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VENTURA BOTANICAL GARDENS COMMITTEE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS

By: Denise Buttrey
Posted: 10/27/11

October 27, 2011

Calling All Volunteers!

The Ventura Botanical Gardens is looking for volunteers to help with all aspects of the organization. Your skills, time, and energy are needed to move projects forward ranging from grant writing and research assistance, fund raising, event planning, strategic planning, legal, finance, accounting, committee work, administration, correspondence, community outreach, the arts, public relations, marketing, graphic design, IT, education, trail building, botany, biology, engineering, construction, stone masonry, and much more.

Join the team by sending an email expressing your areas of interest to info@VenturaBotanicalGardens.com (subject; Volunteer).

And please join us on November 11, 2011 at 11:30 am at the Poinsettia Pavilion, 3451 Foothill Road, Ventura, 93003 for a "Hats off to Volunteers" luncheon. Katherine Wertheim, CRFE is the dynamic keynote speaker. VBG President, Doug Halter will give us an update on our progress, volunteer opportunities, and goals for 2012.

The cost for the luncheon:
$22 for members
$35 for non-members

. Mail your checks payable to the:
Ventura Botanical Gardens
P.O. Box 3127
\Ventura, CA 93006-3127
Attention: Volunteer luncheon

RSVP: Peggy Dolan (805) 630-5130 or kappdolan@yahoo.com by Nov. 4th. Please visit www.VenturaBotanicalGardens.com and become a member today!

Contact: info@VenturaBotanicalGardens.com

CAMARILLO DEPUTIES ARREST
ARSON SUSPECT WITH INTENT
OF INSURANCE FRAUD

bY: Sergeant John J. Gleason
Posted: 09/28/11

Nature of Incident:
Arson-For-Hire Arrest
Report Number: 11-18629
Location: 532 S. Dawson Drive #5N
Camarillo, CA
Date: 10/13/11
Time: Approximately 5:00 P.M.
Unit Responsible:
Special Services - Arson Unit
Camarillo Special Enforcement Detail
(S)uspects, City of Residence Age
(S) Juan Rivera Suarez
Ventura 35

Narrative:
On August 17, 2011, firefighters from the Ventura County Fire Department and deputies from the Camarillo Police Station were dispatched to a vehicle fire in the 400 block of Calle San Pablo in the city of Camarillo. Arson Investigators from the Ventura County Fire Department and the Ventura County Sheriff's Office also responded and determined the fire was intentionally set.

As the investigation progressed, the suspect was identified as Camarillo business owner, Juan Rivera Suarez. The ensuing lengthy investigation revealed the vehicle owner paid Suarez to make arrangements for the vehicle to be taken to a remote location and set afire for the purpose of insurance fraud.

On October 13, 2011, detectives assigned to the Camarillo Special Enforcement Detail assisted arson investigators with the service of a search warrant at Suarez' business, "JR Customs," located at 532 S. Dawson Drive in Camarillo. At that time, Suarez was arrested for conspiracy to commit a crime and arson. Suarez was booked at the Ventura County Pre-Trial Detention Facility.

Deputy Preparing Media Release:
Sergeant John J. Gleason
Media Release Date:
October 21, 2011
Follow-Up Contact:
Sergeant Robert Garcia
(805) 383-8700
Approved by:
Captain Bruce Macedo

GENERAL ELECTRIC IS PLANNING
TO MOVE ITS 115-YEAR-OLD
X-RAY DIVISION CHINA

Source: Anonymous
Posted: 09/29/11

General Electric is planning to move its 115-year-old X-ray division from Waukesha, Wisconsin, to Beijing. In addition to moving the headquarters, the company will invest $2 billion in China and train more than 65 engineers and create six research centers. This is the same GE that made $5.1 billion in the United States last year, but paid no taxes-the same company that employs more people overseas than it does in the United States.

So let me get this straight. President Obama appointed GE Chairman, Jeff Immelt, to head his commission on job creation (job czar). Jeffrey R. Immelt is the ninth chairman of GE, a post he has held since September 7, 2001. Immelt is supposed to help create jobs.

FOUND PANGA BOAT WRECKAGE
ALONG VENTURA COUNTY SHORE

Source: https://local.nixle.com
Posted: 09/28/11

Nature of Incident:
Found Boat Wreckage (Panga Boat)
Location:
S.R. 1 (PCH) & Deer Creek Road
Date: 09/01/11
Time: 0730
RB#: 11-19867
Unit Responsible: Sheriffs Media Relations
(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (W)itnesses City of Residence (A)ge

Narrative:

At approximately 0730 hours, State Park Rangers located a damaged boat in the ocean near State Route 1 and Deer Creek Road. They requested assistance from the Sheriff's Office and Fire Department for a possible rescue operation for the occupants of the boat.

Upon their arrival, they located more than a dozen large containers filled with gasoline, and packages of marijuana and clothing items scattered along the beach. They also located the remains of a panga-style vessel commonly used for fishing and more recently used by drug and human trafficking smugglers, grounded on the rocks and heavily damaged by the high surf conditions.

Personnel from Ventura County Sheriff's Office, Ventura and Los Angeles County firefighters, State Park Rangers, Ls Angeles County Lifeguards, the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents searched for several hours over a one-mile radius, by land, sea, and air. However, the occupants of the boat could not be located.

Additionally, Ventura County Environmental Health was on scene for any gasoline spills or other envronmental issues associated with this matter.

It is estimated that at least 250 pounds of marijuana and up to 250 gallons of gasoline were recovered from the apparent drug-smuggling operation. The majority of the packaged marijuana was found on the beach near a stairway leading up to the highway.

There has been an increase in smuggling in recent months by traffickers attempting landfall in remote areas along the Ventura County shoreline and adjoining counties. Local community members or visitors to the area are being asked to call 9-1-1 if they see any suspicious individuals or activity in this general area.

Officer Preparing Release:
Captain Mike Aranda
Follow-up Contact:
Captain Mike Aranda
Date of Release: 09/01/11
Approved By: Captain Don Aguilar

Ventura County Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 reward for information which leads to the arrest and criminal complaint against the person(s) responsible for this crime. The caller may remain anonymous. The call is not recorded. Call: Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS (8477).

VENTURA BOTANICAL GARDENS COMMITTEE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS

CAMARILLO DEPUTIES ARREST
ARSON SUSPECT WITH INTENT
OF INSURANCE FRAUD

GENERAL ELECTRIC IS PLANNING
TO MOVE ITS 115-YEAR-OLD
X-RAY DIVISION CHINA

FOUND PANGA BOAT WRECKAGE
ALONG VENTURA COUNTY SHORE

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CAMARILLO DEPUTIES ARREST
ARSON SUSPECT WITH INTENT
OF INSURANCE FRAUD

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TO MOVE ITS 115-YEAR-OLD
X-RAY DIVISION CHINA

FOUND PANGA BOAT WRECKAGE
ALONG VENTURA COUNTY SHORE

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