Playoffs begin at home this Tuesday March 8th, 5:30pm at Fillmore High Football Field vs Sun Valley High

On Saturday March 5th, Flashes Soccer defeated Saddleback Valley Christian 5-1 to become CIF Champions. Measuring one of the largest crowds attending the all-day finals tournament, approximately 1,000 Fillmore Soccer fans made the trip to Warren High School in Downey California for the 9:30am match start and witnessed their Flashes become CIF Southern Section Division 7 Champions and improve their season record to 20-3-3.

Upon returning home to Fillmore after the match, the team was met by the Fillmore Fire Department, loaded on top of one of the department’s largest vehicles, and given a parade through Fillmore.

This Tuesday March 8th, 4pm at the Fillmore High Football Field, Flashes soccer takes on Sun Valley High in the first round of the 2016 Southern California Regional Division 5 Championships. The Fillmore High Alumni Association will hold a fundraiser at the game by accepting donations in exchange for Flashes gear including hats, t-shirts, hoodies, scarfs, beanies and coffee mugs. More information about the Alumni Association available at www.fillmorehighalumni.com

Officials are expecting a capacity crowd at Flashes Field. Tickets available game day only at Flashes Field (Fillmore High Football Field) Box Office. Ticket booth and gate open at 4pm. General Admission $9.00, Children (5 years and up)/Students (ASB card)/Seniors $5.00. For more information contact Fillmore High School at (805) 524-6100. [Editorial note: Go Flashes!]


Video courtesy Greg DeJarnette

 


 
CIF Finals vs Saddleback Valley Christian this Saturday March 5 at 9:30am
Congratulations FHS Soccer! Boys defeat Dunn 3-1 in Semifinals match Tuesday night and advance to CIF Finals vs Sattleback Valley Christian. CIF Soccer Finals Match, Fillmore vs Saddleback Valley Christian, Saturday, March 5, 2016, 9:30am at Warren High School in Downey, CA. Address: 8141 De Palma St, Downey, CA 90241. Phone #: (562) 869-7306. Cost: $5 for Students with ID and children, $10 for Adults. FHS Alumni offering Flashes gear. Show your support for the team by stopping by the Fillmore High Alumni Office at 540 Sespe Ave #6 (next door to Sheriff's station) between 9am and 5pm this Thursday and Friday and make a donation in exchange for Flashes Hats, Hoodies, Scarfs, Beanies, Coffee Mugs, etc. Show your blue and white colors on Saturday. Go Flashes.
Congratulations FHS Soccer! Boys defeat Dunn 3-1 in Semifinals match Tuesday night and advance to CIF Finals vs Sattleback Valley Christian. CIF Soccer Finals Match, Fillmore vs Saddleback Valley Christian, Saturday, March 5, 2016, 9:30am at Warren High School in Downey, CA. Address: 8141 De Palma St, Downey, CA 90241. Phone #: (562) 869-7306. Cost: $5 for Students with ID and children, $10 for Adults. FHS Alumni offering Flashes gear. Show your support for the team by stopping by the Fillmore High Alumni Office at 540 Sespe Ave #6 (next door to Sheriff's station) between 9am and 5pm this Thursday and Friday and make a donation in exchange for Flashes Hats, Hoodies, Scarfs, Beanies, Coffee Mugs, etc. Show your blue and white colors on Saturday. Go Flashes.
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The Fillmore High School Band was honored at Tuesday night’s Board meeting. Pictured (l-r) are Evelyn Cabrera, Ahtziri Martinez, Clark Helm, Cesi Ruiz, Brianna Terrazas, Maria Elena Fernandez, Rebeca Meza Cruz, Diego Rodrigues, Krystal Guerrero, Hayley Martinez, Janet Mendez, Ana Belen Diaz, Maria Orozco, Luke Myers,
Elizabeth Manzano, and Band Director Greg Godfrey. Photo courtesy Bob Crum.
The Fillmore High School Band was honored at Tuesday night’s Board meeting. Pictured (l-r) are Evelyn Cabrera, Ahtziri Martinez, Clark Helm, Cesi Ruiz, Brianna Terrazas, Maria Elena Fernandez, Rebeca Meza Cruz, Diego Rodrigues, Krystal Guerrero, Hayley Martinez, Janet Mendez, Ana Belen Diaz, Maria Orozco, Luke Myers, Elizabeth Manzano, and Band Director Greg Godfrey. Photo courtesy Bob Crum.
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Fillmore High School’s new Academic Decathlon team medaled in seven of the ten event categories at this year’s Ventura County Academic Decathlon competition. Together the team hauled in a total of four gold medals, five silver medals, and one bronze medal in the White division. The categories Fillmore medaled in are Essay, Interview, Speech, Art, Music, Economics, and Science. Special congratulations are also due to Jessica Manginelli,
who earned a perfect score of 1000 on her speech delivery. Fillmore competed against schools such as Pacifica High School, Simi Valley High School, Newbury Park High School, Thousand Oaks High School, Adolfo Camarillo High School, and Channel Island High School (among others) in order to win these honors. The official medal breakdown
is as follows: Essay- Gold Medal: Naythan Martinez; Interview- Gold Medal: Jessica Manginelli, Silver Medal: William “Jon”; Menjivar; Speech- Gold Medal: Jessica Manginelli, Silver Medal: Naythan Martinez; Art- Bronze Medal: Jene Tarango; Music-Silver Medals Misael Ponce and Jessica Manginelli; Economics- Gold Medal: Misael
Ponce; Science- Silver Medal: Misael Ponce- Highest Individual Team Scorer: Misael Ponce Team Spirit Award: Jessica Manginelli.
Fillmore High School’s new Academic Decathlon team medaled in seven of the ten event categories at this year’s Ventura County Academic Decathlon competition. Together the team hauled in a total of four gold medals, five silver medals, and one bronze medal in the White division. The categories Fillmore medaled in are Essay, Interview, Speech, Art, Music, Economics, and Science. Special congratulations are also due to Jessica Manginelli, who earned a perfect score of 1000 on her speech delivery. Fillmore competed against schools such as Pacifica High School, Simi Valley High School, Newbury Park High School, Thousand Oaks High School, Adolfo Camarillo High School, and Channel Island High School (among others) in order to win these honors. The official medal breakdown is as follows: Essay- Gold Medal: Naythan Martinez; Interview- Gold Medal: Jessica Manginelli, Silver Medal: William “Jon”; Menjivar; Speech- Gold Medal: Jessica Manginelli, Silver Medal: Naythan Martinez; Art- Bronze Medal: Jene Tarango; Music-Silver Medals Misael Ponce and Jessica Manginelli; Economics- Gold Medal: Misael Ponce; Science- Silver Medal: Misael Ponce- Highest Individual Team Scorer: Misael Ponce Team Spirit Award: Jessica Manginelli.
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Safe Kids Ventura County in collaboration with Fillmore Rotary, Fillmore Fire Department and First 5 SCV NfL are offering every 4th Thursday of every month appointments to come in and have your car seats checked and education on how to properly install your car seat. To get more information please email Irma Magana: Notaryirma@hotmail.com or you may call Safe Kids Appointment Line directly at (805) 973-7501.

 
Fillmore Police Chief Dave Wareham is pictured with the FMS Public Service Club.
Fillmore Police Chief Dave Wareham is pictured with the FMS Public Service Club.
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Fillmore Police Department and Explorer Post

The Fillmore Police Department and the Fillmore Unified School District are proud to announce the creation of the “Public Service Club” on the Fillmore Middle School Campus. Students in 7th and 8th grade may join the club that meets every Wednesday during their lunch hour.

The club was created through a cooperative effort with the Fillmore Police Department, the Sheriff’s Explorer program, and the Fillmore Unified School District to mentor younger students and develop leadership, personal and community accountability, discipline, organization, time management, and written and verbal communication skills.

Guess speakers and mentors will attend the lunch time meetings and provide topics of interest that the club members would then put into practice. This program was developed to mentor and support students and their education in the same manner as the Fillmore Explorer Post. The Post has an age range of 14 to 21. This program will allow younger students to begin to experience the pride and responsibility that is developed through these community outreach programs.

7th and 8th grade students who have a 2.5 GPA or higher and are students in good academic standing on the Fillmore Middle school campus may participate by filling out a form that is available in the school office and submitting it to Counselor Nadia Lucero or Office Clerk, Ms. Isela Larin.

Prepared by: Captain Dave Wareham

 
Quinn Caterpillar made a donation to the Fillmore FFA for $800. This is Quinn’s way of supporting the local FFA programs. Pictured left to right are Chris Berrington Fillmore FFA President, Tom Meisel-Ag. Sales Representive for Quinn Cat, and Jared Alvery Fillmore FFA Sentinel.
Quinn Caterpillar made a donation to the Fillmore FFA for $800. This is Quinn’s way of supporting the local FFA programs. Pictured left to right are Chris Berrington Fillmore FFA President, Tom Meisel-Ag. Sales Representive for Quinn Cat, and Jared Alvery Fillmore FFA Sentinel.
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Presley McLain spoke at the Ventura County Community Leadership Council on Wednesday, February 10 at Community Memorial Hospital. A 3rd grader at San Cayetano Elementary, Presley raised $3,038 to be donated to the American Cancer Society
Presley McLain spoke at the Ventura County Community Leadership Council on Wednesday, February 10 at Community Memorial Hospital. A 3rd grader at San Cayetano Elementary, Presley raised $3,038 to be donated to the American Cancer Society
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Presley McLain speaks at leadership council
Presley McLain, 9 years old, holds a check in the amount of $3,038 which she raised for the ACS.
Presley McLain, 9 years old, holds a check in the amount of $3,038 which she raised for the ACS.

Presley McLain was invited to speak at the Ventura County Community Leadership Council on Wednesday, February 10 at Community Memorial Hospital. The council consists of individuals who help initiate programs and provide services for cancer patients.

For Presley's 9th birthday she decided that instead of birthday presents she would like people to donate to the American Cancer Society. Her Grandpa Hank died from cancer and her Grandma Lou and Aunt Jana are cancer survivors, so the cause has a special place in her heart.

She spoke on why she chose to forgo birthday presents and collect donations instead. She said she has learned how much the American Cancer Society helps people and she just really wanted to help people.

Presley collected and presented a check to the American Cancer Society for $3038.

She is the daughter of Bobby and Lori McLain and is a 3rd grader at San Cayetano Elementary School.

 
David Azma, Market President of Bank of the Sierra is shown presenting a check for $5,000 to Jan Marholin, CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley. Also pictured are Jennie Andrade , Operations Manager and Alicia Hicks, Financial Services from Bank of the Sierra. The donation will be used for the new and soon to be Tom McGrath Teen Study Room at the Fillmore Site of the Boys & Girls Club. The room has been under construction for 14 months. The Club appreciates the generosity of Bank of the Sierra and looks forward to a long and productive partnership.
David Azma, Market President of Bank of the Sierra is shown presenting a check for $5,000 to Jan Marholin, CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley. Also pictured are Jennie Andrade , Operations Manager and Alicia Hicks, Financial Services from Bank of the Sierra. The donation will be used for the new and soon to be Tom McGrath Teen Study Room at the Fillmore Site of the Boys & Girls Club. The room has been under construction for 14 months. The Club appreciates the generosity of Bank of the Sierra and looks forward to a long and productive partnership.
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2015 Explorer of the Year Nicholas Bartels is pictured right of center with his plaque.
2015 Explorer of the Year Nicholas Bartels is pictured right of center with his plaque.
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Calvery Chapel of Oxnard
On Tuesday, February 16, 2016, Explorer Sergeant Nicholas Bartels was awarded the 2015 Explorer of the Year for the City of Fillmore. Nicholas has been an Explorer for four years and due to his hard work and dedication, he has risen to the rank of Sergeant with Explorer Post #2958. In 2014, he attended a three-week long Explorer Academy, where Nicholas was an active group leader and ultimately earned the Academy Leadership Award. Over the years, Nicholas has contributed over 500 hours of his time to the post and to the citizens of Fillmore through many community service events. He has also been a big contributor to the post’s tactical teams, often serving as team leader for tactical scenarios at the Chandler, LASO, and Arcadia Explorer competitions. Nicholas has also been a liaison between the Fillmore and Western Railroad and the Explorers, setting up training events on the train and coordinating details for the train. While not working with the Explorers, he is an active member of the community by participating in Mock Trial, swim team, Fillmore High School drum major, Interact Club member, Piru School science fair judge, Youth Rotary member, to name a few. Due to his hard work, dedication, and leadership skills, Explorer Sergeant Nicholas Bartels is a well-deserving recipient of the 2015 Explorer of the Year.
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Isela Larin
Citizen Patrol/Associate Advisor