August 19, 2004 RSS feed / Front Page

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Regeneration of Happy Camp

DAVID McMARTIN/Acorn Newspapers WHERE DID ALL THE FLOWERS GO?-A quick hike into Happy Camp answers this question. More...

Health & Wellness

Blood donors can win free gas for a full year

Participants in any American Red Cross blood drive in Southern California will have the opportunity to enter a random drawing to win free gas for a year. The grand prize winner will receive a gas card worth $1,500. More...

Assisted Home Hospice names associate medical director

Assisted Home Hospice has announced that Charles Pankratz, MD, has joined its hospice medical team as associate medical director in Ventura County. More...

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Business

Scholarships available for children of self-employed

When is a scholarship serious business? Some might say, when it goes to support a future entrepreneur. More...

Small firms must search out and market their own niche

To stay successful in today More...

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Schools

Consumers paying more for back-to-school items

According to an annual back-to-school survey conducted by Myvesta, a nonprofit consumer education organization, Americans plan to spend $205 more this year on back-to-school expenses. More...

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Faith

Church invites community to reach out to AIDS orphans

By Lori Porter
porter@theacorn.com

Sharon Clack, the wife of Pastor Dave Clack from Conejo Valley Congregational Church in Thousand Oaks, is inviting members of the community to reach out to Lily of the Valley, a small village orphanage with an enormous heart in Kwazulu, South Africa. More...

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Editorials

It’s an exciting time of year to live in Moopark

The Moorpark Acorn will soon celebrate its first anniversary. On Sept. 12, the "little paper that could" completes its first year. We More...

Guest opinion

Measure B for a better Moorpark
By Keith Millhouse

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Quips & Quotes

"I know about the bad economy; I was the first one laid off." More...

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Model for arts center thrives in Simi

By Saria Kraft
Acorn Staff Writer

After success with "H.M.S. Pinafore," William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan opened "The Pirates of Penzance" on New Year More...

Residents rally to save historic theater

In the interest of historic preservation, the Moorpark edition of the Acorn Newspapers will host a community forum at Theater on High Street next week to discuss the future of the city More...

LaGuardia to join school board

By Saria Kraft
Acorn Staff Writer

Unlike in neighboring school districts in Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks and Oak Park, there won More...

Boys & Girls Club receives big donations

Acorn Staff Writer
By Saria Kraft

The Santa Paula Chevrolet auto sale, held July 22 to July 25 in downtown Moorpark, reaped a total of $15,000 in revenue that will remain in town. More...

Community

Police take down taggers

Before sunrise last Friday, a tag team of local teenagers had charged through downtown streets, spraying cars, homes and apartment complexes with graffiti. More...

Transit campaign underway

"B" for a Better Ventura County, a citizens group formed to educate voters about the merits of Measure B and to promote its passage on the November ballot, will kick off its campaign next week at both ends of the county. More...

35 years since the Manson murders

By Stephanie Bertholdo
bertholdo@theacorn.com

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Sports

On the mark

Local darts squad enjoys the fun, competition and camaraderie
that comes with the ancient pub pastime
By Kyle Jorrey
Acorn Sports Writer

In nearly any other setting, the group of friends who gathered this Monday night at Moorpark Billiards would be viewed simply as middle-aged men who have a little too much fun More...

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On The Town

"Collateral"

Rule numero uno for wannabe hit men. If you come to L.A. on business, don More...

College dancers bring vaudeville to town

Moorpark College More...

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Letters

North Park planners did

Regarding Kerry Wilson More...

No more doggie donuts

I applaud your article in the July 23 issue of the Moorpark Acorn. More...

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