Approval of Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Local Indicators (2017-2018) for the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)
The Governing Board received a presentation and approved the Local Indicators for 2017-2018 LCAP. Assistant Superintendent, Micheline Miglis presented the information.

Technology Update
The Governing Board received a presentation on the Technology Update. Anthony Ibarra, Director of Technology presented the information.

Approve Change Order #1 for New AG and SDSR (CTE) Buildings at Fillmore High School, Purchase Order #F18-01083
The Governing Board approved Change Order #1 in the amount of $44,177.25 due to extended project coordination related to District commissioning of new Title Report, geotechnical engineering soil survey, and client-driven design revisions.

Memorandum of Understanding between the Fillmore Unified School District and the Fillmore Unified Teachers Association
The Governing Board approved a Memorandum of Understanding regarding high school class size overage (Spring 2017).

Personnel Recommendations
The Board approved all personnel recommendations including new hires, promotions, resignations, and leaves.

Board of Trustees to meet again unless otherwise announced:
Regular Meeting Regular Meeting
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 5:30 pm Closed Session/6:30 pm, 627 Sespe Avenue, Fillmore, CA 93015. Tuesday, December 4, 2018, Open Session 5:30 pm Closed Session / 6:30 pm Open Session, 627 Sespe Avenue, Fillmore, CA 93015.
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Bob Crum

It was fun... so long as I'd survive. Not a night for the faint of heart. In the darkness, indescribable nondescripts roamed Central Avenue positioned to pounce on unsuspecting hapless souls. Even fright was scared.

I was fine until sunset. At nightfall, I was startled by a presence that entered my awareness. She was the ghastly beguiling Witch of Fillmore, broom in hand. With bewitching eyes, she approached slyly, winked and with a raspy, guttural voice uttered: “Be careful what you wish for.” As I gasped for breath, she quickly slithered into the darkness.

As I slowly turned around, I was startled to see a bug on a bug. The largest tarantula I've ever encountered engulfed a VW Beetle. I gave it a wide birth when I heard it hiss.

Further down the street stood two haunting skeletons with evil soul-piercing laser eyes guarding a pickup truck. Gravestones filled the bed of the truck. Didn't see my name on any of them. With goosebumps aplenty, I went searching for treats! A strawberry margarita would be nice!

While traipsing about with anxious trepidation, I was jostled by spiderman, superman, black ghosts, white ghosts, dragons, preachers, thing 1, 2 3 and 4, wolves, princesses, a fairy godmother, a hot dog and even Hercules with pink hair strolling with box face!

The street was exceedingly crowded with curb-to-curb monsters. With photo ops at every turn, photographing any of it with so little elbow room proved to be a nightmarish dilemma. In a word: Exasperating!

Not only was the crowd a challenge, but cameras also need light for the lens to autofocus (AF). No light, no AF. My Canon 7D Mark II features 65-point cross-type AF that helps ensure precise AF and focuses quite fast. If a subject happened to be near sufficient light, AF worked reasonably well. But it can't work in the dark. Remember, many aspects of a digital image are fixable; focus is not!

Some subjects were OK to shoot with flash. With the pop-up flash activated, there's still the problem of focus. My Canon 7D MKII has pre-flash strobe light used to prevent red-eye in flash exposed photos. With the on-camera flash activated in darkness, the pre-flash strobe fires when I press the focus button. It's just enough light for the lens to focus, and as soon as it does, I press the shutter button. The problem is that the process takes time. It may only take a second or two, but by the time the lens does focus, it may be too late, the prime moment gone. BTW, I don't use the normal procedure of depressing the shutter button halfway for focus and exposure. I assign a different button on the camera for focus and exposure... the shutter button only for making the photo! Just my preference.

I incurred many challenges photographing the Trunk or Treat event. Back home, fearing the worst, I transferred the photos from the SD card to the computer with great apprehension. As suspected, many of the photos were not, ahem, properly exposed presenting a test of my post-processing prowess. I use Adobe Lightroom first. Thereafter export the photos to Photoshop Elements 14 with NIK plugins. Alas, 35 splendid photos are publishable. Color me ecstatic.

The photo of the week is not a fiendish Halloween cacodemon. Instead, I chose a charming lad delightfully dressed complete with a majestic sombrero.
Enjoy a youtube photo/video of the event at: https://youtu.be/Bg5-3P40QJg Next week, photos from the spectacular Day of the Dead event. Happy photoing!

Send comments, suggestions and/or questions to: focusonphotography@earthlink.net

The Ventura College Veterans Resource Center and Ventura College Foundation are inviting veterans, active military and their families to attend the third annual Ventura College Veterans Day Celebration and BBQ Thursday, November 8 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Veterans Resource Center on the Ventura College campus (4667 Telegraph Rd., Ventura). The BBQ is free. The California Resources Corporation is sponsoring the event.

"Veterans and their families have sacrificed greatly on our country's behalf. This event is a way of showing our appreciation and gratitude. Veterans are an important part of Ventura College's student population," says Anne King, executive director of Ventura College Foundation. "Their dedication to achieve their educational goals is an inspiration."

A short program will begin at 11:00 a.m. that highlights the services available through the Veterans Resource Center and tuition assistance and textbook lending support offered by the Ventura College Foundation. During the program, the center's library will be renamed the Jerry Arellano Veteran Resource Center Library. Arellano was a U.S. Marine Corp veteran and long-time firefighter including service at Station 32 at Edwards Air Force Base. The BBQ begins at 11:30.

The Veterans Resource Center helps veterans and their families with college admission and application processing, academic counseling and access to V.A. educational benefits. The Ventura College Foundation's William and Helen Scarpino Veterans Promise Program is funded by donors who cover Ventura College tuition costs for first year veteran and active duty military students, enabling veterans to reserve their GI Bill tuition support for four-year universities. This benefit will be extended to qualified 2nd year veteran students in the 2019-20 academic year.

For more information about the November 8 BBQ, contact the Ventura College Veterans Resource Center at 805-289-6060.

Established in 1983, the Ventura College Foundation provides financial support to the students and the programs of Ventura College to facilitate student success and grow the impact and legacy of Ventura College as a vital community asset. The Foundation also hosts the Ventura College Foundation Marketplace; an outdoor shopping experience held every weekend on the Ventura College campus east parking lot. For more information, contact Anne Paul King at (805) 289-6461 or aking@vcccd.edu or visit www.VCgiving.org.

Juan Carlos Contreras Zamora, 42, of Piru.

On October 26, 2018, deputies with the Thousand Oaks Police Department responded to the 2700 block of Erbes Road for a reported indecent exposure that occurred in the area. Through investigation, deputies arrested an adult male for indecent exposure.

During the investigation, deputies learned the victim was pushing her granddaughter in a stroller when she saw a landscaper working in the area. He waved and smiled at her several times as she walked around the track at Oakbrook Neighborhood Park. As the landscaper was working within several feet of the victim, she noticed he had exposed his genitals. The suspect did not say anything to the victim. The victim immediately got up, walked away from the suspect, and reported the incident to police.

The suspect was located nearby and was identified as Juan Carlos Contreras Zamora. Zamora admitted his involvement and was arrested. Zamora was transported to the Pre-Trial Detention Facility in Ventura where he was booked for one count of indecent exposure. Zamora is currently out of custody on bond and is due to appear in Ventura County Superior Court in December, 2018. Anyone who witnessed the incident can call Detective Dan Hawes at (805) 371-8392.

Prepared by: Detective Timothy Lohman
Approved by: Captain Don Aguilar

California Highway Patrol

California Highway Patrol is completing an investigation into possible criminal charges in association with a fatal all-terrain vehicle crash that occurred back on September 18th of this year. 25-year-old Christopher Almena of Fillmore overturned an all-terrain vehicle near South Mountain and Balcom Canyon Road. His passenger, 23-year-old Jacqueline Reyes of Fillmore, was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from her seat and killed. CHP suggests that prosecutors charge Almena with vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol level above the legal limit. Almena was arrested but has been released on bail pending investigation.