The Ventura County Handweavers and Spinners Guild, an all-volunteer organization dedicated to education and promotion of fiber arts, will celebrate its 40th anniversary with an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat., June 26 across from 156 Elm Drive, around the corner from the Camarillo Farmers Market at Elm Drive and Ventura Boulevard, Camarillo.

The free event will feature demonstrations of traditional fiber arts including weaving, spinning, fiber dyeing and basket weaving.

The guild was founded in 1970 by four women and has grown to include more than 70 men and women, including professional fiber artists, who are passionate about sharing and preserving the crafts.

Each year guild members demonstrate traditional and contemporary fiber art skills to historical, art and school groups across the region, including Cowboys, Heroes and Outlaws at the Olivas Adobe in Ventura, Pioneer Jamboree Days at the Stagecoach Inn in Newbury Park and the annual Sheep to Shawl at the Ventura County Fair.

In the Sheep to Shawl event, guild members start with freshly washed sheep’s fleece and process the wool, spin it into yarn and weave a shawl in a few hours.

The shawl is auctioned off to raise funds for the guild’s continuing education programs.

For more information, go to www.VenturaWeaveSpin.com.

Celebrate July 4 at Reagan Library

The Reagan Library will host its annual Fourth of July celebration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sun., July 4 at the library/museum, 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley.

The event will have patriotic music, family entertainment, square dancing, presidential look-alikes, face painting, storytelling and children’s games and crafts.

The Los Angeles Police Department Concert Band will perform a concert of patriotic music at 2 p.m.

All Fourth of July activities are free; however, regular admission rates apply for museum exhibits. Parking is free.

Visit www.reaganlibrary.com for more information.

Sign-up for Vball tournament

The 2010 California Lutheran University grass doubles volleyball tournament will take place on Saturdays, June 26, July 24 and Aug. 14 at the Moorpark College soccer fields.

Registration each day begins at 8:30 a.m., with play starting at 9 a.m.

The entry fee is $40 per team. Lunch will be provided for all participants.

The tourney is for men’s, women’s, coed and high school levels. Prizes will be awarded for first- and second-place teams in each division.

For more information, call (805) 493-3832 or e-mail kroesel@callutheran.edu.

Teach old dogs new tricks

The Canine Obedience Club of Ventura County will host a canine obedience practice match from 9 to 11 a.m. Sun., June 20 at the park behind the Oxnard Performing Arts Center, Ninth Street and Hobson Way in Oxnard.

All breeds and non-breeds are welcome. Judging and performance will take place from 9:30 a.m. to completion. Trees will provide shade.

The entry fee is $6 for the first dog.

For more information, call Patti Koger at (805) 985-3145.