site, which was a working cattle ranch, a travelers outpost and a fort. ``Now we finally have an opportunity to have a place of our own A Place of Our Own is a daily program about child care that airs on PBS, produced in Los Angeles by KCET. The Spanish-language version is Los Niños en Su Casa ("Our Children at Home"), seen on PBS and on the Spanish-language public television network V-Me. for historical purposes,'' said Assemblywoman Fran Pavley Fran Pavley is a Democratic politician and previously served as a California Assemblywoman and as the first mayor of the Southern California community of Agoura Hills. She served as a Mayor and Councilmember for four terms. , D-Woodland Hills. The adobe, which is expected to be completed next May, was built between 1790 and 1820 by Jose Reyes and Maria Altagracia Reyes de Vejar, who raised cattle that grazed graze 1 v. grazed, graz·ing, graz·es v.intr. 1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage. 2. Informal a. To eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal. over the rolling hills Rolling hills are like a mountain chain, only a "hill chain" of hills that roll on and on continually. You will often find them in between plains and mountains, near major rivers, or randomly anywhere. The only places without rolling hills are deserts and flood plains. from Liberty Canyon to Westlake Village. Since Nov. 2001, with the creation of an advisory committee, officials have been working to bring back this piece of California history. It took about six months to get the committee off the ground, and then, in June 2002, the committee held its first meeting. Numerous proposals were made, and finally things fell in place. ``It's amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. ,'' said Agoura Hills Assistant City Manager Greg Ramirez. ``It's been a long time coming.'' Jason Kandel, (818) 713-3664 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Siblings siblings npl (formal) → frères et sœurs mpl (de mêmes parents) Rebecca and Jeremy Zacuto, both 4, play in front of a building scheduled to be renovated, beginning Monday, into a library/museum of the Historic Reyes Adobe. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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