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Students, educators keep positive outlook in spite of challenges
Moorpark’s kids go back to class Monday
Kevin Grasel is looking forward to spending another year with his friends at Moorpark High, eager to enjoy the perks of being a senior. But unlike his predecessors, Kevin is uneasy about the future of public education because he knows that budget cuts have diminished resources at all levels. More...
Is too much affordable housing a bad thing for downtown?
Concerns over socioeconomic division persist
By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

In a perfect world of city planning, there’d be no such thing as “the nice part of town” because there’d be no “bad part of town” for comparison. Cities would be a collection of diverse neighborhoods that met the housing and service demands of the people who lived in those areas. More...

Agencies across region unite to crackdown on DUIs

Law enforcement officials in Ventura County are gearing up for a crackdown on drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs. All 14 public safety agencies cooperating under the Avoid the 14 banner will send officers to a DUI task force operation on the 101 Freeway tomorrow, Aug. 29. More...

 Community
• New law shields foster kids from high school athletic transfer rules
Bill authored by Audra Strickland
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed into law a bipartisan measure, Assembly Bill 81, that ensures that foster children who are forced to change schools due to a court-ordered family transfer are eligible to participate in varsity sports. The bill passed both the Senate and Assembly with all “yes” votes. More...
• Labor Day affects Acorn deadlines
• article has image History’s treasures are in its little-known details, storyteller demonstrates
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 Health & Wellness
• article has image Sweeping healthcare changes discussed peacefully at forum
In town halls and living rooms across the country, Americans are debating healthcare reform. The hot topic was all the talk in Simi last week at an event hosted by the Simi ValleyMoorpark Democratic Club— though without the disorder and rancor present at other local discussions. More...
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 Business
• article has image Pro dancer teaching classes in Moorpark
Wiley Simpson is a professional dancer, choreographer and retired national champion in ballroom, Latin, swing, and country and western. He’s a dance teacher from Los Angeles who has moved to Moorpark. More...
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 Schools
• article has image Veteran educator joins education foundation
MORE VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT— Scott Mosher, left, current president of the Moorpark Education Foundation, welcomes newest board member Gene Hatton. More...
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 Sports
• article has image Musketeers hope to muster another playoff appearance
MHS fall season outlook: Girls’ volleyball
Alicia Carter walked inside the Moorpark High gym for the first time since tearing her meniscus and ACL and MCL ligaments in her left knee on July 28. The senior looked across the polished hardwood floor toward the rafters, where numerous championship banners hang. Suddenly, she started crying. More...
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 Police Blotter
• Sheriff's Blotter
Aug. 11 Vandals caused about $200 in damage to a property in the 600 block of Walnut Street. Aug. 12 Someone used fraudulent traveler’s checks to make purchases at a store in the 800 block of Los Angeles Avenue. Someone spray-painted graffiti on the ground near Baragan Street and Kernvale Avenue. More...
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 Faith
• Spiritual retreat explores pop culture
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Camarillo will host a spiritual renewal retreat for adults today and tomorrow, Aug. 28 to 29 at the church, 400 Skyway Drive, Camarillo, near the airport. More...
• article has image Volunteers sought for Nigerian trip
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 Dining & Entertainment
• article has image “Inglourious Basterds”
A film by Quentin Tarantino is usually both predictably unpredictable and predictably bloody. “Inglourious Basterds” is a good deal of the former and a sufficient quantity of the latter—one man’s therapeutic purge of his inner demons upon the silver screen. More...
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