March 21, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

001p1_xlg.jpg

Egg-static about Easter

BUSY BUNNIES- Children of all ages enjoy gathering colorful toy eggs and prizes at last year's Moorpark Easter Egg Hunt. The egg hunt is back, beginning at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, Sat., March 22 at Arroyo Vista Park behind Moorpark High School. More...

Fire hits neighborhood a second time, arson is suspected

Teenage boys arrested
By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

Authorities arrested two teenagers for allegedly setting a portable bathroom on fire near the intersection of East Amherst and Westwood streets in Moorpark on Tuesday evening. More...

Health & Wellness

Health Fair points children toward good habits

By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

During a health fair at Flory Academy last week, adults gathered pamphlets from tables displaying information about various health-related programs available to local residents. More...

Try using 'green' cleaning products to insure safe, healthy household

Waste Management, the local waste and recycling company, provides these tips for using ecofriendly cleaning products and finding a new life for old, unused items. More...

You can protect your children from a common respiratory virus

With cough and cold season still in swing, parents with infants and small children should be on the lookout for a common virus that may lead to potentially serious complications- respiratory syncytial virus. More...

Click here for all stories

Schools

Boys & Girls club CEO shares dictionaries

Campus Canyon third-graders received Gazetteer dictionaries from the Moorpark Rotary Club this week. Scott Moser presented the students with the dictionaries. More...

Click here for all stories

Police Blotter

Sheriff's Blotter

An identity theft took place sometime between Feb.12 and 23 in the 8300 block of Fruitvale Avenue. Two credit cards were removed from a victim's wallet and were used to purchase items in Moorpark and Thousand Oaks. More...

Click here for all stories

Faith

Chaplain helps troops readjust to homelife

After two years away from his family for training and a tour of duty in Iraq, Capt. Colin Fleming of the Minnesota Army National Guard was in no mood for a homecoming party. More...

Political cartoonist to speak at synagogue next Friday

Award winning political cartoonist Steve Greenberg will be the guest speaker at Congregation B'nai Emet's Shabbat service at 8 p.m. Fri., March 28 at the synagogue at 4645 Industrial St., No. 2C, Simi Valley. More...

Moorpark Evangelical welcomes new pastor

Moorpark Evangelical Free Church announces the hiring of a new senior pastor, John Erwin. Erwin most recently served as pastor of Congregational Life at Yorba Linda Friends Church. More...

Click here for all stories

Letters

Rememberance found in a ring

On March 3 I received a phone call from the Moorpark Unified School District office letting me know that a woman was trying to get in touch with a family member of my son Tyrone Camacho. Tyrone died on April 22, 1992. More...

Click here for all stories

Real Estate

Features An Upstairs Second Family Room

This end unit has an added dining room and upstairs second family room. There is an updated granite kitchen, wood floors and newer carpet, recessed lighting, large master bedroom with view, organized closets and a private covered patio. More...

Misty Smoke

Misty Smoke has joined the Tattersall Team of Active Real Estate. More...

Click here for all stories

School budget crisis compels district to send out pink slips

By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

Eight employees in the Moorpark Unified School District were among more than 20,000 teachers, school counselors and support staff throughout California who received layoff notices on March 15. More...

New morning Rotary Club forms

By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

Business owners and residents who wish to partake in local Rotary Club activities but can't take time off to attend midday gather ings of the existing club are invited to join a new morning Rotary group. More...

Church turns grand opening into family affair

WELCOME- A swift breeze spins decorations to a blur as 7-year-olds Caroline Gratke and Carolyn Flitsch, right, play miniature golf at the Moorpark Presbyterian Church open house last Saturday. More...

Community

Tenenbaum announces congressional bid for office

Michael Tenenbaum, a 39yearold business lawyer from Thousand Oaks, recently announced the launch of his campaign to challenge Elton Gallegly for the Republican nomination to represent the 24th Congressional District in the U.S. More...

Drugs in water raise concern

By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

Drinking water isn't quite as pure as once was thought, but Ventura County residents still shouldn't be alarmed about recent national reports that point to the presence of pharmaceuticals in drinking water systems, area water agency officia More...

The Real McCoy

It's all pretty much the same- just different
By Brent E. McCoy thereal@adelphia.net

I'm sure that you've all heard by now about the Moorpark High School Academic Decathlon team returning home after winning the California Academic Decathlon in Sacramento. More...

Click here for all stories

Bulletin Board

Datebook

FRI., MARCH 21 Tony Strickland Visits Simi Valley Republican Women meet for luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Posada Royale Hotel, 1775 Madera Road, Simi Valley. State Senator candidate Tony Strickland is guest. New members, guests welcomed. More...

Click here for all stories

Sports

Musketeers make transition to 'small ball'

Once-powerful offense now doing the little things necessary to succeed
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com

If there was one thing the Moorpark High softball team knew how to do last season, it was hit the long ball. The Musketeers led the Marmonte League with 20 home runs en route to an 8-6 league record. More...

Moorpark's Bird reaching elite status in pool

Canadian-born athlete hopes to compete in future Olympics
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com

Five years ago, Alanah Bird was told by a friend she'd make a good swimmer because she had big feet. Although the advice may have been a silly joke, Bird's swimming career has been anything but. More...

Click here for all stories

Family

Arts center presents 'Broadcast'

"The High Street Broadcast," a performance based on the radio shows of the 1940s with comedy sketches and music, will perform from 7 to 8 p.m. Sun., March 30 at the High Street Arts Center, 45 E. High St., Moorpark. More...

Click here for all stories

On The Town

The MOVIE Nut

"Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Yes, they are." Okay, so I ripped this off from two tykes walking out of the theater in front of me, but I figure if a couple of kindergartners were so caught up in the film that they were already espousing the met More...

Click here for all stories

Editorials

No easy choices for school budget cuts

It's been said that the three functions of our state are to educate, medicate and incarcerate. To be sure, California's spending on schools, health care/social services and judicial system is the largest in the country. More...

Click here for all stories