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March 21st, 2008
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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. Visit www.ci.moorpark.ca.us for the specific times allo... More...
School budget crisis compels district to send out pink slips

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. School districts are compelled to reduce staffing because of the state budget crisis, state S... More...

New morning Rotary Club forms

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. The newly formed club meets at 7 a.m. Tuesday mornings at the Grinder Restaurant on Lo... 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. House of Representatives. More...
•Drugs in water raise concern
•The Real McCoy
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 Health & Wellness
•Health Fair points children toward good habits
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. Children strolled from booth to booth to visit with organization representatives, martial arts teachers an... More...
•Try using 'green' cleaning products to insure safe, healthy household
•You can protect your children from a common respiratory virus
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 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. $18., reservations required. RSVP (805) 528-0581. More...
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 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. The children found the longest word (1,909 letters), as well as information about Braille, the solar system and flags, in addit... More...
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 Sports
•Musketeers make transition to 'small ball'
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
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 Police
•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. In a sting operation by the sheriff's department on March 7 several stores in Moor... More...
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 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. "Being in a crowd is something that's taken me awhile to work on," Fleming said. "People will talk to me... More...
•Political cartoonist to speak at synagogue next Friday
•Moorpark Evangelical welcomes new pastor
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 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...
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 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 metaphysical underpinnings of More...
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 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...
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 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. As Sacramento prepares to make across the board cuts in the upcoming budget... More...
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 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. The home is near guest parking. More...
•Misty Smoke
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