B4 FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2000 VC LOS ANGELES TIMES VENTURA COUNTY NEWS free MiKe! 34 N. Palm Ventura. The show was directed by Taylor Kasch. Tickets are $15 general, $10 students and seniors. Information: 643-5701.
The Agenda i Btr (r ft EE! fry Gas station dealer Mike Dell'Olio, right, with partner Leonard Sain, is chained to chair in protest over company treatment of independents. CHAWKINS: Gas Station Dealer Takes Stand tend. The press has been notified. But before that can happen, there's the Freedom Run, round and round, and round the pumps again. Dell'Olio is praying for idealists who don't mind a little repetition as they plod the kilometers.
Why six? A weary grin spreads across THINGS TO DO APRIL 21 'God's Favorite' Ojal Art Center Theater Company will present Neil Simon's "God's Favorite," at 8 p.m. at the Ojai Art Center, 113 S. Montgomery St. Tickets are $12 general, $10 for seniors. For reservations or information: 649-9443.
Using Watercolors Slmi Valley Art Assn. will present a watercolor demonstration by Barbara Sandifer-Shade at 7:30 p.m. in the Simi Valley Public Library's community room, 2969 Tapo Canyon Road. She has done work for Disney and Hanna-Barbera and won an Emmy in 1998. Information: 526-5008.
Guide to Relativity Ventura County Astronomical Society will hold a discussion, "A Layman's Guide to Relativity," with Hal Jandorf at 7:30 p.m. at the Moorpark College Forum, 7075 Campus Road. Refreshments will be available. Free. Information: 578-9876.
Reading Activities Storytelling Club will meet at 3:30 p.m. at the Eastside Boys Girls Club, 1929 Ralston Ventura. The children will hear and tell stories and participate in story-related exercises. Information: 658-6697. Citizenship Classes Conejo Valley Adult Education will offer free citizenship classes from 9 a.m.
to noon at 1025 Old Farm Road, Thousand Oaks. The class will cover government and provide preparation for the INS exam and oral interview. To register or for information: 497-2761. Coping With Cancer Wellness Community will hold an orientation meeting from 10 a.m. to noon at 530 Hampshire Road, Westlake Village.
The meeting will cover the Wellness Community approach to cancer recovery. Information: 379-4777. 'The Illusion' Livery Theatre Repertory Company will present "The Illusion" at 8 p.m. at the Livery Theatre, 3 Arrested in Santa Paula Drug Case Continued from Bl shut down the crusade and go on his way. But there have been no confessions, and no concessions.
"We're not trying to put dealers out of business," said a spokeswoman for Equilon, Shell's parent company. "Our independents are a vital part of our marketing business." She said rent increases at all Shell stations reflect "a new marketplace reality." As for Dell'Olio's monetary claim, negotiations are progressing, she said. But not enough for Dell'Olio, who said he had to borrow $100,000 just to stay in business. On April 1, he began to unleash a series of operatic effects worthy of a Verdi. Summoning the press, he chained himself to a gas pump.
Now he moves around freely, but wears a heavy chain looped half a dozen times around his neck, and a hat emblazoned with "Free Mike." At night he no longer goes home to his wife and daughter in North-ridge. Instead, he sleeps in a tent on the concrete outside the station. Customers sometimes watch over him. They bring him platters of food, congratulate him on the "Free the Mikey!" CD released in his honor, mention they heard him Ventura Community Services will hold a Victorian Ventura tour from 1 to 3 p.m. that will begin at the fig tree in Plaza Park on Thompson Boulevard and Chestnut Street.
The tour will cover historic homes, gothic churches and social customs. Tickets are $7. Information: 658-4726. Camarillo Art Center will present a watercolor show featuring Ventura County artists from I to 5 p.m. at the Camarillo Art Center Gallery, 3150 Ponderosa Drive.
The show will feature student artists as well as numerous exhibiting artists. Free. Information: 987-0291. Buena Music Assn. will host a wlnterguard competition at noon in Buena High School's gymnasium, 5670 Telegraph Road, Ventura.
Tickets are $5. Thirty-six high school color guard, flag and dance teams will compete. Information: 647-4695. L.I.F.E. Animal Rescue will hold dog and cat adoptions from II a.m.
to 4 p.m. at Petco, 140 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. There is an adoption fee. Information: (818) 707-2007.
Compulsive Eaters Anonymous will hold a newcomers meeting from 9 to 9:30 a.m. at United Methodist Church, 291 Anacapa Drive, Camarillo. This 12-step program is based on the concept of H.O.W., which stands for honesty, open-mindedness and willingness. Information: 677-2495. Oxnard Library will host a spiritual meditation class at 10 a.m.
in Room 251 South A Learn three meditation techniques for relieving stress. Free. Information: 566-6809. Book Mall of Ventura will host a "Feel the Rhythm" drumming and dance session from 10 to 11 a.m. at 105 S.
Oak Drummer Pam Nishikawa and dancer Tara Inden will be featured. Drums and other percussion toys will be provided. Free. Information: 641-2665. The Agenda, a daily listing of events, is compiled by Alex Field.
All events must be open to the public. Please address items, with a publishable telephone number, to The Agenda, Los Angeles Times, 93 S. Ventura 93001. Items can also be faxed to The Times at 653-7576. Services are scheduled at 1 p.m.
Tuesday at the Ted Mayr Funeral Home in Ventura with Pastor Donald Dewey of the First Christian Church in Ventura officiating. Burial will be private. Arrangements are under the direction of the Ted Mayr Funeral Home in Ventura. Davis, Marian 68, of Thousand Oaks, salesperson. Guardian Memorial Funeral Directors Crematory, Oxnard.
Warren, Judith Carol, 59, of Ventura, home caregiver. Charles Carroll Funeral Home, Ventura. Ventura County obituaries are compiled by Linda Herron. They are published free of charge as a public service to readers, based on information provided by mortuaries. i 'J 2 RiCARDODeARATANHA Los Angeles Times Dell'Olio's face as he tries to clue me in.
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The bottom line: The little guy has a duty to stand up for his rights-just like Mike. Dell'Olio enthusiastically agrees. "You want gas prices to come down?" he asks. "Nobody goes to work for a week, see? You get to know your kids again, your wife. Nobody drives! Play soccer in the streets! It'll be the best week ever, you'll see! And nobody will buy gas that'll get their attention!" Wouldn't that mean a general strike, I ask.
"Who said anything about a strike?" he shoots back. "Maybe call it Family Values Week." On Easter Sunday, Dell'Olio is planning a lavish spread complete with crystal goblets on a table beside the gas pumps. Family members and a few supporters will at- San Luis on California's beautiful central coast: One look, and you'lldecide to stay a while. www.visitslo.com CiMtomt I Red Tags ISM 1 i SANTA PAULA-Three Santa Paula residents were arrested on suspicion of drugs this week after deputies searched a home in the 700 block of West Santa Paula Street, authorities said. During the search, Ventura' County sheriff's deputies found about an ounce of methampheta-mine, a quarter-pound of marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms and nearly $9,000 in cash, authorities said.
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