Authors asked to write new works for short story contest
Submissions due by Oct. 1
      The Ventura County Writers Club is sponsoring its 10th annual Short Story Contest with a grand prize of $500, secondplace prize of $250, and thirdplace prize of $125. 
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Wine and cheese event will benefit area hospice
      State Sen. Tony Strickland and Assemblywoman Audra Strickland will host a wine and cheese charity fundraiser from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 17 at Hummingbird Nest Ranch, 2940 Kuehner Drive, Simi Valley.
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“All About Steve”
      If one can overcome the notion of a strikingly blonde, miniskirted Sandra Bullock being a man-craving emotional piranha, then one might assume the premise of “All About Steve” has half a chance of working.
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