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My 4-year-old son wanted to write a special message to his mommy for Mother's Day, so he dictated his thoughts to me and I wrote them down as follows: Mommy, I love you very much for Mother's Day. I love you every day because I always want to be happy, and you always make me happy.

A Simi Valley resident was arrested last Wednesday for allegedly shooting to death his two pet dogs in the backyard of his home. Rafael Calderon Jr., 49, was arrested for felonious cruelty to animals after Simi Valley police and a Ventura County Animal Regulation officer determined that he shot his two pit bulls mulitple times with a semiautomatic handgun.

During the first five years of life, a child's brain develops more than 75 percent. A parent's brain possibly undergoes a similar magnitude of change during those same five years. Children have the opportunity to blossom in their own unique way through the diverse activities and programming offered at Gymboree Play & Music.

The 18th annual Ojai Renaissance Pirate Faire will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11 at Lake Casitas in the Ojai Valley, 12 miles inland from Ventura, off Highway 33. The fair will feature three stages with ongoing presentations and plays.

The Simi Valley City Council adopted an ordinance Monday establishing an urgency moratorium that prohibits the closure or conversion of mobile home parks in the city for the next 45 days. The moratorium affects the seven mobile home parks in Simi Valley, which comprise more than 800 rental spaces.

Patrick Leyden and Mark Monreal are the Kitchen Tune-Up franchise owners for Ventura County. Kitchen Tune-Up is a national company that has been remodeling kitchens since 1988. The company can make small changes throughout a kitchen that add up to a big difference, without the typical remodeling hassles.

Derby results Derby r 0 to 9 years old (heaviest catfish) Christopher Jones 3.9-lbs. Ricardo Guiterez 3.5-lbs. Kyle Horton 2.11-lbs. 10 to 15 years old (heaviest catfish) Hunter Laxton 3.8-lbs. Joey Thurman 3.4-lbs.

The city of Simi Valley is offering $30,000 home rehabilitation loans with an interest rate of 2 percent for very low, lowand medianincome homeowners. In addition, the city will provide a grant of up to $2,500 to applicants who use a general contractor to manage three or more unrelated building trades for their rehabilitation projects.

Diamond Eye Optometry is proud to be a part of the Simi Valley community. As a 100 percent woman-owned practice, its focus is on exceptional value and convenience for the entire family. The new, spacious office features late night and Saturday appointments, an exclusive on-site glasses lab for the fastest service and a large eyeglass showroom.

Whether trekking to the grocery store, tackling laundry or racing to a meeting, today's parents are busier than ever. As the frenzied pace of daily life becomes the acceptable norm, parents feel it is increasingly difficult to spend quality time with their children, especially infants.