Local restaurants offer gluten-free options
By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com
      For the first time since he was diagnosed with celiac disease five years ago, 11-year-old Benjamin Brook can go out for pizza. The recently opened PizzaSalad, a Thousand Oaks restaurant, offers pizza that is safe for Benjamin to eat.
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Survival of the sensitive
      These days the world is a place of hard knocks. Very few of us are shielded from daily adversity. It can come in very subtle forms: A passing neighbor fails to wave at us or someone cuts in front of us in line. It can come with crashing and sudden impact: We lose a loved one, ...
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Hospital foundation has new director
      Susan Myers, director of Adventist Health/Homecare Services of Simi Valley Hospital, has been recently appointed as the executive director of the Simi Valley Hospital Foundation. Myers will remain in her home health role and will consolidate the foundation office into the area occupied by ...
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Council on Aging sponsors wellness expo at senior center
      The Simi Valley Council on Aging will host the Wellness and Information Expo from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wed., Sept. 10 at the Simi Valley Senior Center, 3900 Avenida Simi. The expo will present free health screening and resources to help seniors age actively and gracefully.
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