Local attorney John Scoles of Taylor, Scoles, and Bartels, was an honoree during a weekend filled with events in Corvallis, Oregon, when the 1962 Oregon State University (OSU) football team, coached by football legend Tommy Prothro, was inducted into the University’s Football Hall of Fame.

Scoles attended OSU on a football scholarship on the 1962 team, which was one of the most successful football teams in the history of the OSU program. The 1962 team posted a 9-2 record , including wins over archrival University of Oregon, 12th ranked Stanford,19th ranked West Virginia, Iowa State, Washington State, Idaho and Colorado State. The 1962 team, quarterbacked by Heisman winner Terry Baker, the first player to win the Heisman west of the state of Texas, won the Liberty Bowl contest in a defeat of Villanova in the Fourth Annual Liberty Bowl.

John had a chance to visit with many of his teammates, most of whom were just the tiniest bit disappointed not to be called upon to suit up for the game with Wisconsin which, even without the help of the 1962 team on Saturday, defeated Wisconsin 10-3.

Camarillo, CA - A powerful exhibit created by CSU Channel Islands (CI) students and faculty that presents the history and legacy of Mexican farmworkers known as “braceros” has found a fitting home. “The Braceros of Ventura County” will go on permanent display this fall at Piru’s Valle Naranjal, a new farmworker housing community built on an old bracero campsite.

Built by Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation, Valle Naranjal will provide state-of-the-art rental housing for 66 low-income farmworker families. The community brings new life to the historic site of the Piru Labor Camp, known as “El Campo,” which housed thousands of workers during the largest guest-worker program in U.S. history. From 1942-1964, the bracero program brought more than 4.5 million Mexican workers into the U.S. – more than 20 percent of them to Ventura County.

The CI exhibit documents their stories in posters, photos, replicas, artifacts and interactive displays. A multi-year project of CI Professor of Chicana/o Studies Dr. Jose Alamillo and his students, the exhibit has been revamped to reflect the history and setting of its new home in Piru.

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Ventura, CA - In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Community Memorial Health System is offering low-cost early breast cancer detection services to women who schedule a screening mammogram during October through the Breast Center at Community Memorial Hospital and Ojai Valley Community Hospital. The cost is $65.

In addition, our Healthy Women’s Program provides early breast cancer detection and surgical intervention for uninsured or underinsured women who qualify.

Early detection and awareness is key in the battle against breast cancer. To schedule a mammogram call Community Memorial Hospital at (805) 652-5093 or Ojai Valley Community Hospital at (805) 640-2250. Digital Mammography is available in Ventura.

Community Memorial Health System is a not-for-profit health system, which is comprised of Community Memorial Hospital, Ojai Valley Community Hospital, and eleven family-practice health centers entitled Centers for Family Health. The health system is located in Ventura County, California.

Bring a light pot luck dish and any celebratory items or contributions (i.e. songs, dances, instruments, etc.)

When: Fri, September 21, 6:30pm – 7:30pm GMT-07:00

Where: Fillmore's Health and Wellness Center

Looking forward to seeing you there! Valerie and Janine

Rancho Camulos Museum has been nominated to receive a grant from the Chase Community Giving program sponsored by Chase Bank. It takes just a few moments to cast your vote, and it could result in a substantial financial award for RCM. Here's how it works.

1. Copy this link in your browser:

http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charity/view/ein/77-037995...

2. The link will take you to the Chase Community Giving Facebook page.

3. Click on the Vote Now button (below the photo of the whale)

4. Type in Rancho Camulos Museum in the Search Charities box

5. Click Vote and follow the instructions.

5. Share the e-mail addresses of friends and family and ask them to vote for RCM.

6. Voting ends September 19th, so please act quickly!

Grant recipients will be determined by the non profits that receive the largest share of votes. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks for your participation.

Susan Falck
Manager, Rancho Camulos Museum

The Fillmore Ebell Club is welcoming the Fillmore Quartet to a new year of entertainment.

The Fillmore Quartet have been singing together for about 8 years. They are currently under the direction of Bob Dudley or Lin Thomas. Also in this foursome are Don Mosbarger and Bill Zelmer. Peggy Boblet accompanies them on the piano. They are well known in Fillmore and have performed at many churches, birthday parties, Bardsdale Memorial Ceremony and other functions. They will be performing secular, patriotic and Christian songs.

Our group meets at 12:30 for lunch catered by Rose Zelmer and following a short business meeting are entertained. If you would like to join in the festivities on September 25th at the Memorial Building please call Lavonne Deeter at 524-2090.

The Fillmore High School Sports Hall of Fame will have the Class of 2012 weekend on September 14th and 15th. On Friday the 14th at the Santa Paula vs. Fillmore 102nd Football game at Fillmore, the Hall of Famers past and present will be introduced before the game.

On Saturday the 15th the Hall of Fame Ceremony will be open to the public at no cost thanks to the donations and The Fillmore High School Sports Hall of Fame Golf Tournament. Fillmore High School will open the two gates on Central Ave at six p.m. so that the public my view the Hall of Fame and the gymnasium, where they my view all of the Fillmore High Schools League, C.I.F. Banners, plus the Fillmore High School Hall of Fame wall. The gates at the High School will close at 6:45 p.m.

The Hall of Fame Ceremony will be held at the Memorial Building at Central Ave. and 2nd Street at 7 p.m. The Fillmore High School Sports Hall of Fame Club Members will serve as guides to help the public out to find their way throughout the night.

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Fillmore citizens seeking a write-in nomination as a candidate for the Fillmore City Council, City Treasurer or City Clerk seats, may obtain and file nomination papers at City Hall Monday, September 10th until Tuesday, October 23rd at 4 p.m.

Write-In Nomination papers may be obtained in the City Clerk’s office in Fillmore City Hall between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and every other Friday. Nominees must obtain between 20 to 30 signatures of registered voters of the City to qualify to be on the ballot. Candidates must also be registered voters of the city and must be 18 years of age at the time they take office. There is no cost to pull nomination papers or to file.

Three seats on the City Council, one City Treasurer, and one City Clerk will be on the November 6 ballot. All seats have four-year terms.

Interested persons are urged to contact Interim Deputy City Clerk/Admin Asst Laura Seo at (805) 524-1500 ext 214, for further information or visit www.fillmoreca.com.

Ventura, CA - Community Memorial Health System holds regularly scheduled free “Stop Smoking” Tobacco Cessation classes in Ventura, Ojai and Oxnard.

The 8-session classes include sessions on how to handle smoking urges, how to handle stress and moods and how to handle slips. Sessions on weight and exercise, lifestyle balance and life without cigarettes also will be covered. Nicotine patches and products are provided free to program participants.

Choose a convenient location:
Tuesdays: 168 N. Brent St., 3rd Floor/Outpatient Radiology, Ventura, CA 93003
Wednesdays: 1306 Maricopa Hwy., Conference/Boardroom, Ojai, CA 93023
Thursdays Oxnard on 2361 E. Vineyard Ave., reception area, Oxnard, CA 93036

The sessions are co-sponsored by Ventura County Public Health and funded by the Ventura County Tobacco Settlement Program.

Class dates and times are subject to change without notice. Registration is required by calling the CMHS HealthAware office at 805/667-2818 or email healthaware@cmhshealth.org.

Community Memorial Health System is a not-for-profit health system, which is comprised of Community Memorial Hospital, Ojai Valley Community Hospital, and eleven family-practice health centers entitled Centers for Family Health. The health system is located in Ventura County, California.

The Max G Band provided the entertainment for the 1st Annual Businesses Against Cancer fundraising event benefitting the Relay for Life of Fillmore/Piru. The Fillmore Chamber of Commerce Team consisted of Susan Wilson/Mary Kay, Melanie Fiers/Nerium, Tracy Stewart/Scentsy and Max and Alma Gabaldon/Gabaldon Construction and Ari Larson/Cookie Lee Jewelry with Theresa Robledo/Diamond Realty also making a donation. The event was held at La Fondita Mexican Restaurant who also contributed part of the food sales to the cause. The Relay for Life Fillmore/Piru event will be held on Saturday, Sept. 15th at Shiells Park. If you are interested in joining a team or making a donation please contact Debbie Sanchez at 805.797.5282.

This is a courtesy reminder about the Simi Conejo Friends of NRA banquet this Saturday, September 15 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

If you wish to self-tour the museum, please plan on arriving between 3:30-4:00 pm. You may pick up your tour pass at the Friends of NRA table just outside the main lobby. The museum closes at 5:00 pm, at which time our event will begin in the Presidential Learning Center.

For more details and tickets:
https://www.friendsofnra.org/EventDetails.aspx?eid=8919&sid=5

Livingston Visiting Nurse Association will hold Diabetes Classes to introduce basic information regarding diet, medication, exercise, blood sugar monitoring, new developments and common problems. Open to the public and free of charge, the classes are held the first Tuesday of the month, 1:00 – 2:30 pm @Livingston VNA, 1996 Eastman Ave, #101, Ventura. No registration is necessary; for information call Linda Hampson, RN, MSN @ 805-642-0239, ext 723. Spanish Speaking Diabetes Classes are also being offered the second Monday of the month, 3 – 4:30 pm @ Livingston Memorial; and the fourth Monday of the month, 3 – 4:30 pm @ Santa Paula Hospital, 825 N. 10th St. Call 642-0239 for information.

The Bardsdale United Methodist Women will host their fall Courtyard Sale on Saturday, October 6, from 8 am until noon.

Shoppers will find great bargains on clothing, housewares, home furnishings, knick-knacks, holiday items, toys and more.

If you have any items you would like to donate, please call Marcia, 524-3674, or the church at 524-2070.

The church is located at 1498 Bardsdale Avenue.

10 year reunion at Elkins Ranch Golf Course. Date is Saturday, November 10th, 2012 from 7:00pm to 11:00pm. Time for socialization with classmates, catered dinner, cash bar, music, dancing, party favors, and 50/50 raffle. Cost is $45.00 per person to be paid via Paypal or mailed check. details on website. https://sites.google.com/site/fillmorehighschoolclassof2002/ or if you have questions, please email fillmorehs2002@gmail.com

Ventura County's first human case of acute West Nile Virus (WNV) was recently reported to officials of Ventura County Public Health’s Communicable Disease Program. (VCPH). According to Dr. Robert Levin, VCPH Public Health Officer, it was one of 8 reported cases in California last week and the first human case reported in Ventura County since the summer of 2007. To date in 2012, there have been 26 human cases reported in California.

A woman in her early 50’s suffered mosquito bites at her East Ventura County home. Approximately 1 week later she experienced flu-like symptoms and subsequently developed WNV neuroinvasive disease. She was hospitalized with meningitis which the California Department of Public Health has confirmed was caused by WNV. She has since been released from the hospital and continues to recover at home.

WNV is transmitted to humans and animals through mosquito bites. The mosquitos become infected by feeding on infected birds. The risk of serious illness to most people is low with less than 1 percent of those infected developing serious neurologic illnesses such as encephalitis or meningitis. Individuals 50 or older, or those with diabetes and/or hypertension have a higher chance of getting sick and are more likely to develop serious symptoms.

According to VCPH, the most effective way for individuals to prevent exposure to mosquito bites and WNV is to remember the “Three D’s”:

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Track access gate will be available to the public starting Tuesday, September 4th.

To get access to the track, you need to come to City Hall pay a $25 annual fee for the use of the track, fill out the required paperwork and sign out a scan card.

Available hours for public use of the track: Monday – Saturday: 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. & 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Sundays: 6:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

For more information please call Annette Cardona at 524-1500 X216.

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WELCOME FARM WATCH READERS!

Agricultural Crimes Detective Ray Dominguez had the following update from his activities and investigations around Ventura County:

Here we go again…we’ve got a big holiday weekend just around the corner! With the Labor Day Weekend upon us, I want to remind everyone to please secure your equipment, materials, and anything of value associated with your home, farm or ranch. With many of you and your employees taking the weekend off to enjoy the holiday, this will inevitably provide opportunities for crooks to put in a little “Labor” of their own. Remember to keep valuable items out of sight and out of their minds.

A review of the latest reports indicates we have suffered a variety of losses including an old ATV from a ranch on Balcom Canyon Rd., the theft of a “Hogzilla” top grinder from the Somis area, a substantial theft of fertilizer in the Oxnard Plains, and vehicle burglaries at a ranch in Somis.

I want to comment on two of the thefts listed above. First the fertilizer theft, a victim farm in the Oxnard Plains area suffered the loss of an estimated 11 pallets worth of fertilizer they had planned to use in their strawberry growing operation (Refer to the attached flyer for further details). With berry growers prepping for the next round of plantings I have already seen thefts of fertilizer and drip tape being reported.

What concerns me is that often times these thefts are substantial in size and costly because of large orders that disappear soon after they get delivered. I hate to sound like a broken record, but please DO NOT LEAVE FERTILIZER OR OTHER PLANTING MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT LEFT UNATTENDED IN FIELDS…THEY WILL GET STOLEN! I have discussed this in the past, but some folks are not heeding my warning and continue to suffer losses. At minimum, assign someone to stand guard overnight until you can get the product spread out in the fields. It’s a whole lot cheaper to pay for a security guard than to take a big hit with chemicals and fertilizers being stolen.

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