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March 9, 2007
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Special guest for Opening Day
GOLDEN ARM- Pitcher Jennie Finch, Olympic gold medalist and the biggest celebrity in softball today, prepares to throw the ceremonial first pitch for the start of Simi Valley Girls Softball season at Big Sky Park on Saturday. Despite the strong winds and dusty conditions, hundreds of communi... More...
Opposition wins delay of council vote to ban panhandling
By Kyle Jorrey kjorrey@theacorn.com

In the face of ardent opposition from several members of the community, the Simi Valley City Council decided this week to delay voting on a proposed anti-panhandling ordinance until after the matter could be reviewed by the city's four neighborhood councils. More...

County takes up age-old evolution debate
Should faithbased theories be part of the science curriculum?
By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

The debate over evolution versus intelligent design was rekindled at a recent Ventura County Board of Education meeting when both a school official and a parent ex pressed concerns over the content of a new seventh-grade science textbook. More...

 Community
•Regal Center the site of a second armed robbery
A woman was robbed in the parking lot of the Regal Center Plaza at 9:53 p.m. March 1. Kelsey McLeod, 26, of Simi Valley was walking to her parked vehicle when she was approached from behind by someone carrying a handgun and demanding her purse. The victim did not resist. More...
•City looking for residents to sit on advisory board
•Don't forget to 'spring' forward this Sunday
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 Health & Wellness
•Separating myth from fact in dealing with depression
Most people know someone who always seems to be down in the dumps. For many, the natural inclination is to grab that person by the shoulder and insist that he or she simply "snap out of it." Depression is just a state of mind, and if people just change their negative outlook, they'll soon rea... More...
•Effects of MS are unpredictable
•Preparing for an aging population
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 Datebook
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FRI., MARCH 9 Guest Speaker For GOP Las Posas Republican Women Federated meets 11:15 a.m. (noon lunch), Las Posas Country Club, Camarillo. Guest speaker Jane Rozanski, CEO Camarillo Health District. $20. Interested persons invited. RSVP (805) 484-0690. More...
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 Business
•Simi Valley Pontiac plays host to sleeping bag drive for homeless
DROP OFF- Bruce de la Cuadra, president of Simi Valley Pontiac-GMC-Buick, receives a donation from Samantha Harris, a senior at La Reina High School in Thousand Oaks who organized a program to collect sleeping bags for the homeless. Donated bags will be accepted at the local car dealersh... More...
•Mall rewards March shoppers with gift cards
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 Schools
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From home school to college
Thirty years ago, there were fewer than 20,000 students being home-schooled in the United States. The number is probably close to 2 million now. Some families choose homeschooling for religious reasons. Others think the mainstream educational system stifles the love of learning and believe... More...
•SCORE! hosts spelling bee in Simi
•Learning center earns accreditation
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 Sports
•Boys of summer have returned
The Marmonte League is stacked with quality baseball squads. Both Simi Valley and Royal have postseason aspirations, but winning the league title or even getting to the playoffs won't be an easy task. On the following two pages, Thomas Gase and Stephen Do
PLAY BALL!- Before the Marmonte League regular season begins on Wednesday afternoon, the Simi Valley and Royal baseball teams warmed up with a few preseason games. Clockwise from above, Royal's Bryan Berglund fires a pitch toward home plate. Simi Valley pitcher Jordan Flores kicks and deals. More...
•The Acorn's 2007 Marmonte Baseball Preview
•Agoura Chargers
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 Pets
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BEAUTIFUL 'BECCA- Despite her tough exterior, Rebecca is a very loving and sweet dog. She loves to be inside the house lying next to human friends, and she loves taking long walks. Rebecca is very well behaved inside the house and has basic obedience skills- she even knows how to shake paws.... More...
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 Police
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On Feb. 28 a 45-year-old female was arrested and charged with domestic violence in the 1700 block of N. Warfield Circle. A 29-year-old male was arrested Feb. More...
•Two-day sting results in the arrest of 33 unlicensed contractors
•Police program keeps a friend in every victim's corner
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 Faith
•Upcoming college production explores religious subject matter
Cast will feature several Simi residents
Moorpark College's Performing Arts Department announced recently that it had selected the cast for the upcoming performance of "JB" by Archibald MacLeish, to be performed March 23 through 31 at the Moorpark College Performing Arts Center as part of the Year of Science and Religion program. More...
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 Family
•Pinki to perform at arts center
Pinki the Clown presents another fractured fairy tale for young audiences in "Pinki's Playhouse: Cinderella and the Seven Dwarfs" at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, March 10 at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, 3050 E. Los Angeles Ave. More...
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•Youth Employment Service Job and Career Fair coming up
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 On The Town
•Celebrate women in history
The Simi Valley Branch of the American Association of University Women will celebrate Women in History from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 17 at Lost Canyons Golf Club, Simi Valley. Several new performers will represent notable historical women. A breakfast buffet will be available. More...
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•Learn how to sell your artwork
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 Letters
•Letter criticizing parents of dead teen was uncalled for
The judgmental letter of William J. Tewksbury was unnecessarily harsh, especially when he said he felt very little sympathy for the death of 17yearold Daniel Crane. I cringed when I read his words, and my heart ached for the further pain his parents must be feeling reading those uncar... More...
•Parents have suffered enough, don't deserve to be judged
•It was in poor taste to publish letter criticizing boy's family
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 Editorials
•Time has come to find a home for the Vikings
Saturday at Big Sky Park, the new $2.8 million home of Simi Valley Girls Softball, was a day not soon to be forgotten by the more than 400 young ladies and their families who braved the day's gale-force winds to be part of an Opening Day unlike any other in the association's long histo... More...
•Political Cartoon
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 Neighbors
•Second to none
Softball's biggest celeb makes surprise appearance for Opening Day at Big Sky Park
Rumors started swirling just about midweek, carrying word from one ecstatic parent to the next that a special guest was in store for Opening Day of the Simi Valley Girls Softball League. Rather than run the risk of disappointing more than 400 players, however, organizers kept mum on announci... More...
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 Real Estate
•Springtime Signals Home Improvement Season
With warmer weather just around the corner, Americans are dusting off their home improvement to-do lists and finding that a large number of projects fell through the cracks in 2006. More...
•Tricia Onsgard
•Great Starter Home
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