From the monthly archives:

January 2009

State Of Emergency In Washington DC

by Millennium Twain January 13, 2009

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Global Village Receives Grants for Earth Charter-Based Curriculum

by Sally Carless January 13, 2009

Global Village School recently received grants from Wishworks Inc. and two anonymous family foundations. The grants will support development of a new K-12 curriculum centered on the Earth Charter, a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society. The Global Village Curriculum will be formatted for…

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Rebuilding Libbey Bowl

by Tyler Suchman January 13, 2009

from the Ojai Music Festival…
Libbey Bowl serves as a historic gathering place for events including the Ojai Music Festival. Over the last few years, the City of Ojai has conducted numerous structural studies only to find that the termite and wood rot damage is so severe that the Libbey Bowl is…

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2009 Ojai Martin Luther King Jr. Day

by Tyler Suchman January 13, 2009

The 9th annual Ojai Martin Luther King Jr. Day Community Celebration is coming on Monday, January 19. Press release follows…
MLK_09Poster_small.jpgThe Ojai Valley Youth Foundation is pleased to announce that John R. Hatcher III, President of the Ventura County Chapter of N.A.A.C.P., will be the featured speaker at this year’s Martin…

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Music Listening Thread

by Tyler Suchman January 13, 2009

punch brothers chris thileI’m really enjoying Punch Brothers, which is led by Chris Thile, formerly of Nickel Creek. The album is sort of bluegrass chamber music. It’s a fascinating listen. I’m also enjoying the last Nickel Creek album “Why Should The Fire Die?,” which I never got around to buying when it came…

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Ojai Valley Inn Cut 700 Jobs

by Lisa Snider January 13, 2009

I just read this article about regional job cuts in the Pacific Coast Business Times. Here is an excerpt:

The Ojai Valley Inn & Spa alone shed more than 700 positions, according to state records, at least 37 of them in accounting, engineering and the resort’s executive office. Nearly 350 housekeeping…

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Vigil for Peace in Gaza/Israel

by evan austin January 13, 2009

Ojai Silent Candlelight Vigil for Peace in Gaza/Israel
Thursday January 15, 2009  4:30-5:30 pm
At the “Y” in Ojai (corner of Vons shopping center Hwy 33 and Hwy 150)
Join us as we mourn the loss of lives in this conflict and as we take a public stand for an immediate…

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On Dennert: Is America A Center Right Nation?

by Tyler Suchman January 12, 2009

Brian Dennert, blogger-extraordinaire at the VC Star, hosts an online debate: Is America A Center Right Nation?. If you’re a political junkie, its good readin’. David Atkins, who represents the left, is thereisnospoon, one of the more active and popular diarists on 800-lb progressive gorilla DailyKos.com.

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“Hey Bulldog” by the Beatles

by Mike Didj January 12, 2009

A song with some timely insight for us Ojaians or just background music?

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Feature Film Thread

by Tyler Suchman January 11, 2009

Bumped into Lisa and Bill, and then Kira and Eric coming out of Gran Turino – they all said it was classic Clint Eastwood, and a really great film.
Ali-Sun and I decided to go for Milk. What a courageous story about a man who was able to shift reality by…

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