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November 2010

Blazing Skies over Ojai Tonight

by Sally Carless November 30, 2010

In case you missed the fiery sunset this evening…

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OFS Screens Two December Fundraising Films

by ojaifilmsociety November 30, 2010

The Ojai Film Society will screen two fundraising films in December. The first is Mao’s Last Dancer on Dec. 5, the inspiring true story of Chinese ballet dancer Li Cuxon who defected to the U. S. in the early 1980s. This uplifting movie has audiences everywhere applauding as the credits roll.

The…

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OFS To Screen Encore Presentation of Get Low

by ojaifilmsociety November 30, 2010

Due to a full house last Sunday, the Ojai Film Society will screen an encore presentation on Sat., Dec. 4 of the film “Get Low”, starring Robert Duvall, Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek.

Because of the sound problem during last Sunday’s screening, OFS invites everyone who attended “Get Low” on Sunday,…

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LOST FAT CORGI HUSKY DOG

by Suza Francina November 30, 2010

Monday afternoon (November 29) I got a call from my friend Sholom Joshua that a huge fat old dog had apparently been abandoned on the Shelf Road trail or the immediate area near the top of North Signal Street. It could barely walk and was lying down by the side…

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Stop The Trucks: Ozena Surrenders; Their “Conditional Use Permit” Has Expired

by Howard Smith November 29, 2010

After Four Years of Legal Battles, Ozena has been stopped.

After Four Years of Legal Battles, Ozena has been stopped.

Although issues still remain with three other mines in Santa Barbara County, the Cuyama Valley and here in Ojai, the four year long battle to stop the Ozena Valley Gravel Mine from flooding Ojai with upwards of 200 double hopper gravel…

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Ojai Foundation in the LA Times

by Tyler Suchman November 29, 2010

nice read…”Circle of learning is more than a figure of speech“. An excerpt:

The Ojai Foundation, an educational retreat center, developed the practice of council in the 1980s to help teachers at the retreat center learn to do a better job of listening to others, Provisor said.

The Herb Alpert Foundation donated…

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Madrigali Singers at Glen Muse

by Demitri Corbin November 28, 2010

The Madrigali Singers are performing their annual holiday concert this afternoon from 3 to 6pm at Glen Muse, 815 Libbey.  Bring food & drink to share.   This is a wonderful yearly community event free for the whole family and a great start to the holiday season!

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Raising the Arch at Libbey Bowl

by Fred Rothenberg November 27, 2010

If you missed the raising of the main arch at Libbey Bowl on November 23, you might like to see the slide show…click on the arch…

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Stop The Trucks: Mosler (Ojai) Quarry intiates appeal to get violations overturned

by Howard Smith November 25, 2010

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Trucker Neilsen on Cell Phone While Driving Thru the “Y.”

(Daily Road Graphics/Ray Smith)

As the Ojai “Stop the Trucks” Coalition expected,  the Mosler (Ojai) Quarry is appealing to the County Board of Supervisors, the Ventura County Planning Commission’s ruling that the Quarry must obey the…

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The Gift of Giving

by Suza Francina November 25, 2010

An inspiring article, “Helping hearts and hands: The gift of giving in Ventura County,” in the Thanksgiving issue of the VC Reporter,  features Ojai’s Global Resource Alliance, the Ojai Peace Coalition and other notable organizations.
http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/helping_hearts_and_hands/8402/

“The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless…

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