Get involved helping Simi's teens find work
      Applications are being accepted for positions on the Youth Employment Service Advisory Board, which promotes the hiring of local youth, assists youths in understanding employer expectations, and acts as an advisory body to the City Council on matters pertaining to youth employment.
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New blog dedicated to issue of underage drinking
      Straight Up Ventura County has debuted a new blog that features writing by and for youths and parents on the subject of underage and binge drinking and impaired driving. The blog contains stories and statements from teens who know of other youths affected by drinking, and also tips for adults wanting more information about underage and binge drinking.
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Weekend at Underwood Farms dedicated to the Old West
      Underwood Family Farms presents the fifth annual Wild West Weekend on Sat. and Sun., Oct. 4 and 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 3370 Sunset Valley Road, Moorpark. The weekend will be filled with Wild West entertainment such as stunt ropers, gun fighters, cowboy poets, medicine men and fiddlers.
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Fun and games at family picnic
      FIGHTING FAIR— Above, Ventura residents Robert Reyes, 6, left, and Jordan Buckley, 4, battle it out in an inflatable wrestling/jousting game at the United Parents Old Fashioned Family Picnic in Moorpark last Sunday. United Parents is a nonprofit group providing support to parents of emotionally and behaviorally disabled children.
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