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Ojai Parade – Additional Photos

by randy July 4, 2010

Ben - The Biggest Vegetarian at the Farmers' Market

Ben – The Biggest Vegetarian at the Farmers' Market

I ended up with about 200 photos of the parade. Here are a few more of the “keepers”. Thank goodness for low-cost digital photographs. If you see yourself in any of the photos and want a copy, send an email to me…

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Ojai Independence Day Parade – Out of the Ordinary Heroes

by randy July 3, 2010

Let the parade begin!

Let the parade begin!

Can’t think of a better place to have been this morning than downtown Ojai. Great weather. Large, friendly crowd. Great vibrations from everyone. Wonderful colors in the floats, the costumes, the clothes of those watching the parade. Here’s a thumbs up to the parade committee! Well…

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Save your old shoes

by Fred Rothenberg July 1, 2010

Headed down the hill today to visit John Long at Ojai Valley Imports.  Time for an oil change.  John was a bit scruffier looking than usual but, in his happy way, greeted me with ”Hi Fred, how you been?”  For whatever reason, I still think…

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Chalk Painting at the Ojai Museum

by Myrna Cambianica June 28, 2010

Contributor/Writer: Todd Wilson

Ojai Valley Museum is to add flair to this year’s Independence Day celebration with an Italian Street Painting demonstration in the front courtyard of the museum.  John Aaron, with the assistance of fellow artists, will draw the logo for next year’s 1st annual 4th of July Chalk Art Festival.…

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Ojai Misunderstanding Independence Day

by SPK June 28, 2010

This is the original flier from the last time the 4th of July fell on a Sunday.

Evan’s post got me thinking and I started to comment, but as usual it got too long so I decided to post this article:

Separation of church and state? The framers of the Constitution were…

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July Third is NOT Independence Day

by evan austin June 28, 2010

Food for thought, and a post for community discussion…

This year, as happens occasionally, Independence Day is on a Sunday. When that happens, Ojai’s annual parade moves in one direction or another, and the celebration takes place on Not-Independence Day. In the past, the entire program – parade and fireworks –…

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