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Last Saturday night, Aaron Largen, ‘10, put a little fright into the School Farm! Aaron transformed the work barn into a Haunted House, complete with fog, strobe lights, music and terrifying clowns. Last year, Aaron made his first Haunted House which was held in a small, cramped tack room at the farm. Throughout the year, he has been collecting scary props to go along with his clever ideas to make this year’s Haunted House bigger and better. With the help from FFA members and parents, he has been working diligently since October 12th to complete this hair raising, toes curling, stomach churning experience. I asked Aaron if he had a particular interest in Halloween and what prompted him to create a Haunted House. He laughed and said he loves the holiday and wanted to share his enthusiasm for Halloween with others. Aaron explained to me that the crazy clown room would be the scariest part of the house. But after taking a tour, I have to disagree and say Creepy Cathy’s room made me scream the loudest. Aaron would like to thank FFA members, Robbie Armstrong, ’11, Sam Wokal, ’11, Tim Burhoe, ’11, Riley Wright, ’11, Mandy Wheeler, ’10, parents Kim Suttle and Mr. and Mrs. Largen, Mr. Ricards and Wayne for their help. Thank you Aaron for showing another great example of FFA leadership and creativity in action.

Brooke Aguirre is the Fillmore FFA Chapter Reporter

The Fillmore Historical Museum will be holding their 4th Annual poinsettia sale. There are several ways to order: call your order in 524-0948 or email us at fillmore.museum@sbcglobal.net, or mail your order to P.O. Box 314 Fillmore 93016. The large red poinsettia are only $10. orders may be picked up on Satruday, December 4, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Attractions Spa, 345 Central Ave. Unit B (behind Central Station Bar & Grill) will be hosting their first Chamber Mixer, Wednesday, November 10th from 5pm to 7pm. Come enjoy coffee, tea and treats provided by Bella’s Teas & Treats. Attraction Spa, 524-7722.

Boys and Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley Board Members and Event Co-Chairs, Patty Harrison, Police Chief Steve MacKinnon, Mike Mobley and Tammy Hobson are thrilled to announce the Annual Dinner/Auction and New Year’s Eve Celebration scheduled for Friday, December 31, 2010! That’s right, New Year’s Eve is the date for the Club’s annual Dinner/Auction, which is being combined this year with a New Year’s Eve Celebration! The Club has long been known as a fun place for kids and now it is going to prove that it can be the host of fun for adults as well! In addition to the normal charity auction/dinner activities, the event will feature a casino lounge, champagne toast at midnight, a chance to toss out all those ‘bad vibe’ items you’d like to leave behind you in 2010, The “Bottle Bash,” as well as the opportunity to spend this most auspicious evening with your closest friends in the community. There is another fun aspect to this event, and that is that we are not telling the location of the event until just before the holidays. It is up to you to try to guess the location from the clues we will release throughout the next two months through press releases and on our website, www.bgcscv.org. So keep your ears open and your eyes peeled ‘cause here comes clue #1 – “The site is in Santa Paula, and can seat 300 people.” think you know where it is? You can call the Club at 805-525-7910 to register your guess, and then keep reading to see if you’re right!

Save the Date cards will be in the mail next week, just to be sure you don’t forget to make your reservation for this not-to-be-missed event! Invitations will be mailed mid-November. Sponsorship opportunities for this event are still available, and item donations are being solicited at this time. The Boys & Girls Club encourages you to add this event to your holiday calendar!

SANTA CLARA VALLEY HOSPICE
HOME SUPPORT GROUP INC.

These names were received before October 20, 2010 A light will be shining on the Hospice “Light Up A Life” Tree at the Fillmore Plaza, 251 Central Avenue, Fillmore, CA. Join us for the Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 5:00 PM

These names were received before October 20 to 27, 2010

IN MEMORY OF:
Claude Lee
Mary Lee
Diana Dudley
Clarence Henderson, Jr.
Larry Henderson
Dwayne Mackey
Gene Wren
Claudell Wren
Jessie Johnston
Frank Erstine
Ray Wallace
Tommy Wallace-Whiteley
Lark Whiteley
Jim Horn

This week we've been told that the 100th game between Fillmore High and Santa Paula high has been sold out. Just to be sure, you may want to call the High School yourself to confirm. 805-524-6100. One thing that is not sold out yet is the DVD Documentary, "Nine Miles" produced by the Alumni Association. Although Pre-orders are going swiftly. Before they sell out at the game, you may want to call the the Alumni Assoc to guarantee your DVD. 805-524-0416. By calling now, you can confirm your DVD, and pay for it when you pick it up either at the big game, or starting on Monday Nov, 15th with extended hours at the Alumni office. The office will be open from 9:00AM to 6:00pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, November 15th, 17th, and 19th, so you can pick up your DVDs. Make a note, the office will be closed for lunch from 12:00 noon to 1:00pm on those days. Tuesdays and Thursdays the office is closed. There is much excitement surrounding the Football game on November 12th. Time Warner Cable will be taping highlights of the game, and producing a story about this historic rivalry. It will be aired on their "High School Sports Rewind" show on Tuesday, November 16th at 7:00pm on their Time Warner Cable SoCal Channel 101. The show will also be available on their Local Video on Demand service. To find their sports programming just go to Ch. 1, Select LOCAL, SoCal Sports, then HS Sports Rewind. On November 13th, the first Hall of Fame Induction ceremony will take place at the High School. Coaches, Athletes, and Championship teams will be inducted. Here are a few of the inductees. Coaches, Mr. J.W. Gastrich who was the principal at Fillmore High and started the Sports program in 1914. Eugene Kennedy, Bruce Dempsey, and Epi Torres. Some of the Teams that will be inducted include the 1926 Boys Basketball Team, the 1935 Boys Football Team, The 1977 Boys Football Team, and the 1991 Girls Cross Country Team. There will be 82 Athletes inducted in this first Hall of Fame induction. Here are a few of them. 1933 Toolie Palmer, 1938 Vernon (Slim) Johnson, 1942 Bill Pearson, 1944 Gene Wren, 1949 Don Burroughs, 1955 Roger Palmer, 1961 Bruce Gibby, 1967 Jim Ruiz, 1972 Joel Mozley, 1977 Rosa Aparicio, 1985 Greg Baldwin, 1991 Tory Cabral, 1996 Julie Arundell. The Alumni Association wishes to thank all those involved in making this evening one to remember for all the inductees. "All Hail to our Alma Mater, May her fame live long"

The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley is pleased to announce it will be providing transportation to its Fillmore Club Site. The Club has purchased a 15 passenger van that will pick up interested young people in front of the U Scream Ice Cream location at the corner of Main and Center streets in Piru, and the bus stop at the Rancho Sespe Apartments.

The Club offers nationally award winning programs to children from the ages of 5 to 18 years in the after-school hours from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The new Boys & Girls Club bus will pick up members daily at 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm at the U Scream Ice Cream in Piru and then at the Rancho Sespe bus stop immediately following the Piru pickups. Members will be returned to the Rancho Sespe bus stop and the individual member’s homes in Piru. Club members pay a $25 annual fee to attend the Club, and no child is turned away for their inability to pay the membership fee.

This transportation program is funded through a grant from the County of Ventura, will provide supervised transportation to and from the communities of Piru and Rancho Sespe to the Fillmore Clubhouse at 565 First Street in Fillmore.

It costs the Club $560 per child annually to provide services for its members. The obvious gap between cost of services and membership is bridged by generous donations from local businesses, private donors and local and national grants. Donors interested in providing financial assistance to the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley are encouraged to contact the Club at 805-525-7910. All donations, regardless of amount, are gratefully appreciated.

As of October 27th, my dog went missing. He's a blue pitbull and answers to PAPAS. He has white markings to his chin, right side under chin, chest, and tips of paws are also white. He's 6 months old and weighs between 40-60 lbs and has not been neutered. If anyone has him or knows who has him PLEASE contact me. He's very loved and missed by my children. Please have a heart and return him. Please call Christine at 805-861-8705. Thank you.

Cheryl L. Knight, Senior Vice President/Chief Credit Officer, Santa Clara Valley Bank.

Santa Paula, CA. - October 27, 2010- Santa Clara Valley Bank (SCVBank; OTC BB: SCVE.OB) today announced that Cheryl L. Knight has been hired as the Bank’s Senior Vice President/Chief Credit Officer. Ms. Knight has previously held the titles of Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at Montecito Bank and Trust, as well as EVP/Chief Risk Officer for First California Bank. She has held several other management positions at other financial institutions including Union Bank and Wells Fargo. Cheryl was also employed by Deloitte & Touche as a financial management consultant.

As a senior officer of Montecito Bank and Trust, Ms. Knight led the $750 million bank to perform at a high level, achieving the rating of Super Premier Performing Bank by Findley Reports.

Ms. Knight is a member of the board of directors of California Community Reinvestment Corporation, a non-profit whose mission is to provide innovative and flexible financing to low and moderate income families in California. She currently serves as Chair of the Board.

Cheryl has been a resident of Ventura for over 12 years.

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The Ventura Country Rose Society will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, at the Ventura County Office of Education Conference Center at 5100 Adolfo Rd., Camarillo.

The doors will open at 6:30 pm for advice from Consulting Rosarians and refreshments, 7:00 for our Rose Celebration, and our speaker presentation will begin at 7:30 p.m.

The Ventura Rose Society meeting will feature Clair Martin, the Curator of the Huntington Rose Garden in Pasadena speaking and showing pictures of "British Rose Gardens" from his tour of England this summer. Clair Martin is a foremost expert on roses and an excellent speaker. His talk should be a fascinating rose journey through English gardens.

Visitors are always welcome. For more information contact: Janet Sklar at 818-993-6622 or Dawn-Marie Johnson at 805-523-9003

Santa Clara Valley Disposal will maintain its regular Friday trash and recyclables collection schedule in Fillmore on Nov. 12, during the week of Veterans’ Day.

For more information, call 647-1414.

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For the fifth year, KSSP Photographic Studios will be offering a FREE Halloween photography for children, in costume, 12 years & younger on Halloween, Sunday October 31st. A free 4”x6” print will be printed (limit 1 free print per family or group) and available for pick-up on Halloween. As part of this tradition, each child's picture will be entered in the Child's Creative Costume Contest.

As in past years, no appointment is necessary and no purchase is necessary. The studio will be open from 3pm to 8pm to photograph individuals or groups, in costume. Children 12 and under will be photographed for free. For those over 12 years old , there will be a small charge.

As part of the Child's Creative Costume Contest, each child's costume will be judged by an independent committee. The child with the best costume will win a free family portrait session and an 11”x14” family portrait.

Principal photographers at KSSP are Carmelita Miranda and Charles Morris. KSSP is a full service photography studio specializing in portrait, wedding and quinceanera photography (and video). KSSP Photographic Studios is the school photographer for Fillmore High School. For further information, please contact KSSP Photographic Studios at 524-6400 or visit http://ksspphotostudios.com.

Alexus Galassi-Duncan, Brooke Aguirre and Candace Stines at the National FFA Convention.
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Infinite Potential. This was the theme for the 2010 National FFA Convention held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Alexus Galassi-Duncan, Candace Stines and myself, along with parents Kathleen Aguirre, Alishia Duncan and Advisor Mr. Joe Ricards set off early Wednesday morning to Indiana.

The National FFA Convention is held each year in October. While at the convention, FFA members from across the country participate in competitive events, educational tours, a career show, leadership workshops and listen to motivational speakers.

The opening session at the convention started with the National FFA President Levy Randolph challenging us to strive to reach our Infinite Potential.

He talked about how we have the choice to develop our potential or not. And that he hoped that by the time we left the convention we had learned new ways to do just that. Next, Dr. Case, the National FFA Advisor, encouraged us to "do what you love and love what you do." Dr. Case will be retiring this January after 26 years of service to the National FFA. We were then entertained by the talented FFA Band and Choir.

The keynote speaker for the opening session was Josh Shipp. Although his comic personality had us laughing at times, he touched on topics like facing diversity and seeing problems as opportunities. He asked us not to "be average" and pointed out to us that "you don't have to be perfect to make a difference, just willing to make a difference." We left the session energized and excited about the rest of the convention.

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Will meet at the Glen Tavern, Santa Paula, at noon for a regular meeting on Nov. 6th.

After a brief opening, lunch will be enjoyed off the Enzo's menu. Regent Martha Binsley will present a program on the "History of the DAR".

Guests and prospective members are always welcome. Please contact Ms. Binsley at 525-4038 for lunch reservation, by Thursday Nov. 3rd.

For more information about the DAR organization can be seen at WWW.dar.org

Monday, October 25, 2010, Santa Paula, CA) Boys and Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley Board Members and Event Co-Chairs, Patty Harrison, Police Chief Steve MacKinnon, Mike Mobley and Tammy Hobson are thrilled to announce the Annual Dinner/Auction and New Year’s Eve Celebration scheduled for Friday, December 31, 2010! That’s right, New Year’s Eve is the date for the Club’s annual Dinner/Auction, which is being combined this year with a New Year’s Eve Celebration! The Club has long been known as a fun place for kids and now it is going to prove that it can be the host of fun for adults as well! In addition to the normal charity auction/dinner activities, the event will feature a casino lounge, champagne toast at midnight, a chance to toss out all those ‘bad vibe’ items you’d like to leave behind you in 2010, The “Bottle Bash,” as well as the opportunity to spend this most auspicious evening with your closest friends in the community. There is another fun aspect to this event, and that is that we are not telling the location of the event until just before the holidays. It is up to you to try to guess the location from the clues we will release throughout the next two months through press releases and on our website, www.bgcscv.org. So keep your ears open and your eyes peeled ‘cause here comes clue #1 – “The site is in Santa Paula, and can seat 300 people.” think you know where it is? You can call the Club at 805-525-7910 to register your guess, and then keep reading to see if you’re right!

Save the Date cards will be in the mail next week, just to be sure you don’t forget to make your reservation for this not-to-be-missed event! Invitations will be mailed mid-November. Sponsorship opportunities for this event are still available, and item donations are being solicited at this time. The Boys & Girls Club encourages you to add this event to your holiday calendar!