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July 4, 2009

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By Peggy Kelly

City Council honors retired Building & Safety Director Steve Stuart
Published:  June 26, 2009

Retired Building and Safety Director Stephen Stuart received a City Tile and proclamation from the City Council, who thanked him for more than a quarter century of service.

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CEDC settlement, Cliff Finley’s appointment as iterim City Manager on Monday council agenda
Published:  June 26, 2009

The City Council will have a full agenda when they meet Monday in a special session including consideration of a settlement agreement with Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation and the affordable builder’s revised Plaza Amistad project.

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May: Single-family home median continues to slide, SP falls 17.7 percent
Published:  June 26, 2009

Although May showed the number of sales is picking up, the median price of Ventura County residential real estate - including Santa Paula homes - is still in a slide.

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Rotary Club Benefit Fund grant recipients show results
Published:  June 26, 2009

There were plenty of reasons to celebrate at the June 15 Santa Paula Rotary Club BBQ at Ebell Park: the dedication of the six-year restoration project, as well as a look see at several of the results of the first ever grants from the club’s new Benefit Fund utilizing profits from the annual Pumpkin Patch.

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Budget cuts, layoffs mean no SP 4th of July Fireworks
Published:  June 26, 2009

With city budget cuts and employee layoffs there will be no 4th of July fireworks display this year in Santa Paula.

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Council asked for fast action on search for Bobkiewicz’s replacement
Published:  June 26, 2009

Recommending that the City Council “move expeditiously forward,” departing City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz asked that the interviews and selection of an executive search firm be finalized at the end of the month.

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The Craps Table was busy all night as Rustlers and Hustlers of the Old West were on hand at the Santa Clara Valley Hospice/Home Support Group’s 3rd Annual Western Casino Night, but the big winner was the River Valley Club that benefited from the event.

Hospice River Valley Club the big winner at Western Casino Night
Published:  June 26, 2009

By Peggy Kelly

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Santa Paula firefighters and other supporters of Firefighters Quest for Burn Survivors greeted and then escorted the June 4 fundraising caravan to its next stop, but not before making their own donation to the organization that aids those who have suffered serious fire injury and their families. (Photo by Debbie Johnson)

Firefighters Quest for Burn Survivors receives SPFD donation at Station 1
Published:  June 24, 2009

By Peggy Kelly

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SPPD Records Supervisor Miller honored by Chamber at June GMSP
Published:  June 24, 2009

A unique honor occurred at the June Good Morning Santa Paula, where Santa Paula Police Department Records Supervisor Dianna Miller, who described herself as “a girl pushing paper,” was recognized as the Public Safety Officer of the Month.

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Punch Bowl: Stranded SP hikers hoisted out by VCSD rescue helicopter
Published:  June 24, 2009

Two Santa Paula men assisted in their own rescue Sunday after they became stranded on a steep hillside in Santa Paula Canyon while on their way to the Punch Bowl and had to be lifted out by a helicopter.

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Dianne & Dudley Davis

Dianne & Dudley Davis will lead the 2009 Citrus Festival Parade
Published:  June 24, 2009

By Peggy Kelly

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Steve Stuart : City of Santa Paula Building & Safety Director retires
Published:  June 24, 2009

Santa Paula’s own “Master of Disaster,” Building & Safety Director Stephen Stuart is looking forward to retirement, but that doesn’t mean the more than 25-year department head will not be busy.

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Santa Paula Fire Captain Milo Bustillos disconnects the battery following a three car accident on Ojai Road. The Jeep rolled several times causing minor injuries to the occupants.

Jeep rolls over in multi-vehicle accident
Published:  June 24, 2009

By Peggy Kelly

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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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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.
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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Calendar
July 05, 2009, 10:30
First Sunday at the Airport
July 17, 2009, 0:00
42nd Annual Citrus Festival
July 18, 2009, 0:00
Foster Parenting Information Meeting
July 18, 2009, 12:00
Citrus Festival Car Show
July 23, 2009, 10:30
Blanchard Community Library “Connections”
July 26, 2009, 10:00
5th Annual Hugs, Slurps & Slobbers Adoptathon
July 27, 2009, 12:30
6th Annual Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley Golf Classic
July 31, 2009, 17:00
Second Annual Citrus Classic Balloon Festival
August 22, 2009, 17:00
SPHS Class of 1964 45 Year Reunion
August 22, 2009, 18:00
3rd Annual Moonlight at the Ranch
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