Collecting Curiosities: Exhibit ending at California Oil Museum
Published: January 13, 2012
Retired Santa Paula Police Lieutenant and dedicated collector Carlos Juarez thought he had probably seen everything - that is until he was faced with Punch and Judy. Collector Martha Binsley is allowing the California Oil Museum to display her Punch and Judy items as part of the Collecting Curiosities exhibit, which ends January 22.
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Celebrate 25 Years of Art/Life Magazine
Published: January 11, 2012
Join Ventura artist and publisher Joe Cardella at the Museum of Ventura County on Saturday, January 28 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. as he and artists who contributed to his celebrated Art/Life Magazine reveal behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the longest continually published artists’ periodical of the 20th century.
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Agromin Names Tom Kelley Vice President of Sales & Business Development
Published: January 11, 2012
Agromin, one of the largest organics management companies in California with facilities in Santa Paula, has named Tom Kelley as vice president of sales and business development.
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“Peter and the Wolf” Performance February 4 at County Museum
Published: January 11, 2012
“Peter and the Wolf,” the traditional Russian folk tale set to music, will be presented in the Museum of Ventura County’s Martin V. and Martha K. Smith Pavilion on Saturday, February 4, at 3:00 p.m.
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Review of Transit needs by VCTC
Published: January 11, 2012
Each year the Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) holds a review of the Transit Needs in Ventura County which are Reasonable to Meet, based on criteria which are adopted by the VCTC using state guidance.
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Civil suit filed against Santa Paula grocer in bicyclist’s death
Published: January 11, 2012
A civil suit has been filed against Satnam Singh, the Santa Paula grocery owner awaiting trial for second-degree murder by the family of a 20-year-old Ventura College student run down May 11.
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Rotary Club Benefit Fund accepting 2012 grant applications
Published: January 11, 2012
The Santa Paula Rotary Club Benefit Fund, Inc. is now accepting grant applications for the 2012 granting cycle. The deadline for applying is February 17, 2012.
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Isbell Middle School band performing at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday observance
Published: January 11, 2012
The Isbell Middle School Band, under the direction of Mr. Scott Kneff, will play the pre-event music to open the 26th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration on Monday, January 16, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. in the lobby of the auditorium of the Oxnard Performing Arts Center, 800 Hobson Way.
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New CERT classes beginning
Published: January 11, 2012
The next Community Emergency Response Team classes will begin March 6th, 2012.
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Toastmasters: Overcome fear of speaking, other fear you’re on your own
Published: January 11, 2012
With decades of survey results, when it comes to the greatest fear - right up there with death is public speaking.
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SP man arrested in Pismo Beach for suspicion of three-county theft spree
Published: January 11, 2012
A Santa Paula man on felony parole was arrested in San Luis Obispo County, suspected by Pismo Beach Police Officer to be responsible for numerous thefts between San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties.
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Local ingredients: Best of VC Marketplace launches Spring 2012 Recipe Contest
Published: January 11, 2012
If you love to cook and are especially fond of using locally produced ingredients in your original recipes, the Best of VC Marketplace has a contest for you that offers a $300 1st Place prize!
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Santa Paula Fire Department: Smoke but no fire at Carl’s Jr. drive-thru
Published: January 11, 2012
It was smoke but no fire when Santa Paula Fire and personnel from additional agencies were dispatched early Saturday to a report of a structure fire at a drive-thru restaurant, but the source of the smoke could not be determined.
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18th De Colores Art Show Closing Reception will be a “New Beginning”
Published: January 11, 2012
Xavier Montes, founder of the De Colores Art Show, will celebrate his final De Colores show and recognize his successor at a closing reception at the Santa Paula Art Museum, 117 N. 10th Street, Santa Paula, on Friday, January 20 from 6 to 8 p.m.
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Elton Gallegly announces House retirement at the end of 13th Congressional term
Published: January 11, 2012
Characterizing his move first in a private note to friends and supporters as “not the end but a new beginning,” Rep. Elton Gallegly announced Saturday he is retiring from the House of Representatives at the end of his 13th term. The Simi Valley Republican served as mayor before defeating a high-profile and well-financed challenger in Tony Hope, son of famed late comedian Bob Hope, in Gallegly’s 1986 initial bid for a House seat.
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5th Annual Pismo Beach Run
Published: August 17, 2005
If you took a trip down Santa Paula Street early Saturday morning you would have seen about 200 Harley-Davidson Motorcycles parked in front of the Gomez home. Gilbert Gomez Jr. and Gilbert Gomez Sr. coordinated the 5th annual fun ride to Pismo Beach. The ride also included people as far away as Baltimore. After arriving in Pismo Beach a BBQ was planned along with other activities. Photo by Don Johnson
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Poet, CROP Walker and beloved local figure Dorothy Ann Phillips dies
Published: March 03, 2002
By Peggy Kelly
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Art & Photography Show
now at Blanchard Library
Published: February 17, 2000
The 63rd Annual Santa Paula Art & Photography Show is now showing at Blanchard Community Library and “be prepared to be overwhelmed!” said Virginia Gunderson of the sponsoring Santa Paula Society of the Arts.
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Santa Paula Historical Society gathers hidden treasures for new exhibit
Published: February 09, 2000
On Sunday, February 6, the Santa Paula Historical Society opens a new exhibit at the California Oil Museum (formerly the Santa Paula Union Oil Museum) in Santa Paula. “Hidden Treasures from the Santa Paula Art Collection” presents 19 seldom seen paintings usually hung at five locations around the city of Santa Paula.
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Soroptimist’s Women of Distinction named
Published: February 09, 2000
After careful consideration of the nominations submitted, six women have been chosen by Soroptimist International of Santa Paula as this year’s “Women of Distinction”: Norma Emery, Health; Carol Burhoe, International Goodwill and Understanding; Leslie Nichols, Economic and Social Development; Annie Hernandez (deceased) and Becky Torres, Environment; and Eulala Keller, Human Rights and Status of Women.
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Santa Paula High School to offer pre-PSAT test to freshman and sophomore students
Published: February 09, 2000
On Wednesday, March 1, freshmen and sophomores at Santa Paula High School will be given the opportunity to take a practice PSAT test. The PSAT is the practice test for the SAT, the admissions test that is used by four-year colleges and universities to determine eligibility for admission.
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805 area code struggle underway between Ventura, SB & SLO counties
Published: February 09, 2000
If it seems like only yesterday that Ventura County was threatened with the loss of its area code, it was.
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SP teenager shot through window at Ventura motel known as a gang hangout
Published: February 09, 2000
Ventura Police investigators believe a Santa Paula teenager was shot by mistake on Friday when a bullet crashed through a motel room window where a party was taking place.
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SPPD: Car dies foiling carjacking attempt at Santa Paula gas station
Published: February 09, 2000
A carjacker was unable to complete his crime Saturday night when the vehicle he attempted to drive off in from a local gas station died and he was unable to restart it.
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This weekend at The Mill: California Vaquero Show celebrates the romance of Spanish California
Published: February 09, 2000
Come and experience the romance of Spanish California at The Mill, this weekend reviving the noted California Vaquero Show, an eye-popping step back into history featuring Vaquero equipment and antique memorabilia as well as a book signing and art show.
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SPPD: Three SP juveniles arrested for armed robbery at local eatery
Published: February 09, 2000
Three Santa Paula juveniles - one already listed by police as missing by his family - were arrested after an armed robbery of a Harvard Boulevard eatery on Saturday night, according to a Santa Paula Police Department official.
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Above, a 1930 Gipsy Mouth Airplane is part of the display in hanger one. Below Bob Phelps along with City of Santa Paula Mayor Rick Cook cut the red ribbon opening hanger one.
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Aviation Museum of Santa Paula already flying high as opening event draws hundreds to airport
Published: February 09, 2000
If Sunday's official opening of the Aviation Museum of Santa Paula (AMSP) is any indication of its future success, well, it's already flying high.
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