Soroptimist International of Fillmore will celebrate the International Day of Peace on September 20th at 1:00 in the City Park in front of City Hall with a ceremony at the location of the prospective Peace Pole site at the City Park in from of City Hall. All are invited to participate in this important day. The International Day of Peace began in 1982 through a United Nations proclamation “devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations”. It was expanded in 2001 to a call for a day of global cease fire and nonviolence.

They began to honor the International Day of Peace in 2008 with a celebration and a temporary pole. Fillmore City Council approved the installation of a permanent Peace Pole to be installed in City Park at their last meeting. This year the pole will be the same temporary pole that has been used in the past. Participants will be invited to affix the word PEACE in various languages to the pole. Rev. Julie Morris, priest of Fillmore Trinity Episcopal Church will give the opening prayer followed by a short ceremony led by Sarah Hansen.

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On September 5th, at approximately 7 p.m. our cat Duma was stolen from the front of our house in Moorpark. We live in the shanadoah community in Moorpark Ca, this is a upscale and gated neighborhood. On 9/11/2009 we received a phone call from a gentlemen by the name of Alex, a station manager of the USA Gas station in Fillmore, its located on the corner of A Street and Ventura HWY 126. Alex informed us that he found our cats tag in his flower pot out front of his gas station, not only is this cat loved by my family and in my eyes a loss my young children will never get over! this is an extremely unique cat that has been cross bread with Bengal cats to produce what is to be considered the most beautiful domestic! Duma has some distinct markings such as a scar on her stomach from a surgery, Also we took it upon ourselves to insert a chip to monitor her if such a problem were to arise! That chip number is 49192B7B74

I have three little girls and they are absolutely heart broken, Not to mention my wife and I feel like a family member has been stolen.

REWARD
For return of our family cat DUMA. Duma disappeared from out front yard in Moorpark. Duma’s tags were found in a flower pot at USA Gas in Fillmore. My three little girls are heartbroken. If you have any information about our family pet please call the Fillmore Gazette at 524-2481 and they will put you in touch with me. Glen Granat

The City of Fillmore’s next HHW collection is Oct. 3, 2009 – to allow residents and small business owners to drop off materials that are not accepted in either your trash or recycling bins for safe disposal, free of charge.
The Household Hazardous Waste Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Residents and small business owners can bring their HHW to Fillmore’s Public Works Department yard at the corner of A Street and Sespe Place.
The Collection will accept: Latex (water-based) and oil-base paints; computers and electronics; pool and photo chemicals; cleaning solvents; pesticides and insecticides; fertilizers; automobile batteries; used motor oil and filters; single-use and rechargeable batteries; and fluorescent light bulbs.
The Collection will not accept: fireworks, smoke detectors, radioactive and medical waste; explosive materials; compressed gas cylinders; tires; or trash.
Appointments are necessary. Call 658-4323. For more information, call 805 524-3701.

Residents encouraged to recycle appliances, refrigerators, electronics, tires, wood trash and recyclables
Got too much junk around the house or office?
If so, the next Fillmore “City-Wide Clean Up Day” is Sept. 26, 2009.
City residents and small-business owners are encouraged to bring their unwanted clutter to well #4 located at 728 Goodenough Road, across the street from Ameron Pole Products Saturday, September 26th, between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Trash, recyclables, furniture, appliances, old tires, refrigerators, computers, television sets, stereos and cathode ray tubes are among the materials that will be accepted, free of charge.
Note that oil, gasoline, diesel fuel and household hazardous waste such as cleaning solvents, pesticides, fertilizers, batteries and paint will not be accepted during the “City-Wide Clean Up Days.” However, Ventura County’s Pollution Prevention Center (5777 N. Ventura Ave., Ventura) is available for Fillmore residents and small business owners to dispose of toxic materials, also free of charge. Appointments are required. Call 658-4323.
For more information on the “City-Wide Clean Up Days,” call 524-3701.

Performances by more than 30 actors and dancers from the world famous Hemet Ramona Outdoor Play will highlight the second annual “Ramona Days” - October 4, 10AM-4PM at Rancho Camulos Museum National Historic Landmark, Piru, CA.

Helen Hunt Jackson’s 1884 classic California novel, Ramona, will come to life at the “Home of Ramona” as we celebrate all things Ramona.

In addition to seeing vignettes from the play, visitors can watch the 1910 Mary Pickford movie filmed on location at Camulos, view unique memorabilia and historic displays, experience living history and attend presentations by Ramona experts such as “Ramona Memories “ author Dydia DeLyser, Ramona pageant historian Phil Brigandi, and film maker Hugh Munro Neely.

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Ventura, CA - The Community Memorial Healthcare Foundation is holding its 37th annual Benefactors’ Ball on Saturday, Oct. 3, with proceeds going toward the building of the new Community Memorial Hospital.

The event at the Embassy Suites Hotel Mandalay Beach Resort in Oxnard begins at 6 p.m. with cocktails and fine wine, followed by a dinner featuring gourmet cuisine.

The Benefactors’ Ball represents an opportunity for residents to support community-based healthcare. Every year hospital and community leaders from all over Ventura County gather for a night of dining, live music and dancing.

The Embassy Suites Hotel Mandalay Beach Resort is located at 2101 Mandalay Beach Road.

Various levels of sponsorship are available for this event, or tickets may be bought individually, or by table of eight. For more information visit www.benefactorsball.org, or call 805/667-2881.

Eight artists living in Fillmore met to discuss the formation of the Artists Guild of Fillmore with the purpose of promoting fine art produced by local artists. A series of meetings were scheduled to define ways and means to clarify goals. A prime concern is where to show the art and another is to create in people an interest for collecting work by local artists.

Those attending were Judy Dressler (oil painting), Lady Jan Faulkner (multi-media), Lois Freeman-Fox (mixed media), Lynn Hauge (oil and pastel), Joanne King (watercolor), Wana Klasen, (watercolor and mixed media) Virginia Neuman (acrylic and watercolor) and Luanne Perez (watercolor).

The theme of the upcoming Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley Annual Dinner/Auction says it all. Greatness begins with the community, its families and is nurtured at the Boys & Girls Club.

The Club’s Annual Dinner/Auction, scheduled for Saturday, September 26th, is their largest fund raiser of the year, with this year’s goal of $75,000. All of the funds earned at the Dinner/Auction will stay in the local communities the Club serves Santa Paula, Fillmore and Rancho Sespe.

Historically, the event has featured food, wine and travel gift certificates that take local bidders to entertainment spots around the state, from weeklong stays at Lake Tahoe to weekend jaunts to Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. This year will be no different, generous donors have given the Club one week beachfront stays in Ventura County, a return to Lake Tahoe and a weeklong stay in a private home in Palm Desert. Restaurant gift certificates include Jonathan’s at Peirano’s in Ventura and many more from local restaurateurs.

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Sponsored by: Parents of Murdered Children, Inc. Ventura County Chapter

Master of Ceremony’s – City of Oxnard, Asst. Chief Scott Whitney

Oxnard, CA – The 3rd annual National Day of Remembrance for Murdered Victims in Ventura County will be on September 25, 2009, at Plaza Park - Oxnard. On this day we as a community will join together to honor the memories of murdered victims and recognize the impact of homicide on surviving family members and friends.

To address our guests and bring awareness and prevention against violence POMC is honored with our guest speaker Denise Brown sister of, Nicole Brown Simpson who was murdered on June 12, 1994. Since early 1995 Denise Brown has traveled to various states speaking on the epidemic of domestic violence. She has addressed university student bodies, men in prison and in batterers' treatment programs, women at risk, church groups and various educational and legislative forums. Ms. Brown has helped raise funds for local shelters all across the country with her appearances, and has assisted in the success of a major project called the Vine System. This Program is an automated victim notification service of the release of batterers from jail or prison.

If your loved one was killed in an act of violence, because of a drunk driver or killed while serving in the military, please join us on eventful and heartwarming day. Ms. Brown will be available CONTINUED »

Conway Spitler

Interesting to talk with friends about their animals. What they feed them. What are the costs! Who is your vet! Who takes the responsibility of caring for this animal? The adults usually turn these responsibilities to their children. But not the costs of having that animal.

Almost everyone enjoys having an animal within their household. And they have great respect for them.

With having an animal comes responsibility--which every animal lover knows and respects and usually passes on their children. The parentsusually turn these responsibilities over to their children. But from time to time we have the difficult situation where a dog, for example, will bark and bark in the very early hours of the morning.
And the barking keeps much of the area under tension. Not to mention the lack of sleep.

Who is going to speak to the barking dog? No one should have to speak to the barking dog but to the owner! The responsibility rests with the parents to see the animal does not disturb the neighborhood with problems of the animal--such as barking in the early hours disturbing the neighborhood.

The Fillmore Ebell Club will be entertained this month by three members of the Celtic Spring fiddle and dance band, at the Veterans Memorial building on September 22, 2009.

Celtic Spring. A burst of energy. Driving music. Riveting dancing. Youthful exuberance. Unparalleled talent all in one family.

Celtic Spring is six siblings who play the fiddle and step-dance, backed by their mom on the keyboard and their dad on percussion.

Celtic Spring's music hails from Ireland, Scotland, and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. While firmly grounded in the traditions of their ancestors, Celtic Spring's style is all its own.

The six Wood family siblings have spent their lives on stage, bringing their unforgettable performance to live and TV audiences in the millions. They each began learning the fiddle and Irish step dancing at the age of four years old; they hardly remember when they did not play the CONTINUED »

Vision 2020 Civic Pride Committee has awarded the September, “Yard of the Month” award to Gilbert and Peggy Medina at 145 Lora Lane.

The selection is based on visual beauty and a well-kept appearance. The award letter states,” Your efforts to maintain an attractive, welcoming environment in the neighborhood deserve to be rewarded and encouraged…”
Gilbert, the main family gardening enthusiast, has taken the yard from bare dirt in 1962, when they purchased their home, to a yard that is ablaze with colorful annuals like zinnias, focused around a core of geraniums, columbine, coreopsis and roses. Through the years, Gilbert added brick planters and walkways and the Medina’s grandson added to the yard’s charm with his painted signs.

Otto & Sons Nursery generously donate a $25 gift certificate to each award recipient. Enjoy looking at this colorful yard and then join Civic Pride members in making October’s selection!

The Civic Pride Committee meets every third Wednesday of the month at 1:30pm in City Hall and welcomes all to attend and get involved in community improvement projects.

Time is drawing near for the Fillmore Lions Club’s Annual Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 5, 2009. The parade will begin on Central Avenue at Second Street at 1:00 PM and proceed south on Central Avenue to the end of the parade route at Santa Clara Street. The Parade route will be posted “No Parking” from 11:00 am. to approximately 3:00 pm. on the day of the Parade, on Central Avenue from Second Street to Santa Clara. Cooperation from residents is needed to keep vehicles off of the Parade route during that time for the safety of Parade participants and spectators.

According to Fillmore Lions Parade Chairman Dick Diaz, Santa Claus will be in Fillmore in time to ride in the Parade. With Santa Claus in the Parade will be many local children and civic groups ushering in the holiday season. It is still early and there is still plenty of time to become a participant in the Fillmore Lions Club Christmas Parade.

The Christmas Parade is open to first time entrants, long time entrants, individuals, businesses, civic organizations, school bands, church groups and just about any group or person who wants to celebrate the season with a “themed entry”. To be a part of the Christmas CONTINUED »

American Red Cross Lifeguarding course is being offered by the City of Fillmore on September 25-27 and October 2-4. Hours are Fridays 5:30-8:30 PM and Saturdays & Sundays 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. You must be a least 15 years of age to take the course. All participants must pass a prequalifying swim on the first day of class. Cost is $150.00. Class size is limited to 10 people. Once you pass the course you will receive a Red Cross certification in Lifeguarding, First Aid and CPR for the Professional Rescuer. You must sign up at City Hall. For more information go to City Hall or the Fillmore Aquatic Center. Last day to sign up is Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009

Registration Still Open – Sign up at City Hall on Central Ave.
(If you missed the first workshop class, there’s still time to register)
Fillmore’s Parks & Recreation is now conducting the next series of our acting classes teaching all elements of stage acting for television, feature films and commercials. Instructor for this class is Steve Burhoe, Hollywood Acting Coach.

Fillmore is fortunate to have such a talented professional whose experience encompasses more than 30 years of television and movies. Steve has dedicated the last 10 years teaching children and adults all aspects of entertainment. As this is our third workshop series, kids will continue to be trained in improv exercises with scene study and script memorization as well as how to get into commercials and how to find an agent.

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