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The Gipper to be honored with statue in D.C.
      The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation is working alongside congressional leaders to plan the June 3 unveiling of a statue of President Ronald Reagan in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
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Simi divvies out larger CDBG allocation than expected
      Local nonprofits walked away with more money than they expected after Monday's City Council meeting. That was because the city received a much larger than expected allocation in federal grant money to aid moderate- to lower-income individuals.
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Fire station approved for Big Sky
Construction wilmost likely begin in January 2010
      The 800home Big Sky residential community will soon have a fire station to call its own. At its meeting last Wednesday, the Simi Valley Planning Commission voted 40 to approve the construction of Fire Station No. 47 on the west side of Erringer Road, 180 feet south of Falcon Road.
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Simi K-9s have a taste for the bad guys
     IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers JUST A DEMONSTRATION—Simi Valley Police Department K-9 Officer Roy Walker, center right, pulls his partner "Zep" off of Officer Dan Fraetes, posing as a suspected criminal, during a K-9 demonstration in the Lost Canyons Golf Club parking lot during the Simi Valley Police Foundation's Chief's Luncheon last Wednesday. The annual event gives the public the opportunity to meet the chief in person and hear a discussion on the state of Simi crimefighting.
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Study revealing new facts about the Arroyo
Small quicksand pit discovered near waterway
      With California entering a third year of drought, state and local officials are hunting for sources that could reduce the state's dependence on imported water. In Ventura County, a local graduate student at Cal State Northridge is doing a search of her own.
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