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April 10, 2009  RSS feed

A salute to history
WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS—Arroyo West Elementary School second grader Mark Sherman, 7, portrays Mark Twain at a biography celebration on April 3 at the school. Second-grade students picked an influential person in history to research, and then dressed up as that person to share their findings with other classmates. Two second-grade classrooms participated and shared pictures, timelines and fun facts about people like Cesar Chavez, Martin Luther King Jr., Dolly Madison, George Washington and Rosa Parks. More...
Councilmember Lowenberg dies from brain aneurysm
By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

Moorpark Councilmember Gary Lowenberg, 53, died last Wednesday following the rup ure of a brain aneurysm a few days earlier. Lowenberg will be remembered for his integrity, his intel lect and his generosity, said family and friends. More...

Developer benefits, home owners might lose school
By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

An ad hoc committee proposed a deal last week that would allow a developer to build homes on a piece of land that nearby residents had hoped would one day be the site of a school campus. Moorpark Unified School District was close to purchasing the 22-acre parcel in the Moorpark Highlands for $15. More...

 Community
• Residents can drop off trash for free
Free landfill day for Moorpark residents will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun., April 19 at the Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center, 2801 Madera Road, north of the 118 Freeway. Moorpark residents can safely and properly dispose of accumulated household waste and recycle yard trimmings. More...
• Rotary Club selects Officer of the Year 2009
• Teens learn safe driving in program
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 Health & Wellness
• Relay for Life to host golf tourney
The second annual Agoura Relay For Life Golf Tournament will be on Mon, April 20 at Wood Ranch Golf Club, 301 Wood Ranch Parkway, Simi Valley. Registration, warm-up and putting contest will start at 10 a.m., followed by a shotgun start (scramble format) at noon. Dinner, raffle, auction and awards will begin at 5:30 p.m. More...
• Alzheimer's event
• Keep kids safe in the car
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 Bulletin Board
• Datebook
FRI., APRIL 10 Dance Jam Ventura 7 to 10 p.m. at Ventura NIA Center, 2343 E. Thompson Blvd., Ventura. Freestyle dancing with or without partner. DJ provides music. Family friendly. No drugs, smoking, alcohol. $7 to $10 adults, $2 children 16 and under. More...
• Happy Easter - Events on: Saturday, April 11
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 Business
• Doctor opens city's first urgent care clinic
Dr. Paul Morin, a Moorpark resident for six years, opened Park Lane Family Practice and Urgent Care last month to serve local residents needing immediate treatment for nonlifethreatening injuries. The clinic is the first of its kind in Moorpark. More...
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 Schools
• article has image Rotary honors decathletes
STATE CHAMPIONS—The Moorpark Rotary Club hosts a luncheon at Café Firenze for the Moorpark High School Academic Decathlon Team in honor of the students' recent state victory. The team will compete in the U.S. Academic Decathalon in Memphis, Tenn. on April 22 through 25. Donations are needed to help fund the team's travel to Memphis. Rotary gave a donation in support of the decathletes, More...
• High schoolers can learn about college admissions
• Moorpark College hosts Job & Career Expo
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 Sports
• article has image Golfers zeroing in on Westlake
Marmonte League spring outlook: Boys' golf
During the past month the Acorn has run Marmonte League overviews for numerous high school spring sports. In the majority of those stories, the race for the league title has been described as extremely close. Boys' golf is different. More...
• Marmonte invites Oaks Christian for all sports
• Moorpark's Monreal makes the cut
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 Police Blotter
• Sheriff's Blotter
From Nov. 27 through March 27 an unknown person called someone living in the 300 block of South Moorpark Avenue and made obscene statements to her. On March 20 a man shoplifted several items from the Target store in the 800 block of Los Angeles Avenue. More...
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 Faith
• article has image Power in your problems
"Happiness requires prob lems." —H. L. Hollingworth A woman who had come to me for spiritual mentoring must have thought I'd gone a bit batty when I smiled like the Cheshire Cat and congratulated her on the painful relationship she was in. More...
• Easter service at Hollywood Bowl on Sunday
• Houses of Worship
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 Family
• article has image Easter vengeance
I won't be participating in the family Easter Egg Hunt and Barbecue Eggstravaganza this year. I won't participate because, every year, the group elects me to barbecue the food, and I'm sick of doing it. Another reason I won't participate is because I just don't enjoy bugs eating me alive. More...
• Oldies band plays in Simi
• Lincoln storyteller comes to college
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 Dining & Entertainment
• All aboard the Fillmore & Western
Themed train rides offered for children, adults
The Fillmore & Western Railway presents a number of train rides in April. All trips depart from and return to the Fillmore station. For more information and reservations, call (805) 524-2546 or (800) 773-8724, or visit www.fwry.com. More...
• article has image "Knowing"
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 Letters
• City Council vs. Pardee Homes
This letter is in response to the City Council meeting on April 1 in regards to the Community Facilities District Reduction. The city has done a horrible job negotiating on behalf of their Highlands residents. More...
• Digs the Sheriff's Blotter
• Bagwell is No. 1 on his list
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 Editorials
• Gary Lowenberg 1956 — 2009
Husband, father, businessman, community friend and Moorpark City Councilmember Gary Lowenberg passed away this week. He fell victim to a brain aneurism and was only 53. As Sylvie Belmond reports in her page one story, Lowenberg was know for his integrity, intellect, and generosity toward others. More...
• article has image Cartoon
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 Real Estate
• Two Luxury Single-story Homesites
Two luxury single-story homesites are available in the new phase-released Saturday at Montecito, a neighborhood of new luxury homes in Rancho Conejo Village, Thousand Oaks' premier private, gated community, according to the developer, S&S Construction Co. More...
• article has image Julia Otero
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