SHOPPERS THRONG STREET FAIR; COMMUNITY SPIRIT ADDS TO FESTIVE NATURE OF T.O. EVENT.Byline: Sonia Giordani Daily News Staff Writer Browsing arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. booths for holiday gifts and ornaments Ornaments are a frequent embellishment to music. Sometimes different symbols represent the same ornament, or vice versa. Different ornament names can refer to an ornament from a specific area or time period. , thousands turned out Sunday for this year's 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 Community Street Fair on Sunday. Shoppers found more than 190 arts and crafts booths and a dozen food vendors along Moorpark Road in the biggest street fair of the event's six-year history. ``It's nice to see all these smiling people from the community come out. It's a people thing,'' said Steve Goldblatt, a 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. resident who said he attends the street fair every year with his wife and two sons. Goldblatt and his son Bradley stood over a table filled with glittering glit·ter n. 1. A sparkling or glistening light. 2. Brilliant or showy, often superficial attractiveness. 3. Small pieces of light-reflecting decorative material. intr.v. bean bags shaped as lizards and frogs, while his wife and son Brian moved ahead to the next booth. ``We always manage to go home with a little something,'' Goldblatt said. Vendor fees will benefit local charities, said Neal Scribner, who head the Thousand Oaks Rotary Club committee that organized the fair. He said he expected proceeds this year to add up to about $18,000 for such groups as the Hospice of the Conejo and Manna Conejo Valley Food Bank, as well as for scholarships to local high school graduates. For Jenny Dalton and her mother-in-law, Carin Morgan, the annual event is a chance to spend the day together with Dalton's four children and to catch up on news from neighbors. ``This is a great way to get the community together,'' said Dalton. Matthew Mier, 7, and his 5-year-old sister, Emily, kept cool with lime-flavored snow cones snow cone n. A confection made of crushed ice and flavored syrup inserted into a paper cone and mounded on top. while their parents, Soelia and Eduardo, hunted for Christmas tree Christmas tree Evergreen tree, usually decorated with lights and ornaments, to celebrate the Christmas season. The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands as symbols of eternal life was common among the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews. ornaments. ``We're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. some crafts and things for the holidays,'' said the children's father, Eduardo Mier, about the Newbury Park family's first visit to the street fair. With the busiest holiday season approaching, vendors decorated their booths with papier-mache pumpkins, plastic pilgrim statuettes, Christmas tree ornaments and Hanukkah menorahs. ``We prepare for this all year,'' said Judy Peters. She and three friends have run a holiday booth at the street fair for the past five years. ``This is a great fair. We meet lots of people and have lots of fun,'' Peters said. For 10-year-old Stephen Gabrielson, the best part of the street fair was the yellow firetruck from Thousand Oaks Station 30. ``I think they're awesome because they have safety things on them and help take out fires. And there's a ladder that helps rescue people,'' he said, staring up at the 100-foot ladder that firefighters extended into the air. The street fair also was a chance for some local politicking and promotion of nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. groups' causes. Campaign and information booths lined a segment of Moorpark Road. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--color in Conejo edition only) Shopping in sunny weather for the approaching holidays, pedestrians throng the sixth annual Conejo Valley street fair in Thousand Oaks. (2--color--ran in Conejo edition only) Abrianna Coronado, 3, left, and Brittany Tauber, 2, await their call to dance at a street fair. John McCoy/Daily News |
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