NE oil da a a a a a a a Oct. 6, 2001 WC The Star I B5 MILESTONES Volunteer Opportunities Habitat for Humanity of Ventura is offering free workshops to train non-English speakers. Neither teaching cooperation and family rules. an interview, call 656-1986. County ReStore has a great need for volunteers to become English as a experience nor the ability to speak a Volunteers are needed to provide this volunteers in its retail facility.
The second language tutors of adults. foreign language is necessary. valuable service. Volunteers are The Animal Network Habitat ReStore is a thrift store for new Orientation will take place at 7 p.m. To register for the workshop or for thoroughly screened and trained.
needs volunteers to help maintain its and used building materials at 167 Thursday. Workshops are held the more information, please call 385-9584. For more information, call the thrift store, which supports the spay Lambert Oxnard. The store is open second Saturday of every month. Three volunteer coordinator at 485-6114.
and neuter program. Tasks are varied. Monday through Saturday. workshops are needed to complete the Assisted Home Hospice is seeking The store is in Ventura. The move to Oxnard took place in training.
volunteers to work with terminally ill A training class for the Long Term For more information, call 640-1170. June 2000. Volunteers would be working The second in the series will be held patients and their families in Ventura Care Ombudsman program will be held with the manager on various Thursday and the third will be held on County. Office support is also needed. Oct.
15 through Oct. 19. Interviews are United Way of Ventura County is responsibilities. They range from Nov. 10 with workshop No.
1 being Full training will be provided. now being conducted. looking for enthusiastic volunteers to answering the phone, scheduling scheduled again in January 2002. For more information, call Annette Duties of the ombudsman include help the United Way office. Individuals material pickups, cleaning and sorting, All workshops will take place at Talon, volunteer coordinator, at (800) assuring that residents in long will gain a thorough understanding of to driving the truck for pickups.
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 755 499-6664. care facilities are guaranteed their United Way by helping in various All proceeds from the ReStore help Bard Road, Port Hueneme. The human rights and are being treated with departments campaign, marketing, fund the Habitat for Humanity of Laubach Literacy method will be Interface Children Family Services respect, dignity, and compassion. In funds distribution, administration, and Ventura County homes built within the demonstrated and taught during the offers a low-cost, 10-week series of many cases, the ombudsman is their finance in projects such as bulk county. For more information, call workshop, allowing the new tutor to Positive Parenting classes focusing on only link to the outside world, and the mailings, photocopying, collating, filing, 981-2268.
begin right away. The workshop will peaceful parenting, saying no with love, only objective representative who can and organizing supply rooms. train volunteers to teach reading, building children's self-esteem, effective speak up on their behalf. For more information, call Yvonne Laubach Literacy of Ventura County writing a and speaking English to adult communication, and developing For more information or to schedule Estrada at 485-6288. How Others are Helping Since the events of Sept.
11 in New York and at the Pentagon, people have expressed their sorrow and offered aid in many ways. Here is how local residents are reacting: They turned in pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, Chuck Cheese's tokens, a nail, two screws and coins from Romania, Israel and Mexico. Operation Pocket Change at Peach Hill School yielded $934 donated by the kindergartenthrough-third-grade students. The money is being donated to the American Red Cross. "We got a lot of odds and ends," said Nancy Cook, one of the moms helping to coordinate the school effort.
The effort lasted for two weeks, with the young students encouraged to donate their change, Cook said. a Ventura County firefighters have been working diligently to raise money to help the families of their fallen comrades in New York City, so members of Moorpark Brownie Troop 37, 11 strong, decided to show their gratitude for the local firefighters by planting a display of patriotism in front of Station 40 at Mountain Trail Street and Cedar Springs in Moorpark. Under the guidance of co-leaders Laurel Marion and Ginny Lee, the 8-year-olds Friday afternoon planted more than 20 five-gallon containers of plants donated to the effort by Plant Warehouse. a Students of Hillcrest Christian School in Thousand Oaks raised more than $4,000 for the Red Cross through bake sales and donations. Readers will match the amount.
Jennifer Gardner, 12, of Camarillo organized a carwash to benefit the United Way Disaster Relief Fund. She held the carwash with the help of 10 of her girlfriends and her two brothers. Her father's employer, Verizon, matched the donation three to one. Students at Mesa Union Junior High in Somis held a loose-change drive to benefit the Red Cross. For one week, students brought in loose change from home.
At the end of the week they donated $2,392 to the Red Cross. Ojai Violet 'Gladys' Stewart Violet "Gladys" Stewart passed away peacefully at the Ojai Valley Skilled Nursing Facility and went home to be with the Lord on Oct. 2, 2001. Gladys was born March 9, 1918, in Indianapolis, to Ruth and Virgil Arnett. She was brought to Ventura County to live with her grandparents, Daisy and Albert Southern, at a young She lived on the Limonera Ranch in age.
Santa Paula, where her grandfather was a ranch foreman. Gladys attended Briggs Elementary and Santa Paula High School in Santa Paula. She was preceded in death by her. husband, Edward Stewart. Gladys was a "people she loved her country and her family.
She was a true-blue Dodger fan. Before she became ill she loved to help out at the Avenue Senior Center in Ventura and she had more than 500 hours of volunteer service. She was a big fan of the Old-Time Fiddlers' music group in Oak View. Gladys is survived by her son, Virgil Harris (wife, Nelda) of Oklahoma; (daughters, Bev Willerford (husband, Bob) of Ojai and Pat Karaglou (husband, Pete) of Isleton; grandchildren, Marvin Sadat murder twenty years ago left legacy TERROR: Anniversary of assassination today; one group has current ties to bin Laden. By Nadia Abou el-Magd Some of the plotters hoped the Associated Press writer assassination would topple the govCAIRO, Egypt Assassins ernment and a popular revolution who gunned down Egyptian Pres- would demand Islamic rule.
But ident Anwar Sadat in 1981 hoped Sadat's vice president, Hosni to bring Islamic rule to Egypt. Mubarak, retained control and reTwenty years later, the govern- mains Egypt's president today. ment remains officially secular, Still, the radicals have achieved but Muslim militants' influence progress in their broader goal of Iscan be felt throughout Egyptian lamizing society, said Dia'a Rashsociety and well beyond. wan, an expert on Islamic militant Egyptian militants have played a groups. role in international terrorism since It's evident on the streets, the government's heavy-handed where more and more Egyptian response to the assassination sent girls and women are donning head many militants fleeing abroad to scarves and in some cases even support myriad Islamic causes.
The more enveloping veils in accorgovernment has invoked emer- dance with Islamic teaching. gency powers ever since. Members of the Muslim BrothToday, one of two militant erhood, an outlawed but tolerated groups allied in the plot to kill Sadat fundamentalist organization, ran as on Oct. 6, 1981, is closely linked to independents in parliamentary Osama bin Laden, the main suspect elections last year. Despite police in the Sept.
11 terror attacks on the efforts to block candidates from United States. running and supporters from votAyman al-Zawahri, leader of ing, the brotherhood won 17 seats, the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, or holy the largest opposition bloc. Brothwar, is believed to be bin Laden's erhood members also control top lieutenant. Another Jihad Egypt's powerful professional orgamember heads the military wing nizations of doctors, engineers and of bin Laden's alliance, and sever- lawyers. al other Egyptians are said to hold Montasser el-Zayat, a lawyer key posts.
and spokesman for the banned alJihad worked with al-Gamaa al- Gamaa al-Islamiyya, said the turn Islamiyya, or the Islamic group, in to conservative Islam in Egypt killing Sadat, who was condemned grew out of people's discourageby radicals for standing in the way ment after the loss of the 1967 Midof establishing an Islamic state dle East war to Israel. and for being the first Arab leader "Conservatism began to sweep to sign a peace treaty with Israel Egyptian universities and society in 1979. as a whole," he said. The Associated Press ASSASSIN: A gunman wearing an Egyptian army uniform fires into the reviewing stand during an attack that took the life of President Anwar Sadat on Oct. 6, 1981.
Obituaries Natel Jr. (wife, Donna), Danny Naten (wife, Beverly), Sean Solano (wife, Suzi), Mishael Swift (husband, Paul), Bobby Poremski, Valerie Noe (husband, Ray), Johnny Poremski, Jackie Tehgren, Allen Harris (wife, Deanna), Raynell Harris; 14 great -grandchildren; sister, Thelma Hovious; and nephew, Gregory Hovious and family of Sacramento. Sleep well, Mom, and fly with the angels until we see you again in heaven. Private services and interment will be held at Santa Paula Cemetery. Santa Clarita Charlie Parrish After a long battle with lung cancer, Charlie Parrish passed away Sept.
30, 2001, surrounded by loved ones. A former Ventura resident and graduate of High School in 1960, Charlie currently resided in Santa Clarita. After a long graphic design career with General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas, and Baskin-Robbins in Glendale, Charlie had formed his own successful business, Charlie Parrish Graphic Design. Charlie, a former member of the Ventura Church of Christ, was recently a member of Fillmore Church of Christ. Charlie is survived by his son, Bret Parrish (wife, Krissy) of of of of of of Clarita; daughter, Amie Parrish of Barbara; Santa his children's mother, Stella Parrish Griffin of Ventura; grandchildren, Haley, Wesley and Ryan Parrish; sister, Linda Shelby of Modesto; mother, Ida Mae Parrish of Edmond, and her spouse, Chris Parrish; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and nephews.
A memorial service will be at noon Saturday, Oct. 6, at Eternal Valley Mortuary, Highway 14 and San Fernando Road in Newhall. Camarillo Valerie Lee Runyan Valerie Lee Runyan, 61, got her wings Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2001, while at home in Camarillo, after a two-year battle with cancer. In passing, she was surrounded by close friends and loved ones.
Valerie was born Nov. 30, 1939, in Los Angeles to Bob and Sadie Rankin. After graduating from San Jose State, she returned to Southern California and worked as a schoolteacher and music instructor. In 1962, she married Gary Runyan and proceeded to raise two children. In 1975, the family settled in Camarillo, where Valerie remained a homemaker and music teacher.
Valerie loved to sing. She was a member of Sweet Adelines for 23 years, performing in a variety of chapters throughout the Ventura County area. She was most recently a part of Agoura Hills Harmony Chorus. Her passion for vocal harmony was such that she also sang lead in several quartets over the years. Some of the people she met through singing remained her closest lifelong friends.
Valerie was a woman of incredible strength and determination, traveling to Sydney, Australia, to see her daughter compete in the Olympic Games last year and entertaining her grandchildren, whom she adored, well into her final days. Though her warm and caring presence will be dearly missed, Valerie's indomitable spirit lives on in everyone she has known. and touched. I believe in mystery And miracles and the magic Of a new day I believe in angels And natural wonders And the beauty inside people I believe in rainbows And happy endings And dreams-come-true anonymous, from Valerie's kitchen Valerie is survived by her devoted husband, Gary; son, Grady; daughter, Marla; daughter-in-law, Lori Hamor; granddaughters, Odessa and Abilene; father, Bob Rankin; sister, Janis Knott; nieces, Melissa Knott and Melody Knott; nephews, Jeff and Jason Knott; and many other relatives and friends. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 6, at Pierce Bros. Griffin Mortuary, 1075 Daily Drive, Camarillo. Oxnard Carmen Maria Holland Carmen Maria Holland, 61, of Oxnard died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2001, at her residence in Oxnard, after a long illness.
Mrs. Holland was born Dec. 6, 1939, in Madrid, Spain. She was a resident of Ventura County for 12 years, coming from Santa Rosa, Calif. Mrs.
Holland was a special needs assistant with Santa Rosa School until her move to Oxnard in 1989. She was a member of the Catholic Church. Mrs. Holland was an avid sailor, past member of Anacapa Yacht Club and current member of Channel Islands Naval Yacht Club. She is survived by her husband, H.
Ian Holland of Oxnard; son, Richard Holland of Hollister; daughter and sonin-law, Gillian and Carl Albro of Seville, Spain; grandson, Turner Albro of Seville, Spain; granddaughter, Amanda Holland of Hollister; and aunt and uncle Paz and Justo Garcia of Madrid, Spain. Memorial Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 8, at Our Lady of the Assumption Church, 3175 Telegraph Road, Ventura, with the Rev. Larry Dowdel officiating.
Private burial at sea will take place. Arrangements are under the direction of Ted Mayr Funeral Home, Ventura. Grass Valley, Calif. Lorena Hayward Lorena D. Hayward of Grass Valley died Monday, Sept.
24, 2001, in Sacramento. She was 92. Mrs. Hayward was born May 27, 1909, in San Jose to Van and Lorena Hubbard. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1932 with a degree in education.
She married Charles Hayward on Dec. 23, 1934, in San Jose. Mrs. Hayward was a Christian Science practitioner for more than 40 years and was an active member of First Church of Christ Science in Grass Valley. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Wendy and Dennis Manker of St.
Louis, daughter, Lanny Evarts of Boston, son and daughter-in-law, Charlie and Beverly Hayward of Grass Valley; five grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren. Mrs. Hayward was preceded in death by her husband. Memorial contributions may be made to First Church of Christ, Scientist, PO. Box 683, Camarillo, CA 93011.
Death Notices Colton, Vivian Yvonne, 87, Glendale, retired elementary schoolteacher, died Sunday. Arrangements by Ted Mayr Funeral Home, Ventura. Kubla, Stephen Edward, 75, Ventura, salesman, Culligan Water of Ventura, died Tuesday. Arrangements by Ted Mayr Funeral Home, Ventura. Orebo, Bonnie Mae, 52, Ventura, homemaker, died Wednesday.
Arrangements by Joseph P. Reardon Funeral Home, Ventura. Pound, Jean, 65, Newbury Park, secretary, died Sept. 25. Arrangements by Payton Mortuary, Oxnard.
Price, Olga Thousand Oaks, died Wednesday. Arrangements by Pierce Bros. Valley Oaks Mortuary, Westlake Village. Ventimiglia, Felicia, 85, Newbury Park, homemaker, died Thursday. Arrangements by Pierce Bros.
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