Join Simi Valley Young Professionals Network on Thursday, August 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Limon Latin Grill, 1555 Simi Valley Town Center Way, No. 695. The Simi Valley Young Professionals Network gives business people ages 21 to 39 a forum for networking, professional development and community involvement. For more information, contact Maddie Perry at the Chamber at 805-526-3900. […]
2012-07-27
Group offers networking, professional development, community involvement
Young Professionals NetworkRobotics camp gets kids’ imaginations churning
Space available in August sessionsRobotics & Things of Simi Valley has space available at the ninth annual summer hands-on Robotics Camp/Workshop for the two sessions that meet the weeks of Aug. 6 and 13 at Sumac Elementary School, 6050 N. Calmfield Ave., Agoura Hills. Both camps run Monday, Wednesday and Friday. At the camp, children will create and design robots, robotic arms, robotic vehicles […]
Simi-based collegians earn high marks
•Chelsea Scott of Simi Valley has graduated from Loyola Marymount University, joining more than 1,300 classmates in the 2012 centennial graduating class. Scott earned a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in liberal studies. Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles is a Jesuit Catholic university for undergraduates on the West Coast. •Kevin Kieselbach of Simi Valley was named to the […]
Simi man aiming to take college district seat
Incumbent from Moorpark wants to keep his chair on boardA Simi Valley small-business man is hoping to bump a Moorpark incumbent from his seat on the community college district board. Simi resident Ash Givargis pulled nomination papers on July 16 to run for the trustee seat representing Area 4 on the Ventura County Community College District’s governing board. Givargis, an information technology professional who’s been employed with the state […]
Tavern harkens back to merry olde England
RESTAURANT REVIEW The Mermaid TavernThe Mermaid Tavern, before it burned down in the 1666 Great Fire of London, was a popular meeting place for some of Elizabethan England’s top literary figures. Among its visitors: Sir Walter Raleigh, Ben Jonson, John Donne and William Shakespeare. John Keats even wrote a poem about the famous watering hole where intellectuals used to meet on the first Friday […]
Take a trip this summer with Fillmore & Western Railway
The Fillmore & Western Railway offers a variety of train rides in August. All rides depart from and return to the station in Fillmore. Most trips require advance reservations. All trips run rain or shine. For more information or reservations, call (805) 524-2546 or go to www.fwry.com. Weekend Scenic Excursion Train Rides on Aug. 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, […]
The Movie Nut
Along with thrilling audiences, drawing acclaim from critics and reaping record-breaking box office receipts, the fantasy “The Dark Knight Rises” will forever be linked to an unfathomable real-life tragedy—the massacre that took place on its opening night in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater. Yet one of the themes of the movie is: Rise up against the darkness; do not let […]
Concert will benefit Krochet Kids
Heidi Yost Voice Studio and Iced Pita Music Lessons will present a benefit concert for Krochet Kids international at 7 p.m. Wed., Aug. 8 at Stonebridge Community Church, 4832 Cochran St., Simi Valley. Broadway tunes, jazz, country and pop music will be presented by Justin Ramos on keyboard along with current and former students of Heidi Yost. Admission is $5 […]
Briefs
Park district hosts weekly dance Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District hosts a weekly English Country Dance each Tuesday from 7:45 to 9:15 p.m. at the Rancho Santa Susana Community Center, 5005-C Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley. This is social dancing in the style of Jane Austen’s Regency England. No partner is necessary and no experience is required; all dances […]