Santa Paula Times  
September 2, 2010

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• News (16)
• Opinion (3)
• Obituaries (9)
• City Council (2)
• Schools (3)
• SPHS (1)
• Police (5)
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• News 

The Ventura County Fair starts today and runs through August 15. The gates open Monday through Friday at 11:00 a.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 a.m. The Fair theme this year is “Western Nights and Carnival Lights.”

Ventura County Fair promises ‘Western Nights and Carnival Lights’
Published:  August 04, 2010

It will be “Western Nights and Carnival Lights” at the 135th Annual Ventura County Fair, which opens August 4 and continues through August 15 with days and nights filled with Fair family fun. “It’s going to be a great Fair,” said Seaside Park Fair Board Director Ginger Gherardi of Santa Paula about the upcoming celebration.

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• News 

(Photo above left) Crew members and even people attending the Balloon Festival hold down a balloon as the pilot ignites the flame sending hot air into the balloon to keep it inflated. Several thousand people attended the Citrus Classic Balloon Festival this past weekend. Everyone attending was entertained by the glowing hot air balloons. The Balloon Festival had something for everyone from food to carnival games for the kids. (Above right) people wander around the inflated balloons and were able to get up close with the balloons and pilots.

Citrus Classic Balloon Festival huge success
Published:  August 04, 2010

It didn’t take long - just two years in fact - for thousands and thousands of people to discover that the place to be for nonstop fun, thrills and beauty was the 3rd Annual Citrus Classic Balloon Festival, held Friday and Saturday at Limoneira Soccer Fields just east of the city. More than two-dozen of the hot air balloons took part in the weekend festival, which featured non-stop entertainment, dozens of booths selling jewelry, arts and crafts and collectibles, food, a wine and beer garden, and enough photo opportunities to go around the family circle and the Internet for years to come.

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• Police 

Probation check turns into chase, arrest of probationer
Published:  August 04, 2010

Members of the Santa Paula Police Department’s Crime Suppression Team made an arrest last week when a subject they were visiting took off - and they found a drug scale and narcotics in the area where he fled.

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• City Council 

Council race: Fourth potential candidate pulls nomination papers
Published:  August 04, 2010

Inspired by Santa Paula’s level of volunteerism, a fourth potential candidate has pulled City Council nomination paperwork and joins two incumbents and another political newcomer seeking office.

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• Police 

SPPD: Information sought on stabbing of teen still in critical condition
Published:  August 04, 2010

Santa Paula Police are investigating the stabbing of a 17-year-old boy just after midnight Friday that left the youth with life-threatening wounds.

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• News 

Teen Scene
Published:  August 04, 2010

Blanchard Community Library invites youth 6th grade and up (or ages 12-17) for “Teen Scene Summer Fun” on Thursday, August 12 from 3:30 4:30 p.m.

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• News 

“The Wiz” children’s musical theater this Satuday August 7th
Published:  August 04, 2010

Kids from the Sespe Players Inc. Musical Theater Camp will perform in “THE WIZ” on Saturday at the Sespe School Auditorium, 627 Sespe Avenue in Fillmore.

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• News 

Relive fun of the 43rd Annual Kiwanis Citrus Parade on Cable Channel 10
Published:  August 04, 2010

The 43rd Annual Kiwanis Citrus Festival & Parade is over, but you can relive the fun by watching the Main Street procession on television.

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• News 

Santa Paula teen injured in Ventura three-vehicle collision
Published:  August 04, 2010

A Santa Paula teenager was among five people who sustained minor to moderate injuries in a three-vehicle crash last week in Ventura near the County Government Center.

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• Schools 

Pictured are: Cecelia Marella, Barbara Wilson, Christopher Zach, Ray Mini.

Mupu 4-H Barbara Wilson Scholarship Winners
Published:  August 04, 2010

Three graduating seniors, all longtime members of the Mupu 4-H Club were winners of Mupu 4-H Barbara Wilson Scholarships.  Each member received an $800 scholarship.  Each winner is raising a market lamb for the Ventura County Fair this year.

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• News 

SPFD Engine 82 dispatched to help in Palmdale area firefight
Published:  August 04, 2010

They’re still searching for a confirmed cause of the Crown Fire that is now dying out after burning 13,918 acres and Santa Paula Fire Engine Co. 82 is back home after a few days of mutual aid.

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• News 

Autumn in the garden
Published:  August 04, 2010

Are you enjoying your garden?

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Calendar
September 03, 2010, 0:00
SPUHS Class of 1970 40th Reunion
September 11, 2010, 0:00
The Great Train Robbery
September 21, 2010, 18:00
Foster Parent Information Meeting
September 25, 2010, 10:00
"Saturday at the Farm" Gardening Workshop
October 09, 2010, 17:30
Santa Paula Class of 1980 30 Year Class Reunion
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