The predator who lives next door
      After serving their debt to society, sexual offenders are being released back into Ventura County neighborhoods, but how can we be sure they won't repeat their criminal behavior? Have they been rehabilitated? Are you willing to stake your child's well-being on that?
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Planning for the long-awaited vacation
By Brent E. McCoy thereal@roadrunner.com
      Next year my wife and I will celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. This is remarkable not only because of the longevity of the marriage in these times but because we both lived to see it. It's not really so much remarkable that we lived to see it, since we're really not that old, as it i...
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For the record
      •In the Aug. 10 article, "Running for boy with cancer," Andrew Kilgore has been diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, not cancer. •The Conejo Players Theatre is presenting the musical, "110 in the Shade," with music by Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by Tom Jones and book by N...
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