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Letters to the editor: April 29, 2022
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- Published: Thursday, 28 April 2022 23:35
Denying the denialists
Re: Wendy Larner’s April 22 letter, “Yes climate change; no climate crisis”:
Earth Day finds Larner’s Ojai Valley News commentary attacking Alasdair Coyne’s April 15 column, “Climate crisis on the line.”
Phil White guest column: A ‘Yes’ vote on Measures A and B will protect our water and air
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- Published: Thursday, 28 April 2022 23:27
By Phil White
What are Measures A and B, and why is it so important for Ventura County voters to vote “yes” when oil companies are telling them to vote “no”?
Here’s the short answer: Approving Measures A and B will confirm that voters agree that all new oil well development in Ventura County should be subject to the modern environmental standards already approved by the Board of Supervisors back in 2020.
Read more: Phil White guest column: A ‘Yes’ vote on Measures A and B will protect our water and air
Ukrainian mother and daughter find refuge in Ojai Valley
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- Published: Thursday, 28 April 2022 23:09
Ojai Valley News photo by Kimberly Rivers
Vlada (left front) and her mother, Natalia Loginooheve, from Ukraine at Euterpe Farms with Smitty West and Julija Zonic on April 13.
By Kimberly Rivers , Ojai Valley News reporter
“Ukraine hasn’t died yet,” said Vlada Loginooheva. She and her mother, Natalia Loginooheva, who fled their home country, are being hosted by Smitty West and Julija Zonic at Euterpe Farms on Rice Road.
Eye on the Environment: For Arbor Day’s 150th anniversary, visit a local garden
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- Published: Thursday, 28 April 2022 22:41
By David GoldsteinSpecial to the Ojai Valley News
The 150th annual National Arbor Day is April 29. This holiday is nationally celebrated on the last Friday in April, but some states observe Arbor Day on different dates based on optimal tree planting times or state-specific historical events. One of the most aberrant is California, which designates March 7 as Arbor Day.
Nordhoff Arts Gala and 'Fill it Up' fundraiser for public Friday, April 29
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- Published: Thursday, 28 April 2022 20:58
Photo by Jessica Westergard
Nordhoff High School advanced ceramics students show the pottery they have made for the “Fill it Up” fundraiser at the Nordhoff Arts Gala, to be held at the Ojai Valley Woman’s Club, 441 E. Ojai Ave., on Friday, April 29, from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Pictured from left are Beck Zimmerman, Rosemary Henson, Dylan Fogle, Andrew Andrade and Molly Coker.
Nordhoff High School students will showcase the Nordhoff Arts program at the annual Nordhoff Arts Gala and “Fill it Up” fundraiser for the public on Friday, April 29, at the Ojai Woman’s Club, 441 E. Ojai Ave., from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m.
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Time to catch ‘All in the Timing’ one-acts
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- Published: Thursday, 28 April 2022 20:46
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Pictured from left are Steve Grumette, Anna Kotula, Sherry Owen, Larry Swartz, and Daniel Ruark.
How to describe “All in the Timing”? Imagine plays by Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco shaped into delicious bite-sized pieces and baked by “Saturday Night Live.” Theater of the absurd, only funny.
Ojai helps Nordhoff's production of ‘Something Rotten!’ May 6-8
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- Published: Thursday, 28 April 2022 20:41
Photo by Kim Hoj
There’s a lot of dance action in “Something Rotten!” Here, Brianna Turner and Addysyn Johnson kick-start a dance tune, and in between them are Dieter Umholtz and McKenna Turner joining in.
By John Hankins
Special to the Ojai Valley News
Nordhoff High School’s annual musical may be entitled “Something Rotten!” yet it’s anything but to the greater Ojai community that came together in a big way to ensure the show must go on — live!
Read more: Ojai helps Nordhoff's production of ‘Something Rotten!’ May 6-8
David-and-Goliath slingshot is art and speed alert all in one
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- Published: Thursday, 28 April 2022 20:31
Photo courtesy Jon Drucker and Lalé Welsh
With their slingshot art project on Creek Road are, from left, housekeeper Kayla Flores, handyman Adrian Magdaleno, and property owners Lalé Welsh and Jon Drucker.
By Perry Van Houten Ojai Valley News senior reporter
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Creators of a “dual-purpose” art project on Creek Road hope it will bring smiles to motorists and get them to slow down.
Public input sought on County seal redesign
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- Published: Wednesday, 27 April 2022 15:57
Ventura County is seeking public input on eight possible options for a new county seal. The public can also upload a different design.
Forest Services' Pine Mountain plan hits legal buzz saw
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- Published: Wednesday, 27 April 2022 15:18
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
Opponents of a controversial forest thinning and fuel reduction project in Los Padres National Forest filed three separate lawsuits against the U.S. Forest Service on April 27.
Ojai Playhouse krypton light demo
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- Published: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 10:58
Ojai Valley News photo by Kimberly Rivers
A krypton gas lit letter 'O' hung on the Ojai Playhouse facade on April 25.
By Kimberly Rivers Ojai Valley News reporter
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On April 25 a solitary letter ‘O’ was hung on the front of the Ojai Playhouse building.
School district special meeting – April 26
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- Published: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 10:21
Tuesday, April 26 the Ojai Unified School District Board of Trustees has scheduled a Special Meeting to consider a student expulsion and to vote in a run-off election for a representative for the California School Board Association’s Delegate Assembly.
Writer Apostolina to give free public talk at Nordhoff Library Wednesday, April 27
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- Published: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 09:24
Writer and storyteller Michael Apostolina will speak at a free public event on Wednesday, April 27, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Nordhoff High School Library, 1401 Maricopa Highway.
The event is part of Nordhoff High School’s Literary Author Series and is free and open to the public.
Read more: Writer Apostolina to give free public talk at Nordhoff Library Wednesday, April 27
Three arrested in staged armed robbery in Mira Monte
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- Published: Monday, 25 April 2022 16:58
Three Ojai men were arrested after allegedly staging an armed robbery at a business in Mira Monte, authorities said.
Helicopter responds to major injury motorcycle crash
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- Published: Monday, 25 April 2022 13:08
Ojai Valley News file photoPerry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
A motorcycle rider suffered serious injuries in a crash with a pickup truck on Highway 33 on April 24, according to the California Highway Patrol.