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local Eagle Scout awarded

from reader Shirley...congrats, Nate!

Nate Cornelius was honored this month with the highest award in scouting, the Eagle Scout Award. A member of Boy Scouts of America Troop 36, Nate was recognized in an Eagle Court of Honor on May 5, 2007.

Each candidate must earn 21 merit badges and successfully complete a community or church service project to earn his Eagle. Nate’s project was to beautify an area in back of Hollister elementary school where parents pick up their children. This area, once covered in weeds and dirt, is now landscaped with beautiful shrubs and flowers and a redwood bench. He wishes to acknowledge Buena Tool and Hayward Lumber who donated supplies for his project.

Nate is a senior at Dos Pueblos High school. He is the son of Shirley Cornelius of Santa Barbara and Mitch Cornelius of Ojai.

Theater 150’s Multi-Household Sale

from a reader...

Saturday, April 14th at 8 AM

at the Ojai American Legion
843 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai CA

Vintage dresses, coats, shoes and lingerie! Theater 150 will host a giant multi-household sale at the American Legion in Ojai this Saturday.  Furniture, appliances, electronics, clothing and much, much more. Don't miss it!

If you're interested in renting a space to sell your own goods alongside us, we still have a couple of prime spots left for $25 a spot, but they're going fast!  Reply to this email or call the theater (805-646-4300) for more details.

"Weekend of Delight!"

Check out GlenMuse.com for the details on these two great events...

Friday March 9
Triple Bill World Music Concert

Incendio: Latin guitar world fusion
“whizzing through a musical virtual reality”

HuDost: alternative world rock "Country & Eastern"
a rich, eclectic blend of traditional Sufi music, Bulgarian and Balkan adaptations, Farsi, Turkish and Arabic pieces with elements of folk, pop, rock and Southern Gospel

Lisa Lynn: Celtic harp
Windham Hill and New Earth Record labels; her last 4 CDs have been among top 20 on the Billboard music charts

Saturday, March 10
"Radical Ecstasy" All Day Workshop

Based on Sufi teachings that have been evolving for over a thousand years, we work with music, sound, breath, energy, and magnetism, to develop an awakened sense of self (which in meditation is often oriented beyond life) directed toward creative action in the world.

These techniques ignite a power source in your body, emotions, and mind, to let you virtually explode with creativity in your actions, what you bring to life, and how life responds to you.

CranioSacral for children

passing this on from a dear friend...

I am excited to announce that I am holding space for working with children. Over the past few months I have witnessed the power of CranioSacral work on children, and it is truly amazing how fast and easily their bodies unwind.

CranioSacral therapy is helpful in over all wellness for children, and more specifically for:
TMJ
Birth trauma
Headaches and Migraines
Physical & emotional trauma
ADD
Hypertension

CranioSacral Therapy is a light touch therapy, which addresses restrictions of a physiological body system called the CranioSacral system. The system consists of the bones, membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds and protects the brain, spinal cord, and sacrum. Using a very gentle touch the practitioner releases restrictions in the CranioSacral system, so the body can release the effects of stress and trauma and naturally heal itself. This space is deeply relaxing and it is where powerful healing takes place.

To begin with I will be working with children 5 years and older and within the next few months I will able to work on children of all ages – including new born children. The 1st session in 45 minutes for $50. The 2nd session is 30 minutes for $35.  I recommend a minimum of 3 sessions.

Love & Light,
AnneDorthe Dreyer
dorthedreyer@hotmail.com

The Reason For The Season

This holiday season celebrate in good fun and lively spirit with Ojai’s Merry Merchants   in Downtown Ojai. The Merchants Committee of the Ojai Valley Chamber Commerce is planning something special for you every Saturday in December before Christmas.  Many stores and restaurants will be open til 9 p.m.  The Poppy Fountain in the Arcade Plaza is the gathering spot for the following events -

At 4 p.m. Saturday, December 2nd multi-cultural seasonal tales will be told to delight and enthrall children of all ages.  Bring a blanket to sit on the lawn and listen to Julie Tumamait, Ron Rowe, Buddy Wilds, and Ricki Horne telling Native American, Christmas and Hannukah stories. At 5 p.m enjoy the official lighting up of the arcade plaza’s inner courtyard.

On Saturday, December 9th, the activities will feature our furry friends with a dog parade and contest sponsored by Noah's Apothecary at 3:00 p.m. Judges will award prizes for Best of Show, cutest, funniest, and most festive.  And at 4:00 p.m. you are invited to romp with your special Bowser on an agility course complete with professional instruction.

Don¹t miss a Community Sing-a-long on Saturday December 16th at 4 p.m. Bring your voice and the Ojai Valley News will provide the songbooks with familiar carols.  Sing with members of the Nordhoff High School Chorus, Youth Symphony, and Community Chorus.  Kids from Jewish Community of the Oaks will join in with Hanukkah songs and a menorah lighting to follow.

It¹s to be a party scene on the last Saturday before Christmas, December 23rd.  Cruise downtown to see and be seen, shop, snack, and schmooze with the Merry Merchants of Ojai.

Some of the December highlights among our participating merchants:

• Rains Department Store plans some great specials during December.

• The Lavender Inn on Matilija Street plans a cookie exchange party on Dec. 16th

- bring 4 dozen homemade cookies, and go home with a different selection

  after enjoying hors d’oevres, cranberry martinis and eggnog.

• At Around the Corner/Plush Surroundings on South Signal Street, a different artist will be featured at receptions each Saturday.

• Next door, Firehouse Pottery's Clay School will host a student pottery sale on Saturday, December 2.

• Donate money to buy a goat, cow, camel, or sheep for an African Nomad family

and receive a print of a Leslie Clark painting at Nomad Gallery.

• Visit Ojai House, and Soul Centered on North Montgomery for refreshments and in store specials.

• Stop in and see what¹s happening at Kava Gifts, Tottenham Court, and finish

with a nightcap and live music at Movino.

• Have a chair massage at Busy Babes, watch hair demos, and get into the act with real retro fun at the “Eyelash Party” on Saturday the 9th.

• Also on December 9^th, at Firehouse Pottery you can make pinch pots with Dusti Pelow and watercolor note cards with Patty Van Dyke in a Holiday Workshop from 3p.m. to 6p.m.

• The Feast Bistro will take 10% off your dinner check if you show them your

receipt from anything you¹ve purchased at Busy Babes.

• Get a free jewelers polishing cloth from Human Arts Gallery when you show a
  receipt from your purchase at Human Arts Home.

Stay in Ojai this holiday season, keep your sanity, and support all your favorite shops.  Remember the “Reason for the Season” - Enjoy the symbolism and meaning behind our traditions, create memories, celebrate the things we have in common as well as our differences; participate in our very special community.

For more details call the Ojai Valley Chamber of Commerce 646-8126 or contact individual shops and restaurants.

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Visit Firehouse Pottery's Clay School first annual students' holiday sale on Dec. 2nd and make pinch pots with Dusti Pelow and watercolor note cards with Patty Van Dyke in a Holiday Workshop from 3p.m. to 6p.m. on Dec. 9th

What's Fun in Ojai this weekend?

Hey get out and do something fun! See you at Ojai Day - be sure to stop by the Ojai Peace Coalition/Veterans for Peace/Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions table and meet Ojai Post author evan austin.

Tonight, Friday, October 20
OJAI RISING - Our House performance at Libbey Bowl
Star Trek, Science, and Mysticism with Robert Ellwood at Krotona
The Ojai Day Mandala - 10pm at Signal and Grand - bring the kids!

Saturday October 21
Ojai Day!
Star Trek, Science, and Mysticism with Robert Ellwood at Krotona
Ojai Peddlers Fair at Chapparal Auditorium
Movie: "Conversations With God" at Plexus Studio

Weekend Events in Ojai

Ojai Film Festival - all weekend long at venues around Ojai

Tonight, Friday October 13 - Julie Christensen CD Release at Ourovoros Art Gallery

Saturday, October 14 - Movie: "March of the Penquins" at Krotona Theosophical Society

Saturday, October 14 - From Jail to Jewel: HELP of Ojai Open House at the new HELP West Campus

Saturday, October 14 - The Robben Ford Guitar Clinic at The Womens' Club

Sunday, October 15 - APPLES & MORE! Cooking Class at Lavender Inn / Ojai Culinary School

Monday, October 16 - City Council Candidate's Forum at Chapparal Auditorium

Ojai Mommy Brigade

From Reader Ron Rowe:

What happened to Cathy Elliott Jones, President of Ojai Mommy Brigade? Is the MOMMY BRIGADE still functioning?  Anyone know?

Leave a note in the comments if you have any news.

[UPDATE] We found her!  That was fast.  See the comments for more...

O-Hi Frostie - swan song?

Interesting article on O-Hi Frostie (previous ojaiblog post here) in the VC Reporter.  An excerpt:   

“We want Frostie to be able to stay there until March,” Leary says. “The city would gain revenue and the third party involved, the owner, would be given rent.”

City Manager Jere A. Kersnar, however, stated that the eviction was a private issue between the property owner and his lessee.

“Having said that, we’ve been talking to the operator of the O-Hi Frostie business — assuming he can’t stay where he is — [about] whether there are other places in town where he might be able to relocate, but that’s really up to him.”

But Leary argues, “When people make the statement that if an owner owns a certain piece of property he can do whatever he wants with it, that needs to be qualified.” He continues, “The city can make a public statement that would carry a certain moral and persuasive power … [The city council] have the power to write and to also interpret the rules [which] have to be balanced with public good rights.”