The Fillmore Historical Museum will be holding their 4th Annual poinsettia sale. There are several ways to order: call your order in 524-0948 or email us at fillmore.museum@sbcglobal.net, or mail your order to P.O. Box 314 Fillmore 93016. The large red poinsettia are only $10. orders may be picked up on Satruday, December 4, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Attractions Spa, 345 Central Ave. Unit B (behind Central Station Bar & Grill) will be hosting their first Chamber Mixer, Wednesday, November 10th from 5pm to 7pm. Come enjoy coffee, tea and treats provided by Bella’s Teas & Treats. Attraction Spa, 524-7722.

Boys and Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley Board Members and Event Co-Chairs, Patty Harrison, Police Chief Steve MacKinnon, Mike Mobley and Tammy Hobson are thrilled to announce the Annual Dinner/Auction and New Year’s Eve Celebration scheduled for Friday, December 31, 2010! That’s right, New Year’s Eve is the date for the Club’s annual Dinner/Auction, which is being combined this year with a New Year’s Eve Celebration! The Club has long been known as a fun place for kids and now it is going to prove that it can be the host of fun for adults as well! In addition to the normal charity auction/dinner activities, the event will feature a casino lounge, champagne toast at midnight, a chance to toss out all those ‘bad vibe’ items you’d like to leave behind you in 2010, The “Bottle Bash,” as well as the opportunity to spend this most auspicious evening with your closest friends in the community. There is another fun aspect to this event, and that is that we are not telling the location of the event until just before the holidays. It is up to you to try to guess the location from the clues we will release throughout the next two months through press releases and on our website, www.bgcscv.org. So keep your ears open and your eyes peeled ‘cause here comes clue #1 – “The site is in Santa Paula, and can seat 300 people.” think you know where it is? You can call the Club at 805-525-7910 to register your guess, and then keep reading to see if you’re right!

Save the Date cards will be in the mail next week, just to be sure you don’t forget to make your reservation for this not-to-be-missed event! Invitations will be mailed mid-November. Sponsorship opportunities for this event are still available, and item donations are being solicited at this time. The Boys & Girls Club encourages you to add this event to your holiday calendar!

SANTA CLARA VALLEY HOSPICE
HOME SUPPORT GROUP INC.

These names were received before October 20, 2010 A light will be shining on the Hospice “Light Up A Life” Tree at the Fillmore Plaza, 251 Central Avenue, Fillmore, CA. Join us for the Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 5:00 PM

These names were received before October 20 to 27, 2010

IN MEMORY OF:
Claude Lee
Mary Lee
Diana Dudley
Clarence Henderson, Jr.
Larry Henderson
Dwayne Mackey
Gene Wren
Claudell Wren
Jessie Johnston
Frank Erstine
Ray Wallace
Tommy Wallace-Whiteley
Lark Whiteley
Jim Horn

This week we've been told that the 100th game between Fillmore High and Santa Paula high has been sold out. Just to be sure, you may want to call the High School yourself to confirm. 805-524-6100. One thing that is not sold out yet is the DVD Documentary, "Nine Miles" produced by the Alumni Association. Although Pre-orders are going swiftly. Before they sell out at the game, you may want to call the the Alumni Assoc to guarantee your DVD. 805-524-0416. By calling now, you can confirm your DVD, and pay for it when you pick it up either at the big game, or starting on Monday Nov, 15th with extended hours at the Alumni office. The office will be open from 9:00AM to 6:00pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, November 15th, 17th, and 19th, so you can pick up your DVDs. Make a note, the office will be closed for lunch from 12:00 noon to 1:00pm on those days. Tuesdays and Thursdays the office is closed. There is much excitement surrounding the Football game on November 12th. Time Warner Cable will be taping highlights of the game, and producing a story about this historic rivalry. It will be aired on their "High School Sports Rewind" show on Tuesday, November 16th at 7:00pm on their Time Warner Cable SoCal Channel 101. The show will also be available on their Local Video on Demand service. To find their sports programming just go to Ch. 1, Select LOCAL, SoCal Sports, then HS Sports Rewind. On November 13th, the first Hall of Fame Induction ceremony will take place at the High School. Coaches, Athletes, and Championship teams will be inducted. Here are a few of the inductees. Coaches, Mr. J.W. Gastrich who was the principal at Fillmore High and started the Sports program in 1914. Eugene Kennedy, Bruce Dempsey, and Epi Torres. Some of the Teams that will be inducted include the 1926 Boys Basketball Team, the 1935 Boys Football Team, The 1977 Boys Football Team, and the 1991 Girls Cross Country Team. There will be 82 Athletes inducted in this first Hall of Fame induction. Here are a few of them. 1933 Toolie Palmer, 1938 Vernon (Slim) Johnson, 1942 Bill Pearson, 1944 Gene Wren, 1949 Don Burroughs, 1955 Roger Palmer, 1961 Bruce Gibby, 1967 Jim Ruiz, 1972 Joel Mozley, 1977 Rosa Aparicio, 1985 Greg Baldwin, 1991 Tory Cabral, 1996 Julie Arundell. The Alumni Association wishes to thank all those involved in making this evening one to remember for all the inductees. "All Hail to our Alma Mater, May her fame live long"

The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley is pleased to announce it will be providing transportation to its Fillmore Club Site. The Club has purchased a 15 passenger van that will pick up interested young people in front of the U Scream Ice Cream location at the corner of Main and Center streets in Piru, and the bus stop at the Rancho Sespe Apartments.

The Club offers nationally award winning programs to children from the ages of 5 to 18 years in the after-school hours from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The new Boys & Girls Club bus will pick up members daily at 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm at the U Scream Ice Cream in Piru and then at the Rancho Sespe bus stop immediately following the Piru pickups. Members will be returned to the Rancho Sespe bus stop and the individual member’s homes in Piru. Club members pay a $25 annual fee to attend the Club, and no child is turned away for their inability to pay the membership fee.

This transportation program is funded through a grant from the County of Ventura, will provide supervised transportation to and from the communities of Piru and Rancho Sespe to the Fillmore Clubhouse at 565 First Street in Fillmore.

It costs the Club $560 per child annually to provide services for its members. The obvious gap between cost of services and membership is bridged by generous donations from local businesses, private donors and local and national grants. Donors interested in providing financial assistance to the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley are encouraged to contact the Club at 805-525-7910. All donations, regardless of amount, are gratefully appreciated.

As of October 27th, my dog went missing. He's a blue pitbull and answers to PAPAS. He has white markings to his chin, right side under chin, chest, and tips of paws are also white. He's 6 months old and weighs between 40-60 lbs and has not been neutered. If anyone has him or knows who has him PLEASE contact me. He's very loved and missed by my children. Please have a heart and return him. Please call Christine at 805-861-8705. Thank you.

Cheryl L. Knight, Senior Vice President/Chief Credit Officer, Santa Clara Valley Bank.

Santa Paula, CA. - October 27, 2010- Santa Clara Valley Bank (SCVBank; OTC BB: SCVE.OB) today announced that Cheryl L. Knight has been hired as the Bank’s Senior Vice President/Chief Credit Officer. Ms. Knight has previously held the titles of Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at Montecito Bank and Trust, as well as EVP/Chief Risk Officer for First California Bank. She has held several other management positions at other financial institutions including Union Bank and Wells Fargo. Cheryl was also employed by Deloitte & Touche as a financial management consultant.

As a senior officer of Montecito Bank and Trust, Ms. Knight led the $750 million bank to perform at a high level, achieving the rating of Super Premier Performing Bank by Findley Reports.

Ms. Knight is a member of the board of directors of California Community Reinvestment Corporation, a non-profit whose mission is to provide innovative and flexible financing to low and moderate income families in California. She currently serves as Chair of the Board.

Cheryl has been a resident of Ventura for over 12 years.

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The Ventura Country Rose Society will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, at the Ventura County Office of Education Conference Center at 5100 Adolfo Rd., Camarillo.

The doors will open at 6:30 pm for advice from Consulting Rosarians and refreshments, 7:00 for our Rose Celebration, and our speaker presentation will begin at 7:30 p.m.

The Ventura Rose Society meeting will feature Clair Martin, the Curator of the Huntington Rose Garden in Pasadena speaking and showing pictures of "British Rose Gardens" from his tour of England this summer. Clair Martin is a foremost expert on roses and an excellent speaker. His talk should be a fascinating rose journey through English gardens.

Visitors are always welcome. For more information contact: Janet Sklar at 818-993-6622 or Dawn-Marie Johnson at 805-523-9003

Santa Clara Valley Disposal will maintain its regular Friday trash and recyclables collection schedule in Fillmore on Nov. 12, during the week of Veterans’ Day.

For more information, call 647-1414.

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For the fifth year, KSSP Photographic Studios will be offering a FREE Halloween photography for children, in costume, 12 years & younger on Halloween, Sunday October 31st. A free 4”x6” print will be printed (limit 1 free print per family or group) and available for pick-up on Halloween. As part of this tradition, each child's picture will be entered in the Child's Creative Costume Contest.

As in past years, no appointment is necessary and no purchase is necessary. The studio will be open from 3pm to 8pm to photograph individuals or groups, in costume. Children 12 and under will be photographed for free. For those over 12 years old , there will be a small charge.

As part of the Child's Creative Costume Contest, each child's costume will be judged by an independent committee. The child with the best costume will win a free family portrait session and an 11”x14” family portrait.

Principal photographers at KSSP are Carmelita Miranda and Charles Morris. KSSP is a full service photography studio specializing in portrait, wedding and quinceanera photography (and video). KSSP Photographic Studios is the school photographer for Fillmore High School. For further information, please contact KSSP Photographic Studios at 524-6400 or visit http://ksspphotostudios.com.

Alexus Galassi-Duncan, Brooke Aguirre and Candace Stines at the National FFA Convention.
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Infinite Potential. This was the theme for the 2010 National FFA Convention held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Alexus Galassi-Duncan, Candace Stines and myself, along with parents Kathleen Aguirre, Alishia Duncan and Advisor Mr. Joe Ricards set off early Wednesday morning to Indiana.

The National FFA Convention is held each year in October. While at the convention, FFA members from across the country participate in competitive events, educational tours, a career show, leadership workshops and listen to motivational speakers.

The opening session at the convention started with the National FFA President Levy Randolph challenging us to strive to reach our Infinite Potential.

He talked about how we have the choice to develop our potential or not. And that he hoped that by the time we left the convention we had learned new ways to do just that. Next, Dr. Case, the National FFA Advisor, encouraged us to "do what you love and love what you do." Dr. Case will be retiring this January after 26 years of service to the National FFA. We were then entertained by the talented FFA Band and Choir.

The keynote speaker for the opening session was Josh Shipp. Although his comic personality had us laughing at times, he touched on topics like facing diversity and seeing problems as opportunities. He asked us not to "be average" and pointed out to us that "you don't have to be perfect to make a difference, just willing to make a difference." We left the session energized and excited about the rest of the convention.

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Will meet at the Glen Tavern, Santa Paula, at noon for a regular meeting on Nov. 6th.

After a brief opening, lunch will be enjoyed off the Enzo's menu. Regent Martha Binsley will present a program on the "History of the DAR".

Guests and prospective members are always welcome. Please contact Ms. Binsley at 525-4038 for lunch reservation, by Thursday Nov. 3rd.

For more information about the DAR organization can be seen at WWW.dar.org

Monday, October 25, 2010, Santa Paula, CA) Boys and Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley Board Members and Event Co-Chairs, Patty Harrison, Police Chief Steve MacKinnon, Mike Mobley and Tammy Hobson are thrilled to announce the Annual Dinner/Auction and New Year’s Eve Celebration scheduled for Friday, December 31, 2010! That’s right, New Year’s Eve is the date for the Club’s annual Dinner/Auction, which is being combined this year with a New Year’s Eve Celebration! The Club has long been known as a fun place for kids and now it is going to prove that it can be the host of fun for adults as well! In addition to the normal charity auction/dinner activities, the event will feature a casino lounge, champagne toast at midnight, a chance to toss out all those ‘bad vibe’ items you’d like to leave behind you in 2010, The “Bottle Bash,” as well as the opportunity to spend this most auspicious evening with your closest friends in the community. There is another fun aspect to this event, and that is that we are not telling the location of the event until just before the holidays. It is up to you to try to guess the location from the clues we will release throughout the next two months through press releases and on our website, www.bgcscv.org. So keep your ears open and your eyes peeled ‘cause here comes clue #1 – “The site is in Santa Paula, and can seat 300 people.” think you know where it is? You can call the Club at 805-525-7910 to register your guess, and then keep reading to see if you’re right!

Save the Date cards will be in the mail next week, just to be sure you don’t forget to make your reservation for this not-to-be-missed event! Invitations will be mailed mid-November. Sponsorship opportunities for this event are still available, and item donations are being solicited at this time. The Boys & Girls Club encourages you to add this event to your holiday calendar!

Ventura, CA. — Community Memorial Hospital announced the launch of DiabetesAware, a screening program to help individuals determine if they have or are at risk for diabetes.

About 20.8 million people in the United States have diabetes. Yet nearly one-third of those people are unaware that they have this serious and chronic disease. If the condition is left untreated, it can cause very serious complications, including heart and vascular disease, and kidney, eye and nerve damage. Many people may not have symptoms, so early detection is important to diagnose the condition and prevent harmful complications. The key is proper education and awareness of what to do to reduce your risks.

“DiabetesAware can help effectively identify people with risk symptoms for diabetes,” said Dr. Stan Frochtzwajg, CMH Chief Medical Officer and family practice physician. “We have a responsibility to not only care for our community but to raise awareness of health risks through education and prevention. DiabetesAware can do just that.”

In celebration of the launch of this program a Diabetes Health Fair will take place on Saturday, Nov. 6, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Nichols Auditorium at Community Memorial Hospital. Screenings, expert speakers, information booths, giveaways, refreshments and information on diabetes will be available. Space is limited and registration is required. To make reservations call 805/585-3055 or go to cmhshealth.org/rsvp.

Community Memorial Hospital is a member of Community Memorial Health System, a not-for-profit health system, which is comprised of Community Memorial Hospital, Ojai Valley Community Hospital, and nine family-practice health centers entitled Centers for Family Health. The health system is located in Ventura County, California.

Fillmore, CA. - The biggest football rivalry in Ventura County history is between Santa Paula High School Cardinals and Fillmore High School Flashes. The 100th meeting of the two teams will be played this year on November 12, 2010 at the Fillmore High School Football Stadium. The Fillmore High School Athletic Booster Club in cooperation with the FHS ASB will present a pre-game ceremony celebrating the 100 years of history, rivalry and tradition. The 100th Celebration will take place on the field for all the fans attending, slated for 6:30pm, an hour before the start of the “big game” at 7:30pm.

During the celebration, football players from each school collectively that made CIF Playoffs, Won League titles, players that have been selected All-State, All-CIF, All-County, League MVP’s and those that hold records for each of the schools, respectively will be honored.

Many former high school cheerleaders, players, teachers and administrators, along with their families will be in attendance. At the game, Fillmore High School Alumni Association will be selling commemorative DVD’s entitled Nine Miles, signifying the 9 miles between the two rival schools. The DVD’s are a compilation of many football alumni, coaches and citizens from both schools describing their experiences and a lot of 35 MM black and white film that has been converted to DVD. It is a DVD of memories for anyone who attended either school. DVD’s will be available at the game for $20 each, with proceeds going to the Fillmore High Alumni Association. There will also be a souvenir program for the game available to all attendees.

Fillmore High School is borrowing bleachers from the Navy at Pt. Hueneme to accommodate all of the Santa Paula fans that will be attending this historic game. The bleachers will be set up on the east side of the football field.

Because there is limited parking in the area of the football field and this is expected to be the best attended football game in history, alternative forms of transportation have been suggested to get to the game. Fillmore & Western Railway Co. is traveling to Santa Paula to pick up Cardinal fans and bring them back to Fillmore for the big game. The train will board at the Santa Paula depot at 3:30pm and depart at 4:00pm. The train travels at 10mph and will arrive at “B” Street in Fillmore at approximately 5pm. There is seating for 400 people on the train. Round-trip train tickets cost $10 per person and are available at the Santa Paula High School Student Store. Only those also purchasing a game ticket will be permitted to purchase a train ticket. One half of the proceeds from train ticket sales will be donated to the two schools, with Fillmore’s portion going to the Fillmore High School Athletic Booster Club and Santa Paula’s portion going to Santa Paula High School Athletic Department and Activities. The train will depart Fillmore promptly 30 minutes after the end of the football game.

Santa Paula High School Security officers, VC Sheriff’s cadets and deputies will provide security on the train and will escort the train passengers to and from the train to the football field. Santa Paula High School staff will be onboard selling “Cardinal Spirit” items.

The game promises to be a celebration to remember, as these two schools continue their rivalry, and one school leaves the field victorious, with bragging rights for another year. The other team begins their strategy and planning to become victorious next year. But, there will never again be another “100th” game.

Both High Schools are selling game tickets and they are going fast. To ensure that you have a “ring-side” seat for this historic match, buy your ticket now, so you can cheer your team to victory.