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Cypress Place accepting scholarship applications

When the owners of Cypress Place Senior Living in Ventura decided to create a scholarship fund for local high school students wanting to pursue a college degree, the Cypress Place Senior Living “Senior to Senior Legacy Scholarship” was created.

Cypress Place Senior Living is an independent, assisted, and memory care community for seniors. By awarding two $2500 scholarships to local high school seniors, residents at Cypress Place are attempting to pass on opportunities for young people in the community, according to Steve Spira, executive director at Cypress Place.

Applicants need to have a verified 3.2 or higher GPA and to have applied for fall 2019 admission to a college or university with the intention of obtaining a degree. Applicants are also asked to submit an essay about their reason for pursuing higher education along with a personal account of how a senior or seniors has affected their life, including specific examples of intergenerational experiences of the applicant.

Residents on the Resident Scholarship Committee at Cypress Place will read the essays, then hold oral interviews with the semi-finalists to determine the two award winners.

The scholarships are open to all City of Ventura high school students. The deadline for submitting a completed application packet is Friday, April 19, 2019 at 5:00pm. Qualified applicants will be invited to a mandatory oral interview on May 9, 2019. The presentation of the two scholarships will be held Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 6:00p.m. at Cypress Place Senior Living. The recipients must be available to attend the presentation event to receive an award.

For more information or to receive an application packet please contact Pam Staniland, Director of Sales and Marketing at Cypress Place Senior Living, 805-656-9500 x 201,or via email at [email protected].

Cypress Place Senior Living is at 1200/1220 Cypress Point Lane, Ventura. To learn m

Vol. 12, No. 12 – Mar 13 – Mar 26, 2019 – Harbor Patrol Blotter

2-20 10:55am, dispatched to a behavioral issue at 1500 Spinnaker Drive. Officers responded and found an individual under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug. No medical was present and the 19-year-old male was arrested by VPD.

4:15pm, officers observing very strong winds, 30kts sustained/gusts to 40kts.
2-21 11:30am, while on patrol, officers observed a sailboat taking on water in its slip at VHV G-dock. Officers dewatered about 2ft of water out of the vessel.
2-22 6:35am, received a report from US coast guard reporting a 58ft motor vessel eperb activation in Ventura Harbor. After an investigation the incident was determined to be a false alarm. The device was taken off the vessel and accidentally turned on in a moving vehicle heading inland.
2-23 2:20pm, dispatched to a fall patient at Seahorse Lane. Officers responded and assisted Ventura fire department with the patient, moving the male to his bed.

11:32pm, while on patrol in boat 17, officers issued warnings to two fishermen on a 16ft vessel near the entrance for illegal placement of hoopnets in the harbor entrance. The nets were removed and the catch returned to the sea
2-24 12:03pm, received a report of a commercial fishing vessel not securely tied to its berthing. Officers investigated and found the vessel with loose spring lines. The vessel was re-secured by officers and the owner notified.

8:35pm, received reports of transients in the restrooms of Ventura Isle Marina. Officers responded and cleared the restrooms and ensured they were secured.

9:33pm, while on patrol, officers were contacted by the manager of the Ventura Marina Community. He advised that transients were trespassing through the park. Officers assisted and helped cleared the park of trespassers.
2-25 8:40am, harbormaster giving the new Harbor Commissioner a tour of the harbor on the fireboat.

8:53pm, received a report of a pitbull on the loose in the Harbor Village from the Dockmaster. Officers responded but were unable to locate the dog.

11:53pm, monitored VHF marine radio alerting that a 17ft motor vessel is submerged at the Channel Islands Harbor breakwall. Several fishermen in the area responding to the “securite” for more information on VHF 16.
2-26 10:53am, received a report of a robbery at the Village Market. Officers responded and investigated the report of a male transient who took cookies and candy without paying for the items. The incident is under investigation.

4:45pm, report of a 19-year-old male transient acting strangely and refusing to leave the Sheraton. Officers responded and contacted the individual. He was influenced to leave the area because he was trespassing.

SEEAG seeks business/organization supporters for new mobile classroom

As part of its new Ventura County Child Wellness Initiative, Students for Eco-Education & Agriculture (SEEAG) is bringing its message of healthy eating, proper nutrition and daily exercise to classrooms throughout Ventura County using its new 30-foot-long cargo van—the “Farm Fresh Mobile Classroom.”

Over the next three years, the mobile classroom van will visit over 120 schools, reaching 10,000 Ventura County second through fourth graders, many who are Title 1 low-income children. SEEAG will introduce hands-on activities to increase children’s knowledge and preference for fresh Ventura County fruits and vegetables. As part of the program, students will get a chance to prepare healthy snacks using locally grown crops. They will also learn how to incorporate healthy living practices, good nutrition and exercise into their daily activities.

The colorful van will carry free educational supplies, Ventura County-grown farm fresh produce and recipe cards and nutrition information that students can share with their families. In addition, SEEAG will be promoting oral health by supplying free toothbrushes and dental floss.

To help cover van and transportation costs, SEEAG is making available 11 positions on the vehicle for business/organization logo placement—four on each side and three on the back.

“We want kids to get excited whenever they see our van pull up at their school,” says Mary Maranville, SEEAG founder and CEO. “Our goal is to cultivate a deeper appreciation for our local agriculture, and healthy eating and wellness practices that will stay with these young students throughout their life,”

For more about how to add a logo to SEEAG’s Farm Fresh Mobile Classroom, visit www.SEEAG.org and click on “Support Us” (www.seeag.org/vccwi) or email SEEAG’s Emily Hidalgo at [email protected].

Founded in 2008, Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture (SEEAG) is a nonprofit organization that aims to help young students understand the origins of their food by bridging the gap between agriculture and consumption through its agricultural education programming. SEEAG’s “The Farm Lab” program based in Ventura County teaches schoolchildren about the origins of their food and the importance of local farmland by providing schools with classroom agricultural education and free field trips to farms. Through this program, over 25,000 elementary school students in Southern California have increased their understanding of the food journey. SEEAG also hosts annual Farm Days—Santa Barbara County Farm Day, September 28, 2019 and Ventura County Farm Day, November 9, 2019 For more information, visit www.seeag.org or email Mary Maranville at [email protected]

New Tai Chi Balance Classes in Ventura

Instructors practicing during their refresher training with the master trainer.

Join as a participant or attend training and serve as an instructor

Whether your goal this Spring is to do something for your community or something about that prickly balance problem, Tai Chi could be the answer!

Two new free senior Tai Chi classes start in April as does training to become a certified volunteer Tai Chi instructor. Registration is now open for both by calling 805-385-8019.

Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance is a 12-week program offered by Oxnard RSVP and focused on improving the mobility and balance of older adults. Classes are free, designed for those age 50 and older, and taught by certified senior volunteers. The program is offered in Ventura, Oxnard, and Camarillo.

The evidence-based program consists of a simplified eight-form routine of Yang-style Tai Chi. Intended for beginners who can walk easily with or without assistive devices, it teaches participants balance skills and good body alignment by using coordinated and flowing movements. The classes have been proven to reduce repeat falls by 55%.

New volunteer instructors will be trained in two full-day sessions on April 26 and 27. You must be 55 and older to volunteer. Training is free, but a commitment to teach at least two full sessions following certification is required.

New classes are offered at the following locations:

CMH Wellness and Fitness Center, 2723 E. Main Street, beginning April 2

Our Lady of the Assumption, 3175 Telegraph Road, beginning April 8

Pre-registration is required. New participants are accepted only until the third class of each session.

RSVP is a volunteer recruitment and placement program, helping people 55 and older find volunteer positions that match their interests, talent and available time. The Oxnard RSVP has almost 575 members and is sponsored by the City of Oxnard. To learn more about being an RSVP member or to discuss other volunteer opportunities, call 805-385-8023.

Richard Senate leads Ventura tours

Perry Mason is perhaps the best known legal attorney on the planet today, but few know he was created in Ventura by lawyer, Erle Stanley Gardner. This special tour will focus on his fifteen years in Ventura, the cases he tried and the people he influenced and how the city and events influenced his many mystery novels of Perry Mason. He would go on to write over 150 books, 86 of them about his popular Perry Mason character. It was in Ventura that won his best cases and made a mark as a formidable lawyer known for breaking down witnesses on the stand, a skill he transferred over to his fictional Perry Mason.

Richard Senate who will lead the tour is a long time Ventura Historian, managing both the Olivas Adobe Historic Park and the Albinger Archaeological Museum in Ventura. Mr. Senate wrote a biography of Gardner titled Erle Stanley Gardner’s Ventura: the birthplace of Perry Mason. This tour will focus on Gardner’s Ventura Years and how he came to write his first books.

March 23, 1-3pm The tour starts at the steps of City Hall, 501 Poli Street at 1 pm.

For tickets call the Recreation Department at 805-658-4726

For questions on Mr. Gardner and this tour e-mail Richard Senate; [email protected].

On March 30th, Mr. Senate will offer a unique walking tour and talk about a horror film made in Ventura in 1961. The brain child of B-Picture director William Castle it was a film loosely based on Hitchcock’s Psycho. It was filmed in downtown Ventura and Solvang. A rather grim film of madness and murder–it turned out rather good. The tour will discuss the movie, and show some clips that depict Ventura as it was in the 1960s. After the talk a short walking tour will be offered to view locations used in the movie. Tour starts at the Bank of Books on 748 E. Main Street in Downtown Ventura. Tickets are a modest $6 per person. Talk starts at 7 pm. For an interview or questions e-mail Mr. Senate at [email protected].

Vol. 12, No. 12 – Mar 13 – Mar 26, 2019 – Forever Homes Wanted

Hi, I’m Cole 2 a cute 4 year old Chihuahua X who was rescued from Animal Services. I’m grateful to be given a chance to find my forever home.

I was in a foster home with 2 other small dogs. I respond best to a calm structured environment. I am a bit fearful and anxious, once I get to know you I am a fun and sweet dog but I do take awhile to get used to new people and dogs. It should be on my terms, at my own pace. My foster mom has been taking me to training and I’m walking well on leash. I am beginning to be comfortable with one of my foster siblings, but needed to be separated for 3 weeks. On walks when encountering bigger dogs I do show some anxiety and will bark and pull, but my foster mom is working with me on not doing that.

I would do best in a quiet home where someone is home most of the time. At this time it is not recommended that I go to a home with children. I love to be with the person I trust. I am house and crate trained. I’m a smart dog who thrives with learning new skills. While I love attention from the person that I trust, I am not a lap dog.

If you’re a patient, loving person who is willing to continue with my training, please call to make an appointment to meet me. I can’t wait to start a new chapter in my life making wonderful memories with my special someone. Canine Adoption and Rescue League C.A.R.L.CARL Adoption Center-call 644-7387 for more information.

Sunshine is the best of both worlds. Ready for a good adventure, but also down for a good cuddle if that’s more your thing. She’s done great with other dogs, big and small. She spent some time with one of our big pit bull dogs and did great with him. She’s cool and confident. She walks well on a leash and is a volunteer and staff favorite. Oh, and she pees doing a headstand which is hilarious to watch. Ventura County Animal Services – Simi location – 670 W. Los Angeles Ave Sunshine A703849

 

Community Memorial Hospital helping save lives

Adam Trunell, Sr. Vice Pres. making presentations while Trudy Cook listens on February 8 while the CMH Auxiliary hosted their annual luncheon at the Sheraton at the Harbor. Volunteers received their service pens and there was a change of command of presidents for the auxiliary. Norma Nick Taylor also presented a $60,000.00 check to David  Glyer VP/Chief Financial Officer.  Edie Marshall is the out-going president and Trudy Cook is the new president.

Over 1 million joint replacement surgeries are performed in the United States each year, with knees and hips being the most common. In the coming years, these numbers are expected to rise. Fortunately, thanks to recent advances, joint replacement surgeries are more effective than ever, and the recovery process has become easier.

The latest developments in these surgeries will be the focus of a free seminar at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20. Titled “Advances in Joint Replacement Surgery,” the seminar is hosted by Community Memorial Health System as part of its 2019 Speaker Series.

The guest speaker will be Dr. Thomas Golden, a member of the CMH medical staff with more than 30 years of experience as an orthopedic surgeon.

Dr. Golden will discuss the newer and more effective ways to perform joint replacement surgery and how patients can return to their active lifestyles. The March 20 seminar will begin at 6 p.m. at the Museum of Ventura County, 100 E. Main St. Registration is free but reservations are required. For reservations, visit www.cmhshealth.org/rsvpor call Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006.

Community Memorial Health System is a not-for-profit health system, which is comprised of Community Memorial Hospital, Ojai Valley Community Hospital, the Centers for Family Health, and various outpatient centers serving communities located within Ventura County, California.

More aortic valve stenosis patients will be treated locally and minimally invasively

Community Memorial Hospital has added another procedure to the growing list of minimally invasive heart procedures: transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

TAVR is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that repairs a narrowed heart valve without removing the old, damaged valve. Instead, an artificial valve is placed in the aortic valve through the femoral artery (the large artery in the groin) using a long catheter. There’s no large surgical incision in the chest. Once the new valve is expanded, the tissue in the replacement valve regulates blood flow from the heart to the body. Previously, heart valve replacements required open-heart surgery in which the sternum is surgically separated, which typically required longer recovery for patients.

“The TAVR procedure is reducing the need for open-heart surgeries in some instances and hastening patient recovery,” said Dr. Omid Fatemi, Community Memorial Health System’s Medical Director of Structural Heart and High Risk Revascularization.

The newly opened Ocean Tower’s state-of-the-art cath lab allows CMH to expand its line-up of heart procedures that couldn’t be performed in the old hospital. Within the first week, four successful TAVR procedures have been completed at CMH, and more are planned for the near future.

The Ocean Tower cath lab has four procedure rooms and a fifth is expected to be added by next year. The new, expanded cath lab also features start-of-the art imaging equipment with superior imaging quality and new, superior diagnostic and ultrasound equipment.

TAVR is an FDA-approved procedure for people with aortic valve stenosis who are considered at intermediate or high-risk for open-heart valve replacement surgery. The FDA approval has expanded over the past few years with the outstanding results that have been achieved with this technology.

The Structural Heart Program at the new CMH offer minimally invasive procedures for heart problems, and most patients can go home the next day. Procedures include TAVR, ASD and PFO closure, and the WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure Implant for patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) who can take warfarin but seek a non-drug alternative to reduce their risk of AF-related stroke.

Vol. 12, No. 12 – Mar 13 – Mar 26, 2019 – Opinion/Editorial

∙Congratulations to my favorite music columnist, Pam Baumgardner, on the 10th-anniversary of providing VenturaRocks.com for our community. People live by her daily listings for showing where to go for music in Ventura, and she’s never once charged the artists or Ventura venues to be listed. Plus, you can read her column in the Breeze.

∙Here we go again, hopefully this appointment works out. The Board of Education has selected Dr. Roger Rice as the new Superintendent of the Ventura Unified School District (see cover story). And they did it without spending a lot of money to hire a search company by looking at local candidates.

∙It just got a little harder to open a store that sells firearms and ammunition in Ventura.

The City Council voted 7-0 to approve an ordinance that limits where in the city these businesses can be located.

Once the new rules become law, a firearms business won’t be allowed to open if it’s within 500’ of a “sensitive use,” a designation that includes schools, parks, religious institutions, day care facilities and residential zones. Such stores will need to be at least 200’ away from a similar business.

The new rules limits stores to three areas based upon the zone. Limited Industrial (M-1), General Industrial (M-2) and Manufacturing Planned Development (MPD).

Even though I don’t like guns much I’m not sure limiting where stores can be located serves any purpose at all.

∙A “glad they’re here” to a few Ventura businesses. Steve’s Plumbing & Hardware, 1199 E. Thompson Blvd (but don’t expect to find Steve there) is a great local hardware and plumbing fixture store. Recently I went in to buy a very specific little bitty screw and a part for a ceiling light. They helped me find both and made sure they were the correct parts. And the cost was .95c – you can’t beat that.

The other is Grossman Imaging Centers, located at 2705 Loma Vista and specifically Alma B. who works there. She was great helping me with an MRI that my wife needed. Very understanding and made several calls to see if the procedure could be done at that location. Turns out it was very specific and could only be done at Kaiser in LA, but she was terrific.

∙ New York is having a problem it hasn’t seen recently, which is rabid raccoons in Manhattan.

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene have identified four raccoons with rabies since the start of the year. The health department is now advising residents in the area to make sure that pets are up to date with vaccinations. I hope pet owners won’t object to this based on religious grounds.

∙I feel that some opinions are important enough for me to comment in my editorial. This one is from Mike Mislinay (it has been edited for size, but not stripped of its meaning). My comments are in caps.

Sheldon:

You are constantly whining about Trump I DON’T THINK I WHINE BUT IF I DO, I APOLOGIZE and in the February 27th issue you continued your tantrum I ALSO DON’T HAVE TANTRUMS, UNLESS MY OPINIONS ARE NOW TANTRUMS two years into his term. AM I SUPPOSED TO STOP BECA– USE HE HAS BEEN PRESIDNET FOR TWO YEARS? You quoted Trump saying in 2012 “The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.” And then you added….”If the President says so it must be true.” With all due respect my friend you must be getting forgetful. Most people of our generation still remember George H.W.Bush “No New Taxes” and the ridiculous lie from Obama “If you like the Doctor you have, you can keep your Doctor.” Both comments were not true and made by Presidents. POINT BEING WHAT? WE SHOULD ACCEPT ALL PRESIDENTAIL STATEMENTS WITHOUT COMMENT OR CONCERN? These men are no different than you and me. Being President does not make you more honest or smarter. OBVIOUSLY, BUT ISN’T THAT SETTING THE STANDARD RATHER LOW? YOU WOULDN’T WANT ME TO BE PRESIDENT? You have stated that just because Hillary won the popular vote she should be President. Even though Hillary won the national popular vote by 2.8 million votes, in California she won by 4 million votes. So I guess you could say that she won the national popular vote with California votes. Now if we changed to most votes win, then California would dictate national elections. Anyone from California running for President would probably be odds on favorite to win. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF PRESIDENTS FROM CALIFORNIA, CORRECT? Some might all think that California, Florida, Texas and New York should determine who becomes President because they have the greatest populations but I think it is a mistake to ignore middle America and the Electorial College reminds us of the fact we all live in 1 country together and as a republic all of our votes count not just California and other big states. STILL MAKES NO SENSE TO ME THAT THE VOTE OF A PERSON IN ALABAMA MEANS MORE THAN MINE. MAYBE I’LL MOVE TO ALABAMA, SO MY VOTE HAS MORE IMPORTANCE.

EDITOR: Consider the following when explaining what the writers of the electoral college were thinking.

The first census I could find with California in it was the 1860 census (obviously a lot lot less residents in California in 1787). In fact, California didn’t become a state until 1850.

  • California 379,994
  • Georgia 1,057,286
  • Kentucky 1,155,684
  • Virginia 1,219,630
  • Known slaves in 1860
  • California zero
  • Georgia 462,198
  • Virginia 422,494
  • Mississippi 436,631
  • Alabama 435,080

Obviously, the writers of the electoral college were not thinking about California unless, in 1787, they knew that California would be a huge state one day. They probably didn’t even know where California was. If so, they were better prognosticators than Nostradamus.

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CAPS Media Crew Covers St Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival of Talent

The CAPS Media Crew will be “wearing the green” on Saturday, March 16th broadcasting and live streaming Ventura’s 31st annual St Patrick’s Day Parade starting at 10 AM on channel 6. The festive event, sponsored by Ventura Elks Lodge #1430, is a community wide celebration with dancers, classic vehicles, music performances, and much more. Former City Mayor and longest serving councilmember Jim Monahan will be honored as this year’s Grand Marshal along with other grand marshals of yesteryear. The parade will be live on Saturday morning and repeat throughout the following week. Check https://www.capsmedia.org/channel-6/ to find the specific days and times.

The following Saturday, March 23rd, the CAPS Media Crew will record the Festival of Talent for Ventura Education Partnership. Under this year’s theme, We’ve Got The Beat, the annual talent show showcases the wide range of talented students in the Ventura Unified School District. Now in its 18th year, Festival of Talent is the largest fundraising event for Ventura Education Partnership. Proceeds support innovative classroom grants through the VEP Grants program. The majority of the crew members for both productions are students in the El Camino High School media program at CAPS (ECTV). All volunteer their time and expertise for these worthwhile and entertaining events.

The award-winning El Camino High School at Ventura College production team (ECTV) is in the midst of producing an extensive media series on a topic of great importance to the students: immigration. The crew has conducted personal interviews and recorded life histories with multiple émigrés from Mexico including Gabino Aguirre, the former mayor of Santa Paula, and a woman who fled Europe as was part of the WW2 Jewish diaspora that, turned away by the US, took refuge in Uruguay. The series also includes immigrants from Germany, Belgium, Canada and Franco Spain. All of the stories are part of the ECTV series of programs that air on CAPS Channel 6. Go to www.capsmedia.org/channel-6/ for specific days and times.

Also, all of the ECTV programs are archived on the CAPS Media website under www.capsmedia.org/videos/

CAPS Media continues the important collaboration with Ventura Police Department by producing an ongoing series of community awareness and information projects. Coordinated by Ashley Bautista, VPD Community Outreach Specialist, the series includes regular community updates, crime prevention tips for the public and engaging profiles on officers on the force.

On Wednesday March 27 join DJs, producers and engineers of CAPS Radio KPPQ at our open house and community meeting at 6pm at the CAPS Media Center. Learn about Ventura’s community radio station and let us know what you think.

If you have an interest in community television or are just curious, drop by the CAPS Media Center on the first Thursday of the month and learn how to become a member of CAPS and join our community of enthusiastic and engaged member/producers. For a low membership fee of $25 you will receive hands-on instruction in videography, video editing, radio production (additional fee required) and more. You will have access to our state-of-the-art facilities including our fully equipped studio and will receive invites to special events including our Producers Caucus. Don’t miss out. Go to capsmedia.org for information or call 805-658-0500.