New lease on life
Forced to reconsider plans to join the Navy, victim of shooting at tire shop remains optimistic
By Carissa Marsh Special to the Acorn
      Less than a mile from where the Tire Pros shooting took place last month, Albert Ramirez sits in a wheelchair mingling with friends and family outside Simi Valley's Skatelab. It's a sunny Saturday and the 20-year-old Moorpark resident is anxiously anticipating the start of the concert th...
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Medical group holding Vegas-style fundraiser
      Dr. Richard Merkin, the Regal Medical Group and the Regal Charitable Foundation will present the inaugural Viva Las Vegas Charity Dinner at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Friday, Nov. 30.
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Veterans Day 2007
     Photos by IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers FOR THE VETS- At Sunday's Veterans Day ceremony at Rancho Tapo Community Park, park district board members Elaine Freeman and Kate O'Brien, left, present a plaque to Adrian, at lectern, and Ann Murphy in appreciation of Murphy family's support for Veterans Pl...
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Bus trips take woman from Pacific to Atlantic
By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com
      Fern Darling, a Simi Valley resident of more than 45 years, began traveling later in life, after raising her five children. In the last six months alone, Darling has cruised through the passages of Alaska, taken a bus tour of San Francisco and admired the color-changing leaves on t...
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Rotary kicks off season of giving
By Angela Randazzo Special to the Acorn
      Turkey Ray, as he's known to his fellow Rotarians this time of year, is beginning to fluff out his feathers. It's almost Thanksgiving again and local businessman Ray Meyerson has started preparations for the Rotary Club of Simi Sunrise's annual all-the-fixings feast, a tradition that sp...
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