Flying is not fun
      I used to love to fly. I used to be able to afford to fly. Today, flying is more expensive than ever. And there are more lines, there's more work, and there's more hassle. My family and I recently took a vacation to enjoy the snow in Colorado. We took a plane.
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Student's vocal concert will benefit senior center
Performance will begin tonight at 7 p.m.
      Michael Vannelli, a resident of Thousand Oaks and a senior at Santa Susana High School in Simi Valley, will sing in "The Best is Yet to Come," a vocal concert benefiting the Simi Valley Senior Center, at 7 p.m. tonight, Feb. 15 at the senior center, 3900 Avenida Simi.
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Simi woman on a mission to help widows heal
By Darleen Principe darleen@theacorn.com
      Michele Neff Hernandez has transformed her grief into a mission for healing. It's been more than two years since the 38-year-old Simi Valley resident lost her husband, Phillip, after a fatal bicycle accident on Long Canyon Road.
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Hear the stories of Honest Abe
      Several popular stories about Abraham Lincoln will be told by storyteller Jim Woodard during the Presidents' Day program Monday, Feb. 18 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 40 Presidential Drive in Simi Valley.
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