County superintendent addresses tough issues
By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.om
      Chuck Weis, Ventura County's superintendent of schools, talked budget, testing, drug use and declining enrollment with a group of administrators, teachers and local business members last week. The Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce's education committee invited W...
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Transit supervisor in the driver's seat
By Darleen Principe darleen@theacorn.com
      Whenever Joyce Smith got behind the wheel of a Simi Valley bus, riders would jokingly ask her if her feet reached the pedals. Often, she would just laugh and show that her 4-foot-10-inch frame covered enough ground . . . if she positioned the seat just right.
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Celebrate MLK Day at Second Missionary Baptist
Service starts at 11 a.m.
      The Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Gilmore, the first black sheriff elected in Greene County, Ala., will be the keynote speaker at Simi Valley Second Missionary Baptist Church's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21 at 1063 Pacific Ave., Simi Valley.
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