The Oaks Of Calabasas

January 26th, 2010

Calabasas State of the City Address

Sharon Boucher Jennifer Bercy and Shari Gillis

By: Kenny Melcombe

At the Calabasas State of the City Address by Mayor Jonathan Wolfson on January 20th, Jennifer Bercy, Shari Gillis and Sharon Boucher were presented with an award for Calabasas Citizens of The Year for their volunteer work with the Relay For Life.

Jennifer Bercy is the “make it happen” woman and has done so much for Calabasas. She Chairs the Calabasas Parks, Recreation, and Education Commission and will bring the Calabasas schools art work to our Art Festival this May. She sits on the Las Virgenes Educational Foundation (LVEF) and co-chairs their College Application and Acceptance Program (CAAP) as a partner with the Las Virgenes Unified School District to help students and families. She is a past board member and president of many parent associations in Calabasas. She is currently the lead volunteer with the American Cancer Society for the Northern Region of Los Angeles County and has been our everything lady, including a past chair, for Relay For Life of Calabasas for the last 6 years. She does all of this on top of running three businesses and raising 2 teenage daughters. Last year she was able to partner with the City of Calabasas to make the Relay For Life of Calabasas an annual official city event. I’m so proud of her–She has done so much and earned every bit of this award.

The Award

Shari Gillis was the 2009 co-chair for the Calabasas Relay For Life and has been and on the committee for the past 6 years. She was our 3rd chair and was instrumental in helping our Relay grow to the participant size we have today. She has served on the PFC at AC Stelle and been the president of the PFC at Calabasas High School. She has been a Calabasas Resident for almost 20 years with her husband and 2 sons. Shari has just begun working with the American Red Cross disaster team and hopes to make a difference for communities near and far.

Citizen of the Year Award

Sharon Boucher has served on the Calabasas Relay For Life committee for over 4 years and has also been a past chair of the event. She currently sits on the Public Safety commission and is certified for the Calabasas Emergency Response Program (CERP). Sharon co-chairs the CAAP program for the LVEF and our school district. Sharon lives here in Calabasas with her husband and son. Sharon also does work with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America to better the lives of children suffering from asthma and allergies.

Our Relay For Life Manager, Sonia Lopez said, “I am so honored to be partnering up with Jennifer, Sharon and Shari. They have truly made a difference in the fight against cancer, and more importantly, they are helping save countless lives by helping bring cancer awareness to the community. I am truly looking forward to many more years of partnering up to help Calabasas an involved community.

So Proud of you Jennifer, Sharon and Shari!”

Save the Date for our next Relay For Life of Calabasas on May 15-16, 2010 at A. E. Wright Middle School. This is where the community comes together to help raise funds to find a cure. Please take part and join our community for another amazing opportunity to find a cure for a very important cause. For more information: Check with City of Calabasas website and www.relayforlife.org/calabasasca

Soon announcing a Kick-off Rally for this years Relay to be announced soon.
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Kenny Melcombe

Posted by Kenny Melcombe on January 26th, 2010

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Where to GO and What to DO

The Oaks of Calabasas—Los Angeles County’s premier master-planned community. Years of thoughtful planning have created neighborhoods of the highest caliber and have taken into consideration the largest to the smallest of details. The Oaks’ geographic location is prime—chosen for its beauty, availability of views and vistas and serenity, but also for its convenience to excellent schools, shopping and entertainment and outdoor recreation. Residents enjoy a 24-hour guarded entrance, well-maintained grounds and a 3 1/2 acre community park that includes a multi-use clubhouse, champion sized pool, kiddie pool, tennis and sport courts, a picnic area, playing field and a jogging/walking trail.

Calabasas, California

It is generally accepted that Calabasas means "pumpkin," "squash," or "gourd," derived from the Spanish calabaza. Some historians hold the theory that Calabasas is a translation of the Chumash word calahoosa. In honor of its namesake, the city's Chamber of Commerce holds an annual Pumpkin Festival in October, including carnival games, exhibits, demonstrations, and live entertainment. The festival has evolved from a small town fair to an annual event. Though the location of the Pumpkin Festival changes from year to year, the original festival was meant to have taken place where, according to legend, a traveling wagon carrying pumpkins overturned and started the area's first pumpkin patch. The City's official logo, depicting the red-tailed hawk flying over the Santa Monica Mountains, symbolizes a commitment to preserving the community's natural beauty and semi-rural quality of life. The City logo is featured on the Calabasas City flag which is flown in front of City Hall and hangs in the City Council Chambers.

Education

Calabasas residents are zoned to schools in the Las Virgenes Unified School District, which also includes nearby Agoura Hills. Students within the district can fairly easily choose to attend either high school. Between the years of 1997 to 2001 and 2005 to 2009 Calabasas High School[23] had hired a new principal at the beginning of every school year. In January 2004, A. C. Stelle Middle School was opened on the corner of Mulholland Highway and Paul Revere Ave. Calabasas is also home to the private Viewpoint School and Calmont School.[24] It is also home to the elementary schools Round Meadow Elementary and Chaparral Elementary.

Civic Center

n July 2008 under the financial leadership of Dr. Gary Lysik, Chief Financial Officer for Calabasas, the City completed construction of a brand new civic center and library complex. Located at 100 Civic Center Way, the two building complex is the first municipal-owned and constructed 'green' civic center structure in the state of California. It is estimated that the complex cost approximately $45,000,000 to complete. This figure includes the outright purchase of the land on which the complex sits.

Notable Residents of Calabasas

Calabasas is the home of rock band Incubus- all five of their original members were born and raised in Calabasas. / The Kardashians (including Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner) also live in Calabasas / Justin Berfield, Reese from "Malcolm in the Middle" TV Show. / The most recent famous additions are pop singer Britney Spears who has moved to the Prado De Los Suenos house in The Oaks community for 8.9 million dollars and a high ranking member of her security team who purchased a home that is said to be valued at more than 12 million dollars and is also located in the elite The Oaks Of Calabasas Community. / Also, american rock legend Meat Loaf resides just outside of Calabasas, California, near Saddle Peak and Calabasas Peak.

Calabasas Peak Trail

The four mile trail, constructed for pedestrian and equestrian use, completely surrounds our 557-home community. Oaks residents can access the trail just outside the main 'Oaks of Calabasas' entry gates.

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