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NO. 12
Fresh Roasted Concerts Presents Second City See Around the Tri-Counties - Page 2A
First of 12 Captain Planet School Learning Gardens Opens in Ventura County
Rio del Norte 3rd graders digging in garden Oxnard, Calif.—The has created its first LearnCaptain Planet Foundation ing Garden in Ventura (CPF), a nonprofit organi- County with help from zation dedicated to inspir- Food for Thought Ojai and ing the next generation of Agromin. The garden is at environmental stewards, GARDENS, See page 1B
Pinkard Youth Institute Hosts Event to Support Black College Tours
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2014
Publish Your Change of Name for $120
Call (805) 983-0015
Brother Yusef at the Carrillo Recreation Center See Community Calendar - Page 14B
SUPER BOWL
XLVIII Quarterback Peyton Manning #18
Quarterback Russell Wilson #3
Wide Receiver Demaryius Thomas #88
Wide Receiver 1 Doug Baldwin #89
Super Bowl XLVIII is an upcoming American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos and National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2013-2014
season. It is scheduled to be held on February 2, 2014, at MetLife Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with kickoff scheduled for 6:25 p.m. ET. This will be the first Super Bowl to be played outdoors in a cold weather environment, the first
played on February 2, the first to be played outdoors on artificial turf since Super Bowl X at the Miami Orange Bowl, and the first in which two states (New York and New Jersey) will share in hosting this event. It is also the first time since Super Bowl XLIV, and just the second time
in the past twenty seasons, that the #1 seeds from each conference will meet to decide the championship. The game will feature the league’s top offense (Denver) vs. the top defense (Seattle), which has not occurred since Super Bowl XXXVII. SUPER BOWL, See page 14A
Brownley Announces Nominees to Service Academies
Congresswoman Brownley with this year’s service academy nominees Former Oxnard Councilmember Bedford Pinkard and Former Oxnard Mayor Pro-Tem Irene Pinkard It was almost 25 years 25 years old this year. ago that Bedford and Irene The six students who Pinkard decided to invite attended that first tour will Oxnard students to Prairie be a part of the “A Heart View A & M University to for Youth” event sponsored watch a cousin graduate by Pinkard Youth Institute, from the animal husbandry celebrating 25 years of the program. The trip was the Black College tours. The inspiration for the Black event will raise funds to College Tours, which turns PINKARD, See page 12A
THOUSAND OAKS– Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) recently announced the 28 high school students who received Congressional nominations to the U.S. service academies, which include the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York; United States Naval Academy
in Annapolis, Maryland; United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York; and United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. “These students represent the best and brightest of our youth, and as someone who grew up in a military family, I commend
them for applying and am proud to nominate them for the academies,” said Congresswoman Brownley. The nominees were required to apply to Congresswoman Brownley’s office by November 5, 2013, which was followed by interviews with a merit panel consisting of nine academy alumni. Addi-
tionally, they were required to go through the rigorous application process of each academy they were interested in attending. The next step is for the academies to determine which of the nominees receive appointments. Congresswoman Brownley will announce them as they become known.