Flynn 1st Recipient of Water District Award

Ventura County Supervisor John Flynn was named the first recipient of the Richard V. Laubacher Water Conservation Award. The new honor, to be awarded annually, was created by the United Water Conservation District to recognize someone who demonstrates innovation and leadership in water conservation in agriculture, business or education. Flynn has served as chairman of the Fox Canyon Ground Water Management Agency and helped lead the Southern California Water Committee. The award is named after Richard Laubacher of Oxnard, who served on the United Water district board of directors from 1983-1996.

Cal Lutheran Committee Bestows Awards * Cal Lutheran University’s Student Life Committee selected Michaela Reaves of Thousand Oaks as its 1997 Professor of the Year and Veronica Garcia as Senior of the Year. Reaves is an assistant professor in the history department. Garcia is a double major in English and religion from Fresno.

$500 Goes to Schools’ Math, Science Programs * The mathematics and science programs at Rio Mesa High School and Charles Blackstock Junior High School were selected to receive $500 each by Brighter Horizons V, a technology conference for girls sponsored by the American Assn. of University Women. The conference committee established the award to recognize the high school and junior high or intermediate school that was represented by the most students. The conference was held in March and was sponsored by the Camarillo, Oxnard-Port Hueneme and Ventura County branches of AAUW.

35 County Organizations Receive Grants * Grants totaling more than $300,000 have been presented to 35 Ventura County nonprofit health and medical organizations by the Livingston Memorial Foundation. The foundation was formed in 1974 to carry out the will of Ruth Daily Livingston, the widow of Dr. W.R. Livingston, a Ventura County physician. A list of grant winners for May 1, 1996-April 30, 1997 follows:

AIDS Care Inc.; Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation; American Heart Assn.; ARC Ventura County Inc.; Arthritis Foundation; Camarillo Hospice; Caregivers-Assisting the Elderly; Casa Pacifica; Catholic Charity Oasis; Coast Caregiver Resource Center; Community Memorial Hospital; Direct Relief International; Hospice of the Conejo; Interface: Children, Family Services of Ventura County; Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Assn.; Long Term Care Services; Mary Health of the Sick Convalescent and Nursing Hospital; Mercy Healthcare/St. John’s Regional Medical Center Foundation; Miracle Recovery Centers; National Kidney Foundation; National Multiple Sclerosis Society; Palmer Drug Abuse; Planned Parenthood; St. Joseph’s Convalescent Hospital/Retirement and Health Center; Santa Clara Valley Hospice; Santa Paula Memorial Hospital; Southeast Ventura County YMCA; Special California Foundation; the Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence; The Wellness Community; Tri-County Easter Seal Society Inc.; United Cerebral Palsy/Spastic Children’s Foundation; Ventura County Medical Resource Foundation; Ventura County Rescue Mission; Ventura County Special Olympics.

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