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Colon cancer, the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in men and women in the U.S., will be focus of a free seminar Community Memorial Health System is holding on Saturday, Oct. 1.

The symposium will run from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ventura Beach Marriott, 2055 Harbor Blvd.

An estimated 136,830 Americans will be diagnosed this year and 50,310 will die. The symposium will provide the latest information on the detection and diagnosis of colon cancer. It also will offer the latest concepts on treatment options and cancer support for those facing colon cancer as well as for their caregivers and family.

Registration is free but reservations are required. Visit cmhshealth.org/rsvp or call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800/838-3006.

Future Speaker Series events include: Red, White & You! American Politics through the Healthcare Lens on Oct. 26 at the Museum of Ventura County; and TEDMED Live! What If?, on Dec. 1 at the Museum of Ventura County.

Community Memorial Health System is a not-for-profit health system, which is comprised of Community Memorial Hospital, Ojai Valley Community Hospital, along with the Centers for Family Health serving various communities within and located in Ventura County, California.

A ceremony to honor the International Day of Peace will take place on September 21st at 7:00p.m at the park in front of Fillmore City Hall. All are invited to participate in this important event hosted by the Soroptimists Club in cooperation with members from the Fillmore Lions Club and Fillmore Rotary. The International Day of Peace began in 1982 with a United Nation’s proclamation following a celebration commemorating the 21th Anniversary of the United Nations’ General Assembly stating “that this day be devoted to…strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among nations.” It was expanded in 2001 to call for a day of global cease fire and nonviolence.

Soroptimist International of Fillmore began to honor the International Day of Peace in Soo8 with a temporary wooden pole. The permanent Peace Pole was installed in 2010 though the collaboration of the City of Fillmore, local service groups and donations from individuals. The Peace Pole now stands in the southwest corner of City Hall Park to invite personal reflection and to stand as a permanent reminder of the need for peace. The pole has inscribed “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in seven different languages.

This year the Peace Award will go to returning Peace Corps Volunteers who, as young adults, spent at least two years in other countries to promote peace and understanding and to learn from those countries.

In our own town violence continues. Our town, our country and our world need a concerted movement toward reconciliation and peace. At a time when people in our country and around the world are being needlessly killed and wars are decimating entire populations, this call to peace is even more urgently needed. We hope that you will join with us in the City Park to reinforce the need for personal, community and world peace.

If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Hansen at 524-0132 or Lynn Edmonds at 907-6576.

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Soroptimist International of Fillmore is once again holding a ceremony on the International Day of Peace on September 21st at the Peace Pole in the City Park in front of City Hall. This year any and all returned Peace Corps volunteers will be honored. If you are a returned Peace Corps Volunteer or if you know of one, please contact Lynn Edmonds at 805-907-6576 so your service to the country and the aim of peace can be honored.

Peace Corps volunteers serve at least two years in a foreign country doing a wide variety of jobs to help the host country with the aim to foster understanding between nations, starting with one on one, personal contacts. The Soroptimist Club would like to honor them for their service to the country!

On Saturday, September 24th, 2016 members of the Fillmore and Piru communities along with others from around the County will gather at Shiells Park in Fillmore at 9:00AM to honor those who have been affected by cancer and to recognize Rigo Landeros. To date we have 33 teams and 265 registered participants!

We invite everyone to come and join in on a day We Celebrate, Remember and Fight Back against this disease. Teams will walk around a make shift track for 24 hours with at least one team member walking at all times. Teams have been working hard raising money and will continue to raise money during the event. Teams will be having raffles and items for sale which include: Glow items, personalized Rustic Cooler and Corn Hole Boards, Hand made crafts, Grab Bags, Blankets, Photo Booth, Jewelry, Novelty items, Disney ticket raffle, Modern Family Memorabilia, 50 person Taquero Dinner raffle, face painting, tattoos and more!! You can visit our website at www.relayforlife.org/fillmoreca for more information.

Thank you to all our sponsors, participants, volunteers and donors, we could not do this without you.

The Humane Society of Ventura County, will hold its 10th annual “Cats in the Canyon & Hounds in the Hollow” fundraiser on Sunday, Sept. 25, at Boccali’s Pizza and Pasta Restaurant in Ojai.
Proceeds go to the care of animals in need throughout Ventura County.

This year’s event, which will feature a full vegetarian Italian buffet and a “Buy It Now” marketplace with bargains on items and services from Ventura County businesses, will run from 4 to 7 p.m. Guests also can interact with animals looking for new homes and visit with staff and volunteers. Boccali’s is located at 3277 E. Ojai Ave. The Main Street Jazz Band will provide musical entertainment.

The HSVC has provided continuous support and services to animals in need and their owners throughout the county for over 84 years. Besides their adoption center the shelter also is home to a low-cost spay and neuter clinic, pet food bank, humane education programs and Ventura County’s only two humane officers who investigate cases of animal abuse and neglect. All of these programs are made possible by the support of the public.

Earlier this year, the HSVC announced it will be entering phase one of a large project to rebuild its 34-year-old dog kennels. Increasing funds are necessary in order for the private non-profit to reach its goals.

Tickets purchased in advance are $50 for adults and $30 for children 12 and under. Tickets bought on site will be $60 and $30.

For tickets, to donate a marketplace item or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities, call the shelter at 646-6505 (there are no tickets through Boccali's directly). For more information on the HSVC, visitwww.hsvc.org.

The Humane Society of Ventura County is a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1932. It does not receive federal, state or local tax dollars to operate and relies solely on private donations.

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Fillmore Boy Scout Troop 406 invites all former Scouts and the community to join us on Saturday, October 1st as we gather together to reminisce about past scouting activities and to honor veterans with a flag retirement ceremony. The afternoon will begin with an opportunity for former Scouts to exchange stories, view Scout memorabilia and possible play a few Scout games. We will then share a delicious potluck dinner and conclude the evening with a flag retirement ceremony at dusk where the Scouts will read the names of veterans.

The primary purpose of this event is to record the memories of former Fillmore/Bardsdale/Piru Boy Scouts in order to create a written record of Scouting in the area. Former Scouts who are unable to attend, but would like to share their Scouting memories, can submit their stories to walkofhonor@gmail.com. Members of the community, who wish to have the name of a veteran read during the flag retirement ceremony, please submit the veteran’s name, branch and years of service to the same email address or call 524-5058. RSVP’s for this event can be sent to the aforementioned email address or phone number. Troop 406 looks forward to seeing many former Scouts and members of the community at this special event.

CA State Old Time Fiddlers will meet on Sunday 9/11/16 from 1:30-4:30pm at the Oak View Community Center, 18 Valley Road, Oak View. The public is invited to play, listen and dance to Country Western and Bluegrass music. Free admission and parking, refreshments available. calfiddlers.com or call 805-797-6563.

Hyperbaric oxygen medicine for the treatment of chronic wounds will be the focus of a free seminar at Community Memorial Health System on Tuesday, Sept. 27.

John Tesman, M.D., will lead the discussion during the seminar to be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the eighth-floor Nichols Auditorium at Community Memorial Hospital, 147 N. Brent St.

About 6.5 million people in the U.S. suffer from chronic wounds. They include non-healing wounds or ulcers of the lower extremities, arterial venous and insufficiency ulcers, radiation-induced ulcers and traumatic and post-surgical wounds. Dr. Tesman will discuss the treatment of difficult and complex chronic wounds and treatment modalities of hyperbaric oxygen. Attendees also can find out if they are candidates for specialized wound care.

Dr. Tesman specializes in hyperbaric medicine and is board certified in undersea and hyperbaric medicine as well as emergency medicine and is a fellow of the College of Chronic Wound Care Specialists. He has been a hyperbarics and chronic wound care medical director locally for the past 10 years and is the director for CMHS’ Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine.

Registration is free but reservations are required. Visit cmhshealth.org/rsvp or call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800/838-3006.

Future Speaker Series events include: Colon Cancer Symposium on Oct. 1 at the Ventura Beach Marriott; Red, White & You! American Politics through the Healthcare Lens on Oct. 26 at the Museum of Ventura County; and TEDMED Live! What If?, on Dec. 1 at the Museum of Ventura County.

Community Memorial Health System is a not-for-profit health system, which is comprised of Community Memorial Hospital, Ojai Valley Community Hospital, along with the Centers for Family Health serving various communities within and located in Ventura County, California.

Being a good patient will be the focus of a free Ethics in Healthcare event Community Memorial Health System is holding as part of its 2016 Speakers Series. The seminar is on Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Museum of Ventura County, 100 E. Main St.

Jim Hornstein, M.D., CMHS Bioethics Committee Chair, will moderate the latest Ethics in Healthcare event entitled, “Are You a Good Patient? Isn’t It Time You Became One?” The seminar will stress that successful medical care requires an ongoing collaboration between patients and their doctors, and discuss how active a role patients should take in their own healthcare.

The seminar will feature the following presenters:

 Betty Berry, Ventura County Star newspaper syndicated columnist and senior advocate for Senior Concerns
 Charna Posen, senior advocate for Goebel Adult Community Center
 Cindy DeMotte, vice president of Quality, Hospital Changes & How to be a Good Patient for CMHS.

Registration is free but reservations are required. To secure reservations visit www.cmhshealth.org/rsvp or call Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006.

Future Speaker Series events include: Hyperbaric Medicine seminar on Sept. 27 at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura; Colon Cancer Symposium on Oct. 1 at the Ventura Beach Marriott; and Red, White and You: American Politics through a Healthcare Lens on Oct. 26 at the Museum of Ventura County.

Community Memorial Health System is a not-for-profit health system, which is comprised of Community Memorial Hospital, Ojai Valley Community Hospital, along with the Centers for Family Health serving various communities within and located in Ventura County, California.

In observance of the Labor Day holiday, employees of Santa Clara Valley Disposal will be taking the day off on Monday, Sept. 5. As a result, Fillmore city residential customers will have their trash and green waste collected on Saturday, Sept. 10, one day later than usual.

The regular Friday collection schedule will resume the following week.

For more information, call 647-1414.

Representing the Fillmore Women's Service Club, Mimi Burns, Youth Chairwoman, and Susan Banks, President, visited the Fillmore High School Girls Golf Team at Elkins Golf Course on Thursday.

Mimi Burns presented the team with a check to buy new golf clubs. Dave MacDonald, coach, said more girls signed up this year and the team is is need of Ladies Clubs. If anyone has some that they are not using, please donate.

Also present were assistant coaches Danny Ibarra, Bob Hammond and Colby Hartje, pro golfer at Elkins Golf Course.