“Community Briefs: May 15” plus 1 more |
| Posted: 15 May 2010 12:01 AM PDT School plans parents night VENTURA — Homestead School will host an information night for parents interested in enrolling children for fall 2010 at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Blanche Reynolds School, Room 14, 450 Valmore Ave. The free homeschooling program, offered through Ventura Unified School District for grades kindergarten through 8, encourages individualized learning through field trips, classes, projects and a varied curriculum. For more information, visit http://www.venturausd.org/blanchereynolds/homestead or call 289-1817, ext. 2115. Master gardeners schedule class SANTA PAULA — Ventura County Master Gardeners will present the third in a series Mastering Your Home Garden from 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. May 22 at the University of California Hansen Agricultural Center (formerly Faulkner Farm) in Santa Paula. Topics for the workshop will be rose are, grow your own veggies, getting started with compost, and summer tasks for the home gardener. The cost of $50 includes all four presentations, continental breakfast, lunch, tours of the historic Faulkner home and beautiful demonstration gardens, and admission to the Master Gardener plant sale. To register, contact Leah Haynes, volunteer coordinator, at 525-9293 or visit http://groups.ucanr.org/VCMG. Anacapa plans rummage sale VENTURA — Anacapa Middle School Parent Teacher Organization will hold a rummage sale from 7 to 11 a.m. May 22 in the school parking lot at 100 N. Mills and Telegraph roads. Proceeds will be used for academic enrichment, student incentives and other educational purposes. Those wishing to donate can drop off items between 8 and 9:30 a.m. Monday at the storage facility down the alley off Mills Road (just past Santa Barbara Bank & Trust's parking lot). Donors with larger items should call Suzanne Guthrie at Anacapa Middle School, 289-7900, to arrange for pick-up or for additional information. Artists will have day at museum PIRU — The Rancho Camulos Museum will hold its annual Artists' Day for plein air painting from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 25 at the museum near Piru on Highway 126. The museum is eight miles from Fillmore coming from the west and 10 miles from the Interstate 5 coming from the east. The historic property is reserved for the exclusive use of artists one day each year. Costumed docents will conduct tours and pose for photos. Artists can paint, draw or photograph the gardens, orchards, adobe, winery, barn, chapel, school house, and nearby Santa Clara Mountains. Morning coffee and treats, lunch and beverages will be served. In the event of rain, an alternate date will be June 1. Reservations before Friday are required. The fee is $20, and payment by check or cash will be due upon arrival at the museum. To register, send contact information to garyhill8@msn.com or call Hillary at 832-9435. For more information, visit http://www.ranchocamulos.org. Movie group will watch comedy CALABASAS — A movie discussion group will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday to watch a comedy at the Calabasas Library, 200 Civic Center Way. The film follows the story of a woman who finds an unconventional way to support herself after her husband's death. It is rated R for drug content and some language. For more information, call Karilyn Steward at 818-225-7616 or e-mail her at ksteward@cityofcalabasas.com. Master gardeners to present class SANTA PAULA — Ventura County Master Gardeners will present the third in a series Mastering Your Home Garden from 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. May 22 at the University of California Hansen Agricultural Center (formerly Faulkner Farm) in Santa Paula. Topics for the workshop will be rose care, grow your own veggies, getting started with compost, and summer tasks for the home gardener. The cost of $50 includes all four presentations, continental breakfast, lunch, tours of the historic Faulkner home and demonstration gardens, and admission to the Master Gardener plant sale. To register, contact Leah Haynes, volunteer coordinator, at 525-9293 or visit http://groups.ucanr.org/VCMG. Marijuana will be meeting topic SIMI VALLEY — The Simi Valley/Moorpark Democratic club will sponsor a discussion on the proposal to legalize marijuana to balance the state budget at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Simi Valley Library, 2969 Tapo Canyon Road, Simi Valley. The public is invited to share opinions. Refreshments will be available. For more information, call 210-6061. Story time series for kids with autism CALABASAS — The first in a series of story times specifically designed for children on the autism spectrum will start at 1:30 p.m. May 23 at the Calabasas Public Library, 200 Civic Center Way. Each story time session will include participatory storytelling, sensory songs and social support. The free program will be in the children's reading room. For more information, call Jill Nevins at 818-224-1757. Artists will have a day at museum PIRU — The Rancho Camulos Museum will hold its annual Artists' Day for plein air painting from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 25 at the museum near Piru on Highway 126. The museum is eight miles from Fillmore coming from the west and 10 miles from the Interstate 5 coming from the east. The historic property is reserved for the exclusive use of artists one day each year. Costumed docents will conduct tours and pose for photos. Artists can paint, draw or photograph the gardens, orchards, adobe, winery, barn, chapel, school house, and nearby Santa Clara Mountains. Morning coffee and treats, lunch and beverages will be served. In the event of rain, an alternate date will be June 1. Reservations before Friday are required. The fee is $20, and payment by check or cash will be due upon arrival at the museum. To register, send contact information to garyhill8@msn.com or call 832-9435. For more information, visit http://www.ranchocamulos.org. New Parent Group meeting scheduled THOUSAND OAKS — Conejo Valley Neighborhood for Learning will offer a New Parent Group from 1 to 2:30 p.m. beginning Tuesday at Crowley House, 2522 Pleasant Way, Thousand Oaks. The free, ongoing group is open to the community and provides emotional and educational support for new parents and their children from newborns to 6 months. Registration is required. For more information or to register, call Danielle Scott at 496-9035. — From staff reports Five Filters featured article: The Art of Looking Prime Ministerial - The 2010 UK General Election. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Student Journalists Break News Of Scam On Facebook Posted: 14 May 2010 03:54 PM PDT Student Journalists Break News Of Scam On FacebookClub Promoter Posed As Student On The Website
It said she was an 18-year-old from Rockford, Minn. and that she was a high school kid taking college classes at Normandale Community College. But a couple months back, Kava started asking kids at Buffalo High School to be her Facebook friends. Beth Leipholtz, an editor for The Hoofprint, the Buffalo high school newspaper, knew people who became Facebook friends with Kava. "You'd just like see the school and see the mutual friends," she said. "A lot of people are just like, 'If all these people know her, then I must know her too, so I'm gonna add her,'" said Leipholtz. Around 400 Buffalo students 'friended' Kassidy Kava. "I'd heard everybody talking about it, and nobody knew who she was," said Leipholtz. "I personally didn't accept her friend request." The mystery prompted one Buffalo student to start a Facebook page called, "Who the heck is Kassidy Kava?" "This was right around prom season," said The Hoofprint adviser Ryan McCallum. "They thought it was a principal or a cop trying to bust parties around prom." A second Facebook group formed. This one claimed Kassidy Kava was really an assistant principal. That group contained posts alternately criticizing and defending the administrator. Nate Spanier writes for the school paper. He likes tracking down fake Facebook profiles. He said, "What really made it suspicious is that there's almost 100 comments sitting on her wall saying, 'Who are you? I don't know you. You added me, but I don't know you who are.'" With the help of the Buffalo Police department, Spanier determined Kassidy Kava doesn't exist. His discovery was the cover story in Thursday's issue. Spanier found several Facebook profiles which sound and look like Kava. "Kathleen Kava, right here, is just like Kassidy Kava. Same last name, they all start with Ks," he said. "There's also Katrina Kava, Karina Kava and Kayla Kava." The profiles have other things in common -- birthdates, homeschooling and post-secondary classes. Spanier figured out the Kava profiles were marketing ploys by Jonathan Anderson, owner of Synergy, a 16-plus dance club in Little Canada. It was a way to get the names and numbers of hundreds of kids. The Hoofprint staff found Anderson had used fake profiles at other high schools in the metro area. According to The Hoofprint staff, Anderson's club gave "Ultra VIP status" -- basically free pop and free entry -- to kids who shared their Facebook logins and passwords. The newspaper staff and their advisor hope kids will be more careful now that they understand the lengths people will go to get their private information. "The obvious lesson is be careful," McCallum said. "Understanding how valuable you are and your stuff is, and how hard people will work to influence you and to get into your world." WCCO-TV left messages for Jonathan Anderson, but he didn't return our calls. Paula Engelking, Producer (© MMX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.) Five Filters featured article: The Art of Looking Prime Ministerial - The 2010 UK General Election. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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