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Tuesday May 22, 2012
Briefs
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The Rotary Club of Fillmore and the Sun Rise Rotary have been meeting together this month in anticipation of joining together as one club. Last Wednesday, May 9, 2012, the Fillmore Rotary scholarship winners were honored. This years winners are: Anachristina and Ashley Morino, Jaynessa Lopez, Johnny Wilber, Robert Munoz, Westley Fairall, Vanessa Villa, Katherine Stewart and Troy Rice. Each if these students will be awarded $1,000. Norma Perez-Sandford, Counselor and Isela Larin, Computer Technician, of Fillmore High School were presented with Certificates of Appreciation for their assistance to the seniors and thus the success of the Rotary Scholarship Program.
Artists Guild of Fillmore Changed Exhibit At Library
Jan Faulkner, left, has just mounted the labels for the paintings on the Fillmore Library wall and both she and Luanne Perez looks pretty happy about the current presentation.
May 21,
2012
It was a Saturday morning and they stood
outside the Fillmore Library before it opened, each artist
holding one painting to redecorate the north wall inside the
Library. Now
completed, the next time you are there, go up close and take
a good look. Titles
include Carriage House, a Giclee, by Joanne King; Across the
Valley by Virginia Neuman; Secret Garden by Jan Faulkner;
Low Tide by Judy Dressler; Postal by Karen Browdy; Alice
Studying by Lois Freeman-Fox; Solitude by Wana Klasen; It's
Good Farming and Back on the Farm by Luanne Perez. Fillmore
Library is open Monday, Tuesday, 2 to 7p.m.; Wednesday 2 to
7 p.m.; Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 12 to 5p.m.; and
Sunday is closed.
Watch out for Telephone Scams
May 21, 2012
The Thousand Oaks Police Department is warning
Ventura County residents of on-going telephone scams that have
been targeting elderly residents or other susceptible victims.
Thousand Oaks Police have seen an increasing number of
telephone scams where the criminal calls a resident and informs
them that their family member is in jail in another country.
The criminal pretends to be a law enforcement official
and advises the victim that they need to act quickly or their
loved ones safety may be in jeopardy.
Thousand Oaks Police Department officials have
seen a majority of these fraudulent telephone calls originating
from Canadian telephone area codes.
The fraudulent official requests that money by “wired”
via a major money wire transfer company (i.e. Western Union or
MoneyGram) to an overseas location, in particular, Latin
American countries. Within
a short period of time, the funds can be paid out to the person
receiving the wire transfer and the victim will have suffered a
financial loss as a result of this telephone scam.
Ventura County residents can protect themselves
from this type of telephone scam by not proceeding with the
transaction until you have personally confirmed an emergency
situation, such as a family member in jail.
This can easily be done by calling the family member and
checking on their welfare.
If the affected family member is unavailable then reach
out to other family members or individuals who can assist you in
this situation.
There are some helpful informational websites
that can provide you with information regarding the various
types of telephone scams as well as internet scams that
criminals use to prey on the public.
To learn more about how to protect yourself from fraud,
please visit:
Federal Trade Commission (Consumer Protection)
www.ftc.gov
Internet Crime Complaint Center
www.ic3.gov
MoneyGram
www.moneygram-preventfraud.com
Western Union
www.westernunion.com
Ventura County Crime
Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 reward for information, which
leads to the arrest and criminal complaint against the person(s)
responsible for this crime.
The caller may remain anonymous.
The call is not recorded.
Call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).
Vanessa Herrera Held Book Signing Event
May 14, 2012
On Saturday, May 12, 2012, Vanessa Herrera, of Fillmore had her first published ‘book signing’ at Vintage Pleasures Collectibles store on at 326 Central Avenue in downtown Fillmore. The book is an interesting, yet informative story, for children titled The Pirate and the Mermaids Curse.
Vanessa, 23 years of age, was born in Valencia, California in 1988, but moved with her family to Fillmore when she was at the age of nine years. In her early years of school she was a victim of bullying by some of her school mates that inspired her to write and draw to relieve the pressure of their hurtful remarks. Vanessa was also diagnosed with a couple of medical problems and by writing she was able to cope with her situation and change her outlook on life from the illnesses to something positive. Vanessa had help in learning to write correctly by Mrs. G. one of her Ventura High School teachers. She also joined the drama club and was the student who started the schools Swing Club, which is still popular today.
After graduating she went to work at the Fillmore Convalescent Center as an assistant. Due to further complications she left work and decided to focus on her writing, even drawing her own pictures to illustrate the story.
When she made the decision the story was finished she sent her book into a publishing company to be read and then published by Xlibris in Indiana. The book may be purchased for $21 at Barnes and Noble and on Amazon.com.
Because of her success she has started her second book for children. She got her inspiration from her past and from stories which her father had told her when she was a little girl. He has encouraged her to do her very best and never give up. She has learned a lot in how to deal with illnesses and found by writing and her art work she has improved her health and learned how to cope with unpleasant things which happen to everyone in life and know all will work out better in time.
Eagle Scout Court of Honor
A Ceremony to recognize Sean
Chandler as he received his Eagle Scout Rank at the Scout House
on Sespe Avenue was held on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 12 noon.
After opening ceremonies lunch
was served to an event full of friends, family, and other
members of Scout Troop 406 and guests.
The Scout oath was read and a history of scouts and Eagle
Rank and obligations were given.
The Eagle Scout project was
presented with slides by Sean on the work done on the Walk Of
Honor by the flagpole at the Bardsdale Cemetery.
The major project involved work
which had to be done; removing the blacktop, dirt, the curbs
that were cracked, re-pouring the concrete curbs, leveling out
the ground, redoing the shape of the walk, cutting and placing
of the engraved and blank bricks, placing the plaque and the
monument at the flagpole along with the various problems that
had to be solved along the way. Sean
thanked the many people and members of the troop along with the
parents that contributed time and money to the project.
Several businesses in
town donated heavy equipment and supplies needed to complete the
project. He also thanked
the monument company from Santa Barbara that donated and
installed the plaque and monument without charge.
The Eagle Scout badge was
presented by Scout Master Scott Klittich and pinned on Sean by
his mother Coleen. His
mom and dad Brett also received a pin indicating the honor of
having a son reach the highest rank in Scouting.
Proclamations from George W.
Bush, Supervisor Kathy Long, Rep. Elton Gallegly and many other
dignitaries congratulated Sean on his achievement and were read
by Sean’s father.
The ceremony closed with words
and benediction by Rev. Lawrence M. Brown.
Also taking part in the ceremony
were Robby Munoz, Westley Fairall, Ron Smith, Brian McKeown,
Brett Chandler, Scout Color Guard and members of the troop.
All adjourned to cake and coffee to cap the ceremony.
More Donations Needed For Downtown Cement Pots
Vision 2020 To Have Another Planting Of Downtown
From left is of Grace U. Beer, DDS receiving her certificate of
appreciation from Civic Pride Committee member, Linda Nunes,
in front of the three pots that she sponsored. Dr. Beer has
practiced dentistry in Fillmore for 22 years and is an
active supporter of community groups working for Fillmore’s
benefit.
Vision 2020, Civic Pride Committee would like to invite members of the Fillmore community to join in with the second and final round of our Central Avenue pot refurbishing project by becoming either a “hands on” sponsor or a “donating” sponsor. Our hope is to replant all the remaining planters along the downtown center by the end of May. We have all the large pots sponsored and planted and now have 13 more small pots awaiting sponsors.
Sponsors will have a small plaque with their name attached to the pot and receive a certificate of appreciation with a photo in the newspaper. The remaining pots are $25 each, which covers new potting soil, new sprinkler heads, fertilizer and plants.
Civic Pride Committee members appreciate very much, those who have sponsored pots thus far: Otto & Sons Nursery, Virginia Pace, Janet Foy, Sespe 4H, Kennedy Smith, Grace U. Beer, DDS, Fillmore Soroptimist,
Working together to make our downtown area more attractive for visitors and shoppers is a very worthwhile project. Many people have told Civic Pride members how much they have enjoyed walking by the lush, red, white and blue color themed plantings.
If you are interested in sponsoring a pot or being involved when we plant the remaining pots, please contact Linda Nunes at 524-3021 or Cindy Klittich at 524-4466 for more information.
Vision 2020, Civic Pride Committee announces that they have scheduled another downtown Central Avenue planting session for Wednesday, May 23 at 5 p.m. We invite families and individuals to join us in planting the last 30 cement pots with the red, white & blue flowers.
Bring gloves and small shovels with your name label on them to avoid mix ups when we finish. We will be digging out the old dirt, putting in new potting soil, new bubbler watering emitters and the three plants for each pot.
Meet at the corner of Sespe and Central, on the west side at 5 p.m. We will be there and hope to see helping hands ready to beautify the downtown area.
Contact Linda Nunes at 524-3021 or Cindy Klittich at 524-4466 for more information.
EPA and Chevron will conduct tours of the Pacific Coast Pipeline Superfund Site (Texaco) on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Tour times are 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., 90 minutes each. Due to limited seating in the tour vans, please contact Jackie Lane, EPA at (415) 972-3236 or by email at: lane.jackie@epa.gov no later than April 19th to reserve a seat. There will be a follow-up tour in May as well.
May 15, 2012
Part of being a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters is to inspire kids and teens to achieve their full potential. Through one-on-one mentoring, a Big can impact the life of their little in so many ways. One way is to influence them to stay in school and go on to college. For high school Bigs, those choices will come sooner rather than later.
Recently, a group of Fillmore High School students from the Big Brothers Big Sisters program received the opportunity to explore their career interest in fashion by attending the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) "Debut 2012 Show".
Amelia Aparicio, the Big Brother Big Sisters Fillmore Program Manager said, “Our Big mentoring program broadens the horizon of our students by exposing them to as many education and career related activities. We are ecstatic to see their eyes open as they begin thinking more seriously about what they plan to do to better their future.”
These Big high school mentors got the chance to meet with students from FIDM and Penny Campagan, an FIDM fashion instructor. She encouraged them to pursue their passion for fashion. Last year, a dozen students participated in this same type of program and are now current students at Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles.
“It was such an awesome experience seeing how fashion comes to life on a runway,” said Teanna Ramirez, a Fillmore High School junior and mentor at Sespe Elementary. “I can’t wait until I get a chance to start my education in the fashion industry. My dreams will truly become a reality.”
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County operates a comprehensive mentoring program at local elementary schools in partnership with the Fillmore Unified School District. The program currently serves more than 200 elementary school students by providing them with a high school mentor to serve as their Big.
For more than 100 years nationally and 43 locally, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, professionally supported matches between responsible, adult volunteer mentors called Bigs and children called Littles, ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people. Learn how you can positively impact a child’s life by visiting www.bbsvc.org
May 21, 2012
On Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at approximately 3:48 p.m. in
the City of Fillmore the
fire department responded to a report of a structure fire at
300 block of McCampbell
Street. Upon
arriving on scene less than two minutes after dispatch, fire
personnel discovered
multiple stuffed recliners and a wood deck on fire in the
front yard of the residence.
Firefighters made quick work of the blaze
extinguishing it in less than five minutes and minimizing
damage to personal property that the resident had placed in
the front yard.
The cause of the fire was
determined to be due in part to improper disposal of burnt
paper materials.
Thousand Oaks Special Enforcement Unit Arrested Nine On Various Charges
May 15, 2012
On Thursday, May 10, 2012, at approximately 6:30 a.m., the Thousand Oaks Police Department’s Special Enforcement Unit (S.E.U.), with the assistance of detectives from the Thousand Oaks Police Department, Camarillo Police Department, Moorpark Police Department, Fillmore Police Department, Sheriff’s Gang Unit, Sheriff’s Civil Unit and the Department of Homeland Security, served search warrants at eight residences in the cities of Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley.
These search warrants were related to the investigation of two gang related incidents that occurred in the City of Thousand Oaks on April 21, 2012 and April 29, 2012. As a result of these investigations, Daniel Ruelas, 23, of Thousand Oaks, Hugo Chi, 25, of Newbury Park, Fernando Martinez, 19, of Simi Valley, and Neri Barragan, 18, of Thousand Oaks and one male juvenile were arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and participation in a criminal street gang. Rey Yerena, 21, Thousand Oaks, and another male juvenile, 15, of Simi Valley, were arrested for robbery and participation in a criminal street gang.
Johnny Lomeli was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and being under the influence of a controlled substance. All of the listed adults were booked into the Ventura County Jails. The two juveniles were lodged at Ventura County Juvenile Hall.