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Jan. 8-21, 2009
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Police warn of auto break-ins
Jan. 6, 2009
Port Hueneme police have issued a car burglary alert for residents living in the Hueneme Bay, Madera Circle and Bay Boulevard areas of the city.Auto windows are being smashed and items stolen in those areas, said Maggie Federico, crime analysis and prevention officer. Items taken generally include laptop computers, GPS devices, iPods and cell phones. The most frequent day of occurence has been between Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
Federico said residents should make certain to lock their cars, set the alarms and not leave items displayed in open areas.
Looking back at an eventful year in 2008
By Wayne Sheldon, Hueneme Pilot
The year came in with torrential rains and left in the midst of a major economic downturn. In between, 2008 saw the deaths of two former Port Hueneme mayors and the election of two new council members. New businesses opened, others closed. A community that was forced to face the grief of an unexplainable school shooting also took the time to celebrate life.
Now with 2009 under way, it is time to take one last look at 2008.
Jewish centers celebrate Chanukah
Rabbi Dov Muchnik of the Chabad of Oxnard inspects the ice sculpture of a menorah Dec. 28 before placing the candles for lighting. The lighting of the ice menorah highlighted activities celebrating the final day of Chanukah at Ventura Harbor Village.By Loran Lewis, Hueneme Pilot
While the Dec. 28 Chanukah Festival was created as a day for celebration, this year’s event had a much darker significance for the Chabad Jewish Centers of Oxnard, Ventura and Camarillo.
“We dedicate (the event) to the rabbi and his wife who were murdered in the attacks in Mumbai, India,” said Rabbi Yakov Latowicz of the Chabad Jewish Center of Ventura. “We’re turning a block of ice, which symbolizes the coldness and darkness around the world, into a light of freedom and hope that we have to keep on burning.
This was the fifth year the festival had been held at the Ventura Harbor Village, according to Rabbi Dov Muchnik of the Chabad Jewish Center of Oxnard.
Ted Waddell cleans up litter in his Port Hueneme neighborhood.
Resident wages one-man campaign to rid of litter, trash in Port Hueneme
By Wayne Sheldon, Hueneme Pilot
His white beard, hat, pickup tool and bucket have become familiar sights along the streets of Port Hueneme. Over the past 10 years 75-year-old Ted Waddell and his wife, Erma, have tried to do their part to keep a six-mile stretch of the city clean of debris and litter.
“I try to walk for exercise and pick up trash on the way,” Waddell said. “It’s really more about getting exercise and doing something useful.”
Waddell moved to Port Hueneme in 1959 shortly after getting a job as an electrical engineer at Point Mugu. He started picking up trash a few years after retiring in 1993.
Adding a little laughter should be an easy resolution to keep for 2009.
Resolve to laugh in 2009
By Carolyn Corser, For the Hueneme Pilot
Yippee! It’s a NEW YEAR! … and about time, too. I’ve been looking forward to this for a lo-o-o-ong time. Now, it’s time to rejoice and look forward to a new start – a chance to put the old behind us and make some new plans.
This time, let’s not make any resolutions that we’re going to feel guilty about breaking later on. If you got caught up in the excitement of New Year’s celebrations and made grand promises for 2009 that you know you probably won’t keep, I suggest you dump ‘em.
Instead, make some resolutions that will be easy to keep and will make you feel good all year long.
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