From the monthly archives:

January 2011

Ojai’s Kim Vincent: Ensure 2011 is a Personally Rewarding Year

by stevejbons January 19, 2011

(OJAI, CA) – January 19, 2011 – As the first weeks of 2011 dawn, millions of Americans will begin the soul-searching work of figuring out how to make to their New Year’s resolutions stick. Whether the pledge is to lose weight, eat healthier, quit smoking, exercise more, cut back on…

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Solar Roadways for Ojai’s Oil-Free Future?

by Suza Francina January 19, 2011

Thank you, Sonia Nordenson,  for this illuminating five-minute video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiZ5bSntwhM

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Compost and Planting into the Night

by Kristofer Young January 18, 2011

gardening at night

gardening at night

I don’t know that I can tell it beautiful, like it is …
my compost pile

a year ago it was 6 feet high
branches, leaves, and weeds
some still green
some still trying to grow
sprinkled and filled with dirt; its mortar

seasons later, collapsed, compacted,
a moist three-dimensional web
connecting every grain of sand to…

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Bike Racks make appearance at the Y

by linda Harmon January 17, 2011

After over a decade of waiting, there are bike racks at the Y shopping center thanks to the joint efforts of Ojai Valley Green Coalition Transportation Committee, shopping center management, and the City of Ojai.

The shopping center lost its original bike racks when the parking lot was resurfaced during the…

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Ranch Developement threatens Ojai

by Jim Hines January 17, 2011

In the 1980s several projects outside the Ojai Valley caused great concern to valley residents.  The proposed Weldon Canyon landfill (Rancho Canada Larga)  and the Petrochem Oil Refinery, both had negative air quality and traffic congestions problems which caused ojai citizens to ralley together to stop these…

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Stop The Trucks: Route 33 Safety Legislation Proposal Heads to Sacramento!

by Howard Smith January 14, 2011

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From: Steve Offerman <Steve.Offerman@ventura.org>
Date: Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: Caltrans & Assembly Bill

The bill language that we’ve submitted to legislators and the County lobbyist is attached.  It’s basically an adaptation of AB 1360 of 2009.  We would expect some fine tuning of the text as…

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Be Quick and Catch Tiger Huang

by linda Harmon January 14, 2011

One of Tiger Huang's new series using careful rendering against a loose brush-stroke background.

One of Tiger Huang's new series using careful rendering against a loose brush-stroke background.

Ojai Center for the Arts is once again playing host to the brushstroke creations of artist Tiger Huang. Born in China, he is now an artist here in Southern California who incorporates his background in traditional Chinese…

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Black Velvet

by randy January 13, 2011

41uZZoV-iHL._SS500_Here’s a glimpse into the depths (or lack of depth) of my thought process this morning…I had a disagreement with myself on the meaning of the early 90′s song Black Velvet as recorded by Alannah Miles. The disagreement was over the meaning of the lyrics “black velvet”. Does “black velvet”…

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The Allure of Ojai’s Arcade Opens at Ojai Valley Museum

by Myrna Cambianica January 12, 2011

“The Allure of Ojai’s Arcade, 1917 through 1977,” an original exhibition of Ojai history, opens the Ojai Valley Museum’s 2011 schedule.

The purpose of this tour-de-force, retrospective exhibit is to educate visitors about the history and use of Ojai’s landmark, turn-of-the-century, covered shopping mall. Themes explored in the exhibit include: who…

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Growth Does Not Cause Pain

by Kristofer Young January 11, 2011

My grandson, Zion

“Growth does not cause pain.” ~ Kristofer Young, DC

The following comes (1/11/2011) from a page called “Growing Pains” on a website called Kids Health.

“Your 8-year-old son wakes up crying in the night complaining that his legs are throbbing. ……..
Sound familiar? Your child is probably experiencing growing pains, a normal occurrence in about…

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